3G (HSDPA)
Camera: 16x digital zoom, Auto focus, 5 megapixels, Xenon flash
Video Camera: Video call, video clip, video record, video stabilizer, video streaming
Display: 262,144-colour TFT, 240 x 320 pixels
Music Player: Music tones (MP3/AAC), MusicDJ™, PlayNow™, FM radio RDS
Media Player
Java Games
Ringtones: Polyphonic ringtones, MP3/AAC ringtones
Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB mass storage
Memory: Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) and microSD memory card support, Phone memory 40MB
Messaging: Email, MMS (Multimedia messaging), Predictive text input, SMS long (Text messaging), Sound recorder
Internet: Modem, Access NetFront Web Browser, RSS feeds
Operating Frequency: GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, UMTS
Size: 102 x 48 x 17 mm
Weight: 118 g

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Sony Ericsson K850i Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 October 2007)

Sony Ericsson K850i Consumer Reviews (820 reviews)

Write a review of the Sony Ericsson K850i! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by Dan on 06/03/2010
I have owned the K750i, K800i, K850i and the W960i. Out of all of them, i would say this one was the best! People obviosuly have no idea how to position their hands so they don't block the flash when taking photos. Nor do they know how to set the camera up by the sound of it! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAMERA, IT'S THE USER AT FAULT! My phone was very slow, although this was somewhat rectified with a firmware update. Although as my phone was branded to Vodafone (haha) the problem lay with THEIR firmware and not sony ericssons. People who moan about the keys being too small? Go on diet, I can manage! Theyre actually the easiest keys to use on any phone I've EVER had (up to this point where I've a QWERTY keypad on my phone). The 3G speed if you're on the right network (I'm with 3) can download a 9MB MP3 faster than what my ADSL connection can at home! Ignore what all these idiots say about the camera, it's nothing to do with the phone, just idiots that didnt want to take a few days to learn how to use it! If you're going to buy this phone, don't hold back! I promise you won't regret it!
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Reviewed by zonryt on 26/02/2010
this fone is barbousss.its abit toooooo thick dow
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Reviewed by imran on 20/02/2010
my bro is super happy to get that phone
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Reviewed by clegg on 18/02/2010
i got this phone a long time ago and was checking what the review of it was. i have ever ONCE had a problem with the camera and i have taken over 500 photos and videos using up all my memory. The keypad is fine once you get used to it. the 3 touch buttons at the bottom of screen are great if your like me and dont like touch phones. the 3g is good as you would expect. my only fault is it is heavy and large which i dont mind cz it feels solid but it can feel heavy at times. hope i helped
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Reviewed by Matt on 17/02/2010
I agree with others. The feel of this phone is pretty cheap and plasticky compared to past Ericssons. My main issue with it, is that it often randomly shuts down, and illuminates the keypad, and freezes. If I dont remove the battery within six seconds of it doing this, it erases ALL my sim data and my memory card data and reverts back to its 'out of the box' state! And on top of that, the signal reception strength is virtually non-existent. At my desk, in the middle of the city, it has one bar of reception signal, and often has no bars at all, and cant find the network. My friends have Nokias on the same network as me, and they have perfect signal strength. But my K850 struggles to get a signal. Its one of the worst phones I've ever owned, and I've had it for over two years now. Stay away from this one!
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Reviewed by jimmy on 13/02/2010
had this phone for some time now, had no problems with it, its the best phone i had for ages, i defenitely will keep this phone for life, excellent camera, a good all rounder phone, except the ugly keypad design.
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Reviewed by Brett on 10/02/2010
I used to love Sony Ericsson phones, and be a passionate supporter. But after 2 endlessly problematic phones - the K850i being the latest - I will never buy SE again. For specifics, read the reviews below - the Web is littered with complaints about these phones. Sony should stick to making cameras, and stop trying to make phones. Waste of money.
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Reviewed by steve on 26/01/2010
This is the worst phone I've ever had. It's been sent back twice to be fixed. the touch screen is horrible, the buttons are awkward, it turns itself off. It doesn't even make a decent doorstop! Avoid like the plague
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Reviewed by Tumelo Phatlane on 11/01/2010
I got this phone and its great baby. The camera wow. And the RAM is also tight.
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Reviewed by Yaz on 10/01/2010
I have never had a problem with the phone especially no problems at all with the camera. If anything the flash is too bright. However, as a media phone it performs way above the usual standards. I have had the phone for two years and have loved every minute of it. I really think these people with camera problems either dont know how to use the camera or the first catch released by sony had some faults. Over all it is a very good phone and the internet on it is extremely fast. I would recommend this phone to any one.
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Reviewed by Kevin K on 05/01/2010
I've had this phone for nearly two years, during which time I've taken hundreds of pictures in a wide variety of situations. I've not had any problems with the camera at all. However, I have had problems with software latch-ups (keypad freezing)which sometimes needed a battery removal to fix. Also, the touch screen operating pressure is very variable and could be a bit better. The small keys could give many users problems but I've managed reasonably well.
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Reviewed by bob on 03/01/2010
What a shame! bought this phone as a upgrade for my K800, I was expecting great things with the 5 mega pixel camera. The trouble is the software CONSTANTLY freezes and software takes ages to respond. The only good thing about the phone is that the camera did not disapoint. I have now downgraded and bought another K800. avoid.
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Reviewed by dj singh on 30/12/2009
i mjust wanna to say that very good phone as campares to anothers
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Reviewed by Jovan on 28/12/2009
The phone is okay but the restarting gets annoying and I've only had it for like 2 weeks. Everything besides that is great.
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Reviewed by matt on 27/12/2009
This phone would be excellent; if it worked properly. The features on it are excellent but it is too unreliable. Sometimes the menus freeze, and they stay on the screen, the screen can also go blank and it becomes unresponsive. They're the only problems at the moment but I'm sure there are plenty more round the corner. Not honestly recommended.
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Reviewed by Jessica Anne May on 25/12/2009
ii Think Its Absoulutely GREAT Because Its Good For School And Stuff . :P
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Reviewed by James on 21/12/2009
Not quite sure why everyone's slating the camera. Once you get it figured it's brilliant. That is, provided the phone itself is working. Quite frankly a nightmare. Constantly crashes itself, turns off and on again, refuses to send/receive texts as well as calls at times, freezes for minutes on end. Myself and anyone I know who has this phone says exactly same thing when it's mentioned 'It's awful isn't it' Has raised my blood pressure tenfold. When working, a good phone but not worth the 90% of the time it's not working. Can't wait until contract's up and I can take a hammer to it.Seriously.
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Reviewed by Ben Dover on 15/12/2009
Awesome phone, except the price, fabulas camera
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Reviewed by Peter on 11/12/2009
Ppl who dont know how to use the touch keys well easy to use for me! Love the placement of the 4 way nav key frew the keypad .when you setup the 5meg cam correctley you have no problems sure ppl say buy the nokia n95 but let me tell you this your guna have more problems with that for one the slide is poor becomes loose when slid up n down when in use. with the k850i beats it all day long dual mem card holder for m2 nd micro stick mint love it even more for that ppl with the k850i stop moneing nd get on with it . Great fone 100%
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Reviewed by bullet on 12/11/2009
this phone is the best phone ive ever had
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Reviewed by stefan on 04/11/2009
i have this phone 1 year and 3 months. work great.
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Reviewed by Sarah on 03/11/2009
I have purchased 2 Sony Ericsson K850i phones over the last year and a half. The first worked great for just about one year with the occasional freezing but a quick restart or removing and reinserting the battery would help. Then one morning, I tried to use my phone and the middle touch screen select wouldn't work. But if I touched anywhere around the keys i.e. the flat surface, it would register as the 'select' I didn't throw down the phone or anything. It just starting giving problems on it's own. It was repaired and quite costly I must add to repair it, but I decided to get a new one after this. My new K850i worked great for all of one month and then one random morning as I was in a call, the phone cut off on me and while it was attempting to reload, the phone froze while only the keypad and the ring around the camera was lighting. And it refused to start back working even after I turned off the phone and turned it back on many times and took out the battery and reinserted it. And the Update Software didn't even help. In total, the interface is so user friendly and the phone has an AMAZING camera! Totally better than the Nokia N95 so if you are a photo junkie, you'll fall in love with the camera quality and output but you'll only end up with a broken heart and your pockets empty. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!
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Reviewed by frank on 02/11/2009
completly hopeless dont buy waste of money absoulutely RUBBISH !
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Reviewed by Louis E,downswood,kent on 26/10/2009
Ok me again i reviewed the samsung tocco and samsung e250 now moved on so i think that as the in the nutshell thing that is wat it sas on mobile phones uk the camera is great but the c902 is better and the k850i looks like a brick with buttons so it is a good phone for its camera but could be better but also texting is a night mare with the buttons so it is a bad phone for texting and for its look but could have so much more potential but it doesnt so there you go.so 4 star for camera and 1 star for everything else.so the stars at he bottom that i have to put mean nothing just a random pick.
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Reviewed by Catrin Davies on 18/10/2009
i agreee with LI it is an amazing phone if you learn how to use it. if your moaning about the camera its proberly coz you havent had enough time to get used to it. its a brilliant phone for the prices you can get it but its only worth it if you use the phone enough to get used to it after a couple of days people usually get the hang of it.
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Reviewed by Matt on 17/10/2009
was good for a month or two but the touchscreen was usuless and every so often it would keep pressing one of the touchscreen buttons automatically which makes the phone unusable.
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Reviewed by Inga on 16/10/2009
i have this phone for nearly 2 years now and absolutelly love it. no problems with keypad at all. just get used to it! and i love the touch sensitive keys. it used to have problems with freezing, turning off etc., but that's been solved with software updating.
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Reviewed by Matias on 12/10/2009
really problem with the buttons ... Button 2,3,down and on/off dont work so please help me with sending a email Matte150@live.se //Matias
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Reviewed by HESHAN on 29/09/2009
I have never seen like this mobile before what a excellent camera it has i think i love my mobile
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Reviewed by OStrich on 29/09/2009
PReviously had this phone,i had it from november 2008 til may 2009,it broke within 2 weeks,then 4 and a half months,then every week until sony ericsson want ME to pay �10 for the broken phone back,ridicoulus
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Reviewed by Dipxon on 28/09/2009
Since ever i bought dis phone i havnt been browsing wit my operamini 4.2
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Reviewed by keshia on 24/09/2009
I LOVE THIS PHONE..but im moving on in two days (yipee) to the lg gw520. i will carry this phone till it gets out of date..the camera is excellent!,,but it turns off alot..its not faulty cause a few of my friends have it too.
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Reviewed by Ghazi on 21/09/2009
My brother had the same phone, and we both agreed on the same thing, the phone has to much faults. we bought them from different shops, i had to return mine twice to get it fixed and my brother 3 times. apart from the faults, the phone is alright i guess. nothing special, the half touch and button keypad is annoying, but you get used to it. battery life isnt too gr8, its a very average mediocre phone, doesnt have that wow appeal. not the best but not the worst
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Reviewed by Jo on 21/09/2009
Is any one else having problems with the camera flash making a really loud noise? Like a crack? The flash then goes brighter than usual. It's as if its trying to electricute me now.
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Reviewed by joshua barnes on 12/09/2009
i like it
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Reviewed by Derek from carnoustie on 11/09/2009
had the phone for one year and have had nothing but problems,it has been in for a total of three months getting fixed,the problems have been the first time the touch screen failed then the last twice the phone kept switching itself off and would not go back on,it had to go back to sony,it has been the worst phone i have had,camera was ok.
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Reviewed by Aaron on 11/09/2009
I have had this phone for a year now and all those people that say it had problems and its bad build quality and it takes bad pictures are wrong, i mean what u on about i love this phone so much! its just the best, pictures are amazing especially when on a computer. Music java and especially internet are very good on this phone. I highly recomend it. Best phone ever, It does freeze and turn off sometimes but not very much at all. Fantastic phone!!!
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Reviewed by Dan on 09/09/2009
this phone was awful. i had it for 18 month (my contract length). for the first 3 months it was amazing il give it that. but after that it went down hill every month something new went wrong with it. usually i wouldnt mind because i use them alot and you expect small things. but all of them were major faults.
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Reviewed by Peji on 06/09/2009
K850i is the worst mobile phone I ever had. It seems everything goes wrong with this phone. I have sent it once for repair but still the phone freezes regularly. the touch is annoying and the quality of case is awfull. I had K800 befor which was a great handset and I though this one should be as good as K800, unfortunately I am disappoined by sony ericson.If it was Zero star I would have choose it !!
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Reviewed by Radu on 04/09/2009
IT BREAKS in 1 MONTH (display, or keypad, or software). The camera takes THE WORST PICTURES I`ve ever seen, the BUILD QUALITY is also THE WORST. So, DONT BUY IT !!
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Reviewed by Portia on 01/09/2009
I think the phone is generally good, the only thing i find wrong with it is that's it turns itself off and when talking on the phone it tends to send blank messages. But other than that it has great camera quality and its a really good phone
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Reviewed by james on 30/08/2009
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR ON ABOUT! THE PHONE IS THE BEST SONY CYBERSHOT OUT. it has got great features some ones that you would not expect on the i phone. It has an amazing high quality camera which is better than most modern digital cameras. It is practical and 5000000000000 X better than all the other phones in its league including the n95. I have had over 20 sony erricssons and this is by far the best. i more than highly recomend this great phone
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Reviewed by vu on 28/08/2009
great phone, never had any problems with it. had it for more then a year now and really enjoyed the camera. i live in america so no one had a camera better then 1.8mp when i got it! lol. i dropped it in the toilet, fully submerged, and still works! i was amazed. sony really does make quality products. but now im looking for a new phone, a touchscreen, but im poor so i may go for the LG kp500.
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Reviewed by Leslie on 27/08/2009
Don't get it, Ive had it for a while and it slowly starts to crash, and the software starts to malfunction. Turning off every 2 minutes, or when something is loaded.
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Reviewed by Tom on 22/08/2009
Ive had this phone for some months now, and overall, its a shocking bit of technology. The retards at Sony Ericsson need to get their act together and do something about the appallingly BUGGED SOFTWARE that makes it SHUT ITSELF DOWN! That particular problem gets progressively worse until mine was shutting itself off about every 30 seconds. You can download an update which sorts it for about 6 months, but then you have to update again. Oh and beware: if you ask this phone to do a number of tasks in quick succession, it will throw a tantrum, freeze and then NOT turn off when you ask. You have to remove the battery to make it work again. Forget the camera, it's terrible; if you want to take pictures and video, buy an ACTUAL camera. Other than those things, i love it. It's incredibly robust so you can drop it and it won't fall apart, the buttons actually make it easier to text and the square retical/keys are excellent. But honestly, BUY SOMETHING ELSE. There are much be tter devices out there. And you won't have to look hard to find one better than this piece of tripe.
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Reviewed by amar on 20/08/2009
worste phone i had ever owned. freezes non stop, button delay, screen delay, speaker went out 2wice for repair, camera is only good for close ups with in max 4 feet to get proper light. was also replaced 2wice afterwards and exact same problem, now the warranty is over. BS
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Reviewed by kashif on 19/08/2009
its not a perfect phone.it creats speaker problem and it creats keypad problem.when we press any key from keypad then its touch function works with others keys.so we cannot use this.i bought this Rs 15000.and now sale Rs 4500. so i am not satisfied about this phone.
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Reviewed by - on 16/08/2009
i think this phone is ok , but mine is currently in repair for the 2nd time as it turns it self off a lot and will not turn back on. the camera flash is well to bright and makes most faces white , its also bad positioning
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Reviewed by ... on 15/08/2009
I have had this phone for a good few months now, i have found it very easy to use and it has very good features. The camera is very good until i try to take certain photos with flash and doesn't seem to work. I haven't had any problem with the keys like some people have, and found them very easy to get used to. The only real downside i have with this phone is that it turns its self off occasionly for no apparant reason. But all in all a good phone!!
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Reviewed by jo on 13/08/2009
i sort of love the phone but hate it at the same time, the buttons are far too small and i have never found a way to lock the key pad when i make a call. i end up sending serveral blanks txts due to the touch buttons. the camera side is poor compared to other phones, other than that i have never had any problems im glad to say
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Reviewed by louis on 12/08/2009
really good phone until it breaks which it will!!!
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Reviewed by adam on 10/08/2009
its a good design and looks good and easy phone to use
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Reviewed by Rachel on 07/08/2009
I've had this phone for 18 months and have hated it for about the past 16 months! I had to swap the first one because it wouldn't charge properly and I still have the same problem, no matter what it will only charge to 99%. The camera, although it might be 5MP is let down by an awful flash which means most of my photos turn out just black. The buttons do odd things and do not respond and select things which i haven't selected. the button's are quite hard to text on, oh and it's ugly. I'm not normally one to bitch but i haaate this phone, do not get it! it's not just me either, my friend also got it but it broke after about a year- she hated it before then too
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Reviewed by Caz Stewart on 07/08/2009
I loved everything about my K850i, but after 18 months of daily use, it finally gave up and corrupted on me. However, apart from not being offering a numeric option for texts, I really enjoyed using this handset. The camera was first class and I really liked the layout and overall look. Not sure whether to go back to a Nokia now, since Sony Ericsson collects so many bad reviews.
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Reviewed by Alex Canner on 06/08/2009
Myself and my wife decided to go on contract at the same time and decided also that we liked the same phone, so we BOTH opted for the k850i. Therefore I can say with certainty that...it�s an appalling phone. We've both had exactly the same problems, so not isolated incidents. The main problem is the phone's software. After 6 months of using it - it�s incredibly slow. I mean, at a standstill sometimes. We've moved all our media off it onto our home PC and it's still drags its heels. Of late, (16 months on), we've found that when we're on a call and the phone gets a text message (or visa-versa) at the same time, it turns itself off, vibrates, then turns itself back on. Then takes an age to get back to the status of being able to work in a normal way again. Occasionally it has a sulk and refuses to turn on at all for a good 15 mins and only after taking the batt and sim out, it gets off its backside and decides to do some work. Very frustrating if you desperately need to use it! The pics have been outstanding quality but, its lengthy to navigate around and find where they're saved etc. We were drawn in by its flashy looking touch screen stuff but it�s a gimmick. On balance, I'd rather have a phone that does the basics first like being able to talk and text, before taking pictures and fannying about with on-board games. Sorry but its poor! Summary is: good for the first 6 months, then it�s ready to be retired to that mobile phone recycling graveyard in the sky. And remember, we've both had EXACTLY the same problems! So it's a design fault. Rubbish!
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Reviewed by David on 03/08/2009
This is just the worst phone I have ever had. I will never go SE again. It has a mind of its own and is completely unreliable and dysfunctional.I cant even send a text using this phone as it starts opening folders as soon as I try and type in Hi to whoever I am trying to text. I downloaded latest software in case that was the problem with that and 20 minutes later it was exactly the same. Same problem unable to use any feature on the phone. It certainly has the right name on the camera CYBER well I would call it HYPER as it automatically chooses to do 10 seperate functions as soon as I turn the phone on and even touch it.Didnt even get to try camera out as i could see that camera buttons are way too small for a grown adult like me to use with adult size fingers.The phone appears to freeze in between its fits and my opinion to whoever designed this rubbish phone must have had a brain freeze whilst developing it. SE are not interested in refunding my money so I will t hrow the phone away in the bin and go and buy a nokia!
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Reviewed by Barry Badrinath on 28/07/2009
Fantastic camera in daylight, as good as any digital camera. Horrifically overexposed photos at night, especially out partying, which to be honest is where I take 90% of mine. Once or twice a year it dies and needs software upgrades or the stupid combination touchscreen repaired. As a phone it is great and I find Sony much more intuitive than Nokia. The Bluetooth works well and battery life is fantastic (after I upgraded the battery). Overall, get it if you want daytime camera plus phone.
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Reviewed by noname on 25/07/2009
this mobile is class
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Reviewed by peaye on 23/07/2009
love it
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Reviewed by Tara on 23/07/2009
Quite simply the worst phone ever. The touch screen section has grown a personality of its own so sends text's when I�m in the middle of typing or has a little fit and goes into all the options. I have to wait till it stops so I can cancel whatever it was trying to do and carry on texting. If I start typing a phone number, the back touch screen button presses so I loose it. This happens for a further few times before I give up or wait a while till I�ve calmed down to try again. Sometimes if I try to ring someone, it decides it doesn�t want to ring them and cancels it, or hangs up on them much to my mothers annoyance when I continue to hang up on her mid conversation. If I use the internet and try to send a long email, the touch part of the screen will highlight all by itself and it goes back a page so I loose everything I just did. I have given up with the net now, it�s so unreliable. The flash doesn�t work most of the time. So a lot of the pictures are dark. Though I might get lucky and it decides to work but only sometimes. The buttons are stupidly small, wonder which brainiac at Sony decided it was a good idea. Jeez. When I first got the phone, it was as good as gold, and I could look past the pathetic buttons. I was very pleased with it and hadn�t one bad word to say. But a few months later and its now possessed. It�s obvious that the touch screen has malfunctioned, and the buttons...well just cant help themselves because they have always been pathetic. But my friend has the same phone and is having the exact same problems but hers likes to turn it self off and it has decided it doesn�t want to play any sound anymore. Its a very unreliable phone and I cant wait to get a new one, blow this one up to smithereens and I will be definitely be crying with laughter and relief when I do it. I might even have a little party to celebrate. Any excuse for a party eh!
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Reviewed by Matt on 22/07/2009
Avoid like plague! The keypad is awful, you'll get fingers ulcers within a few days and will keep touching the touch sensitive part of the screen by accident. Poor battery life. Camera isn't good, photos are too bright or completely dark even if you hold the phone on the edge. Not recommended at all.
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Reviewed by Becky on 19/07/2009
Really good phone, love the touch screen bit and the keys. Just a bit disappointed with the camera but apart from that it's a good phone. Do love this phone though, pity i've just broke it by getting strawberry delight stuck in the speaker!
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Reviewed by jem on 16/07/2009
a truely awful phone. no matter how it is held the flash pics are comprimised. sometimes it works better if screen icon pressed to take pic rather than button but not always. the phone keeps switching itself on & off, often after taking a pic which is then lost. the touch screen is abysmal, the keys work intermittently or seemingly with no pressure at all. I previously had a K750i which was far superior in all respects even picture quality despite less pixels. I would never have a touch screen again after this & doubt will buy sony ericsson again. very disappointing.& btw - I have learnt to use it properly & it still fails
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Reviewed by Billy on 15/07/2009
This phone is amazing i have had it for over a year and still love it. However, I agree this phone certainly takes time to get use to in order to make the most of its amzing camera as well as its numerous other features. Nevertheless once you know how to use it it rteally is great!
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Reviewed by ronald on 12/07/2009
i bought my unit august2008, since i bought i encounter problem. the unit hang up, i dont know if the problem is the software. it take almost 2 month when i first send my unit for repair,now i send again to service center for repair again almost 2 months again and until now the shop cannot tell me when they can return my unit repaired. i can say the unit is not good quality, i dont know why the sony erickson will not just pull out the unit and not to continue selling it.it only give a big problem to the people buying it.
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Reviewed by Louise on 11/07/2009
Absolutely terrible phone have had non stop problems with it, phone freezes buttons too small i would advise anyone who is thinking of getting one DONT!
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Reviewed by Matt on 07/07/2009
I like this phone, much better than the LG chocolate I had before, I don't seem to have any problems with the camera, I just makesure my fingers aren't covering the flash, which I admit, can be a bit annoying. The resolution of the screen is excellent, not sure about the touch buttons, there not too bad, but I'd rather just have buttons!! It looks brilliant I think, mainly down to the blue rectangle on the keypad, I like this phone, will be keeping for a long time i think
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Reviewed by grace from england on 04/07/2009
this phone is very good. i once had it. BUT... the camera is obviously good but it broke after a while!! the screen went all blurry, also when i would look at pictures the phone would turn its self off! not just this, but the buttons eventually broke off and i was unable to text, call or do anything. apart from this and untill this happens to this phone then its very good!! i do NOT regret buying it :)
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Reviewed by aleksandar on 01/07/2009
i,m from macedonia and i love models sony ericsson ,i have a k750i model with sowtvere w800 exselent work with this sowtvere .i love model k850i with diferent sowtvere ,soory for my bad endlish
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Reviewed by Sam on 01/07/2009
Great phone, no problems with the flash on the camera at all, and the picture quality is great. I suggest reading the manual to most of you ;)
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Reviewed by ihatetmobile on 30/06/2009
I got this phone about nearly 18 months ago. Worse mistake of my life. It caused me so many problems. It broke down in the first week and the handset was replaced. That handset stopped working after about a month and a half. It was then repaired by sony ericsson and worked for a while before breaking down again. It kept switching itself on and off, sometimes just froze and I had to take the battery out and put it back in. Occasionally the camera lens wouldnt open wither. This was repaired yet again by sony ericcson and worked for a few months. It kept switching itself on and off for a long number of months, I gave up on sending it for repair because they took so long to 'repair'. After a while I had enough and gave it off for repair. That was the third time the replacement phone broke down. It broke down again with the camera lens not opening and the phone freezing and restarting even in the middle of a phone call. My advice to everyone is to never get this phone. The camera quality is brilliant, the games are fun to play but seriously..whats the point of all these features i f the phone doesnt even switch on!!
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Reviewed by andy on 27/06/2009
the worst sony phone i have ever had. Problems: freezes when txting, you loose sound when talking, the camera shutter doesent open sometimes -even after taking the battery i dosent work, the pictures are worse than 2mb of k750i, fragile screen - mine broke after a couple months (cost �50 to repair), the ulimate problem as the keypad failure - the bottom half of keypad became like the touch screen & the touch screen stopped working (i sent it back at got it permently replaced), touch screen is a bit 2 sensitive, software issues. Good points: you could easily use it as weapon: its quite sturdy/strong & good battery life. I hate this phone, i would have like to thrown it off a tall building and watch it smash in2 millions of pieces, however, i cant do that if i need new phone.
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Reviewed by Lucy on 26/06/2009
EVERYBODY LISTEN TO MEEEEEEE!!!!!! DO NOT REPEAT NOT BUY THIS PHONE!!!! IT DELETES ALL UR PICTURES AND MUSIC!! IT HAS A VERY VERY POOR BATTERY LIFE AND IT FREEZES AND TURNS OFF!!!! IT IS THE BIGGEST WASTE OF MONEY EVER!!!!! I WOULD SO GIVE THIS A RATING OF -10000000 IF U COULD !!!!!! THE ONLY THING GOOD ABOUT THIS PHONE IS THAT IT LOOKS COOL! BUT WAT USE IS THAT????
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Reviewed by Josie on 25/06/2009
Well, i recently had the Samsung U800; it is terrible, the phone is so slow, the camera is no use, its just BLUERH. However, i've recently traded phones to the Sony Erricson K850i, and personally i love it! It's only supposed to be temporary til' i get my upgrade but I don't want to give it away :/ the camera is amazing, and the layout is perfect! It's so easy to use. This only disappointment is how big it is, but i suppose its what you get from being such an outstanding phone ;).
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Reviewed by Dan_Blamenck_The_Man on 23/06/2009
I currently own this phone and think that it is very nice. The highest quality phone I have ever been in possesion of, with the high resoloution camera and the touch menu screen, it is quite the luxury product. I really admire this phone, and still do, but I always seem to get a HUGE problem. It happened once to me before; I left the phone untouched, I looked after it very well, and yet it broke and wouldn't turn on. So I got it fixed. Recently however, soon after getting the phone back, it happened again. The whole phone refuses to turn on with no lights that come on, except for an unpromising red one when plugged into the mains for charging... If this phone never broke on me I would be very happy, however it does break for a lot of people, so therefor, unfortunately, I do not recommend this phone to anyone (even if it is very shiny) It is a pity, because this phone was very accessable, stylish and practical... now it is broken.
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Reviewed by rajdeep from canada on 23/06/2009
Man love the phone. Its awesome phone. Well I think Camera is just OK. U guys have to turn on the light flash then it gets a good picture in night time. and it actually works. Its a really good phone overall. i would reccomend it.
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Reviewed by GJ on 20/06/2009
nice design... poor quality Had to send it to the company for repair 8 times in a year!!! problem sudden blackout screen, spoilt keypads, malfunction MMS.. one of the worse phone.. FYI, I look after the phone with much care because it is was costly in Malaysia. poor sony service in Malaysia is another headache
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Reviewed by ANKUSH on 17/06/2009
THIS IS THE BEST PHONE I'V EVER SEEN
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Reviewed by Nabil Rashid on 13/06/2009
I've had this phone for nearly 18 months now due for an upgrade soon where i think im going to get the W995, anyway the K850i....its alright lol the camera at night doesn't work properly and the flash is just way to powerful so you either have dark pictures where your squinting your eyes or a picture which is too bright so all you see is white, the top free touch keypads have recently stopped working, the sound has broken three times and its hasn't vibrated for months now so putting it on silent is a waste of time...however im still glad i took this phone it looks good and is easy to use but, i wouldn't recomend it to anyone
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Reviewed by Brenna on 10/06/2009
One word to sum up this phone. AVOID! yeah it's a sony so you know it's going to have loads of faults that sony 'have no record of anyone else having that problem' They just can't make phones (Or laptops) that are any good.
