Nokia N96 review: King's new clothes
Every time Nokia Nseries numbering goes up a notch geeks are holding their breath. Well, geeks - including us - are no ordinary human beings, but in the case of Nokia N96 they'd been holding their breath since February...
- DJ Kur (London)
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I loved my N95 though it wasn't perfect and in fact its screen stopped working after about 17 months of owning it. I hated Nokia Maps but loved using Tom Tom mobile with external GPS receiver when driving as that was so much faster and better than Nokia Maps. I upgraded to the N96 2 weeks ago and after having it for a week I was absolutely disgusted with it. It didn't seem to do anything better than the N95 while the downgraded CPU would be useless for Tom Tom. When installed on the N96, Tom Tom is a million times slower than it ever was on the N95 and won't ever work for more than a couple of minutes on the N96 before it crashes. All that with the latest FW. After that week I took the N96 back to the Carphone Warehouse in London and got an Iphone instead. Sure, the camera on that is no match for that of the N95 or N96 but even so, it completely rapes the N96. After owning most of Nokia's flagship phones over the years, I take the N96 as a complete insult. This is something that could and should have been so much better and advanced than the N95, and instead it's a sorry excuse for a smartphone. Don't bother with it. If you're expecting it to be better than the N95, you'll be as disappointed as I am.
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- 2008-10-29 03:50
- 0Rmt
- Anonymous
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hmmm...just wondering why Nokia would blemish such great track record of NSeries especially the N9? series with N96. shameful.
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- 2008-10-25 16:25
- PFxM
- Anonymous
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Does no one think that the "Kings New Clothes" review is incredibly harsh and negative? Its all "This is appalling" or "this is horrible" and "We don't like this"
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- 2008-10-20 16:33
- mHXX
- Zgambit
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> In reply to Kal @ 2008-10-03 22:32 from 2SU0It does however have an 8mp camera and your right the Flash is LED
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- 2008-10-18 05:00
- vCCh
- ZGambit
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As much as I have to say it.. but I am a Nokia Fan converting to Samsung O.o this is a new experience for me but with the INNOV8's features u can't really go past it.
I have spent 2mths comparing phones... Samsung's INNOV8 seems to be the best phone in the world for 2008.
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- 2008-10-18 04:38
- vCCh
- Almuhairi
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Don't ever buy it. I sold my N95,8G. for it and wished i didn't. the n96 hangs allot and crashs. the software was slow. until i updated the fireware. it went faster but not as n95. still crashs and hangs allot. 3 aday normally . so i sold it and went back to n95. even the price of n96 is same n958g now.
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- 2008-10-17 23:04
- M{3N
- arron
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hi guys quick question, I got my N96 today and im having problems locating my music. It says searching for files but nothing is found. I have taken the memory card from my N95 and put it in the N96 and my pics are fine but not my music files?? I bluetoothed the files to the N96 and they play fine but then I save the file and again.... its no where to be seen????? any help???
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- 2008-10-14 18:25
- SbDP
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-09 07:20 from PUTDi thought you only like samsung but everone knows that nokia is the best!!!
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- 2008-10-13 11:30
- vxC@
- Anonymous
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-08 16:49 from 3Ce@yes bro , then u r right again! Its true that this ph is unstable. I already went to service center. Just collected it back. Now much better. Its NOT slow anymore. amazing! i'm going to use this ph until another touchUI nokia flagship come.
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- 2008-10-09 07:20
- PUTD
- Anonymous
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Want to know if anyone can help me find the Transformers movie on this phone. Cant find it.
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- 2008-10-09 07:07
- yVgU
- mam
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-05 15:34 from wrY6N96 problem from Indonesian user : system hang and slow slow slow
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- 2008-10-09 05:17
- wr6T
- Nohea
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"It takes quite a big pocket to stash Nokia N96 and the weight of 125g"
someone plz explain that concern for me, cuz i never seem to get it. or is it just me who thinks that pocketing such a premium device as this one for example is quite...well, undignified?
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- 2008-10-08 17:59
- nH91
- Anonymous
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-08 11:47 from PUTDi hear ya bro! i sold my N95 8GB which i had for around 8 months and i bought N78 cause it had a major price drop and i'm in love with the N81 design...i never really cared about design either but the N81 look is the first time i ever looked at a phone for its appearence and i can't wait to get N96! been saving up and its gonna be cool to own a few of the greatest phones ever made N78 and N96...just like classic cars are these days its goona be slick!! later homies!!!!!!!
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- 2008-10-08 16:49
- 3Ce@
- effective as of oct7
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All Nokia dealers have been asked to stop sales of N96 due to the problem of "system hang". Not sure when they are going to rectify it!! almost had it in my hands and now i got to wait longer!!!!
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- 2008-10-08 12:22
- vGjT
- Anonymous
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-08 11:41 from mK98u r right. but since u have n95 8 gb, u dun really need this ph unless u like nokia 2nd gen Nseries design. I bought it coz I dun have n95 8gb and I love the n96 design. I wish not many ppl buy this ph, so that it become exclusive like n93.
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- 2008-10-08 11:47
- PUTD
- Anonymous
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i have N73 and N95 8GB for the moment... i was thinking of buying the N96. At first, after reading all the comments i got a little scared that it might not be the right choice. But hey... that's what ppl said about N95 as well.. i really don't care about the looks so much. you can call me a geek. but i never leave my phones..., even in the toilet :D so i think i will buy one after all.. if you like looks: buy an iphone... if you like quality: buy nokia! :d that;s my motto. you can do so much with a symbian phone you have no ideea. it's sad that nokia makes devices so good for such incompetent people. as for the bugs, tell me one device that had no problem when it was first launched. nokia will solve most of the problems soon. they always give new software updates for it;s devices.
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- 2008-10-08 11:41
- mK98
- bruno
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N96 is catastrophic !!!
slow slow slow phone
it plays very bad the mp4 videos
the battery life is very short
there are reboot and crashes
and you must be gest used to firmware updates because nokia like it so be ready to backup and flash each week or more
I bought N96 and I regret a lot !
The old N95 8GB works better
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- 2008-10-07 21:35
- nm8A
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