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Performance

Sony Ericsson rated the K850i for 9 hours of talktime and 16 days on standby. With average use of taking pictures, listening to music, making a few voice calls and sending text message, the 930mAh Lithium-Polymer cell kept the phone running for about two days. Audio call quality was decent and the loudspeaker was clear enough aided by two tiny ridges running along both sides of the device that propped it up off the table.

The camera had a shutter lag of a mere 0.25 seconds, which is very decent for a camera-phone and one of the better ones we've reviewed so far. Natural colors were retained in our pictures, though sometimes we wished the hues were a little more saturated. But that's nothing simple post-processing can't fix. Instead of us going on and on, we'll just leave you with some of the pictures so you can judge them for yourself.

     

     

     
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Conclusion

So should you go out and buy the K850i now? Like we mentioned earlier, the N95 has the early market advantage of getting into the consumer hands. Prices would have been different now compared with the time it was just launched. In fact, it's been so long that the K850i now has two N95s to contend with: The earlier N95 and the N95 (8GB) which was released at the same time as the K850i.

In terms of overall features, the N95 trumps the K850i on the merit of its built-in GPS chip alone. But from a camera-phone perspective, the K850i is perhaps the best we've handled so far. That said, for most people we reckon it'd still be a very tough decision between the N95 and the K850i. Both devices have their merit and each does some things better than the other. So before laying down S$898 (US$600.95) for the Japanese-Swedish's flagship device, it would be a good idea to play around with both phones in shops first before making the decision.

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