Sony Ericsson K800i, advice please?

This is a great little phone and very much worth buying. Like you say, it has all the features you could really want - MP3 player, a 3.2 MP camera that takes very good pictures, some good games available to download, FM radio, 3G video services including live TV and Sky Sports, video player, expandable memory (up to 2GB), and...it's a phone! If there's one thing that lets it done, it's the quality of the video it captures. That's really not too clever and is nowhere near as good as that on some newer phones. But that really is the only drawback.

The camera is great though, very easy to use and a proper flash. I got mine last summer for going on holiday and the quality of pictures was superb, particularly the close-up 'macro' option. On the standard memory, you can capture about 70 photos at the highest resolution, but if you expand the memory using the micro SD card, you can literally take thousands of pictures.

The ability to upgrade the phone memory is probably the best feature of this phone. I now have three SD cards for my photos, MP3s and videos respectively. You can get around 750 songs onto one of these cards at reasonable quality which is more than enough imho. And if you source the right software, you can convert your DVDs to .3gp files to view on your phone as well. I've managed to cram three full length movies and numerous episodes of various TV shows onto one of these cards, all at very good quality.

All in all, it really is a superb phone at the price it is now available for and is highly recommended by this user. The only other phone you might want to consider would be the Nokia N95, but I don't know where the prices start on that one. Wouldn't bother with the iPhone. Waste of money.

Hope that helps.

I have a k800i and I have to agree with all of the other answers, it's a great phone. You can pick them up brand new in some shops at the moment for less than £70 on pay-as-you-go. I bought my from Woolworths and got a free bluetooth headset which would have cost £25!

I also have a Samsung D900i which is okay but I prefer the Sony in everyday use. The only advantage that the Samsung has is that is has a much more user friendly programme for downloading songs from the web.

it is a very good phone, but have you tried looking at the Sony Ericsson Walkman series? the k800 is of the Cybershot series. Which do you prefer, better music player, or better camera? Everything else is pretty much the same (but k800 does not support flash menus, not really that important, just for looks)

Hi Emily theres a chance that the software in the phone needs to be upgraded you can do this yourself if you have the disc that should have come with the phone & going to the sony ericsson website & upgrading the software yourself or take it to a phone repair shop/centre & asking them to do it for you it shouldnt cost you that much to have done ! ive had sony phones in the past that have had the same problem & by upgrading the software in the phone the phone itself was a lot more responsive after ... hope this helps

I've had this phone for a while and I really like it. You can get some really big memory sticks for it and the quality of the camera is excellent for a phone.

Ive got this phone and so far it has not let me down. Its great, especially the camera, and music etc.

Its a great choice. Very durable. I have tried smashing it on several occasions (anger), but not a scratch yet!!!

it is a great phone the music player is good and the camera is excellent you just slide back the lens you can record sound and video as well

i bought if for 69.99

Brilliant phone, regarded as a "legendary phone" by the gadget show

oooh I just sold mine on ebay! But its a wicked phone, I even dropped it in the bath, threw it a few times, and it still was fine!

Is a good phone + good camera! Worth buying, no need 2nd thought. :)

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