Nokia N8
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- Samsung Wave owner
- 3SC
- 04 Aug 2010
Anonymous, 04 Aug 2010Thank you for helping my ignorance. :)
How are you findi... moreWhen I bought the phone I knew its only limitation. I knew that the OS was new and there weren't many apps available. But Galaxy S costs 100€ more that wave and it doesn't have LED Flash. I played with a lot of apps on my N95 and it seemed a little boring. I have a laptop as my primary mobile device and I seldom use my smartphone to browse the internet. I needed a good Music player, video player and a top notch camera with flash and video light. The hardware is top. It's almost the same hardware as on the Iphone plus SuperAMOLED minus girosensor minus high definition.
For the price, 350€-400€, it's the best value for money on the market. You should read the review and decide if it meets your needs. I certainly don't regret buying this phone.
N8 looks good btw. Too bad it's 450+ € after the tax.
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- Samsung Wave owner
- 3SC
- 04 Aug 2010
Anonymous, 04 Aug 2010Thank you for helping my ignorance. :)
How are you findi... moreofftopic/ About the wave: When I bought the phone I knew its only limitation. I knew that the OS was new and there weren't many apps available. But Galaxy S costs 100€ more that wave and it doesn't have LED Flash. I played with a lot of apps on my N95 and it seemed a little boring. I have a laptop as my primary mobile device and I seldom use my smartphone to browse the internet. I needed a good Music player, video player and top camera with flash and video light. The hardware is top. It's almost the same hardware as on the Iphone plus SuperAMOLED minus girosensor minus high definition.
For the price, 350€-400€, it's the best value for money on the market. You should read the review
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_s8500_wave-review-480.php and decide if it meets your needs. I certainly don't regret buying this phone.
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- Rene
- 0wF
- 04 Aug 2010
Anonymous, 04 Aug 2010I am sorry but my question was only aimed at nokia enthusia... moreI don't have had any hanging experiences yet. It has been running on now for 1 week and all is stable and well. The only gripes I have with it, is the somewhat short battery life (1 or 2 days with moderate to heavy use), and the sometimes inconsistent menu clicking behaviour (some items require double tapping). I like the keyboard though..
With respect to lagging. The only time I really have to wait for the phone to do something is when it is building thumbnails to view pictures in the camera folder (this takes a few seconds for 20+ photo's). Strangely, if you go to fullscreen view, the iPhone-like picture (and movie) scrolling is very fluent and fast..
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- Anonymous
- vIb
- 04 Aug 2010
aj, 04 Aug 2010in my experience with the n97 (i had it for about 4 months ... moreOkay. Thankyou ! So till now i have not received even 1 positive review for N97. Well, may be it was as bad as people tell me. :)
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- Gautham
- ut1
- 04 Aug 2010
could i know the clockspeed for N8???
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- aj
- 0Tc
- 04 Aug 2010
Samsung Wave owner, 04 Aug 2010Oops, 13 mb of free memory seems to be incorrect. My bad. S... morein my experience with the n97 (i had it for about 4 months before losing it), the free c drive memory was about 40mb. you can install most apps on mass memory, but some apps (eg nokia messaging) has to be put on c memory. there are a few tips on how to maximise c memory (just google it), but at the end of the day it was a terrible decision from nokia to put so little c memory on a phone with 32gb of internale storage!
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- Anonymous
- vIb
- 04 Aug 2010
aj, 04 Aug 2010i had an n97 until january this year (when i lost it), and ... moreThank you very much !! :)
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- Samsung Wave owner
- 3SC
- 04 Aug 2010
Oops, 13 mb of free memory seems to be incorrect. My bad. Still, there were numerous complains about the lack on free C:\ and about how the system quickly filled all the free space and needed a hard reset once in a while to regain space.
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- aj
- 0Tc
- 04 Aug 2010
Anonymous, 04 Aug 2010I am sorry but my question was only aimed at nokia enthusia... morei had an n97 until january this year (when i lost it), and i got it despite all the bad press around it. unfortunately, i should have listened to that bad press because that phone gave me nothing but trouble. i did need to hard reset weekly, as the phone would freeze and wouldnt power on again. of course you can easily backup on a memory card and reinstall after reset, but i was doing that so frequently. keep in mind however that that was before the major firmware 2.0 update was available. today, i would expect that the n97 is a more stable phone, but it is hard for me to recommend a phone that hung daily. i hear that the n97 mini is much more reliable and stable, so if i were you i would go for the mini instead, if you really cant wait for the n8 and want a new phone now.
