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Nokia N96 - user opinions and reviews

Nokia N96
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  • Released 2008, September
    125g, 18mm thickness
    Symbian OS 9.3, S60 rel. 3.2
    16GB storage, microSDHC
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  • 2.8"
    240x320 pixels
  • 5MP
    480p
  • 128MB RAM
  • 950mAh
    Li-Ion
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  • uSU
  • 14 Nov 2008

This phone has been the most unfairly criticize phone in the web. Unfairly critisize in a way that the criticism were based only on paper specs that they reaaly have not tried on.

1. Battery Life - fanboys from other company criticize this because it only carries 950 mAh, what they didnt know about was that this battery can stand all the power needs on the phone in a day or two becasue of the hardware used that minimize battery consumption.

2. N96 has the best hardware for decoding movies, music and videos thus it gives users the best experience in watching or listening experience. This actually have an effect on power consumption thus extended power while watching videos or listening to music.

3. Their are some features of the phone that where power hungry like the GPS and Wifi but this normally does eats up power which ever device you used. Laptop for example, internet browsing also eats up energy in those devices.

4. If you try to write every advantages or improvements of N96 over N95 or the competing brands, you can actually see that N96 produce a long list to advantages.

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    • Kenzo
    • p$K
    • 14 Nov 2008

    Anonymous, 14 Nov 2008the n96 prototypes had a naviwheel hardware. the n96 retail units neither have the hardware no... moreIn that case i want the proto typ.....naviWeel is such a great feature considering wen u hav more than 6000 songs and need 2 look 4 that Unknown artist/album.....trust me it makes things so much easyer.....
    I think il ask ppl who knw y they took out this great feature...

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      • Kenzo
      • p$K
      • 14 Nov 2008

      Anonymous, 14 Nov 2008the n96 prototypes had a naviwheel hardware. the n96 retail units neither have the hardware no... moreI yeah ....i figured coz GSMarenas review states that. Yet your the reson 4 the late reles of the N96 is not due 2 the NaviWeel....coz if the hardware was the in the 1st place it would cost even more 2 remove it from all the final product N96's....so wat you saying is not even comon sence....
      I undarstand that its become a 10th world wonder y the N96 took so long 2 releas ,but the speculation wont help any....i dont knw y ppl dont just ask Nokia wat went wrong?.....
      Coz wat u read is non sence.....

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        • BATMAN
        • NHU
        • 14 Nov 2008

        Kenzo, 13 Nov 2008Yes i am working 4 Nokia. And yes the N96 is sapos2 be more expensive than the N85....yet MTN... moretrue,dats y i want my 6260 back those fones r hard 2 cum by

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          • Chris_SK
          • 39y
          • 14 Nov 2008

          N96 might not feel good when you 1st hold it in your hand.Coz it's light and built in plastic which made it feel like a toy. When i 1st received my new N96, i feel regret and upset coz it gets hanged when i 1st loading it. I was angry and real disappointed, then i decided to give it another go b4 i return it and it work perfectly, now i had my N96 for nearly 3 weeks and i started to like more and more everyday, i cant say it is the best phone compare to all others phone in the market. But, to me it really is a gd piece of entertainment in my hand. It takes gd pic, play clear movie, gd music, enough internet speed for me, video talking and look quite cool. The only problem is the battery life, not last long enough. For me It did keep me happy wherever i go. Worth it or not is depend on ourself, to me i'm happy with my N96.

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            • Anonymous
            • Rnp
            • 14 Nov 2008

            Sina, 13 Nov 2008Hi... I have thih phone about 10 days... Free ram is 30 MB, is this normal? Where are other 98... morefrom two n96's i have played around, free ram is around 40mb. yours is pitifully much lesser. n96 has no naviwheel. theres no way to activate that feature becos theres no hardware for that.

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              • Anonymous
              • Rnp
              • 14 Nov 2008

              Kenzo, 13 Nov 2008Wich specs are u refering 2?....if u refering 2 GSMArenas specs .then u mite be miss informed.... morethe n96 prototypes had a naviwheel hardware. the n96 retail units neither have the hardware nor software for that feature. what nokia was doing between the long months of february to september before releasing this phone was pulling out the naviwheel hardware from all n96 to save some production cost. that's the main reason why n96 took more than half a year to get released since being first announced. ive read from one of the articles in womworld nokia.

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                • Anonymous
                • LCu
                • 13 Nov 2008

                I don't think this phone is worth that amount of money and besides de samsung innov8 is way better and cheaper. i have had nokias since i started buying phones. this one really disappoints me

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                  • Anonymous
                  • P%n
                  • 13 Nov 2008

                  Anonymous, 01 Jan 1970He does, I keep her happy when he's playing with his phone...

