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Is there anything that should keep me from buying the K850i?
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Posted by: Donnation

I had a K800i for a long time and loved it, and I am wanting to come back to SE. Is there any reason that I shouldn't just go ahead and get the K850i? I love the looks of it and I really trust SE's phones on the whole, plus US 3G is a bonus. Does anyone have any thoughts?

Posted by: mdwsta4

used a k790 last year, then went to an iphone, now to a k850. i really liked the k790 even with the hump on the back and it's probably one of the phones i've used the longest. the iphone was a fun toy, but i got rid of it after only 4 months. the k850 has a great camera and screen, but it's not without it's quirks. i placed an order for a t650 that i'm hoping to use as a day to day phone (wish it were quadband). not sure if i'll be keeping the k850 or not just yet.
if you like the k800 you should like the k850. it does everything better. i do miss the joystick, but the d-pad works surprisingly well as do the touch buttons (although they're frustrating while ON a call). bummer i got a 4gb micro SD card rather than a m2 card to use on more SE phones.

Posted by: valerossi

When I picked up the K810i, I was looking at the K850i also and see if I should pay the extra $ for it. For some reason, I didn't like the finishing quality, and I wish they had more color choices. Also, from different reviews, it's not that impressive. For 5 MP camera phone, I think I'd go for the LG KU990 Viewty or the new Samsung G800. But to each of their own I guess.

Posted by: ThorBlaze Dragon

Wirelessly posted (HP HX2495b and/or SE K790a: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows CE; PPC; 240x320))

recently I use K790a back as daily phone because it's rather stable, no dropped calls or random reboot
if SE has AWS 3G phone, I'll definitely go for it

Posted by: fyrestrtr

(+) for this phone

HSDPA
5MP Camera
Proper flash
Dual memory card capability
Accelerometer and the fun things you can do with it

(-) for this phone

Fingerprint Magnet
Touch buttons need a bit of getting used to
Numeric keys could be a bit bigger
Miss the joystick from my K750 the D-pad -- they should leave that to Nokia that have figured out how to implement it properly

Posted by: mdwsta4

what 'fun' things can you do with it? rotate a picture... and i guess the marble madness game? you can't shake it to skip tracks and it doesn't count steps or anything like other SE phones. seems like they could have done more with it.

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Originally Posted by fyrestrtr

(+) for this phone

Accelerometer and the fun things you can do with it

Posted by: fyrestrtr

Honestly, I could care less as to how many steps I have walked

The K is not a W, which means there is no sense to have it skip tracks when you shake it.

As for the fun things -- the video auto orientation is very slick. I'm waiting to get my hands on the API (as I am sure are other developers) to truly try and see what you can do with it; since this feature was introduced in these series of phones it will take some time for people to develop some interesting uses of it. The potential is there.