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Sony Ericsson K750i

Overview of the Sony Ericsson K750i

The new Sony Ericsson K750i, launched in the second quarter of 2005, is the most advanced camera phone released so far, and probably the most anticipated phone release of 2005, due to advance publicity. It breaks through the 2 megapixel barrier and, perhaps more significantly is the first camera phone to feature autofocus (previous camera phones have all been fixed focus). Clearly Sony Ericsson is levering the digital camera expertise of Sony to drive forward the multimedia capabilities of mobile phones.

The camera has a quite respectable 4x digital zoom and a photo light or flash. A variety of effects and settings are available, e.g. settings for night, daylight or fluorescent lighting. The maximum resolution of the camera is 1632 x 1224 pixels. The processor is fast enough to store a full size picture in 2-3 seconds. A choice of shutter sounds is available although the shutter sound cannot be switched off.

The autofocus is fast enough for normal use and works by half-pressing the camera button. Results are fine for most subjects, with only fast moving objects posing a problem. All things considered, the camera on the K750i is the best of any current model.

In addition to still pictures the K750i can record video with sound, although the video resolution is lower (176 x 144 pixels). Videos are stored in 3GP format, which is the standard for mobile phones. Although of relatively low resolution, videos are sharp and smooth, not jerky like many camera phones.

The display used on the K750i is good enough to do justice to the camera technology - it's a bright active matrix display with 262,000 colours and a high resolution of 176 x 220 pixels. This is the same resolution as the Samsung D500 for example, but is not as high as the Sony Ericsson S700i, even though the S700i has a lower resolution camera. Still, the K750i is aimed squarely at the higher-end of the mass market, whereas the S700i was more of a niche phone.

As well as its advanced imaging technology, the K750i has all the features that you'd expect from a top-end phone in 2005 - MP3 player, FM radio, Bluetooth™ wireless connectivity (for transferring data to and from a PC or another Bluetooth phone), Java games and email. It's a nice-sized phone, similar to the very popular K700i model, and incorporates many of the design features of the K700i phone. This makes it easy for existing Sony Ericsson users to pick up and use. In fact, the user interface has been well designed and should be easy to use even for those not familiar with Sony Ericsson phones.

The K750i comes with 34 Mbytes of main memory with the ability to expand this further using memory sticks (Memory Stick Duo™). At present, sticks of up to 2 Gbytes are available. This is perfect for a device with large video & MP3 storage requirements.

All in all, it's very hard to fault the K750i and it seems to genuinely live up to the hype! This is without doubt the best camera phone available in the first half of 2005.

Features of the Sony Ericsson K750i:

