Photography:
2 Lenses double the fun, at 5 megapixels and 0.3 megapixels. The North American industry standard for mainstream phones is 0.3 megapixels for the primary lens – which is well superceded by this phone, however, on the Eurasian side, where the phones are much more advanced, the standard for secondary lens is 0.3 Megapixels, so no complains here, but as technology advances, so should secondary lenses – as secondary as they may seem. However, the 5 megapixel lens steals the spotlight completely, which is the highest I have seen on any cell phone. The superior lens is complimented with a strobe flash, which does a better job than just a single flash of light.
2 Lenses double the fun, at 5 megapixels and 0.3 megapixels. The North American industry standard for mainstream phones is 0.3 megapixels for the primary lens – which is well superceded by this phone, however, on the Eurasian side, where the phones are much more advanced, the standard for secondary lens is 0.3 Megapixels, so no complains here, but as technology advances, so should secondary lenses – as secondary as they may seem. However, the 5 megapixel lens steals the spotlight completely, which is the highest I have seen on any cell phone. The superior lens is complimented with a strobe flash, which does a better job than just a single flash of light.
Music:
Possibly the most prominent feature of this phone – stereo speakers allow you to blast it, a 3.5mm headphone port allows you to contain it, and a slide-out control panel allows you to control it. The way the phone slides up to access the number pad, it goes the other way, but instead of revealing numbers, it reveals a play/pause, stop, forward and back selection of buttons, so no fooling around with the directional keypad.
Possibly the most prominent feature of this phone – stereo speakers allow you to blast it, a 3.5mm headphone port allows you to contain it, and a slide-out control panel allows you to control it. The way the phone slides up to access the number pad, it goes the other way, but instead of revealing numbers, it reveals a play/pause, stop, forward and back selection of buttons, so no fooling around with the directional keypad.
Wireless communications:
The past 3 phones I've reviewed all mention this – infrared, bluetooth and wifi. Now that I am to review more phones, maybe I should create a code for this. BIW? WIB? BWI? You get the idea. Again, for those of you who haven't read my past reviews, this phone is, and I quote from the past reviews, “A wireless communications Swiss Army Knife”, as there is infrared, bluetooth, and wifi.
The past 3 phones I've reviewed all mention this – infrared, bluetooth and wifi. Now that I am to review more phones, maybe I should create a code for this. BIW? WIB? BWI? You get the idea. Again, for those of you who haven't read my past reviews, this phone is, and I quote from the past reviews, “A wireless communications Swiss Army Knife”, as there is infrared, bluetooth, and wifi.
Display:
Here I go with the repetitions again... this phone has a beautiful display, bright and glossy, and doesn't waste a bit of space covering almost edge to edge horizontally of the phone's front surface. Well designed – and Nokia does it again with a brilliant display.
Here I go with the repetitions again... this phone has a beautiful display, bright and glossy, and doesn't waste a bit of space covering almost edge to edge horizontally of the phone's front surface. Well designed – and Nokia does it again with a brilliant display.
Wired:
Excellent MP3 playback and controls (who needs iPhone?), well designed access to numpad and mp3 controls, as well as perfect sized screen not to waste a single bit of surface space. 5 megapixel lens takes stunning photos. Automatically connects to preferred wireless networks, once in range. Keypad locks after 2 second period upon sliding down, so you can still use the phone slid down, but after the 2 seconds, it locks as necessary. An improvement on the N80, which ALWAYS prompted you to lock or not.
Excellent MP3 playback and controls (who needs iPhone?), well designed access to numpad and mp3 controls, as well as perfect sized screen not to waste a single bit of surface space. 5 megapixel lens takes stunning photos. Automatically connects to preferred wireless networks, once in range. Keypad locks after 2 second period upon sliding down, so you can still use the phone slid down, but after the 2 seconds, it locks as necessary. An improvement on the N80, which ALWAYS prompted you to lock or not.
Tired:
Atrocious battery life. Doesn't even last 2 days. No micro-SD card included. Once you slide down the flap during a call, it doesn't automatically hang up, a pain when you compare it to the N80 and N91. Terrible secondary lens – does us no good once our carriers start offering video calling.
Atrocious battery life. Doesn't even last 2 days. No micro-SD card included. Once you slide down the flap during a call, it doesn't automatically hang up, a pain when you compare it to the N80 and N91. Terrible secondary lens – does us no good once our carriers start offering video calling.
Next steps:
Hey, Nokia. It's called LITHIUM. You were pretty generous with it in the past models, but you won't even last 48 hours this time around. Some more built in memory, or at least an included micro-SD card would help to store larger files like music and pictures. The operating system should allow automatic hang-up once the flap slides down. A better secondary lens is in order for sure, now that video calling is being introduced on mobile networks.
Hey, Nokia. It's called LITHIUM. You were pretty generous with it in the past models, but you won't even last 48 hours this time around. Some more built in memory, or at least an included micro-SD card would help to store larger files like music and pictures. The operating system should allow automatic hang-up once the flap slides down. A better secondary lens is in order for sure, now that video calling is being introduced on mobile networks.
Bottom line:
Despite the battery life, memory issues and the hang-up on the hanging up aside – I would have to say this is the best made Nokia phone yet. The number one priority, I would say, is definetly more built in memory, because of the more megapixels in a photo (therefore taking up much more room), and being MP3 oriented, as implied by its physical design. If you have an extra 50 or so dollars to spare on a micro SD card, problem solved. My overall rating is a 4.5/5
Despite the battery life, memory issues and the hang-up on the hanging up aside – I would have to say this is the best made Nokia phone yet. The number one priority, I would say, is definetly more built in memory, because of the more megapixels in a photo (therefore taking up much more room), and being MP3 oriented, as implied by its physical design. If you have an extra 50 or so dollars to spare on a micro SD card, problem solved. My overall rating is a 4.5/5
Nokia's new "poster boy" - our cat Iggy! As photographed by the 5 megapixel lens of the N95