                  ;-)

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                    • Bilal
                    • 2Tt
                    • 13 Nov 2008

                    From my eyez its my dream cell phone i love it more then my girl friend

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                      • Anonymous
                      • P%n
                      • 13 Nov 2008

                      Kenzo, 13 Nov 2008Thats not true....Nokia-Chiness Made models are exacly the same as Finland made 1nes...the onl... moreIn Australia RRP is $1149 which is 589 Euros...

                      ...why does Nokia charge so much for second rate phone from China?

                      People say the Chinese ones are no good and the ones from Finland are better.

                      Nokia treat us like dirt.

                      I suppose it's because people trust them too much.

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                        • Kenzo
                        • M@T
                        • 13 Nov 2008

                        Sina, 13 Nov 2008Hi... I have thih phone about 10 days... Free ram is 30 MB, is this normal? Where are other 98... moreWich specs are u refering 2?....if u refering 2 GSMArenas specs .then u mite be miss informed...coz In the Nokia site and Nseries site there is no sign of ""Touch Sensetive NeviWeel""
                        .i think Nokia puled out the function and the hardware...or just the function....and myt be available in a firmware update.....dose it show on your Instruction manual?....
                        And about the 128MB SDRAM....reviews say 93MB are avialable aftar cold start... myb the aplication ur using 2 show available ram is faulty.....wich app is that...and chek that all runing programes are closed before you check available ram....

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                          • Sina
                          • 3LE
                          • 13 Nov 2008

                          Hi... I have thih phone about 10 days... Free ram is 30 MB, is this normal? Where are other 98 MB of Ram? Free phone memory is 50 MB, I use just 10MB, and phone have 256, is all of used memory for sistem files?

                          I find in specs "Touch-sensitive Navi wheel"... This function don't work on my phone... Where I can turn on this function?

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                            • Kenzo
                            • M@T
                            • 13 Nov 2008

                            BATMAN, 13 Nov 2008kenzo aint d n85 suppose 2 b cheaper dats like d same contract as d n96,u work for nokia sa ri... moreYes i am working 4 Nokia.
                            And yes the N96 is sapos2 be more expensive than the N85....yet MTN tested the N96 4 the passed fewmonths b4 releas ...and they came 2 the conclution that its not worth the price Nokia is asking 4, for it. And MTN will hav aloto problems, so they desided 2 reduce the N96 price on contract and increas the N85's price 2 make up 4 the N96 loss...
                            But the thing is that the N96 is limited and the N85 is set 4 mass production.....Thats y the N85 is more expensive than the N96

                            Contact Them agen Boss make them awear that tha'v made you wait so long...throw a tantrim and u will recieve a new phone that was in the same price bracket as ur 6260....read all of thire contracts/terms and conditions coz they not sappos 2 keep ur phone 4 more than a month....and if they realy need 2 keep it due 2 lack of spaire parts then they should hav given you a standbuy phone untill urs is fixed....

                            lol i 1ce owned a 6260 lol...turned heads while i still had it...:o)

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                              • Kool
                              • Tmp
                              • 13 Nov 2008

                              Anonymous, 12 Nov 2008Maybe if people didn't say this phone is the best, when obviously there are better phones out ... moredoes nokia n96 have external memory or just internal

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                                • jojo
                                • nC4
                                • 13 Nov 2008

                                I think LG or Samsung at this case are better.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 04V
                                  • 13 Nov 2008

                                  not agud fone.......n very expensive.....nokia groww up......makin all same kinds ov fones...

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                                    • Kenzo
                                    • M@T
                                    • 13 Nov 2008

                                    Anonymous, 13 Nov 2008In Australia the longest license you get is six months. E71 it's 7 days. The N96 sold he... moreThats not true....Nokia-Chiness Made models are exacly the same as Finland made 1nes...the only difference is that ,in finland made models there is virtualy none if minute faulty finished products by the Nokia factory in Finland....A higher paid stuff and more testing be4 they releas the finish product....Hence they are a little more expensive than Nokia-Chinees made models.

                                    As 4 Nokia-Chinees made models ..the currency in China is low the so is the poverty High...hence low cost labour..that also means the monitoring is also less and the testing a little effecient than Nokia-Finland made....

                                    The distribution from Production factories is divided in regions....Australia lies in the chinees regoin.
                                    The chinees factory is much neerer than the Finland factory...

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                                      • scwah
                                      • ibm
                                      • 13 Nov 2008

                                      Bought this phone and using it for already nearly 3 weeks.Previously using N82 and very stable phone.N96 really let me down.It hang and restart and poor battery life.

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                                        • BATMAN
                                        • NHU
                                        • 13 Nov 2008

                                        just buy a garmin its d best if ya realy need a gps plus bigger screen

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