The K608i is a classy phone with classic mobile looks and you would be hard-pushed to suspect it of being third generation. It has a decent front-facing VGA camera and a rear-facing 1.3MP camera with a 4x digital zoom. Digital zoom is now almost standard on all new mobile phone models but whether this is a plus point is debatable. There is also a photo-light.
The 262K colour screen is quite impressive and two way video-calls are of very good quality. The video recorder for a phone device performs commendably. On this multimedia front you also get FM radio with RDS, MP3 player, video player and a sound recorder. You can compose your own ringtones if you so wished (polyphonic, naturally).
The K608i has got impressive features and all that is packed in a relatively compact 104x45x19mm body weighing a dinky 100g. However, 19 mm for thickness may very well be this model’s weakness as mobile phones get thinner by the day. This is exemplified by Sony Ericsson’s own W880i.
Another issue is its non-expandable memory and, at 33 Mb, that’s hardly over-generous.
· Display: 176 x 220 pixels, 262K colours
· 3G video calling
· Speakerphone; Voice commands
· Polyphonic ringtones
· MusicDJ™ (MIDI ringtone composer)
· Voice commands
· Messaging: SMS, MMS, EMS and email
· Java games (Native and downloadable)
· Wallpaper & screensavers
· Picture phonebook
· Personal organiser functions
· Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB, Infrared, SyncML
· GPRS, WAP
· Memory: 33 Mb
· Vibration alert
· Triband + 3G (UMTS)
· Talktime: 8 hours (2G), 2 hours (3G)
· Standby: 370 hours (2G), 290 hours (3G)
