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Sony Ericsson K810 Reviews Analysis

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Sony Ericsson K810
alaSCORE 87

984 reviews

November, 2009

80 / 100

78 Experts

Product Age

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88 / 100

906 Users

What people think about the Sony Ericsson K810: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 984 reviews from across the web.

price

2.5

  • A bit expensive for the extra features over K790i
  • Price
  • Price, Buttons and joystick
  • Maybe a bit pricey on Pay as you go
  • Maybe a bit pricey on Pay as you go, would recommend a contract deal
  • Great value for money
  • Slimline 3G phone, 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, Great value for money
  • value for money
  • Camera, value for money, look and feel
  • cheap
  • spending money to buy the phone
  • Joystick can be annoying, spending money to buy the phone
  • Price more expensive
  • is not too expensive
  • It price is cheap
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LCD

5

  • Large screen also has its downfall of being a large screen and therefore being prone to scratching if there isn't a cover to protect it
  • Screen - buy some protectors
  • The screen does get dirty easily but I shouldn't keep touching it I guess
  • Large screen
  • Screen quality
  • Screen
  • Screen, design
  • nice clear screen
 
  • Clear Screen
  • Good buttons and screen
  • Big screen
  • Screen size is good
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interface

5

  • Horrible buttons and rubbish user interface
  • Smooth and easy interface
  • User interface
  • User-friendly interface
  • User interface is so easy and quick
  • easy interface
 
  • rich user interface
  • Ultra clarity camera, rich user interface, sleek body, glossy look, video call facility
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appearance

3.5

  • Sometimes you dont want the first few lines to appear for anyone to read
  • Glass like face
  • Glass like face, including around buttons, that will pick up a fingermark from 25 metres away
  • Quite simply THE worst ergonomically designed phone available - Those round/circular keys look nice but after a few minutes I was getting pain in my wrist
  • though might look too small are actually make it easier to dial
  • The round small keys, though might look too small are actually make it easier to dial
  • Stunning to look at
  • great look and feel
  • takes stunning photos, great look and feel
 
  • look and feel
  • sleek body
  • glossy look
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sound

3

  • Sound quality
  • Bad buttons, Sound quality
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • Improved sound quality
  • Really good Sound/Movie quality
 

keyboard

0.5

  • Keys are a little too small on the keypad
  • Keys are a little too small on the keypad, Web browser could be better, No killer extra features over predecessor
  • Keypad buttons might not suit you
  • Fingerprints very visible on the keypad
  • Keypad buttons might not suit you, Navigation keys are a bit cramped together, Fingerprints very visible on the keypad
  • Typing
  • good keypad
  • bigger keypad
  • bigger keypad, slimmer
  • different design of keypad
  • Keypad
  • Keypad, evolution rather than revolution
  • Awkward keypad
  • Awkward keypad, Awkward keypad
  • not every one will like the keypad
  • fingerprint magnet,not every one will like the keypad
  • i sometimes hit wep key instead on calls etc
  • The keypad gets covered in fingerprints
  • I keep catching the internet button in the top left hand corner of keypad as the buttons there are small and so close together my phone keeps connecting to the internet everytime I catch it
  • if I forget to put the key lock on I always end up accessing the internet due to the button that immediately connects you to the Orange homepage
  • As with my last Sony Ericsson, if I forget to put the key lock on I always end up accessing the internet due to the button that immediately connects you to the Orange homepage
 
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battery

0.5

  • battery
  • Battery cover easily scratched
  • battery life could have been longer but hey 3 days is cool (of constant use that is
  • Battery life could be slightly longer
  • Battery life could be slightly longer, but no real disadvantages
  • Battery life
  • Great battery life
  • battery duration
  • Battery life is well above average
  • battery life is a little dissappointing
  • dissapointing battery life
  • complicated and sometimes unorthodox, dissapointing battery life
  • Battery power does not live too long
  • Battery doesn't last very long between charges
  • Battery life could be better
  • Have spent hours on the internet whilst its in my pocket
  • Every thing is 100 percent good except battery which is 95 out of 100
 
