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Gadget Wars: Mobile Cameras - K850i vs N82
By: Shayne Rana   |   Feb 13, 2008


Performance
Getting down to brass tacks, feature-wise both phones come out just fine. But this is where the magic happens. Most of the images you’ll see are taken keeping the settings as equal in both handsets and no additional adjustments made in either phone.

I selected an appropriate setting depending on the environment and let the camera do its work. The reason for the odd images is the sheer portability of the devices themselves, and the spontaneity that drives most individuals to take a picture anyplace, anytime.

Daylight
The image with the K850i shows just a wee bit of blur in certain areas, and the shadows do seem a bit dark. However, the colors appear warm and vivid, but you'll notice a slight vignetting around the corners.

K850i - Daylight Mode

The N82 provides a cooler feel to the image with more detailing in the shadowed areas. The lines also seem to be a bit more defined. On the whole the N82 would give you a crisper image and although detailed, the colors do appear a bit dull.

N82 - Daylight Mode

Sports Mode
With a simple change of mode to Daylight (white balance) and Sports mode (scenes), the K850i rocks. The images of moving objects are crisp and the detailing is quite good, with colors accurately captured.


K850i - Sports Mode

The N82, at identical settings, doesn’t deliver too well in Sports Mode. You’ll notice the image is blurred and the colors look a bit faded.


N82
- Sports Mode


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its nice to see this mobile but looking is not that much
verma @ Oct 14, 2008
Now lets look at the Nokia
--> Not as great as Sony ericsson Walkman, but they do have an acceptable sound quality.
--> Symbian OS having a great no applications in the market.I have heard that Symbian OS is soon going to be opensource.
--> Nice acceptable camera, may be not as great as Sony Ericsson Cyber shot.
--> Good amount of RAM present in the handset to allow many applications to work in background.
--> Unlimited call records.
--> Many phones are now coming with 3.5 mm audio jack
--> WLan/Wifi and GPS with location tagging present in high end phones.

So instead of getting a handset that excels in just one feature like walkman or cybershot series of Sonyericsson i think Nokia provides a complete package that could do all these things.
NiKhil Dassi @ Jul 25, 2008
Sony Ericsson handsets do have some great advantages
--> Great sound
--> Great Image quality
--> Good operating system

Sony Ericsson has few issues with them
--> Proprietary Operating system doesnt allow developers to develop a vide range of application.
--> Lower RAM in the hardware unit doesn't allow many application to be open at the same time.
--> No WLan/Wifi support
--> Call list can hold only 30 records
--> No 3.5 mm jack provided in the handset
--> GPS support provided in limited handsets.
NiKhil Dassi @ Jul 25, 2008
I have a SE k850i and i must say its a very good phone when it comes to pictures and video sound quality, but whats disappointing about it is the multitasking of it, it sucks cant run more then two big applications then the phone lags, i want to get an n82 but i dont know whether it has the same problem, can anyone help me with this? Also when i use too much memory the phone either freezes of switch off by itself...
Quaell @ Jul 13, 2008
Nokia-features
Sony Ericsson-elegance, screen, quality, speed, fashion, looks
ITS A SONY
Zantets @ Jun 10, 2008
ya dude ,sony ericcson fones have best sound quality but just try n81,it has the best sound among all mobile fons,its known only 4 that...
rahul @ Apr 21, 2008
guys lets face it,,,,n 82 has more features and the camera quality is better than sony k 850 i,,,,but yes,,,for sound clarity,,,no one can beat sony,,,,they are the masters at that
samuel @ Apr 21, 2008
hey guys dont be this biased,many hate nokia caz alll there fones have got one problem or the other,but this one will sweep u off u r feet,the best fone till date from nokia,if u still tell se k850 i is the best,then u r biased .even am a fan of se.but n82 just rocks guys,just go for the lates firmware update and its almost a perfect fon, and the picture quality of n82 is far ahead of se k850i
raul @ Apr 19, 2008
The n82 does a lot of things badlly, the k850 does few things perfectly...
SONY ERICSSON ALL THE WAY!
kANVEC @ Apr 12, 2008
Ankur Nokia sucks.SE rocks......Beware i am great fan of SE....Nokia doesnt even stands for comparison with SE.It has only some extra features and loudspeaker sound for showoff..So SE rulezzz
vaibhav @ Mar 13, 2008
the picture quality of sony erricsion s much much beter than nokia n982 and in sound quality no one can beat sony so it would be better for any one to buy sony blindely
ashish prakash @ Feb 25, 2008
The battery in k850i is gr8 ,while n82 is bad . And the sound clarity in superb in k850i while only the output is more in n82 but no clarity. SONY K850i totally ROXXXXXX
Giri @ Feb 22, 2008
The option SE gives you on the camera are excellent. Its a cybershot. Sony rules the camera and the walkman space. So who else can master these products? Its sony all the way. nowthey are ready to rule the Bluray space too..... Go on Sony... U r the best.
Paul @ Feb 20, 2008
I would like to point out to Anil, that the slow processor performance wiggles its way to the earlier generation of s60 nseries phones like the N70. The newer phones are much better off (leave the N95 though :P)
Tapas Trivedi @ Feb 19, 2008
sony Ericsson sucks...u go to their service centers it looks like a fish market ..all there handsets have issues..all of them..i have used sony,Motorola,samsung,nokia,lg...as per my exp Nokia is the best n sony ericsson worst.
Ankur @ Feb 19, 2008
k850 i ... is from sony... sony stands for quality and clarity.... k850 i rulzzzz in its class
comparision is waste of time
kalyan @ Feb 19, 2008
The Nokia phones are infamous for its very slow processor performance.
Anil @ Feb 19, 2008
Not happy with the comparison.

