Nokia N8
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- Wheez
- nST
- 13 Oct 2010
Right, this is it
GSMArena wrote a good, fair review although it had abit too much focus on the camera part. The N8 is a wonderful swiss army knife of smartphones even without the camera. Many of the software things they complained about are being fixed as we speak. The N8, at least for me, is worth every cent even without the camera, worth even more with it :D
I thank the ones who asked good questions from me and I hope I helped. The phone is now widely enough available here so that Im not needed here anymore, I have to focus on my studies again.
I will not be reading or posting here anymore, so good luck with your phones whatever u end up buying.
Hail N8, hail Nokia!
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- George
- Sdu
- 13 Oct 2010
Nokia Smartphones running on Symbian OS are known to have problems like Phone freezes / hangs and if the only solution is to remove the battery, Nokia N8's battery is not user removable. What then, you're screwed.
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- Anonymous
- Sdr
- 13 Oct 2010
Galaxy Sun, 13 Oct 2010That may be true about the camera but n8 can't compare with... moreN8 is the best MULTI-MEDIA PHONE not just camphone... androids, iOS better only in browsing, tha's it. N8 is the BEST PHONE on earth>>>>>>>>>>
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- velu
- sST
- 13 Oct 2010
Galaxy Sun, 13 Oct 2010That may be true about the camera but n8 can't compare with... moreBut as far as build quality is concerned Galaxy is noway near N8.
As far as 1GHZ vs 680MHz talks , it all boils down to how resource hungry is your OS is.
And another important thing Nokia is robust and reliable unlike typical samsung mobile which comes for 6 months to 1 year.
I am from India and i can give you so many links
about how good the nokia support is when compared to samsung.
If i buy a Nokia phone and incase if i get any issues i am
sure my problems will be resolved by Nokia care( atleast in India ) ,
but samething cannot be guaranteed for samsung ( esp mobiles and LED/LCD TVs ).
Anyway if i need pay 30k INR for Galaxy , i can pay another 10K INR and will go for iPhone instead of Galaxy ;)
Anyway i am using E72 and pre ordered blue color N8 which i ll get it in couple of days.
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- Anonymous
- t7w
- 13 Oct 2010
I dont think people will regret buying feature-complete n8+ 32g memory card for the half of iphone 4 32g unlocked
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- sukrsa
- 0Cm
- 13 Oct 2010
Sukrsa, 12 Oct 2010Dear Wheez, If I remember correctly, you said Finlad made ... moreThanks for your reply
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- Galaxy Sun
- kUW
- 13 Oct 2010
Wheez, 13 Oct 2010Heh, I was just sitting in the local mall surfing with my N... moreThat may be true about the camera but n8 can't compare with the Galaxy's superamoled display,it's touchscreen, it's 1ghz processorand browser the number of apps on the android market, As even Gsmarena stated,the n8 is the best cameraphone that is it's strongest asset and maybe the only one. As potential rivals Arena pointed out the Wave and xperia 10 ,Galaxy is in a different league from N8. Probably N8 will be a seller but only because of it's camera becaure in rest it has nothing special!
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- Anonymous
- R55
- 13 Oct 2010
hi. can the font size be enlarged or zoom for sms and emails. thanks
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- Anonymous
- PBR
- 13 Oct 2010
Wheez, 13 Oct 2010Heh, I was just sitting in the local mall surfing with my N... moreI'm glad that the man has a proper camera to use right now :)
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- Rands
- fq4
- 13 Oct 2010
Wheez, 13 Oct 2010Heh, I was just sitting in the local mall surfing with my N... moreWheeze,
Someting i cannot make out from the pics clearly, does the phone have a place to attach a wrist strap?
& also, how do u 'end packet data', used to be able to hold down call-end key on my E72 to do this. is it possible on the N8.
Thanks again for all you valuable input.
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- Adeel
- S1U
- 13 Oct 2010
I wanted to buy an N8, but I think the only good thing in N8 is the camera .... so I will buy a good dedicated camera .... like Sony Nex 5 and go for some other nice phone.
Even Samsung's Bada OS is better than this new crappy Symbian 3 .... what the *&^% !!!
Shame on Nokia !!! they should stop making smart phones and should start making cameras instead !!!
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- New waver
- vIb
- 13 Oct 2010
Anonymous, 13 Oct 2010If you can use a screwdriver, you can replace the battery. ... moreYou're wrong, it WILL spoil the battery. And they have use Torx screw so you will have to use a special screwdriver for it.
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- Wheez
- nS$
- 13 Oct 2010
Heh, I was just sitting in the local mall surfing with my N8 when two older gentlemen walk by me and immediately stop when they notice I'm using the N8.
