Guest User

Find Products

Buying Advice

Top 10 phones of May

Editors' Top 5s

CNET Features

Nokia N85

Print

Email

Bookmark

Share

CNET Asia Review

By Damian Koh
Oct 30, 2008

Excellent

8

out of 10

The good: Excellent QVGA OLED display; full set of connectivity features; bundled with 8GB microSD card; stylish design; decent build quality.

The bad: Dual sliding mechanism not as smooth as we would like; flash is underpowered.

The bottom line: The N85 isn't a major upgrade from the previous two N95 models, at least not in terms of features. But if you are looking to replace them with a more stylish handset, the N85 is the one.

Read full review of the Nokia N85 »

Average User Rating

from 22 users

Excellent

7.5

out of 10

How would you rate this product?

Write your own review

User Reviews

suichen7978

View profile

Send mail

Nice phone to use

Mar 29, 2009

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Picture taken by camera is good
Cons: Cannot forward picture message
Opinion:
Not a bad phone to use but the only thing it cannot forward picture message.

darkcloudv2

View profile

Send mail

Not much of a technological advancement from the N95, just sleeker and thinner.

Feb 1, 2009

Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: Slim design, included 8GB card
Cons: Fragile sliding mechanism, feels too similar to the N95
Opinion:
Although a slim looking phone, the N85 looks rather unfresh and incomplete. The silver button located to the right of the keypad makes it look like it was unintentionally put there. There really isn't much of an improvement from the N95 but it feels slightly lighter and fits into your hand more comfortably.

jeeson

View profile

Send mail

N85 is coming soon to be sale in Indonesia. Cnet asia reviews mentioned that price of N85 is USD ...

Jan 24, 2009

Rating: 10 out of 10 (Perfect)
Pros: 143
Cons: 143
Opinion:
Don't believe everything you read. This phone is plagued with flaws, the wobbly slider issue is serious, just had this a few days and seems it won't last long. The dpad easily comes apart and unglues. FM transmiter is useless, so poor and weak signal it won't work unless you put the phone 1 cm. away from the car radio. Sometimes it does not charge from the wall charger or from the PC usb cable. The music quality sucks big time, about 10 times less volume than the N81 and huge level of distortion. The camera takes ages to focus. Music player randomly freezes. Worst of all, the stupid slider scratched the backplate on the upperside (the one that covers the media keys). I've had 3250, 6600, 3750, N81 and E65. They have all been excellent phones. This one is just a piece of cheap chinese plastic. Even after upgrading the firmware and formating the phone it keeps failing.

See all user opinions »