Apple iPhone 8GB vs Sony Ericsson K850i
The cell phones, Apple iPhone 8GB and Sony Ericsson K850i are matched of their basic type and broad features. You can buy Apple iPhone 8GB at around Rs. 20,000 ($476) and Sony Ericsson K850i comes at around Rs. 22500 ($536)
- Mobile Type
Apple iPhone 8GB is a Bar type mobile making it easy to use and has Touchscreen as input type. Compared to, Sony Ericsson K850i which is a Bar type phone and has Keypad as input parameter.
- Display Properties
Apple iPhone 8GB has a display resolution of 320 x 480 and 16M colours. On the other hand Sony Ericsson K850i has a display resolution of 240 x 320 and contains 262K colours. Many mainstream Sony Ericsson phones are 262K coloured.
- Battery Talk Time / Standby Time
Apple iPhone 8GB is supported by Lithium Ion batteries and has a talk time of 480 minutes against a 250 hours of standby time. This is in contrast to, Sony Ericsson K850i’s talk time is 540 minutes and a standby time of 400 hours. Sony Ericsson K850i works on Lithium Polymer battery.
- Memory / Expandable Memory
Sony Ericsson K850i has a Inbuilt memory of 40 MB and expandable memory is supported. While, Apple iPhone 8GB has a Inbuilt memory of 8192 MB and memory expansion is not supported.
- Camera / Flash
Apple iPhone 8GB has 2 MP camera with no flash, Where else Sony Ericsson K850i supports 5 MP camera and has flash for spotless pictures. A minimum of 3.2 MP camera with flash is required to have a clear pirntable picture, digital zooms are not that effective.
- Connectivity / Network Details
| Feature | iPhone 8GB | K850i |
| WiFi | Yes | No |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared | No | No |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes |
| USB | Yes | Yes |
| GPRS | No | Yes |
| WAP | No | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | |
| Dual Band | Yes | Yes |
| Tri Band | Yes | Yes |
- Music / FM Radio Details
Sony Ericsson K850i supports FM Radio, Apple iPhone 8GB does not support FM Radio. Both the models support Music player and multiple format play.
- Mobile Dimensions / Weight
Apple iPhone 8GB – 61x11x115 (WxDxL) – 135 grams
Sony Ericsson K850i – 48x18x102 (WxDxL) – 118 grams.
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