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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  • Anonymous
  • TqC
  • 03 Oct 2010

Brian, 03 Oct 2010Nokia n85 have oled display (Released October 2008). So N8 ... moreOLED fr N85 and nexus one is very poor under sunlight. my fris having those admire my iph4 now

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    • Anonymous
    • TqC
    • 03 Oct 2010

    [deleted post]change ur current desktop or laptop tp celeron 800Mhz then

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      • Anonymous
      • P4K
      • 03 Oct 2010

      People are giving too much value to some details, without thinking if they really makes such a big difference...

      I won´t be surprised to read a comment saying "WOOOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE INFRARED PORT!! WORST PHONE EVER!!"

      Understand what I mean?

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        • jake
        • xka
        • 03 Oct 2010

        [deleted post]Indeed, you should have seen all the american bloggers go wild when the G2 had only 800mhz. But it's the truth, the numbers don't count. The G2 is pretty zippy too (It's called the Desire Z here).

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          • Dan
          • 2@r
          • 03 Oct 2010

          the people who have trust on Gizmodo can easily see that the n8 user is not a pro like others so we'd prefer you testing it on fair grounds .About comparing , when we talk about fast & all a few seconds is ok when you have good reception & best of multimedia in one device . because its very irritating when you cant use a phone what its meant for i:e calling

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            • tt
            • nxE
            • 03 Oct 2010

            excellent point of the gsmarena. I'm not such a fan of Nokia's but i'm sure the N8 will outperform any cameraphone out there. That's just a fact. How the Symbian3 will perform we shall see:)

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              • Donewithnokia
              • qAS
              • 03 Oct 2010

              It's simple, ppl are just tired of nokia's bs, unless they do something quick to turn it around, u will continue to see a downward trend of opinions.

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                • vGu
                • 03 Oct 2010

                agreed with gsmarena. N8 should be given fair un-biased reviews. Just like any other phone. And i personally think n8 will be give much needed start for this year for symbian and nokia.

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                  • Brian
                  • Sif
                  • 03 Oct 2010

                  Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010nokia don't learn ANYTHING! Why??? See, all phones (3 yea... moreNokia n85 have oled display (Released October 2008). So N8 is not the first Nokia with oled display.

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                    • ShameOnNokia
                    • jAG
                    • 03 Oct 2010

                    Camera capabilities aside, from most of the reviews i've read on the retail N8 seems to indicate slow unresponsiveness at times and that Symbian^3 is still far from being stable. Maybe for those who want only the camera functions its a great buy.

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                      • shayan
                      • mg%
                      • 03 Oct 2010

                      Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010nokia don't learn ANYTHING! Why??? See, all phones (3 yea... morenokia n85 is the first amoled from nokia on 2008, august
                      when you don't know about any phone it's not necessary to say hi!
                      when someone say budy you jump in

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                        • shayan
                        • mg%
                        • 03 Oct 2010

                        steve job gives bribe to every phone review sites
                        but gsmarena is the most fair

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                          • Anonymous
                          • tu7
                          • 03 Oct 2010

                          Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010nokia don't learn ANYTHING! Why??? See, all phones (3 yea... moreGOOD phone today MUST BE
                          FAST and USEFUL!!!
                          N8 is NOT useful!!! Yep dats true.but if it fast like andr0id n iphone it will drain battery like a shit u st0opid dumba55.n8 is a perfect balanced.

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                            • Onnit
                            • mEb
                            • 03 Oct 2010

                            Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010nokia don't learn ANYTHING! Why??? See, all phones (3 yea... moreN8 is actually the most useful mobile phone I've seen. For me it is enough to make htpc unnecessary ith it's dlna & HD support. It's enough to make my current pocket digicam obsolete. It's enough to make my car navigator obsolete without any extra costs.

                            Furthermore, there seems to be nothing it can't accomplish that some other phone can do. if UI speed is not exactly the same or better than couple of competitors it still sure as h*ll does it's job well enough in that department too.

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                              • shayan
                              • mg%
                              • 03 Oct 2010

                              other sites are dictator
                              but everything that gsmarena said is true
                              because the americans just know two things:1-iphone(suck)2-black berry(their mother...)
                              just GSMARENA that always the best

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                                • Mehdi
                                • nsC
                                • 03 Oct 2010

                                you are the best gsmarena and the most fair!
                                viva gsmarena

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                                  • luka
                                  • Lec
                                  • 03 Oct 2010

                                  I've read engadget review and could not believe what they did with camera review... it's total nonsense. I've also read review at phone arena and half of review they criticize simbian and not the functions which would be ok but the way it's organized, when reading it I just have a feeling they don't want it (N8) to be success no matter what and I am sick of it. Nice to see that someone else noticed as I did.

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                                    • jake
                                    • xka
                                    • 03 Oct 2010

                                    [deleted post]You're probably on Qt 4.6.2 (or 3). Qt 4.7 is out, it supports script-based language for building over top the API and a drag-and-drop environment as well. I'm not a developer so I wouldn't know how easy Qt 4.7 might be, just describing the new update.

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                                      • keizka
                                      • p7a
                                      • 03 Oct 2010

                                      Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010nokia don't learn ANYTHING! Why??? See, all phones (3 yea... moretake the chill pill. You froth at your mouth.

                                      If you had actually researched anything, Symbian is the most resourceful of the OSes straight out of the box. UI is what lags behind.

                                      Also, "SYMBIAN NEEDS MORE POWER" is factually about as untrue as Florida being above arctic circle.