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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Ferral, any idea when the w960i will be out? Will it be on Vodafone?

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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    I got the following email yesterday

    Quote Originally Posted by SEUK
    Some time ago, you asked us to notify you when the new K850i is available in stores. Well, now it is. So try it out at a retailer close to you and be the first one to get it!*

    Click here for detailed K850i information

    Best wishes from all of us,
    Sony Ericsson




    * Please note that the availability of the K850i might be restricted to a selected retailer, operator or distributor.
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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Quote Originally Posted by Smudger View Post
    Ferral, any idea when the w960i will be out? Will it be on Vodafone?
    W960i is stated as 4th Quarter of 2007, no set date as of yet, so it may be released early next year if things are behind schedule.

    Yes, it will be on Vodafone.
    .: Rishi :.

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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Cool, ta

    I'm out of contract already so I might as well hang on, might get a better deal then...

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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Quote Originally Posted by [GSV]Trig View Post
    I always prefered the LED flash as you could use it as a light as well...
    i like that feature too but for photos when you are out in bars etc its got to be a real flash

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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shad View Post
    Any thoughts on the best way to buy a K850? I am not a fan of phones that have been reconfigured with operator specific firmware, so much so I flashed my K800 with SE firmware as soon as Vodafone sent it to me with all of their rubbish on it.

    So other than forking out £360 for a sim-free K850, anyone got any other ideas?
    Considering that you can get far more functional and all round better phones (- a 5MP camera) for far less than £360 I personally would never pay for this on PAYG as you seem to be indicating yourself. Not when you can have something like this or this for quite a bit cheaper.

    The 5MP aspect of this phone and the other gubbins that go with the camera seems to me like an excuse for SE to over inflate the price of this phone by a very considerable margin and for the operators to push people onto a contract. I can't imagine how anyone who knows their market would even consider this on PAYG.

    It's a lovely phone but its not anywhere near worth the asking price on PAYG.
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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    O2 phones seem pretty firmware crud-free, and the phones all seem to come unlocked (I'm on my 4th and none of them have been locked so far..).

    But then again O2 has no 3G to speak of, and crummy data rate charges..
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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Just ordered the w910 because I couldn't wait until Dec for the 960, anyone know if that takes SD cards as well? I'm not keen on being restricted to 1Gb on the M2 cards...

    Scratch that, just seen that you can get 2gb M2 cards. But still, if SD is cheaper...
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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    SD cards will be cheaper, but i don't think microSD cards will be cheaper.

    I think there is only one SE phone that takes anything other than Duos or M2s, but i can't remember the model number, it isn't the W910 though.

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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    I have ended up getting the w910 as orange seem to have no plans to stock the k850 which sucks.

    They have given me a really good deal and big bonus is its only a 12 month contract

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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    K850i is out on 19th Oct according to Play.com pre-order, but we all know how accurate shops' dates can be ^-^.

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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Quote Originally Posted by Nemz0r View Post
    K850i is out on 19th Oct according to Play.com pre-order, but we all know how accurate shops' dates can be ^-^.
    I picked mine up from the Vodafone shop in town on Saturday
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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shad View Post
    I picked mine up from the Vodafone shop in town on Saturday
    anything wrong with it yet?

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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shad View Post
    I picked mine up from the Vodafone shop in town on Saturday
    You know you can't just say that without a feature-length pictorial review
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    Re: So when is the K850i coming out?

    Nothing wrong with it yet although once yesterday it got stuck on the animation it does just before it shuts the display off for standby, but waking it up again solved that. Possibly a Vodafone bug as it's a branded animation.

    The branding on the outside is limited to some small Vodafone writing on the back which I don't mind. The software has been tainted with Live links/logos in a lot of places, and the barstewards removed the motion sensor powered marbles game, which I was looking forward to playing. Instead there's just a bunch of demo games which are all crap.

    The camera I haven't played with too much yet but picture quality of the few I did take was impressive, considering the conditions. Annoyingly they've removed the keyboard shortcut for macro mode but it's still there in the menu.

    The touch sensitive buttons work very well, in fact I wish they were all touch sensitive - you can flick around the menus quickly using them but it feels odd when you have to click with a regular button or D-pad.

    The media system is good particularly with the auto-rotate. Playing music through headphones sounds better than the K800 which is nice. I've been finding that fingerprints are a nightmare - the whole front and back sides are shiney so pick them up very easily.

    Overall I'm happy with it, but I don't think it's a very big step forward from the K800. The screen is lovely though, nice and bright with good colours and you do notice the small increase in size.

    As soon as the SE firmware is available I will be de-branding and experiencing the phone as SE intended

    I'll take some pictures for you this evening - have a look on Esato as there are loads on there already.
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