Nokia N8
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- Moin
- u4g
- 13 Nov 2010
Picked up mine on 11th Nov, price approx US$500. No, Nokia hasn't officially released N8 in Bangladesh. Only people who pre-ordered it, could purchase it. According to Nokia BD, only 200 units will be sold initially. So far, I'm loving it - a world better than my XM5530 but when I compare it to my E71, not so sure. Yeah, I know, E71 doesn't have amoled touchscreen and so many other things that N8 has. I could a LOT faster with E71. Virtual kbd on N8 isn't easy to use. I like the speed although there were some sluggish moments. Very limited software. Excellent screen. There are definitely some learning curves, for instance, saving a new incoming or missed call from call list, i couldn't find any option. After few minutes, I figured it out - no, I don't read UG. Overall, this is an above par set, if not the best.
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- arun prasath
- ut3
- 13 Nov 2010
Selva, 13 Nov 2010Hi am Selva from Coimbatore. I have bought this phone on 25... morehai selva, iam near u @ mettupalayam. 1st i congratulation fr n8. rely i lke ths mobl now iam using nokia e71. i lke to buy n8 are can i wait 1st update.whn wil nokia updates.
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- sad
- PS6
- 13 Nov 2010
my new N8 cannot ON..after i try to open video in my facebook on d internet(using 3.5G),my N8 hang for a while then OFF..after that cannot ON..why?????..they said it will take 2 week to fix it..sory my english is not good.
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- Mac
- f34
- 13 Nov 2010
Anonymous, 13 Nov 2010Don't install 3.0.6 even though it supports pinch-to-zoom a... moreI did!! New one will be received on Tuesday!
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- angel
- 3AW
- 13 Nov 2010
help me guys! My screen saver does not work, the settings are allright, but i still see the homescreen after even 45 mins. :(
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- Anonymous
- pde
- 13 Nov 2010
[deleted post]Don't install 3.0.6 even though it supports pinch-to-zoom and other new features. But it is beta and some people have problems with the beta.
It seems you had a bad luck with you N8. Try to contact you dealer and get a new one.
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- Mac
- f34
- 13 Nov 2010
[deleted post]Sorry, correction on my post....'it still DIDN'T lag or freeze'.
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- Anonymous
- kar
- 13 Nov 2010
symbain 3 needs more apps y did nokia did not put a video light on the n8 this would of mad this phone complete symbain is a slow os nokia needs to make symbain os alot faster
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- Mac
- f34
- 13 Nov 2010
Anonymous, 13 Nov 2010Actually, I am thinking if map application just sucks and m... moreActually it has just launched in my country at the start of this month. I'm from South Africa. Seems i'm the only one currently with this prob. My friend has his and no probs so far. Unlucky me. To think i convinced him to get one and i get the faulty device!! Nevermind. I love this phone too much now. I used it on its own. No other apps were open. I thought about that but it seems it must be something else. As you said, maybe a faulty gps unit or something. Everything else just works! By the way, i tried multitasking with like 19 apps open at once and it still did lag or freeze! However when i opened the 20th it automatically closed some. I had both browsers open too on the heaviest pages too with NFS also open! So i dont think having some apps open would really hinder the gps but just for clarity with just the gps open on its own it still shutdown on many occasions. The prob i have is that you guys (including you) dont have that prob. If i had updated the ovi maps to 3.06 they would have not even considered given me a new phone cos it is a beta version. Yes it is to try and test but if there are probs from installing it even if the new version wasn't the root cause then your warranty would become null and void. It states this in the clauses on the betalabs site. Anyway i have backed up what i had so just to install in the new phone.
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- Anonymous
- pde
- 13 Nov 2010
Pppppc, 13 Nov 2010The USER internal memory of 350MB for the C7 against N8's 1... moreSymbian support up to 4g virtual memory, utilizing the mass memory as well. N8 has big internal memory than C7 actually.
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- Pppppc
- fnG
- 13 Nov 2010
Engineer Man, 13 Nov 2010I will be trying the C7 if it arrives in 6 days. Then I may... moreThe USER internal memory of 350MB for the C7 against N8's 135MB, at some point made me change my mind about N8's potential as compared to C7 in handling apps, but symbian 3 OS utilises the mem very well and the new update is going to make it very snappy. Infact there's a Hacked update and i understand it makes it very snappy, no shity restarts. Generaly i don't think that there will be any significant differnce in performance.
