Nokia N8 - user opinions and reviews
- Anonymous
- 2WH
If symbian^3 os fails to impress then they will loose the grip in mobil market. Nokia products are best interms of battery life but they are still immature in finger friendly touch ui, look at the ui s of se, samsung and htc....looks nice and feels good....afterall first impression is best know....in symbian any screens are not customizable....you have to improve nokia.
- Niraj
- KFP
Rajesh, 02 Jun 2010Recently E72 was launched about 5 months delay and it ultimately did not make up to the 1st p... moreWhat do you mean by nokia is fail on hsdpa. For your Nokia N8 has fastest 3.5G. Only Milestone has more faster 3.5G than N8.
- Anonymous
- up6
love this phone! hope its well priced when finally comes.. when will get launched in india? any speculation?
- unanimous
- RNy
Rajesh, 02 Jun 2010Recently E72 was launched about 5 months delay and it ultimately did not make up to the 1st p... moreYes the N97 was a miss hit for Nokia. I did look forward to it and although I did not buy it myself, did recommend it for a friend (and I do feel guilty about that). I am not insulting the current users of N97 who are happy with the devices but just pointing out for the price it was launched with, it came with a lot of issues that the users had to put up with until the recent updates. In-fact, now for the price (originally it sold at about RM 2450, now its dropped to RM16++) and its updated software, I think its a pretty good qwerty/touchscreen hybrid device.
Am I completely confident the N8 will be the best, maybe but I really can't tell for obvious reasons. But since my last Nokia, N95 this is the first device (and I do mean among all makers) that seems to tick all the boxes for me and at the end of the day, that is what is important for me.
- Rajesh
- uEA
unanimous, 02 Jun 2010I agree somewhat about the premature releases of their products in the past like in the case o... moreRecently E72 was launched about 5 months delay and it ultimately did not make up to the 1st position even after having a higher 600 mhz processor and new OS, I mean S60 V3 Release 2...Nokia has somehow been following other companies rather than leading...In E72 they introduced optical trackpad which was introduced by Samsung in early 2008 and SE in end 2008 but in that department too they failed to create a impact even after 18 months of delay as Nokia optical trackpad proved to be inferior compared to its competitors...AMOLED display, higher built in Nand Flash, HSPDA etc etc etc they failed everywhere...Look at N97 with huge 32 gb built in...how the model proved to be dead slow and a trash after all...And here we are N8 another Rosy dream...who knows how it will fair after all these mishaps in the past?????
- Anonymous
- IaH
its a complete mobile with all features except its design,i dnt like its design
- Rajesh
- uEA
Niraj, 02 Jun 2010Spoke wisely understand and dont bash any one. First both Vivaz+Satio cant compete N8 on spec... moreAgain you came back to same question, can Satio and Vivaz beat N8...my dear, did you sleep well...you are asking if a 9 months old gadget can compete with Nokia N8 which is a future gadget and who knows when it will be launched...lets assume N8 will be available in June ( which I doubt )...I want to ask you can any Nokia gadget which was introduced in past 9 months compete with Satio or Vivaz head to head in specs??? N900 has a mere 5 mpx camera...thats already 3 year old technology...where are your brains???
- unanimous
- RNy
Rajesh, 02 Jun 2010If you watch the history of Nokia, they have a tendency to introduce their line up of future g... moreI agree somewhat about the premature releases of their products in the past like in the case of N95, it was about 6 months of anticipation before that came out. But recently I do notice that's not the case with their products (X6 was launched barely 2 months after its announcement). And you must admit the unfortunate leak of the N8 by the Eldar fella forced them to announce it early.
- Anis
- 3EV
Rajesh, 02 Jun 2010If other companies can do it and do it well why cant a world leader mobile company do it...who... moreNothing stopping them, but yet we dont know if they will add it or not. so we cant judge them now, we will wait until we can hold it between our hands.
Another thing, maybe they want to keep the price affordable for us.. there is many other reasons but lets wait and see :)
- Anonymous
- upe
There is no sort of thing that any special hardware required to play divx, its a licensing issue between Nokia and third party company having patent on divx codecs. But third party players does the job very well especially Dvd player & the smart movie players.
