Sony Ericsson have released the K850, the latest high-end Cybershot handset.

Packing a beefy 5 megapixel camera with 16x zoom and Xenon flash, the K850 weighs in at 118 grams, ever so slightly more than the earlier K800 and K810 devices. Available in Luminous Green or Velvet Blue and newly released Quicksilver Black, the phone has a 2.2inch 262k colour screen, 40mb internal memory and an M2 slot, with a 512MB stick thrown in for good measure.

Although initially sounding similar to the earlier K series handsets, the K850 does come with a few key improvements. First, the phone is the first to include an automatic lens cap, activated by pressing the camera button. It also comes with a new image manipulation program, Photo Fix, to automatically improve light balance on pictures. Sony Ericsson has also said that while in photo mode, only camera shortcut buttons will be illuminated on the main keyboard, as opposed to all buttons being lit all of the time.

K850 Specs
- 102 x 48 x 17 mm
- Weight: 118g / 4.2oz
- Size: 2.2 inches
- Networks: K850i (UMTS/HSDPA 3.6Mbps 850/1900/2100-GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900)
- Screen: 262,144 color TFT
- Video: capture/playback at 30fps, QVGA (240x320) resolutions
- Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
- Phone memory: Up to 40 MB
- Memory card support: Memory Stick Micro M2 and micro SD (512MB M2 bundled)
- Talk time GSM/UMTS: Up to 9 hrs/3 hrs 30 min
- Standby time GSM/UMTS: Up to 400 hrs/350 hrs
- Video call time (K850): Up to 3 hrs 20 min
- SAR Value - 1.14 W/kg
- Colours:
Luminous Green
Velvet Blue
Quicksilver Black

Camera
-Auto focus
-BestPic™
-5-megapixel
-Digital zoom 16x
-Image stabiliser
-Picture blogging
-Red-eye reduction
-Video record
-Video stabiliser
-Xenon flash

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K850i Firmware's

R1FA035
Improvements / Changes

R1EA037
- Released on SEUS starting 12/4/08

Improvements / Changes
- Improved Media Player UI speed.
- Updated Text software revision.

Performance
- JBenchmark 3D HQ: 438
- JBenchmark 3D LQ: 427
- JBenchmark 2: 940
- JBenchmark 1: 6829

Software versions:
EROM: 1200-4341
LCD: 200712121
Camera: 3.7
Videocall camera: 3.0
Content: PA18
Java: 8.2
Text: BD

*take not that it takes a period of time before SEUS to update the newest firmware to your phone's region.

>*<<*<* to check your firmware version or check it via phone's Update Service under software version.

<Tips : how to update your K850i's firmware>
i) Go to http://www.sonyericsson.com (choose region)
ii) Go to their Support link and then search for a software named "Sony Ericsson Update Service"
iii) Once completed download, run and install software (software will auto update itself to current version if it's not)
iv) Follow the simple instructions provided by SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service).

alternatively you can try choosing FOTA (firmware over the air) update from your phone but not suggested cause it's too expensive.

Battery performance issues
Below are some helpful tips on what to do if you are having trouble charging your phone, or if your battery capacity is too low.

* Use a Sony Ericsson Charger. Third-party chargers may damage the battery and/or the phone, as well as affect the battery life.
* It is recommended to charge the battery for at least 2.5 hours prior to first use.
* If your battery is extremely low on charge, it may take up to 30 minutes of charging before the battery-charging icon appears on the screen.
posted by iRonTech

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This post has been edited by dragna: Oct 26 2008, 02:33 AM

By lag do you mean in UI? Back in the days of R1CA029 yes the UI was laggy and slow in responds but with the newest firmwares it has boosted the UI speed to a increment of 60% i must say.

Well the motion censor seemed to be a little too sensitive so i won't say that it's the softkeys which are lagged, it's the UI where you open up an application and it takes a while before it runs.

It's hard for SE to release a major firmware when they are in so much development of many other kinds of models at the moment and as we know the K850 might be the last flagship of the K's we so much had throughout the many years, don't worry the phone is at it's best now after the R1EA031 firmware update months back.

Yes, all you need is download the Sony Ericsson Update Service program (SEUS) and then follow the on screen instructions.

eh.. aren't you already on the list?

Good to hear that they have fixed the theme bug (always felt annoyed once it unplug my phone from the PC and it switches to crystal ).

I also faced problems like you with the sync but i found out that it's the vid's that i converted were at fault and i tried other source on the same vid which then worked fine.

Congrats to you and for actually buying 2 sets

Such a shinny flower

The K850 uses Cybershot technology but not Cybershot lens (if not mistaken Cybershot too uses Carl-Zeiss lens on their digital cameras but not on any phones to date) so it's incomparable against phones that uses Carl-Zeiss lenses, so it breaks down to this ;

1. Software against Software
&
2. Lens VS Lens

You choose.

p/s : anyone tried taking out their glass protector?

Good that you finally believed in the K850 now

Don't stand too close to your subjects while using flash, the xenon tends to make your pictures overexposed while in near distance.
To me this picture looks like has been taken under direct sunlight from to top

Thats incredibly cheap priced at below RM1000 and ORI too, welcome to the club!

It's photochopped to me.

Sounds like your battery is at fault here or you could try and burn the juice of out that last 10% (see if it's the phone indicator fault or is it really ur batt).

If you can access the phone via the manager than yeah you should be able to reflash it ur own.

Oh my it's been awhile since i visited this place i once called home.. miss this phone..

And looks like the macro is working pretty well now compared to it's first launch, but yeah the red still seems off.