Well as topic, received my 3rd replacement handset from Orange on Thursday. After it's switched itself off around 9 times today it's going back again. 4th Handset coming this week, apparently if it happens 1 more time then I get an alternative handset (Any recommendations? - I presume it'll need to be comparable spec/cost as the K850i. On the £30 pm tarriff)
Anyways back to the point, is the quality control so poor on this model? I had a Walkman model before this and it worked a peach. My girlfriend has a K750i and it works fine. But everyone I know with an 850i has had problems with it.
I had 2 k850i's in a row. The first one got smashed in my pocket at work while I was doing some pretty strenuous stuff (It got crushed and the screen broke - but before this happened I'd already noticed many issues) but for some reason (don't ask me why), i got another one.
As other people have said, this phone is not Sony Ericsonns best. Very regular random reboots (often halfway through a call), the touchscreen would drive you insane, it does not work well with bluetooth (every other phone i've ever had would switch to the phone while on a call if you told it to, but the K850i would just lose the plot and the sound could not be retrieved on the phone or the bluetooth headset).
In the end I'd had enough. Bought an N95 8gb and it is the best phone i have ever owned. Does what it says on the tin, and does it well.
I had a K800i a while back, and that was a great phone. Never did a thing wrong (my son has one now and it's the same - it just works), but the K850i is kind of "pants".
You'd think that when they released a newer model they'd make sure it was better than the old one wouldn't you ???
