A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE SE’S K750i
Long days have passed since I rumored about my phone but now the time has come, I came up with more fire than ever before. I clutched my phone in anticipation and excitement; finally the REVIEW is
The phone can be considered as a Cybershot Phone well it is and the phone is a stroke of genius in fact it is the best phone I hadn't seen any better phone than this when compared to speed. Ya the phone has a speedy response and even if u set the theme it got set up in seconds. So lets take a quick look at the overall hierarchy of the phone;
INTRODUCTION
So my sis. wants a phone as her old N70 has created a lot of trouble for her and for me. The previous phone was extremely slow. So we both decided to purchase a new phone preferably one of the elite phone of the Sony Ericson's. So we decided over the brand new W700i but unfortunately the phone was not available, so we decided over the stylish K750i.
ORDERING
The ordering was hectic the SE's dealer firstly told me to wait for a week for the new W700i so when after a week I reached the service center then he told me to go for the elective k750i
after deleving about it we finally decide over the K750i. The K750i was not available in Nainital's creepy market so I had to go to a nearby town called Haldwani, I got the phone without any hesitation in Haldwani and returned happily as I had got victory in a battle. Ohhh the ordering was more chaotic than finding a treasure in Antarctica.
So let's take a look at the key features of the phone. In simple words the pone simply ROCKS.
[BREAK=Specifications]
Phone Specs
SO lets talk about the specs of the phone the phone is stylish but not overtly so, making it executives phone. The button has smooth tactile feed back, but the five way joystick is too sensitive which results in frequent errors, but now I am used to it. It took more time for me to control the joystick as I hardly get the phone “Sister's Rule over small Brosâ€;
The 2 m.p perhaps the best feature of the phone for which I had purchased it. The camera provide 4x zoom which is more than enough for me. The speakers are quite low and can hardly be heard in Noise which is coupled with a mild vibrator your are sure to miss a few call if u live in a noisy locality. The comes loaded with 38 MB internal and bundled 64MB Memory Stick Duo which is quite less and I planning to shift over 512 MB card soon.
Memory Stick Duo is the Se propriate card
.Key Features (ofcourse I have listed what I like, rather then official specs
):-â— Tri Band GSM 900/1800/1900
â— Weight- 99gram
â— Talkz Time- Up to 9 hours
â— Standby Time- Up to 400 hours
â— 2 MP camera with AF and Flash; blogging facility
â— Bluetooth, Irda, Edge, HTML lite browser
â— Java Multitasking
â— TFT screen 262k 176*220 pixels
â— Full screen video playback
A brief view on every parts of the phone:-
BUNDLED ACCESSORIES
The phone apart from huge list of Specifications comes bundled with :-
â— Data Cable
â— Corded Hands free
â— Charger
â— Manual
â— Installation CD
The Hands free is must to use FM which make this a weak point of the phone. But when plugged the music quality goes high and the phone rocks.
The Installation Cd rather than driver includes some popular software like
â— SE's File Manager
â— Image Editor
â— MMS Home Studio
â— SE's Disk To Phone
â— Adobe Photoshop Album SE
â— Quick Time Player
The SE's Disk to phone is a software the allows you to transfer Music files from PC to phone. None of the software I found useful because The quick time player is the most spine-chilling player that I had ever seen.
[BREAK=Design and Build quality]
Design and Build quality
Design is down to personal preference, But I personally love it.... It has a brushed metal front ( similar to N80) and a rubberised back (same as E398).. I love this combination... It looks and feels good and also resists fingerprints better...The over all colour is named by SE is Oxidised Black. The phone is also available in Blasted Silver.
Build quality is very good as far as the assembling is concerned.. even too good, as a result of which the battery cover and the M2 flap are a bit tight
The camera cover is very good as compared to new K790i its quite tight and which keeps the cam safe
Keypad: The number block is rubbery and is a bit difficult to use.. however the functional block is made of hard platic and is very cool... The infamouse SE joystick is back though.. so you are cautioned. Sms freaks will love it.
Display and Sound
Display of K750i is downright gorgeous.. It is 262k TFT[ Thin Film Transister] 176*220 pixels, but the size of the screen is a bit small but still a good display result of games, camera pictures , videos are excellent on it..
There is small problem with viewing text in the web-browser because the text is too thin....
Sound: Sound through the speakers is just above below average... and if u play it at max volume then it does tend to get distorted...but I guess this as a firmware issue .... I need to upgrade it... The speakers are too low for MP3 playback and even u could miss some precious calls.
CAMERA
Well I guess most of You guys were waiting for it.. But as I am no expert in cameras, I doubt if my opinion will help u much.. anyway, I can say The camera is very good. I used to have a W800i. The camera quality is more or less the same but the resolution is ofcourse increased.....
Camera starts in 2 seconds max, when u open the camera cover...