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Reviewed by telquinn on 10/06/2009
The best Hammer i evar bought! oh i should explain.. software is sooo unreliable!!! sony just advises to update software, that will fix the particular problem but will cause 2 new faults and so on and so on.... and scratches too easily on nails ;)
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Reviewed by Kelly on 08/06/2009
I have had three replacements with this phone.It has deleted my numbers and photos three times! All my friends have the same problem.Do not buy this phone!!!
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Reviewed by Megan on 05/06/2009
Worst phone i have ever owned! i do not recommend this phone to any one. i saw it and i loved it but was very disappointed when i recieved it. 3weeks i have the phone now and i need to repair it. my touch screen has completely stoped working and i can hardy see anything on the screen. i have not dropped it. this seems to be a comman problem with this phone, wish i had known that before i bought it.
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Reviewed by Mumin on 30/05/2009
Its a great phone with great features for you to have..its demerit is the keypad,its too hard to type
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Reviewed by Ryan on 28/05/2009
Had this phone for around 18 months now. And i have to say it's served me well. However, it seems the phone came with a fault with the screen, it froze and one turned off it wouldn't come back on again. But fair play to O2 they had it repaired and back to me within a week. But, a year and a half down the line the flash bulb inside the camera has gone, not sure if this is a common fault or just my handset. At the time of it's release a quality phone one gotten used to but probably much better phones out there nowadays.
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Reviewed by Ali on 27/05/2009
got this phone on contract had it for 8-10 month had nothing but problems with it. would freeze and wouldn't go bk on again. had to take the battery out so i could turn it back on again. then the speaker on it wouldn't work got to say this phone was the worse phone i have ever had [my first sony ericsson]. the repair company had this phone more than i did!!
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Reviewed by SARA W on 23/05/2009
WORST PHONE EVER
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Reviewed by Robin Wales on 20/05/2009
Had this phone for aprox 8 months,had some trouble switching on and off.eventually I could not switch back on ,I have been a sony ericsson devotee since the k550 i,the best phone had was the 750i,I havbute now decided to try the nokia 5900 touch screen being delivered tomorow,cant wait.....sorry sony .but my wife will continue to stay with sony she loves the k800 I..
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Reviewed by Tasiu iro on 19/05/2009
i used k800i, know i,m using k850i, infack k850i is superb, its only problem is the soft touch keypad, which is sometimes not responding to touch.
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Reviewed by Tate23 on 19/05/2009
My K850i started off by freezing whilst its on and now if you try put it on, only the keypad lights up. whats up with that??????
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Reviewed by liam on 18/05/2009
hello this phone is great but mine has broke all it does is press select an wont stop doing it. but it has a great camera etc... an everythin it is a great phone to have
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Reviewed by Luis on 11/05/2009
I just hand on my hands a C902 and I have owned the K850i for a few months now... My reaction: the K850i is really a bad choice, I mean bad... The screen quality is really poor. It scratches very easily. The same with the rear shiny surface of the phone, easily scratches... would not recommend... My only reason not to recommend the C902 instead is that it crashes sometimes...
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Reviewed by dave on 09/05/2009
i had no problems with using this phone,sept it broke about 4 times! and did freeze abit, not sure if it was the software or w.e? but i had too get it fixed 4 times for different reasons. but still loved the phone easy too use:)
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Reviewed by Yvonne on 06/05/2009
I've had my K850i for a year now and don't know why I didn't return it. I had the K800i before and loved it, so I was really excited when the 850 came out. I'm not interested in all the technical stuff, I just want to phone, text and take great photos. The key pad took some getting used to and I've had the black photo problem like many other people. What I can't understand is why the lens is protected by plastic rather than a lens cover, like the K800i. I have to check that it hasn't got grubby finger marks on it before taking a photo, so quite often miss the action when taking pictures of my dogs. It's like taking a picture through a dirty window. Very disappointing. Mine's now in for repair as last week the screen suddenly went black and none of the functions worked. My contract is nearly up and I haven't a clue what to go for next.
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Reviewed by hannaaan on 06/05/2009
sad.sad.sad. i loved this phone,my dad had it before me,a few days after my dad gave it to me it the screen went black and only the keypad and camera buttons lighted up, i then had it fixed which let me tell you took ages,BUT then i was very happy for a very long time,then a few days ago the camera shutter when very stiff,and i couldn't record anything,now i can record but no camera shutter whatsoever,i haven't taken it for repair al yet,but this is my second time and iv had it 8 months at very most. on the good hand,when everything is working the phone is very nice,the camera i love,the music is good etc. Overall a 9/10
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Reviewed by tiff on 04/05/2009
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE...had phone for more than a year, repaired several times, still stuffs up, keeps turning off at least 4 times a day, camera flash is rubbish, touch screen stuffed...not happy
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Reviewed by Matt on 24/04/2009
Awful. Constantly freezes even after firmware updates. Navigation through media stored on the phone is also bad
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Reviewed by ROY D CHRISTON on 24/04/2009
NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR EVERYDAY USE, BREAKS EASILY. TOUCH SCREEN IS RUBBISH. CAMERA VERY GOOD, RECEPTION ONLY MEDIOCRE
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Reviewed by k. kamau on 23/04/2009
I have been with three on contract since 2005, my recent upgrade was a sony ericsson k850i which is a 18month contract that started in march 2008, two month there afters was the beginning of innumerable issues with this mobile, started with the screen freezing, i would lose data most of the times the screen froze when i was texting and then i had to start allover again..annoying! when this happened frequently,I sent off the phone for repair....next my screen blacked out completely, it wouldn't respond to charging then there was the issue of flashing lights on and off, I have been to the repair store more than 5 times..I just can't wait for the due date of my next upgrade....I definetly wouldn't recommend this to any body because I have had issues with this phone
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Reviewed by Alex on 23/04/2009
I've been truely agast at this phone. I am a true SE follower, and Ive never before thought of abandoning them for another make... but this. Ugh. I'm on my third phone through my 18 months contract (3months of which I gave up and went back to my old SE phone). The first two phones I experienced numerous problems with crashing, freezing, general system problems. The third one now constantly self selects the back touch screen button, so it is a mission and a half to text/find a contact/go into the menu/open text/open anything/dial a number. Never before have I suffered with phone rage... but this phone's number is very much short lived. I've already been on the phone looking for another model. Sadly not a SE... Other problems are as stated in the review above - the layout of the keypad it disasterous.
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Reviewed by Ailz on 22/04/2009
i loved this phone, best ive ever had, that is until it broke! the screen went black and fone switched itself off with just the keypad lighting up, sent it to get fixed ended up happening 3 times, all the same problem. got a spare one now :( great camera, can store loads wen using a memory card not that expensive. love the keypad, its great. but really unreliable phone, crashed, turns its self off sooo many times wish it hadnt broke!
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Reviewed by Mike on 21/04/2009
Reading the reviews below would make you think this phone is not too good! Well, to redress the balance, I've had this phone for about a month and I got it from my daughter who had it for a year before me. Not ONE problem... the camera is very good (for a phone!), the audio quality of both send and receive s very good, the touch screen works just fine. If I had to nt-pick, then I'd say the buttons are a ittle small... for ME! My hands, though, are massive. So, to be fair, I would need a phone that most would, today, refer to as a brick! Get over it people... it's a phone and it works very well.
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Reviewed by Kat on 20/04/2009
This is the worst phone I have ever had. I got it on contract for 18 months and after only 12 months, it had been in repair over a dozen times (approx. once a month) and repair can take up to two weeks! And been replaced about 4. It is rubbish. The touch screen doesnt work properly, messages dont send right, It NEVER autorotates unless you hit it and theres problems with it turning on and off. I eventually bought a new phone for �5 that was 100 times better. The only good thing I can say about this phone is that the cameras ok, when it works. I would rather burn in hell than own this phone again.
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Reviewed by Matthew on 19/04/2009
For your own benefit and yours only, please listen to me and do not purchase this mobile phone. I got it last July with 3 on contract, and it is now April; I have had 2 different handsets in total, which have been repaired a total of 8 times over this time period, which as you can guess, is absolutely unacceptable. Although the phone is a good looking one, it is simply not worth the hassle, even for the "decent" camera, which in my opinion is shocking whenever the flash is used. The phone shuts itself down, mine about 6 times an hour, even if it is locked in my pocket or something, minding its own business. When it does this, it completely resets the whole phone, deleting texts, alarms, notes, theme etc. I have really had enough of this phone, even though i have had a temporary phone more than the K850i, and unfortunately i still need to put up with it until the winter. To avoid endless hassle, please do not get this phone.
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Reviewed by Dave. on 19/04/2009
i hate this phone.
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Reviewed by Alex on 18/04/2009
Good phone. Had it for a year and it lasted me the whole time, bearing in mind it was completely smashed up after about 11 months! Camera = Excellent Video = Excellent Camera Flash = Poor The 5 Megapixel camera is really good and auto focus is quality. Over all the only thing that lets this phone down is the poor camera flash !
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Reviewed by NH on 18/04/2009
this phone i can honestly say is the worst i have ever bought. about a month after i perchased the phone it decided to turn itself off & on, on me while i was using it to make calls & send messages. as i decided to ignore this, thinking it was something i had done, it done it so much until a few months later, it turned off and would not turn back on at all. i then had it replaced but the same occured again. ive had the phone since june last year & ive had nothing but trouble since ive got it. i found nothing wrong with the camera apart from the flash problems which others have been complaining about that when taking pictures in the dark, the flash seems to work but the picture is still pitch black. really do not recommend this phone, anyone who has/had the same phone says the same.
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Reviewed by LUCY on 17/04/2009
DO NOT GET THIS PHONE! I've had this phone for about 1 year and after from this experience I'm never going to trust sony again. the reason for this is there has been MANY technical problems with this phone. 1. It occasionally resets itself for no apparent reason. Roughly about 3 times or more a day 2. The phone regularly freezes meaning I have to take out the battery. 3. The Media software on the phone stopped working, saying that I have no music or photos what so ever, which meant I had to look at my media by going to menu then files. Which takes longer and this prevents you from looking at your pictures as a slide show. 4. The widgets for the camera which allows you to either have it in camera mode, video mode, or view mode. on my phone the view mode stopped working and everytime when i went on it the phone turns off. 5. After I had my phone for a while, the screen suddenly went black, so i had to restart the phone. But when it turned on, half of the screen had disappeared! Half of the screen went fuzzy and i couldn't see the top half of the screen anymore. After that the phone switches itself off even more which meant i couldn't possibly use my phone. By the time these problems came i couldn't take it back to orange to get it repaired. But now i'm getting a upgrade i'm so relieved.This phone WAS great when you first have it, but the longer you have it problems start to pop up. Or it might of been my luck, maybe i just received the faulty phone.
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Reviewed by lucy on 17/04/2009
had this phone for about a year, and there has been many technical problems with this phone. 1. the games and applications stopped working 2. the phone occasionally restarts itself for no apparent reason 3. the camera functions such as looking back at your previous pictures by using that widget stopped working, every time when I went on that the phone restarts. 4. HALF of the screen stopped working, it went fuzzy and you couldn't possibly use the phone any more. 5. when watching some videos it isn't clear and sometimes goes fuzzy. maybe I was just unlucky and had received a faulty phone. By the time these problems came I couldn't take the phone back to the company to get it repaired. apart from that, overall it is a good phone. I am very disappointed though.
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Reviewed by Brian May on 17/04/2009
This phone is a piece of rubbish . . . IF you come from a Nokia background like I do. The keyboard is rubbish where your fingers slip off the keys. It turns off when you're in the middle of something. Even when you've switched off all the bells and whistles, the battery life is lamentable. The camera is not easy to use, however the results are good. The ability to put a 4 Gb card makes it very good. I would not recommend this phone to anyone, I detest it and rue the day I got it. As soon as I can, I will go back to Nokia.
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Reviewed by neil thorp on 16/04/2009
i think its the worst phone i ever bought had more trouble with it. been back for repair twice in 3 mths. now touch screen only works now and again making it useless
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Reviewed by Dave on 15/04/2009
My phone when turned on only vibrates ans the keypad lights light up but no screen - any advice? The phones been fine until now!
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Reviewed by steven on 15/04/2009
i love the sony ericsson k850i there is not as many faults as people say but i think that the back is a bit stupid becuase if its down and u catch it then it snapps off but the camera is fine and the keypad is fine and astonishingly the key sensors are fine not as bad as people say they are
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Reviewed by Aimee on 14/04/2009
I couldn't have been more disappointed with the camera on this phone. I had the K800i and K810i previously and thought the camera on those was excellent - I loved the versatility of having a decent camera on my phone to save me having to bring my good camera on nights out. After breaking/losing those phones I was so excited about "upgrading" and getting the k850i with the 'supposedly' best camera yet! Yeah Right...!! The flash is terrible - photo's taken in low light turn out yellow, especially skin tones - hideous; if you are too close to your subject the flash is far too strong and the image turns out white and totally over-exposed. And then there is the bloody focus - it takes an eternity of holding down the button and waiting for it to focus and take an actual photo - useless for grabbing out your camera to quickly capture a moment, exactly what the camera phone was designed for in the first place. Believe me no-one wants to wait around to have their photo taken with you shouting "wait... wait... wait for the camera....hold it now... don't move..."!!! Overall I couldn't have been more DISAPPOINTED and ANGRY that i wasted money thinking i was getting the best.
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Reviewed by uday on 14/04/2009
its a very good phone ...no prob. faced with ma k850i.. using this phone for past 6months and was really very good,,excellent sound quality and its very loud,,the highlight is the 5mp camera which is used to shoot great pictures with very good clearity
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Reviewed by dips on 13/04/2009
the phone has major problems it turns off by it self call out by it self sony should refund every user red light apears on the on buttun
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Reviewed by Big John on 12/04/2009
Don't get it. Constantly resets, been sent back twice due to the BROD. Finally gave up with Sony Ericcsons, every one seems to have a software fault.
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Reviewed by montell on 10/04/2009
amazing features
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Reviewed by Steve on 08/04/2009
This phone is poor, ive owned it for a year and it has needed repair 3 times. The camera is very good when it works but takes black or blurred photos 3/4 of the time.
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Reviewed by Gumnut on 07/04/2009
I've had the phone for 14 mths and its a shocker! Originally purchased for the camera and this has remained poor despite a lot of time getting to know its limitations. I can now produce reasonable shots but it takes time. As I take a lot of medical photo as an emergency worker this is time I don't have. I have ceased pulling it out my flight suit. After 14 mths the touch screen has become so unreliable that I've had to abandon the phone. I use my phone to relay clinical info to receiving hospitals on rescue helicopters and the reliability of the phone is now a patient safety issue. Of course in Australia Sony only provide a 1 year warranty. If you need reliable communication you can't get it from this phone. Its only a matter of time before the touch screen plays up. Eliminating old messages, regular master resets et al only temporarily fix the problems.
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Reviewed by Rudy on 06/04/2009
nice phone but its only for a while use. touch screen mulfunction after sometime of use. DON'T BUY K850I
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Reviewed by chris on 04/04/2009
have had this fone for 18 months now on contract and can say its is a very good phone have had plenty of problems with it since day one and still getin them now bluetooth not workin games and applications not working are to name but a few the one down side is the camera light dector as ii does not havea cover it has easily got gumed up with crap so with the flash on it will stil flash in sunlight the camera howevery is excelent the zoom on a picture is amezing when lookin at fine small detail which is hard to se by eye this phone makes it very easy typicial se menu layout very easy to use and user frienly i do stil love the phone despite all the problems and sending backs i have had to do for a contract its a good phone but tobuy it and have longer than 18 or 24 months i dont think i would
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Reviewed by Rueben on 04/04/2009
HATE IT!!! TOO MANY PROBLEMS TO LIST!!!!
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Reviewed by robbie on 01/04/2009
this is the first and last sony phone i'll ever buy. i tried to give the phone the benefit of the doubt, but the number of problems i've had made that difficult. aside from the obvious button size issue, the phone's software interface is mediocre at best. it's also very buggy. there have been many times when i pulled out my phone to find it had been browsing for hours. phone calls are disconnected when a text message is received. the sensitive touch screen buttons can't be reprogrammed. the lock doesn't always work (which explains why i found the phone browsing the internet). the phone has frozen several times causing me to pull out the battery just to restart it. i don't even use the camera anymore. pictures in clear daylight come out slightly tinged, even though the my fingers are no where near the front sensor panel. when i receive a phone call and answer, the phone's microphone stopped working a couple times causing the caller to hang up and try again (thinking that the call didn't go through, which wasn't the case because i heard them loud and clear) i'm quite surprised and disappointed by this product. i assumed this phone would be excellent, especially for the price. i've had it less than a year and i'm strongly considering replacing it.
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Reviewed by AMANDA on 31/03/2009
I have had this handset for 10 months. And thank god its time for an upgrade. The phone has been sent for software reloads and repairs 5 times now and is now refusing to switch on, so its off for repair again! Main problems have been the three touch keys at the top just stop working for no reason, really annoying when in the middle of sending a text as you need one of them to sent it! Screen freezes all the time. Randomly switches itself off. Yet Vodafone and Sony both refuse to admit there is a problem. The camera is no where near as good as it sounds, mainly takes dark and blury pictures. On a good note I did find the keypad easy to text and the new navigation pad is far better than the old joystick.
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Reviewed by Michael on 31/03/2009
This phone for me was well designed but not properly tested. The buttons for me are not the problem its the software it crashes often or the touch screen freezes and jumps forward usualy sending blank texts. The other main problem is the touch screen being active during phonecalls it keeps sending blank messages. The camera I find has not been too bad it gives Decent photographs but I feel it has a bad habit of overexposing photographs. Overall It is a good phone if you can get over its flaws. The best colour I feel is the green as the blue one would be nice without that horrid silver trim they put on.
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Reviewed by sam on 31/03/2009
i h8d it wen i had it - touch screen does NOT work and its very fragile, bulky and confusing!!!
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Reviewed by Alex on 30/03/2009
Had it for 13/14 months and to be honest its the worst phone i've ever had it's broken 3 times.The touch screen's frozen, i wouldn't turn on and it wouldn't charge when I plugged it in. Just as well it's nearly upgrade time.Completley put me off Sony Ericsson. Hate it 1 star
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Reviewed by Chris on 26/03/2009
I have had this phone for 14 months now. The camera is good, when you learn how to use it properly. I got used to the fiddly keypad and the touchscreen and it really has been an ok phone. However, I have had 2 separate occassions where the phone has broken. Firstly, after about 3 months, the touch screen broke and the phone cannot be operated without it. I took it back to Orange and within a week it was fixed and the touchscreen has been fine since. Now, this morning, the screen has broken and I can't read messages or anything so I will have to take it back to Orange again. 3 stars is fair.
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Reviewed by Del on 25/03/2009
Thank goodness I am now due my free upgrade... I have been so disappointed with this phone. The buttons are too small. The 'touch screen' buttons freeze. The pictures are dark, even in a lit room. When texting the phone randomly switches language. The phone also switches itself on and off randomly. My original handset switched off and would not switch back on, even with removing/replacing the battery. The phone was sent off for repair but in less than 24hrs was switching itself off again. this time the handset was replaced with a brand new one. Guess what? Still taking dark photos and randomly switching itself on/off and texting in foreign languages.... On a positive note I do like the music plahyer bit.... Historically I was a Nokia-babe but deflected to Sony. This is my 4th Sony and is more than enough to make me switch loyalties. Nokia may get me back with their 5800....
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Reviewed by Steve on 25/03/2009
Can't fault this phone (except for the dodgy flash resulting in black pictures sometimes!!!)Am still using this phone after getting it on the release day years ago...still going strong. Excellent replacement for a digital camera and cracking sound as an mp3 player...
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Reviewed by Rosy on 24/03/2009
I had this phone for 4 months and i must say i thought it was a pretty good phone, others have commented on how you can't save your contacts to sim (which you can) and people complained about the camera, the photos in the dark i thought were amazing however after a little while the flash does get a bit too bright but other than that its fine. the keys were amazing i though and i text loads too but it was pretty easy to use. Great phone i would reccomend it however barelyt anywhere sells it anymore
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Reviewed by Peter on 24/03/2009
Luckily i've never had any of the problems mentioned on most other reviews (crash, freeze, screen went blank, touch buttons don't work, etc), but then again i rarely used this phone. Got it when it first came out at a quite exorbitant price (as was my old but still excellent K750i), has paired it with 2 GB microSD, it became quite a powerful cybershot phone. Unfortunately those tiny buttons are just not for me. In the end I'm back with my loyal M600i while this state-of-the-art (?) piece is lying in my drawer. Been wanting the latest C905, but afraid it will end up like this K850i.
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Reviewed by Rachel on 21/03/2009
I have had this phone for 14 months now and to be honest i can not wait to get rid of it! I have had to send it off 5 times to get repaired! Nokia 5800 here i come!
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Reviewed by G T on 19/03/2009
This phone was really good to begin with but after a couple of months the touch screen only worked now and again, and the phone would just turn itself off during phone calls! I've had 3 replacements and the one I have now I've had about a month and already the screen is going dodgy again.. the phones features are good, and the camera is excellent. But I think it will be a different make for me this year!
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Reviewed by Mel on 19/03/2009
I've had this phone for a whole year now, and have persisted with it because I couldn't afford to buy a new one. Its got so bad now that it switches itself off almost every 5 minutes, the battery life deteriorates massively over time so much I now have to charge it every night. The touch screen is quite often useless, and the phone freezes at random intervals. I too was disappointed with the fact that the flash doesn't really work very well, but after learning to adjust the settings have had some pretty good photos from it.
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Reviewed by cool on 18/03/2009
i got a k850 and it had nice pic but after some days the touch system did not work!!!!!(USELESS FONE)GOOD FOR RUBBISH)
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Reviewed by Kim on 15/03/2009
When I first got my phone I loved everything about it! The screen, the photos, the accelerometer etc. The little buttons didn't even bother me. But after about a week the touch buttons stopped working sometimes. Also they would never work after phone lock had been activated and would have to take the battery out. It also used to take great photos, but then the flash seemed to become out of sync with the shutter so I would always get totally black photos when flash was used. (and no my fingers weren't covering the flash) This phone is dodgy and after looking on the internet so many other people have complained of similar or identical problems. I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Pete on 13/03/2009
This phone has several pros and many many cons. It is good for pictures, the camera is excellent, if it had a proper lens it would be as good as a real 5 megapixel camera. The video camera is not the same resolution so the picture quality makes The Blair Witch Project look like Sony HD. It's easy to text o, with a handy cut & paste feature and generally has a nice lay out, -there's nothing frustrating about where things are on this phone. What is frustrating are the touch screen keys, 3 of them. They don't work every time you press them & since they are the main navigation keys this happens every time you use it. Secondly, the reliability. This is my 4th handset and it is now beginning to malfunction in the exact fashion of the last two. When you're on a call it will cut out for 10 seconds, then give you 5 more seconds of talk time, (enough time for you to say, "sorry my phone is a piece of rubbish I'll ring you back") then switch itself off. I don't want another one. I don't enjoy getting angry every time I need to phone someone.
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Reviewed by toby on 11/03/2009
This is the worst phone I have ever had in my life. Upgraded to it last year and had nothing but problems. Had 2 faulty ones and now the THIRD one they have sent me has frozen and broken after 2 days. Isn't even anything to write home about when it does work the camera doesnt take pictures in the dark after hours of experimenting with settings, and the touch buttons must be some kind of joke. Steer well clear
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Reviewed by MGK on 10/03/2009
K850i is the worst phone that I have owned up to now. I have sent this phone back FIVE times ...I cannot wait until I get my upgrade...What a load of rubbish!
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Reviewed by kie on 09/03/2009
Had it for 2 years now good phone but time for a change i think.
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Reviewed by Karen on 09/03/2009
For every fantastic review you read about this phone, there are 3 terrible ones! Unfortunately this is another terrible one. I have had exactly the same problems that others have described. The phone regularly (several times a day) switches itself off or 'freezes' and the only resolution is to take the battery out and switch it back on. This is so far my second replacement... the previous 2 were doing the exact same thing. I have also had the problem that someone described whereby the phone does not detect the memory card. More trouble than it's worth - don't bother with it!!
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Reviewed by gareth on 07/03/2009
do not get this phone, i have been with 3 for the last 8 years and always had sony phones until this one, i recieved the k850i and within a month the phone froze, you could not switch it on at all but the keypad was lit,i sent it off for repair and the same thing happened again, this repeated 4 times more until i recieved a brand new k850i, and guess what the same happened all over again with the new phone, apparently there is a fault with the 850, well i would never have guessed stay away from it!
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Reviewed by pritpal on 04/03/2009
i am in obsession with Sony Ericsson ..their qualities cell phones are being emerged by analysts n professionals who have been doing researches on laymen views about their phones n been improvised on its features ..i have used all the sony ericsson except C905 n experia ..rest i have just got my k850i which has 2.4 large screen to clip the best shots ever u can shoot from some other phones in this range ..this phone is elegant, sophisticated to carry with ....n sporty ,trendy, n display menu n music menu is superb more than impressive ..some people have had bad experience about sony ericsson tht they have launched this phone unskillfully and has impartial qualities..some of them are kinda bore ..but eventually this phone is entitled with every aspect u requires in the cell phone .....
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Reviewed by Vanessa on 03/03/2009
I've had this phone for almost 2 years now, and I'm on my 4th replacement. The touch screen keys have frozen on me before, and without them you cannot navigate the phone. My camera seems to always take dark and blurry pictures too! However, despite all this, I must admit i do love it. You get so used to the keys, at first it was weird texting but i can't text on a "normal" phone now. Guess I've just become so used to it. All phones have their pros and cons and this ones no different.
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Reviewed by uk on 28/02/2009
I got this phone in the summer of 2008. Its broke 2 weeks later. The camrea broke on it. So i got it fixed and another 4 weeks later it broke again. Everything else is good on the phone. The camera is not!!!
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Reviewed by kevin on 27/02/2009
this phone is terrible please don't buy it i have had three and all broke software is terrible. shame on you sony. I have however used lots of sony phones they all been good except this one.
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Reviewed by Jess on 24/02/2009
All you have to do to stop the pictures going dark is make sure you don't put your figer on the flash! it's not rocket science!
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Reviewed by caz on 23/02/2009
My daughter got this phone oct 07 when it first came out. After a couple of weeks it started playing up, freezing, switching on/off etc. She'd got it through phones4u on orange, orange didnt want to know, so phones4u sent it for repair. On being sent for repair for the 3rd time she picked it up from the shop, only to get home to find it still not working. As an 18 year old she was complely lost without a phone and returned to phones4u, only to be told by one of the assitants that there was nothing wrong with it and she should just go away and use it! It took my husband getting involved before they agreed to give her a new phone. And you wouldnt believe, yes the new one was the same! Her contract ends next month, and no she wont be getting another Sony Ericsson, or going to phones4u!
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Reviewed by chantel on 22/02/2009
I have had this phone for about 5 months now. and personally i really dont like it. the camera button has gone on mine. the pictures always come out dark.Also it tends to reset its self about 3 times a week. Battery don't last long at all.
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Reviewed by Lauren on 15/02/2009
Love the phone to bits. But woke up this morning and its switched off. it has full battery. and it switches on (well the keypad lights switch on and vibrate) and keeps going on and off and nothing on screen is working?! argh help!!!!! how do i fix it? does anyone know whats wrong with it? only had it since october!!
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Reviewed by Kate on 15/02/2009
I had this phone. Loved it for about 2 weeks. It was just sooooo heavy. Also, the keypad kept breaking! Had about 3 K850i's before giving up and thinking "what's the point."
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Reviewed by JB on 15/02/2009
Absolutely brilliant at first, had no problems with it at all and very much enjoyed using the camera. After 1 month it broke for the first time (screen suddenly went dark, impossible to turn it on again). had it sent off, then less than a week after getting it back, it broke again (same problem). I Had to send it off twice more before O2 allowed me to have a new one, which - u'll never guess - also broke within less than 3 weeks. So regarding all these other reviews, i reckon most were written as soon as it got out the box. the novelty runs out quickly and soon your left with a pile of glitchy rubbish. Worst phone i've ever had.
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Reviewed by claire on 11/02/2009
Had this phone just over a year. I find it an attractive phone and has some good qualities but it certainily doesn't go without its bad points. 4wks in it started freezing on me, when using te camera or mid conversation. The only way possible to resolve it was to take the battery off/on...very annoying!! After a further 5mths it is doing it far more frequently to the point i sent it to be fixed. Apparently it was updated but the freezing still continued. Now a week before my upgrade is due it decided to completely freeze mid conversation and will not now turn back on..GREAT!!! The camera takes a great photo when it wants to. Overall it's unreliable.
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Reviewed by Carl on 10/02/2009
All i can say is that i will never be having a Sony Ericsson again! I have had this phone replaced 3 times in the space of 8 months and it is currently broken again but i have to live with it for a month until my contract is up for renewal. The phone feels plastic and cheap. Also it chips and scratches easily and it makes the phone look terrible. Finally for a 5mp camera it takes terrible shots. I would definately advise again buying this phone!