I have used Nokia and Sony both. Nokia does not even stand closer to Sony. What would you do with extra functions when picture you took is not going to come as good as on the other phone. I preffer SONY any day.
Rajan @ Feb 19, 2008
hi
if u want to purchase go for sony
venky @ Feb 18, 2008
N82 is good
Shilpi @ Feb 18, 2008
hi all
if u want to purchase any phone then please buy only sony
tarun @ Feb 17, 2008
sony ericcson is really nice phone i used that company s phone last 6 years. its really good
tarun @ Feb 17, 2008
hello,
by reading the whole article i think N 82 is the winner of all it gives the clear picture and also value for money
vijay vaswani @ Feb 17, 2008
k850i has the best camera..no one can beat its xenon flash....


K850I RULZZZZ!!!!
PRASHANT @ Feb 16, 2008
I purchased N82 and used it for 6-7 days & then I returned the same and bought K850i...The camera is much much better than N82. Its rocking!
Vishal @ Feb 16, 2008
excelent top 10 Camera phones Five ***** Raing
Ravinder Kumar @ Feb 16, 2008
I too agree withwhat mr.satish said k850i is good but nokia n82 is an ugly beast it may not have the looks and design like k850i but it is an excellent feature packed mobile phone and the difference between their prices as of now is just a mere Rs2000 so which one would u prefer? On any day n82 because of its features and a great camera.
var1234 @ Feb 15, 2008
Sony has been the supreme'o when it comes to Cellphone cameras and nothing till date has even come close to them. Nokia shots are very sketchy, seems like someone just threw a bottle of paint over them. The finishing seems to be done by an artist, there is not enough realism in it. The colors come out to be very soft.

Where as Sony, the shots are just simply awesome! No matter how woo'ed i was by the Nokia N82 Ad, yes indeed they have creative minds working at Nokia HQ but it still doesn't beat Sony. Sony has released one of the best camera phones out there - K750i the best camera phone till date! Yes I would love the sony k850i but I wouldn't mind toying around with N82 either.
Digvijoy Sodhi @ Feb 15, 2008
N82 = Digi Cam + iPod + Phone + Mini Computer.
K850i is good, but cant beat Nokia N82.

N82 is more user friendly & one can have full access to business applications like Mobile Office for word, excel, power-point, Adobe PDF, Dictionaries for all kinds, Built-in GPS navigation, AAC+/eAAC+/ WMA player. Moreover, a wide range of Symbian Softwares makes Nokia more preferable than Sony.

Hence, Nokia N82 is a justified winner.
Satish @ Feb 15, 2008
Sony Erricsson Dipicts Perfection in Most Of the Cellphones which they have made so far so u cannot compare sony erricssons Camera and music to Nokia
Saptesh @ Feb 15, 2008
I got a Nokia N82 & love it....
The Picture Quality is very very good, even in low light it gives very good results...
I replaced my 5MP Sony Sybershot Camera with this Multi-purpose gadget...
This Gadget gives u a lot of features in one,, 5MP Camera, GPS navigation, Music Player with Direct headphone Jack, Panorama option...
Deep @ Feb 15, 2008
comparing k850 vs n82 considering
=price
=simplicity
=camera
=music
=and all those features u wud just luv 2 have.....
k850i is truly a clean winner !!!!
Y10 @ Feb 14, 2008
though nokia may give you better more options or you can say more confusions to user!!! No nokia phone user can use a nokia phone with all its features like you've said d Exposure Compensation Image Sharpness and an Image Contrast setting n etc!!! he'll always b turned down by an SE user for its simple features and d sound quality tat dey get from their SE phones!!!
so better think b4 u buy 1 nokia!!!!
Y10 @ Feb 14, 2008
Again a biased review towards the Best 5MP mobile in the world these guys get a defective piece and review or maybe $$$$$ from nokia,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MTG @ Feb 14, 2008
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