The phone comes with a 2M.P camera with autofocus which makes this phone a best buy. Since the market is fully loaded with the 2M.P cams but none of them can beat this back thunder. The camera's best feature is that it has a decent flash. There are several digital camera option like 4x zoom, Macro Mode,Night Mode, a cool Panorama mode for shooting wide screens also there is a Burst mode for capturing four shots simultaneously ion quick sessions.And several new frames are there to have some funny sanps.
The Video is poor! What can u expect from a 2 M. P cam..
Some of the captured Snaps are attached have a look at it:-
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And there is a secreat I have uploaded the Video:---
[BREAK=User Interface]
User Interface
The UI is same SE as in W800i but has been spurced up.....
- Now The "activity" menu has a new tab called "running apps"...... In practice u can run around 3 java apps at once... Fr example U can use the opera mini browser , use mig33 yahoo messenger and at the same time listen to music...
- Those with K750i will be happy to know that now u can see the contents of M2 and phone mem separately
– Copy/paste function is now available wherever u have text.
-Default browser is quite bad, but unfortunately, it cannot open large html pages...
– The new Video player is fantastic; It gives you a no. of choices like " large" , "small" .
- The music player is same as "walkman" phones, but stripped of walkman branding and "megabass" equalizer... it is stil very good, u can make playlists,et al.. The manual equalizer is still there.. also you can play .rm songs too! But don't except much without HeadPhone cause speakers are quite dumb.
- Now when u add a "birthday" entry to your contact, then it gets auto added to the calendar as well... that is normal... on the day of birthday,at the specified time, the phone alerts u and asks you if u want to call/message that person... now how cool is that..
- As far as blogging is concerned imagine this- I do have a blogging account i.e zoints but actually I dont know how to blog
. I took a photo, chose> send to blog. The photo was resized in a second. Then I just pressed "publish". The phone will automatically connect to the "blogger service", an account will be created fr you, and you will recieve an sms confirmation with blog address and password... that is as simple as it gets.. (now I guess why dumbphones like this are fr dumb people like me).. - Another good feature which I earlier never used is "rss reader"..
When you visit "Techtalkz" with the built in Browser, there will be the small RSS icon in the corner of screen. Just choose add feed from the menu.
Now go to the messages>RSS reader. all the new topics will be there with the 1st post/ main points.
Reception and Battery Life
Very good reception, Always full. Call quality is also cool. Call volume could have been louder.
FM:- The Fm radio is awesome and we hear clear as we have only one station so its sometimes becomes irritable...u know.. The main disadvantage of Se Fm is that we cannot use it without handsfree.Quite abysmal. Ya it is but now I am not in a habit oif using the Fm so cant tell u more.
Battery is BST 37; use the phone lightly and it goes fr 2 and half days.... take a lot (and I mean a lot) of pics in the dark, and it will just go a day....
[BREAK=Pros and Cons]
PROS AND CONS
Cons:-
â— M2 is damn expensive and the max ia 2GB
â— Keypad is bad.Not tooo but still it is very rubbery.
â— Bad video recording
â— Camera "hunch", though not a problem fr me)
â— Tennis game is bit slower but faster than the K790i.
â— Slower spakers ohh I had this many times but it needs a mention.
â— Some pics results are extremely bad... Firmwire issue..
â— Low bundeled card 64 M.B{ Total 102 M.B memo}
Pros:-
â— Awesome camera overall except some bad shoots.
â— Blazingly fast response.
â— Ease of use.
â— Nicely Priced.
â— Nice Backup.Better than N70.
â— Good bulit qualtiy.
[BREAK=Conclusion & My Verdict]
CONCLUSION
Well It is great phone, no doubt.I dont have thought of buying it my earlier plan was for W700i but thanks to god I got the right model. It has a great screen, excellent UI, good multimedia features and now after price reduction is also good value for money.. In short it is the smartest of all the "dumb" phones out there... But still If u need symbian , a better day camera (and have more moolah) then better get a N73... But if like shooting in dark and have fallen in love with sony UI then u know what to get ....
The phone is available at Rs 12500 or less in diff cities inclusive of all taxes. So if u are gng for mobile instead of going for Wseries go for the better K series only if u are Camy nut as I. Else W series rocks.
MY VERDICT
I want to say that the phone company Se has launched its heir i.e K790i and will soon launch 800i so I would recommend if u have the money to burn go for the 800i else garb a 750 or 790i both have nearly
topped in cam quality till the N73 launched but for me Se is the best. I dont think that the 800i will be available in India soon and will be priced high as it would be featuring more M.P.
K750i Price :-
Buying price: 12.5k (Vat included)
Place: Haldwani,Nainital
If u have any questions, Please shoot! Also help me regarding firmwire upgrade (although I dont have to do it now)... I will try my best to answer...
Regards
And I thanksfor the viewss:hap2: