Sony ericsson K800i - Expert Reviews

Review summary: elegant 3G handset with megapixel camera and more

Verdict: The K800i is Sony Ericsson's finest handset to date as far as photography is concerned. It won't replace a real digital camera for serious photography, but it does a lot better than many other handsets with built-in cameras. And the rest of the features a

Review summary: The three contenders in this article are some of the hottest phones on the market. Each of them has 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera and the logical question is - which one takes the best photos? We are now presenting you full resolution sample photos taken

Review summary: Sony Ericsson has thrown down the gauntlet with the 3.2-megapixel Cyber-shot K800i. We've crowned this the best camera phone so far in 2006, but the bevy of extra features and ease of use make the K800i a good choice for first-time 3G users.

Pros: 3.2-megapixel camera with proper flash, Large, sharp 262K colour display, Integrated RSS reader and Web browser, Image stabilisation to assist shooting, Wide array of easy-to-use multimedia features, 64MB internal memory stores around 100 photos

Cons: Menu navigation can be sluggish, Overexposed photos in bright conditions, Bulkier than previous model, Photo blogging with Blogger.com only, No bundled memory card

Verdict: The best camera phone of 2006 so far, the Sony Ericsson K800i outshines all others in term of features and user-friendly design. Aside from a few squabbles with the extra bulk, the K800i makes it easy for first-time 3G users and is an ideal companion for

Review summary: The K800i is the closest a camera phone has come to matching the quality and functionality of a proper digital camera. Sony Ericsson has raised the mobile photography benchmark with the K800i.

Verdict: The K800i is the first Sony Ericsson handset to sport the Cyber-shot brand name from Sony's famous standalone digital camera series.

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: Sony Ericsson up the phone camera stakes with this 3.2-megapixel effort. But is it a good all-round handset?

Verdict: Sony Ericsson seems to have thought quite carefully about what people want from a cameraphone and done its best to oblige both in terms of hardware controls and software extras. It is the imaging extras as much as the raw megapixels that should justify th