The K810i comes from Sony Ericsson's Cyber1. shot series. The 3.2-megapixel camera sensor is what differentiates this phone from the crowd and from other SE phones. The 810i is aimed at causal shutterbugs, and has some neat features that should go down well with that audience. The translucent body with steel buttons gives the phone its unique appearance. The phone is quite long, but is comfortable to hold. The back cover is finished in rubberised material, and that gives the phone excellent grip, which is good for clicking snaps.

The navigational keys are similar to those on older SE phones such as the K750i. The joy stick is much better, though, and well-recessed. The soft menu keys and additional shortcuts keys are small and tightly placed; this could turn out to be a problem for some. The keypad is well-spaced-out, and consists oflittle round keys-much better than those on the K550i or the W880i. At first sight, the keypad might seem uncomfortable, but you'll find it's not. The 3.2MP camera is well-protected by a sliding lens cover. Being a Cybershot, it has one-touch shortcut keys to change flash modes, timer, Macro, and megapixel rating.

One row of the keypad has the appropriate markings, and gets highlighted when camera mode is activated. There are two buttons near the top, for changing the shooting mode and scenes. The Auto-focus works well and locks on the subject immediately, but in low light, it takes a while. There is a reasonably powerful xenon flash to light up the subject. Performance is quite what you'd expect from a 3mega pixel camera. Colours, sharpness, and detail were perfect; more importantly, the shooting experience is great. The K810i can play music too, and the quality is above average; it can't match that of the Walkman series, though.

Further, the bundled earphones are the regular ones (which come with entry-level Sony-Ericsson phones), not the Fontopias. The K810i supports MS micro memory cards; though SE has bundled 128 MB, it might not be enough if you plan to carry music and click photographs at 3 megapixels. We had no issues with the phone performance; signal reception was good, and so was the voice clarity. Battery life is okayexpect around two days unless you plan to surf the Internet and use Bluetooth a lot. The K810i retails at Rs 15,500; we say it's reasonable. In fact, we'd recommend the K810i to anyone looking out for a good camera phone.

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