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Reviewer: Sharukh Mayur Khan - Bangalore, India
Date: 6th May 2008

Quite recently I am getting a message invalid SIM when my phone is switched on. Because of this my phone goes dead. I have to wait till the phone is switched on automatically. Any specific reasons behind this.

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Reviewer: Sagar S Kulkarni - Pune, India
Date: 21st Apr 2008

The design of the phone is great. Well placed camera & flip on the lens makes it more beautiful. Key placing & joystick are also great. This phone looks nice in black colour.

This phone is having all the major features present in today's advanced phone. 3.2 mega pixel camera is added advantage.

All this increases usability of this phone.

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Reviewer: Swapnil - Mumbai, India
Date: 13th Mar 2008

Simply great! People, if you want quality, class, style just go for k790i.

Set the equaliser manually & experience the good like sound. I am a person who is crazy for having the best things in life & in this field I got it, thanks to K790i!

Awesome camera, pictures, speedy net & of course, ATTRACTIVE.

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Reviewer: Rashid Ali - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 5th Feb 2008

Sony Ericsson k790 is typical phone.

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Reviewer: Sayeed A. Shaikh - Mumbai, India
Date: 5th Feb 2008

It's a good phone in quality of pictures, sound, good to use, only thing I bother is when I change the year to 2008 in date, it get hang, can anyone solve my problem.

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Reviewer: David - UK
Date: 4th Feb 2008

I have had this phone for a year. I have always had Motorola's previously & been very pleased with them, however I was recommended this phone when I upgraded. It has been a disaster & I would not have a Sony Ericsson again. I notice people have been querying about the joystick feature on this phone, mine worked intermittently & now rarely works which is very frustrating. It frequently freezes & is basically a complete nuisance. On that basis I cannot recommend this phone, it is the worst I've ever had.

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Reviewer: Salman - Pakistan
Date: 30th Jan 2008

I just bought this phone 3 days before it, s simply rocks. It's got lots of features. It got cyber shot lens xenon flash. Great clarity man this phone is awesome in mobile phone it's great go for it, don't think that much 3D game engine make lots of games work every java game can work on it nothing more it rocks.

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Reviewer: Kenneth Baker - Little River, US
Date: 23rd Jan 2008

My K790a will FF & fast RW through music by holding down the joystick in either direction. I don't know about the K790i, but I don't see why it would be any different.

With the HBH DS220 Bluetooth, you can use any headset you want, with amazing sound quality.

My only negative is that I wish it has the recessed lens cover like the K810, but aside from that its easily the best phone I've ever had.

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Reviewer: Sridhar - Chennai, India
Date: 23rd Jan 2008

Simply Super. No more words.

Only one disadvantage was we not able to use the torch light.

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Reviewer: Abhilash - New Delhi, India
Date: 22nd Jan 2008

I bought this handset a few months back, it's a great phone for them who want digital camera quality pictures & telephony services on the same handset. I had heard certain complaints about this handset but till now I am not experiencing any of them, TOUCHWOOD!

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Reviewer: Siddharth Sai G - Kochi, India
Date: 22nd Jan 2008

It's a good buy. Things I am worried about the phone.

- Lens cover.
- Joystick.
- the autofocus lens ( strange sounds coming while auto focusing) tick tick sound.
- Fading keypad.
- Scratches on the lens cover which is prone to heavy scratching.


Things which made me happy abt buying this phone.

- 3.15 MP camera (of course) with xenon flash one of the best in its class.
- Sound quality better than I expected. Nothing much with the provided headphone but I am using my w700i's in ear headphone which is really cool.
- Design. Everyone's eyes are on my phone, shining lens cover. Overall design & size just perfect.
- Can read perfectly while outdoors even in blazing sunlight.


Things which made me really sad about the phone

- Poor video quality when compared to other 3.2's in its class.
- Screen refresh rate too low. Scrolling thru menus almost looks like a slide show rather than a smooth sliding effect.
- No forwarding through music (everyone is irritated with that).
- Keys a bit hard to work on. Extra pressure need to be applied when compared to other phones in its class.