Sony Ericsson K750i reviews

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Reviewed by chri langton from england on 21st Nov 2006
i have had sony many problems with this phone the phone freezers wen i put my memory card in it the soft ware has been updated a few times now n and it stil haves the same old problem am sick of it a wont purchase on sony erricsaon again nokia the best people al be using them in futcher from now on wake up people
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Reviewed by jason from uk on 3rd Sep 2006
i bought this fone the other day it is a fantastic fone the cam is fantastic the sound is brill wap is very fast to log on to the radio is very good sound on it blue tooth is good infa red as well its the best fone ive had (GO AND BUY IT)
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Reviewed by Richard Curran from Scotland on 28th Apr 2006
This little number is great. I purchased it last November on the O2’s website. I must say I have not really had any problems with it, ok I have had one from time to time it will freeze but I must point out this only happens if I am pressing keys to say use a text without waiting for the phone to catch up. The camera is super, the best and one of the easiest I have ever had on a mobile. Lets face it… it not going to turn heads on the bus it's simple looking, no fancy flashing lights to attract thief’s so I think that’s an advantage! A friend of mine went and bought a nokia 6280 on O2, within three days he had it back to the store who replaced it free. My friend's now got it up for sale and he is back using his k700i and is planning to buy a k750i like mine. Like many of friends I am technology hungry and must have the most up to date features but other than video calling id say this phone fits the bill well. Battery life is awesome; I call a friend with the bat on the red (15%) for over an hour before it dies. Most handsets on network three are lucky to get an hour talktime fully charged. As for applications and games, I have been downloading them free from websites and installing them on the k750i using Bluetooth, 90% of handset cannot do this without a data cable, some not at all. It’s got all the other basics like predictive text, calendar, calculator ECT yeah and it’s got a video capture mode, but I must say it not brill. The camera has a metal shutter to protect it. I'd highly recommend this handset for anyone who’s looking for an outstanding longlasting piece of kit.
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Reviewed by bobdillin from wales on 9th Jan 2006
had this phone for 1 week its ok the lady in the shop said u can put lots of songs on it i've put 5 on it and its full i can take 2 pictures and thats it don't want to spend more money on a new card its not easy to text. only 51 weeks to go to i go and get a nokia you live and learn
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Reviewed by Rudi from Philippines/Germany on 23rd Nov 2005
My experience with two K750i: It would be an exellent phone, if: * manufacturing (or parts) quality would be better (my second K750i got the white screen problem after a few weeks). The first one is still OK * SIM card is difficult to change. As I travel a lot with 4 different SIM cards for different countries, this is not the phone I would recommend for frequent travellers (I bougth it because of the excellent camera.
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Reviewed by Louise from UK on 21st Sep 2005
Got the K750i converting from Motorola, the initial set up wizards appear helpful, but what it doesn't tell you is that unless you save text msgs on an existing SIM all msgs will be lost!! seriously annoying!!! It registers the Sim as a new phone/connection losing all unsaved data. Features appear pretty standard, but the camera is a major plus, so if you simply want a good camera phone and not much else this would be a good phone.
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Reviewed by Laurence from UK on 20th Sep 2005
Absolutely awe inspiring!! The best phone I have EVER had and EVERYTHING works smoothly which is more than I can say for other phones I have had. I don't know how anyone can even compare this masterpiece to a Nokia 6230i. I really think that Sony Ericsson are the best manufacturer to date. The phone has a camera that would make your £200 digital Nikon redundant, full seamless transfer with your PC via bluetooth or the (YES ITS INCLUDED USB!). Top notch media player and a RADIO WITH RDS!!! YES RADIO DATA SYSTEM TELLS YOU WHICH RADIO STATION YOU ARE LISTENING TO!!!! I mean the Nokia can't come close, with it's lame 1.3 MP camera and mediocre 65K screen. If you were going to buy an MP3 player, DON'T!!!, if you were going to buy a digital camera DON'T!!!, If you were going to buy a phone DO BUY THE SONY ERICSSON K750i!!!! I will be sticking to Sony Ericsson for the rest of my mobiling days!!!! Absolute million out of ten material here. And for those who complained about the softw are being slow, this happens on nearly all early releases of all phones and can EASILY BE CORRECTED VIA A FIRMWARE UPDATE ON THE SONY ERICSSON WEBSITE. THIS IS FREE AND TO ALL YOU PEOPLE COMPLAINING READ THIS INFO AND STOP SLAGGING OFF A TOP CLASS PHONE!!!
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Reviewed by vivi from UK on 5th Sep 2005
it is the best fone i have ever used! its sooo good!! d cameras quality n well good signal compared to my sony ericsson z100! im well proud to get dis fone! n every1 admires it! hahaahah
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Reviewed by yusty from romania on 28th Aug 2005
THE BEST :> :))
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Reviewed by Subs from London on 28th Aug 2005