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Reviewed by Sal Shieldes on 09/02/2009
DON'T DO IT!!! Do not buy this phone! I have had all of the problems listed above! I got my first K850i in June 08. The speaker died within 2 weeks and could not be repaired so the phone was replaced. Since then I've had the screen, the software, and the fascia all replaced - basically the entire phone - and it still doesn't work! it crashes and constantly needs rebooting, the screen freezes and it needs rebooting, the 'end call' button freezes and needs rebooting, the sim card won't register - and, yes you've guessed it - needs rebooting. Rebooting is obviously a pain as I have to remove the case, open the phone, remove the battery and sim, replace the sim and battery, wait for the phone to start up... And yes, I have read the manual! Also, photo messaging constantly crashes - a photo message sent to my inbox usually blocks all other incoming messages. A new fault developed last week though - I sent a photo message out but it jammed in my outbox, causing a queue of text messages behind it which did not send. The phone didn't tell me the messages hadn't sent and, in the meantime, all my incoming calls went straight to voicemail. The only way to delete the picture message and unblock the phone was - quel suprise - to dismantle the phone yet again and reboot it. Now the calendar is having a nervous breakdown and keeps doubling up my reminders! Also the design of the calendar is frustrating as it is too fiddly and you go through too much button pressing just to set a basic reminder. On top of all this nonsense, I cannot download music to the phone! I've tried every which way, have updated the phone, had a new cd sent, tried Bluetooth, tried the software download on the website, etc, and I still can't download music. I have now given up and have gone back to my W810i!
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Reviewed by shamy on 09/02/2009
very reluable phone with expandable memory, good battery life and excellend sound. Jus wish it was slimmer.
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Reviewed by Anna on 08/02/2009
I think it is a great phone but with the ocaisional fault. It is really good once you get the hang of it but I still can't figure out how you find out your balance. Grr. All in all great camera, easy to understand, grat apps and fun multimeadia. A must for people who like to edit their photos! i am really not sure why everyone hates this phone! It is one of the best phones i have had.
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Reviewed by Kayleigh on 08/02/2009
i have had this phone for nearly a year now and ive had to have it replaced 4 times, it crashes and the touch botton fades after a while, after using the camera the phone sometiems switches off, i have to reset the phone alot to fix it, at one point my phone kept turning off so i couldn't use it, there is plently of things that go wrong with this phone !
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Reviewed by vics81 on 08/02/2009
What a nasty phone,only had 8 months and touch screen buttons won't work.Even local repair shops can't fix it!!! had to put up with crashing and blank screen on a regular basis before this.Camera is shocking compared to the K800i which was a great little phone.I doubt i will purchase another sony Ericsson Mobile phone again unless they sort themselves out,in my opinion it is the biggest let down in a long time.AVOID!!!!!
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Reviewed by candice on 06/02/2009
nightmare! touch screen works as and when it feels like it have to press numerous times then it jumps forward loads, buttons are small and hurts when texting alot, phone awkward to hold when taking a picture, battery power terrible doesn't last, cannot use music on video DJ, i have had this phone for about 6 months now and have got used to its annoying faults but should i have to 'get used to its annoying faults' so after all this it has now started mid phone call crashing! ending the call and causing the screen to go black for about 30 seconds and then returns as normal likenothing ever happened, can be a very frustrating phone.
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Reviewed by mr b. ellend on 05/02/2009
Not the best phone. Very good music playes/ ok battery life. Maybe a first time phone?
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Reviewed by kts on 05/02/2009
I've had my phone for over a year now and it has it's faults; no wait, I had it replaced after 9 months with the exact same model. Both of mine have had serious software problems: 1.crashing 2.weird flash 3.not detecting memory card I appreciate this may not happen to everyone but after 2 of them the chances are higher
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Reviewed by lotte on 04/02/2009
I hve had this phone 9 months now, Im on my 4th phone now, due to seizing, keys dropping off. A big disappointment from Sony !
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Reviewed by GSTAAA on 03/02/2009
This phone is absolute pants! For some reason on odd moments the phone switches off which being a G like me rahh aint good also the games are rubbish i mean demo's go home man all the way back to demo land! Also the buttons are so small and when you sneakily texting at school you struggle to text cus of the size which aint cool at all! i think sony ericsson needs to look at this phone seriously as there was such a big hype about the 'brick' and its not that good to be honest i think sony ericsson has gone down the pan soo they best fix up!
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Reviewed by glen uk. on 03/02/2009
Buttons bit complicated to start with but got used to them. overal decent phone,until the touch keys stopped working after about 6 months. had to keep taking battery out n putting back in to start phone again. this carried on for 2 months until i layed it underneath a tow truck. THE END! (sadly tried updating and everything but no avail so termination followed) GOOD LUCK!!
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Reviewed by Shaxz94 on 02/02/2009
I waited two months to get this phone and have had it since May last year. It's a good phone but the phone freezes and shuts down. Also, when I first got it the camera's pictures were pitch black but the problem seems to have cleared up now. The keypad is suprisingly easy to use. But the touch buttons get annoying sometimes.
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Reviewed by lADIEHYPEZ on 01/02/2009
i personally think i made a wrong desion buying this phone ive had for under a onth and it has froze up and wont switch on i loved the fone wen i 1st saw it..cnt stand it now will not advice no one 2 buy.. sorry phone is absoluely rubbish!!
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Reviewed by Lewis on 31/01/2009
I have the sony ericsson k850i Blue edition which looks the best. This is a great phone. I have had my sony ericsson k850i for almost a month and it has only froze about two or three times. Accept for that it works great. The camera is also excellent as is the video recording which is much better than on my old phone the sony ericsson k800i. The first day I got my k850i I took a picture in a pitch black room using the flash and the pictures I took kept on coming out black or either underexposed and then I realised that I had not taken the plastic cover off of the back of the phone which was on the phone when I opened the box. After taking the plastic cover off of the back of the phone my pictures which I took in a pitch black room using the flash came out in full colour and detail. So for anyone wondering why their camera takes black pictures the reason is above or you are either putting your finger/hands over the flash, led, or the light sensor. If it is none of those then you need to update your phone using the sony ericsson update service found on their website. one of the worst things I found about my phone is that half the time you press the buttons the casing sometimes creeks. My touch sensetive/touch screen buttons work perfectly but like other people have mentioned they a bit to sensetive which is not a bad thing. One of the things I also love about the k850i is the automatic lens cover which makes it feel like a propper digital camera, I got to say that camera lens is really big compare to my old k800i, it is about the same size as the lens on my digital camera which is the sony cyber-shot w110 which is 7.2 mega pixels. I also think that the addition of the 3 led is useful because I now have a torch on my phone and it is used as an assist light and a video light which works very well in the dark and very bright but not as bright as I expected because I compared my k850i's led to my friends w610i's daul led (t wo led) and the 3 led didn't seem to be that much brighter than the daul led on the w610i. The screen is also very bright, much brighter than my old phone the k800i and is quite a bit bigger. another thing I love about this phone is the new cybershot camera interface which is a bit easier and I also like the slider switch on the top of the phone which can be used to switch between video, camera and photo gallery, I also think that the accelorometer/ motion sensor is very cool as it automatically rotaes the picture and can be used to play the marble madness game all in all agrat phone but not as good as the sony ericsson c905 which I have tried in the 3 store
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Reviewed by Dave on 29/01/2009
Junk. Freezes regularly, requires a master reset every couple of months. Real problems with the Media functions. Camera is at best poor. Sound quality is ropey. Touch keys are way too sensitive. Need I go on? I'm tied in to this rubbish for another year yet, seriously looking for a cheap PAYG handset to replace it. AVOID!
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Reviewed by Linz on 28/01/2009
Had K850i's for a year now - i'm on my 3rd phone - after having numerous software failures on the first, it couldn't be repaired anymore & was finally replaced. 1 month later that phone also had software failures and just stopped turning on. It couldn't be repaired so have now had a new one a week, I have already taken it back as it turns off & on again. Very disappointing - Keypad took a bit to get used to, you def need smallish fingers. Camera's great - I agree with other reviews you have to be careful how you hold it, so you don't get in the way of the flash - overall - good little phone when it wants to work!
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Reviewed by phonejacker on 26/01/2009
The camera was great but after i had the phone for a month it repeatedly turned itself off, over and over again - all the time! Annoying or what. The touchscreen buttons were unresponsive and the call log didnt work. Could have been the best phone ever if it actually worked!
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Reviewed by sik guy on 26/01/2009
its fine, your all complaining like the phones grown a hand and hit you with a hammer lmao ive had mine since christmas 2007 and it broke about april last year so i got a new one :) and its been fine since then so i cant be that bad, it rings, it texts, you can listen to sik tunes on it, what more do you want ;)
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Reviewed by umlaut on 26/01/2009
an absolute dud of a phone has broken down more than 5 times and had to be repaired, do not buy!
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Reviewed by Sufi on 25/01/2009
A must bay phone if u r a camra lover...its 5 mp camra is awasom..its sliding botton to switch betwn stil image,video recordin..n..to see ur file..got many cool featurs like auto landscape...n...photdj. Ya its keypad is very complicted..which may trouble u..
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Reviewed by Charlie in Essex on 23/01/2009
The phone has been poor really keeps switching off intermittently. The camera over exposes all the time with the flash too! in fact it been the worst 18 mths i have ever experienced with a mobile phone. Do you self a favor and stick with the k800i
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Reviewed by Ann-Marie on 22/01/2009
I had the phone a few hours, I LOVE the look, but as for the buttons...well I hoped I would get used to them but its so hard to get used to them!! And the half touch screen, although nice, again too much variation. If the buttons were bigger and the arrows bigger instead of a line then it would be better. For those of you who say about the camera, you need to push the button half way to focus it, I have had no problems and the pictures are amazing.
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Reviewed by Dean Anderson on 21/01/2009
I think this phone is amasing. had it since june and not had a problem with it exept on newyears day when i totalyburst the wee flap bit on it :-(. getting a new one soon though but yeah the dones amasin, great camera, great sound, and for the people who complain about the keypad its actualy not that bad tbh :-S? ive got i well with it and so have allmy other friends for gosdake write about the more pressing issures about a fone that somthinf sno minor that isnt bad! x
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Reviewed by Clear Cut Chap on 15/01/2009
The K850i is a fantastic phone. There were some generic batches that had firmware issues, which marred its reputation. The rest of the problems-esp. with regard to the camera is just a lack of user-knowledge. The light sensor - admitedly not well located - come under the finger of the right hand while holding the phone to take a photograph. As a result, pictures appear dark even when the flash goes off. Solution -> Hold the camera only by its edges, even a slight projection of the fingers over the edge can effect the photograph. I admit a bit annoying but you get used to it. Ive had no problem at all - Ive taken 4100 photographs in the past 10 months that Ive had the phone and its still going strong.
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Reviewed by tiago on 14/01/2009
HATE this phone. DONT BUY IT touch stoped working on me. kept restarting. was really dispointed for the money i paid.
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Reviewed by united kingdom on 14/01/2009
Well ive had this phone since christmas i think its great sometimes the pictures r dark but if ya just move into a different light i find it takes perfect pictures! I recommend the phone i think its excellent :) and i think the majority of people on here are obviously not using the phone correctly! also for the person who complained about the buttons hurting if you text alot thats not true i txt 24/7 and find it easy!
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Reviewed by jaki coleman on 12/01/2009
this phone gave me nothin but trouble from the day i got it, its needed numerous software updates and still crashes .key pad is awful 2 . thanks to t-mobile for offerin exchange before i scream . really dissapointed with sony with this model .
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Reviewed by Michael Seville on 12/01/2009
I have found the K850i the most unreliable phone I have used for many years. It freezes all the time. The software hangs. The software is slow. The photos mostly come out black. The touch screen failed on me totally so it was unusable. It stopped switching on altogether. My ears keep sending texts while I am on the phone. The bluetooth is unreliable. I am sorry but I should have stuck with the K800i it was a much better phone in my opinion.
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Reviewed by gareth on 10/01/2009
i luv this phone but u don't no how to use the phone u have to change the camera settings to change the light first before u go and mess around with it learn how to use it its an ace pohne great value for a 5 mega pixel camera phone
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Reviewed by bolton on 10/01/2009
this is an ace phone u need to learn how to use it first then u can really find out how good this phone is it a price for a 5 mega pixel camera phone too the best phone i have ever had
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Reviewed by Sean on 06/01/2009
The phone is just average. The most annoying thing is that everytime i make a phone call because of the touch screen touching my ear or face or whatever i end up sending blank text message to someone. The camera is ok but sometimes you get a black picture for no reason?!?! DO NOT BUY worst phone i've had
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Reviewed by Liam on 06/01/2009
OK Everyone, I have just recently brought a Sony Ericsson K850i mobile phone. I am about to write you a true review with no lies. I have had my mobile phone since 31/12/2008. I did receive a problem with the camera that other people have reported that the photos taken turns out black but once flash is turned off there fine. However I had to get a replacement handset. I spoke to Sony Ericsson and they advised me that my handset was the fault. Once I got my replacement handset BINGO it works fine when taking photos. I did notice that I definitely had a faulty handset as the previewer�s handset I had before wasn�t flashing properly. As the new handset replacement worked slightly different. While taking a photo the LED bright light will come on until you focus the camera then once you have taken the photo the Xeon flash will flash like the K800i did if anyone had one there�ll understand me. I hope some people with the same problems with the camera will help you solve it. If not it might be because your handling the handset incorrect as while taking a photo I have noticed that you have to handle it at the edges unless you will get a black or dark photo. Apart from that handset fault I haven�t had any problems. I would just like to mention that the touch buttons are a little fiddly and will take a while to learn how to use the. Once you learn how to use them they seem to work fine. Also the auto rotate don�t always work every time. Everything else works fine and smoothly. I think this mobile phone is a lot better then the other K series ranges. It�s the best mobile phone I have ever had if I forgot the problems that I experienced firstly. I Hope this review helps new buyers that are thinking about buying a K850i and the buyers that already owns one that are having camera black photos problems.
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Reviewed by Gee on 05/01/2009
Camera is shockingly bad... pictures come out black with the flash.. yellow without the flash!! C702 is a much better handset...
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Reviewed by Kerry on 04/01/2009
Rubbish, absolute rubbish! I do not recommend anyone to purchase this phone, it crashed on a number of occasions and froze a lot so i was then required to reset it a lot or take the battery out and start my phone up again, my phone then also ended up freezing and the screen went blank and it never came back on again so i was then required to get a replacement phone. I have to admit when the phone is working properly the camera is ace but its not worth it really, i have also found out that it isnt just my phone thats faulty, a lot of these phones are faulty, they have software faults on them so personally i would not risk purchasing a faulty phone... Very Dissapointing!!
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Reviewed by Caitlin on 01/01/2009
this phone is rubbish its broken twice since august. its so unrelaible. always turns off. dont get it. waste of money waste of time
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Reviewed by Jason on 30/12/2008
I purchased this phone around 9 months ago and have had nothing but problems. The phone often freezes on start-up and the touch screen stopped working after about 2 months. After sending the phone back for repair I had to chase them up to send it; I eventually received it after more than 3 weeks. Unfortunately they hadn't fixed it and so I had to send it back again. This time they emailed me back saying: "During the inspection procedure the unit has been diagnosed as 'Un-Repairable under the Manufacturer's Warranty'", "We shall be posting you an estimate to cover the cost of the repair" and "we can return the unit to you, unrepaired for the sum of 10.00 +VAT"!! Unbelievable. This is the worst phone I've ever had. I will never buy a Sony Ericsson again and will do my best to put off as many people from buying them as I can due to the way I've been treated.
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Reviewed by DJ Clive on 30/12/2008
I've been with Sony Ericsson phones for a long time now, as I have always felt that technically they're the best. I'm less than two months away from my "upgrade" so I thought I would logon here and see what one I fancy next. So far none!! I was interested in the iPhone at one point but with so many problems with it I think it's pants! I'm very disappointed with the reviews of the SE C902/C905/Xerpia X1, as they seem to be the best that SE can offer at the moment. So for me it's back to my good old K850i!! Personally, I've had very little problems with it. The keyboard's fine unless you're wearing gloves, and I've never had a single problem with the camera! The only major thing that went wrong for me was my fault: I took it in the bathroom and the steam got into it and messed up the screen, so I had to get a new one. Apart from that the only slightly annoying thing because of the three touch buttons, is that you end up creating a draft message accidentally e very time you hold the bottom of the phone next to your cheek, so best to hold it slightly away. Unless I see a review where everyone is giving a certain phone the thumbs up, I'll stick with the K850i.
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Reviewed by Jeremy on 28/12/2008
Very disappointing. Touch screen temperamental at best - either won't touch or works with hardly a touch at all then connects to net - beware extra charges. Camera poor, K750i I had previously was much better even though lower mega pixel. The flash is useless - follow every part of user guide & still get over exposed pics even if alter exposure settings. K750i - faultless. The photofix just makes pic brighter - not much use if over exposed with flash or bright sun. Pics of poorer quality than would expect & macro not much use compared to other phones. Beware if you get annoyed with this phone & want to put your contrat 3SIM into your old phoe then unless a 3G phone it will only work, if at all for a short while before 3 cut you off - something to do with them renting networks. All in all hardly even 1 star
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Reviewed by Matt on 23/12/2008
I have been very disappointed by this phone - poor picture quality, touch screen constantly freezing and phone regularly switching itself off. Agree about the camera function being fiddly to use, if you didn't touch the screen in just the right spot you would end up doing something totally different! Have had the phone twice now, and the second one stopped working yesterday, so have swapped it for a K770i, which is considered a lesser model than the K850i, but I am by far happier with this phone already.
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Reviewed by Nikki on 23/12/2008
thought this phone would be great, have had it 6 months now and am already on my 2nd version after the 1st one broke 3 times in 4 months! twice it just turned off and wouldn't turn back on and the final time the speaker broke! now this one i have keeps restarting and the camera cover is stuck and it keeps asking me to restore the licences on the music I have on it. all in all its very poor and I want a different phone, any other phone has to be better than this!
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Reviewed by Kim from Brighton on 20/12/2008
I have had this phone for over a year now and its been nothing but troublesome! It has been returned to be replaced/repaired 5 times. Faults include: camera not responding, camera shutter staying closed while in camera mode, constant switching itself off, unable to answer calls when locked, poor reception in areas where other phones are picking up full reception and the list goes on. These are NOT user error...these are faults. I now have a phone that will not switch on, it mearly lights up its keyboard....so yet again its going to be returned for repair!... This seems to be a common thing now for all the sony phones I have/used...so I may be switching to a more reliable brand again. shame as all its add-ons should be great...its the reliabitily that lets it down.
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Reviewed by Andy on 17/12/2008
Had this phone for a year now, its been a good phone and in general no problems, photos are great if you get it on the right setting and the touch screen is good, although a little slow sometime. The major problem I have with it is it constantly freezes meaning you have to remove the battery before it will work again! overall good but I wouldn't buy another one after this
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Reviewed by tayaba on 14/12/2008
i fink its a reli gud fne.... i have had no problems wiv it... hav it 4 a year now n its still in gud working conditions... its a brilliant phone.... however it dse switch off itself tm 2 tym... but love it still... very gud cammers 2.. u jus have 2 knw hw 2 use 2 cam n d phone..
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Reviewed by HeRo on 12/12/2008
its quite a nice phone n the camera is nearly perfect.the only thing i dont like is the speaker position.when u put it on the front way the speaker sounds very low. so..nth more to complain anyway... this phone is still nice...
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Reviewed by James Kally on 12/12/2008
This is my second SE phone. previously had a k750 and loved it! This one is a junk! First, it messed up my contacts and phone numbers. Second, the phone sometimes just hanged for no reason. It actually died on me 3 weeks after purchase. Third, the buttons are not good if you are serious sms person like myself. Fourth, the firmware very slow compared to k750. Finally, the camera features was limited compared to k750. SE, you better lift your game! I am going to ditch this phone and get something else other than SE after 6 months of use! Potential buyers beware!!!
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Reviewed by Katy on 10/12/2008
I have had this phone replaced 3 times and repaired once. it switches itself on and off and sometimes doesnt come back on at all. my sister who has sooooooo many problems with her sonys was begging me not to get this one but as a idiot i ignored her.and low and behold it broke. the overview of the phone is good, good camera quality. at the end of the day it looks good but isnt worth the hassle of getting it replaced and sent back, stick with Nokia or Samsung they are decent working phones.
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Reviewed by Fred on 10/12/2008
This is the worst phone I have ever owned/ used!Touch screen tends to send text when talking on the phone; button's too fiddly for me to text camera tempramental! Never worked on 3G. The phone in my opinion is NOT user friendly!
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Reviewed by Harriet on 10/12/2008
This phone is rubbish! I hate it! The phone keeps freezing even when im not even using it and turning itself off! Worst phone i have ever had!
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Reviewed by The Legend on 09/12/2008
I have had this phone for nearly 6 months, so i have given it plenty of time to get used to it however, this is without doubt the worst phone i have ever had. I prefered my Nokia 3320 than this piece of junk. The K850 is just so poor. It's slow to use, the MP3 is awful, the camera is not even that good and the battery life is less than any other phone i've had. Not only these issues but the electronic faults really get on my nerves too. It keeps turning itself off, especially when you try and do more than one thing at a time i.e use the MP3, send a txt then you get a call, the volume button has broken twice as i have already returned it to the manufacturer once and need to do it again, every now and then the touch sensitive areas just decide to select something out of the blue for no reason. With it being so god damn slow when selecting things, sometimes ive sent a txt to the wrong person altogether which can be VERY dangerous. The camera is outstandingly bad, especially indoors when you end up with pur blackness. To put it simply - this phone is rubbish.
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Reviewed by Nicola on 08/12/2008
to be honest with you, i first thought that this was a good phone - but after having it for 9 months, and the past 6 months it has gone back for the same fault 3 times i am starting to lose my faith in it, this fault being that the 3 touchscreen buttons freeze and then the whole phone freezes. the phone then turns itself off and back on again, but when turned back on the screen does not come on?! not great really - am very disappointed
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Reviewed by James on 08/12/2008
Truly a breathtaking phone. I have used it for 1 year and everything is just excellent especially with the update of the new firmware. The snapshots are excellent and the user interface never fails to amaze me. This is definitely the best SE phone I've ever used.
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Reviewed by ashvin on 08/12/2008
Awesome phone!!
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Reviewed by darwin on 08/12/2008
I'm dis appointed of k850i because it has a normal quality video. and I get jealous if i hear another phone that is louder the speaker than mine K850i. anyway I still finding a way to upgrade may k850i to become a high quality video and increase the speaker.
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Reviewed by quinny on 07/12/2008
worst phone i have ever had! had 5 replacements!!! stick with nokia ACVOID AVOID AVOID!
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Reviewed by Hardlines on 05/12/2008
I wont go in to the spec aspect of the phone as you already have a features list accompanied by a full review. But I will touch upon user experience, and the word your looking for is... annoying! On my first day using my phone i couldn't get a good picture as a well lit room proved to difficult for the camera (even set to 5mp), to provide me with a visible picture,grr! I later found out after mucking around with the phone which seemed to be hours that you can't place you fingers close the flash but hold it like you carrying two dirty nappies, one in each hand! This proves very difficult to take stable pictures. The other main gripe is the keypad, but not what your thinking or what you may have read, my question to sony ericsson is - where is the enter button normally located in the centre of the navigation keys? What? Your saying that theres no need and that you are replacing this feature with the '2' and '5' buttons? Grrr! My final and most annoying gripe with this phone - it's rather slow for a simple phone. Ok, we are not talking P1i slow or Windows Mobile slow but slow enough to cheese you off! Say for example you make a call and would like to place the phone call on loud speaker (for want of better uses whilst on a call), sometimes the phone will not allow you for the first minute or so to do anything because it will appear as if it has just frozen at the screen where you pressed the call button (say you went in to your phone book), but it hasn't! place your ear to the phone and you will be able to hear your friend saying "Hello?...mate you there?...He's doing it again, look!". Small niggles but really annoying. In conclusions your looking for a phone, there are better ones out there in the sony ericsson range.
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Reviewed by Tom on 04/12/2008
The camera is good when you no how to use it only it slow to load up the camera and sometimes the button that toggles between camera and video does not respond. However my phone has gone back as it was constantly crashing, freezing when going to answerphone and eventually just freezing every 5secs for no reason at all. I like the phone but if youre on a contract there are better phones you can get for the money such as the N95 8GB, LG Viewty, both have good cameras, but are more phones with cameras, whereas the K850i is a camera that makes phone calls.
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Reviewed by steve martin on 02/12/2008
dont go here ,had the phone now for 13 months,has been back to sony 4 times ,the thing just keeps crashing,NOW all soft key have stop working ,no menu ,contacted orange out of warrant so tuff sh.t.... never sony again...
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Reviewed by chris on 30/11/2008
i just throught i would write this review as i wrote 1 for my new phone (lg kc550. i am very VERY dissapointed about this phone! i normal love sony ericssions but not this one !!! if you ask me they should do a re-call on this product. i can safly say the worst sony ericcsion i have EVER had. lets get on to the problems: touch screen just isnt good enough it flickers when your using it. ALSO the speaker has broken 3 times !! i have sent it back to get fixed and it is now getting fixed for the fouth time!the phone is round about 6months old i never had any problems wid my old (k750I)i would not buy this phone if i was you! so many good and bad reviews just depends where you buy it from and weather it breaks really. well sony ericssion i am very very dissapointed in this phone. i love sony ericssions but its forced me to buy a LG becuase their wasnt something good enough for me for �100 all the phone i liked are like �150 + which now i have learnt is a lot of money for a phone.
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Reviewed by i love it on 29/11/2008
it is the best phone i had!!!!!!!!!!!! and the Luminous Green is so much better than the other girly one
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Reviewed by Jane on 28/11/2008
I've hads this phone for about 11 months now, so I have given it a chance, don't buy it, its to large, the buttons are rubbish, it has had to be repaired twice for no reason, it regularly locks up and won't allow me to look at my messages so I have to master reset my phone. It presses buttons on its own while Im on the phone. Don't watse your time
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Reviewed by Denno on 26/11/2008
I have had 2 of these phones in the past 6 months. On both phones the touch sensitive keys have gone faulty. The first time this happened they activated themselves randomly, usually activating every 3 seconds. This made it impossible to do anything on the phone. The second time this happened the keys stopped working all together. I can only use the functions on the phone which don't require the 3 sensor keys. Aside from the sensor problem i have quite enjoyed this phone, and it certainly hasn't put me off getting future SE phones... infact i have just (today) upgraded to the C902 in titanium. NB: Every phone on the market has a problem with it, it is all down to user preference, what suits one person may not suit another. So don't take these reviews as gospel, go and try the phone in the shop for yourself.
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Reviewed by angie, uk, 24 on 26/11/2008
STEER CLEAR!! The world's WORST mobile. If I could give it a lower rating I would. it has been a nightmare since I've had it. After months of crashes and dropping my calls mid convo, tonnight it has finally died on me and will no longer even turn on. I am not the kind of person to write a review of stuff I hate but this is a joke. -Keypad. Tiny keys. No joke. sooooo small texting hurts. Thinking of playing games on this heap of crap? Forget it. You will never be able to navagate with the freakishly unique pad. Urgh. - Comfort . Well we've talked about the keys being a night mare. The shape is ridgid and just plain brick like. Oh and it's heavy. - Battery life. I charged it nightly. Will never ever last more than one day. If you use it a lot it will only last about 2 hours. - The touch sensitive screen buttons are lame. Feels like they were just put there last minute to try and keep up with the i-phone. And if you take the phone in the bathroom when you shower, be prepared for it to start calling people of it's own accord (the heat from the steam sets the touch screen buttons off. Oh, it's not the whole screen that's touch sensitive. Just 3 pads at the bottom of the screen. So pointless and lame. I could go on and on about how mch I hate this phone. I HATE IT. After using sony erricson for the last 3 years, I will never go back to them . How do you guy's at Sony sleep at night when you are charging people good money for this rubbish? DO NOT USE!!!
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Reviewed by usman on 23/11/2008
i like it so much
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Reviewed by gavin on 22/11/2008
one bad point i can make of k850i is i keep losing the vibration on the phone and the only way to get it back is to constantly turn the phone on and off
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Reviewed by Nav on 21/11/2008
This is simply the WORST mobile phone I have ever used. For a 5 Megapixel Camera phone the image quality is a disgrace, the phone constantly switches off, the touch senseative keys are irratating, the software is VERY slow and it just drops a call mid way through a phone call. Oh and did I mention it also switches itself off when it feels like it? I have now been through THREE K850i's now and all have had the same problem!
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Reviewed by S Shepherd on 19/11/2008
Got the k850i as a contract upgrade, didnt know anything about it at the time, but after a few weeks of trying to use the thing and struggling with the small buttons, and the phones tendency to disconnect midconversation, i've given up, tried to get the phone replaced but ended up dumping the contract and buying a nokia flip phone instead, for me this was a nightmare phone, hard to believe its a sony..
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Reviewed by chris on 17/11/2008
good
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Reviewed by Peter S on 17/11/2008
Worst phone ever. Crashes, touchscreen not working............Avoid it like the plague!!
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Reviewed by Dhie on 15/11/2008
i had my K850i last November 10 2008.. everything's working.. features are ok but today November 16.. gee when i tried to send a message to a friend, this (a not so good phone) says Sending Failed Message Barred.. so i searched the internet.. they all say you do the reset all.. master reset whatever.. i tried those and mmaaaaaann nothing happened!!!!! so please do not buy this phone it's so expensive and not working ok after weeks! so please before you release a phone Sony makers, try to make sure everything's in good shape and WILL LAST for a lifetime OK? people will not like your product anymore if ALL Sony Ericsson are like theese products (HAVE LOTS OF PROBLEMS).. in the future no one might buy them..
