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yeah the loss of the large clock only seems to affect those on Orange UK 038 firmware
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Posted: 2008-01-22 20:28:25
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I wouldn't advise anyone with 037 to upgrade to 038, the negative of battery life reduction out weighs the improvements. In my opinon 038 is actually worse than 037...bring on 039! (Or whatever, hopefully something like 050! With major improvements)
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Posted: 2008-01-22 21:20:00
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obviously i can't comment on battery life having only upgraded today, but i think the choice to upgrade comes down to what you use the phone for, i think if you value the camera and need it at its best so far then upgrade to 038, but if you value battery life then stick with 037
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Posted: 2008-01-22 21:33:38
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On 2008-01-22 21:33:38, The Barron wrote:
obviously i can't comment on battery life having only upgraded today, but i think the choice to upgrade comes down to what you use the phone for, i think if you value the camera and need it at its best so far then upgrade to 038, but if you value battery life then stick with 037
I can't believe you should have to make a choice which you would prefer!
Can't SE get anything right?
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Posted: 2008-01-22 21:37:29
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On 2008-01-22 21:37:29, jp321 wrote:
On 2008-01-22 21:33:38, The Barron wrote:
obviously i can't comment on battery life having only upgraded today, but i think the choice to upgrade comes down to what you use the phone for, i think if you value the camera and need it at its best so far then upgrade to 038, but if you value battery life then stick with 037
I can't believe you should have to make a choice which you would prefer!
Can't SE get anything right?
No, they can't. All they can do is screw things up..
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Posted: 2008-01-22 21:52:17
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After experiencing all these problems... and the slow actions on releasing firmware, I think SE has already turned away many customers...
As a SE user for the last 3 generations, I'm disappointed too... If K850i software is not ready, they should not have released the phone...
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Posted: 2008-01-22 22:26:04
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SE, and other manufacturers, have since a good while back made us customers, beta testers for their firmware. It's very bad!
(and don't make the software comparision with windows because it's not the same at all)
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Posted: 2008-01-22 22:35:21
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exactly..ive got iPod classic 80gb and its almost like with SE ..waiting forever for new and even more buggy FW ..where is this policy heading..
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Posted: 2008-01-22 22:39:26
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On 2008-01-22 22:26:04, ccsharry wrote:
After experiencing all these problems... and the slow actions on releasing firmware, I think SE has already turned away many customers...
As a SE user for the last 3 generations, I'm disappointed too... If K850i software is not ready, they should not have released the phone...
I very much doubt that they have turned that many customers away... Let's face it, this community doesn't even account for 1% of 1% of the total SE user base and we're the loudest to scream when we find the tiniest bug. Also - not all phones have ALL the problems listed here even if they have the same firmware - I for one (037) have had no problem with the camera quality but I think it could be faster in response indeed. I also don't have the volume control zoom/picture/volume control problem mentioned in this thread.
Most users out there won't get the next firmware update for at least a month and that is IF they have configured the FOTA to remind them and check once a month...
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Posted: 2008-01-22 23:02:42
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I have a car charger and the phone doesn't detect it, though it thankfully does charge. From memory my old K750i would automatically switch to the car profile when you plugged in the car charger.
The biggest problems I'd like fixed:
- Camera flash tweaks. I don't get as many dark photos now, but you can't use the flash unless you are at least a meter away otherwise the picture is washed out and white. Macro mode doesn't seem to make any difference for me. Day time photos can turn out quite good. The optics is the real problem... there is only so much software can fix.
- Bestpic I use a lot and often it takes 9 photos exactly the same. Could be a timing thing.. like not waiting for the camera to finish focusing etc?
- Megabass creates distortion, though that's minor for me.
- General performance improvements.
- Video recording improvements. The quality is very average, though what can you expect for 320x240? SE should have made it 640x480 resolution. (Strange that the video looks really good on screen when recording, but the recorded file is grainy/blocky).
- Media player glitches. eg. When using shuffle then using camera it repeats the same song over and over on occasion.
I've also been converting some videos and I must say they look very nice on the phone. The only problem I had was I can't watch the videos in landscape when I'm wearing my sunglasses as they are polarised making the screen look black LOL
I find the screen is quite bright and vivid normally.
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Posted: 2008-01-22 23:15:04
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