when i tried to buy this phone in the shops i was immediately advised to reconsider, because a LOT of the phones coming out of the Sony Ericsson factories are faulty....so you WILL hear a lot of people with a lot of different problems...u'll be lucky if everything works ok...most likely u will have to go back to the shop several times to send it back again and again until u get a properly working one. my advice to anyone who is really interested in this phone is DONT LISTEN TO PPL WHO ARE GIVING BAD REVIEWS AT THE MOMENT - THE PHONE IS QUITE BRILLIANT (or wud be if it were made properly). wait about a month or two...during which u can use any old fone...because by that time (hopefully)the phone will be sorted and ALL its features will be working...don't be fooled, this is THE BEST CAMERA PHONE AROUND so if ur really into camera fones like i am its well worth the wait...so wear ur lucky socks when u go to get this fone...if u dont wanna risk it or dont wanna wait do urself a favour and get the samsung d500...i am myself choosing between them...this is what it boils down to. if you want better camera + FM radio go for k750i. if u want large storage and less risk go for d500. i personally hate the interface of every single motorola fone ever released, and i think the actual design of the nokia fones nowadays are getting worse and worse....so be wise, spend ur hard-earned cash on something worthwhile...if ur like me and have an mp3 player and not a digital camera go for k750i. if u have a digital camera but not an mp3 player go for d500 (although memory of 80mb isn't enuff for any mp3 player i think - and in d500 u cannot use extra memory sticks but in k750i u can).. thanks very much for reading my review and i hope it helps you!
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Reviewed by Liam from England on 18th Aug 2005
It is the best camera fone i have seen
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Reviewed by Blu from uk bham on 12th Aug 2005
Just reading these reviews and i must admit i was a nokia man and have been for a while but all i can say is i've had more or less every nokia out there and i've done samsungs etc but this sony is a true contender it looks good well made and the features are brilliant. Main things for me is the sound quality compared to any nokia out there is brilliant unlike the mono sound of a nokia. Camera is best i've seen nothing out there comes close i'd say at the min i'm really impressed by it. Plus it's very easy to use on your computer downloading mp3 etc and wallpapers. Only thing i can say about it is the buttons are a little fiddley but i can live with that. Due to me having nokias the interface was a little alien at first but after a while i know my round it fine now. In all it's got everything you need out of a phone and i highly recommend it.
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Reviewed by Josh from UK on 3rd Aug 2005
Got my baby a few weeks ago and still loving it. The camera is brilliant for something that's sqaushed into a mobile phone - I couldn't believe the quality of the images it takes, as I was sceptical about its quality before I got hold of it. The images aren't as good as my girlfriends 2MP Dimage camera, but they're not too far off. The screen is another major plus - no more trying to guess whether you're looking at an arse or an elbow because its totally clear and plenty big too. Added to the fact it can take up to 2GB sony duo pro cards and contains an mp3 player and radio too, this phone is pure class. I've not had any problems like those mentioned in other reviews, and I don't understand why those people didn't get their handset replaced, because mine works perfectly, not a single crash. I previously had the SE T630, and that crashed a couple of times, but SE seem to have ironed it out with this handset, as it's much more stable. All in all, this is the best handset I have ever had and you would be hard pushed to find a better one.
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Reviewed by michael from australia on 2nd Aug 2005
this would be great if: 1. it worked. 5 days pass and i have the white screen of death 2. i could remove the sim card with ease. 3. the buttons were easier to use/press otherwise the phone is great. awesome camera, nice sound quality, expandable memory.
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Reviewed by Calv from UK on 30th Jul 2005
Well for starters THIS IS THE BEST CAMERA PHONE ON THE MARKET TODAY. How can i say this well i have been a loyal nokia user for 10 years now and i recently upgraded to a Nokia 6230i camera phone but i returned it as it was useless read some internet reviews and you will see why, Lets go with the review then the camera is superb for a mobile 2mps is outstanding and screen is very clear and the pictures when emailed were brilliant basically buy this phone it has tons of features RDS Radio, Mp3 you wont regret this purchase.
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Reviewed by Ron from Belgium on 26th Jul 2005
I have waited until now before purchasing a mobile phone because frankly, they didn't interest me all that much. I did want a decent digital camera and PDA, and so previously I relied on my standalone digital and a small Palm to do everything. But the advertising for this phone simply drew me in by its amazing combination of camera, MP3 player, FM radio, phone, internet browser, simple transfer of files from my computer and large memory cards being available. I bought it 3 weeks ago and haven't looked back. I got a 1GB card from Sony, loaded 150 MP3s and still have oer 480MBs of storage left for digital photos. I quickly learned the HMI features with the easy-to-use joystick and keys. I now listen to the FM radio at work with great sound, send and receive SMS/MMS/e-mails, take very good and focused pics in all types of light conditions, crop them, send to a printer, and also can finally use the phone anywhere that I go. To vastly more experienced mobile phone addicts than me, some of this may seem to be commonplace, but I did a lot of research before I bought and I could not justify ANY of the competition's phones over the SE K750i. I paid 319 euros and I think it is a deal, and I know I made the right choice!
