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  • wayne_pot
  • tW7
  • 23 Dec 2009

which is better? n79 or n85.. cause i'm confused what should i buy.. im only 16 years old..pls help me..

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    • Anonymous
    • ATZ
    • 23 Dec 2009

    SOULFLY, 23 Dec 2009Hi guys! Hope all of u r doing great. For last few months i... moreI dont have an answer to your question though, but I'm also having a problem with the fm radio. I've had N79 since July but whenever I play radio it's breaking, it gives me maybe 30secs of silence every after a minute or so.

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      • Prem
      • TL5
      • 23 Dec 2009

      If you have purchased this mobile then don't get worried, and my advice for the new people who are going to buy this mobile is that, don't go for this mobile anymore because nokia have stopped producing both n79 and n85.

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        • amit
        • uts
        • 23 Dec 2009

        Mohib, 23 Dec 2009Hi friends how r u? here I m facing a problem that my phon... moredude that means ur phone video player doent support the format go for smart movie

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          • Mohib
          • t}b
          • 23 Dec 2009

          Hi friends how r u? here I m facing a problem that my phone doesn't show video on screen while playing it, but video plays as usual, it mean i can hear the sound but can't see the video, can you tell me what is the problem, aas screen remains blank while playing video, and second thing plz tell me that I m unable to keep flash light on while taking video recording because there is no such option displayed, plz tell me where i can find the option to keep it on while making video.

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            • t5$
            • 23 Dec 2009

            Hi guys! Hope all of u r doing great. For last few months i'm having a problem to play FM Radio. It doesnt run at all. Whenever i tune to a pre-tuned FM channel the player appears with inactive sound mode. get. The sound option in the middle gets blured with a cross sign. I've updeded firmware version to 32.001 & also reset the hand set to factory setting several times, but it doesn't work.I would be very greatful if any body could check & post some feedback on it.I found using n79 are enjoing playing FM radio with their handset. I'm greatly depreased about it. - mannapasha@yahoo.com

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              • Anonymous
              • utw
              • 23 Dec 2009

              TMT, 22 Dec 2009hello guys, i'm using nokia N79 for 5 months now. i think i... moreVery balanced and concisely written review.. I agree with all the points.. I have this phone for about more than a year now.. N79 is cool..

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                • TMT
                • PUb
                • 22 Dec 2009

                hello guys, i'm using nokia N79 for 5 months now. i think is really worth it to buy this phone beacuse its all in one device. Here's my short review. Lets start with pros.

                PROS:

                1.GsmArena says that the camera is not the best for 5 megapixel. yep i have to agree with that.BUT, after i updated the new firmware update from version 10,20 and the latest i updated since august is version 30.019. and the camera quality is completely improved. and the cam quality is same as N82 after update version 30.019. But the flash are led so n82 won for night photo. Anyway, the pictures is really great! it replaces my digicam. the camera quality is soooooooooooo beautiful and awsome!
                2.The music is really good, it doesnt distort even on max volume!After you update the version 30.019the music quality is completely improved and the headphone prvided is nice and good sound output, not like cheapo Xpress Music headphone(nokia 5130 everyone?)
                3.The auto rotate is sooo fast and its faster than my other phone nokia 5800 have a nice theme effect. if you buy N79 you get what i mean.
                4.Its reasonable price, in my country Malaysia i bought this phone cost RM 1499(in nokia original store,but i got a discount RM 1299 though)But hell yeah its quite resonable with all in one price.
                5.Good battery life, in heavy use it stands for 2.5 days, for moderate used 6 days. Its really good batterylife and if you didnt used 3g, turn it to dual mode in network setting because dual mode caused batery to finish fast.
                6. Gps has a really good signal. but i don't use it much so i wont talk any further about gps.
                7.Wifi signal is holy strong! almost same as my laptop. i live in 5th floor and i got almost 5 or 6 wifi connection using N79.
                8.Video quality is awsome, is sooo much better than nokia 5800 because nokia n79 video quality is celar and not gloomy like 5800. And you can used video light for night recording.
                9.Navi wheel is tha best because of a flat D-pad. you can scroll the menu,music,photo etc alot faster. Nokia N78,81,85 their navi wheel sucks
                10.Fm transmitter has a very good signal. Much much better than N78.