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- Anonymous
- pde
- 13 Nov 2010
Actually, I am thinking if map application just sucks and makes the phone freeze. Where are you from? Does the dealer tell if any other unit has similar problem. It is also possible the GPS chip is faulty. Everything is possible but have to figure it out.
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- Anonymous
- pde
- 13 Nov 2010
GPS works really fine, smoothly and fast for me. I live in Finland. I also used in Estonia recently. It helped a lot when traveling in the city of Tallinn.
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- snonre
- uCn
- 13 Nov 2010
snonre, 13 Nov 2010Oh yeah, its the Broadcom BCM2727.
And if you still dont... moreOops, forgotten the link
http://www.glbenchmark.com/compare.jsp?benchmark=glpro11&showhide=true&certified_only=1&D1=Nokia%20N8&D2=Samsung%20i9000%20Galaxy%20S&D3=Apple%20iPhone%204&D4=HTC%20Desire%20(Bravo)
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- snonre
- uCn
- 13 Nov 2010
Anonymous, 13 Nov 2010have you touch a wave, or even fiddling around with it's UI... moreOh yeah, its the Broadcom BCM2727.
And if you still dont believe me about the N8 performance, here is the gl benchmarks test results (cant find for samsung wave, so i compared the N8 with Iphone4, Galaxy S and Desire)
Even with lower specs compared to the other phones, the N8 still manages to catch up and even beat the other phones in certain aspects.
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- Anonymous
- pde
- 13 Nov 2010
Mac, 13 Nov 2010It happens often. On every occasion i open it, it worked fi... moreCheck if it works well only gps is running and nothing is multitaking in the background. I usually only use gps only without anything else so I have not seen any problems.
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- Sukrsa
- 0C3
- 13 Nov 2010
To day I have instal swype on my N8. Now I am posting from it. It is very fast.
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- Shashank
- TL5
- 13 Nov 2010
Anonymous, 13 Nov 2010have you touch a wave, or even fiddling around with it's UI... moreI did own a wave before the N8.
and yes,the touch response was good. at the same time, a lot of games like NFS shift and Kroll crashed and heated up the cpu quite a lot. though it was a brilliant phone, i still find the nokia N8 better.
the silly themes(hardly a few), low battery life is email exchange is used were a big turn off for me.
not to mention crappy apps.
The N8 is NOT a revolution. But, as GSMArena said, it is Evolution.
Everyone can feel at home. Functionality is super. Hardware is Brilliant.
Also, Hhe processor is 680MHz, ( As good as 700 MHz) and the Desire Z has 800 MHz. Funny nobody is complaining there.
Also, the samsung wave with a 1 GHZ processor is simply Stupid. i never saw it use more than 40 - 50 % of its CPU.
The Choke point on the samsung wave is its RAM, which SAMSUNG, for some reason, do not officially disclose. it could be 384 or 256 MB. GAWD knows !!!
Nokia is not limited by hardware, because its GPU is powerful enough to handle anything.
AND FYI, while playing games,GPU is far more important than CPU.
an i7 proc with a shitty graphic card will do worse on high end games than a Core 2 Duo with a High end Graphic card !!!!
And wave is a mass market phone. N8 is for everyone.
The sales figures are limited by supply constraints, but just keep looking, Nokia is on its way up, and HOW !!!
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- Mac
- f3k
- 13 Nov 2010
Anonymous, 13 Nov 2010Does it happen often or just occasionally. It happened rest... moreIt happens often. On every occasion i open it, it worked fine but just froze after a couple of minutes and then just restarts. I went to the dealer the 1st time and it didnt do it! As soon as i walked out it froze :( Anyway i took it in now and they will give me a new one on Tuesday. I love this phone. I am not fazed by this. Everything just works perfectly. I even took my 5800 tv cable and connected....and it worked like a charm. Played NFS and it was awesome!! No lags, no freezing, hanging etc. Pics are superb. Browser is superb for me. I dont know whats the fuss about but it can get better and by the way it is pretty quick too. My phone just had a glitch and thats that. I didnt install any s60 apps and just the 3 hd games and music from ovi with my 6 months unlimited. I wonder when i get the new phone if i'd get another 6!! Lol. I'm sure it wont work cos i cant have 2 running on the same number so i'll just load it on my other number!!