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reception

0.5

  • WORST SIGNAL RECEPTION
  • WORST SIGNAL RECEPTION, POOR SOUND QUALITY
 

portability

5

  • Light to hold and is not chunky like the k800i
  • good size and weight
  • It's light and fits easily your pocket
  • Slim and thin
  • Slim and thin, easy to use
 

size

0.5

  • BUTTONS A LITTLE SMALL
  • A little bigger than some models
  • the buttons (a little stiff)
  • Big
  • Size
  • Great little bundle of communicating joy
 

connectivity

5

  • but no 3G
  • No EDGE (K818 has EDGE, but no 3G
  • but no 3G)
  • Uncomfortable joystick and soft keys,No EDGE (K818 has EDGE, but no 3G)
  • NO 3G
  • Slimline 3G phone
  • Bluetooth (with A2DP
  • Bluetooth v2.0 (A2DP)
  • Bluetooth 2.0 and USB for fast data transfers
  • bluetooth
 
  • Great camera, 3G, mp3, bluetooth, its also a phone
  • 3G Technology
  • Bluetooth and Infra-red built in
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design

5

  • which is a carry-over from a design of 4 years ago
  • Button Design a Bit "Marmite"
  • Maybe not the most modern looking
  • Size, design
  • design less attractive
  • Looks good
  • Stylish design
  • Stylish design, Thinner than the K800, Improved sound quality
  • awsome camera and awsome-slick design
  • awsome camera and awsome-slick design, web browser is fine for a mobile phone
  • Looks dirty with finger print
  • design
  • Great looks
  • Great looks, 5mm slimmer than the k800i, trackID to recognise individual songs from all music files,
  • looks great
  • Top design
  • good looking
  • and stylish too
  • Stylish
  • designer looks
  • looks
  • Very stylish phone
  • good design
  • Stylish, good buttons, excellent picture
  • Cool Looks
  • and I personally prefer the new design
  • Weighs less, and I personally prefer the new design, and silver buttons
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glare

3.5

  • Well there are no bad points, the phone is just brilliant
  • The ones that are preloaded on there aren't brilliant to say the least
  • Brilliant Pictures
  • Brilliant battery life compared to competitors
 

image quality

5

  • bad quality on pics
  • bad quality on pics, too few options
  • Zooming does not give the good photo clarity
  • Picture quality
  • Even in pitch dark, you will get best quality picture, thanks to the xenon flash
  • Playback quality is superb
  • picture and sound quality
  • picture and sound quality, no real draw backs
 
  • good picture quality
  • good design, good picture quality
  • rss feed.blogging image
  • can create your own menu as you wish and generate an image of quality
  • Good quality games
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screen

5

  • Would like the display option when not in use to be a tad brighter and bigger
  • Would like the display option when not in use to be a tad brighter and bigger, so that when a text is waiting to be read it can be noticed, also time is hard to read
  • Track ID
  • excellent display screen
  • Good display
 

remote control

0.5

  • one review says that the joystick is hard to control
  • no volume control for music player?
  • Turning on the phone takes a while, fingerprints, no volume control for music player?
 

color

3

  • the surface color of the k
  • many left behind fingerprints in the casing, the buttons are too small, the surface color of the k
  • Large quality colour screen
 

flash

3.5

  • No New Firmware And Hard and Almost impossible to flash because its' CID53
  • Phone Shuts Dwn And Wont Turn On, No New Firmware And Hard and Almost impossible to flash because its' CID53
  • still can not flash menu
  • Xenon flash
  • 3.15 MP CyberShot autofocus with Xenon flash
  • Large screen, 3.15 MP CyberShot autofocus with Xenon flash, Smooth and easy interface, Bluetooth v2.0 (A2DP)
  • XENON FLASH,BEST PIC (TM)
  • flash helps when its dark
 

sensor

5

  • A lot of the color cell phone
 

lens

3.5

  • The annoying web-button in the left side of the navigation-system - I keep pressing it
  • The annoying web-button in the left side of the navigation-system - I keep pressing it, not on purpose, and sometimes I'm on the internet for several minutes before I find out
  • OLD JAVA OPERATING SYSTEM
  • prone to broken operating system
  • The sliding door over the camera lens
  • lens cover
  • 3 megapixels, Illuminated Camera Icons, Blogger tool, lens cover
  • Improved lens cover
  • Nice-looking keypad and lens cover
  • Great thing that SE integrated the lens cover to the design
 