- Rajesh
- uEA
Anis, 02 Jun 2010Do u know it add extra cost to make it handel divx and Xvid ? lol its not free option man.. ... moreIf other companies can do it and do it well why cant a world leader mobile company do it...who is stopping them???
- Mark
- mby
Tom-Helge, 02 Jun 2010Like i have said many times already, i'm not trying to stop you from buying the Nokia N8, i'm ... moreTom,
For some reason my post to you did not come through yesterday, leaving only the short addendum for you to misundertand, which you obviously did. So, first: Sense UI is not bad in itself, (Timescape & Mediascape are me thinks but still) What is bad for consumers, including you at this very moment, is that the custom UI, the one made because the Android one is actually not that great, needs to be reworked in new iterations. This delays access to new versions for phones other than the Nexus 1, and is the reason I think your lifetime support will be limited, in the end.
Here is my original post (I see someone else has lectured u on some more technical details, and judging from your shallow response, you STILL do not understand that you cannot compare this to you computer. I think that is the reason you screw up the reasoning all the time)
How i know XPERIA X10 will get Android 3.0?.
Well lifetime support is lifetime support no matter how you want that to be.
-- No Lifetime Support is Support to the end of the average lifetime they expect of the phone, which is around 18 months. You did not expect to support the phone fully for another 4 maybe 6 years. Them recreating timescape 10 times and all. I am sure SE is a nice company, but there are limits, and you will see them in the life of your X10. In finance we have a saying that past ROI is not a guarantee for future ROI. I think that applies to SE, given their financial troubles.
I have been promised alot of stuffs from Sony Ericsson in all of those years i have used their products.
And guess what, then have ALWAYS given me the things they have promised.
Spoken like a true fanboy.
Now, how can you prove that to be wrong?.
When they have given me all of the promises to now, then they will still be giving me the things they always promise. I believe them now after so many years. And it would be a disaster for them to lie about something they promise.Simply because alot of customers would be really pissed off about that then. And that's not doing business. That's losing cutomers and money in the long run. Ofc, Sony Ericsson needs more money when they make new phones and that, but we have already payed so much for our XPERIA X10 that the lifetime support is worth it on the XPERIA X10.
Yes, you paid A LOT of money for your X10, and now you HOPE they will support it until Android 3.0 You hope, you do not know.
And no, as long i can run everything smooth and very fast in 2-3 years, then the phone is not outdated that way.
Dude, you have no idea of the kind of progress Android can make, games can make, hardware can make. If anything the rate of absolution (if applicable at all) will increase. With the extremely crappy GPU on the X10, your phone will stutter at the games that come out next year. Its normal, its not because SE is a bad company, its progress. Its the graphical aspects, like I indicated before, that need headroom, not the cpu.
Nokia N8 is already outdated before it's released since it most likely can't run Symbian ^4 lol.
How fail is that?.
Its not fail because it is not true. S^3 & S^4 are just names for twice yearly releases from the SF, and S^3 Qt apps can run on S^4, and the S^4 apps run on S^3. (Note that S60 5th apps will not run on S^4, which is why it is good we have this dual purpose S^3) All of the real optimization has been done, S^4 will use a different technology for the UI layer, but in core functionality S^3 is already ahead of anything Android up to 3.0. It is a fact. So, you may argue that the N8 will be obsolete because a new version will come out, but that is bullshit, because by the same token, your phone is already obsolete when it came out, since there is a newer OS out. You see, only the UI part the N8 will not get. In any case, I would call and OS with more functionality than ANY other mobile OS out there anything but obsolete. You can nag about the UI, but then again, you are using timescape which can only make me laugh.
In 2 years, then Symbian ^3 is long gone and forgotten and no one will make any programs for it. And while i can run a new and updated OS in 2 years where every developers are supporting the new OS, so i'll get all of the nice applications and that kind of stuffs then on my XPERIA X10.
This is what i'm trying to tell. Nokia N8 have already lost and been outdated the day Symbian ^4 is released.
Sigh. Listen, Android is slow as hell, because it runs in the Dalvik VM on top of stripped down Linux, so apps can run on different hardware. Its a Virtual Machine, inherently inefficient, needing more C P U (see now it IS important) to make the VM run, and also do some graphical tasks. Nokia, through their purchase of trolltech, have Qt, which is quite possible a revolution. It is a much more efficient way of doing cross platform development, runs on mac, windows, linux, meego, symbian. etc. Computex is going now, and both Acer and Asus announced MeeGo notebooks. Which means Apps in Qt, which means, insane amount of real apps, not the java games you X10 can play. Please note, I am very confident your device will get its ass handed to it severely by even an underspecced phoned like the N8, in the gaming department. That same speed will make the UI fly. Anywhoo, I digress.
