Sony Ericsson K800i - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Sony Ericsson's first Cybershot mobile is the best camphone available, and a fantastic mobile to boot

Pros: The best camphone available. Great Xenon flash. Crisp, colourful photos. Excellent phone

Cons: No optical zoom

Review summary: The first thing you'll notice about the Sony Ericsson K800i is how light it is. This is a real achievement when you consider that it includes a 3.2 megapixel Sony Cyber-shot camera, which takes excellent shots

Pros: Sleek looks, Great camera function

Cons: Poor connectivity

Verdict: A great camera phone that's hard to find fault with

Review summary: The K800i (K790i) is the first Sony Ericsson mobile phone with built in digital camera to feature the "Cybershot" name - it appears as though the digital camera included with this mobile phone has been designed to be competition for budget digital ...

Pros: Only slighly larger than a normal compact mobile phone, still smaller than some, smaller than most digital cameras ; Charges through the USB cable ; Focus assist lamp ; Real digital camera style flash ; Real auto-focus lens ; Built in panoramic mode ; ...

Cons: USB connection drivers have not passed Windows XP Logo testing ; High purple fringing ; Poor low-light image quality due to poor focus and high noise ; Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support (expensive, not yet widely available) ; Some slight bugs in the ...

Verdict: Overall the Sony Ericsson Cybershot K800i offers a lot, it provides a fully functioning mobile phone (with Internet, Email, RSS, 3G, MP3 etc), and an adequately functioning 3 megapixel digital camera. The camera can take mostly decent shots outdoors ...

Award: Hot Product!

Review summary: Can the Cyber-Shot brand replicate the success of the Walkman phone?

Pros: Camera, 3G connectivity, Blogger app, solid build

Cons: Camera lens cover, no external memory card included, keypad lock is very quick to turn on

Verdict: It might be a tad bulky compared to other phones available, however we would be happy to have this as our main phone

Review summary: At the end of February 2006, Sony Ericsson announced the K800i and K790i phones that would be the first handsets to carry the Cyber-shot brand in mobile phones. Both models come with an integrated 3.2 megapixel digital camera with autofocus, Xenon ...

Pros: Great camera! Lovely screen and reasonably compact given the features inside. The multitasking, 64MB memory and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support put the K800i in the top tier of the feature phone pack. Nice browser, though not the best one, and a good ...

Cons: We wish that the number keys were a big larger. The phone really need more RAM to run multiple applications. The lack of the 850 band and EDGE makes it a bad choice for Cingular users but a fine choice for those in Europe and Asia as well as T-Mobile ...

Verdict: Though not designed for the US market, the Sony Ericsson K800i is a viable solution in your world phone arsenal. If you travel overseas and you have T-Mobile service in the US, then this is a great phone with strong reception and an excellent digital ...