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K850i vs. K810i |
hanZen
Joined: Oct 18, 2007
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I'm having a hard time choosing between the K850i and the K810i. From looking at the specs I know that the K850i is the best phone, but what do you guys think?
The K850i takes som great pictures, but so does the K810i, especially with one of the custom cam drivers.
I like the design of the K850i - but prefer the buttons on K810i.
Is the K850i worth the extra money compared to the K810i?
[ This Message was edited by: hanZen on 2007-11-21 20:29 ] |
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glorfingal
Joined: Jun 10, 2006
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had the k810, got the k850 .... get the K810 and enjoy trouble free
ownership - yeh the camera's not as good but at least the handset
doesn't have all the bugs the 850 has !!
Wish I hadn't upgraded to the k850 myself.
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Alfaro
Joined: May 31, 2007
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From: Brazil
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i would say K850... but what's the difference between prices?? 
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Coquito
Joined: Mar 28, 2007
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buy k810i , wait for  fix the bugs of k850 and the price drop
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soane28
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
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From: NZ
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yeah, wait for the price to go down and a decent firmware to be released for the K850. |
insi
Joined: May 20, 2005
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huh?? is K850 that bad?? a lot of bugs?
but we can upgrade the firmware/software by ourselves from the internet, am I right?
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rockygali
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sure but youll hafta shed extra dough for that...
and thats not what quality products stand for... a product should be as good taken from its box. but when you have certain hiccups (well altho it is seen on some other brand/product) its quite annoying. and youll hafta spend sumthin out just to make it better when the fact is that the company should be taken the first steps in the first place.. get me?!
the safe way possible is to wait for the K850 to drop its price and for SE to release good firmware upgrades... i guess we'll all be happy campers then.
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insi
Joined: May 20, 2005
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just double check, if we upgrade ourselves from sony website, it is free, am I right?
The way to upgrade, just use the usb connecting to your pc with sony software, am I right?
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i-am-andrew
Joined: May 10, 2006
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I faced the same decsion and on Saturday I bought the K810i instead of the K850i.
I decided that the K850i was too likely to disappoint me with regard to build quality and firmware and therefore reliability and hassle of getting it changed and upgraded etc. And I have to say I'm really pleased with the K810i. It looks gorgeous, it's nice and fast and reliable. Still got the wretched SE audio hiss but I expected that. It's noticeably lighter than the K800i as well and the K800i and K850i are about the same weight.
Better still, because it's an older model I got the phone from a T-Mobile shop with a 1GB card for free on a Flext 20 (£15 / month) tariff).
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PowerLee
Joined: Sep 22, 2005
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On 2007-11-22 02:04:52, insi wrote:
huh?? is K850 that bad?? a lot of bugs?
but we can upgrade the firmware/software by ourselves from the internet, am I right?
K850 is full of bugs at the moment as sony ericsson seem to let the general public test the firmware for them.
Yes you can upgrade the firmware FREE via the usb lead & sony ericsson update service.
Problem is you have to WAIT for sony ericsson to release the new firmware first before you can update your phone.
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insi
Joined: May 20, 2005
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For those who owns K810...how do you find the joystick so far?
any issue?
because I also comparing K810 and K850 for myself.
K850 I think more expensive $200...and get Edge/HDPS and 5mp without joystick.
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JC08
Joined: Jan 07, 2007
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From: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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My joystick is starting to act up, but you can only see it while browsing with opera mini when you push down and the joystick goes diagonally, pisses me off, but I can live with it....
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plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
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From: Sweden fur alle
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i have both phones...both are realy good....(k850 manage better low light, flash pictures....k810 is a realy robust phone....if you want new flashy features, go for the k850...(auto rotate, turbo 3g, bigger screen, new  + mega bass.............................both are good...good luck
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genus
Joined: Apr 13, 2007
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k850i, i think it win. Both of them are differ, quite much. |
i-am-andrew
Joined: May 10, 2006
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On 2007-11-23 05:13:51, insi wrote:
For those who owns K810...how do you find the joystick so far?
any issue?
I haven't had the K810i long so can't say anything about the reliability of the joystick. One thing I noticed when I first used it in the shop is that there is much less space around the joystick than other models eg K800i, T630 etc. This makes it a little more difficult to use but about a couple of hours I had adjusted to it so wouldn't let that put you off.
My T630 joystick started playing up after a couple of years but a bit of WD40 soon fixed it and it's like new again!
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