Nokia N80 Review

Nokia N80 Review (Expert)

Starting off on a high note, the Nokia N80 camera phone lines up a brilliant high-resolution screen and 3 Megapixel-pushing camera only to put its foot in its mouth seconds later through the absence of an autofocus, which hampers its ability to produce quality stills with predictive consistency. Although it also includes the most extensive line-up of printing, publishing and image management services of any camera phone to date, it still falls marginally short of its N90 predecessor - yet retains broader overall appeal due to its music, business and wireless photo streaming functionality, rendering it a superb 3G phone. What's positive: Camera resolution; comprehensive image management and connectivity; good battery life. What's negative: Lacks autofocus; anemic camera interface.

posted by infosyncworld.com

Nokia's N80 is a truly amazing mobile phone that has a couple of flaws - one of them quite serious. While the lack of a good voice dialing system is a shame, and the lack of a functional automatic keylock is annoying, it is the battery life issue that is going to be the potential deal breaker for many people. The brilliant features like WiFi, the web browser, the camera, and the music player will be of no use if the phone has no power. So if you are a heavy voice user, especially one that spends a lot of time in or travels through poor reception areas, the N80 probably won't cut it for you. But if you are more like me, where a charger is nearly always close by and the signal is always strong, you will be awed by the N80 - and forgive it its poor battery life. If Nokia could have doubled the size of the N80's battery, even at the cost of an additional 18g, I would have had no qualms about giving the device a highly recommended rating. But as things stand, the N80 earns only a "Recommended" rating because of the tarnish that the poor battery life puts on an otherwise shining example of mobile technology.

posted by mobileburn.com

The product is aimed at enthusiasts in the first place, who don’t mind re-installing system over and over, battling with drivers, in order to make a quite useless application work. The device appeals to me firstly due to the newness of the software shell, possibility for installing new applications for 3rd edition and approving them. By the way, these programs are fading in numbers with every passing day, and they don’t put obstacles to comfortable usage of the device. Corporate users won’t find this smartphone perfect due to its mediocre life time and instability of many interesting applications, which make this solution inferior in comparison with other competitors. Where the N80 is really riding high, is the fashion segment - mostly the group of people who wants a phone for making calls only. Truly, no one will see whether you use eMail or not, but with such a powerhouse in your hands, you are more likely to leave an impression of an advanced user, which has the knack of choosing gadgets. Those, who are seeking for a top solution, carrying every last technology the market can offer, will find it in the form of Nokia N80. But with only one reservation – they will have to use the charge carefully, otherwise they are running risks to have no working phone by evening. I should emphasize this one more time – the very concept of mobile powerhouses has the right to exist, in fact it’s one of the ways S60 is developing in. But the attempt to interbreed an elephant with a butterfly leads to nowhere but disappointing result for an ordinary user. And it’s a quite sad, since will evidently prevent someone from trying out a smartphone in the future and form a wrong image of handsets residing in this class. Purchase of this smartphone should be a justified step and more importantly you should realize that it’s not perfect and has its own flaws. Otherwise, you are to get frustrated.

posted by mobile-review.com

Nokia N80 Review (User)

hi every one.. one question... is enyone know some app for N80 who can locate other mobile with his namber.. something like mobile tracker.. mobile locator.. or something like that... if know pleas tall... thxxxxxxx...btw. N80 is

posted by plur

I have n80 its a great mobile. but i sold it because i need some money. i have all its accesseries e.g hands free,512 card,tv out etc. I sold it 11,000Rs If any one want to buy it this is my contact no 03444575730. (only pakistan,lahore)

posted by Mnoman

Well, I have this phone about 6 month, and once it was broken. What happen? Soft flat was crack, and my phone shows only the white screen. People don't buy sliding phone. :3:

posted by D3vi1

n80 is a totally nice phone...btw, does anyone have an idea if n gage games work on n80's?

posted by mj_bolano

i LOVE N80 IE IT NICE

posted by 123asd123

I LOVE N80 !!!!!, the following will be N95.All the best to Nokia funs !.

posted by semcar312879_PH

new approach in digital photography..i've just done my 1st photo artwork using my N80 and da result is really great..i thought dat we can make something new in art., dat we call mobile photography

posted by kuyyie

the best!!!

posted by ivanish

extreme options , camera is ok i wont say great , s60 3rd edition is powering up the phone ... a bit outdated now anyway i think these days u can buy something better for the prize ur going to pay for a new n 80 ...anyway ill give it ...

posted by gka3000

Best phone, , i like this phone, batery life is very short only

posted by Eagle_Watch

BEST PHONE OUT THERE (from the ones around the same release date)STILL SERVES A PURPOSE AND IS STILL FABULOUS.THE N80 HAS BEEN GIVEN GREAT STABILITY AND IS BUILT LIKE AN OX.THERE ARE MANY CAPABILITIES WITH THIS PHONE SUCH AS PROGRAMS AND THEMES (some of the programs just blow me away)EQUIPPED WITH EVERYTHING YOU WILL EVER NEED,3 MEGA PIXEL CAMERAFLASHBLUETOOTHINFAREDMEMORY CARDVOICE RECOGNITIONETC...THIS PHONE HAS ENDLESS CAPABILITIES WEATHER YOU ARE JUST A STARTER OR EXPERIENCED WITH SYMBIAN PHONES.SYMBIAN PHONES ARE THE BEST PHONES AVAILABLE AS THEY ARE TIRELESS WORKERS!!! THANKYOU FOR READING MY POST, I HOPE IT HELPS

posted by aadil7

Good phone.. but not as good as n73.. wi-fi doesnt seem to work the way i expected.. Overall a nice phone.. 8/10

posted by bapecraze

i like this phone, i think its pretty awesome to use but its battery life is very short, after using it for one game it will become battery low i wish nokia can provide a longer battery so that the users will not recharge again and again.

posted by chinky_15

anyone know how to add applications to go to.any short cut,sceret button or software to restart the phone.

posted by mikelroiz

QUOTE(mikelroiz @ Apr 6 2007, 08:50 PM)problem with video recorded quality.anyone know to solve it.please e-mail me.overcome this and my n80 is the greatesttheres no solution as far as i can see on my phone, the only thing you can do is have a good light source preferbly behind you.the camera on the n80 isnt very good, but feature wise its great.

posted by vegeta_sa

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