Nokia N96 - user opinions and reviews
- Ronald
- j{y
This phone looks to be very promising. Its your typical Nokia multimedia phone, and how people say the iPhone's EGDE data ruins the web browsing experience, the battery and processing power are going to ruin this potentially excellent mobile phone. I remember owning the N95, I had to charge that phone 2-3 times a day everyday. It had a solid feature set, but a good web browser, nice camera, and Wi-Fi plus 3G is nothing if you can't enjoy it for long periods of time. The phone was also sluggish, the camera shutter also took quite a while to snap a photo. I was ultimately disappointed, and I too would also love qwerty keypad.
Nokia's great but I'm sticking with my iPhone, as it does it all for me. This is the first Apple product I have owned and I am quite pleased.
- ....
- PDP
@AGC
i want to believe so.
and i guess Steve J also believes in that with his statement stating "There is obviously a hungry market for this type of phone: QWERTY + N series features in a compact design"
but of course please dont forget to include a great battery and a faster processor on that n96 that you have in mind.... ^_^
- AGC
- j9b
@ ....
yeah driving is really what i had in mind with the whole single-handed issue, thanks for your thoughts.
@ everyone else talking regular keypad vs. qwerty vs. touchscreen: i'm not saying it would be easy to accomplish, but imagine the n96 being able to slide up and down (the way it already can), and also being able to slide open width-wise like the xperia to reveal a full qwerty set up...i feel like that would do wonders for its sales. thoughts?
- ....
- PDP
@AGC
in my own experience,its really difficult to use only a single hand in a qwerty phone when typing (mostly when im driving)
again im gonna say,the convenience of typing or texting using a normal keypad or a qwerty keyboard depends on the user, whatever the scenario is, even if single handed or not.
@The_Nootz
i understand that you're not sure.
basic logic man. unsatisfied users due to lack of qwerty in n96 could be minimize (or totally gone) if an n96 with an excellent qwerty is release.
@Steve J
you will hear people say that n-series phones are multi-media phones and not business phones so none of them would have/need a qwerty keyboard.glad to say im not one of them.
unfortunately it seems like there are several people who doesn't know what multimedia is. so should i use your term "regressive" to describe them.... ^_^
- Anonymous
- n{k
No wait a sec,this looks arresting. You double the memory of N95 and allow a micro SD card ? great Nokia people,love you. but, why the same processor ? surely,to process 16 gb memory plus lets say 8 gb memory on a card,you'd need a bit more power,no ? here's a possible very slow response phone,but wait,if it takes double time than any other phone to access your datas,surely you've put a better battery ? Oh no,you didn't ? then Nokia answers " phone would be too big" ok Nokia, i'll wait for next version
- Anonymous
- n{k
No wait a sec,this looks arresting. You double the memory of N95 and allow a micro SD card ? great Nokia people,love you. but, why the same processor ? surely,to process 16 gb memory plus lets say 8 gb memory on a card,you'd need a bit more power,no ? here's a possible very slow response phone,but wait,if it takes double time than any other phone to access your datas,surely you've put a better battery ? Oh no,you didn't ? then Nokia answers " phone would be too big" ok Nokia, i'll wait for next version
- vatsal
- SkE
hey i would like to know when is this cell releasin in UAE...cant wait to get ma hands on this phone!! js seems the perfect phone!! has evrythn one needS!! pls lemme noe thank you
- Imdad
- ubF
Because of the internal memory storage provided with the mobile phone, this really impressed me .Wish that it has been launched in Pakistan and I had that attractive mobile.
- Anonymous
- TIE
hs it releasd in s'pore wnt mre info abt tis fone wanana buy it..is it nice? n wt abt the price pls tell mre..!
- Mauri
- p7j
No touch-screen... SE P1i has it but no internal GPS. When I can buy the perfect phone?
- jk13
- Rxj
@N-f4n
can i also have copy of the model N98???
lol ahahha
can i can i plz plz ahhaha here is my yahoo aacount,,, hard2geton13@yahoo.com tnx..
- N-f4n
- pqy
N81+N95+8GB+8GB=N96 this phone is made of the top 2 Nokia N phones(N81,N95).I dont know who wants a touch screen phone,personaly i think its just a way to make more money:D.....but its your decision i prefer N81 8GB(cause its available now in Romania)plz Nokia make a phone here cheap and beter than N96(but its imposible....)!
- Reaz
- PGx
Its funny how some of you guys are just crazy about a touch-screen device & always complaining why Nokia hasn't come up with one yet....well....cheer up chumps....Nokia's next Flagship model to be released this year NOKIA N98 is a Touch-screen device with a wider display than N95 8gb plus all the latest updated features too.....its supposed to be a " iphone killer " ....I've seen the prototype in a Nokia Web Site & it looks awesome fellas....its black too....so just hang on tight !.....lol ( I've pics of N98 in my PC as well )
- Anonymous
- xx}
Has almost everything but woulda been nice if this phone had a xenon flash with atleast 3X optical zoom like the samsung g810 but none the less still an amazing phone.
- Lulu Barango
- 5Fe
This is amazing!! a piece of equipment with a combination of perfect audio and visual qualities. How lucky is my generation ? I can't wait to lay my hands on this. Is there anything better..... NOKIA ?
- AGC
- j9b
@ Steve J
Very true about the T9 "guessing" issue. I forgot about that because anytime it has been a problem, I just added the word to the dictionary so the phone knows it next time. As for the world record texting on qwerty, I am not too surprised, BUT, as I had mentioned before, I really do not believe that would be true in single-handed operation, which is much more realistic in many situations. Does everyone always have two hands free for texting? Once again, this is all just my opinion, but does anyone else agree qwerty severely limits single-handed operations?
- Steve J
- fuN
Well said PDPG(....). HTC produce the S710 and the S730 both of which have two keyboards on each phone: a regular T9 keypad and a slide-out QWERTY. A superb design.
The_Nootz, you should take note that the S730 is smaller in size and lighter in weight than the N96. So you should rid yourself of the fixation that QWERTY=big phone. If you read my earlier texts you will see that there are a plethora of designs that can incorporate QWERTY and still keep the phone compact.
AGC, the only way you can write faster using T9 is if the QWERTY is badly made with little tactile feedback. Note that the world record for speed writing on a phone was achieved with QWERTY input. The problem with T9 is that it guesses the word you are writing. One therefore has to double check that T9 has guessed right. This slows one down. Furthermore with a QWERTY you can write in your language or dialect.
E-mail, office document editor, posting on the browser are all better done with a QWERTY input. This phone has all these features minus the Q. Is it too much to ask for after 25 N series phones?
Look at SE X1; this is a QWERTY based phone with reasonable multimedia features. People are jumping hand over foot to buy it and it is not even out yet! The N96 and the SE X1 were announced at the same time yet the latter has well outpaged the Nokia in terms of user opinions and reviews. There is obviously a hungry market for this type of phone: QWERTY + N series features in a compact design.
- The_Nootz
- pkq
I'm not going to discuss anymore about the purposes of this device. There are many, that is for sure, but how the N96 will manage them remains to be seen.
About the QWERTY keyboard (again), I'm not that sure it would reduce the "population of unsatisfied users".
The main thing: it's the best Nokia has to offer at the moment. I think that everyone agrees with that.
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