Comments on: Sony unveils 5 MPx cellphone, new walkman

By: Oren

Oren — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:56:02 +0000

Who needs 5 MPx – when xoupled with a tiny plastic lens??

i can assure you, 5 year old semi-dSLR cameras look MILES better.

there’s only so much light that can reach the ccd when you use a tiny lens. that means that the ccd needs to be extremely sensitive – and that causes EXTREME NOISE.
there just isn’t getting around the fact that you need quality optics, for quality photography.

what IS good about the phonecam race, are new inventions like Micron’s SHAKE REDUCTION – on chip.

cramming more megapixels into phones is like putting 500bhp engines on Front Wheel Drive cars – pointless!

By: PurpleRonny

PurpleRonny — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:21:18 +0000

5mpx pfft, korea have 10mpx camera phones and probably higher, jammy sods!

By: Bullett

Bullett — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:11:12 +0000

The K800i was an amazing phone – I loved owning it, but that came short when it died from a well-known (on the net) shutdown problem that semi-bricks it.

I can’t wait for the K850, I’ll be grabbing it as soon as it hits the shops, currently using the new Nokia N95 but it’s not a patch on SE phones.

By: dyoung_nz

dyoung_nz — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:11:58 +0000

the first pic aint of the K850

By: seajay

seajay — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:11:49 +0000

Looks interesting.
I have a k800 and it’s pretty good. The trouble is, the pictures aren’t limited by the megapixels, they’re limited by the lens. So if the only difference is the sensor then it’s no improvement over my current phone (the flash and bestpic(tm) that you mention are already in the k800).

Brief moment of boasting. I got mine free with a £15/month contract shortly after it came out, on any network I fancied. Sucks to be a merkin.

By: Ruff McGruff

Ruff McGruff — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:50:52 +0000

impressive. hopefully the pricetag doesnt induce heart attacks.

By: DK

DK — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:56:09 +0000

That’s hot.

By: Salicious

Salicious — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:22:47 +0000

The title bugs me, if you really had to shorten it down it should be Ericsson unveils 5 MPx cellphone, new walkman.

By: SLowpc

SLowpc — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:44:15 +0000

Well , I have my w800 here and I love it… and going to be saving up for the k850 since I know no providers are going to pick it up, unless cingular and the iphone sell.

I expect it to retail around 600 bucks… but it will be worth every penny.

By: Cauliflower

Cauliflower — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:15:29 +0000

looks great

By: 0xl3y

0xl3y — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:15:27 +0000

Really nice phone, I think im going to buy one if the price isn’t too high. Does somebody now how much this is going to cost?