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A Buyer’s Guide To The Nokia N8

25th March, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments

Nokia has fallen a bit behind the pack when it comes to its phones in recent years, but it has taken a new approach with the Nokia N8. It features a new operating system and lots of tech, so can it pull Nokia back into the mainstream? Well, the metal chassis and anodized scratch-proof paint are both good and clearly aiming at the high end of the market. However, all the camera tech installed on the back of the phone make it rather chunky.

It’s going to be hard to replace the innards of the N8 if anything goes wrong as there’s no removable battery. Another issue is the SIM port, as it’s quite hard to access this and it’s tricky to get the SIM in there unless you have long nails. There’s also a mix of opinion on the manual unlock switch – it seems to be a love or loathe thing. While the 3.5 inch OLED screen isn’t as impressive as Samsung’s Super AMOLED screen, it’s still great for color.

Symbian 3 is the new operating system installed on the N8. This doesn’t have the same glamour as the Apple and Google systems but it still does a good job of bringing Nokia into line with them. While the display options are a bit limited, it displays widgets nicely and is, in some ways, more intuitive than the iPhone. However, it doesn’t have the simplicity of Android and when you select icons, the homescreen interface runs quite slowly and lets the phone down a bit.

In terms of performance, you might think that the N8’s 680MHz ARM 11 processor would be a weak point in comparison to other phones. On the contrary, it manages to exceed itself in terms of performance. While the system does occasionally jumble up your icons a bit, the phone has good stability, unlike some previous Symbian devices. Also, if you tap the battery icon, you can see information like available USB connections, WiFi connections and the alarm, which is a cool function. You can also easily have multiple programs open.

The call quality on the N8 is very good, aided by the useful volume function and impressive speaker. It also has video calling, which works fine but it’s doubtful that it will be used very much. In terms of adding contacts, as you’d expect from Nokia there are lots of options. However, the system feels a bit simplistic, especially in terms of social media: when you import your social networking contacts, the app has to reload every time, which makes it take quite a long time.

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