  • Great thing that SE integrated the lens cover to the design, unlike the K800i
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resolution

0.5

  • resolution only
  • resolution
 

video

0.5

  • Records video in the inadequate QCIF (176 x 144 pixels
  • QCIF video
  • QCIF video, A bit expensive for the extra features over K790i
  • poor video quality
  • Very low quality video recording is a bit disappointing (in fact
  • 3G support with video calls
  • video call facility
  • Very low quality video recording is a bit disappointing (in fact, the same as the K750i!), but I personally don't take many videos so it doesn't really matter
  • Video quality very very very
  • LOW VIDEO RESOLUTION VIDEO
  • OLD JAVA OPERATING SYSTEM, LOW VIDEO RESOLUTION VIDEO
  • Video recording
  • No EDGE, NO 3G, Records video in the inadequate QCIF (176 x 144 pixels
 
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performance

0.5

  • The keys are rather hard to press when you try to apply extremely quick texting skills
  • Speed of Navigation
  • Speed of Navigation, Button Design a Bit "Marmite"
  • Slow to load up when starting
  • The phone is fast
  • The phone is fast, unlike other phones in the same level
 

memory

3

  • Memory card costs extra
  • Limited smartphone-style customisation, Memory card costs extra
  • Freezes when memory is full
  • M2 memory card
  • M2 memory card, joystick operation
  • 64MB internal memory
  • Memory card slot with hot swap functionality
  • Included M2 memory card
  • memory card comes with the phone
  • memory card s lot
  • should come with more memory 128mb hardly enough for the features it supports
  • USB to upload pictures/music to computer and vice versa
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menu

3

  • Joystick's reactions slows down as time goes by
  • slow menu driven and text message system
  • badly built, scratches and gets dirty extremely easy, slow menu driven and text message system
  • Intuitive menu design
  • Menu is user friendly and there are sooo many features
 

usability

4.5

  • Small keys and controls
  • Minimal improvements over predecessor, Small keys and controls
  • not at easy to text message
  • use as a phone
  • keys are quite difficult to use
  • easy to use
  • Good music player, great camera, good battery life and interface is easy to use
  • The buttons are easy and comfortable to use
  • Easier to use than the already fantastic K800i
  • easy to use music player
  • scratches and gets dirty extremely easy
  • joystick and keys difficult to use
  • Easy to Death
  • not easy to use
  • is also a "pain" to use (literally
  • The joystick, which has been slightly reduced in height from the excellent K800i, is also a "pain" to use (literally
  • Buttons not great to use
  • Buttons not great to use, and as is true Sony Ericsson style the cursor is rubbish, worse than the K800i, as it is marginally smaller
  • Lots of pointless features that I will never use
  • easy to use, wonderful camera, nice clear screen
  • easy to use, good looking, thinner than the old k800i
  • As easy as it's predecessor to use
  • As easy as it's predecessor to use, with improved camera slide
  • good looking easy to use phone
  • simple phone
  • Easy to use, great camera and good all-rounder
  • Great to use
  • Great to use, good features
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build quality

5

  • Solid construction
 

focus

5

  • Auto-focus and xenon flash on camera
  • Clear and sharp focus camera
  • Clear and sharp focus camera, easy to use music player, looks great
  • Auto Focus
  • Auto Focus, Xenon Flash, BestPic
 
  • Auto focus 3.2 Mega pixel camera
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energy efficiency

0.5

  • It refused to power on despite being 'repaired'
 

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