Overall this phone is a rocker. Enjoy the Magic of Sony Ericsson.

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Reviewer: Johnson K George - New Delhi, India
Date: 4th Jan 2008

There is no 'Mega bass in k790i model. If there is any firmware which supports this please let me know.

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Reviewer: Deepu D S - Kollam, India
Date: 17th Dec 2007

Real super phone. First phone I have used for more than a year & still not willing to change. It comes with almost all features like MP3 player (super hands-free performance for MP3), excellent 3.2 mp camera, & speedy Internet. I brought it for 20k 1 years back, now its price has come down to 13K, yet still I got an offer for my mobile for 12K (maybe because of the way am taking care of that set) & always Sony Ericsson phones have good resale value also.

Better go for K790i if you are preferring phones with good camera, Internet connectivity etc. Only small disadvantage is the shape (projection) due to the camera cover & it is hard for me because of this to laminate the phone.

Apart from that, overall very good phone.

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Reviewer: Vivek Kumar Gour - India
Date: 26th Nov 2007

I think it's a good mobile but some features like Video Player also added in this series & make some more effective sound with loud speaker.

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Reviewer: Emmanuel Smith - Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago
Date: 18th Nov 2007

Hey, I am strictly a Sony Ericsson user, my girlfriend bought me this k790 phone for my birthday, I am expecting to get it next week, Sony better not let me down or I am going to switch to Nokia or Samsung! I am SERIOUS!

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Reviewer: Senthil - Bangalore, India
Date: 14th Nov 2007

It's a great & sleek phone comparing others. Having great picture clarity. Sound is OK but battery backup is less.

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Reviewer: Amit - Kolkata, India
Date: 13th Nov 2007

I buy this phone after a deep research. Initially I am confused to buy between K790i & W580i. W580i is sliding & good designed phone however K790i is having 3.2 megapixel camera which is awesome.

The camera & sound quality is good. I am loving it. Hope you will do too. I will give more updates after more use of the phone.

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Reviewer: Nandakumar - Chennai, India
Date: 2nd Nov 2007

Awesome with its camera. Bought this mobile 12hours back. Internet browsing speed is much higher compared to my previous Nokia 3230. Don't about battery back up. Can anyone tell me how the battery back up? Audio is really good. But volume is less. Try listening in a silent place. Sounds good. Audio clarity is good. Display clarity too is awesome. But the drawback is video volume is poor. Video is not good. Video getting scattered. If you are a camera lover & an Internet lover just go for it. Altogether I am satisfied with its performance only because of its camera. If you have this mobile no need to go for a digital cam. K790i rocks.

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Reviewer: Purkaits - Kolkata, India
Date: 12th Oct 2007

Its simply great.

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Reviewer: Shubham Mathur - Jaipur agra, India
Date: 10th Oct 2007

It is a very cool phone, the camera & battery backup is good.

Can anyone tell me is can I install some other media player or other software? or from where I can get?

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Reviewer: Shubham Mathur - India
Date: 10th Oct 2007

It is a cool phone. Camera & battery backup is good. Can anyone tell me can I install some other media player or other software?

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Reviewer: Ansub Mohammad - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 7th Oct 2007

In my opinion this handset is a copy of Nokia N73 in design but the screen is smaller if the company had given us the bigger screen then this set was fit with name Cyber-shot because if this mobile phone is based on camera work then the screen should be bigger too & the lens cover should be strong its weak.

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Reviewer: Jah Han Nam - Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia
Date: 17th Sep 2007

Enjoying this PHONE, it is good.

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Reviewer: Dipankar Kundu - Durgapur, India
Date: 17th Sep 2007

Sony Ericsson K790i mobile phone supported music player or best mobile software site name.

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Reviewer: Arun - Alappuzha, India
Date: 12th Sep 2007

The picture clarity is great, if you prefer a good mobile with camera then you have no other options other than K790i.
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Reviewer: Jayant Kumar - Bairgania, India
Date: 11th Sep 2007

It's a rocking phone I was planning to buy digital camera but no need with this phone.