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Reviewed by Hannah on 14/11/2008
This phone is absolutly awfull, when you use the camera and when you take a picture it just comes up black i was dissapointed with it and i only had it 2 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I honestly suggest you DO NOT buy this phone!!
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Reviewed by D Roberts on 12/11/2008
this K850i is the worst phone I have ever had has been back for repair twice in 4 months had software up graded but still crashes and the touch screen becomes unresponsive then the phone dies and is impossible to boot up !!!!! rubbish phone avoid!!!
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Reviewed by patrick on 11/11/2008
I have had my K850i for almost a year, I love the phone however my touch screen stopped working and entire phone was unusable, but this is where I'm super impressed rang Sony after Orange said they didnt repair phones after 6 months, 3 days later my phone is back fully repaired and refurbished they have removed all scratches and am very very impressed, as for the Phone love its easy use the photo's are better than my 8mp camera, and we are now buying a cyber shot camera so impressed with the quality of the pics. I have taken pics in Nightclubs in sunlight all excellent. I recommend this phone and for the aftersales service from Sony 100% satisfied.
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Reviewed by Sarah on 10/11/2008
I got the phone when it first came out and it started to switch itself off within the first 14 days. I returned it to the shop and they exchanged it for me. A couple of months later I was unablt to send or recieve text messages so I had to have it sent off and fixed. If that wasn't bad enough a couple of months after that the touch screen went so I had to send it off again to be fixed. When it returned it kind of worked for about a month and the it turned off and wouldn't come back on again. When the phones was working there were a few more problems like, some pictures would come out totally black, it would freeze for a while or it would just keep turning itself off. The only reason I kept the phone was because I got it on contract and I wasn't allowed to change it.
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Reviewed by Chloe. on 10/11/2008
I got this phone for Christmas last year. I was so looking forward to getting it, and it was the best thing since sliced bread for a couple of months. Then it went downhill. At first it started freezing so i had to turn it off and on again (which got annoying i tell you) and then the touch screen totally screwed up all together and couldnt even use the phone because it would just do random things! I sent it back, i think they just re-loaded the software, but then it broke again (wouldnt turn on), this time though, i re-loaded the software myself (off the sony ericsson website) and its been fine. But then it was in my pocket and i'm not sure how it happened (dont know if it was my fault or not) but the silver casing around it cracked right through to the screen, so obviously its not very hard wearing! And i'm careful with my phones by the way!! =] I'm getting a new phone this Christmas..ive had enough of this one. If your thinking of getting one..one word.. Dont!!! More trouble than its worth
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Reviewed by Terry on 09/11/2008
I think the phone is amazing! I borrowed my friends for a few days to see if it suited me and that i liked it. Camera amazing, music player just as loud as my walkman phone and it looks so cool and stylish. Im getting it very soon :)
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Reviewed by Tony on 07/11/2008
The worse phone I have ever had!!! Mine has been back to Sony twice for the same fault of the touch buttons not working which deems the phone useless. Cant wait til I get get another phone on my contract.
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Reviewed by julie on 06/11/2008
This is the 4th replacement hand set of this phone I have had. After using the poor camera a few times the phone crashes turns its self of and you have to theen turn it back on. Vodaphone refuse to give me a different type of phone.
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Reviewed by ryan from wales on 04/11/2008
incredible phone people who moan about the camera need to learn how to use it
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Reviewed by jono on 02/11/2008
awful awful phone. had the phone 9 months on my contract and its broken 4 times. one error with the touch screen buttons one error with turning itself off one error with not turning on at all one error with never finding signal stay away from this phone, it has caused me nothing but trouble
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Reviewed by Chris on 29/10/2008
I have had this phone replaced once b/c of firmware issues related to how the phone responds to pressing buttons. Now I am having problems with the phones ability to connect to network. The camera only really works in bright conditions where no flash in needed. I do not like the music interface, it is cumbersome, slow and has limited features. The faux touch screen is pretty lame and doesn't respond very well. In comparison with the itouch/iphone, this feature is embarrasing and really serves no useful purpose. This phone is a waste of money.
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Reviewed by Jing on 28/10/2008
I loved this phone at first but I have had nothing but problems with it so I am sending it back, probably just for repair, grrr. It turns off on me, screen freezes, its drives me mad!! The camera on it is great but other than that I wouldn't touch a sony again.
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Reviewed by Gareth on 28/10/2008
THIS IS THE WORST PHONE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE! Firstly, I had this phone on T-Mobile contract for �45 per month. The phone was good for atleast the first WEEK! (Lol). From there it was down-hill, and then down-hill even more! Phone kept freezing and not allowing me to recieve incoming calls! Then got slower and slower and seemed asthough the phone needed to catch-up with me! After three weeks, the phone completely broke. T-Mobile then issued me a new one through my insurance that I took out. The second phone I received didn't even make it for a week and the same things begun to happen. After just under two weeks, had the same problem again and was then sent a replacement. The third one I had lasted about a month, until the whole thing happened again and another one was needed. Now, after a fortnight of receiving the fourth one, I've just put it in the bin and gone out and bought myself a Nokia N96, because its happened once again and I'm not prepared to pay �50 excess fee each fortnight-or-so after the phone breaks. Seriously guys, I'd usually swear by SonyEricsson's but this one is a real big flop. I'd gladly go back to use a ten year-old phone before I'd use another one of these. Don't waste your time and money on the K850i, get yourself something less Savvy, something with less features so less things can go wrong. On a plus side, if you don't rarely use your phone, this will make a nice orniament. P.S I know three other people with this fault, and none of them are still on their first phone, they've all had replacements and would never have another SonyEricsson. Hope this was an helpful review for you and I only wish someone wrote this review before I went out and got mine!
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Reviewed by sudeep on 27/10/2008
my brother bought a new sony erricson k850i phone 5 month back from UK.Now my phone is not giving display.I showed it to sony erricson authorised dealer Allied Info Tel here in dehradun,Uttrakhand,India.He is teling that the main board of the mobile is faulty and it will cost me 75% of the total cost(that will come arround Rs15000/-).Also he is telling that i cannot avail warranty since it is purchased from UK and not from India.If this is quality of phone as well as service then i will never recommend any body to buy sony erricson product. Thanks sudeep
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Reviewed by vishaul on 26/10/2008
does anyone now how to put ringtones on it? and its an amazing phone, it used to freeze on me alot and restart it self but i sent it in and since then it hasnt given me problems, plus i love i how they tried to intergrate touch into it.
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Reviewed by Tiggykanga on 25/10/2008
I deserted Sony Ericsson for the LG Viewty (I was very disappointed with the camera and menu navigation and had to have a replacement due to a fault)so I went back to SE and purchased the K850i and I am just as disappointed, in fact more so because whilst I had no problems with the camera itself the phone just stopped working. Although the phone was new I purchased it through a well known auction site and I realised very quickly why it was sold!). The vendor was very unhelpful so I called SE who advised that I did a firmware update resulting in it working for another couple of weeks and then dying completely - a very expensive mistake! My daughter has two friends who had problems with this particular model and both have had to have replacements sent. Not a good track record in our neck of the woods and I would not recommend the K850i.
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Reviewed by mohd jahir husain on 25/10/2008
It is a good looking smart mobile. the softwares are easily available. But i did not find spy call recorder like nokia. If anyone find please inform me : ashikzahir@yahoo.com It is really very good mobile
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Reviewed by alison on 23/10/2008
it is the worst phone i have ever had, the touch screen buttons keep freezing, the phone keeps knocking off by itself mid conversation very annoying i have had the phone master reset 3 times nothing seems to help i have also had the software updated nothing seems to put the faults right!! i love the camera though it is the only good part about the phone oh and the buttons fade after only having it for a month i could go on!!!! defo poor Quality do not buy )- ;
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Reviewed by mr anderson on 23/10/2008
iv had this phone now since nov 07 and this is my 4th unit. i think the phone is good on paper but not so good in use. ther flash on cam is point less and thats even after a firmware up date. next is the lens its self no cover hence dust gets under it. the touch screen plays up and even the signal goes. on a plus side it looks nice and is easy to text its just a shame its let down by things that r needed in phones theses days.
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Reviewed by Steve jay on 22/10/2008
To start with phone was ok,,,,,but it has been back twice due to software problems, keyboard keeps locking and phone freezes. You then have to hold on/off for 10 seconds to turn off and reset. Whilst phone is to your ear it will keep bleeping as the pressure from your ear skips through functions on the phone. All in all 3 out of 10
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Reviewed by Shal on 21/10/2008
So, i was really happy with this phone..I'd always bought Nokia and decided I needed a little something 'more exciting'...despite the keypad being annoying, the so-called touch buttons having to be repeatly touched (and held down) in order to work, and the irritating flash which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't (resulting in always rather dim photos)..I STILL was more or less happy with my buy..UNTIL yesterday, when randomly whenever I tried to open my inbox, draft msgs, sent msgs, saved msgs, outbox etc - the completely unhelpful msg of OPERATION FAILED comes up on my phone. I have been unable to receive or send msgs, and all I'm getting for my grief is a large OPERATION FAILED..can't even back up my messages etc because everything is now inacccessible. So lesson learnt - I will always buy Nokia in future!!!
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Reviewed by Erica on 21/10/2008
Loved this phone but all 3 had manufacture faults within a matter of months, whole phone froze, poor quality of phonecalls received, or stopped sending texts, real shame as loved the camera which is why i brought the phone in the first place. Sony seem to update their software often can't believe these are all manufacturing faults. Gone off sony ericsson forever!
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Reviewed by Ek on 20/10/2008
I had always wanted this phone i think its brilliant the key pad was a little hard to get used to i def found it hard.The camera i love but i have had a few problems with the shutter not opening at times an there for resulting in having to switch off and on.
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Reviewed by Ostrichboy on 19/10/2008
The touch buttons are hard to find at first and the camera can be completely black.You need to set the camera to twilight landscape/potrait indoors.But my phone wont turn on.It wont charge either.It was preowned for 12 month,i've had it 1 month........despite this it's camera zoom is still useless as the k800's but please..........My old phone was a 6230 and im reverting back to it.
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Reviewed by deepster on 18/10/2008
well i got this phone a week ago and so far no problems... excelent camera and the sound quality is great!!! but i just notice that its not so good in multi-tasking since when i play music and minimize the media player, it somehow has a delay when you do other things.. but overall its a very good phone!!!
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Reviewed by rob on 17/10/2008
Do not buy this phone,i have had it for 3 months now and it has a number of problems, the camera just dosent work. the flash is broken and so is the auto focus, most annoyingly it crashes up to 20 times a day, and has stopped reading any memory card, i rate it 1 out of five, This phone is rubbish!
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Reviewed by Betty on 16/10/2008
This is the worstt phone out on the market. It is very unreliable as it continues to reset itself half way throught messages and even when left alone. The other night it turned off during the night and my alarm didnt go off in the morning, which made me late for work). Every time it turns off I need to take the battery out. Other problems: - messages have to be resent like 5 times before they actually send - the light on the camera is pathetic, photos come out white - the buttons dont always do what their meant to (you press right it goes left) However, there are some good features: - nice looking - 5mp cam. But still, I advise people not to buy it, waste of time and money!
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Reviewed by Bryan on 14/10/2008
I've had this phone for about 2 months now, and loved it. This morning however, like so many other peoples, it switched itself off, and now all it does is lights up the keypad. Nice, expensive paperweight. I've heard similar things about other, recent Sony Ericcson phones, so I don't think I'll buy them again.
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Reviewed by Amol chavan on 13/10/2008
This phone is very good. Only you have to mind of users. First read manual and then used it.
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Reviewed by Roo on 12/10/2008
Had this phone for about 6 months with no problems at all but then it was stolen last month. I am now on my third replacement as each one freezes and turns itself off regularly or doesn't recognize the SIM. Wouldn't recommend.
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Reviewed by mark bradshaw on 12/10/2008
This phone looks great but that is as far as it goes, touch buttons freeze up,keyped design is slightly floored as buttons are to small and close together, on third handset now and still having problems. I would not recommended buying this phone at all costs as you will soon discover its floors.
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Reviewed by Robbie on 11/10/2008
I bought the phone in april with some of my birthday money...im 14...�240 it cost me and i wouldnt pay that again for such a piece of junk 2 months after i bought it it started not to turn on.. i took it back got it repaired and about a month later same fault got it repaired again and then 2 months later same again...this time it was deemed unfixable so i recieved a new phone same model which likes to turn itsself off(not to mention the rubbish photos and the habit of freezing and resetting the theme which occurred on the old phone aswell... my dealer now has given in and offered me an lg viewty in its place which i took up in a moment...its coming next week... what a rubbish phone!!!
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Reviewed by Navaraj wagle on 11/10/2008
This phone is very good.
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Reviewed by Paul Ewins on 11/10/2008
I never take time to fill in review sites, but like most others on this site, I got a K850i some three months ago, as part of my upgrade. I only use my telephone for basic needs, and this one came a bit too technical for me, but it was part of my upgrade. However since having this telephone, I have had nothing but trouble with it, I think its spent more time in a "jiffy" bag being sent around the country for repairs, than in my pocket. The telephone switches off during calls, and has total power loss, then after doing all the recommended procedures, it comes on but freezes with the lights on, but no screen power. I have always had Nokias, and try as I might cannot get back to Nokia due to contract, even though I only want a basic one! Please really consider how much you want one of these telephones as they are terrible and fit for nothing! I would not recommend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Ross on 11/10/2008
Absolutely rubbish phone. Switches off by itself and now lo and behold, keypad lights up BUT no screen!!!! WORST mobile i have ever owned. Total Rubbish!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Lydia on 10/10/2008
got it yesterday and i love it! was upset to get red of my old phone! miss playing football with it lol! but i love this phone. appart from sometimes the touch screen buttoms dont work but i still love it!
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Reviewed by Kelly on 09/10/2008
Since i have had this phone i have had nothing but problems with it. Firstly the touch screen buttons stopped working, and the menu key was stuck so continuously kept selecting itself. it always freezes and the screen goes black, the buttons light up and the phone vibrates. I had it sent off for repair. It was fine for about a month, but recently it has started freezing again. Its so annoying when you are in mid phone call! Which is when it happens most. Its also rubbish for taking pictures in the dark, although my friend has the same phone and his is fine??? :S Also the camera would always come on when it was in my pocket. Its been more trouble than its worth. I would not recommend this phone.
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Reviewed by Kib on 08/10/2008
absolutely hate this phone. I am onto my third in a year and am counting down until my contract ends and can change the phone. Problems include constant hanging. I consider it amazing when I dial a number these days and the phone actually rings. The buttons are awful for texting. Half the time the facility for answering with speakerphone doesn't work. The phone very often Switches off mid conversation for no apparent reason. I am at a loss to understand how anyone can be impressed with the camera as so far I have been underwhelmed with the quality of photos. I would not recommend this phone to my worst enemy, or actually maybe I should!!!!
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Reviewed by lewis on 07/10/2008
do not buy this phone it is absolutely terrible, it crashes all the time and cuts out. the camera is good but you could by focusing it and the phone could freeze on you. if uou were ever to drop it, you would need to get it repaird because it is garanteed to break, if its raining and its in your pockey, it will break. if you text too quick, it will cut out... HIGHLY RECOMENDED NOT TO BUY!!!!!
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Reviewed by shaun walker on 07/10/2008
i have had it 4 a while and no problems im mean wts the fush it a really good phone
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Reviewed by Matse Uwatse on 05/10/2008
Gosh! I am hugely disappointed! I totally expected more. I got the K850i just two weeks ago and it is suddenly dead or do I say...bad. The screen refuses to come on but the key pad is lit. I upgraded from K800i to K850i and I think it is rubbish. Can I trust SonyEricsson anymore? You killed my joy! I love your product but now...I am weary of it!
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Reviewed by Stuart Reynolds on 05/10/2008
i don't know why people keep complaining. ive had it for 1 day and i love it. yeah i know TAKING A PIC IS DIFFICULT BUT U LEARN OVERTIME HOW TOKEEP HOLD OF IT. I ABSOLUTLY LOVE THE KEYPAD , T FIND IT EASY TO USE
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Reviewed by dave on 05/10/2008
Phone not bad not great, texting a nightmare due to the square around middle. cam works great when it wants too. touchscreen part anoys me to hell every time speak to people when finish i either in me inbox or games or contact list. really big let down and now i have to wait a full year before i can either upgrade or get new phone .
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Reviewed by Shane Donald on 04/10/2008
This phone is a joke.. Ive had nothing but problems. Ive had 4 new handsets, 6 new batteries, 2 new chargers and just got one back from being repaired on my insurance and its facking broke again!!! The worst phone i have ever had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont want sony ericcson ever again and thats all ive used for years!!!!
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Reviewed by Joe on 03/10/2008
I have just returned my second one of these to Three, both of them having gone faulty. Yhe first one stopped working, and prior to that it was freezing regularly (something which Three stated was a known issue with software and not a fault) and the second one decided to become possessed. It is being replaced with a different model now, as the only thing that I could be sure of with the K850i is that it will go faulty.
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Reviewed by Antony on 03/10/2008
i have had this phone for around 5 month's now and i have to say it's a good phone even tho i sent it back because i could not recieve messages i couldnt access inbox or anything to do with message's other than that everything is fine i love it but i hope after seeing all these reiew's mine doesnt get bad like other people's phone's you have to give it time of course it's gonna be irritating at first with the button's that's because the previous phone you had was different so give it time
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Reviewed by Sam Olden on 03/10/2008
got this phone free on a 3 contract. really good phone love the camera! only small problem is that the phone keeps restarting itself which changes my theme ect.
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Reviewed by Bobby on 01/10/2008
Terrible phone, countless problems from it crashing and restarting, having to send it back twice due to it not being able to send/receive text messages. Now finally after 10 months it just does not switch on and instead freezes with the lights on! The bad keypad is something I have got used to, the camera however is useless and again too slow switching between modes.
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Reviewed by Matt Helyar on 30/09/2008
I used this phone for a couple of months and there are a few things that I have to comment on. This was my first sony ericsson the buttons are pointlessly small and it was very irritating. the D-pad in between the keys is the reason for this and this is also very irritating. i don't mind the touch buttons though, but whenever any of my friends try to use it they get exited, then disappointed thinking it was touchscreen (the touch buttons are just the small area between the silver buttons and screen, not an area at the bottom of the screen as the manual claims. it's a magnet for fingerprints. if you put any finger behind the phone when using the camera it will confuse the sensor and mismatch the flash to the exposuer and you get a black picture. dispite this the picture quality is excellent, and i'd recommend it as a camera. it's still a big heavy brick for this day and age. sony ericsson's PC software is very low quality, thankfully you can ignore the software and use it as a USB mass storage device, but i didn't work this out until i'd already installed its required quicktime (which i hate and you can never completely remove) PS. where's this second front facing camera that the review says can be used for video calling? i never saw that.
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Reviewed by sony on 30/09/2008
the best one is w810i.............!think about that
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Reviewed by Liam on 29/09/2008
Im on my second 850i in 6 months & my current handset wont even turn on now. The previous one had keypad problems after 2 months use, the 9 and * keys packed up. Neither handset has ever had rough treatment or been dropped etc. Both were from O2, who have been fine about replacing the faulty goods, but I wont be buying another Sony Ericsson after this. Its a shame because when they work thy're great phones with useful features & powerful cameras, its just a pity the build quality cannot support them.
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Reviewed by ken wright on 29/09/2008
love the phone hate the softwere
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Reviewed by tony on 29/09/2008
had my phone for 4 months kept switching its self off, orange wouldn't replace as it didn't happen often enough. then it developed another fault where it wouldn't hang up after a call, they sent me a replacement, replace met developed a key fault the next day, getting a 3rd phone tommorrow hopefully this one will be ok.
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Reviewed by elle on 28/09/2008
I was bought this phone as a birthday present and after reading the reviews on here was very concerned at the common faults mentioned, However having had the phone for quite a while i couldnt be happier! The pictures are brilliant, much better than my boyfriends nokia 5mp and better than my 6mp digital camera. The buttons do take some getting used to but after a few days its fine, and i love the movement sensor for playing games. A really great phone! Honestly cant understand the bad reviews can only gather that the customers who are happy with their k850i's never bother to write reviews!
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Reviewed by Allie on 27/09/2008
All you people moaning! if you knew how to use the phone properly then you wouldnt be having all this trouble! ive had this phone for a week now an its brill, no problems at all <3
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Reviewed by G on 24/09/2008
I have had this phone about 3 months now ... I don't think the touch keys are a problem ... after some time they become very nice to use... also the camera is great .... I have two concerns about this phone ... first being when in a call your cheek presses the touch buttons and you end up saving loads of texts in drafts and so on. Not sure if this can be stopped from happening. The second thing is, after 3 months of not over using the phone the green metallic paint and silver call buttons' paint is begining to chip off. Surely this isnt ment to happen on such a new phone. On the whole a very goood phone :)
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Reviewed by sandy on 23/09/2008
stupid phone...it crashes and doesnt turn back on...absolutley pathetic..so angry
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Reviewed by Clare on 23/09/2008
Worse phone i have ever had, worked great for a few weeks and was thinking what a great phone, HOW WRONG COULD I HAVE BEEN !!!! SE should withdraw this phone from sale and replace all the cusotmers who have been massively disappointed. Im going back to NOKIA.
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Reviewed by Joe on 22/09/2008
At first when i got this phone on contract, i didn't like it very much at all. The back got fingermarks on it too easily, the buttons were too small and it was still kind of like a brick, but after a while, i got used to the buttons and grew to absolutely adore this phone. The camera is the best i have ever seen in a phone and i haven't had one problem with it. Despite this, i think the touch strip is a little insensitive.
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Reviewed by Nisha on 21/09/2008
Amazingly superb......!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by DAZZA MAZZA!"�$^&$%$( on 20/09/2008
I fink this fone is absolutley 1005 percent brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!! best camera phone ive ever had! AWSOME!!
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Reviewed by Chris Thornton on 20/09/2008
This is one of the worst phones i have ever had, its a massive let down for SE, the touch screen stops working at the slightest provocation, buttons fell off the pad even from even normal usage, this was a HUGE mistake. The specs looks great, the phone build quality is not. AVOID.
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Reviewed by Ish on 20/09/2008
THIS IS THE WORST PHONE EVER AND PROBALLY THE WORST PHONE SE HAVE MADEI HEVE HAD IT SINCE JANUARY 2008 AND AT FIRST IT WAS REALLY GOOD BUT NOW IT STINKS.THE FEATNRES ARE GOOD THE APPLICATIONS ARE GOOD THE CAMERA IS GREAT THE GAMES ARE GOOD MEIDA PLAYER EXCELLENT FOR CAMERA PHONE.NOW I THOUGHT I HAD HAD THE PERFECT PHONE BUT THEN IT FELL DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND THE EVERYTHING BAD HAPPENED TO IT.(IT IS QUITE A STRONG PHONE.) I DOWNLOADED STUFF OF THE SE WEBSITE AND THEN THE NEXT DAY THE GAMES AND APPLICATIONS STOP WORKING NOW I HAVE ANOTHER 3 YEARS TO GET ANOTHER PHONE. I THINK I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY W810I, AT LEAST THAT STILL WORKS WITHOUT A PROBLEM
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Reviewed by Sam on 19/09/2008
Ihad this phone when it first came out and its the worst phone ive ever had, its my 4th phone because all my other 1s have played up where i cant use at all and the 1 i got nw is playing up. so dont bother having this phone, if i could have a diffrent one i would because this phone is rubbish.
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Reviewed by Ali on 18/09/2008
I got the phone in December 2007. I am sorry to say that this is the worst sony-ericsson phone I ever had, touch buttons at the bottom of the screen are not useful at all, you could easily press any of them during a conversation. camera flash is at out of sync at least %60 of the time. meaning 4 out of 10 pictures you take with a flash are usable !!! not easy to text or dial a number as buttons are not optimised for that. above all this phone crashes a lot. Avoid if you can.
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Reviewed by jack on 16/09/2008
love this phone so much that i am dying for cash but i dnt wana sell it
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Reviewed by Leah K on 15/09/2008
Absolute Rubbish! I really liked the phone when i saw it but after 3 months on contract the phone broke 3 times. The first two times it just shut off and wouldnt turn back on and the third time the speaker bust so i couldnt hear anyone when making or recieving a call! The touchscreen freezes frequently and connects to wap when it feels like it! Totally unreliable! Especially for someone who relies on the mobile for work reasons etc!
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Reviewed by Donna on 15/09/2008
Worse phone i have ever had has been sent off now 3 times the first time was 15 Days after i had the phine worst 1 i have ever had when taking pictures its goes green or ghosty turns itself off the touch screen works when it wants to so unable to do anything i was told by my network company that people will continue with problems with time phone until sony ericsson have found the right software to fix the problem but no-one knows when this will be so we have all be sold faulty phones has bad is that ?
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Reviewed by zak on 14/09/2008
ive had this phone 4 a few months and its the worst ive ever seen. its shit take my advice on this sooner or later ure phone will play up and start 2 send texts it self and have a mind of its own. i would not recommend this phone 100 per cent im dissapointed this time sony
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Reviewed by Thomas Edwards on 14/09/2008
oh my god, i bought this phone about 2 months ago, and 2 days ago i was charging it and it randomly vibrated. I then tried to turn it on and all it did was light up. Really annoyed because i loved this phone and now i cant even use it. Get a better phone this is junk !!!!
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Reviewed by Richard Simkins on 14/09/2008
I've been a Sony Ericsson fan for many, many years, but this model is the second disappointing SE phone on the bounce (w880i being my prior phone). Firstly, the 'touch screen' - the 3 buttons on the bottom of the screen are in theory a good idea, but these are poorly executed. From day 1 I found the buttons unresponsive. And this seems to permeate through the entire keypad - I have lost track of the number of times when I've been unable to unlock my phone becuase it has decided not to work. But there are bigger bugs than this. It shuts down when writing texts or when on the internet. When doing so one of 3 things can happen. It can either reboot completely, switch off, or 'die' for several minutes and refuse to turn on. The camera, which seems to have universally been panned, is poor. When it works, photo and image quality is very high. But the flash seems ill-aligned to the shutter, so you will regularly get blank photos. But, to top this all off, three days ago it gave up the ghost completely... after 8 months. The problem? The key bad / touch screen. It has decided to continually select the middle touch screen button so when unlocked the result will look something like this... Menu - Messages - Write New - Continue - Select Number - *first name in phone book* - Send Message.... Message sent. My phone sent 20 blank messages to Aaron before I new what had happened. And to top it off, when going into my local phone store, I was told 'off the record' that this is a common problem with this phone and it was the THIRD phone THAT DAY to be returned. All in all a highly disppointing phone. The photos can be good, the idea and the theory behind the phone was good, but the execution was incredibly poor.
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Reviewed by Cameron on 14/09/2008
Ok so i got this phone on 3 for �25 500 mins and unlimited texts so far i am extremely happy, no porblems whatsoever peeps try see if there is a firmware update that normally helps anyway i have had a camera problem with the flash but i found out it was actually my finger (silly me) anyway i would reccomend this phone anyday
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Reviewed by Tommy Elliott on 13/09/2008
Hd this phone for a couple of days now, and my verdict is that it is a exellent phone. The camera is amazing and the phone has many functions. I would recommend this phone 100 per cent.
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Reviewed by Mel on 11/09/2008
The ridiculous keypad drives me insane, the buttons are too small and difficult to press (especially with nails) - do not buy this phone! I have another year of it - gutted!! Mine runs slow too. Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish!
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Reviewed by Jon Temple on 11/09/2008
I had this phone for nearly a year and found it terrible. I usually have a Sony and have been very pleased with them but I find this phone unreliable. The camera quality is very poor, dark/black photos. The touch sensitive buttons do not switch off when I am on the phone so all the menus are working against my face. The touch buttons just stop working. The phone takes ages to catch up when i push a button. The best thing is how the battery sim and memory card fit in to the phone. Get something else. My iPhone is on order.
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Reviewed by nico ...hants on 11/09/2008
avoid this phone at all costs !!! had k750i and loved it .didnt like the k800's to big . so when this came out thought great ill have one . looks ok etc...first thing you notice is system still same as k750i !!! nothing new..then the camera 5mp !!! crap take better pics with my nokia n73 .plus have to fiddle with settings all the time not point and shoot as this will normally leave you with dark shots !!! then two wks later the problems start camera shutter sticks wouldnt open .replacement sent the 3 annoying touch buttons on this phone didnt work ! another sent out ok for 3/4 months then touch screen buttons dont work again . O2 shop repair get phone back month later broke again !!!
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Reviewed by Adam on 11/09/2008
bought this fone on 24/6/08 on pay monthly (3),was really good for the first month,but during this time it kept turnin off in on (rebooting)then it broke completely as wen i turned it on it jus lit up.got it repaired and now it has broke again after 1 week.good fone wen it works,but thats rare.:(
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Reviewed by Mon on 11/09/2008
Good features on the phone; rubbish design. Sony didn't think this one through carefully enough. All the things on the phone are awesome, but then you have the touch screen that stops working after a bit and the dodgy small buttons and then you get sick of it. I had to have a replacement K850i cos of problems. I got another K850i under o2 insurance only to find the same problems as before! Gonna move on to another Sony I think! Going in to the o2 shop in 2 days and I'm hoping they'll let me have a different model and if not I'll sell the K850i they give me and use the money to get a phone that won't break!