                CONS:
                1. sometimes it hangs for no reason.example when i want to scroll a photo it hangs sometimes, but not always though. Update firmware, the hang problem is still present but rarely hapened.
                2.Auto rotate sometime doesnt respond! example when i rotete the phone and the standby screen didn't rotate. Or rotate like 10 seconds later Same thing happend vise versa.
                3.N gage to open the N gage application takes ages to open, it slow and you only got a trial version not a full version. want full version you have to buy it!!
                4. The flash at night is bright but not as bright as N86 flash and the worst part is when you took photo at night if you wanna to take photo at a bit far from the object there's a refelcton on the top left part of the image.You know why? Because of the metal gap between lens and flash.
                5.The speaker loudness is a bit low for stereo speakers. N73 is way louder(for example max music volume in n79 just 60% volume of n73). The bass is not that great either. it focused at vocal and treble more than bass.

                Conclusion: For the pros and cons, i think i rate it
                4.5/5 because of the amazing all in one set device. I highly reccomended everyone to buy this majestic phone to everybody. so thanks for reading my review and see ya. you ask quaestion. i have a blog about n79 sample pics. anyway thanks for reading my review.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • fw2
                  • 22 Dec 2009

                  Saso, 18 Dec 2009I have the same problem, but probably it is software issue,... moreNever had a problem with GPS in V31.002. And GPS is working faster since updating to V32.001

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                    • Anonymous
                    • fw2
                    • 22 Dec 2009

                    Just updated firmware to V32.001 phones is stable and menu and phone is faster.

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                      • neal
                      • 2SU
                      • 21 Dec 2009

                      diwakar_bhu, 19 Dec 2009i wana buy this phone can anybody tells that how the sound ... morethe sound is excellent i am using this phone 1 month....

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                        • Anonymous
                        • utN
                        • 21 Dec 2009

                        there is some difficulty

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                          • Sju
                          • 20 Dec 2009

                          pooh, 20 Dec 2009guys, i badly need answering machine software for n79 th... morehi ive got the same problem with your phone when i anwser the phone the other person can hear me but the phone continues to ring and vibrate

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                            • Anonymous
                            • u1v
                            • 20 Dec 2009

                            Keypad being white nos & alfabet blind to use. thickness and internal mem horrible. price still high but production stopped.Back covers are cheap colors and quality. otherwise a bare average cell.

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                              • ad98
                              • FBw
                              • 20 Dec 2009

                              diwakar_bhu, 19 Dec 2009i wana buy this phone can anybody tells that how the sound ... morei think it is gd but i didnt try it
                              but all nokia phones have great sounds.

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                                • pooh
                                • 2@5
                                • 20 Dec 2009

                                guys,
                                i badly need answering machine software for n79
                                the problem there are couple of them in the market but every time a caller calls, he can hear whats running in the background for about 5 seconds, which is very annoying.
                                please help

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vj1
                                  • 20 Dec 2009

                                  can n79 support 16gb microsd? Tnx

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                                    • diwakar_bhu
                                    • TL5
                                    • 19 Dec 2009

                                    i wana buy this phone can anybody tells that how the sound of this phone.....is gud pls help and thanx pls

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                                      • aelva
                                      • utc
                                      • 19 Dec 2009

                                      Very nice mobile having good clarity! sound is normal enough...having many features wifi is amazing! can download games having n gage game support too.....!very good selection and good performance!

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                                        • Kamal
                                        • vGx
                                        • 19 Dec 2009

                                        Hi every1, i'm plannin to buy this set. I saw mixed opinions abt this set in 1st 4 pages of opinions, some says its d best while some says its d worst. Could any1 pls advice me should i buy it. I also read that nokia has stopped making this set, is it? Thnx in advance.