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My New Toy, the Sony Ericsson K550i

October 2nd, 2007 in Personal

I just got myself a new phone. It’s a Sony Ericsson K550i. I bought it using my hard earned advertising income. But the feeling is great. This is my first purchase of something this expensive, and somehow there’s this “hard earned money” feeling to it. Ah, I’m so dramatic

That’s my new toy. The picture is taken with my sister’s W810i. I wanted to shoot more picture of my new K550i, but my digicam is dead. Well, erm, the battery is dead. I’m too lazy to buy new battery to replace it, so this is the only shot of my new phone.

The K550i Review

I was using a Motorola C350 (or was it C310, kinda forgot), and it was a disaster. The button is stiff and hard to press, the screen is small, the SMS Dictionary is crap, it’s inherited, and the battery drains real fast. That’s why I buy a new phone as I got my money.

Right, enough the rant. Let’s talk about this K550i. At first glance, the phone looks slim and classy. The blue light makes it looks even fancier This phone comes with a camera protector, so camera lense don’t feel as naked as my brother and sister’s W810i (they somehow got the same phone, some long story behind )

Picture taken with my new phone. That’s my brother’s Myvi.

Transition from my old Motorola to this new phone is not too bad. I think i kinda got used to it after 2 days using it. The interface is great, at least that is what I think so. I don’t really like Nokia’s Symbian phone, somehow it feels very slow. Sony Ericsson’s own interface is fast and up to my liking.

This phone’s speaker is inferior if I were to compare with the W810i. Since the W series is WALKMAN series, so I guess it’s normal for it to have better speakers and sound quality. But to my disappointment, the K550i 2MP camera is not as good as the W810i 2MP camera. Pictures taken indoor have noisy pictures and somehow it is yellowish.

My monitor, taken with my K550i.

Also my monitor, but taken with my Digital Camera.

Look at that picture and compare it to my old 3.2MP Digital Camera that I use to take the picture of my monitor. Same place, same lighting, but not a good picture Well, of course the picture quality is not to be compared, but the thing is, the colour is somehow yellowish when I’m in indoor in this bloody hot afternoon! X/

However, the picture is great when the lighting is good. Here are some more shots using my K550i.

Outdoor shots isn’t that bad. But shots in dim lighting is really bad, compared to the W810i. Well, I can’t really compare it with the W810i because it is a higher end phone. Perhaps someone with W610i can share their experience?

Conclusion

It’s a great phone, only the camera is quite disappointing, because I thought it should be as good as the camera that my brother and sister has on their W810i. Perhaps I can’t demand more since this is a phone with camera capability, not a camera with phone capability. You should get the idea.

The Damage:
The Phone: RM600
SanDisk 1GB M2 Memory Card: RM95
Rubber (or was it Silicon?) Cover: RM10
Screen/Lense Protector: RM15
Total Damage: RM720

I am RM720 poorer.

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