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Reviewed by Alex on 11/09/2008
dont mind the buttons just the touch screen is quite hard to adapt to and very annoying hardly work, also had a 5mp camera before this and this one is terrible compared to all other 5mp cams, apart from that phone is all good but i wouldnt recommend it
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Reviewed by Darren on 10/09/2008
Completely cheesed off with this phone. i've come from a long run of samsungs and my mates have laways had the sony ericsson. thought i'd give it a try - im on the 4th one in 6 months - key pad died, stopped sending msgs, switching itself off, camara shutter not opening, tacky creaking when pressing buttons, dropping signal, all functions slow down if u have more than 2 photos on it. unfortunatley, there isnt a facility on here to award no stars, or i would. totally had enough. paying for an early upgrade, im going back to samsung - u900 for me.
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Reviewed by John on 10/09/2008
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! i have had this the day it was released and i have had it repaired three times now and have complained enough to get a different phone. i had many software problem such as unable to send or receive text messages or go into my inbox. the shutter would not open and was constantly jammed and the phone decides when to turn itself off! please stay away its not worth the trouble.
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Reviewed by Kevin Keeble on 10/09/2008
I have had my mobile since January and it has been repaired 3 times now for reasons such as:- Freezes, keypad lites and drains battery, locks up while texting, camera takes dark pictures, speaker died, turns itself off, keypad operates when locked, volume goes down but not up, can't find the 3 network until you power off and on again. The list goes on and on and everytime it gets repaired to has different faults. Now its starting locking up again. The worst electronic gadget I have ever come across. You expect better from Sony. 1st Sony Ericsson and the last.
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Reviewed by AL on 10/09/2008
Got the phone on 12 July sent it back on 14 july as it kept freezing. Got another phone same type as i liked the look. within days it started freezing again. was told to update phone software of SE site and did this. it didn't work. With Vodaphone, their Customer Service is worst i've come accross. have to now send phone back for repair to Vodaphone as they wont replace it. once they fix it 3 times then they may consider replaacing it. Worst phone i've ever had, wish i had stayed with Nokia and O2. Stay clear from this one.
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Reviewed by Nathan from Wales on 08/09/2008
I First upgraded to this phone in December 2007, what a phone!! or so i thought. 15/7/08 � Replacement K850i from Orange Reason � 3 Touch Screen options not working 22/8/08 � Replacement K850i from Orange Reason � Phone randomly turns itself on / off 8/9/08 - im about to ring Orange for a replacement, as since lastnight when people ring me or i ring them, i cant hear a word they are saying bcos the earpiece seems to have failed. Once i ring Orange to explain my current problem, it will be my 4th handset that i would have received!! It is an incredible phone, however 3 problems in the space of 3 months?? not good Sony!
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Reviewed by mija on 07/09/2008
Currently on my 3rd K850i! Bought 4gb memory card to store all my photos etc... but crashes everytime when I try to search/view them. Orange are now trying to charge me over �50 to take out Insurance as I've passed my 6 month warranty period if I want another replacement or I should (in their words) "go and buy a cheap PAYG phone!" Got 5 more months until I can upgrade! Does look smart but yes the hard little keys do hurt my thumbs and I think the touchscreen bits are kinda cool.
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Reviewed by Cadder4 on 06/09/2008
I'm currently on my 3rd K850i handset due to it crashing all the time! Shame, so much potential! ONLY 6 months to go until I can upgrade!
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Reviewed by James David Ma on 05/09/2008
It takes a while to getting use to. Once you've gotten use to it, this phone will make please you in all senses. It looks sexy, feels sexy. Reception is awesome. Music is loud and clear. Num pad will lock automatically so you will not encounter accidental button press. Camera is really cool.
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Reviewed by lee on 05/09/2008
lol after reading loads of reviews about the cybershot not working in the dark witch mine dint work as well after 2 mins of going tho the settin u have turn the flash on and change the setting of the cam and hold the sides of the phone u people are just lazy or realy slow CHANGE THE SETTING ON THE CAM THEN IT WILL WORK there that mite get tho ur heads abit the phone is well worth the buy.
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Reviewed by aca on 04/09/2008
is very good phone
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Reviewed by Bobby Mcgee on 04/09/2008
Alright, This is my 4th phone in the Sony Ericsson range, i even got the green colour too, its cool, (beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that jazz)i have had this phone for 3 months on Orange, Dont see any problems with the camera mine seems fine, great in low light flash always works etc etc, plus i don't really understand the keypad issues mine occasinly gets stuck and keep flicking left on its own accord but that adds to its personality and is very rare, i like the touch screen to, its a nice touch! However the battery on mine is awfull if i use it for an average amount of time i reckon i get a day of a full charge which is no where near as good as the others in the range plus i would say 20 percent of the time when i try and call i get no connection no dial tone no nothing i don't know wheather this is just my little baby or a commen fault but alas 4/5
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Reviewed by Isaac on 03/09/2008
accelerometer are cool function that has built in this phone.The heat sensor button are pretty cool too.But not much people will like it.The 5MP camera equiped with xenon flash are rare to seen among the Sony Ericsson mobile.Along with the automatic-lens cover.This phone is casual,style and powerful multimedia functional.recommended IT!!
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Reviewed by Marc Randall on 03/09/2008
I have had 3 handsets since May 6th, (today is Sept 3rd). All of these handsets have had the same problem, turning themselves off randomly. Unfortunately i am with Vodafone, and there policy is to send the phone back for repair 3 times before you get a replacement, (the same handset). Now i cannot even get into the phone, as the touch screen does not work. When the phone works its brilliant, good for music and an excellent camera phone, but the problems make it a phone that should not be recommended. Indeed, Vodafone are not promoting this phone anymore which tells you something about its quality. Do not get one of these phones, as they are rubbish.
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Reviewed by rachel on 02/09/2008
i think this phonenis a waste of time i had it in may and sent it back lad=st month i found it rubish i had the expeeriance of the dreded ring of blue doom and would never get this phone again or recomend it to any one i know i hate this phone i have now got the newc902 and it knoks spotts of this phone i love it brill bicks doesnt crash and no touch screan so i would recomend that no body gets this phone take it from me even tho u dont no me take it from me please cuz its a silly phone and it should never of been invented. thats all i have to say on this phone and that the c290 is a brill phone and that i love it to bits!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Jordon on 02/09/2008
I've had this phone for three months, it looks fantastic on the box and when you take it out. I held it for about 3 seconds and there was finger prints all over it, I'ts a great phone, if your not using it everyday. But then TODAY, i turned it off, then a couple of minutes i turned it back on again, and it wouldnt turn on!!, so i took the battery out and my sim, and put it all back in and it still wouldnt work!, i hadnt done anything to it, for it to do this. I couldnt belive it, so i took it back to carphone warehouse today, and they told me that the screen had gone on it, and now its being sent away for 2 weeks to be repaired, I'm only 15, Very dissapointed.
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Reviewed by david clarke on 02/09/2008
love the phone, but mine and several other mates who have it have experienced problems whereby the touch screen falters. Specifically, the central menu button becomes unresponsive and makes life difficult. great phone but frustratingly short happy period!!
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Reviewed by Emz44 on 01/09/2008
I've had this phone for 4 months. I have to say although I am myself not a fan of touch screen I did learn to like it on the k850i. I didn't of course realise it was a touch screen when I first upgraded online so it took a good 5 mins to work out how to press the buttons! I agree many of my photos came out black but I learnt to get around it-avoid reflective surfaces, hold hands at very corners of phone etc etc. Unfortunately my problem is that whilst I do really like the phone....It has broken TWICE!! And by broken I mean I can see it's on, the buttons light up but the screen is black. This happened first 2 months after I got it and another 2 months later it's happened again. For this reason I have now changed to the C902 and wait to see what this one is like. Although I did like the phone i cannot recommend it due to the constant problems. If it works for you then the phone is great- for me it didn't. ***And you get used to the keypad just have to try hard not to have 'fat fingers'.
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Reviewed by mike shires on 31/08/2008
brilliant phone wall worth the money very responsive an comes with a 512mb memory card thanks sony ericsson for making the best phones
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Reviewed by Jade on 30/08/2008
Phone randomly starts lighting up and vibrating and usually doesnt stop until i take the battery out. Can't make a phone call over 10 secs cos it cuts turns off and starts the lighting up, vibrating thing. Can't use camera at night, cos the flash doesnt work so pics come out black. I put lots of music on my phone when i got it but it takes about 10mins for the music list to load...if it loads at all usually it just turns itself off. And got the problem of sending a blank text 2 the person at the top of my phone book when on the phone. The touch screen decides when it wants to work. I spoke to the guy in 02 and he said all the original k850i's that came out are faulty...i can't believe sony erricson sell people phones that are broken but won't take them back and can't fix the problem!! grrrr im so angry....NEVER BUY IT!
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Reviewed by Lou on 29/08/2008
This has the be the worst phone in the world. It never works, phone conversations caught off halfway through all the time, phone turns itself completely off all the time. I've taken phone to the shop a few times to be fixed, nothing changes, had new SIM cards, nothing changes. Most common message on my phone is inactive sim. The screen (on the rare occasion is on), freezes all the time. May have a good camera but point of phone is to communicate with people and with this phone you have little chance. DO NOT BUY IT. Should have an option on this to give no stars
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Reviewed by Oli on 27/08/2008
I've had two of these, with the first one, the camera had the dark picture problme, it was replaced and i was happy, apart from the scroll buttons as mentioned. I've now had the phone a few months and can safely say its awful. The camera is brilliant, on occasion. Most of the time, when I go to take a photo, the automatic lens cap refuses to open, presenting me with a difficulty in taking quality photos. To be honest, I'd rather have my ancient nokia 3310 back.
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Reviewed by jude on 27/08/2008
absolute rubbish the camera is total useless the pictures turn out to bright or not at all,what a pile off junk DO NOT BUY ONE OFF THESE HONESTLY,you will regret it honestly
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Reviewed by nokle dink spank on 27/08/2008
hell yeah best phone ever but i hav 1 lil problem that u can fix wida black pictures hold da camera stll nd dnt let nething get inda way on wat ur camera is focasin on then it will com out perfect like angelina jolie or mee obviously :P yum yum 5mg mazin camera gtta hav it better da n95 or lg veiwty cameras o yeah duffman
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Reviewed by Darren on 26/08/2008
What a peice of junk! Tries to do far too much, and ends up crashing all the time as a result. I've suffered with freezes, unexpected shut-downs, the occasional rapid battery drain, and its had to be reset at the factory once after a terminal crash. Now the touchscreen has stopped working intermittently, rendering the phone useless. The keypad is awful, and the camera has a tendency to switch on in your pocket. Other Sony Ericsson phones are great. This isn't, though: worst phone I've ever owned!
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Reviewed by Sid on 26/08/2008
I HATE THIS PHONE! The buttons are too small and firmly sprung to use comfortably. I've had problem after problem, only some of which could be fixed with the software update service. I've sent it back for repair three times now, once when I could only hear callers through the loudspeaker, and twice for the touch keys freezing up and requiring a restart. I've also had plenty of random restarting and the camera related blue lights deciding they want to stay on when the camera is switched off. And now the background panel on my keypad is lifting. I'll be glad when the c905 comes out and I can upgrade to that. I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone. Apart from the torch. I like the torch.
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Reviewed by sophie on 26/08/2008
hmmm not happy with this phone, had 2 replacements as switches itself off, crashes, and key pad problems, just waiting for the replacement to become faulty so o2 will give me a different phone! im guessing a few weeks!
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Reviewed by George on 25/08/2008
I just bought this phone on o2. I am absoloutly pleased with the phone. The pictures are good quality. For all the people that moan about the phone. Learn how to use it
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Reviewed by patrick bartley on 25/08/2008
this is a good looking hand set and i was very happy with it until it went off one cruise control sending text messages and blank recorded messages to the first member of my contacts menu, the sony ericsson k8501 is the handset from hell, i am on my forth in a six month period, it does not allow you to send of recieve messages, or use any other feature on the phone, i think they should all be recalled before sony get a worse name than they already have as a result of the k850i disorder
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Reviewed by big bad nosh on 25/08/2008
I have had this phone since it came out but on PAYG and not a contract. I have had a couple of teething problems and the touch keys are a royal PAIN but other than that I love it. The camera is great for video but not so good for photos other than the panorama function. Adding 8Gb of card memory has helped as well. The theme designer software from sony has also allowed me to try out my own designs. i use a cover for the phone which may explain why i have had none of the problem reported by others here. I like the phone a lot but having to update the software online is a bit of a drag. I look forward to the experia when it arrives, 10MP camera and windows software.
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Reviewed by Joanne Ladd on 23/08/2008
I cannot tell you how much i hate this phone. I cannot hang up after i have been on a call so end up leaving voice messages for eveyone and all they can hear is me angrily hitting the phone! Also when you are on a call you send blank texts to the first person in your contacts because of the touch screen. Ridiculous- would be much better of with an old brick of a phone so you can actually call and text which is what a phone should do. AVOID!
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Reviewed by Gemma on 22/08/2008
I had my first k850i in January, after 1 day I had to return the handset due to a problem with the flash, 6 months later i have had to return the replacement handset as the touch screen stopped working and took on a mind of it's own, continually sending blank text messages to the first name in my contacts list and activiating the internet. Prior to this the camera was superb apart from the occasional black photo, however in the weeks running up to the touch screen going wrong the camera would freeze and I would have to remove the phone battery in order to get it working again. I prefered the set up of the k800i, however that would have been nice with a 5mp camera attached to it!
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Reviewed by ns on 22/08/2008
very poor phone. had it for 6 months now and it's been repaired by vodafone 4 times. it still continually turns itself off mid-conversation/-text/-idle and randomly deletes the content of the applications folder. camera is poor and despite monthly software updates flash still won't synchronise with camera. keypad is the worst i've ever experienced with touch buttons activating whenever they fancy (and recently every time i press a button on the top row of the conventional keyped or any of the navigation keys) the phone is now useless for any function except answering calls. the phone also regularly crashes/freezes, with the battery needing to come out for it to work again. for years i have sworn by SE and Vodafone but i think i may be moving to nokia on another network next time!!! very,very disappointed!
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Reviewed by Mikey on 21/08/2008
I've now had this model of phone a year (this is my 2nd handset) and I can honestly say AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE! Like a lot of people on here my phone freezes, crashes a lot, shuts down now and again and basically screws up quite often. The worst thing is when you try to get into your text inbox and the error message comes up. No matter what you do it won't let you in until you have reset the phone, and then you lose all your messages. Oh, and software updates DON'T help! (tried it 3 times!) I've been really disappointed with this SE. I converted from Nokia when the K750i came out a few years back and loved that phone, however since then it's all gone down hill. I was going to give SE one last chance with the C902 but it seems everyone who's reviewed it on here have had the same problems as what I've had with the K850i. So I'm back off to Nokia and an N95.
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Reviewed by Miguel on 20/08/2008
I bought this phone, and I had to return times, the 3th works fine initially, but 2 week after, it stark to crash. The camera is terrible, when you buy a camera phone of its price you espect a lot but is a cheat. the memory doesnt work fine with music. is the worst phone that I ever had. first its so expensive and its camera is baaaddd, if you have a k790/k800, dont change it, this phones has better picture quality than k850
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Reviewed by ellen on 20/08/2008
WOULD NOT RECOMMEND got this fone as upgrade keypads rubbish functions rubbish camera rubbish kept switching off had to take it back and get a new one on my contract same thing happened again not impressed
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Reviewed by martino on 19/08/2008
to be honest everyone seems to be moanin about the camera. i mean come on you have to rember its a mobile phone not a digital camrea if you are so obbsessed with the camera go buy a 2mp digital camera. im gettin this phone for free cuz my w580i kept breakin. i used to love walkmans but this phone has the same mp3 player are the w910i so i mayaswell get this cuz its got a good camera aswell (Y) i cant wait :)
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Reviewed by Mel on 19/08/2008
This is my SECOND handset K850i, NEVER again. first one died within 8 weeks, froze ,turned itself off mid conversation, had to reboot it almost evcery hour when in use, after many rows with Vodafone they finally agreed to replace handset in March. Now August this handset has started doing EXACTLY the same thing, shutting itself down when in use VERY annoying when mid conversation. freezes when texting, have to take battery out and restart it 3-4 times a day now, getting VERY annoying. was brill reviews when I bought it, spoke to many people with same problems obviously the handset is not capable of doing everything for any duration of time, think they have jammed too much in the phone and it is going into meltdown. I WILL return to vodafone at the weekend again ( beware vodafone gave me a courtesy phone that put a virus on my sim card, wiped out ALL my secondary contacts !) not the happiest of customers, bring back Nokia, never had these kind of problems with them!!
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Reviewed by Nicole on 19/08/2008
This is my very first Sony Ericsson as I have only ever had Samsungs (they are amazing phones). I have had this phone for less than and day and am well accustomed with the phone. I haven't had any problems with it yet and think it's really good. I used to have the Samsung G600 and would still totally recommend it to everyone. I did consider going back to it but thought i should give this Sony Ericsson a try. Everything is in working order and looks very nice.The touchscreen functions are very good and the layout and technicality of the phone is really good too. The phone did appear as a bit of a brick to me but I've gotten used to the size and weight. Another slight problem, which has been outlined by many other reviewers, is the camera. When i use it, there have been dark pictures as the outcome but often they are excellent quality pictures. To prevent the dark pictures, I find that putting the White balance setting onto incandescent and turning the flash off, and when you are pressing the button, use the touch screen button and press it once, so that it focuses. I'm not sure if this will work for everyone, but I have used it since i figured it out, and it has proved worthy for me. I hope this helps for anyone with the same troubles. Don't back away from this phone because of the camera issuses. It can be sorted =D. Therefore, this phone is brilliant, just underrated so I think it deserves 5-stars.
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Reviewed by SH on 18/08/2008
Rubbish phone. Phone switches on and off itself at least 10 times a day - Don't even have to be touching it. Calls freeze 10-15 seconds every time I'm on phone more than once. Calls get disconnected.
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Reviewed by JO on 17/08/2008
I have only had my phone 4 wks & it now has no sound!! silent when ringing, texts, keypad & when playing music. all the other functions work & it says it is playing music, yet no sound comes out. very dissappointed
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Reviewed by Nipuna on 17/08/2008
Navigation has been poor(specially males, with bigger fingers), This is the only problem regarding this phone to me. But if you can get familiar to the keypad, it won't be a problem to you (just like the how you get used to the keyboard of the computer). because of this bad keypad it gives a bigger screen comparing to its size, somewhat. camera is better than N82 and N95 with xenon flash
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Reviewed by John on 15/08/2008
DONT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BUY THIS PHONE.I got it on contract through orange in Feb this year. The camera has always been a waste of time but right from the start it used to turn itself off at any time. Then the speaker went on it so it was sent away for fixing. When I got it back it lasted a week before starting to switch itself off again. After being sent back again I got it back only for the same problem to return again after only 1 day. SE are not interested at all.I'm now left with a broken phone which needs replacing.I'd say to anyone thinking of buying a sony ericsson phone DONT DO IT!You have been warned
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Reviewed by Chris Braden on 14/08/2008
I have k850i but i'm guttered because the next day the c902 came out for cheaper of what i bought the k850i. When i am on the phone in a all the touch sensitive screen goes though random option and some times i end up senting blank texts to people and it randomly goes onto other stuff. The camera is really good but i heard samsung are bringing a new 8.0 megapixel camer phone out in August this year. Also the volume on this phone is excelent and the fact you get a free 512 mb memory card and earphones is excellent.
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Reviewed by Jez on 13/08/2008
Well its my very first Sony Ericsson, and it is going to be my last! I have always had Nokia's not through choice, but the contracts always seem to provide Nokia's over anything else, and now i understand why! If this is the flag ship of Sony E then they should not be in business, the phone is absolutley appalling, its now having to go back to be repaired for a second time, something i have not experienced before with ANY Nokia. The problem seems to be the key pad (again), it now has a mind of its own and i only have to press select once and it's off ringing or texting people without my say so!!My partner has the same phone and the same problems. I found the predictive text mind numbingly stupid, why does it choose 'BT' instead of 'at'? Go back on a misspelling and you might as well start again! A nokia regroups and changes words every time you back space. It's such a shame as i think the camera is absolutely superb, i even contemplated selling my digital camera in favour of this phone. I am sure Sony E will get it right one day as a complete package, but i wont be having one again! Sony, well,fab electronic goods so protect your reputation get out of the phone market!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Ben Treadaway on 13/08/2008
I have had the phone for 6 months, well actually I'm lying, I have 5 phones in the last 6 months. This is possibly the worst phone I have ever owned. It just keeps going wrong, which is a shame as i really like it. I'm now changing it for some thing completely differant.
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Reviewed by rachel on 12/08/2008
i have had my phone for 3 months on orange contract and it has died on me. i hate the phone :@ never get one they are rubbish my friend had the phone,and it died on her she said dont get the phone but i realy liked the phone so decided to go ahead and get one on my next upgrade i wished i never chose that phone it started turning off buy its self it put the phone down on peoplewhen i was speaking to the yer ok thye camra wasnt bad but then a week ago i had my ffriends round dad was on holiday and i died on me i got the dreaded ringof blue doom!!!!!!! nooooooooooo i was broke i thought it was just playing up and had turned its self off like normal but no this time it had acctualy broken the screen was blank the keys lite up and the blue camra ring light at the back. i was more than angry so itold my mum when she had comeback from holiday and she rang orang. orange has know said that they have stopped producing them phone because there are too many compaints on them a nd it is happening to regular so now i have got the new sony erricson on its way should be here today. well out of all that i have got rid of that phone and got the new sony erricson bargin. p.s dont get that phone other wise you will be faced with the blue ring of doom!!!! x rachel
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Reviewed by AL on 12/08/2008
I have had this phone for a few months now and my touch buttons have packed up every time I push any of the centre keys they act as the menu touch key but the menu touch key doesn't work. This is really annoying as I can't do anything with my phone because the buttons have a mind of its own. Do not recommend this phone too many faults with it!
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Reviewed by Simon on 12/08/2008
Its OK, not great but its not too bad... i got it only for the camera and for that its pretty good... but the phone crashes and software is a bit ordinary but after updating the software it has improved. I just got a 8gb memory card for it, its now crashing more, and mass storage option now not working.
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Reviewed by Chris on 11/08/2008
Great camera.....when the lens cover opens,and when the flash works properly.Great for MP3,Good battery life.Absolute S@*&"E when,for no reason,the phone shuts down,then restarts on it's own.Orange know there's a problem,Sony know there's a problem,yet i've just recived my 3rd replacement,why can't they sort the problem????????
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Reviewed by sw on 09/08/2008
awfull phone, had it chaged four times in the space of 2 months due to sony's new software which didnt allow me to be on the network, phone seemed to be on emergency calls only when ever i tried to text or ring, people couldnt get in touch with me, would avoid this phone!!!! Camera is poor too compared to my last sony.
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Reviewed by Star* on 09/08/2008
Had this phone for a day now, overal it's brilliant. Big screen, fantastic camera etc. It does have the problems of having quite difficult to use buttons & its quite big, but il get used to it. The reason the camera takes dark pictures in lghtly lit rooms is because you have your hand over the flash! i noticed that at first... Buy one & learn to use it propperly before moaning and complaining on a review site :)
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Reviewed by Danny on 09/08/2008
Great Phone!!!
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Reviewed by Millie on 08/08/2008
All my friends had this phone and had told me not to buy it , but i gave it the benefit of the doubt and went ahead anyway. What a mistake , i've had the phone for two months and ive just had to send it in to be repaired. The camera has stopped working and when i click on it my phone shuts itself down. The touch screen has also stopped working and when i go to make a call once again my phone switches it self off. This phone is awful and if i wasnt on a contract i would be buying a different one straight away!
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Reviewed by Cathy on 07/08/2008
Great Camera - shame about the phone. I have had not, not two, not three even, but FOUR Sony Ericsson K850i handsets, which have all pretty much been a total NIGHTMARE from start to finish. As the main review says, on paper, this phone is amazing: The camera, takes better pictures than my digital compact (hey, it's an oldie!), it has super-fast hspda, with which you can literally motor through the internet, excellent battery life than laughs in the face of other phones, handy applications like track-id, which renders premium services like Shazam totally useless. "Fantastic!" I hear you cry. However, throw in the touch-screen of uselessness, (stops working/works in reverse/operates when you aren't even anywhere near the phone), add a dash of disappearing menu and cover liberally with some "crash every time anyone rings you or texts you", and you have a very shiny, pretty doorstop. The response from Sony Ericsson has been, tryupdating the software...great...only I've had this phone since November 2007, and there hasn't been the faintest whiff of one, and what with a new range of cyber-shot branded phones having been released a few months ago, it looks doubtful that there will be one. So to summarise in one word: AVOID.
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Reviewed by Jordan on 07/08/2008
Ive had this phone since January... Was fairly happy with it, Although the camera is not a touch on its K800I Predecessor. The touch screen was easy to get used to, although i think i miss the joystick...! The phone turns itself off occasiaonnlly which i didnt mind that much because it aint much off a hassle to turn it back on and it wasnt uncommon for me to hang up on folk as the touch screen made contact with my cheek. However 2days agao, the centre touch screen button decide to grow a mind of its own..! It started sending blank message to the first contact in my phone (Sorry Adam) I now cant use the centre button what so ever, so i cant use any of the menu features (I wish i had set my shortcuts up wisely) including my much required alarm and calender. I can get accses to my contact list but as soon as i press any button the centre button decides to auto select ("Edit Contact" - Its annoying!) Im dealing with 02 to sort it out. I have to wait 24 hours to recive an e-mail which will tell me what to do... Its been 23 hours and 15 Minutes... No e-mail recieved yet! I wouldnt buy this phone! Wish i would have stuck to my K800i.
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Reviewed by assani mcgekski on 07/08/2008
I just got this phone and before i got it i wasnt sure about the phone because on this website on the review page one person was saying the phone was bad and one person was saying the phone was good which was annoying!!! all i wanted was a phone with a good camera and an amazing mp3 player and i got it but with a lot more cool features. straight away when my friends saw it they went balistic. the phone has got some really cool themes. great games aswell. i love the syle of it buttons are not too bad. theyre easy to press and thats what matters
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Reviewed by Fiona on 07/08/2008
Please don't ever buy this phone! This is the worst phone I have ever owned. I've had it for 4 months and I'm just waiting for my 3rd replacement handset. I can just about cope with the freezing every few days, the touch screen buttons having a mind of their own and my phone sending blank messages to the first person in my phonebook but all 3 phones have ultimately died from the so called "Ring of Death"!! This leaves the phone useless, totally dead apart from the lit keypad and camera ring. Nothing else will work and you have no screen. I would only reccommend this phone to someone that I hate!! Dont buy it!!!!!!
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Reviewed by garry titterington on 06/08/2008
I have always had Sony ericsson but find this to be a poor phone with a camera that is poor and the phone locks up
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Reviewed by debbie on 06/08/2008
I have had this phone for a week and a half on upgrade from Orange, having previously owned a Sony Ericsson K800i. In all I do think it is a really good phone in many respects but I do have a few gripes with it too. I don't think I will ever find a phone that is 100% perfect though so I'm still trying to get to grips with this! My biggest priority was a 5 mega pixel phone. I would have upgraded to the new Sony Ericsson but it's ugly, & the Nokia & Samsung 5 mega pixel phones are bricks. So I thought I would go for this as it looks really good, as good as the iPhone looks and I have heard that the camera and internet connectivity on that are pants! I am disappointed though that the quality of the photos doesn't seem as good as my 3.2 mega pixel K800i. Maybe this could be because it has more advanced features & I just haven't got to grips with it properly yet. But unfortunately it switches back to the default settings as soon as you have finished taking pics & therefo re there is no taking advantage of photo opportunities at the drop of a hat without each time fiddling with the settings first. It is also disappointing that there is no lens cover & the lens gets covered in fingerprints when using the jog wheel! The video camera seems really good though. I have noticed other comments from earlier reviews stating that when they have uploaded photos on the computer & compared them with photos from their previous phone they have found them to not be as high in quality. I haven't been able to check this out for myself as my Adobe Photoshop won't find photos from this new phone for some reason! However, the software supplied with the phone seems more user friendly than the Sony Ericsson software. As a serial texter, my biggest issues are that once you enter a recipient, there seems to be no option to edit or delete the recipeint if you have entered the wrong one. Instead you have to delete your message and start again! Also there is no option to copy text & paste into a new message. You can copy & paste but only within the same message. Also there are no emoticons which I find really strange! On the positive side the phone looks fab. Contrary to other reports I have found the battery life to be excellent. I also think that the sound quality from the music player is excellent & I have had no trouble importing MP3 files from my PC. I haven't managed to tune any radio stations in though! I notice some people have complained about the touch screen control but it comes easy once you have got to grips with it. The internet speed is really good. I don't care that there is no sat nav as I have a separate sat nav devise & quite frankly would struggle to view maps on a mobile screen. It would have been a bonus to have WiFi connectivity though. In all I think this is a really good phone. It looks really stylish and has a lot of features that were missing on my previous phone, though I do wish it had the capability to edit & d elete text recipients, copy & paste text & display emoticons. This wouldn't put me off buying it though. I am never fully satisfied with a new phone at first! I have tried every other brand of handset previously & this is my first LG. In comparison I'm not disappointed. There are lots of things that are different that will take me longer to get used to but that just means I won't get bored with it too quickly which is a good thing! I've not been able to find a case for the phone though despite the LG website stating that they are available. If you are thinking of getting this phone, I would recommend giving it a go. I'm sure that people who do have trouble with it crashing, etc, are in the minority as I have had no such problems.
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Reviewed by michael on 06/08/2008
Please do not buy this phone because a lot of them have been affected by a virus called the "blue ring of death" (BRoD) which only lets the keypad lights and the blue ring around the camera illuminate, nothing else works not even the screen. Not even sony ericsson know how to fix this problem. Overall I would advise everyone to stay well away from this phone as it is a waste of time and money.
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Reviewed by Mandy on 05/08/2008
Having had the k850i for 3months all of a sudden the touch screen would click itself (back).A person would have to call me twice before I could answer the call.The battery life was ridiculous had to be charged every day.3.2megapixel camera's (nokia)had better quality then the 5megapixel k850i.The blue mid part of the phone peel's off rapidly.Save yourself the hassle and refrain from purchasing this phone!
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Reviewed by Jamez on 05/08/2008
I had this mobile for a day, i found the camera very poor, i was expecting a 100 times better phone. the buttons are poor, navagtion system poor, the buttons were a disgrace, as i said i had the phone for a day and couldnt stand it,, it was poor i sent it back. the product is poor for what it should be
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Reviewed by rizha ardana on 05/08/2008
nice phone, cute, but must reinstall the software. its always self restart.
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Reviewed by nicola gardner on 04/08/2008
I have had this phone for about 3 weeks now and am really struggling to get to grips with it. The biggest problem I have with it is: If i talk to anyone for more than 2 minutes, the phone sends a text message to the first person in my contacts. This thankfully is a good friend of mine who sees the funny side but it is becoming increasingly annoying. I am also dissapointed with the camera. It is difficult to use and I have not yet been able to use any of the pictures I have taken, could be the flash but i just feel that it is one big design fault. The key pad is dreadful and the touch screen buttons are very unreliable. sometimes responding instantly and other times not. Overall I am extremely dissapointed and cant wait to change it. I've reverted back to the trusty nokia.
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Reviewed by sofii. on 04/08/2008
this phone is a pile of rubbish, i had 2 and it has been sent to repair 5 times. never buy the black + blue one.
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Reviewed by Beckie McKenna on 04/08/2008
I have had 4 of these mobiles now each one with the same problem; it keeps freezing and reverting back to default settings and the camera button keeps breaking! I was told the early models where faulty so was given the luminous green one which had to be replaced twice. Now got the velvet blue one and am still having the same problems! When Im texting and I recieve a text or a call the phone will freeze and I have to take the battery out for it to work! And Im stuck with this phone for the rest of the contract!! Definetly will not be getting a Sony Ericsson again!!
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Reviewed by Dee on 04/08/2008
I had it for 7 months. Loved it at the beginnig -especially the quality of pictures. However, the touch sensitive buttons worked when they're not supposed to - when making a call a blank text message was created and sent to the first person in the phone book. When you need them work, they just freeze. The battery is rubbish - needs charging every day (I usually make 3-5 calls a day). Several times I lost reception for the whole day (although being in the central London!). Also several times having the reception, I was not able to receive or make calls. Called customer service and been told it's very common for K850i. Few days ago it just died on me. When I tried to turn it on, keypad lighted but screen remained black. Called customer service again and they want to give me replacement (K850i) for �30 + �6 a month (insurance) or for �70. I can also send it back to Sony Ericsson but it might takes months until they reapir it. NO WAY!! To anyone who wants to get K850i - for your own good AVOID IT!
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Reviewed by Miranda on 04/08/2008
It's the worst handset I've ever owned! Don't get it, you'll waste your time and money on getting new phone / replacement. The number of faults is endless starting with cracking buttons, freezing touch screen buttons, short battery life, turining itself off whenever it likes... I got the feeling SE tried to squeeze too many features and they've created a monster.
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Reviewed by Nial on 03/08/2008
On my third phone now. First one had a build up of dust/dirt under the glass lens cover. You should request a replacement if yours does this, even if it takes time for your operator to agree. The second one's keypad trim came away. The golden rule for taking photos on this phone is KEEP YOUR FINGERS AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE PHONE WHEN TAKING PICTURES! otherwise they came out black or very dark (something to do with the sensors on the front i guess) All in all and after a while of ownership - Great quality phone and video quality, great battery life, intuitive user menus
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Reviewed by lee on 02/08/2008
The k850i is okay abit with a few problems, the touch sensitive buttons are too close to the the answer / disconnect buttons & often end up selecting things you don't want. Menu system is straight forward and of typical sony ercisson standards. Camera function is nothing short of brilliant, with an auto rotate function to view your images. The quality of these images on a PC is very good. Battery life is good, averaging a charge every 3-4 days. I'd give the k850i a star rating of 4 however I can't. The simple reason is this; I'm on my 7th k850i and it's just not reliable... at all. Problems were; keypad sticking, camera shutter staying shut x2, volume control not working x2 & camera button failing. If the phone can't do it's job right, how can I give it a rating anymore than 1?
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Reviewed by Clarissa on 02/08/2008
I LOVE SONY ERICSSON K850I...IT RRRRRUUUUUUULLLLLEEEESSSSSSS =]
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Reviewed by Michael on 01/08/2008
I'm happy with my phone, i dont know what you guys are going on about.
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Reviewed by S Purser on 01/08/2008
I hated it with a passion, could not get rid of it fast enough. The stupidly small, slippery keypad buttons. To switch on the loud speaker, you have to press 3 sepparate buttons. Non of it is logic. Im sure the person who designed this phone, does not use a mobile phone. If he/she does their fingers must be the size of a small childs and they must have allll the time in the world to fiddle around with stupid slippery little button doing very basic tasks. The camera, well dark photo's is all Im going to say. Please avoid if you dont want to end up throwing the thing across the room at the nearest sony ericsson sales rep, I feel for Naomi Campbell maybe she owned this phone.
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Reviewed by Anth Maddison on 31/07/2008
One of the worst phones i ever owned, and i've had a few. Started out promisingly but camera qulaity was average at best, then i stated getting issues with the phone freezing while looking at photo's and the phone re-booting itself. From there it wiped my entire phone blank, contacts, pictures, everything. Complained to 02, got another, same problem with it freezing, got another, again it wiped my phone clear(luckily i had an old sim card with my contacts on), sent it back again, got a damaged return phone back off them, sent that back and listed the replacment straight onto ebay when i got it. Abysmal phone overall, avoid like the plague! (though i still think 02 are the best provider)
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Reviewed by Stuart Clark on 23/07/2008
Having read the reviews on this site I was dubious about this phone, however most of my fears have been proven unfounded. The problem with the camera flash is simple - do not let ANY of your fingers in front when taking a photo. I think you naturally cover a light sensor or something so even though you see the flash, the photo is dark. It's easy to get a photo to take once you know this (I've also adjusted the ISO settings). That said, it's still annoying - if someone else uses your phone (i.e. to take a photo of you and a friend), even if YOU are aware of the problem, OTHER people aren't and you have to look like a pratt while you try and explain this. The buttons are small and annoying, like my previous phone the k810i. Oh how I long for the days of my Sharp GX20! That's the only phone that had good buttons! The silliest thing is that there is a glass/plastic covering on the outside of the camera, OUTSIDE the lens cover?! What on Earth is the point of that? Having a lens cover on the OUTSIDE where it COVERS THE LENS may make more sense! So even though you have a lens cover, you are still exposed to the possibility of smudges and scratches. The new control doesn't break like it did on earlier SE's, although not having a joystick makes games more difficult. In general I'm pleased with this, as the the joystick on the earlier k800i/k810i was a nightmare for playing up. In general though, the phone is okay once you get used to the niggles, and has the usual high SE standard for bluetooth, support for media files, net connectivity, and so forth. You can also (finaly!) use the flash as a torch. With the uprated media player I'd certainly rate this better than the k810i, but I think my next phone may well be something along the lines of the N95 with GPRS and wireless capabilities sadly knocking the SE range out of the water. These are still good phones, the low rating I've given is a little severe but the problems with the camera, the lens cover, and the buttons demand it. Best out of the K range but there are still plenty of better phones out there.
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Reviewed by David Kenna on 23/07/2008
I left a review here on 9th July (see below), while my k850i was being repaired. I was not impressed before, and now having got my "fixed" phone back, it staill has faults, some the same, some different. It lasted about 3 days before it re-booted during use. Then, when it feels like it, you cannot hear the dial tone or person you phoned, and the same if they phone you back. I have to switch off the phone and re-start it....and by the way, it does that itself as well! And it still freezes up! I complained to the CEO office of Carphone Warehouse via their website, (I advise everyone to do this, but keep the message short, as if it's too long the message won't send, "web page unavailable"). They called back 3 days later, and told me to take phone to Carphone Warehouse, and they ordered a Re-Furbished handset. If this fails within 28 days, they said they'd replace it with a different phone with similar specifications. I fully expect the refurbed k850i to fail, and hope the replacement will be ok. Ps., I'm on Orange, but I don't think it matters what network you're on, the phone is no good.
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Reviewed by Ryan on 22/07/2008
Worst phone i have ever had. Ever. Even worse than the Nokia 3310!! After a week of owning this phone is started to freeze, and turn itself on and off, even during phone calls! Then it deleted ALL off my games and applications by itself. Also some other features on the phone no longer work because it did something to itself. This happened to a friend of mine who owns the same phone and got it at the same time as me. Texting can be quite hard sometimes, and the buttons dont always work. The paint from the cancel button has rubbed off and the paint from the D pad has rubbed off too, and this is not after alot of use. The only good thing with this phone is the camera. Very good quality, unless the flash is on and you are close to the object your taking a photo of, it will just be white. By the way to use the camera, hold it down half way, wait for it to focus, then take the picture. It will work then. I did try to take the phone back, three times! And all Phones 4 U said was do a system restart, i did this all 3 times, and still no difference! I am very disapointed with this phone and i advise to stay clear of it.
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Reviewed by clarissa on 21/07/2008
sony ericsson K850i IS THE BEST PHONE EVERRRRRRRRRRR. SONY ERICSSON WILL NEVER DISSAPOINTED ME !!=]
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Reviewed by Matthew on 21/07/2008
Like John, I too upgraded from my trusty W800i which still works like a dream. All the problems mentioned below i've experienced, although a recent firmware upgrade improved the camera a bit. BUT, this phone is unreliable, i've just sent it off for fixing, it just simply died on my for the second time now, it vibrated, gave me a white screen and died, never to be switched on again, no matter what i tried, anyone know what the cause is? i think this phone has a fundamental fault and SE should recall each and every one of them...
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Reviewed by John Carey on 20/07/2008
Have just acquired a K850I - Oh why did I leave Nokia? Just for a 5MP camera that takes inferior shots to my old Nokia. Folks! Don't do it!
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Reviewed by Courtez on 20/07/2008
This phone is amazing because it has a 5MP camera.It takes great shots using best pic.I thinks this phone is better than the K800i nad K810i.
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Reviewed by shsh on 20/07/2008
it da best
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Reviewed by Jake Maslin on 19/07/2008
The Sony Ericsson K850i is one best phones made. I comes built-in with an accelerometer which means it is a motion sensor and there is also three touch screen tabs which is pretty cool. The buttons are popped up so it is easy to press the buttons. The cybershot 5 mega pixel camera makes photography the best thing ever because the picture is crystal clear and also has a torch so you can see the video recording at night. In the Sony Ericsson you voice dial and voice answer which means you can say the contact and it will call them automatically and you set up voice answer which means if you say answer it will answer by the sound of your voice. The Sony Ericsson K850i has its on little world and anybody thinking about buying a mobile phone get this one
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Reviewed by zain shah on 19/07/2008
it da best phone i have a n95 it is better then it and i have n73
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Reviewed by Craig - from Glasgow on 18/07/2008
This isnt a bad phone, it takes a while to get the hang of the buttons for texting but its pretty well packed. I dont know why people are moaning about the camera picture quality, its fantastic, but yes u do need to spenda minute or so looking at the settings and customizing it for when your using it. The phone is quite sturdy, not something that will easily break on you and the black and silver goes well together. The gravity sensor for games like marble madness 3d was a nice little extra feature. Overall this phone isnt the best but it is one of the better 5 mega pixel 3 G phones on the market. Its loaded with alot of nice features, the battery life is pretty good, the camera and camcorder quality is pretty good, only downside is the little buttons take a while to get used to but no biggie .
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Reviewed by Sal on 18/07/2008
I would LOVE to give a good review for this phone! The phone looks great, has a fantastic screen, and the functions are excellent and well-planned. Sony have obviously listened to customer feedback and ironed out all the annoying glitches from the W810i. Unfortunately they have created a whole array of technical faults that are irrepairable! I am now waiting for my 3rd K850i to be delivered - that's three phones in a month! The first one crashed everytime I turned the camera on, and the second one went mute in the middle of a business call - the internal mike had gone! I have a Nokia that is maybe 8 years old, has been dropped numerous times, and yet it still has a fully-functioning mike! how can a mike go on a brand new cellphone from a leading manufacturer - after only two weeks?!
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Reviewed by Ollie on 17/07/2008
The phone is slow... DON'T BUY IT, or even worse, DON'T GET IT ON CONTRACT! Or you will be stuck with it for a long time..... just like me :-( The Sony Ericsson C902 is Amazing. Buy that instead
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Reviewed by nick on 17/07/2008
Hey guys/girls The phone i bought a couple of days ago, and at first i was disappointed that the camera was going dark during the night time. However i kept on trying all different ways and spent a good 5 hours at least mucking around with all the camera settings. ok finally i got it getting great shots at night, i don�t know if this helps anyone but if you press the camera button lightly it will do auto focus and then the box in the screen will appear green after that there�s a blink light on the left side that is green, when that slows down then press the camera button harder and it should take the shot. all mine came out like it was day time, also if you are finding that there�s a problem try cleaning your light sensor( the little hole that is under the flash and next to the led flash on the left). Also if you by accident cover that with you fingers it will also still cause the image to come out wrong. i found the phone to be great as it has a good reception that does n ot die out, and also the speaker on the phone is clear and also has a higher db rating then most other phones in the same class of 5 megapixel. hope this helps
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Reviewed by stubbsy on 17/07/2008
i have jus got this phone from a k800 i i have owned a nokia n95 and a n73 and hands down this phone whoops them all over simple!
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Reviewed by nat on 17/07/2008
have had this phone since december and on phone number 4 first one kept pressing ok button when i was no where near it after about 5 months then the last three have had the touch screen not work at all. i am frustrated and annoyed as i liked the phone but the camera is a bit rubbish cos it is erratic sometimes amazing sometimes rubbish
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Reviewed by dh on 16/07/2008
Worst phone ever. had 8mths & loads of problems. Camera / soft touch buttons & software all crap.CPW finaly agreed to change (customer service crap), unfortunatly no nokia in options so its a LG Viewty till contract up then back to nokia from a new provider.
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Reviewed by Anna on 15/07/2008
Awful phone, awaiting my third replacement which will be sent straight back as the touch screen buttons crash the phone meaning restart is required continually, the touch screen is badly designed and unreactive, haevn't experienced any problems with the camera though...my advice DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON THIS PHONE!
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Reviewed by Karen Stitson on 15/07/2008
I am surprised so many people ahet it becuase I actually love this phone- the camera quality has been excellent and everyone has been impressed with the quality. The thing I am disappointed with, is that today my THIRD replacement handset has just packed up in less than a week of having it delivered. In all fairness the second one had some water damage, but that still leaves two that have just stopped working due to being 'a faulty handset' and even the second was diagnosed as such rsulting in a free replacement, and before i dropped it in a sink (1) it used to freeze. so altho I like the phone, and I dont have a problem with the keypad, and I like the touch screen when it works (but it took me a few days to like it) I am so disappointed with the quality. Does anyone have advice for a decent replacement model that wont fail me and give great photos?
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Reviewed by regret,regret, and only regret. on 13/07/2008
a few people say u have to "learn to use the camera"??????!!!!! wha do you mean.i dont think there was a single camera mobile before this that required photoghraphy skills to use it the best way.this is such a "blur master" and with the flash you end up with dark shaded pictures.hey PALLAU,can you tell me how to take picture indoor of kids without flash??
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Reviewed by Lynda on 13/07/2008
I've had a K850i since October 2007 ... and today took delivery of my FIFTH handset from Orange. I've had endless problems, mainly in the areas of the phone closing down and never working again or the touch-screen buttons developing a mind of their own and responding to input on the keys!! My son has the same phone, he got it in January 2008 and has already had one replacement, his phone stopped charging, the touch-screen stopped responding and the flash stopped working. My friend got hers at the same time as me and she's been backwards and forwards to the shop with hers too ... same problems as I've had. I have also had problems with the camera taking black pictures and after reading other reviews it's reassuring to see that it's not just me!! The pictures it takes are sometimes very good but at others I've really struggled to hold it still enough to get the clearest photo.
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Reviewed by michael on 13/07/2008
USELESS PHONE....DONT BUY.....TOUCH SCREEN WILL MESS UP NOW WAY OF GETTING ON MENU COMPLETE JUNK
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Reviewed by Maya on 13/07/2008
Sort it out Sony Ericsson! I love this phone, but there appears to be some major issues with the model. I'm now on to my 4th replacement handset in the space of just over two months. The first one I couldn't make calls on - I could hear them, all they heard was what sounded like radio interference. My second handset was great until one day it decided to crash and refused to be turned back on. My third handset was more of an issue with the company I'm with as they sent me a refurbished model that was a disgrace. So I'm praying that my 4th handset (new) fares better than the old ones! The camera is great when it works properly, but I've also experienced the same issues as others occasionally i.e. pictures coming out dark despite being nowhere near the flash etc and quite often the images are out of focus despite fiddling with all the settings. The touchscreen takes time to get used to and definitely isn't for people with larger fingers! Provided you get a model that w orks it's a fantastic little phone - hence why I keep trying to give it the benefit of the doubt. This is definitely it's last chance though ;)
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Reviewed by Mihir on 13/07/2008
I loved this phone when I bought it, ignoring all the negative reviews I got about it. The touch screen fizzled for some weird reason, much like what most people are complaining about. *sigh* this really is the most dissapointing SE phone i've ever used, and I've used plently over the years!! Hoping to get a replacement now. But I'm pretty darned sure the repair centre's gonna quote water damage problems. <_<
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Reviewed by Pallau on 12/07/2008
This phone is amazing because it has a good 5MP camera.the phone takes great pictures.
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Reviewed by Ryan on 12/07/2008
I have this phone and the key pad is fine to use and the arrow keys are FINE! People have to get used to the phone give it a chance!! Its great!! The camera works fine also takes lovely pictures even close ups!! Phone is the best and who ever complains abou either the keypad or camera is annoyance to everyone!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Sam on 12/07/2008
It's really annoying to see people writing that the pictures are dark or black, there is a solution...move your finger off the flash ! In general I have never owned or used such a good phone the functions are fantastic, especially the camera which produces better photo's than my actual camera! A great phone and a great buy.:)
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Reviewed by Kate on 11/07/2008
Had this phone for a few months and I've found no trouble with it so far! I love it and I'm hoping to keep it for as long as I can! It's fab and all you moany groany people who constantly moan how 'rubbish' the K850i is, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT! :)
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Reviewed by Sarah on 10/07/2008
Unfortunately, this is the worst phone I've ever owned. Not only is the camera a disappointment but the software keeps failing - i've never been able to use the calendar and notes option and now the text function has packed in. I've been advised to download new software from the sony ericsson website but that is a palarva in itself. I've had the phone for about 6 months and at least 3 of those I've had my sim back in my old phone.
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Reviewed by Sean on 10/07/2008
I just took my phone back to the shop because i heard there was a firmware upgrade out...this has been installed and now the phone is easily quicker and better than it was before. there are also alot more new functions for example when you press the touch buttons the phone vibrates so i would reccomend gettin it updated
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Reviewed by Sam on 10/07/2008
I hate it if you buy this phone you will regret it. i have to wait another year to get a new one brilliant.
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Reviewed by Lincolnshire Lass on 10/07/2008
Really loved the camera feature on this phone! But as I'm now on my fourth handset have decided it's really time to give up! Should be getting a different phone soon
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Reviewed by Sphiwe on 09/07/2008
People should learn how to READ THE MANUAL!!! It shows how the fone should be held in order to use the camera! You can't work your way through the fone without reading the manual coz then you'll be confused and start disliking the K850i.
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Reviewed by David Kenna on 09/07/2008
I upgraded to the K850i after problems with a Nokia N70. The reviews at the time for the K850i were excellent. However, the phone is more problematic than my old Nokia! Here is a list of faults I've experienced so far, P.S., it's currently under repair! 1. Camera shutter button fails to open, thus locking up the phone in camera mode. 2. The touch key on-screen descriptions disappear, leaving you to guess their function in various applications. 3. The phone switches off for no reason. 4. Callers sometimes cannot hear you, or you them. Even if you hang up and call again, same fault. You have to shut the power off and re-start it. 5. The so-called high speed HSDPA seems slower than my old Nokia, and sometimes just freezes up altogether when atempting to browse. My son's W850i walkman phone is far quicker. 6. Even after carrying out software updates via the Sony Ericsson website, the phone is still problematic...sometimes worse! 7. The buttons are very fiddly, and I found that it was too easy to mistakenly hit one of the touchkeys, taking you to an unwanted menu option. There are good points, such as the camera quality (when it works), connectivity such as bluetooth. But overall, I am VERY disappointed with this phone. The first handset was returned after a week or so due to the camera shutter and software issues. It is now a few months old, and is away being "repaired", for the switching off issue, inability to hear caller, and other stuff listed above. I'm hoping that Carphone Warehouse will give me an alternative model...as I don't expect the phone to be fully functional upon return. Don't get one!
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Reviewed by RYANNA on 09/07/2008
HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT MOBILES SINCE FIRST "MARS BAR"IN 1990, SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS .GOT K850i IN FEB AS FRIEND HAD ONE AND I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE CAMERA AND THE LONG BATTERY STANDBY TIME (HE GETS ABOUT TEN DAYS BETWEEN CHARGES) I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE CAMERA FACILITY AND GENERAL FEATURES ARE OK EXCEPT SMALL BUTTONS NOT SO GOOD FOR TEXTING AS MY PREVIOUS PHONE BUT EVEN IF I DONT USE THE PHONE AT ALL I NEED TO RECHARGE AFTER 2DAYS HAVE HAD 3 "NEW,REPLACEMENT" BATTERIES FROM CARPHONE BUT ALL THE SAME ANYONE GOT THIS PROBLEM ??
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Reviewed by HELEN on 08/07/2008
HAVING HAD IT FOR 6 MONTHS AND IT BEING THE 3RD ONE I HAVE HAD{DUE TO CONTRACTUAL ISSUES} TOUCH SCREEN BROKEN DOWN.fUNNY IN 2O YEARS OF MY MOBILE HISTORY NEVER HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH A PHONE.MY PHONE IS A LIFE LINE IN HEALTH AND WORK AND NOT A FASHION ITEM. SURELY WITH ALL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE PHONE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED.
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Reviewed by Jade on 08/07/2008
Waited for this phone for ages. Someone told me that her phone started to meff up and she had to send it off twice, but mine was fine. Now i cant even use it. I cant read texts if its more than a page long as i cant use the down button. If i press down, five or four it press the back button on its own. It buzzes and says it cant find signal then freezes and goes off and i cant turn it back on for about an hour later. My camera works fine thats propbably about it. This must be the worse phone anyone could ever buy. :| Grr. Its to annoying.
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Reviewed by Claire on 08/07/2008
I purchased this phone about 2 or 3 months ago on contract and it is the second one i have had, i found this phone quite difficult to get used to and find it especially hard sending texts as the buttons are small. My phone kept freezing and turning itself off but i downloaded the software update off the internet and now it is working fine, the camera is brilliant and so is the quality of music. I wouldn't reccomend this phone to someone who text's a lot but apart from that it is a good phone
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Reviewed by ben frm borehamwood on 08/07/2008
liked the k800i and got this the k800i was great ..this k850i is a good phone and i do stress good not great...it freezes and turns off all the time...not good would like to get a new 1 but i dont think it will happen..steer clear
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Reviewed by confused!!! on 07/07/2008
HELP!!!! I got this phone just for the camera and nothing else.but i have a problem taking pictures inside a well lit room(daytime) where the flash is unnecessary.flash in this case spoils the pic-making it appear as though taken at night higlighting the focused object n everything else behind to be dark.and without the flash even the slightest movement of the object causes a blur on the image.is this how it is? or my handset has a defect?even when i am previewing on the display(photo mode),why is it that the moving objects cause a blur?and if a clicked it that way people look like ghosts(no shape,just have a hint of their dress colour)please someone help me,tell me what this is all about!!! [Editor's reply: Unfortunately this is a common complaint with the K850i. You could try a firmware update from the Sony Ericsson website. However, so many people have complained about this kind of problem, you may just have to accept it as a fundamental fault in the K850i.]
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Reviewed by tariq naeem on 07/07/2008
well a brilliant phone used it for a month but now having a problem that it keep on functioning by itself mean the touch button on the left which says Launcher and in menu options ,, it keeps on pressing on its own????????any solutions please let me know my e-mail tari_kdc@hotmail.com
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Reviewed by Very Angry on 05/07/2008
Took the k850i out on contract with Orange from the carphonewarehouse at the end of may. With in 2 weeks it kept freezing on me and the blue light around the camera and the keypad would light up and the whole phone would randomly vibrate. I took it back to the shop and they refunded it no problem, and with in 1hour of leaving the shop (unfortunatly i was mid-way of traveling home) the phone did the exact same thing. I have had this phone now for approx. 3 weeks (the 2nd one) and the camera doesnt open, and on the rare occasion that it does, it wont take the pictures! the battery life is shocking! And it keeps deleteing unread texts. Another promblem i havnt seem any one complaining about is, when typing a text the screen would go black then a red line scanns down the screen (as if raining) then the phone freezes and you have to take the battery out to switch it on, even then its very slow! I would now like to cancel my contract because when i contacted the shop they said i can get another k850i or a different phone (none as good as the k850i and none in the same price range) i was furious, and i am wondering would i have the grounds on which to cancell my contract? i enetered this contract wanting a reliable k850i on my second one now and it is definetly not this! Please comment on what i should do. The phone doesn't even deserve 1 star out of 5.
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Reviewed by Katie Rogers on 04/07/2008
I took out 2 contracts in Feb 2008 were now in july and i have had 9 different replcaments in total between the two either one problem or another, always turning itself off randomly and killing the battery life, camera button on the side breaking off, speaker cutting off at random, deleting messages before ive even read them, doesnt accept calls takes them straight to answerphone how many more do you want?? what else can i say waste of time and a waste of money i would not reccomend to any one i am only just getting my phone replaced after all of the replacment handsets!!
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Reviewed by grant on 04/07/2008
i bought my k850i on ebay brand new for �120 and im chufed with it. i dont understand why every1 is complaining about the key pad its not a problem for me and the camera is crystal clear you just have to no how to work it and i wudnt exactly sy i am clued up on phones and cameras so if i can work it out any1 can. GREAT PHONE
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Reviewed by cheryl on 03/07/2008
on apperience, nice phone, good camera. had it 3 hours and its frozen and turned itself off 3 times
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Reviewed by justine on 03/07/2008
i love nearly everything about this phone, with the exception of the keypads.
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Reviewed by jordan on 03/07/2008
i had the phone not to long and all 3 of the touch button broke i sent it off to be sorted. now i have it back there is a new problem it kept on crashing now doesnt turn on, wen i try to turn it on all i get its the button lights.
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Reviewed by purseonality on 01/07/2008
I was desperate for this phone but now that I've had it about 6 months, I don't think it was worth paying full retail for. I found a weird problem with it when I went through security on the way to Paris. After it went through the x-ray machine, the phone was pretty much fried--buttons wouldn't work properly, it wouldn't get a signal, etc. My friend has the exact same phone and I recently learned he experienced the exact same problem! After he took it through airport security, the touchscreen was fried. We both had to send our phones back to Sony for a rebuild. Now I'm scared to take it through any x-ray machine!! I plan to hand it to the screener and ask them to hand-screen it. Too bothersome for a mobile phone, I think. The touch-screen isn't a true touch-screen, either. It's basically just three buttons at the bottom. They are finicky, and often either don't press when you want them to, or press when you DON'T want them to. I've also had them get pressed just with the pressure of my cheek against the phone when I'm on a call. It's not uncommon to hang up from a call and find out that I'm about to send a blank text message to someone. There should be an option to disable the touch-screen when you're talking. In hindsight, I should have waited until the phone had been around a while--I probably would have spent my �300 on something else.
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Reviewed by amber on 01/07/2008
had the phone for about 5 moths now was good intill 2 weeks ago.First the left touch button broke so i sent it back and then 3 days later the screen broke.It has all the great features you could want but it dosent do the practical job :(
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Reviewed by bertie harris on 01/07/2008
its a cool fone
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Reviewed by Rob on 30/06/2008
Same as Danielle
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Reviewed by Danielle on 29/06/2008
If i was any of you lot, i wouldn't buy this phone. I have had it for about 4 months and it began turning it self off a couple of months ago, now it has completly broke. It won't even switch on, all it does is vibrate and light up then stays like that. It is a shocking phone it isn't reliable and very unimpressive, a lot of people agree. I wouldn't recommend.
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Reviewed by matty on 28/06/2008
a good fone but flash does not always work. also in the 2 months ive had it some of the buttons have stoped working. i have to keep sending it off which is a bit of a pain. apart from these problems a gr8 fone!
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Reviewed by L on 27/06/2008
After an upgrade from the LG Chocolate, I thought anything would have to be better! But with Sony Ericssons good repuatation, i'm extremely disappointed. Not keen on the touch screen for starters but after just over a month, it started to freeze and switch itself off. TThen when i got up today, it told me to "Insert SIM" even though my SIM card was already in it. Spoken to other people who have had their phone for less time than me, and have already sent it back for the same reason. Although it looks good, it doesnt last, so I have no idea how i'm supposed to keep it for the next 17 months! Not good, I wouldnt recommend it.
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Reviewed by T.J on 27/06/2008
This phone isnt meant to just be a phone. Its like a delicacy, you need to spend time getting used to it and once you do its just incredible. It functions as a camera beautifully which is its main function and sure the small buttons take some getting used to, but, to put it very shallow, its just beautiful.
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Reviewed by Tony on 26/06/2008
I got the black k850i and i have to admit looks wise it's sleek and classy. However the software could do with a bit more memory as it does run a bit slow but my friend has the same phone on orange (i'm on 02) and he has had no problems. To be honest though the k800i i had before was a bit slow and you'll get that these days with the technology and how the phones are made quickly. I for one would reccommend it as once you know how to take the correct picture the camera is excellent for a phone, the music quality is excellent too even on loudspeaker. Sometimes the phone is trying to catch up because of the slow software but it's not that much of a problem that i would say don't buy it. Everything is a plus on this phone for me but it's the kind of phone i'd prefer. Having been a nokia fan for a while then i tried a motorola (never again) i prefer sony.
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Reviewed by sarah on 26/06/2008
i have just got my k850i put my sim in and it keeps saying inactive sim does anyone know why
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Reviewed by franki on 24/06/2008
absolutely the best phone ever. just retards that cant use the camera properly. I had a picture blown up for my wall extremely large which i took on this phone it takes better pictures than my 7.2 mega pixel camera. Maybe people should try changing the lighting or not stand directly in front of a window. Because this phone has no problems with the camera. And as for the keypad what do you mean its hard to use, why put it there? It is a very good design, and it has clearly been put around the buttons to decrease the size and weight of the phone. Maybe people should stop moaning cos you'd also be moaning if it was big and bulky to accomadate the extra space needed to put the button anywhere else
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Reviewed by SHaz on 24/06/2008
Had this phone now since October, was happy with it as no-one could use it, apart from me! Had no problems at all but all my friend's k850i's kept failing around me. Then, couple months later, I got the 'operation failed' on messages, got told to re-install the firmware, but that completely crashed the phone and afterwards, it wouldn't even start!! Got phone back, its been great ever since, but its starting to freeze for seconds while texting and listening to mp3's, waiting for it to crash any day now!! Just make sure you keep backing your contacts up! Battery life is shocking, I'm a heavy user and my other contract phone (N95) lasts far far longer and have had no problems on that since March 07! Will defo be getting the N96 when it comes out rather than another Sony. I prefer Sonys over Nokias for the features, if you want to take good photos, get a proper digital camera!! Phone cameras will never ever be as good, I've had camera phones since the 0.1MP days.........!
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Reviewed by henry on 24/06/2008
I am so fed up with this phone, i've had the turning itself off problems a bit but just took that as standard coz its a sony ericsson. the main problem is that the touch screen buttons have randomly stopped working! I can't read or send texts or do anything with the phone other than make and receive calls. However, after a few seconds the phone locks itself and i can't unlock it due to the lack of functioning buttons so i have to take the battery out and turn it all on again everytime i want to do anything on it. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. I just want a bog standard phone that doesn't break and does the simple stuff like work.
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Reviewed by a short on 23/06/2008
when i first go this phone it was awesome, but after about a month one of the touch screen buttons stopped working unless i turned the phone off and back on again, after 3 months they have stopped working altogether!!! not happy :(
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Reviewed by mrs brown on 22/06/2008
thsi phone crashes continually its a nightmare, i have three others with the company and they all do the same, have also heard this too from friends with the phone
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Reviewed by Smileyjo08 on 20/06/2008
My phone also had problems and I am now not getting mine fixed due to people saying they have had 5. Mine turns it self off repeatedly and flashes its lights before turning back on. However, it now doesn't work and all I get when I turn it on is the lights. It crackled in a conversation and would turn itself off. I was getting fed up with it but now I am without a phone.
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Reviewed by Sam on 20/06/2008
Do you know why it takes bad pic in a brightly lit room? it's because it's on the wrong settings. Turn the flash off for bright pics, or if this doesnt work, do not put your finger over the flash lens, it always blackens your picture! but i tend to find the "red eye reduct" setting is the best (you can change this in camera mode by tapping the # button til you get to that setting) This setting takes the picture on the third flash, really good in pitch black. The camera's wonderful, til the phone plays up, then the flash becomes too bright! I really wouldnt recoment this phone, i'm on my 4th! It's shocking! ok, it doesnt tend to freeze too much. But it will restart itself, then wont let you onto messages sayin "operation failed" you have to master reset it, loses your memory, so when you get a new number you have to constantly remember to "back up to ms" all the time! nightmare! You can't back up your calender either, so it's risky using that for memo's! The phone is nt that attractive either, i got it for the camera, which to be fair is more trouble then it's worth!
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Reviewed by Ruth on 19/06/2008
I love the qualities and look of this phone, but it is the worst phone I have ever owned. Had it 6 months and has been sent back five times from being broken or damage, through no fault of mine. I am extremely disappointed with it.
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Reviewed by Richard on 19/06/2008
Got this as an upgrade. Found it to be a bit big (having changed from a Samsung U600) felt overly "chunky" for a phone. The look and feel is cheap plastic. The buttons are just bizarre being tiny little things that stick out a long way and I simply couldn't get along with them. The camera is amazing quality and easy to use - just follow the manual and as the camera is the K series strong point this would be your main reason to buy this one. Personally I sent it back and opted for another Samsung.
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Reviewed by deller on 18/06/2008
do not get this phone. it is awful. the camera is very slow. the sound has stopped working when i try to listen to music. it freezes, cut out in conversations "crackles" as if no signal but actualyy has great signal. hoping it is just my phone but am not happy
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Reviewed by hkc on 17/06/2008
Even though the phone has great features, it was a disappointment to me... Had it for about 5 months now... Sent in for repairs twice because the phone was locked up whilst (1)synchronising with a PC; and (2) charging. Tried the usual reset procedures but to no avail. The picture quality of the camera is good but only for taking shots during the daytime. The audio quality for playing music is average. An annoying thing is that the battery life is quite short. I have to recharge the phone every other day considering my phone usage is very low. Gonna stick with Nokia from now on...
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Reviewed by ChrisM on 17/06/2008
Bought it new and wasn't impressed with photo quality and then whole handset totally froze afer 4 days and had to be exchanged. Very disappointed
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Reviewed by WIll on 16/06/2008
I think your reviews a tad out of date! I've got a K850i and it's brilliant, for those of you who say "oh the camera is rubbish at night" ugghhh you obviously haven't learnt how to use it have you? -.- It's pretty obvious! DON'T PUT YOUR FINGER OVER THE FLASH! Oh the keypad is easy to use, it adds a bit of flavour that some phones don't have. Yes everyone has different opinions but I personally think this is one of the best keypads on any SE! It's a tad fiddly at first but I got used to it in a day! If you've got FAT fingers, DON'T BUY IT! Simple as! It's obvious that these people have no clue that in order to use the phone PROPERLY you need to either read the mannual or play around with it a bit =|. This is the best Cyber-shot SE! Yes even better than the new C902! So stop whining, TRY IT OUT IN THE SHOPS! and play around and you'll have the best phone for pictures in your hands! Oh and FAT fingered people STAY AWAY! Go buy somthing like the Nokia 1600.
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Reviewed by Leigh beardsmore on 15/06/2008
I am on my second K850i now, This phone has some really cool features especially the cyber-shot but I have had nothing but problems with both phones my 1st the touch screen buttons went making it impossible to use and now the the phone won't turn on at all it,s not now under warranty so I'm screwed save yourself the heartache don't get one.
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Reviewed by Ash on 15/06/2008
I have had this phone for 5 months and i'm finally changing it. The screen hangs and the touch screen buttons are too sensitive and the video camera has stopped working properly. I have previously had an n73 which gave me problems but atleast it lasted thelength of the contract. This hasn't even done that.
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Reviewed by Mayab on 14/06/2008
I liked all the phone, but when i upgraded firmware, the flash didn't work well, the case is that even if i am taking a picture with flash in a really dark place and i place my fingers in the right place, when i take the picture to something near, like a portrait picture, i has a lot of overexposition, all picture becomes withe, but when i have previous firmware it was not a problem.
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Reviewed by Caz on 14/06/2008
It was the camera that really sold this phone to me when I was looking to upgrade, and though like other reviewers I've had problems with pictures coming out too dark, once I got to grips with it I've found the pictures to be of superb quality. The downsides - the touch screen buttons are incredibly frustrating and quite unneccessary really. It also took me a long time to get used to the weird placing of the arrow keys. My other major gripe with this handset is that it seems to break so easily. I had my handset replaced earlier this week after my original one was stolen, and already it is occasionally switching itself off and on again for no reason and without warning, and some of the buttons have stopped working after it got bashed last night. So it's going to have to be fixed again and to be honest, I'm losing my patience with it.
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Reviewed by vijay on 14/06/2008
iam unable to play videos clips which iam copying from my PC and pasting in my mobile but i can run songs
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Reviewed by Anna on 14/06/2008
Ive had this phone for quite a long time now , its had to be replaced 5 times because of it keeps braking . the camera is Brilliant You just need to learn how too use it . To set the camera right and everything ive got this phone on contract n ive got to have it for another year :( iim fed up with it and want a new one . it keeps braking so many times that i just want rid of it . yeah its a good phone . first time you get it its a bit convussing but you just learn i would give this phone about 6 out 10 everything it good its just it keeps braking if it didnt keep baking ii would highly recommend it but at this momment in time ii just want rid of it im sick and tired of taking it back
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Reviewed by Joe on 13/06/2008
I think there is nothing wrong with this phone what so ever, i've taken some immense mountain biking pics with this, and they were perfect. i think the touch screen is really good and i got used to the keys in a few days. the only thing i dont like is the automatic lense cover,, its inside, and i bet its sooo fragile, im so scared of knocking it and it getting stuck or just stopping working, how would i get to it without major hassel!? propper awesome phone, and it better last too! �300 when i got it!
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Reviewed by T.S. on 13/06/2008
Just got this phone, upgraded from a K800i which I loved. the k850i is a good upgrade with a better camera and much better video recording. As written before, the keyboard isnt great but no better or worse than the k800i, just different. Some great extras too including picture album stored in date order and the hilarious "X-pict story" where you can view your pictures in a music-accompanied slide show. Been playing with it all day and the battery has only lost 1 bar too. Overall a v.good upgrade to the older k800i.
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Reviewed by abi on 12/06/2008
I absolutely loved this phone, despite what everyone has said about the keypad, i really enjoyed the touch screen and the navigation keys around the buttons, a really stylish design. However as time has passed, the already terrible buttons have got worse, and randomly put letters into text messages from buttons that have not been touched! I have also had the problem of the dark photos, and had to send it away for repairs as the shutter would not automatically open! And the latest of the problems with this phone... it will not stay switched on! It is constantly switching itself off, and just yesterday deleted all text messages from my phone (literally in the thousands) by the time i switched it back on. Form wise, brilliant, function wise, terrible!
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Reviewed by kimbo on 12/06/2008
what a total waste of space this phone is! camera is useless, at a recent foo fighters gig took about thirty pics of which about two actually worked. the phone freezes all the time, can't use 3g, if i do it kills the reception. half the time after making a call it won't let me hang up and everytime i put it in my pocket nobody can ring me because it goes on emergency calls only....its total pants.
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Reviewed by mossy on 12/06/2008
ok so some people don't understand some fundamentals when it comes to taking a photo - bad workman & tools spring to mind. The camera is excellent and if used properly so are the pictures. This is a top-feature packed product. Its my 4th Sony Ericcson after the k750i, w850i, k810i and the missus has the w890i so I guess I'm qualified. I was always a big Samsung fan and likewise had quite a few (oh I've had Nokia's Siemens etc too), but I really am a SE convert now. Honestly, this phone lacks the elegance of say the w890i and I can't say I like the navigation key. I was a fan of he joy-stick in previous models unlike many. But my phone came with an 8GB card. With 80+ albums onboard I still have 3� GB free! I really does cram the features in and does everything I want and more. It'd be 5 stars but for the navigation key, being a bit bulky and prone to smudging
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Reviewed by steve on 10/06/2008
upon receiving the phone hated it; too chunky, camera takes dark pictures, those horrible touch sensitive keys... but after a month rather fond of it, it just takes a bit of getting used to. the camera can be set so that the pics come out great using the flash indoors, as good as a mid range digital camera. the internet is easy to use and fast, with a large screen. still not overly raving about the touch sensitive keys, but they are easy to use after a while. my biggest gripe is that the phone looks grimey and dirty after one use, like the psp. needs constant cleaning.
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Reviewed by Kate on 09/06/2008
I have had 5 of these handsets and am a ahuge fan of s.e however having had so many different problems i've been put off. from the touch screen not working and calling/sending txt's randomly to software failures freezing screens turning itself off and not being able to open messages due to some kind of "technical fault" Just a nightmare.On paper it is an amazing phone, but my reality of it is very disapointing.
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Reviewed by M on 08/06/2008
I would definitely recommend to stay clear of this phone. I am on my third one now and the same faults have appeared in all three with days. My latest one now decides to do what it likes, i go nowhere near the touch screen buttons and it starts pressing itself. whats worse is the orange shop refuse to change the model and insist a new one will not break. 3 out of 3 have done. the phones features are brilliant and once you get the hang of using the camera correctly its really affective, its a huge shame the phone is so unreliable technically. So i wouldnt recomment you buy this, and if you do then be prepared for an awful lot of hassle and money wasted.
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Reviewed by andyh on 08/06/2008
O/S a bit slow but generally pleased apart from 1 thing. My fast port speakers and my mrc60 desk stand dont work properly, I cant control the volume. Has anyone else encountered this ?
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Reviewed by ashan on 08/06/2008
The Best Phone
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Reviewed by Tim B on 08/06/2008
For those of you having problems with black/dark photos in dark conditions, please UPDATE the phones firmware using the SE Update Service. THIS HAS BEEN FIXED. Firmware R1CA037 updates the flash-to-picture sync as it was off when they were released (flash going fractionally too early or too late).
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Reviewed by reydan on 07/06/2008
i've owned a s.e. K810i and i'am very satisfied with its camera feature. But here comes the 5mp phones so its time to upgrade. Since am a sony user i tried the k850i. But unfortunately i was so disappointed. It has only 40mb memory and it is very sensitive. Pics and vids gets corrupted and the xen�n flash is nOT AS GOod as my old k810i.
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Reviewed by daniel on 06/06/2008
ive had this phone for one week and ive already worked it out and all those people who say the camera is rubish then there not using it right this is the best phone of 2008
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Reviewed by Lucy on 05/06/2008
I got this phone a few months ago, and I had been waiting for my previous contract to end so I could get this as I thought it looked absolutely amazing! I got it, and my first, and probably only problem was the camera. 1 - The picture is not great in the dark. 2 - Because of the switch on the side I found the phone taking pictures in my pocket, and deleting some pictures on its own because of the touch screen, as the buttons on the side do not lock with the rest of the phone. Althogh I don't think the phone is as bad as some people are making it out to be. Personally, I love it. And I think it's a very good buy!
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Reviewed by Richard on 05/06/2008
Awful, awful, awful. I had to replace the first handset after a month because the touch buttons stopped working completely. My replacement handset has had to be master re-set three times now due to the 'operation failed' fault within the SMS menu so I have lost all of my messages and games. More importantly people could be trying to send you SMS and you would never know. The touch pad is unresponsive, it takes ages to save photos and the design of the phone is a severe step backwards. I've used Sony since the V800 and always found their phones to be of excellent quality and design, after the user experience with the K850i I think I'll return to Nokia. I'm disappointed that Sony could get something so wrong, avoid this phone like the plague.
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Reviewed by James on 05/06/2008
I've had Sony Ericsson phone's for many years now, but I have now gone back to Nokia. The reason is a s follows. K800i: Complete software crash, and as a result the phone was totaly dead. 1st K850i: Camera shutter would not open making the camera useless. 2nd K850i: Same as above. Sorry but 3 strikes and your out. I take alot of pictures on my mobile as it's always the nearest thing to hand, and having 3 Sony Ericsson's in row all go wrong isn't good. I will say the other functions on the phone a great but the problems I've highlighted above can't be ignored. I now have a Nokia N95 and so far so good.
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Reviewed by shaun palmer on 04/06/2008
the best fne. i gt a samsung g600 wen my contract ran out n it was awful. bad camera and no extra features.thn i chngedd it to this and i hav 2 sey its the best fne ever brilliant camera and gr8 features. plus the 3 touch buttons r gr8. and 4 u idiots out there to gt the flash to wrk proply just dont cover (or put finger near the little tiny censor under the flash. must buy or hav fone!!! *****
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Reviewed by thegame123 on 03/06/2008
very dissapoinmted,,had the phone for about 1month and its already broken,,,the phone kept on restarting and nw i wen i turn the phone on the screen wont come on
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Reviewed by ears on 01/06/2008
touchscreen worked fine for a couple of months then started playing up. my mate had the same problem with his phone. regret buying it now it.
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Reviewed by hammertime on 30/05/2008
The camera's v good for a phone once you get used to staying well out the way of the flash. My only major issue with it is that I can't text as quick as I could on my old phone or indeed any other phone. My sausage thumbs are just too big for these dwarf keys. Also, whilst texting, sometimes the key number is selected instead of the letter I intended to write, i.e. when writing the letter E, the number 3 appears instead. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Reviewed by Milly on 29/05/2008
after a month's use of my SEK850i I already experienced an audio failure. Mp3 works but audio fails when making a call. i cant hear the other line. so now i have to use my old fone while waiting until the repair is done. In conclusion, i dont recommend this fone. I think audio prob exist in other sony ericsson phones just like the P800 my sister used to have.
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Reviewed by Ashan on 29/05/2008
The best Phone in the world
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Reviewed by josh on 29/05/2008
Average Phone, Big Disapointment the Camera. Dutst gets behind the lense and ruins the camera. I am tied with this phone now and wish i brought the nokia n95 instead :(
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Reviewed by Monkey Harris on 28/05/2008
I have taken the time to read the comments and reviews below. I am happy to agree with the critcism of the keypad on this model, the small keys can be a pain with prolonged use, also I have had a couple of random instances with the phone re-booting itself for no reason, but the people complaining about the camera are talking nonsense. The flash works perfectly well, in fact a little too well at close quarters, the "secret" lies in holding the the button for a second or so to allow the auto ISO settings and lens adjust to compensate slightly for inaqequate lighting. Once I figured this out I have never looked back, I have owned dozens of phones over the last few years but this is my favourite by a long shot, finally a quality SE camera phone that doesn't leave you with a shoddy media player. Looking forward to ordering the new SE C902 when I can to see if it is up to the mammoth task of improving on the K850!
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Reviewed by Carla on 27/05/2008
I loved this phone at first, however after 5 months i've started having problems, including dark pictures on a night out (even with night mode), unless u have the camera very close to ur face! Then the touch sensitive buttons stopped working. I have sent it off to be repaired, hopefully for the 1st and last time.
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Reviewed by Marc on 26/05/2008
I have had 4 Sony Ericcson phones in the last 2 years, me, my son and my daughter and then got the K850i as an upgrade. Sony Ericcson phones are RUBBISH. All of the phones i have had to send back, my daughters went back to the supplier 4 times. My phone had software errors, and the K850i i have had 3 weeks, and it has started turning itself off, (another software error i have been told). If you want a new phone, get a Nokia or something else
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Reviewed by David Dixon on 26/05/2008
Sorry, but this phone is completely outstanding, typical Sony Ericsson mobile. They never seem to shock. And no way is the camera quality poor, where did you get that from? To be honest I'd say it's the best Sony Ericsson K series phone for a long time.
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Reviewed by AW on 26/05/2008
I have had this phone for about 2 months now. The phone is very sleek and certainly looks very nice. I have now got used to the camera and, although initially results were poor, I find that outdoors it performs spectacularly. Indoors, however, takes some getting used to and the results cam be very mixed,. Fortunately I have little call to use it indoors. The low points are mainly down to the keypad and the new style 'joystick'. These are too small, especially for my fat thumbs, and I am continuing to get frustrated at pressing the wrong buttons. The touch sensitive buttons can be a bit flaky at times and not seem to accept my touch and then they suddenly burst into life and catch up with my commands. By this time I have repeatedly pressed a button which sends the phone into the wrong menu. I feel that the setup/config options are very limited and do not seems to allow me to customize the phone as I would like. I would give the camera 4* and the phone 3* which is disappointing.
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Reviewed by nick on 26/05/2008
most of these problems here are due to network softweare, i have a k850i debranded and have had no problems. people that have balck photos even with flash its because you got your hands over the light sensor on the camera. hold the phone like a digital camera at ether ends and your photos will come out fine.
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Reviewed by Gemma on 25/05/2008
loved it at first, fancy, got everything you wanted on it. 3 months on, screen spazzes, freezes, touch scren has a mind of its own! going on to whatever it likes without even being touched. keeps sending blank text messages to the first contact on my friends list. i now cannot use this phone! wouldnt recommend this phone, guaranteed to break.
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Reviewed by Andy on 24/05/2008
I brough thisphone today i do notlike it at all the sony ericsson k800i is well better
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Reviewed by ste galpin on 24/05/2008
This is a great phone but it breaks to easy iv had 2 take it back 2 the shop 5 times and i havnt even had it for a year! its for to delicate!
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Reviewed by Andy on 23/05/2008
Really like this phone, camera is amazing, keypad took a while to get used to, but its the same with any new phone really. My only worry is the cover that holds the sim card and battery looks a tad flimsy, mine has a slight gap on the camera side already.
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Reviewed by Craig on 22/05/2008
I think the phone is good, the camera is great and it's very easy to use. My main problem is the fact that it switches itself off when in my pocket even though the keypad is locked. I think it is due to the design of the battery cover.
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Reviewed by gooner on 22/05/2008
the ugliest phone i have ever seen or had in my entire life. had to send it back straight away. AWFUL.
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Reviewed by nilz on 21/05/2008
All I can say is that it is an amazing phone! All those complaining of dark images etc. have not learnt how to use it properly! The settings need adjusting, but once they are tweaked, the images are fantastic for a phone! Read the manual, learn how to use it, then write a review!
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Reviewed by Georgia on 19/05/2008
This is the best phone ever. I've just started my contract and chose this phone. No promblems what so ever and brill camera. Don't Know what all of the people are on about who complain and I recommend this phone to everyone
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Reviewed by lindsay corless on 18/05/2008
mine is currently broke my friend has the same phone which is also currently broke, both with the exact same problems with the keypad not impressed by it
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Reviewed by PClarke on 18/05/2008
This phone is rubbish. Since October I have had 3 handsets and each of them have had various faults ranging from not being able to connect to the network, the keypad freezing and functions such as vibrate not working. My partner has had similar problems with her phone. Having had numerous Sony Ericssons in the past we are both extremely disappointed and can't wait to get out of contract!
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Reviewed by Danny on 17/05/2008
Used this phone over 5 months now and hoping to trade it off soon! A really bad choice made and never want to repeat the mistake of buying a phone when it makes its debut ! Has a host of problems. The phone hangs all the time . Bad placing of keypad especially the D pad which could accidently make one press the wrong option as compared to while using a joystick. Easily scratched screen with bad rubber buttons.Difficult to configure internet connections and easily corupted by virus from another bluethooth device! Camera features are not that easy to operate either .All in all a really screwed up phone !
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Reviewed by Emma on 16/05/2008
Just got the phone today and utterly dissapointed. I went for this slightly ugly phone as I have been so impressed with the K800i and thought it would be a clear upgrade. However the camera is rubbish and the pictures are grainy. I'm even less impressed with Orange's response that I can not return it even though I have only had it two hours because I bought it from the shop as opposed to over the phone. Cannot express my severe dissapointment at both parties
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Reviewed by James on 16/05/2008
I found the software to be unstable and the touch screen frustraighting, but if you can see ppast that then it is a very useable cutting edge toy. I like to upgrade for the sake of technology and not so much fashion or even looks, and for that reason it stands out from the crowd and has more software than i require (so plenty to play with) id give it 4 out of 5!
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Reviewed by Matt on 16/05/2008
I've been using mine for about 6 months and couldn't work out why people were ahving problems with the flash. I presumed people were getting their fingers in the way, or pressing the button too quickly (without giving camera chance to get a light reading). But lo and behold, my phone has now started playing up, and immediately noticed between taking two shots that the flash suddenly lost synchronisation with the shutter. This is defo a technical fault, and I intend to take mine back tomorrow to have it sent away to be repaired (hopefully). I've also got another problem now in that my phone turns off between calls! Such a shame because I was pleased with this phone: I got used to the keypad (but had to keep my finger nails very trimmed), it took great pix, makes a great mp3 player, and I love the touch sensitive keys.
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Reviewed by Kelly on 16/05/2008
I agree with the point about small buttons but it's indeed sour grapes Geromy Clarkson style to say something good and then unload tons of poison about products which are miles ahead in competition! Sony and Japanese products are basically it. The rest just try to catch up. Sorry, I know the truth hurts..
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Reviewed by James on 16/05/2008
I have had my K850i now for just over a month and I have to say it's the best phone I have ever had. Great camera and video recorder, music player is good as well. The soft keys are sometimes a bit unresponsive but all in all really good phone. Puts The K800i to Shame!!!
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Reviewed by paul nelson ( tin tin ) on 16/05/2008
hi im tin tin i love this fone wt do u think
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Reviewed by Awest Emmagy on 15/05/2008
i luv SONY ERICSSON product than any.
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Reviewed by Susan on 15/05/2008
I have had my Sony Ericsson K850i from the 1 st day they were lauched and if i knew what i know now i would have launched it straight out of nearest window!!!! Like many other people this phone has a mind of its own it switches on and off when it wants, freezes constantly, over sensative and a total waste of money and to add insult to injury my family have all got them!!!!A total of 4 useless mobile phones on monthly contracts!!! Not 1 has worked right 3 have been repaired twice and still not working I think Sony Ericsson should be replacing all these faulty mobiles they have a two year manufacturers warranty so why are they not being replaced? In total we have spent 10 weeks without mobile phones whilst they have been repaired. Noika why did i leave you!!!!!
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Reviewed by charlotte on 15/05/2008
i sent my k810i off for repare and they replaced it with the k850i, iv only had it a few hours but all ready it has turned itself off and iv tried to take pictures and nearly every single picture has either been too dark or too light, it cant get it right i hate the small keypad but like the blue bit around edge and in the middle, the touch screen i can get used to it so over all its not the best phone on the market
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Reviewed by dara on 15/05/2008
I dont know why this phone is looking good but when I used it very bad and the price is too expensive. I hope the price will be low because the camera and keypad it's not good.
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Reviewed by Jaz on 14/05/2008
Do not update the firmware considering that it ensures that the touch button functions decide to randomly stop working.
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Reviewed by Katie on 13/05/2008
To be fair. i wouldn't recomend this phone. First got the contract in december, and thought it was an okay phone. although, it took a while to get the camera sorted. By january my phone would'nt let me send or recieve texts. Ended up swapping it for the same model. Then the touch buttons became a bit of a pain, slow. Now, i really don't know what has happened. The, back button doesn't work. which means i can't unlock the fone. this means i have to take the battery out, and turn my fone back on to read a text, or even call someone. :S
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Reviewed by Leon Das on 13/05/2008
I have had 3 of these phones and each one has the same problem, the camera doesn't work. It's good in good light but the feature I liked best from the K800i was that on a night out I could get really good photos with the flash, the K850i is useless. I was hoping if I kept replacing the phone they would release an updated version with the problem fixed but they haven't. They have fixed one problem... if you are lucky enough to get a good photo you might want to pass it round to show your mates, but if it went into sleep mode whilst doing this you had to come out of the picture viewer, go back in find the photo and show people, they have added a fix to this on the last phone that I got around the end of April. I am on this site to decide what phone to get instead.
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Reviewed by Kamran on 13/05/2008
I have had the K850i for about 9 months... its very exciting at 1st but then... i got bored of it... i have had loads n loads of problems i just cant b asked with it any more... my phone freezes... it restarts when it feels like it for no reason... even when im not using the phn and its on standby it jus restarts... then there was no display on the screen... i sent it off for repairs and got it bk in 1 n haf weeks... it was fixd and i was happy... and now iv got another problem tut... my camera lens cover doesn't open some times... and the issue is getting worse im going to send it off again =(... but i think the phone looks good from the front... and back... but not the sides lol... buttonss are ok for me even tho my fingers are a little fat... other then that no problems its an ok phone... MP3 players rubbish compared to the k750i... images sometimes dont work... confusing dont know why... but i love my k750i its been bashed out soooo much its not given up but the back button some how poped out lol k850's pic quality is fab sometimes can be dark thats embarrasing but it is a good phone
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Reviewed by Sunita on 12/05/2008
I just bought my phone today and it's awsome. The only thing i dont understand is if i download ring tones off of a website how can i activate those on my phone? any help? the camera on this phone is unreal !