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- Anonymous
- vIb
- 04 Aug 2010
Samsung Wave owner, 04 Aug 2010There is no calculation mistake. N97 has 256 mb of system m... moreThank you for helping my ignorance. :)
How are you finding your wave btw ? (Perhaps not the best of questions in a nokia forum)
Sorry every1, I am just looking for a phone.
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- Samsung Wave owner
- 3SC
- 04 Aug 2010
Anonymous, 04 Aug 2010270+ Mb is double of 13 mb ? :-s ermm....i see a calculatio... moreThere is no calculation mistake. N97 has 256 mb of system memory(the 32 GB is a separate drive). The system takes about 243 mb. That leaves you with 13 mb free on C: to install programs etc. N97 mini, however, has 512 mb of system memory. That gives you 269 mb of free NAND memory.
N97 users always ran out of C: memory on their devices.
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- Samsung Wave owner
- 3SC
- 04 Aug 2010
The fact that I own a samsung smartphone doesn't mean that I'm a samsung fan. I still own a nokia n95-1. When my n95 started to crash few times a day after I dropped it accidentally (my fault, I know), I started looking for a nokia replacement. N97 was panned by critics and users, so I decided to buy another company's flagship.
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- Anonymous
- vIb
- 04 Aug 2010
Samsung Wave owner, 04 Aug 2010In N97 mini nokia doubled NAND memory (C drive in your phon... more270+ Mb is double of 13 mb ? :-s ermm....i see a calculation mistake there.
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- Anonymous
- K7e
- 04 Aug 2010
too bad galaxy s is better in terms of gpu, ui ,os ,browsing and performance. i don't know why people are willing to buy this. maybe because of the camera.
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- Anonymous
- vIb
- 04 Aug 2010
Samsung Wave owner, 04 Aug 2010In N97 mini nokia doubled NAND memory (C drive in your phon... moreAnd *Somehow* I know what your suggestion for that might be !! :P
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- Anonymous
- K7e
- 04 Aug 2010
too bad galaxy s is better in terms of gpu, ui ,os ,browsing and performance. i don't know why people are willing to buy this. maybe because of the camera.
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- Anonymous
- vIb
- 04 Aug 2010
And about the N8. It looks terrific. I just think Nokia would do themselves a big favour if they make it upgradeable to Symbian 4. They cant even imagine what it will do to their sales !!
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- Samsung Wave owner
- 3SC
- 04 Aug 2010
In N97 mini nokia doubled NAND memory (C drive in your phone). Now it has 270+ MB of free memory instead of 13 MB on n97. This makes for a more reliable phone.
Still, you can get a much better smartphone for the money.
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- Anonymous
- vIb
- 04 Aug 2010
Samsung Wave owner, 04 Aug 2010N97 was a disaster when it came out in june 2009. They fixe... moreI am sorry but my question was only aimed at nokia enthusiasts ! No offense but since your display name is "Samsung Wave Owner". You quite don't fit in that category.
@Rene
Do you face any problems with the mini ? Lagging ? Hanging ? I have always been a big reader of the symbian-guru blog you know. And they had mentioned that N97 needs a hard reset every week or so.
I love nokia btw, I want to get the N8 when it releases, between that time, I need a phone obviously. I thought about getting an N97 purely because I have to see to believe what others say about it. ( Also, i need a phone lol )
Please reply ! Thanks.
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- Rene
- 0wF
- 04 Aug 2010
With respect to question about the N97. I now own an N97 mini for two weeks and I would rate is as good. It is my first smartphone and it seems to be able to handle all tasks I could possibly ask for. Also tried the Ovi maps navigation which is brilliant with its voice guide along the road. Definitely one very-valid reason to obtain a Nokia phone if you don't own a dedicated navigation for in your car yet.
With respect to some comments about CPU speed I read earlier. I would like to see CPU & GPU benchmarks for all mobile phones in future. Similar as in the on-going battles between Intel and Amd, raw cpu speed indications in Mhz are just about... useless! It all boils down to the number of instructions processed per second, which is definitely dependent on the processor architecture. I would therefore advise people not to look at the CPU frequency alone, but search for some accurate phone benchmarks. That, and the graphic chip of a mobile phone could also make or break the user experience (e.g. Apple has strong graphic processing in its Iphones). Just my 2 cents..