I signed up the Sony Ericsson K800i phone from Three on Monday. The sign up process for 3 is so lame and being a customer, I would like to say: "3, YOU SUCKED, BIG TIME !".

The first time I went to the 3 shop was last Sunday. I brought the documents that they needed, however, near to end of sign up, I was asked for my working and company details. Thet said an operator from 3 will ring up my company to verify if I'm really working in there or not. WTF ?! screw that.... That was Sunday ! who will stay in office on Sunday to answer call ? So they can't verify that. As an alternative for that, they wanted my company's manager's name card with his mobile number printed on it. They'll ring my manager on his mobile... again, WTF ??! Give me a reason and persuade me why I should carry my manager's name card all the time with me... So after wasted 1 hr in the shop, I left with empty hands. Then I drop by 3 shop the next day (Monday), and they finally can ring somebody in my company to verify it. I picked up the phone after work, thinking everything should be over.. and bam ! The girl in 3 shop forget to activate my phone number... I got a new phone but I can't make any calls...thanks for that, the 3rd WTF ???! goes here... Because it's after hours, I have to ring back first thing in the next morning (yesterday) to get them finish what they left over.... WTF !!!!!

Anyway, the phone is great. After playing with phone for a day, below are some of the pros and cons that I still remember...

Pros

• Great imaging quality (still picture)
• Better than average features/functions
• Installation of SE Phone Manager on Windows doesn't cause me any troubles (I once helped a friend to install a LG pc suit on windows..pain in the ass...)
• Display screen is very clear
• Navigation system is still consider better than average. I'm still able to pick up the navigation style pretty quick after I switch over to this phone, considering the fact that I've been using Nokia phones for past 5 years.
• Phone is light weight
• Any other thing is good except listed below

Cons

• The recording quality is way to small and pixelize
• Phone battery doesn't seem to last that long like what they advertised
• Keypard is a little too small to press
• Not sure if I'm not used to the joystick style navigation or they're a bit hard to use
• Auto key-lock activates too fast. A user define auto lock time would be great.
• The cover that protects the camera lens seems a bit fragile
• Contacts storing is a bit confusing between storing in phone or USIM
• Size is a bit bulky but not a big problem
• 1Gb M2 memory card is still hard to get (expensive too...)
• Blog this picture feature only limits to Blogger.com ... bugga !
• No chinese input for messaging (not sure if firmware update can solve this or not on International version, since China has their own K800C)

I still need to master the skill of text input for messaging on this phone, it's just a matter of time... Below are pictures of my old Nokia 8210 and the new Sony Ericsson K800I


2 pictures taken from K800i indoor in night time (Xenon flash kick ass !). The thumbnails are rotated but not the originals.





I found that there is a green line on the screen during video recording mode. Googled it on the web and realize it's a bug from SE, many people having this problem too. They all suggest/waiting for SE to release a firmware to fix the problem but nobody claims that he/she found a way to fix the problem until now. This is a obvious bug, can't believe SE just let this passes by. Anyway, I'll bring this phone back to 3 shop tomorrow and try to get a replacement, at the same time to collect my 100 free tickets for digital printing =)