Review on my new W850i

i bought myself a new W850i. Its my first sony ericsson handphone. I like the beautiful white outfit of it which makes it classy. I would say this phone is overall quite not bad for me. Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages i faced...

Advantages:
Nice camera resolution
Big screen!! (i have always like big screen phones)
Easy-organizable files
Can use video as contact ringtone
Walkman function
Audio quality good and LOUD!! =)
It doesn't have a joysticks (joysticks are always non-durable)
Charging takes only a little while (i dono why..)

I also particularly like the "mark" function where i can mark several or all files when doing transferring or deleting. This function is not available in samsungs i know...

Disadvantages:
Lagging (its a little bit lagging compared to samsungs... probably samsungs have less complicated functions)
Keypads are a little bit difficult to press

I couldnt comment on its 3G functions since my country hasnt really fully-developed this technology... its coming though...

Overall, a good phone... recommendable considering also its price!!

disadvantage- the screen will sometimes appear brighter or darker

the screen appear some times brighter or darker because the phone have light sensor on the up side and if the room is dark make the display darker if the room is light make the display lighter

wow...... i love this model.... gona get it...

Nice phone but it lacks the autofocus in the camera. How come w800 and w810 have af and w850 don't? I will not even talk about the w950! Great phone and no camera at all!!! SE must be crazy (with marketing I guess :P)

The SE do have a firmware update which have solve the message lag problem, go and try, you can feel the different

Well, it is a nice muzic player, but it's too big for me!
And the slider, I wish you that SE make sliders better then joysticks :) (like one on k750).

well, i guess slider is ok since im not having any problems with it :)
i even dropped this phone a couple of times, sometimes i even pushed it so it dropped a bit harder :D and for now, everything works neet.

hope i didnt jinx myself now..

I want this phone, but it is so big...I like telephones like W710...

i wanted to buy this one but when i came in the shop they didn't have anymore, i had to wait for 3 weeks so i bought a V630i, which i'm gonna flash to W660i

i love this phone,it have lightning effects it looks nice

Question about the white version of your phone.

I've seen some videos where the w850 lights up pink, does yours light up pink too?

Is the black w850 a really dark black or is it like a charcoal grey color?

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Originally Posted by Poseidon

Nice phone but it lacks the autofocus in the camera. How come w800 and w810 have af and w850 don't? I will not even talk about the w950! Great phone and no camera at all!!! SE must be crazy (with marketing I guess :P)

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After the release of K750 and W810, SE decided to separate the Walkman and Cybershot features of the SE phones.
That is why you would notice that models after W810 doesn't have the autofocus ans macro mode of their camera functions. Same thing with the Cybershot phones which do not carry the MegaBass EQ, unlike K750 which still has this

I think that W850 is the best phone.

good model

i also wanted to buy this phone.. want to upgrade from my w810i to w850 :)

I still find it cool that with the white version of the phone, the walkman logo on it, is actually 24 karat gold. Real bling right there.

I find this phone not very well ..the camera is mediocre.

My friend had gotten this phone and while I love the look, the lights on the side are a bit of an annoynance to me, and I agree on the camera being soso.

Im looking to buy this phone, upgrade to my w810i.. is it a good turn?

bytheway Thanks for the mini review, appreciate :)

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Originally Posted by oranjeremy

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Disadvantages:
Lagging (its a little bit lagging compared to samsungs

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Originally Posted by jimie

The SE do have a firmware update which have solve the message lag problem, go and try, you can feel the different

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lagging can also happen during ~2min after a restart while accessing memory stick, and I confirm almost all problems I've noticed before were solved after latest f/w update.

The camera lacks autofocus, but the walkman is great. Worth its price, i think :)

This phone is excellent! It's slim, nice to hold, OS is well thought out (I flashed mine with S500i theme and flash files ^^ - so it's perfect!). Looks very eye pleasing.. far from a "plastic" feel like other phones. The lights always catch other people's attention... but that could be a good / bad thing.

Shaking thing for walkman = v.cool..... you can press and hold the walkman button whilst the keypad is locked and shake it in your pocket to change songs. I did this in the supermarket however and someone gave me a funny look but it saved me from pulling the phone out, unlocking it, switching to walkman menu and pressing next song.

Buttons seem fine! Do not look like they are going to break. However the middle circular joypad thing squeeks on my a little as I push down (maybe not on yours?).

Vibration as you select a menu element = nice little luxury available (depending on theme).

Only phone I would recommend other than this in SE range is the soon to come W910i and that is if you can cope with its wideness.

I prefer S500 that flashed into W580, coz it's a fashion phone. I like the design, although maybe there is some bugs.

like this phone alot !

I think that w850i doesnt need autofocus... ive taken two pics with k800(with autofocus) and w850i and the pics are very similiar, almost no changes, besides i bought my phone cuz i listen to music all the time so i dont realy need the autofocus...:D

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Originally Posted by oranjeremy

i bought myself a new W850i. Its my first sony ericsson handphone. I like the beautiful white outfit of it which makes it classy. I would say this phone is overall quite not bad for me. Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages i faced...

Advantages:
Nice camera resolution
Big screen!! (i have always like big screen phones)
Easy-organizable files
Can use video as contact ringtone
Walkman function
Audio quality good and LOUD!! =)
It doesn't have a joysticks (joysticks are always non-durable)
Charging takes only a little while (i dono why..)

I also particularly like the "mark" function where i can mark several or all files when doing transferring or deleting. This function is not available in samsungs i know...

Disadvantages:
Lagging (its a little bit lagging compared to samsungs... probably samsungs have less complicated functions)
Keypads are a little bit difficult to press

I couldnt comment on its 3G functions since my country hasnt really fully-developed this technology... its coming though...

Overall, a good phone... recommendable considering also its price!!

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Well for the charging,you can try to reduce the brightness of the phone:)