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Reviewer: Raj - Bangalore, India
Date: 29th Aug 2007

The volume from the speakers is very low.

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Reviewer: Mike Underhill - Beijing, China
Date: 20th Aug 2007

Excellent phone & camera functionality. I am satisfied also with ability to synchronise with Outlook for tasks etc. I am VERY disappointed by the music function. The music player is really simplistic. The sound is OK, but what causes irritation is the inability to FF or rewind through tracks.

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Reviewer: Nabeel - Wali, Pakistan
Date: 15th Aug 2007

Everything is fine with the phone till your joystick gives in. That means you have a very hard time trying to use this phone.

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Reviewer: Linty - UK
Date: 2nd Aug 2007

The phone is just bad. A few problems as it is too large and freezes too much.

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Reviewer: Anay Malaviya - Bhopal, India
Date: 29th Jul 2007

Sony is a great manufacture of super cool and sleek phones with equally hot features.

Best part:
- Great camera, 3.2 megapixels is wonderful, pic quality is at its best.
- Loads of storage, comes with an internal memory of 78 MB with an expandable up to 2 GB.
- FM-listen to music from your favourite radio stations.
- Speakers, they work really well if you are sitting in a room with minimal amount of noise. DONT COMPARE THEM WITH WAKMAN SERIES.
- Headphones, these are good with Sony keeping their original digital sound intact with it.
- Flash, xenon flash. It's the best & only cell in the market with xenon flash & the rest when you actually buy it & explore it.

Drawbacks:
- Video, it's still not up to the mark & flash doesn't stay on throughout the video.
- Hanging problem, it gets usually hanged in b/w usage while using GPRS.

The bottom line is it's the BEST BUY IN ITS RANGE!

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Reviewer: Rajeev Jose - Cochin, India
Date: 9th Jul 2007

I though this was the best phone I have ever used. I'm a little disappointed. Headphones became idle in a month. No skip option while viewing video. You can't save two or more mobile numbers under one name in the same category. But I love this phone.

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Reviewer: Raghu - India, India
Date: 2nd Jul 2007

The phone is good but I cannot install the flash player on the phone which is required for some applications to run on the phone. Some help to go about this is required.

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Reviewer: Raj - India
Date: 22nd Jun 2007

I love my phone, its fantastic!

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Reviewer: Kaja - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: 21st Jun 2007

It's a great phone.

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Reviewer: Irfan - Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 12th Jun 2007

Perfect Mobile Phone.

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Reviewer: Shehryar - Pakistan
Date: 17th May 2007

I think it's a great phone with a lot of features. The camera is amazing as well as it's memory & the mini speakers. It's like all in one.

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Reviewer: Saravanan B - Johnesburg, South Africa
Date: 11th May 2007

This phone has an amazing camera. To shoot the best pic & audio is also good. But it doesn't have advance features in games. & less memory capacity. Is the only problem.

As per my rating its worth for it's price.

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Reviewer: Ajay Kumar - New Delhi, India
Date: 17th Apr 2007

Hi I have bought this 790i just one month back. Performance is very good. You can compare this with came-coder.

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Reviewer: John - London, UK
Date: 12th Apr 2007

Hi, the K790 is an absolutely GREAT PHONE.

It has the camera, it has the design, it has the style, it has the Xenon Flash, it has an amazing Zoom, it has the RESOLUTION (Best in the market with 2' screen in my humble opinion) & it has the Music & Video Player.

Very friendly user interface, easy to use & with lots of features. If you like Sony Ericsson, as I do, you'll love it.

The ONLY disadvantage that I could find, was that it doesn't have a really good video resolution, as it should have. Anyway, I love it.

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Reviewer: Vijay Anand - Ootacamund, India
Date: 23rd Mar 2007

Hi, I don't know what this is anyway but I know one thing for sure that this is a rating area. I am really having a good time with my K790i. Ask me why? cos it has this sophisticated all in one intelligent stuffs embedded with its one of a kind Sony CYBER SHOT technology. The fact is that this is the coolest electronic gizmo I have ever had.

