Nokia N8 gets lots of stick in early reviews, we wonder why

03 October, 2010
The Nokia N8 started shipping this week and reviews of the Finnish company's latest flagship are spreading like wildfire. Checking out the first batch of those we noticed a certain trend, which we cannot...

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  • t7X
  • 05 Oct 2010

if you're at the top, everyone will try to pull you down.

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    • mike
    • 4vF
    • 05 Oct 2010

    mi6lethaltool, 05 Oct 2010I love the N8 ! Dont drop calls, dont have to use an ugly ... moreLike your post.

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      • Rey
      • Lix
      • 05 Oct 2010

      I'm not really great fan of nokia nor any other devices which r sold in d markets.But i hav few words in my sleeve's for mobile geeks they wil b no phone now or in d future dat u can take along wit u to ur grave.Pardon me fr dat cas i usually reads comments abt cell phones people always complains one or another stuff abt d phone but can u specify me dat u can use ur very own phone fr abt at least eight years or say only five or even three years wil u can u?No.Cas every now n then there is some thing say abt new models n variety new features of devices comin out rite n still something nor somethin misses out like no big screen or no powerful processor or no gud camera n bla bla bla.Only one word fr those who complains abt new devices if u like it go n get it or frget it have to hav some exception dude.Every year lots n lots of people keep on changing devices cas they like something new so think abt dat n frget evrythin.Sometimes i also asume wen wil d mobile company wil launch a phone which wil hav evrthing in it frm head to heel n wat if they wil hav also can u specify me how long wil dat device b wit u frever til ur end wil it b think abt it people.Sory if i hav written some words whic upset u all forgiv me i mean no such purose to make u feel bad.thank you

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        • DJScope
        • IPu
        • 05 Oct 2010

        mike, 05 Oct 2010did you think about Apple customer service yet!!! when they... moreLOL yea.. apparently the iPhone's antennagate issue was the fault of all the other manufacturers.. so he said he'll give u all free cases :P LMAO!!

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          • mi6lethaltool
          • j{9
          • 05 Oct 2010

          I love the N8 !
          Dont drop calls, dont have to use an ugly rubber cover, no CEO has to tell me what or what not to do with my phone, i can connect it to any computer i can drag and drop anything to it i can conect it to my plasma tv, dolby sound, i can add 32 more GB to it, awesome camera and great sound,FM transmiter, Nokia reliability, i can drop my cell and it will not break or stop working, great support and almost monthly software updates no need to sync with Itunes,free Sat Nav 4 ever and ever, free apps on the net,USB on the go, real multitasking, Bluetooth 3.0, fre to send anything via bluetooth,no problems with proximity sensors, i can grab it anyway i want it,stereo FM radio,video call to any phone and via WLAN,Flash support, play all music formats,HDMI. only a fool would want any other device!!!

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            • DJScope
            • IPu
            • 05 Oct 2010

            [deleted post]i must say the n97 did come out with some bugs but that all got fixed with the 1st update.. when we got 2.0 the fone was basically complete.. and we've got 2 more updates since then
            so the n97 was not really a fail... the fail would be the price thats all.. but i got lucky i got mine for 1/2 price the 2nd week it came out

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              • Mike
              • 4vF
              • 05 Oct 2010

              Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010what nonsense. Nokia is a big company and can't turn in a f... morethe first and most important task for a phone is taking calls properly.

              you can compare or talk about other feature in a phone (OS,Apps,...) when Apple fixed antenna issue on the iphone.
              :))))

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                • Quick
                • Pw7
                • 05 Oct 2010

                Do you know another cell with this amazing features? GSM QuadBand GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and 3.5G Internet Network PentaBand: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100, I think is the most important cell that you can use Universally and Worlwide to communicate and to surf on the 3.5G Internet Network without restrictions or limitations for International travellers this is very important.

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                  • mike
                  • 4vF
                  • 05 Oct 2010

                  Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010what nonsense. Nokia is a big company and can't turn in a f... moredid you think about Apple customer service yet!!! when they released the iphone 4 with signal losing issue who was responsible for it??? we don't need those updates that Stevie jobs gave iphone lovers to solved the antenna issue!!! :))

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                    • Anonymous
                    • fuK
                    • 05 Oct 2010

                    Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010what nonsense. Nokia is a big company and can't turn in a f... moreUnsupported? Check 5800. think you are wrong there.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • t7X
                      • 05 Oct 2010

                      Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010what nonsense. Nokia is a big company and can't turn in a f... moreblame the carriers/telcos and the diff us 3g?

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                        • Anonymous
                        • t7X
                        • 05 Oct 2010

                        [deleted post]And nokia haters find joy in nitpicking n8

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                          • Navin
                          • 2SQ
                          • 05 Oct 2010

                          Hi.. how the Nokia N8 UI?? any glitches in the phone??? any1 who has used this phone, pls gimme some quick review!!!! thanks in advance!!:)

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                            • maN8
                            • pda
                            • 05 Oct 2010

                            I don't mind if the interface is not the smoothest of them all, it's the things you do with the phone, make calls! - take photos! and videos, surf on the Internet. I like the N8 camera the most, its' something else, to me the quality of iPhone's camera just won't do.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 0df
                              • 05 Oct 2010

                              devilsadvocate, 03 Oct 2010No matter what nokia do, the biased american websites will ... morewhat nonsense. Nokia is a big company and can't turn in a few days? iPhone 4 is out, that's 4, that's 3 years have passed? Nokia quality? Bad Americans? Ask ANYONE in US who had nokia how often their firmware was updated. Oh, wait, you know what, ask ANY European. Nokia has not updated their firmware NEARLY as often as those evil Apple/Google folk, who keep coming out with those awful fixes and updates and actual support for their customers. Nokia took customers for granted, rode of huge market share, grew fat and lazy, produced crappy unsupported phones with os flaws that went on unfixed for ages. Now they release a phone with an os that they said will die and be replaced before the phone even ships. But hey, blame US. It's popular these days.

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                                • Get real!
                                • 4nK
                                • 05 Oct 2010

                                Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010it is not hware it is software that matters nowWhat good does the SW do if the hardware sucks? It is always a combination of both, not one over the other!

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                                  • Alan Sánchez
                                  • Lur
                                  • 05 Oct 2010

                                  Hi! Nokia N8 Is A Great Cellphone And The "N" Series Are Always Good, I Think It's Natural That People Have A Brand They Like The Most But That's Not Reason For The Bad Reviews.
                                  I Used Sony Ericsson For 4 Years And I Really Like The Phones I Still Have My K850 I Use It As A Camera, But This Year I Stared Using Nokia (5530 XpressMusic) And I Really Like It, What I'm Trying To Say Is That Even Though I Always Liked Sony I Knew Nokia Makes Better Cellphones With A Lot Of Features.

                                  I Don't Speak English Sorry If I Typed Wrong

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 05 Oct 2010

                                    photographer, 05 Oct 2010Nokia N8 has a suberb camera: http://forums.dpreview.co... moreit is not hware it is software that matters now

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                                      • photographer
                                      • pda
                                      • 05 Oct 2010

                                      Nokia N8 has a suberb camera:

                                      http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=36508422

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 05 Oct 2010

                                        [deleted post]So, europe reviewers also praise iphone and android and hate symbian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!