K800i Cybershot Beauty

Image from SEWorld.com

Ain’t she a pretty one…. Lo and behold, my cellphone which I am very content with. It’s sleek,pretty(but macho) and practical cellphone for me.

The 3.2 Cybershot camera infused into the phone is just a sweet deal. I don’t exactly own a digital camera so this is a sweet substitute neatly wrapped in a phone. Again it is no replacement coz a phone is a phone and a camera is a camera. But for people like me who can’t be bugged to lug a camera around, this will suffice.

Being an avid Nokia user since forever, making the switch to Sony Ericsson was the same as the switch from Windows PC to Apple Macintosh. Perfect and easy(with a little getting used to).

What I’ve found in term of software in the phone is just what I needed! Hardware itself…well….isn’t it suffice from the picture? I know there are Nokias (N series) that sport Carl Zeiss lens and what not but for me the N series doesn’t strike as having the look I’d enjoy. I was awaiting the N80 but upon seeing it, it really looks like a sliding bulky box. The K800i isn’t exactly small but it isn’t big either. The lens cover does seem outta place and give the extra bulge to the phone but aside from that it maintains a simple and elegant look.

The pictures taken so far is adequate and I’m not complaining a bit. My only complaint is the battery life. Compared to Nokias, it has the tendency to be out by 2-3 days depending on usage. This is the only phone I’ve owned that has actually died on me while I’m out. Nokias tend to hold out until I get back home but the K800i means business when it indicates ‘Low Battery”. Another good/bad thing is the format of the expandable media. It uses Sony’s new M2 memory stick, which is the tiniest and thinnest thin I’ve seen in a memory stick! Drawback is the price is still expensive and I’ve gotten myself a 512MB stick for quite a lot. Take note that it’s Sony’s own media and not SanDisk. So far the max is 2 GB but I haven’t seen one yet.

Aside from that, the K800i is a beautiful engineered phone that integrates both camera and phone nicely together. I’ll post some pics I’ve taken with the phone some other time to let everyone to know what’s really going on.

Overall score,
4 and a half stars outta 5.