Sony Ericsson K800i - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The latest information from Krussell on their leather case sales gives a good guide to which handsets are selling well at the moment. Presenting strongly is the K800i from SonyEricsson, already into the number one spot just a few weeks from launch. In ...

Review summary: It's a shutterbug showdown as we pitch the market's two hottest camera phones against one another: of the Nokia N93 and Sony Ericsson K800i, only one will emerge victorious. Guess which one.

Verdict: Speaking of shadows, the K800i comes with the best flash we've ever seen on a camera phone; easily twice or more as good as that of the N93 although not on par with a dedicated digital camera. The N93, on its hand, has an ace up its sleeve in the ...

Review summary: Wanted: Small format, discretely designed 3G handset with megapixel camera and pretty nifty music playback. Found: Sony Ericsson K800i. The K800i brings the Cyber-shot branding that Sony uses in its digital cameras to a handset, throws ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...