Believe it or not it has an excellent music quality. The best in its class according to me. Then the workmanship of this awesome product is really jaw opening, it might be funny that I won't even attend the call but instead watching the masterpiece & its beauty. You can't take your eyes out it guys believe me. The phone reaches its sky limits. Sony Ericsson ROCKS MAN!

If any of you want to have a good time with your gizmo & have an all in one product. There you have got it its K790. Vijay Anand

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Reviewer: Amit Nigam - New Delhi, India
Date: 15th Mar 2007

Hi, I bought this phone two months back, & up-to-date this is working fine. I am quite satisfied with this phone. If you are planning to buy a phone with good camera (3.2 MP), then this phone is a must.

K790i is a good phone.

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Reviewer: Feroz Digaria - India
Date: 15th Mar 2007

It's a phone worth its price.

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Reviewer: Ramesh Kalantri - Chennai, India
Date: 10th Mar 2007

Hi I have using 790i from last 4 months normally I change my mobile every month but after k790i I am very comfortable, nice one, but still no extra software or games are available for the same.

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Reviewer: Sobha - India
Date: 3rd Mar 2007

The day I bought this cell, after some 2 hrs, it developed problems. The voice was coming broken. I returned the cell, they initially told software error and later hardware complaint. Asked me to wait for 2 weeks for another new kit. I got the new kit after some 3 weeks, & to my dismay the whole audio output was not working. The whole speaker was damaged. I had paid 18000 rs and got a cell full of complaints. They ten gave me a brand new set, the 3rd one I got. Hmmmm. 3 days passed, till now no probs.

Now about the features. The camera is awesome. Superb pic quality. But the audio output is low compared to 750i. The output from stereo headphone is OK. The voice is low, so it's difficult to hear in noisy places. The internal memory is too low. 68MB. & the memory card is of micro type, which is too costly. & the joystick often develops problems. & the service centers of Sony Ericsson are not customer friendly. After one service, they say it's due to water damage, which is of course wrong.

So my personal advice is, go for a reliable Nokia mobile phone if you don't want to lose your money and invite problems in your mobile phone.

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Reviewer: Saad Waheed - Islamabad, Pakistan
Date: 1st Mar 2007

I think it's an excellent phone. It has all the features you want & compared to other phones its price is very reasonable.

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Reviewer: Azhar - Bangalore, India
Date: 21st Feb 2007

Just an awesome phone, the best.

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Reviewer: Ramesh - Chennai, India
Date: 21st Feb 2007

Currently I use N70, Sony features packed in this model are really amazing & have a slight confusion in purchasing - keeping in mind about the joystick problems encountered by friends.

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Reviewer: Shamih - Male, Maldives
Date: 4th Feb 2007

First I had a Nokia 6600, after that I was using a Sony Ericsson W800 for few months & now I bought a new Sony Ericsson K790/K800 phone. I just prefer this phone becoz it was kind easy to use W800 & the features are almost same but it have a great camera. So that I can't miss any picture at any time. So better go for a phone which has a great camera + music player etc stuffs. But still it's not so easy to get software's/application for Sony Ericsson phones like Nokia one, that's only the weak point I guess.

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Reviewer: Jagjeet Singh - New Delhi, India
Date: 31st Jan 2007

I bought this phone last MONTH & I am very happy with it, it has a great camera the xenon flash is awesome, the audio is great BUT VOLUME OF SOUND IS LOW BUT NOT A BIG PROBLEM, you SAVE the SONG INTO your PHONE WITH INCREASE the VOLUME OF SONS WITH the HELP OF RECODER OF WINDOW, good features & very easy to use.

I had a Nokia 7610 before this k790i & I was at a doubt whether Sony is easy to use or not, but I was wrong it is very very easy to use just like Nokia.

I was planning to buy n73 but ppl told me about the software problem, thankfully I choose Sony, It's amazing & comes with a good price tag.

