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(More customer reviews)A somewhat upgrade to the existing w810i, this slider phone will either impress you or make you want to hold on to your existing w810i a little longer.
The w850i is a 3G quadband handset with a micro camera in front (VGA) like the k800 for video calls. The graphic user interface is pretty standard Sony Ericsson with the higher resolution screen at 320x240, again like the K800. There's also the two photo shortcut keys just on top of the display screen for accessing the photo album like the k800. The joypad is something like w810i although it feels a bit stiff and irresponsive sometimes as it sinks into the unit.
The sound quality of the music player is no better than the w810i with the same equalizer and playback options, but the annoying clicking and popping noise between tracks has finally been reduced. There's also a few new gimmicks like "light effects" where the walkman light flashes according to the music being played.
Standby screen is an option with the w850 (unlike the w810i that just goes completely dark after a few seconds of inactivity and stays that way), so you can tell the time, the profile in use and if there's any pending messages without having to touch any keys on the phone while it's on standby.
The only thing missing from the w850 is a good camera. Although the manufacturer claims the w850 to have a 2 Megapixel CCD, the images the handset can produce is really poor by Sony Ericsson standards. They are oversaturated and noisy, with severe compression artifacts. The auto focus feature found on the k750, k800, w800 and w810i is also nowhere to be found. The macro mode is missing from the w850 as well. With just a single LED flash (k750, w800 and w810 has two LEDs while the k800 has a xenon flash), the camera is only capable of taking bright, daylight group and scenic pictures. Close-ups and portraits will most likely be out of focus. The add-on flash MXE-60 works with the w850, so if you own a unit, try not to sell it off with your k750/w800/w810 as it makes the w850 pictures look so much better.
Thankfully the w850 still accepts the trusty Memory Stick Duo, and it is bundled with a generously sized 1G stick. It works well with my 2GB memory stick, and I suspect it should work well too with a 4G memory stick (and hopefully the upcoming 8GB memory stick).
Had the imaging capabilities of the k800 (3.2 MP with AF assist light and Xenon flash) been incorporated into the w850, this handset would have been a perfect upgrade for the w810i.
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