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Sony Ericsson K850

D102982

Oct 13, 2007, 10:07 PM
Anyone know when this phone would be available?
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Pure1rish

Oct 16, 2007, 6:08 PM
According to the Sony Reps at My Data Seminar I was at last week...

December 21st for Sony Stores USA

December 21st-Dec 28th AT&T Stores USA

-I used the demo and was loving it, the 850 is My dream phone though, so it was a big deal.

-The phone is slated to CRUSH I-Phone sales in Europe, they say in London alone it's release week last week, was the Biggest for any Phone ever Released there...

That's real, I can't wait for mine.

Enjoy
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retrolike

Oct 16, 2007, 7:02 PM
I am very excited about the 850, but I have to say that I don't thing it will crush the iphone. NOTHING has crushed an apple product within the last ehh 5 years. I am waiting for the next iphone U.S. release to buy, but want the 850 for the mean time.
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Pure1rish

Oct 16, 2007, 7:16 PM
Oh, I think I forgot to Mention

Upgrade Price = 150.00 after rebate...

That's what I was told by the AT&T reps and Sony Reps, I didn't believe it, and I'm still a skeptic...

Price over seas now = 600.00
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retrolike

Oct 16, 2007, 7:28 PM
Yeah i think it will be at least $200 maybe more with more with contract. I am looking forward to it.
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Icyhot

Oct 17, 2007, 3:47 AM
The N95 OR E90 will not only crush the iPhone, but it will chew it up and spit it out as waste. If the iPhone could do 1/3 of what the N95/E90 could do, it might be a half decent phone.
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retrolike

Oct 17, 2007, 9:13 PM
Sorry again no chance it will crush any apple product in the U.S. You may personally believe that its a cool phone with much more features than the iphone, but as far a sales, the iphone will kill both of them. You are ignorant if you do not except that. Name a product that has "crushed" an apple product in the last 5 years? I agree worldwide the Nokia phones may do better numbers, but in the U.S. they don't have that. I am interested to see how the iphone international version will sell overseas.
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Icyhot

Oct 18, 2007, 1:49 AM
Oh this is funny! You said...."I may personally believe its a cool phone with more features than the iPhone"....No, I dont personally believe it, its a well known FACT.

I am ignorant if I do not except that the iPhone will kill both of THEM?? BOTH OF WHAT??

I may be going out on a limb here but I believe Windows PC's crush Apple PC's.....just a hunch.

The original N95 had sold more than 450,000 units in the US as of about a month ago, and I am sure those numbers have increased. And its a phone intended for the European market. And those numbers are actually phones sold to people, not how many phones Apple sold to AT&T to make it look like they sold them.

It doesnt matter how good or how bad the iPhone does overseas, it will neve...
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colione112

Oct 18, 2007, 8:29 AM
I think he's right (retrolike).

The marketing alone will help the iPhone beat almost any other phone, and apple is great at marketing. It's all about perception, and apple is layin it on thick.
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Icyhot

Oct 19, 2007, 11:21 AM
Yes, but would you want some that sells greatly, or performs greatly (from a consumer standpoint)??

Apple had what, about 6 months of marketing on the iPhone, but the bottom line is it doesnt perform like the N95......and for me I would much rather have performance over sales figures anytime.
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colione112

Oct 19, 2007, 6:59 PM
Exactly. That's why I said it's all about perception. If you plastered with ads for long enough, people will tend to begin believing the ads eventually.
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Icyhot

Oct 19, 2007, 7:22 PM
Well said, and I believe the iPhone cant do what I'm doing right now...and thats posting this on my N95 with my BT keyboard. I dont know how I ever lived without a BT keyboard!!
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retrolike

Oct 19, 2007, 8:14 PM
ahhh a true nerd. nice!

okkkk. well lets see after a year of sales U.S. whats selling more. The iphone or the N95. I AGREE, the N95 has more features than the iphone, so does will the k850. I am saying that the N95 will not crush the iphone as you stated. When you say crushed, I would think that you mean "did better" or "sold more", I wouldn't think crushed would mean "more features". I believe that the iphone will crush the N95 in the U.S., that would mean more sales. Thats what matters for us consumers. We need good sales for more releases. Why hasn't there been great Nokia sales in the U.S. for higher end phones such as the N95? Americans aren't willing to spend money unless you can convince them you get a great product for the money. ...
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retrolike

Oct 19, 2007, 9:38 PM
I COPY PASTED THE POST BY SOMEONE TONIGHT.

Well. I have to say this is a bit of a surprise. I was expecting the thing to do well, but not that well. The one odd bit of irony is that the first time I pulled the article, immediately underneath it was an ad for unlocked iPhones. So there's bound to be some portion of them that are vanishing into some manner of grey market.

I figured I'd share it because I recall that not long ago, some would-be expert was claiming that the iPhone was really a flop, and that the million units sold were just sitting in inventory somewhere. Whereas this piece cites the number of units delivered to consumers and seems to provide a decent 'warts and all' assessment. I'm not sure I see it becoming the top sell...
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Icyhot

Oct 19, 2007, 9:51 PM
Are you sleeping with Steve Jobs? Its a US phone. It should sell. What I'm saying is in terms of features the N95 CRUSHES the iPhone.
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retrolike

Oct 20, 2007, 7:13 AM
yep your right on that. But it won't sell here like it does overseas.
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