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Nokia N8 preview: First look

05 October 2010 | Read the review | Post your comment
Nokia N8 preview: First look - read the full textWe were almost starting to suspect mobile phones of giving up and playing soft. They seemed unstoppable you know. They went from 5 to 12 in no time and there was nothing to suggest that digicams will ever get a timeout for a much needed breather...

 

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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2010-10-06 21:46 from TqCi - click to readYou are referring to buying a new phone... something a Nokia user would not need to do for many a year due to superior build quality and advanced hardware.

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  • 2010-10-06 21:48
  • fqmQ

gr8 preview...

thanks GSMA :)

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  • 2010-10-06 21:48
  • 2@1B

> In reply to Clint @ 2010-10-06 21:43 from fqmQ - click to readcan be updated ? what will happens with the update it still will be the crappy symbian 3 ...
and who said that andoid phones are not with good hardware .. i think you live in your nokia world for so long go please and check out the new desire hd or the samsung galaxy s ... and then come to about hardware

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  • 2010-10-06 21:47
  • fqgE

> In reply to Clint @ 2010-10-06 21:43 from fqmQ - click to readindeed, hardware is easy to update since every china contractor can produce 12mp sensor but only apple knows how to program ios

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  • 2010-10-06 21:46
  • TqCi

> In reply to Clint @ 2010-10-06 21:43 from fqmQ - click to readsymbian launch touch phone since 5800. It has been 3 yrs and still slow and sluggish!!

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  • 2010-10-06 21:45
  • TqCi

nobody use camera every minute but will use music, browser, UI and app more often and n8 sucks at them

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  • 2010-10-06 21:44
  • TqCi

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2010-10-06 21:40 from fqgE - click to readHa ha.... software can be updated... you are stuck with the inferior hardware however.

I am not that interested in pretty animations, or not having the "huge inconvenience" of having folders present. Rather give me excellent hardware.

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  • 2010-10-06 21:43
  • fqmQ

> In reply to Clint @ 2010-10-06 21:38 from fqmQ - click to readgo play somewhere else .. we're free to read whatever we want and yes i read the review to know what's the nokia n8 capable of .. if it's good so why not buy it ? but it sucks ..

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  • 2010-10-06 21:42
  • fqgE

gsmarena did fair
good cam and yeah good cam that's it. Nokia phones have been good in photo taking but still a slow sluggish symbian. Multitouch is laggy and the reviewer needs two touch to remove icon. The home screen is limited to three when ios and android can give 7. yet to judge sound quality of the handset.

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  • 2010-10-06 21:42
  • TqCi

who cares the camera is fantastic .. okay that's something good but the software which actually the most important part in the phone as you will always use it .. and symbian 3 sucks ,,, long live ios and andoird .. or even bada

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  • 2010-10-06 21:40
  • fqgE

GSMA, well done with the blind test.

I somehow think Android is holding SE and Sammy back. Will we ever see a cameraphone on Android that can be compared with its Symbian counterpart? Probably never, since Android is catching up in this field at the same pace as Symbian is maturing its UI (i.e. quite slow).

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  • 2010-10-06 21:40
  • nbuy

Ha ha I see all the Android and iPhone kiddies are already trying to make their presence felt here.

If you aren't interested in Nokia and Symbian then what are you even doing reading this review? checking out the competition? Getting nervous that your phone might not be the best like you have been trying to convince people? Concerned you fell for the great Apple marketing hype?

Can't wait to get my hands on a proper phone. Bring on the N8.

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  • 2010-10-06 21:38
  • fqmQ

Why are you Gsm Arena so applaud Nokia? I agree, It has some great Hardware stuff, but Software is shit. Compare it to Android, iOs. You will see that Symbian is just a shit on a stick. Stop saying that it's soo cool. Nokia Sucks, and that's true.

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  • 2010-10-06 21:30
  • 0xWI

same symbian crap with good camera, i remember phone implemented cameras, they were all weird, who wants to buy a non-user friendly device for just bigger lens ?

i'll go for android or iOS phones.

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  • 2010-10-06 21:28
  • 0G8N

The N8 is really awesome... especially the camera...

But I will always use my HX5V over the N8, because you have more options and customizations like scene modes, shutter speed, aperture control etc...
And the optical zoom is really essential in photography (my opinion)...

But if you don't have/want a point&shoot, this is the way to go if you want to take great pictures on the go!!

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  • 2010-10-06 21:25
  • 318H

nice from you gsmarena to support nokia with this pathetic phone.
its clear that Nokia is far far away since iphone released
and now android
goodbye nokia
as we said to siemens earlier ;)

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  • 2010-10-06 21:23
  • gyFM

Phone Memory is 16GB not 8GB. Please correct it

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  • 2010-10-06 21:22
  • utW3

it looks ugly but still its good phone

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  • 2010-10-06 21:22
  • 39kI

Nice Preview... Eagerly waiting for the full Review from GSM Arena... N8 Rocks

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  • 2010-10-06 21:15
  • tUcj

Start reading!!

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  • 2010-10-06 21:15
  • pVPG
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