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Nokia N96 review: King's new clothes

03 October 2008 | Read the review | Post your comment
Nokia N96 review: King's new clothes - read the full textEvery 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...

 

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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-04 08:16 from TIE7 - click to readyesss.. nokia also more expensive here in indonesia....how come they said innov are more expensive than n96?

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  • 2008-10-05 15:34
  • wrY6

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-05 08:44 from 3CeM - click to readyes....nokia look ugly.....always brick...always copying the design from previous products....boooriiingggg....

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  • 2008-10-05 15:32
  • wrY6

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The Innov8 however is slightly more expensive than N96 and it lacks the complimentary stuff (Nokia Maps, 3 months of voice navigation, a free N-gage game and the Transformers movie).
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who needs nokia maps, 3 months of voice navigatiot and transformer movie? another brick from nokia.duhhhh....wheres the creativity???

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  • 2008-10-05 15:30
  • wrY6

> In reply to Dan @ 2008-10-05 08:27 from LAfn - click to readi know bro, i love the new Nseries look, they look amazing but almost everyone who i've shown my N78 to -the first thing they pretty much said was that its really ugly it never hurt me cause i love it and yea everyone has their own personal taste but its not a good shot at attacking a rival phone by starting off with looks...unless the design caused inconveince in using the phone looks should be left to the phones that are made for that segment like the 8800 and 8600, its seems really cheap to bash feature phones by saying the device is ugly so having a great cam, strong os and pretty much a all-in-one device are degraded because you don't like the looks, so basiclly if the exact same thing was in a different shape it would be a perfect phone for you? never made sense to me...where were you guys when phones looked like rubber toys. I like how the phones looks stay prime to the series shows some elegence in that line, but thats all i like, don like it don buy it...later homie

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  • 2008-10-05 08:44
  • 3CeM

I DONT think it's an ugli phone , just watch some other phones on the market.. i think nokia has a good look on this new nseries phone ..for young people but ok that's your opinion and this is mine, youre still doing a good job un reweing phone continio gsmarena :D

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  • 2008-10-05 08:27
  • LAfn

The N78 and N96 designers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...net/tag/n96/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...net/tag/n96/

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  • 2008-10-05 03:55
  • 3CeM

yea the picture quality does seem to be alittle low but thats was the case with all new phones....even the N73 i bought that phone just a few days after it came and it was full of bugs man, it would hang every other minuate and the pic qualtiy was really bad...over time newer FW really fixed almost everything and even in the N95 its pics quality has improved over time and i hope nokia do the same with the N96 however if you goto Pascosblog (http://www.jaspp.net/) he's updated his N96 FW and has a Pic comparrision of the N96 and Samsung Innov8 and the N96 does look great and i believe its better, i think GSMarena had a old FW and the first FW is always the worst, i got a N78 right now and the FW is messed up bigtime, in Camera sometimes it does't Zoom! and it hangs alot....but i'm sure with updates the phone gets better.....later!

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  • 2008-10-04 23:27
  • 3CeM

a dissapointment, those pictures suck!!! I had an n82 and it gave way better pictures then this oh well, renoir,pixon,c905 here i come!!!

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  • 2008-10-04 21:30
  • k6GX

N96? no thanks.
i prefer Nokia 5800XM, thank you!
:)

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  • 2008-10-04 17:04
  • tD51

Not too little but too late.
If Nokia had released this phone in earlier, then It would have become more affordable now. Samsung has surely taken an advantage in that race.

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  • 2008-10-04 14:09
  • 32BT
  • Samarth N91 user ...
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Nokia ?? Are you In your mind?

16 GB of memory? Good ... but what's up with that "Audio Quality" ??? Why so high distortion??

Such a waste, you spend so much cash for this ""nonsense of a music player"". Omnia is much better!


It feels bad when Nokia lets us down ... N91 was years released ago, still can give a musical competition to these new N-freaks ...

