Here is the all awaited review for the Nokia N8-00 AKA N8. We got our hands dirty of this little bastard yesterday and made a real long review on it. Dont be frightened by its length coz when we compared with other android phones we found quite interesting facts that we thought we had to share with you! Read on...
Dimensions
Size: 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm
Weight (with battery): 135 g
Volume: 86 cc
SCREEN AND RESOLUTION
It has a 3.5" AMOLED screen not a SUPER AMOLED like a galaxy s though. It has a resolution of 16:9nHD or 640x360 pixels.Yeah like expected 16.7Million colors with Accelerometer,Magnetometer,Proximity Sensor and Ambient light detectors and of course the capacitive touch(so no more nails or stylus or anything).So this is what the nokia N8 has delivered in terms of screen and resolution.
APPEARANCE
Well hmmm i should give it Nokia they've really given it all for the looks and appearance of this phone.It has a matte silvery finish at the back,with the prominent 12MP carl zeiss camera,The flaunted scratch proof,dust,shock proof gorilla screen and loads of hard buttons and slots around the phone,its just packed!But its a thumbs up for appearance.
POWER MANAGEMENT
The N8 uses a BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery which can give you a maximum talk time of 720mins ie 12hrs of talk time if used in GSM mode or approximately 6hrs of talk time if used in WCDMA AKA 3G.Video playback time (H.264 720p, 30 fps, maximum): 6 h (via HDMI to TV)
And of course the MEMORY, it comes with a 16GB internal memory and an 32GB expandable MicroSD.
Well the hard buttons and slots around the phone are a lot,The menu key on the bottom left,The MicroSD slot and the SIM card slot and the dedicated USB slot on the left,the power button mini HDMI slot and a 3.5mm audio jack on the Top,Dedicated volume keys and a Dedicated camera key.So all this together make the phone on the outside!
PERFORMANCE
The nokia N8 is typically a MULTIMEDIA phone which truly keeps its word up. The N8 has a separate Broadcom GPU alongside its ARM 11 processing core, which takes over when things get graphically intense and delivers performance that rarely left us feeling underpowered.You would be wondering why a GPU for a mobile device but i am told that the games and the camera require intense graphics.
Now the processor,in the time when Samsung equipping all its smart phones with a 1GHZ processor why did Nokia go with a 680MHZ processor?Well they are sure that their latest Symbian^3 with 680MHZ would give a 1GHZ Android a run for their money.
But come on who are we kidding?
Symbian and Android?
Is that even a question?
well i do know my answer i hope you guys do too.If not try out Android and you will know.
And the RAM too,Nokia has somehow cut down on performance to increase its attention towards camera and looks.
Now coming to the best thing about the Noki N8,The CAMERA,12MP and a Carl zeiss lens and xenon flash just makes photography truly remarkable.If your looking put for a camera i would recommend this phone anytime because the clarity is simply amazing.But coming to reality,how many of us are ready to compromise on performance for Camera or a stylish exterior?
Of course i wouldn't.In a smart phone i want the SMART factor to be dominant and nothing else,No compromise.
Now coming to other features,Nokia has somehow managed to do something that samsung or any Android phones have not.The FM transmitter and receiver.This has been with Nokia for quite sometime now as we saw it growing in the early N series.Its has its pros as well as cons.The thumbs up is that you are allowed to transmit in any frequency and you can tune your beat box to the same frequency and start listening to music.But mostly there is a certain disturbance unless kept in a right position which screws with your patience.
Before i go to why you shouldn't be wasting money on this i'll try telling you the pros.The HDMI,the dedicated USB,the camera,the appearance of the phone,the gorilla glass.Nothing else is appealing enough for you to be all gaga over this phone!
Now why you shouldn't! why will you spend so much compromising on performance?
Why get a 12MP camera when a normal 5MP camera would do the job?
12 MP is only when you zoom and if it pixelates or not.The phone is kinda bulky and the menu key is placed in a totally inappropriate place.When you keep the phone horizontally it lies on the protruding camera part and hence causes huge wear and tear over time. The camera is in the place where people usually keep their fingers while talking.This does not cause any problems but rises the issue o cleaning the lens frequently from finger prints.And last but not the least,the Symbian^3.Symbian has always disappointed customers, A constant phrase in all the Nokia Service centers would be 'Software problem' .You would agree with me because of the firmware problems and the virus vulnerability.Although reinstalling the SW is not a big deal but having to do it over and over again is quite unacceptable. You would be wondering why i hate Symbian or NOKIA so much,well from past experiences of owning a Nokia 5800XM.Trust me i was thinking Nokia would do something about it but it never happened then i switched over to Samsung and now i own a Galaxy, i am literally OVERWHELMED by the performance!That is why i am asking you not to take up Symbian phones!Moreover the battery for this phone is not removable takes a really complex process for removing which involves removing screws and all.So this again is a disadvantage.The apps suck big time to, as the OVI store is no way close to the istore or the Android market.
But still if your Nokia family or have an attachment to it its understandable, Go for it!! It is good in many ways,Not as good as Galaxy is most ways but still its acceptable!
Its good value for your money.For 24K this is quite the phone you'll love to own!
Ashwin
For Technomaniacz.
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