Ofc Nokia N8 will runs nice and smooth today, but that doesn't help much for the future.
You are so full of bull. You cant have it both ways. First you say the N8 will not get S^4, then you say it doesn't help for the future when the very fact it will continue to run S^3 means it will continue to run that fast. Elementary really.
Now, I gave you numbers, real benchmarks, solid reasoning and you have not responded in fashion. You just regurgitate your I believe SE because they are nice mantra. Give me numbers, facts and benchmarks or stop spreading this FUD. For a mid range phone, the N8 will kill the X10 based on gaming, multimedia, build quality, feature richness and reception. You can keep your plastic, battery draining, snapdragon sporting, vm with a higher clockspeed, thank you very much. And yes you paid A LOT for it.
Please only respond with numbers.
- Rajesh
- uEA
[deleted post]If you watch the history of Nokia, they have a tendency to introduce their line up of future gadgets sometimes even 6 months before it is actually launched. Whereas other companies like HTC, SE, Samsung, Blackberry do introduce their future plans with specs about 2 months before the launch...So N8 is on the net...you can see it...its scheduled for a 3rd Quarter launch. I assume before N8 is launched you will be able to witness various other gadgets from other companies and that will definitely assist you in making a final decession. So as I said Nokia has always followed its competitors since last 3 years time. By the time N8 will hit the shelves you will see others already in market or on the edge to be available. Last year Nokia has lost a major market share and it seems this year they will still keep the trend...I feel sorry for them but they themselves are to be blamed...
- Anis
- 3EV
Rajesh, 02 Jun 2010Blackberry, Samsung has enabled their handsets to play Divx and Xvid videos out of box since l... moreDo u know it add extra cost to make it handel divx and Xvid ? lol its not free option man..
they are trying to make a balance! im sure they will figure it out but i hope they make it support that :P it gonna be awsome
- Anis
- 3EV
Niraj, 02 Jun 2010This forum is going ridiculous, dont you think. By the way I dont know about xvid but as usual... moreyehaa! i totaly agree lool it really hot here :P Mobile World War 1 is going to start rofl!
well Divx and Xvid for me means support Avi format!
just cant wait for the release date .. ugh when it will be announced i want Nokia to confirm it :P
- Niraj
- KFQ
Rajesh, 02 Jun 2010Blackberry, Samsung has enabled their handsets to play Divx and Xvid videos out of box since l... moreSpoke wisely understand and dont bash any one.
First both Vivaz+Satio cant compete N8 on specs. First see both specs and then see.
Second N900 also had divx xvid player but Nokia symbian handsets dont have them. Maybe due to absence of dedicated graphics chip.. By the way Core player and julyPlayer can play divx/xvid videos properly but since Nokia symbian^1 dont have gpu so they cant run properly. Hope you get my answer.
- Rajesh
- uEA
Niraj, 02 Jun 2010This forum is going ridiculous, dont you think. By the way I dont know about xvid but as usual... moreBlackberry, Samsung has enabled their handsets to play Divx and Xvid videos out of box since last 18 months, here Nokia after 18 months still not being able to support these formats and people who use symbian gadgets has to download 3rd party software to be able to play these formats and that too with choppy video output in frozen frames sometimes. Nokia is the world leader after all
- Niraj
- KFP
Anis, 02 Jun 2010mmm anyone know if it will support DivX / XviD ??This forum is going ridiculous, dont you think. By the way I dont know about xvid but as usual you know many people in the globle had N8 for testing. According to them N8 can play divx with the pre release firmware. I have also asked this question to Nokia Camera guru Damian Dinning and he said " we cant say in this stage".
- Anonymous
- RNy
Anis, 02 Jun 2010mmm anyone know if it will support DivX / XviD ??It can support it. Some pre-production models come with it but Nokia have stated they have not decided if they would include it in the final release. Perhaps its not a question of whether it can or not for them but rather should or otherwise as they consider cost of licensing.
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