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Reviewed by Jon from UK on 26th Jul 2005
I have previously had the T630 which was an excellent phone and the reason I decided to stay with SE. I have had the K750 for about a week now and am a little disappointed. The call quality is very good and the set up, while similar to the T630 is a little more complicated. I find the keys more fiddly when texting, the turn on seems to take forever, and I get the feeling that you are having to press 5 keys to do something that really should only take 2. My main complaints about it are: 1. As always they have to change the size and power comfiguration of the phone so much that my old SE car holder won't fit it! or charge it! WHY WHY WHY? can't they just think of the customer for once and make a standard power connection setup on the base that will just use one charger and fit one holder. My friend has a K700 and it's almost exactly the same size BUT a COMPLETELY different configuration underneath and it won't fit her car holder....crazy! 2. The connectivity to the computer is a nightmare! It just will not work! I have inserted the CD in the system and loaded it as per the instructions, connected the lead as per the instructions and it just sits there doing nothing. The manual is utterly useless about this and I cannot load any MP3's or even download the pics I've taken on the camera. 3. The camera is superb, better than my digital camera! The panorama mode is truly first class, giving you a little of the previous image to align the next! But once you've taken the pics, you can't get them off the bloody thing onto the computer! All in all a good(ish) phone, the camera feature basically saves it from being a poor one though. I just really resent having to change everything in my car to accommodate this phone when it should simply fit a Sony Ericsson universal holder and charger.
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Reviewed by chris from england on 25th Jul 2005
this phone has to be the ultimate phone yet! the camera quality and video camera functions are absolutely fantastic. Hooking it up to the laptop and dragging mp3 files into it is a sinch. There are soo many good features about this phone it's unbelievable. i URGE people to buy this phone and be the envy of their friends!!!
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Reviewed by Vinayak from India on 20th Jul 2005
This phone rocks.. Kudos to Sony Ericsson :)
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Reviewed by mk from uk on 12th Jul 2005
oh well !! I had previously a Nokia 6230, I didn't like it much.., didn't like the screen and not been able to put the walLpaper I wanted, either the picture quality. i got this phone now, SE k750i, I liked the design, the screen quality as well as picture quality (really good) but..., the downside..., I had to change three times (and I am still thinking if change it again.., not sure if is again faulty). the first one was switching off itself, second the speaker phone didn't work and this one, the one which I could use a bit to write this review give me this impression. Network signal reception is bad.., even show full reception sometimes you can not even call and calls drop in same spot where my old phone with the same SIM has no problems. Radio is really bad, even RDS and whatever I can not get my favourite radio station while in the same spot I can with my old mobile. mp3 have good quality but..., the first thing in a mobile should be to be able to make calls and this phone let me down in that (not sure if is also a fault in the mobile) and the radio could be better as well in the reception. Good in picture quality but not as good as my sony cybershot 2Mpixels. They should try to make a phone which really is a phone and a real 2mp digital camera. I hope this will help anyone to make a decision.
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Reviewed by Mark from England on 11th Jul 2005
What can I say RUBBISH won't bluetooth or download to any other fone + keeps on freezing, the only good point is the camera nice and sharp! shame for the rest of the fone!!!!!:-(
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Reviewed by Mark from England on 11th Jul 2005
After using this phone for 1 week I found that when deleting files it began to phone my last caller (a define option of the left & right short cut links would have solved this problem) if you could change it to msg. another major problem I found was that in the middle of text messaging or on a call the phone would switch itself off... (the phone was updated with the latest SEK750i software). When not locking the keypad, pressing the keypad keys the display failed to show, if you wanted to make a call you had to press the the back key which fired up the display then you can make a call or answer a call. When receiving a txt msg the first line of the txt was readable the following lines were corrupt on the display I found the only way to correct this was to use the back key go into the txt msg area and re-read the text msg in the inbox. I took the phone back to o2 who happily gave me a refund.. fingers crossed hopefully this week they will be sending me a 6680.
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Reviewed by RA2D from EGYPT on 9th Jul 2005
K750I THE BEST MOBILE IN ALL OVER THE WORLD
