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Sony Ericsson Sony Mobile Communications Inc. ( ja, ソニーモバイルコミュニケーションズ株式会社) was a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001, as a joint venture between Sony Group Corporation and Ericsson. ...
K850i is a high-end
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when released in October 2007. It was announced in June 2007 as the flagship product in Sony Ericsson's K ("Kamera") series, with a 5 megapixel
CMOS Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS, pronounced "sea-moss", ) is a type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) fabrication process that uses complementary and symmetrical pairs of p-type and n-type MOS ...
camera sensor. The K850 was the first Sony Ericsson phone released outside of NTT DoCoMo to support
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and microSDHC along with
Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
's traditional M2. It also introduces the usage of three touch-sensitive softkeys right under the display and a new form of navigation button, omitting the classic joystick introduced with the Ericsson T68. The camera interface has been revamped to resemble the format of cybershot digital cameras. According to the manufacturer the UMTS talk time has been significantly increased to 3 hours 30 min over its predecessor, the K800 and K810. (K800 2 hrs 30 min). It was Sony Ericsson's first 3.5G
HSDPA High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols—High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)—that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunica ...
supporting mobile phone, and was also the first 3G "global" mobile with supporting all major operating network frequency in the world including GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, HSDPA, UMTS 850, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100.


Design and features

The phone introduces a new button in the Cyber-shot line: on the right side a switch allows choosing between photo, video and playback mode. The phone is available in the colours "Luminous Green", "Velvet Blue" and "Quicksilver Black". Key features include: * 3G video calling * Cyber-shot 5-megapixel camera with
Xenon Xenon is a chemical element with the symbol Xe and atomic number 54. It is a dense, colorless, odorless noble gas found in Earth's atmosphere in trace amounts. Although generally unreactive, it can undergo a few chemical reactions such as the f ...
flash and additional 3 LED flash for video recording * Bluetooth 2.0 (10 m) * Web Access ( NetFront browser included) * Exchange ActiveSync * 3.5G high speed internet ( Support up to 3.6 Mbit/s (download speed), 384 kbit/s (upload speed)) * Multiple audio playback (
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, MP3, WMA) * Built in Media Center (Sony PSP/PS3 XrossMediaBar menu) * Video player with progressive fast forward and slow motion * Memory Stick slot to expand the memory to up to 16 GB.


Camera Information

5.04 megapixel
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sensor, 16x digital zoom, natural color rendering, and built in
xenon Xenon is a chemical element with the symbol Xe and atomic number 54. It is a dense, colorless, odorless noble gas found in Earth's atmosphere in trace amounts. Although generally unreactive, it can undergo a few chemical reactions such as the f ...
flash plus three additional LEDs for autofocusing and can be used for video recording. It also features Bestpic (Sony Ericsson's brand name for burst mode) which captures nine images in a row then you can choose the ones you want to save. In camera mode the keypad is differently lit so the user can easily find the camera shortcut buttons (Shoot mode, Scenes, Self-timer, Flash mode). In common with the K810i and the K800, programs called Photo Fix, HP print and Face Warp are bundled with the K850i. Users can also easily increase the brightness and the contrast of the photo with PhotoFix and PhotoDJ. Video recording is QVGA (320×240) at 30 frames per second. (K800 QCIF (176×144) @ 15 frame/s.) Supports Image and Video Stabilizer so videos and photos taken would be less likely to appear blurred and shaky. There have been major software problems in the past but now have been solved. Moreover, as in most Sony Ericsson phones, the camera software, called camdriver, can be modified to bring new features along with considerable improvement. The line of camdrivers known as Cybershot Xperience, developed by Hasaan Rafique (known online as Witchking) is the most promising as it implements many additional features like Manual Focus, Contrast, Saturation, Colour Balance, ISO, Shutter-speed and so on. It also allows the user to increase the video recording resolution.


Specifications

Screen * 2.2”
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(240×320
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s), 262,144 (18-bit) colour
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Available colours * Luminous Green * Velvet Blue * Quicksilver Black Sizes * 102 × 48 × 17 mm (4 × 1.9 × 0.7 in) Weight * Memory * Memory Stick Micro (M2) 512 MB in box (maximum capable – 16 GB), a
MicroSD Secure Digital, officially abbreviated as SD, is a proprietary non-volatile flash memory card format developed by the SD Association (SDA) for use in portable devices. The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between SanD ...
card can also be used instead of the Memory Stick Micro card. * Phone memory approximately 40 MB depending on the preconfiguration settings Battery * BST-38 3.6 V, 930 mAh, lithium polymer * Talk time GSM/UMTS: Up to 9 h/3 h 30 min * Standby time GSM/UMTS: Up to 400 h/350 h * Video call time (K850): Up to 3 h 20 min


Variants

* K850i for international markets (
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HSDPA High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols—High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)—that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunica ...
tri band: UMTS 850, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100; GSM /
GPRS General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a packet oriented mobile data standard on the 2G and 3G cellular communication network's global system for mobile communications (GSM). GPRS was established by European Telecommunications Standards Ins ...
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GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900) * K858c for China (reduced to GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900, lack of front camera)


Firmware list

*R1CA029 – First Release *R1CA037 (SEUS – 2007-12-03) *R1DA038 (SEUS – 2007-12-21) *R1DA039 (SEUS – 2007-12-21) *R1EA031 (SEUS – 2008-02-21) *R1EA037 (SEUS – 2008-04-12) *R1FA035 (SEUS – 2008-06-18) SEUS – Sony Ericsson Update Service


See also

;Other notable 5-megapixel phones of the time * Samsung G800 * Samsung G600 * LG Viewty *
Nokia N95 The Nokia N95 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. Announced in September 2006, it was released to the market in March 2007. The N95 ran S60 3rd Edition, on Symbian OS v9.2. It has a two-way sl ...
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Nokia N82 The Nokia N82 is a high-end smartphone produced by Nokia, and announced on 14 November 2007 as part of the company's Nseries line. The N82 runs Symbian OS v9.2 ( S60 3rd Edition, FP1). The N82 inherits much of the Nokia N95's features and spe ...


References


External links


Press Release announcing K850

Official Specifications of K850

Official Website of Sony Ericsson Cybershot series mobile phones

Official Specifications of K850 for developers
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