$500-600 to spend, 3.2mp+

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hey

ive finally decided to get a 3.2mp camera. i want a phone that not everyone has, i want a 3.2 camera, mp3. i want a phone that has alot of 3rd party software n that u can customize. i no nokia is known for that but wat about the other choices? i no there isnt a huge selection of 3.2mp phones so im wondering if i should wait for the next-gen cam phones (ex: n95). what would you buy between the:

n80
n73
SE k800i
sharp 903sh


any other phones u can recommend would be great

thanks
 
If you want to you could also get the Toshiba 904T, but the problem with that one is that there's no zoom (for that matter, there's no autofocus either). It's good for music, though, and the camera is 3.2MP. But, if you really have $500 to spend, then by all means go for the 903 (or the K800, but I'm not really into Sony Ericsson since SD cards are much cheaper than Memory Sticks where I live- $25 for 1GB miniSD compared to $100 for 1GB Memory Stick, prices approximated in US Dollars from their original price in Chinese RMB, not to mention that Sony Ericsson's interface rubs me the wrong way for some reason). Don't let my words deter you from getting the phone you want, though- my opinions are biased towards Japanese phones (my sister once told me that I liked all the phones neither she nor her friends would ever be caught in public with) and slightly against Sony Ericsson ever since I found that the Sharp 902 did the same stuff that the first Walkman phone did (I was going to buy a Walkman phone when it first came out, but the store didn't accept credit cards, so I went to an import shop and got a Sharp 902- to be honest if I got the walkman phone that day I would have never even thought of getting a Sharp or Toshiba after that). Sorry if I seem to start rambling.
 
I've messed around with all of those phones before, and ive owned 2 of them, here is how i would narrow it down...

k800i - Has a xenon flash for better night photos than your normal LED flash, but the quality of the pictures just isnt that great. The video camera on this phone is also... useless, it has bad resolution and is very choppy, and u cant use a flash while video taping.

Nokia N80 - This would be the worst camera out of all of them, its fixed focus with close up mode, the video camera is rather nice. But the phone has Wi-Fi, dont know how important that is to you, but it would be a nice feature.

Nokia N73 - Another 3.2 mp with a Carl Zeiss lens... now, dont let the brand name fool you, Carl Zeiss produces amazing lens', but the one on this cell phone, isnt that great.. if you notice, whenever you take a picture and there is a black background, the black colors would tend to have a bluish tint to it, and therefore, making its color production unrealistic. But once again, this camera will take better pictures than both a k800i or an N80. The video camera is also quite nice.

Sharp 903sh - This is the phone i currently use, i sold my K800i for it... let me explain why... I'm a HUGE camera fan, its the most important feature on a phone to me, and if you want the BEST camera in terms of quality and color production... the Sharp 903sh is your answer, it has a CCD glass lens which captures great detail of anything, where you normal CMOS censor, which is in the k800 or n80, captures far less.... the quality of the 903 pictures is amazing. This phone will blow all of the other phones out of the water... and im being as honest as i can, the video camera on it is also really good too..

Hope this helped
 
that helped alot, thx but i was wondering if the sharp 903 has alotta 3rd party software, themes, apps, customizable interface, etc. thanks
 
Just don't spend $500-600 on a K800/K790 because it is not worth it, if you can get it between $380-430 then it is a good deal.

But if you are unsure about it, save your $500-600 and wait for Nokia N95, 5mp camera,A2DP,Stereo Speakers,Built In GPS Navigation,30 fps video, SmartPhone etc... and only 120 grams ( very light with all this features ), and this is worth $500-700 multimedia smartphone.
 
how so?

java apps can pretty much do everything s60 apps can now..

you can get gps, filemanagers, games, msn, opera, word, excel, pdf etc..etc..
 
the 903 still proves to be the best, but in order to get a good shot, you need really steady hands. Also I think the sharp 903's UI cripples it.

K800 was rated the camera phone of the year. In many reviews I've read, it has shown to be the most consistent
 
Little confused...you say how great the Sharp is, but yet you're selling yours after one month. You also don't like the K800i, N73, or N80 but yet in your for sale ad, you're willing to trade the Sharp for one of those phones?
 
i noticed that too, just didnt say anything..lol. im picking up an n80 this friday and then if i dont like it, ill trade it for a k800i and if i dont like that, ill trade for a 903.

thanks for all the comments guys
 
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