Nokia N8 gets lots of stick in early reviews, we wonder why
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Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010do u live in US to say iphone is not popular?? I live in NY... morethe data showed excludes iphone 4 LOL!!
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Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010It's sad for you using an iPhone 4, they're as unpopular as... moredo u live in US to say iphone is not popular?? I live in NYC and it is the most popular phone here. I went to london last year and I saw 3gs almost everywhere. I also went to thailand relatively poorer country and I saw 5800 everywhere :P
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Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010make ur mind unbiased first!! It is impossible iphone 4 got... moreIt's sad for you using an iPhone 4, they're as unpopular as MAC is.
It looks like symbian has the lead in Europe while Android has it in US:
http://theiphonefever.blogspot.com/2010/10/ios-becoming-globally-most-unpopular-os.html
Also no one is willing to adopt iOS on their devices, instead people try to bring android to iphone!
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jcar302, 05 Oct 2010So far i've yet to find an unbiased review anywhere. It'... moremake ur mind unbiased first!! It is impossible iphone 4 got praised just bcuz whole world is apple fan!! Same to n8. It is impossible everyone hates nokia. I grew up with nokia till 5800 and I switched to iphone and now using iph4
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i work in a phone shop and any n series handset since i started here 4 years ago have been terrible constantly breaking down sw faults etc lets hope the n8 paoints a different picture
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So far i've yet to find an unbiased review anywhere.
It's not as easy as just simply comparing the n8 to an iphone, the iphone has been pretty much the same for 4 years now, of course the guy using it is going to be faster considering that the n8 just came out of the box.
I'm hoping engadgets real review is done fairly, maybe that's what is taking them so long to get it done.
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Gazille, 05 Oct 2010except for N97, X6, 5800XM and other S^1 devicesi used 331o 11oo 6630 and now usind n82........... music series is not good as n series...n8 is faaaaar better than iphone 4g...
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sohelBD, 05 Oct 2010trust me.....i used cell of samsung and sony erricsion...bu... moreexcept for N97, X6, 5800XM and other S^1 devices
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Karma, 05 Oct 2010Absolutely amazing article and it's rare to find articles w... moretrust me.....i used cell of samsung and sony erricsion...but NOKIA cell are the best incase of durability,functionaltiy and performance...:),,,,and u wont face any problem.....trust me bro..:)
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The Nokia N8’s camera has
been highly lauded by
both the Nokia community
and the wider tech
community.
There’s been lots of talk of
the powerful 12
megapixels / Xenon flash
combination, a pairing of
features that looks pretty
spec-tacular on paper.
But let’s be honest… what
you see on paper doesn’t
always tell the full story.
For example, a movie
enthusiast might take a
look at The Expendables
cast list and imagine it ’ll be
the best film ever made…
Some things aren’t as they
seem
The proof is in the
pudding, so it ’s just as well
then that the Nokia N8 has
been properly put through
its paces of late. A number
of posts have emerged of
late putting the new
Nseries device against
some pretty fierce
competition.
Vaibhav at The Handheld
Blog has done just that. He
explains: ‘You know what,
forget the iPhone. Lets put
the N8 up against some
serious firepower, a DSLR
which in this case is a 18
Megapixel Canon 550D,
fitted with the 18-55mm
kit lens.’
So how did the Nokia N8
fare?
Meanwhile, Sandeep at
Fone Arena has also posted
some pics of the Nokia N8
against a Canon model.
This time it ’s the Canon
IXUS 130…
Never one to be left out,
Jay has also been busy
with some insightful
comparison posts.
Yesterday he noted that
the-ultimate111 pitted the
N8 against a top Samsung
camera phone and a
Panasonic digital camera,
as well as *gasp* the
Nokia N82.
The results are interesting.
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Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010LoL Android is the new symbian, because nokia were to lazy ... morehttp://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/10/android-caught-in-crossfire-of-patents.html
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Absolutely amazing article and it's rare to find articles with such insights into how fair articles really are. As consumers, we look to reviews and quite often are influenced (if not properly informed) by them. I am thinking of buying the Nokia N8 but the reviews could have put me off.
This article has reminded me to look for how fair a test is. I've never been a Nokia person myself (the N8 would be my first Nokia), however, if you are reviewing the product, whether you like the company or not, the tests should be fair.
Thank you for taking the time out to write this article. I would love to read more articles like these.
P.s. To make Gizmodo's test even fairer they should have been done by one person as the one with the Nokia N8 does seem slower at typing etc than the other two (something I may not have noticed before reading the article).
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Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010don't worry, nokia is known for their best support ;)Yes, the best support like the N900... rright was that like... almost a year...
I'll wait for meego and symbian 4 to see them prove themselves and provide symbian 4.5 and 5 to symbian 4 devices and meego 2 to meego 1 devices.
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Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010LoL Android is the new symbian, because nokia were to lazy ... moredon't worry, nokia is known for their best support ;)
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hellerman, 05 Oct 2010It makes literally NO sense when you declare that Nokia har... moreLoL Android is the new symbian, because nokia were to lazy to update it.
So far android has real flash 10.1, 30 FPS video rec and an excellent resolution compared to the N8.
And let's not forget, wayy more apps and updates, unlike nokia that will abandon N8 like they did with N900 once s4 comes out.
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miscof, 05 Oct 2010Sure it might be able to run Symbian OS fine but what happe... moreWhy do you want Android on it? "BECAUSE ITS SO COOL!" is not an answer.
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miscof, 05 Oct 2010Sure it might be able to run Symbian OS fine but what happe... moreIt makes literally NO sense when you declare that Nokia hardware isn't good compared to other because it wouldn't run good if you were to port another OS on it.
In fact, what ARE you talking about anyway? You can't port Android to Symbian, end of story. Also, the N8 is made out of anodized aluminium, the same internals carved into the expensive laptops out there. It also has a gorilla-glass screen, on the front, and as a camera lena protector on the back, so the hardware is good in that sense.
Lastly, stop comparing Android and Symbian like "all you need to do is take this RAM here and put it here". It doesn't work like that. They are designed ti handle internals in different ways. That's why the N8 doesn't require so much RAM or Ghz. Have you seen the scrolling through albums? It handles that with ease.
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Anonymous, 04 Oct 2010symbian works on n8 flawlessly, android is just too demanding...symbian works on n8 flawlessly, android is just too demanding...
true, but if we talk about phones and not OS and you think android cannot work with n8, its just logical to say that symbian can work with android capable phones, that it is. so its not about the software at all, the hardware (ram, cpu, gpu, wlan, BATTERY, SAMOLED, speakers, camera with xenon or at least dual LED flash, form factor) is the foundation of a good phone...
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miscof, 05 Oct 2010Sure it might be able to run Symbian OS fine but what happe... morehell no, if it runs android I would NOT buy it.