The only prob with this phone is the external memory, only 64MB & buying a 512MB will cost around Rs3000 bcoz it's a micro memory (new technology).

It is best phone of 2006, better than n80, n73 & n93. ANY PROBLEM IN your SET PLZ MAKE POST

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Reviewer: ? - Portsmouth, UK
Date: 29th Jan 2007

What's the difference between k7901 & k800i I would really prefer w850i a much sleeker phone?

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Reviewer: Jan Zibrito - Vancouver, US
Date: 23rd Jan 2007

Phone is freezing all the time. When I try turn it off it does not. I have to remove battery in order to restart but does not matter because it will free again.

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Reviewer: Cloud - India
Date: 14th Jan 2007

REALLY A GREAT PHONE. WITH the GIVEN PRICE TAG. MUSIC IS ALSO GOOD (I WAS WORRIED ABOUT BEFORE BUYING IT).

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Reviewer: Prateek - Aurangabad, India
Date: 2nd Jan 2007

Like no other mobile phone, the Sony Ericsson K790i & better than the Nokias.

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Reviewer: Jo - Reading, UK
Date: 1st Jan 2007

Fantastic, I highly recommend this handset, go get one.

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Reviewer: Sergey - Kazan, Russian Federation
Date: 26th Dec 2006

The phone is good, especially camera. But the main problem is software, thus it is always hanging. After monthly using this phone it crashed (the software). They changed it for a new one. Now I don't trust this phone. & people say the Sony Ericsson phones lack good software. I am thinking of changing from Sony Ericsson to a Nokia smart phone.

P.S. But the camera is really awesome.

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Reviewer: P.sathish Kumar - Chennai, India
Date: 11th Dec 2006

I bought this phone last week, its really super. I got amazing with the 3.2 megapixal camera tech & rdx sound for music. One of best phones in world!

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Reviewer: A. Morris Anotony - Pondicherry, India
Date: 3rd Dec 2006

Let me first point out the defects.

- The sound recorder: When I record a conversation, my voice is recorded in a distorted manner as if a buffalo is talking while the voice at the opposite end is recorded clearly.

- The volume is very low when compared to the Sony Ericsson k750i & other phones as a result of which it is difficult to hear outdoors while marketing, travelling etc.

- The lens cover appears to be out of place. Had it been the one like available in Sony Ericsson K750i it would have been handy.

Apart from the definitely Ericsson makes a change in its software for the k790i & removes the above said defects, I think the K790i will be one of the best phones.

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Reviewer: Muhammad Awais - Lahore, Pakistan
Date: 1st Dec 2006

I bought k790i last week camera phone with great result. I can't understand previous version k750i has MegaBase, but this phone doesn't have it!!!

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Reviewer: Abdul Nazeer - Chennai, India
Date: 29th Nov 2006

I had previously Nokia 1100, now I changed to k790i it's a very nice phone I love it

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Reviewer: K.venkat Subramanian - Chennai, India
Date: 27th Nov 2006

K790i is really a great phone. The phones camera has good quality because its 3.2 mega pixels. It has a great camera the xenon flash is awesome. A muss buy phone! I am really impressed by Sony Ericsson. I have got the k750i rite now & its damm gud! The k790i with edge and a 3.2 mp is awesome. MY NEXT PHONE OFF COURSE. I bet Nokia won't have a chance of coming near Sony Ericsson even in the next two years.

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Reviewer: Pratik - New Delhi, India
Date: 23rd Nov 2006

I bought this phone last week & I am very happy with it, it has a great camera the xenon flash is awesome, the audio is great, good features & very easy to use.

I had a Nokia 7610 before this k790i & I was at a doubt whether Sony is easy to use or not, but I was wrong it is very very easy to use just like Nokia.

I was planning to buy n73 but ppl told me abt the software problem, thankfully I choose Sony, Its amazing & comes with a good price tag.

The only prob with this phone is the external memory, only 64MB & buying a 512MB will cost around Rs3000 bcoz it's a micro memory (new technology).

