mingkee

purchased from mobilecityonline store for $422 after tax, not bad
the look of the phone reminds me the old day of T637
this phone has 2 upgrade and 2 downgrade from W810i
upgrade:
better cam (3.2mpx with real flash)
better LCD (18 bit QVGA, can view clock when the phone is idle), I can view the whole page of t-zones without problem, but the brightness is lower than W810
downgrade:
m2 card (PSP card is a lot better, higher capacity and cheaper)
tri-band (I just don't understand why SE don't put quad-band and EDGE on 2G part of K800i)
flashed the phone to China version (no problem displaying and inputing Trad Chinese-using 5 stroke), but I lost auto setting retriving option
reception: very good, but a little bit weaker than Z710i
voice: some complains very low volume, you need to align a bit to get the loudest sound, the mic is pretty good
keypad: a lot bigger than W810, the joystick is OK, it's a little bit recessed, you can't get the phone out of idle by pressing center button, you need to press return button
bt: this is one of the strongest part of the phone, a lot of bt profile
HSP/HFP
wireless headphones
Sync
Serial
DUN
bt router
OBEX (ftp, push, vcf)
cam: it is good, but I found it a lot of color grain background when taking pic indoors, and the flash makes the pic darker
audio player: I don't use it much, mainly I use it for streaming audio, it works well with realaudio and 3gp, but I found some does not have stereo it supposed to (e.g. BBC)
battery: since I use it as streaming audio player and/or modem, the battery time becomes pretty short, but I get more than 4 hours for continuous tethering, 6 hours for continuous streaming audio through wired headphones

conclusion: this is a high-end SE phone, but I realize Z710i may work better if you don't need good cam, at least it has quad-band 2G, and it's a lot cheaper

btaryag

I have the k790a and it's the best phone I ever used/tried. Loads of features, and most importantly, the features work!

mingkee

I admit that
but tri-band kills the phone (and W830)
I found the forthcoming K550i and W610i are quad-band, and probably are W810i successor (but m2 is a killer)

btaryag

SE persists in releasing phones that are not quad band.... The k810 announced today is only tri....

Why??????????

mingkee

don't get discouraged
I still have hope SE will release quad-band 2G and penta-band 3G, hybrid EDGE and HSDPA phones
SE needs to catch up to moto and nokia to keep attractive