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  • 2008-10-04 14:01
  • PWYY

Reading around the blogs, I believe the N96's battery life is perfectly adequate, if not impressive. FP2 has made a big difference in battery use, it's not all about the size of the battery what how that power is used. This article from All About Symbian should clear things up: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com...he_Nokia.php

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  • 2008-10-04 13:41
  • Nxsf

i think the proccessor information in this review is incorrect, i think the n96 houses two proccessors, one for the graphical side, and a main proccessor which runs at 332mhz. i may be wrong but alot of people accused the n95 of having a 206mhz proccessor when they were just looking at the wrong one.

needless to say, the n96 is a bit disappointing, and i cant think of any reason why id need to upgrade my brilliant N95-1 to this.

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  • 2008-10-04 11:38
  • nxwQ

:):) Like there is saboteurs in Nokia from Samsung or whatever. N96 is just an overexpensive crap (for the money).

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  • 2008-10-04 10:51
  • 3buk

> In reply to Vivek @ 2008-10-04 07:10 from 2SQ6 - click to readok dude it does not take a genious to sense that the kickstand is weak...some friend you are breaking your pal's brand new N96...i hope it was not from jealousy...hahaha, jus messing bro yea i agree and am really worried that the kickstand does look like one of those parts that would probably be better not to tell people about cause you know how noone cares about your new phone and in the end they brake or scratch it breaking your heart.......

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  • 2008-10-04 10:41
  • 3Cej

Now when u mentioned in your review that the 8 megapixel Samsung INNOV8 i8510 actually costs more than the N96, it does not seem to be the case over here.

Here in Singapore, Samsung has already released the INNOV8 for sale here at a price of SGD$488 - $588 with a 2 year contract. Compared to the N96 which is going for $688 - $888 with a 2 year contract under similar price plans, the Samsung INNOV8 easily gives the weaker N96 a run for the money. Even without contract the INNOV8 costs $968 compared to a $1188 for the N96.

Im sure when the INNOV8 is released in other markets in the world, it will be priced cheaper than the N96. Nokia's only hope is to bank on the cheaper N85 to stave the competition but thats still quite some time away.

Im afraid by the time the N85 arrives, it will soon find itself in an arena of many other capable contenders to fend with.

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  • 2008-10-04 08:16
  • TIE7

Hm, after reading the review I was disappointed. I will definitely keep my black N95(on which I'm typing this btw) until the N97 shows up, if that one is better of course.

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  • 2008-10-04 08:02
  • 3KeK

Having used this for close to two weeks, I can honestly say that the N96 is worse than my 2 year old N95 and 10 month old N95-4. However, it's still better than the N8x and some of the E-series models.
I'm putting it up for sale to clear some funds to buy the Innov8 or N85. Anybody in India wants it for 28K (11 & 1/2 months warranty and no scratches)?? Bought it for 34K, some I'm taking a 6K loss. :(

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  • 2008-10-04 07:38
  • uBZ7

One word:
Weak

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  • 2008-10-04 07:25
  • L51C

hi,
well... first I broke a kickstand in a friend's N96 yesterday.
I was shocked..
It seemed like a piece out of a $2 Chinese toy I buy for my kids...
I have a N958GB I am happy with its performance... but hardware...
Nokia has to improve...
I coincidentally saw a E90 yesterday and boy! the back was completely scraped and peeling and what not...
It was again a 5 month old phone...
I am happy as my phone has a rubberized finish on the back and looks pretty durable... and is expected to also after the amount we pay..
the front however is a different story.
I can see defects in the plastic finish with slight curves, waves etc. think you get the picture... jus as the cheap toys from china look.
I hear china has a great quality manufacturing capacity also... only that they cost slightly more.
well I certainly hope its not so much more that nokia cant afford...
why look at SE, Samsung, HTC, they make great bodys too...
I felt very bad for that N96 and my friend.
lets see if he can get that mended ... the fone was jus three days old.

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  • 2008-10-04 07:10
  • 2SQ6
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