It is best phone of 2006 better than n80, n73 & n93.

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Reviewer: Paul - Chennai, India
Date: 9th Nov 2006

There is no megabass option. Sound quality is poor!

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Reviewer: Sabith Sheerazy - Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
Date: 1st Nov 2006

The phones camera has good quality because its 3.2 mega pixels, but when viewing movies & songs you cannot even fast forward it as you can with the Nokia's.

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Reviewer: Fusion - India
Date: 31st Oct 2006

Excellent phone. Better than N93 WHERE PICTURE QUALITY IS CONCERNED & the audio is amazing. It's for those who want performance.

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Reviewer: Manish Khanna - India
Date: 22nd Oct 2006

For me it is Zero but the option of selecting Zero for Design, Features & Usability are not available. I bought this phone from Delhi (India) on 14-10-2006 but it stopped working on 16-10-2006 in Brazil. Send few e-mails to Sony Office in India but to date there is not response.

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Reviewer: Karan Das - India
Date: 29th Sep 2006

Quite frankly, I was disappointed by the 790i. No failures with regards to the device, but some niggling problems which would be non-existent on a Nokia, still ere. You can change profiles, but NOT your ringtone... What??! Wait, it gets better... Video viewing, sure, great, wonderful... NO navigation thru videos... yea, tat's right... If u didn't like a part of the movie... too bad... Sound a BIG minus... I know it's a phone with a 3.2 meg cam an all bells & whistles attuned to the picture taking user... But doesn't u think, when a guy who paid about a whole fortune less for his K610i belts out songs that drown out your so-called premium phone?? Why do they STILL persist with the joy (??)stick?!??! I assign the custom short-cut key once (right joystick movement), twice, thrice... arrrrghhhh, I put in a 512mb micro & the device can't even remember THIS???!?!!

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Reviewer: Hater - Swaziland
Date: 16th Sep 2006

Bought a K790i 5 days ago & loved its looks & the features. 5 days after I bought it the microphone packed up suddenly. The Joystick also did not respond a number of times. So disappointed & going back to reliable Nokia.

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Reviewer: Pahan - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date: 14th Sep 2006

The K790i is good & suits my price range.

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Reviewer: Shivas - Coimbatore, India
Date: 21st Aug 2006

Good phone from se, wonderful camera, but hangs sometimes

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Reviewer: Jahangir Khan - India
Date: 1st Aug 2006

K790i is really a great phone. But got scared of the joystick feature as many of my friends own k750 & w800, they says the joystick get damaged very soon & the repairing cost is very high & it is also difficult to find any authorised service center closed. Please any body help me whether the joystick is reliable or not in the phone & also to buy or not. Thnx

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Reviewer: Sunny - New York, UK
Date: 19th Mar 2006

A muss buy phone!!! Im reeely impressed by SE... i have got the k750i rite now & its damm gud!!! the k790i with edge n a 3.2 mp is awesome. MY NEXT PHONE OFF COURSE. I bet nokia wont have a chance of coming near SE even in the next two years. BRAVO SE... KEEP UP THE GUD JOB

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Reviewer: Zak - Peterhead, UK
Date: 14th Mar 2006

Loving the design & capabilities of the Sony Ericsson K790i & the Sony Ericsson K800i. I am not sure which one I will get but the camera capabilities are brilliant. These are great new phones & they are two phones that Sony Ericsson can be very proud about. Loving the entire look & specification on these phones.

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Reviewer: Adam East - Southampton, UK
Date: 10th Mar 2006

3.2 mega pixel camera phone, fantastic & the performance should be outstanding. I have got a 2 mega pixel camera phone & the photo quality is extremely high quality on my phone so a 3.2 mega pixel will be as good as my digital camera at home. Edge & Bluetooth will really provide this phone with the power, speed & flexibility that I would want on a phone. I like the design of the phone & I am pleased Ericsson did not use a clamshell opening phone for this design. It would of been good to have a choice of colours so for that reason I will rate the design a little less than I was going too.



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