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Reviewed by Khoa Nguyen from USA on 7th Jul 2005
THE BEST OF THE BEST, PERIOD!!! This phone is very small and the beautiful design is just so sexy. I was like WOW when i received it, the pictures displayed made it look a lot bigger than it actually is. This K750i has every feature one could wish for. Call's sound quality is good but not terribly loud, or maybe it's T-Mobile's fault. The speaker is very loud though to buffer that. Buy a 1gb memory stick and you got a great portable mp3 player, the sound of mp3 playback is marvelous. It is very customizable and very easy to use. The camera and video recording is outstanding and unsurpassed on the market. Battery life is very good, for everything it does. The only flaw i have found is that there is no headphone jack and you have to use sony erricson handsfree to enable the radio playback. People say the buttons are a bit small, but i have big hands and mostly no problems with them, plus u wont be using the number keys much anyway. The price is comparatively cheap too. It is a fabulous gorgeous all- in-one phone/camera/video recorder/mp3 player. No phone is going to match this competition any soon. 4.9/5 baby!
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Reviewed by FAT TONY from UK on 7th Jul 2005
SO FINALLY I HAVE RECEIVED THIS PHONE, and by god is it a corker! This is a seriously good phone. This is my fourth SE phone and it is the next logical step forward in the line of phones. Thos of you who are familiar with the SE interface will be immediately at home with this, those of you who have had to endure Nokia’s tedious menus will wonder why all phones are not like this and those of you who bought a newish Nokia will now know where they got their inspiration from! Unfortunately, those of you who were daft enough to buy a Samsung, well bad luck, you get what you deserve!!! SO WHY IS THIS SO GOOD? Where should I start? It’s ergonomically a great size; not too big and not too small. The screen is fantastic. The sounds are fantastic. And the camera? Well no other phone comes close to it. Not only is it 2 megapixles (count ‘em) but there is so much you can do with them: white balance, macro, effects, frames, zoom (and you can zoom in after you have taken the pic and save the zoomed portion) and auto-focus. Yes, auto-focus! This is a seriously schizophrenic piece of kit. Is it a phone with a camera or a camera with a phone? It’s also nice to see that SE have improved the quality of the video capture. These are much clearer than the k700 version. One thing that is so cute is VideoDJ. You can take a video, edit it, add pictures to it and then add a different soundtrack to it and create a modern mini-epic. Top stuff! YEAH, YEAH, YEAH! I know what you’re going to say, I want a phone not a toy. Well if you just want a simple phone then go and buy a Sendo or something (not a Motorola, dear god not a Motorola!) The number of dull, boring, grey afternoons that have been rescued by entertaining my kids with this phone have been worth the wait alone! SO WHAT’S IT LIKE AS A PHONE? It does what it supposed to do as well as you would expect it to. It phones people up and connects to WAP (unlike the Samsung D500 which connecting to WAP was something of a lottery). I would say that battery life was pretty good. I tend to charge mime about 2 maybe 3 times a week. Ok I don’t make many phone calls but I do a lot of texting and I use the other features a lot so I am happy with the battery life. But hey, I would be happy with charging it every night; it’s hardly rocket science is it? SO WHAT ARE THE DOWN POINTS? I don’t know about you but when I read reviews I always read the bad ones first. I am more interested in what people don’t like about the subject rather than reading some idiot gushing on about how great his phone is (……hang on……) Anyway what’s bad about this phone? Not much really! Ha! Ha! Ha! No there are a couple of minor things like SE have removed the dedicated WAP button, they have removed the power socket protector ( I used to like that on the k700) and they have changed the power socket. Now this is a double edged sword. On the one hand it’s a pain as none of my old peripherals fit this phone (which is a pain as I have gone and lost my new hands-free kit) but on the other hand I am glad because the old plug was a pain. It was so easy to knock the socket when charging and make it reset and start charging again. Not a big problem but one time my old k700 started to freeze up as it was constantly disconnecting and reconnecting. So in some respects I am really glad that they changed the socket. BUT ONE REALLY STUPID THING I did discover, and please if I have got this wrong let me know, but you cannot use the charger (be that home or car charger) and use the hands-free kit at the same time! What’s that all about? That is a seriously dumb bit of design. Yes I can use a Bluetooth one but what if the Bluetooth runs out of charge? What then? SE need to address this as it a bloody pain! TO SUMMARISE. This is a great phone and you not find one better by any make. If you can live with the charger/hands-free problem then get this phone, it is second to none. POSTSCRIPT. If you are a Nokia, Samsung or Motorola fan and do not agree with these views, tough. Just get used to the fact that you have bought turkeys! ;-)
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Reviewed by Tom from UK on 6th Jul 2005
This is without question the best phone on the market. I have previously used NOkias (6230 most recently) and its not a patch on this., A very user friendly phone, with good battery life considering the number of features, and of course the camera is the best! Nokia had better catch up or they'll lose me for life.
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