We had a good 5 min discussion about the N8 and it's camera, he was using Galaxy S and said that he has to carry a point and shoot camera with him cos the SGSs camera doesnt cut it for him, he even showed me the point and shoot camera he had so he wasnt just talking :D
One thing what I love about the N8, the blue color certainly gets attention :D
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- AMANITA
- s8f
- 13 Oct 2010
Manoj, 13 Oct 2010I am looking forward to buy a new phone.. options are the S... moreGo & get Nokia N8 ;)
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- fae
- 3W$
- 13 Oct 2010
the price of this mobile in syria is 1043 $
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- KUMAR
- Uqs
- 13 Oct 2010
NOKIA N8 VS iPHONE4, 13 Oct 2010Price
One of the biggest advantage of Nokia N8 over the iP... morehi i was very keen on purchasing N8. but i wanted to know as the amount of applications available over the OVI store. some applications im looking for is, english and medical dictionary, currency converter, mp3 downloads,anti virus etc
please help
thanks
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- maka1
- 3sE
- 13 Oct 2010
ans, 13 Oct 2010good design,but features tooooo pooooooooor.it has only 12m... moreYou said only 12mp and 16gb! Are you nuts is there any other phone like that? See wake up N8 is the best cos it puts all in one and some of its features are first and some are the best in the market
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- maka1
- 3sE
- 13 Oct 2010
ans, 13 Oct 2010good design,but features tooooo pooooooooor.it has only 12m... moreYou said only 12mp and 16gb! Are you nuts is there any other phone like that? See wake up N8 is the best cos it puts all in one and some of its features are first and some are the best in the market
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- Manoj
- tE%
- 13 Oct 2010
I am looking forward to buy a new phone.. options are the Samsung Wave and Nokia N8. I have been using Nokia all my life. But I am quite amazed with the popularity of samsung wave. Can any one please recommend which one should i opt for as per your experience
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- NOKIA N8 VS iPHONE4
- Mf5
- 13 Oct 2010
Price
One of the biggest advantage of Nokia N8 over the iPhone 4 is the price. With the price tag of €370 euros before taxes and subsidies, and converting it to pounds would give us £300. Comparing to the iPhone 4 (unlocked) 16GB with a price of £499 and £599 for 32GB. Therefore making the Nokia N8 much cheaper for a smartphone with cool multimedia features and especially Symbian^3 os.
Design
We admit that the iPhone 4 is slimmer, but there are consequences on this, like on the camera performance e.g. zooming and sensor size. For the color variants of Nokia N8, the mass is already have a wide choice for their taste on the color. There are currently 5 anodized casing for N8 the dark grey, silver white, green, blue and orange For the iPhone 4, there are two the white and the black (no pun intended) and obviously I don’t like that my phone is mistakenly identified by others as an iPhone 3GS or iPod touch.
Video Call
The limitations of Apple facetime for the Wi-Fi connection and iPhone to iPhone is what Nokia already solved and made possible long time ago to their devices. So in N8 you will not be bounded by connections and you will get connected for the video calls in any capable devices.
HDMI + Dolby Surround
Another one few specs that a 2010 smartphone have is the HDMI connection where you can connect to your home theatre. With HD TV you will get a crisp and clear visual treatment as well as with your sound with the Dolby Digital Plus.
Memory
The Nokia N8 has a 16GB internal storage plus giving you a chance to add an external hot swappable microSD card up to 32GB.
USB On-the-Go
If 48GB of storage is not enough for you then consider this USB on-the-go feature where you can read and make slave USB sticks from external hard drive like on this 250GB hdd.
Usability (Reception issue)
If you’re afraid to get a bad reception just because of the phone’s inability to not allow you to have a proper grip, well, isn’t that obvious that this could be one of the biggest mistake that Cupertino company made? Eventhough Nokia N8 isn’t launched yet, we all know that this Finnish giant have more than 1 billion of devices out there and we never have the incidents where people protests just because of the reception issue.
Sensor
To have the biggest camera sensor in the field of camera phones—and even bigger than the other p&s cameras—means that we are having the right innovations. By the size of the N8 and to its one of a kind features, it really shows that this is an advance feature that Nokia N8 will hold against competitors.
Xenon flash
It is still a strong advert of manufacturers that LED flash can provide you enough light for taking pictures. But it is still a fact that xenon flash are the one who leads in the technology of flash for compact cameras as well as to mobile phones. What Nokia did is they reduced the size of the flash to 30% less compare to Nokia N82 & without losing the power.
Editing software & Ovi Maps are free (Symbian^3)
If you’re phone has an HD capable video recording and Symbian^3 on N8 has an on-board video editor and without pulling some extra bucks from your pocket, of course. The same on Ovi Maps, neither we need a connection nor we would pay for it. That is really the magic of Nokia, bringing us connected anywhere and anytime.