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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  • R
  • Rador
  • mSy
  • 03 Oct 2010

I have been following GSM for years now.. and it's good to see someone standing up to highlight the unnecessary bias of other sites.This is typical of so many people to enjoy the leader fall. Nokia might have been a year or two too late in releasing the N8, but it does hold its merits very well even now. N8 surely seems the right step ahead for Nokia, who has been losing market share severly off late. For someone who has been following gadgets very closely, this childish bias towards or against some brands/models seems very lame and unprofessional.

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    • jake
    • xka
    • 03 Oct 2010

    [deleted post]Couldn't have wrote it better myself. Cheers, mate!

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      • Mr happy
      • 9L$
      • 03 Oct 2010

      If anyone who owns a nba 2k7/2k8or nba live 09 pc game that u dont use no more could you pliz kindly send it 2 me ,i would 4ever gratefull . Thanx in advance

        • K
        • Kazim Naqvi
        • uWS
        • 03 Oct 2010

        Nokia N8 is just awesum, much much much better den any other phone, nokia rules..

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          • Calle1976
          • mh@
          • 03 Oct 2010


          Answer to Gizmodo.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bJ018LZjLc

            • H
            • Hawke
            • IWc
            • 03 Oct 2010

            Anonymous, 03 Oct 2010remember n97? Overhyped and superfailedN8 =! N97

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              • yo!
              • vbM
              • 03 Oct 2010

              well every body presnt here for me and most of my folks have already declared n8 as the winner.mokia has always tried to bring something new....1)dual slide design with n95
              2)front camera with very old cant remmeber the handset ,also with n70 then,even top htc and blackcherry handsets dont have till now
              3)n95 had highest megepixel ie 5 mp camera at that time
              4)and now with n8 the usb on the go feature>totally outstanding! well done guys.

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                • Anonymous
                • 3ki
                • 03 Oct 2010

                I agree, please post your review as soon as possible, gsmarena

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                  • Hawke
                  • IWc
                  • 03 Oct 2010

                  My last hope: MeeGo, 03 Oct 2010My opinion. I think people are not enough crazy to let th... moreSamsung have lots of OS in their hands. I think leaving symbian is a good choice for them. But not for sony of coz.

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                    • andy burgin
                    • 3pH
                    • 03 Oct 2010

                    The N8 had to well critised for the Delays that Nokia have kept going on it,an its was down to get pulled down more than praised,but Nokia didn"t realise this an they shouldn"t have Eldar have leaked the N8 in April,as this made Nokia more scared of releasing the N8 to early,everyone as the own thoughts about phones they review so sometimes can be helpful in choosing the right phone to buy but sometimes people just egnor the reviews an buy it because it the Brand you prefer,Allbutsymbian as a 1st Part review of the N8 an just waiting for Part 2 to come up showing the Symbian3 software,hope Gsmarena do us a review soon as well

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                      • Rands
                      • f3k
                      • 03 Oct 2010

                      No one is neutral, but as reviewers they should know better. Take all reviews with a pinch of salt. I hope the n8 does fantastically well for nokia(im sure it will). And i cannot wait for it to be released in my country

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                        • trimalo
                        • 3ef
                        • 03 Oct 2010

                        congratulations gasarena, very good and fair analysis, other analysis are against the N8, it is easy to prove a phone is not good, but the N8 IS very good, no questions, Nokia does great phones, pity they are so bad in marketing, Apple says the multi task or video calls are great, except that Nokia did it first years ago. I ask all readers to gave a N8 in your hands, and you will be very happy, anodised aluminum, not steel (covered with paltic for better reception!) amoled, HDMI, go USB, dolby surround, Xenon flash, 12 millions pixels, largest camera sensors. This is just what you can see on the N8 ouside, no phone has all of this, even the I phone 4! people a sheeps, be original, get the best the Nokia N8!

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                          • SOS
                          • nmP
                          • 03 Oct 2010

                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bJ018LZjLc

                          To Gizmodo and the to other who doubt!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • TqC
                            • 03 Oct 2010

                            syd, 03 Oct 2010iphone has had same crapple look,menu etc yet every site gi... moreremember n97? Overhyped and superfailed

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                              • Hawke
                              • IWc
                              • 03 Oct 2010

                              My last hope: MeeGo, 03 Oct 2010My opinion. I think people are not enough crazy to let th... moreIf u think the swping homescreen to homescreen is lag, i wasnt. The os was design like that.

                                • R
                                • Ronald Pagdilao
                                • jBJ
                                • 03 Oct 2010

                                "biters b-ware"

                                  • k
                                  • keizka
                                  • p7a
                                  • 03 Oct 2010

                                  My last hope: MeeGo, 03 Oct 2010My opinion. I think people are not enough crazy to let th... moreEhm... the UI is infact lag free, somewhat simple enough seeing the whole feature set Symbian has to offer... what are you on, really?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 3Jf
                                    • 03 Oct 2010

                                    I agree guys, well said!!

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                                      • My last hope: MeeGo
                                      • fuX
                                      • 03 Oct 2010

                                      My opinion.
                                      I think people are not enough crazy to let the story repeat again. I refer to what happened with the N97.

                                      The main problem is people expect an eye candy OS just like the iOS. This is why people bash the N8.

                                      You think if S^3 was acceptable (nowadays) Samsung and co would leave it? I don't think. The true always hurt but Eldare was just right in his first preview.
                                      S^3 after, S^4 and between MeeGO LIKE people have that money to throw by changing every year or 9 months their phone? Hummm i've nothing Nokia but i don't even plan to change my E66 till a i'll see something like a E7 + zenon, 8mp is enough, + MeeGO.
                                      N8 as lot of feature that any phone as actually but once again, THE MOST WANTED FEATURE THAT CONSUMER NEED IS A NO-LAGGY AND FINISHED OS.
                                      Some will tell me the price is the best but let's see if millions of people will repeat the N97's story because N8 is cheap.
                                      And once again, this is JUST my OPINION.

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                                        • UBCNME
                                        • jBJ
                                        • 03 Oct 2010

                                        [deleted post]True dat my friend......