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Reviewed by Paul on 12/05/2008
"problems with the keypad and camera mean that we can't in all honesty recommend it" Ok so the top navigation button and the center touch button are a little two close together, it took my own butter fingered self at least half an hour to learn how to work it properly. And admittedly it is an auto focus camera instead of a fixed one, so if you switch it to manual (like any auto focus camera)it will require a degree of expertise to use correctly. Lastly the camera lens protective glass screen is near flush with the back of the camera, so invariably the fingerprints will need wiped off before you use it. Enough said about the so called flaws. I upgraded from a K800i on which I couldn't press the back button without telling it to connect to the internet, due to a poor keyboard layout. No such problems here though this phone takes an hour or two to learn to use but its worth the effort. The camera rocks, the big screen is superb, and its mp3/ video playback is as good as the walkman version phones. Now that the price is starting to fall on these phones I would heartily recommend
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Reviewed by David on 10/05/2008
You either love this phone or hate it,im unusual as im an inbetweeny.The colourful big screen is absolutely amazing and the thousand photos i have on my memory card look fantastic through this mobile. Thats what i bought it for. My major fault with this mobile as i cannot text quickly on it at all and find it rather difficult,i gave it a try for a week and didnt improve so im afraid its got to go. Im rather disappointed as i so looked forward to getting this, now im back to my trusty old k810i.Another feature i didnt like was that it didnt show up the contacts photo when they text..the k810i does.Other than this its a great phone,i just hopesomeone out there buys mine and i dont lose too much money.
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Reviewed by Andrew Jacobs on 09/05/2008
Pictures no where near as good as the last cybershot offering, the 800i I think. Rest of package not so sure about either. My phone regularly refuses to finish a call so you have to take out the battery to disconnect from an answer phone. Been locked out of the mail functions several times for about a day and then it rights itself. Not the best Sony Ericsson I've had. Add this to the fact I'm on the Orange network for the first time and scores of times with full signal I have been blipped off the call, I'm not a happy chap with this combination
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Reviewed by Andy6321 on 09/05/2008
I know several people that have had problems with the keypad problems on this phone. Not only is it hard to use when it works properly but myself and 2 other people I know have had to send it off for repairs because the stupid touch pad buttons like to press themselves. This phone is a big pile of junk, buy a Nokia N95 if you want a decent camera and a phone you can actually use. This K850i is built for display purposes, not to as a tool to be carried around in someone's pocket.
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Reviewed by J-MG on 09/05/2008
I WENT IN TO THE O2 SHOP WHEN AFTER I BOUGHT MY PHONE AND TOLD THEM ABOUT MY DARK PICTURES AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOS BECAUSE I HAD TOOK THEM IN A ROOM WERE I WAS USING THOSE LOW ENERGY BULDS, EVER SINCE IT HAS BEEN GREAT:D!!!!! [Editor's comment: Are you serious???]
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Reviewed by Faye on 07/05/2008
Horrible phone, constant software problems (I've had two of these with the same issues) difficult to negotiate around and find things in the menu, sends texts to people in your address book when you are on the phone as the touch sensitive area on the screen is too sensitive - it sent 30 texts in one conversation - good job my contract has unlimited texts and my friend didn't mind! (and this happens even when the keypad is locked). Camera is fantastic, but the auto adjust is too clever for it's own good. Phone keys are impossible to text fast with. There are so many poor points to this phone that I can't list them all. I've had many Sony Ericsson phones and loved them all, but this one was designed by a 2 year old with a blunt crayon, it is not user friendly and I would rather have my W800i back any day. It's a real shame, I hope Sony Ericsson design a saving grace to this soon. To be honest I wouldn't even give it a star but you don't get that option...
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Reviewed by Eddie on 07/05/2008
For me had problems from the start. Within the first couple of days one of the touchpad screen buttons decided to think that i had my finger on it 24/7 so didnt allow me to do anything. They sent me a new one out and give it its credit its lasted 3months and the same problem has occured. Though throughout the time i have had the phone it locks and freezes with sometimes the screen completly disappearing. I cant complain about the picture quality but that is the only positive to come out from this phone!
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Reviewed by levi on 07/05/2008
phone is very good got it for �56 on ebay bargain or what? great camera
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Reviewed by goose on 06/05/2008
this is a well sexy goosin fone dude!
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Reviewed by sassy on 06/05/2008
I have had this phone for 7 months. When I first got it I thought it was ok, not the best but all I wanted was a phone. As time has gone on I have come to the decision that this phone is probably the worst phone ever. I don't care about the keys being small or the fact that the camera is not that good but what I care about is the fact that the phone turns itself off and freezes at every opportunity. This might just be a fault with the phone but it has added to the misery that I call sony ericsson K850i
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Reviewed by Julia Clarke on 05/05/2008
I was really looking forward to upgrading to the K850i after having the W850i (the best music phone in my opinion). However after getting the phone I found the touch sensitive buttons really annoying, i did get used to them quite quickly but they were hard to use with a silicon case on the phone. The phone kept randomly restarting on me while going through menu's and listening to music. The text was so slow to respond that I had generally written half the message before any text appeared. I admit I'm not the slowest texter but a phone should really be able to keep up with the average text speed, and I don't think it could. I may have caused the phone to slow down by putting a 8Gb memory card (although it only had 3.5Gb of content on it), and the phone was slow/auto restarted before I put a larger memory card. The phone is an attractive phone (as far as a phone can be attractive that is). I found it ok to text, the buttons are a bit uncomfortable. The music player me nu was below the photo option which was annoying as it isn't quick to get to when on the move. Compared to the W850i which has a music button that lights up when you press it which is so which couldn't be more practical and useful, this phone (K850i) is a pain. Due to the phone restarting and being so slow I sent the phone back for a replacement (after 3 weeks), the new phone I'm going to sell and either stick with the old phone or look for a better music phone.
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Reviewed by ***** on 04/05/2008
this phone is off the hook. It is amazing. People have been complaining about the buttons but i found it so easy to get used to. Also if you dont put your finger away from the flash the pic will mess up
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Reviewed by Craig on 03/05/2008
I sent the phone back after one day because the plastic shiny look picks up every finger print ever, and after a very short time start to look quite gruby, the camera can be quite tricky especially where the flash is situated, and can be covered up when taking pics The phone would be better with a matt finish/silver
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Reviewed by Michael on 03/05/2008
Worst phone ive ever had in my life.. its plagued with bugs, constantly is restarting and turning off, im on a contract with 3 and ive had to send it back 2 times for repairs. its the slowest phone ive ever touched.. if it dies again on me im getting a new phone.. i cant even update the firmware on the phone now because it turns itself off every time it searches for new firmware (i had the latest firmware which didn't really fix much in my eyes but the phone died and they re flashed it with the old firmware) phone is a total shambles.. dont get it.
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Reviewed by Pete on 01/05/2008
I've had this phone for about four months now and am not particularly impressed. Whilst I've managed to take a few good pictures with the camera function, the flash, as outlined above, really does tend to mess most of them up, a dcent photo normally requires about five attempts, sometimes partially shielding the overly powerful flash, to get one good result. The keypad is truly horrible, with it's small, fiddly, raised buttons that are separated on the keypad and they're a nightmare for texting, awkward and uncomfortable to use. The buttons are ridiculously small and difficult to cleanly place your thumb-tip on. The microphone is good and the speakers acceptable for a mobile phone. Although the touch-screen function was rather unreliable to start with, it soon settled down with use and is one of the best features of the phone (just be careful in the rain, a few drops of water on the screen can stop the touch screen funtion working properly for a while, in my experie nce). The major weakness for me is the navigation pad and keypad in general, mine has just developed a fault that means when I try to move through the menus, every time I press on the navigation buttons the screen goes black and then re-appears (if I'm lucky, sometimes it just stays black until the buttons are pressed again). The same is true of all of the buttons whilst texting, meaning my four month old and carefully looked after phone will now have to be sent for repair. As a customer and as an engineer, I deem this as unacceptable and indicative of very poor design and quality control. I've tried all of the standard 'fixes', switched it off for half an hour and then on again, removed and replaced the battery, likewise the sim-card. All to no avail. I previously had an earlier Sony Ericsson phone with a joystick which was similarly abysmal and after about eight months became totally unusable. Although the keypad was far better than that on the K850i, with large, flat buttons that you could easily slide your thumb over smoothly whilst texting, the keypad on the K850i is a retrograde step in terms of design and one that I find hard to understand, the old keypad design wasn't broken but S.E. decided to fiddle with it, making it worse, if only they'd stuck with just improving upon the silly joystick. Whilst Sony Ericsson appear to be capable of making some quite useful phones with some great gadgets, they're really letting themselves down with the quality and useability of the keypads and navigation devices, if I'm given the option to replace my S.E. phone altogether with a competitor's product when I take it for repair tomorrow then I shall jump at the chance and never buy another S.E. phone again.
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Reviewed by JUB JUB on 01/05/2008
I luv this fone but... the touch buttons r quite annoying and dont always work. pictures do come out black sometimes but otherwise.. super phone best one ive had!!1
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Reviewed by ar on 30/04/2008
I love this phone! the camera quality hasn't let me down except for when I'm in a bar/club and the camera quality isn't great probably because I'm intoxicated at the time! I like that the whole phone isn't completely touch screen and the buttons are really quirky but actually quite comfortable once you get used to it! I've had lots! It's surprisingly light-weight and the video call function is great fun! Loves it...
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Reviewed by Kangta on 30/04/2008
Damn this phone. I bought it for my wife. Looks fine and well taken care of by her. Not even a scratch on the unit. 3 months of using the unit, then problem came. the three touch-sensitive buttons won't work. Asked a service people at Sony, they said it is a KEYFLEX problem. They said it's prone to problems. A few shakes or a short fall of the phone might render it useless. Big mistake. Touch-sensitive screens easily crashes. avoid it at all cost!
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Reviewed by Kirsty Wallace on 30/04/2008
Not a bad phone but not a great phone Have had SE phones for years ever since T610i and although I have had other makes, Motorolas and Samsungs I went back to the SE. The touch screen bit is ok once you get used to it but I do agree with the comments about your ears touching it and it doing strange things. My main bug bears are no file manager option and the MAJOR one is the camera, the colour is strange even when held properly but I find that my shutter does not open when I try to take a photo more times than it opens. Am due an upgrade in September and will be getting rid of it.
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Reviewed by Adam on 30/04/2008
Ok... absolutly brilliant phone apart from it regularly turns itself off... and now its completely bust. So... thats no point in having a phone that doesn't work. I also know four other people that this has happened to.
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Reviewed by Lillian on 29/04/2008
Very Disapointing the phone is lame, loads of problems, having to keep taking the battery out,keeps freezing. 3 of my mates have this phone to they have the same problem it is lame just go back to nokia!!!
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Reviewed by kay on 29/04/2008
This phone is rubbish do not buy i had it one week and it kept re boting, i sent it back got a new one, and that one crashed altogether on the 16th day not turning on or off and not charging. the camera is good but the pictures are dark....the touch side of it wen am on the phpne opens a text sends a text all the time. and it is just rubbish never buy it
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Reviewed by Richard on 29/04/2008
I've had this phone for about four months now. Had a SE K750i before that, and a Samsung D500 prior to that phone. I didn't know about the touch-screen feature until I got the phone, but I have mixed feelings about it. The centre key is easy to use but the two side keys are awkwardly positioned and not easy to 'press'. It often takes me 2 or 3 attempts before I'm able to get that function to activate. Being a male I have large fingers so I do find the navigational keys a pain in the neck to try and press correctly every time, but on the plus side, the number keys are large and well-spaced so the phone scores in that area. Features-wise, the phone has everything I wanted. Blue-tooth, HSDPA (FINALLY!!!), Infra-red, Radio, Torch, Media Player and, of course, the camera. I must admit that I've ALSO had the problem with taking black photos indoors particularly at night. BUT with a little practice, this is easily overcome. The trick is, as per the instructions (which I'm guessing most of the other people who sent the phone back immediately, didn't read), you have to press the camera button down half way first to allow the camera to focus. Once it's focused, it beeps and then you press the button fully to take a perfectly focussed picture with the correct amount of flash. I had to go through quite a few ruined photos before I got this right but now the camera is a pleasure. So, thumbs up for quality photos but thumbs down for a highly un-intuitive design that is difficult to to use. Oh and thumbs up for finally fixing the annoying camera lense slide covers that bogged down the last three models. When you know what you're doing with the camera, the phone takes amazing photos. One thing I will say though is that if you're buying a phone purely for the camera, you really need a reality check. You're buying a PHONE, the camera is an added bonus. If you want to take professional grade photos, you'll always be better off buying a separate camera. Once you all realise that a cellphone camera is a nice gimmick on the side, nothing more, nothing less, the world will be a better place. Other thoughts on the phone: The bad:Fingerprints/smudging are a real problem - I have to keep polishing the back and front surface of the phone with my shirt to keep it looking good. Also, a major issue is the speaker through which you would normally listen to a conversation (i.e. the one above the screen): It's VERY temperamental. You can only hear it properly at a particular angle to your ear. Any other angle and it sounds soft / nonexistent. The phone occasionally just drops calls for no reason - very annoying. The new memory the phone is using is expensive and difficult to find. The good: The screen is FANTASTIC! Large, bright, crisp high resolution. It's a beauty. The media player is great and TrackID is a fab party trick. All the features you could ever want The keypad backlights do some funky tricks as you switch between different functions and when the phone is on charge. I don't know if I would recommend the phone as the touchscreen is really annoying and poorly implemented but if you can rise above that and the practice required to use the camera effectively, I'd say check it out.
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Reviewed by Eddie on 29/04/2008
Loved it until i had to keep doing a Master Reset on it when the operation of opening txts became too much for the fone to handle! lol! sent it back at the start of April and im still waitin for a replacement or the problems to have been fixed,, all in all very disappointed with Sony Ericsson over the matter
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Reviewed by K805I HOLDER on 28/04/2008
When i first started using this i was veryyyy dissapointed hard to get used to , very hard, was debating weather to send it back however after few days training i got used to this (espiciily the on screen buttons) good phone, good phone
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Reviewed by Mark Whitaker on 27/04/2008
upgraded to this from the k810i, basically on a whim around christmas time. by march i regretted the decision and have gone back to the k810i which is the best phone i've had. i actually like the joystick on the 810! As for the K850i, camera flash completely bleaches pics, or they are dark, phone freezes and turns itself off all the time. the touch sensitive buttons arent as bad as on some samsungs, but should still never have been included. the keypad isn't pleasant to use and generally the phone isn't a patch on the k810. such a shame as many of the features on it are really good and the navigation and auto rotate is smart - as is the smart search. but they ruined it by trying to make the packaging too different to what had gone before.
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Reviewed by Dan on 27/04/2008
The reason for the black pics is that the flash is badly timed with the lens shutter... making the pic look darker with the flash. Phone is good in itself, but reliability is terrible. Not buying another sony e, as not known anyone have one and not return it multiple times, and this is my worst. Touch screen buttons regularly dont work (at least a few times a day), phone turns itself off and crashes mid text and mid call, camera has trouble focusing sometimes... not what you want in a new phone.
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Reviewed by Rakesh on 26/04/2008
I hae been using this phone for the past 2 months. Am quite impressed with the phone but certains things could have been improved. The camera is the best i have seen in any phone, just that u need to understand the features. It has a mode setting for every kind of environment. the flash gets better with darkness. But one who fails to understand the camera features would hate this phone. And I agree the keypad is bad. battery life is good enough. one other problem i found is that, while going thru the pictures in the phone the back light goes off after a while n thats it.. u got to re-start the play option again. Overall its a good phone.
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Reviewed by Kav on 26/04/2008
It is a gud phone, just bought it, but then when am taking photos, it get all dark. sometime its too dark. u dont get to see anything. the rotating thing, its coool... camera, nokia remains the best. even the 3.2mpxl in the nokia was better than that. but its alright. am playing around with it.
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Reviewed by pobster on 26/04/2008
Utter pants! What has Sony E created with this phone? Stupid buttons, poor camera, poorly implemented touch screen technology and finish that seems to mark/scratch without even touching it. I normally write constructive reviews, but come on, the person who designed this phone was clearly a sandwich short of a picnic, or they'd just left some fancy design school and though..ooh, I know, I'll design a phone that's about as useable as an umbrella made from toilet paper.
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Reviewed by predator on 26/04/2008
i actually love this fone u lot know the advantages so ill just say the few problems i had: firstly, the pictures come out black cos u cover the flash with ur finger, so just place ur fingers somewhere else and ur pics come out super. secondly, my fone kept switching off, i sent it for repair (any small repair shop is fine and cheap)and now the fone is fine. i recommend this fone to anyone, cos it has everything u need, the sound quality, mp3 quality, battery life is all good, so yh im happy with it. ohh yhh and by thw ways, ppl say that the bottons are toooooo small, well, the small bottons have been placed 10 miles apart, so its actually easier to use, and they are brightly lit too.
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Reviewed by Beth on 25/04/2008
This phone very nearly gets 5 stars from me. Great camera that takes wonderful clear pictures (to those complaining about black pix i suggest you turn the flash on!) with a host of effects and styles. The music player is clear and not tinny like the K800i and K810i. I love the new screen and the menu design, i find the keypad very easy to use and the layout works fine for me. The only trouble i have is the phone sometimes crashes when trying to access the media files, or it takes sometime to load in to them. also, to add contact ringtones and manage files, you now have to go via the organiser in the 'My stuff' folder, which is somewhat of an inconvenience. On the whole though, these are minor quibbles for what is otherwise the best SE i have had, and i've been using them for 6 years. If you have the patience to get to know this phone, then it will reward your efforts.
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Reviewed by Ali baby on 25/04/2008
This phone is good but you have to live with it & adjust your ways....give it time & it'll not disappoint. Who are these texting police who claim that u must text with your thumbs? Hold the phone in one hand & use the index finger of the other...job done(i-phones have the same techniqe. You wouldn't buy a new pair of shoes & expect them to feel like your old comfy slippers now would you? I just luv it!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Dave on 25/04/2008
I can't agree with a lot of this. I have had my K850i for a couple of weeks now & I LOVE it. I even paid $120 to change the covers from the blue cause I LOVE the black & green. The camera is good, very good. To be fair & honest, I think the flash could be better, that was the only disappointment, but daylight photo's are awesome ! I actually prefered the joystick however of my k800i, it was VERY easy to navigate. The internet & the screen size are awesome on the K850i also. I'm very happy with Sony phones !!
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Reviewed by Sarah on 25/04/2008
This phone is awful!! No matter how people try to explain the ways round using the camera and flash etc the truth is its difficult and it shouldn't be. The pictures come up black whether my fingers get in the way or not! And now my camera has stopped working altogether, the phone often doesn't turn on and I have problems with signal! And to top it all off vodaphone are being pretty useless about it. DON'T GET IT!!!
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Reviewed by Ed Ballard on 24/04/2008
I can't believe people say the phone looks cheap. It's a beautiful design, and if you don't like the design, why did you buy the phone? It's a great phone with a great camera well worth the money!
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Reviewed by Chris on 23/04/2008
I've had nothing but problems with this phone. The touch sensitive buttons are suck and activate when you press nowhere near them often undoing whatever it is your trying to do. I've had to do a master reset 3 times losing everything on the phone in order to reset a software problem that stops you using texts. Often during phone calls people can hear me but i can't hear them. It often freezes up and is always slow to respond. All the shiny surfaces get finger prints on and look poo. The camera is worse than the one on my old k800i. Just wish the stupid joystick on my old k800i wasn't knackered otherwise i would destroy this pony phone with a sledgehammer and torch all the remaining bits. While on paper and a shop shelf this phone may look good when it comes to using it on a daily basis it really isn't. I've had 4 sony ericsson phones before this one and all have been superb, but i won't be getting another. Get the 5 mega pixel Nokia instead trust me. Stupid 18 month phone contracts :-(
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Reviewed by Sam on 23/04/2008
I HATE it! The screen buttons are terrible also bring back the joystick, why put the buttons either side of the 2 key? Recently had problems with the screen freezing them and then when it comes alive again it randomly does stuff going into folders edits numbers etc I have sent it back for repair but I will be continuing to use my K800i which is fantatic and for my next upgrade the K810i looks promising. As for this K850i anyone want to buy it....um don't think so - Also the camera is pants!
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Reviewed by uiyg ok on 23/04/2008
exelent
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Reviewed by Pete on 23/04/2008
Phone was overall very good. Lot's of useful functions. Initially had a few issues with the camera so I went back to the user manual and spent some time experimenting and now I'm getting high quality pictures in ALL lighting conditions. Those who are having problems with dark photos have either a duff phone or just need to have a bit of a play.
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Reviewed by Jamie on 23/04/2008
i just brought this phone i higly recomend it i love it. its fantastic a truely great sony phone well done sony
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Reviewed by ste on 22/04/2008
i have only had the mobile for a few weeks and already been reflashed twice i wud not get this fone again...
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Reviewed by davey on 22/04/2008
so so dissapointed with the camera as this was the soul purpose i bought the phone. as i work overseas i want quality photos from,nite clubs,landscape,potrait,etc etc. close up photos in dark close up end up to bright and normal light are to dark especially indoors. belive me ive tryed every possible setting on the camera,and its still poor,had the phone since december,given it time,so its going back. not recommended for someone in the same boat as me
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Reviewed by Mrs L Somerset UK on 22/04/2008
Well i started off with the Nokia N95. Although a lovely phone too much packed into it and after 4 replacements and the same menu button not working i changed to the Viewty, again ace phone but it just kept switching itself off, the camera's both being a 5mp didn't seem as good as my sony ericsson k800i so i now have got the K850i and i think its great, if you know how to work the camera then you won't have any dark pics, it doesn't really offer much more in the way of features than the k800i but i am pleased with the phone so far(only had it 3 days) agree with it getting fingerprints all over it now that is annoying!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Gordon Brown on 21/04/2008
Had the phone for 4 months, have now got it back with carphone warehouse to investigate a fault with the touch screen buttons, especially the back button. was a real pain when the only way to release the key lock was to remove the battery. Apart from that the phone has been good. like the camera (once i got used to the flash, and taking black screens). Hope the keypad fault can be fixed (and not return). but rating has to be lower because of it.
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Reviewed by Christopher Palframan on 21/04/2008
Not the best...had it 5 months now. really like it, HOWEVER!!!. the key pad is starting to let me down, while texting it decides to press the touch the touch sensitive keys all the time, with this as i am texting it sends halfway through, or decides to skip words. not happy, so i will be taking it back and getting my hands on the better nokia N95!!!
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Reviewed by rodney on 21/04/2008
the phone is outstanding and all but my media player ain't working now. can somebody please help with this
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Reviewed by Mrs Smudger on 21/04/2008
i dont actually mind the phone, it dont look to bad apart from the finger marks all over it but i can live with that i really have no problems with the size of the keys, just makes me wonder if you all have fat chubby fingers the way your all moanin bout em!! but i do understand the touch screen keys on how they can not work sometimes but they do in the end, so its not really a major deal. You do get some really good quality pictures off the phone in good light/outside etc (well i have anyway) but in not such great light you do get dark pics, which is rathet annoyin when ur at a concert!!! but im not to bothered by it really, but wot i am bothered about is the fact that mine seems to freeze up when im writing a text for example or even when im not doing anythin with it, it turns itself off n back on again but there are times when it dont come back on and you cant do anythin with it so you have to take the battery out. its a pain in the bum!! but i am sending it back and getting another one so will see what it this one would be like! so overall its not a bad fone and has few negatives but there aint no perfect phone! and at end of the day its only a fone so get over it people!
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Reviewed by steve ray on 20/04/2008
An outstanding device in so many ways. The camera is superb and in has a clear edge over the Nokia N95 which tends to over-saturate and blur detail. No problems with dark pictures in over 1000 shots so far. The music player works like a dream and is easy to syncronise using windows media player. Great user interface and themes. I really find it hard to understand other peoples isssues with this phone, looks great - works great. Well done SE!
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Reviewed by L.S on 20/04/2008
Waited for this phone and got it about 2months ago and it got sent to get fixed 3 weeks in to my purchase as the internal microphone broke then got it back and now the internal arial is not working Never recomending sony to any1 they are riddled with faults
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Reviewed by jav on 19/04/2008
All these people who left the poor reviews, you can't use a touch screen phone. It is the best feature on this fone. Everyone on this page is saying they can't use the touchpad, if you don't know how to use the touchpad why are you blaming the phone. All the people who wrote good reviews keep it real.
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Reviewed by Anne on 19/04/2008
Well after eagerly awaiting the phone - problems with delivery, can i just say - WELL DONE SE. I absolutely love it the camera is 2nd to none (once id figured out that i had to switch off the flight mode to make and recieve calls and texts)dont know what peple have been hving problems with its easy to use and the enhancements on the camera make you feel like you have a digital camera in your hand and not a phone! Well done SE youve done me proud looks like this phone will be here to stay for many a year!
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Reviewed by Gavin on 19/04/2008
Bitterlly disapointed! Upgraded from my K800 and sent it back after 2 days. I use my phone for taking alot of photographs and love the camera on the K800. ok its only a 3.2MP compared with the 5MP on the K850 but the picture quality is infinatly better. The K850 pictures were always horiblly under-exposed and cant understand what sony have done wrong? They obviously know how to make good phones and cameras. I am now looking at the Nokia N82 but might wait to see if the C702 / C902 are any better although without a xenon flash they dont look very hopeful.
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Reviewed by Luke Hotson on 18/04/2008
iv only had this phone a few days and like most of you i was disappointed with the camera when in use with the flash. it kept taking really dark pictures, sometimes totally blank and this was in the daylight!!! after i little playing about with the phone and getting to grips with it, it now takes awesome photos in day light and in totall darkness using the flash!! ATTENTION: its how you hold it basically, theres a little sensor on the back of the phone which co-ordinates the camera and flash to work together. you'll find this sensor next to the focus light on the back, make sure your not covering it when taking a photo and you'll find the pictures are amazing!!! all in all this phone has everything on it and iv got to say its the best camera phone on the market!! recommend it to any one!!
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Reviewed by Rob on 18/04/2008
I have to say that I dont agree with many of the people on here. I absolutely love this phone. The camera takes exellent, high quality shots and I have not yet experienced the "black picture" problem, even when taking pictures at night. I also love the automatic orientation feature, especially the way it works with the shipped game, Marble Madness. It took me a while to work out that you control the game by tilting the phone and not using the direction keys, but I have to say it is very inventive. I really cant fault this phone. Yes, I admit the buttons are small, but I have actually found that makes it easier for me to use. In other phones where the buttons are all right next to each other (like the K750i) I frequently find myself pressing two buttons at once, not anymore! I must admit that I always have liked Sony Ericsson phones, I find them very easy and intuitive to use and this one with a 5 megapixel camera is, in my opinion, the best one so far. Treat it like a normal camera: dont put your fingers over the lens or the flash whilst taking pictures, and everything is brilliant.
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Reviewed by doesitmatter on 18/04/2008
anyone moaning about the DARK PICTURES, make sure you do not have your finger ANYWHERE in front of the phone when taking picture
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Reviewed by Lesley on 18/04/2008
I was soo excited when I got my new Sony Ericsson K850i, I hadn't had a new phone for 3 years and I thought this was the way to go. It's camera is great when you master how to hold it correctly but the main drawback to this phone its that fact that it freezes itself about once a month. I have spoken to others who have this phone and they have complained of the same problem which is quite annoying having to reset the phone over and over. I'm looking forward to the end of my contract.
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Reviewed by Andrew Blake on 17/04/2008
All the people who say the camera is not working are correct. I am a photographer so i know what i am doing with cameras,this thing is just rubbish!! Also be aware that the touch sensitive buttons are not great to use if you have normal sized fingers. why oh why did sony put the navigation buttons around the 2 and 5 keys. i just cant use it to text. i got the phone today and returned it straight away. would give it less than one star if the ratings would allow.
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Reviewed by ca main on 17/04/2008
I have had this phone now for about 4 weeks and i think its fab. i love it. the pictures are amazing. i havent had to change the settings for the different times night/day etc it does it automatic. i would def recommend this phone as long as you dont have big fingers as the keys are small but overall i am delighted with it
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Reviewed by Carson on 17/04/2008
Only had the K850i for a few days and already loving the looks and how this phone works. A few tips for the camera is to hold it by the sides (there's a bit of paper in the package saying you should hold it by the sides so the flash works properly). The touch buttons are like the ones on the u600, they can get annoying at points because it just doesn't respond and you think it has frozen. The D-pad layout takes getting used to but you'll get used to it fairly quickly. The screen is massive and bright and great as the viewfinder. The motion sensor is also good but the time it takes to respond to change in orientation takes too long in my opinion. All in all, a great phone if you know how to use it, not so great if you don't! lol.
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Reviewed by daz on 16/04/2008
so many problems with phone,though surprisingly not the camera.the messaging side of it tends to have problems.when tryin