By CNET Asia staff
10/08/2007
URL: http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/mobilephones/0,39050603,62030610,00.htm

If prices of our stock would rise as fast as the resolution of camera-phones these days, we'd have struck gold. Handset manufacturers such as Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have been pushing the envelope by sticking even higher-resolution image sensors in camera-phones. But what does all this mean to the average man on the street?

Experience tells us that noise increases when the pixel size decreases given the same image sensor size. However, most people walk into shops asking for the best camera-phone available. And their gauge?

More megapixels, please.

In this two-part feature series, we'll take a look at two popular 5-megapixel camera-phones--the Nokia N95 and the Sony Ericsson K850i--to see which one will emerge victorious in the prizefight.

First up is a feature-to-feature comparison between the models. In our next installment, we'll round off the series with a prizefight where our editors tell you what they think about both handsets.

For now, let's warm up with a look at the fighting stats of both contenders.

Introduction | Camera statistics | Phone statistics

This article is by no means an exhaustive comparison of the Nokia N95 and the Sony Ericsson K850i and is based on the information we've gathered so far. To find out more about the phones, check out the reviews and first takes of each phone on the CNET Asia site.

Introduction | Camera statistics | Phone statistics

	Nokia N95	Sony Ericsson K850i
Form factor	Slider	Candy-bar
Dimensions	99 x 53 x 21mm	102 x 48 x 17mm
Weight	120g	118g
Available colors	Deep Plum Warm Sand	Luminous Green Velvet Blue
Camera features
Sensor type	CMOS	Unknown
Optics	Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens	Unknown
Camera resolution	5 megapixels	5 megapixels
Image sizes available	2,592 x 1,944 (5MP) (3MP) (2MP) (0.8MP) (0.3MP)	2,592 x 1,944 (5MP) 2,048 x 1,536 (3MP) 1,632 x 1,224 (2MP) 1,280 x 960 (1MP) 640 x 480 (VGA)
Image quality settings	No	Normal Fine
Supported image format	JPEG	JPEG
Shooting modes	Unknown	Normal BestPic Panorama Frames
Focal length	5.6mm	Unknown
Optical zoom	No	No
Digital zoom	Up to 20x (6x at 5MP)	16x
Lens aperture	F2.8 to F5.6	Unknown
Minimum normal focus range	10cm to infinity	Unknown
Minimum macro focus range	10cm to 50cm	Unknown
Maximum shutter speed	1/1,000 second	Unknown
Minimum shutter speed	1/3 second	Unknown
White balance	Auto Sunny Cloudy Fluorescent Incandescent	Auto Daylight Cloudy Fluorescent Incandescent
Light sensitivity (ISO)	Auto Low Medium High	Auto ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400
Metering modes	Center-weighted	Normal Spot
Onboard flash	Yes, LED type	Yes, Xenon type
Flash modes	Off Auto Red-eye reduction	Off Auto Red-eye reduction
Autofocus	Yes	Yes Auto Macro Infinity
Color effects	Black and white Negative Sepia Vivid	Black and white Negative Sepia Solarize
Scene modes	Auto User Close-up Portrait Landscape Sports Night Night Portrait	Auto Twilight landscape Twilight portrait Landscape Portrait Beach/Snow Sports Document
Image stabilizer	No	Yes, for Twilight landscape and landscape scenes
Dedicated camera keys	Shutter Zoom	Picture size Shooting mode Timer and flash Shutter Zoom
Continuous shooting	Burst	BestPic (up to 9 frames)
Video format	MPEG-4	Unknown
Video resolution/fps	VGA 640 x 480-pixel 30fps	QVGA 320 x 240-pixel 30fps
Audio capture	Yes	Yes
LCD size/resolution	2.6-inch 240 x 320	2.2-inch 240 x 320
Battery type/size	Lithium-ion 950mAh	Lithium-polymer 930mAh
Onboard memory	160MB	40MB
Storage types	microSD/Transflash	microSD/Transflash Memory Stick Micro
Onboard editing software	No	PhotoDJ
Additional features	Unknown	Built-in accelerometer

Introduction | Camera statistics | Phone statistics

	Nokia N95	Sony Ericsson K850i
Form factor	Slider	Candy-bar
Dimensions	99 x 53 x 21mm	102 x 48 x 17mm
Weight	120g	118g
Available colors	Deep Plum Warm Sand	Luminous Green Velvet Blue
Phone features
Phone type (network)	Quadband EDGE HSDPA UMTS 2100	Quadband EDGE HSDPA UMTS 850/1900/2100
Connectivity	Bluetooth (A2DP) WLAN (802.11 b/g) TV-out 3.5mm audio jack	Bluetooth (A2DP) Infrared PictBridge USB
Operating system	Symbian S60 3rd Edition	Symbian UIQ
Multimedia applications	RealPlayer FM radio Video center Flash player Lifeblog Music player	TrackID VideoDJ PhotoDJ MusicDJ FM radio
Other features	GPS	Unknown