[jkim62]

got the phone yesterday...

i spent a good 5 hours on it yesterday.

ive never owned a sony ericsson phone before.


ok so heres my user review :]

PROS
+3.2 megapixel camera
+fm radio
+mp3 player
+3D games
+music DJ
+video player
+voice dialing

CONS
- the phone has froze on me twice already. (1st time i had to take battery out, 2nd time it resumed shortly)

INDEPTH
1- the 3.2 megapixel camera means nothing on the screen of the phone.
megapixel juss means how big can u blow up the picture to print. the bigger the img the more pixels needed.
since the the screen is capped at a certain size. vga 1mp 2mp 3mp all look the same on the screen.
i even got my old hyori phone. 1 mp camera and compared the two... they were pretty much identical.
ALthough this all changes one u move it to the computer.

2- at first the keybad was a big turn down for me. i was used to plastic buttons and the k800 was rubberish buttons... it felt way too flimsy at first and i thought it would break off in no time. today i had to transfer all my contacts, so i got alot of keypad time and surprisingly i found out that the keypad is actually not that bad. the flimsyness thought i had is gone now, and it acutally feels pretty good.

3- they joystick is differnt from wat im used to, so its cool.. although i read tht SE joysticks have a habit of collecting dust and stuff. ill juss have to see as time passes. one thing i dont like about the joystick is tht the top of the nub is concave form. as in theres a little dip. so if u were to move the joystick aorund with the flesh of ure thumb, it feels as if sweat will entually pile up in the little dip of the joystick.

4- (have to connect the handsfree earphones) the FM radio is one of my favorite capabilities of the phone. im a heavy radio listener in the car, so having radio with me nearly everywhere now, it a huge PLUS. the quality is superb also, ive only noticed one dead spot in the house... which was near my computer... everywhere else it worked perfectly fine. u can also have the fm radio runnin in the background while u do other things.

5- (option earphones for direct in ear sound) the Mp3 player is also cool... but the file transfering takes a while. if uve got the time to wait and u dont mind waiting the mp3 player is otherwise flawless. juss like the radio u can have the mp3 player in the background too.

6 - the 3D games, mine came with fish photograph game, mini golf, and tennis.
personally i like all 3 games. the fish game is like a pokemon snap style.
the mini golf is a 3d representation of minigolf.
and the tennis game is like a low end DS game, but very fluid, no hurtful lag.

7- phone freezing up is probly my biggest concern for now


more user review to come!

ask questions if ud like :]

[jkim62]

changed topic into a k800 user review topic ... so leave questions and ill get back to u ASAP. and of course to the best of my knowlege

[SHINsA]

suh-weet... how much did you get it for?

[jkim62]

well i live in the US..

with the family plan (3 ppl)

by adding up 2 ppls credit, and by gettin a 2 year contract, the k800 was only 100$ and a (free 512mb card for free (but tht was juss service))

[Steph*]

phone freeze up can probably be fixed by firmware.
wow that's a great price for the phone.
how long does the battery last you?

[soosern.x3]

I've got the phone too and it's been freezing on me quite alot. Only got it 3 days ago.

[jkim62]

i have no idea how long the battery life is cuz i always put it on charge once i fall asleep.
(also my phone hasnt frozen since i last posted about the freezing problem :])

but it lasts all day no problem :]
+use it for fm radio / camera regularly everyday.


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another thing i love my phone other than its FM feature/music dj
is its video player.
it plays 3GP files

(i juss figured this out today ^__^;;;)

u can get your movies or videos that u have on ure computer and convert em to 3GP file
by using programs like (ImTOO 3GP converter or Xilisoft 3GP converter)

and then conect ure phone to ure pc
juss drag and drop the converted 3GP videos
and now u got videos on the go.

a HUGE PLUS in doing this is... u dont need a huge memory card
i have a 512mb card.

a 1hr 30 min video (700mb) CONVERTS into >> the same 1hr30min video (45mb)

yes 45MB tht is not a typo... juss WOW isnt it?
so i can hold about 8 full videos on a 512mb card.

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i also converted a 4 min MV (47mb) into >> (2mb)

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saves tons of space


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[chicken fly lice]

i seen some night photos taken by the k800i, and its pretty impressive