Nokia N78 review: Bitter sweet

11 June 2008
Love it or leave it won't do here, we're afraid. Love it or hate it is more like it. There's so much to get excited about with Nokia N78. The excellent display and capable camera, topped with Navi wheel, FM transmitter, GPS and Wi-Fi sure round off a nice deal. And yes, the latest FP 2 is a downright treat. If only… Well, you must know already what we think of the package. Anyway, you're welcome to read on. Nokia N78 has a whole review up ahead to unleash its potential and a lifetime to beg for a facelift.

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  • Anonymous
  • Nxs
  • 14 Dec 2008

i just got the N78 a few days ago and i love it! great phone with top end features.i love the FM transmitter, a great new feature that i havent seen on any other phone

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    • Anandha
    • wnL
    • 30 Nov 2008

    its a rocking mobile with all features for cheap price...

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      • anandh
      • wnL
      • 29 Nov 2008

      its a nice phone for a compatible price,the phone features rocks except those keypads otherwise good...

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        • unknown
        • vxw
        • 04 Nov 2008

        I'm impress with this phone,light and handy.. nice quality photos, camera is stable and consistent.Elegant screen,I like the Navi wheel as well, great job for nokia, having this phone a standard phone jack, music is as convenient like connecting it to my component, excellent for loud sound, amplifiers and all that stuff. An average rating for the keypad, I'm having a little difficulty about it, though. FM Transmitter is a nice feature, but I'll rather go with AC phone jack to connect to an amplifier. Rating is 9 out of 10, because more features are added compare to earlier Nseries like my N73,but connectivity is not problem for me, why use IR port if you can use Bluetooth? Oh wait the copy and paste is not there, which I'm used to, and I miss it.

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          • saqib
          • wYR
          • 31 Oct 2008

          i am using nokia 65oos . . . but iam going to change ma handset but i wana know which of them is best nokia n78 or nokia n82... any one please guide for tht....

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            • Anonymous
            • mIe
            • 13 Oct 2008

            dave, 30 Jul 2008I wanted to purchase a nokia N78 / n82 here in the UAE but ... moremost of the new nokia phones are made in china,it is true,u wont find an europe made n78 in the gulf reigon unless it is old stock.

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              • Hammad
              • PT2
              • 23 Sep 2008

              by far the most beautiful set by nokia ever.

              Great features, FM Transmitter quality is very hi, just like you are listing regular CD or MP3 range is also like 10 feet.

              I just loved it..

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                • Anonymous
                • vGk
                • 06 Sep 2008

                Ya .. Its actually a limitation or a drawback . Not a disadvantage. BTW I have a doubt. I'm from India . By built in GPS transmitter do you mean we dont have to use any network or something. I mean it would suck if they say you have to pay a fortune to be able to use GPS. Or is your mobile phone the only instrument you need to figure out your location ?

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                  • Josh nckx
                  • j2C
                  • 15 Aug 2008

                  Hey guyz en girls i dont know all this high tech stuff but here in
                  Africa we love the N78 its beautiful en its just a phone for god sake so just save it al da critisism en just let it be what i already is.... A FLAWLESS PHONE.

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                    • dave
                    • M{3
                    • 30 Jul 2008

                    I wanted to purchase a nokia N78 / n82 here in the UAE but all shops that I've asked said that all new nokia phones are made in China and that there are no more phones made in Europe. Is this true? If not, where can I get a n78 / n82 that is made in Europe in the UAE.

                    thanks

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Qf@
                      • 25 Jul 2008

                      "fm transmiter" is pretty useless for a new car that has a audio jack that you can plug in. It does work, doesn't it?

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0Uw
                        • 15 Jul 2008

                        very,very low...

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                          • neonoafs
                          • PYh
                          • 09 Jul 2008

                          Million People, 08 Jul 2008Nokia always lose in audio quality. Look at stereo crosstal... moremy 6230i has stereo speakers...and this cellphone (6230i) is very old...i have it about 2 years...

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                            • Million People
                            • p$K
                            • 08 Jul 2008

                            Nokia always lose in audio quality. Look at stereo crosstalk in all review. Nokia are mono.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Bw@
                              • 05 Jul 2008

                              Nokia need to produce more phones with a VGA display.The N80 had it yet years on we see quarter vga screens on expensive devices.QVGA is lousy .

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                                • Nee
                                • w9J
                                • 26 Jun 2008

                                MarinerBen, 16 Jun 2008Firslty I buy a phone for it's music capabilities, and sinc... morei guess u may try 5310 xpm the phone and headset it self is the greater headset available now in the market better then SE w even i pod .

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                                  • LEO
                                  • TRc
                                  • 18 Jun 2008

                                  hi this is a good phone but one problem i have is how to use transmiter of n78 from tv via n78 to fm(2300) radio recive or other fm radio please help me on this

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                                    • PSk
                                    • 17 Jun 2008

                                    not great as i thought it can be. very bulky and weird keypad design. Nokia failed to attempt in newest feature on mobile: FM transmitter. Seems that they need a lot of works to do about that. poor..

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                                      • MarinerBen
                                      • m5S
                                      • 16 Jun 2008

                                      Firslty I buy a phone for it's music capabilities, and since I prefer Nokia there's no question to ask that I got an N95 during it's release.
                                      But what I've seemed to notice about every music phone I've bought is the quality of the headset provided.
                                      Surely they could throw in some good inner-ear phones like Sony Ericsson cause it is annoying having to dish out another £30 for some decent headphones.

                                      Rant OVER.

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                                        • Shino03
                                        • v0q
                                        • 15 Jun 2008

                                        "FM transmitter has weak signal"
                                        When I first saw this phone, I thought it had replace the interest of musuc lovers from Sony ericsson W980 to this one but I think my first impression are wrong because their are still many things to rival W980, although to many it does.
                                        Well, I had learned a lesson in here.
                                        "Don't copy others in order to get praise."

                                        This really didn't change my mind to swicth to nokia but to stick more to Sony ericsson because it didn't have that innovation, maybe it change from N77 but that's not what I'm looking for.