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Nokia N81

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Very good

7

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An ok phone

Jun 29, 2008

Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: Mulitmedia functions,wifi
Cons: Finger print magnet, bulky, not a very good touch wheel, camera is not super
Opinion:
Nokia still has not allow direct usage of sim contacts and the need to copy it to the phone is a pain when you are doing migration. The phone is overall pretty ok but its bulky and a finger print magnet. The N-gage function is pretty cool.

 

Good phone, but the camera is a let-down

May 17, 2008

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: great music player, great 3d gaming, good looking design, touch wheel
Cons: mediocre camera
Opinion:
I had just switched from the samsung u600, so apart from the thickness, they are the same size - so it's bulkiness didn't really affect me.
The touch wheel allowed for easy scrolling through lots of pictures and music. The gaming feature was amazing - great 3d, and operated a bit like a PSP. Excellent sound quality and a great multimedia expirence.

Despite that, I reckon Nokia really let us and itself down with the camera. It had an average resolution, and lacked auto-focus. A few of my photos came out blurry. The secondry camera was absolute rubbish. I could barely even make out my own face.

Overall, it's a good phone, just too expensive for what it is.

 

The design of this phone is nice but Nokia should have done better with the built quality.

May 15, 2008

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Wifi, Nice design, Fast interface, good battery life , good music player, cool remote controller earpiece
Cons: Poor built quality, mediocre camera , bulky , buttons are hard to press
Opinion:
The body quality of this phone is a big let down otherwise this is a beautiful phone. The buttons are hard to press especially on the keypad itself.The bottom 3 buttons takes quite a bit of getting used pressing them. Overall this is a good phone, I enjoyed using it. I don't agree with another user, this phone wifi is good, it's fast and I have no complains about it.

 

illogical design and buggy

May 15, 2008

Rating: 6 out of 10 (Good)
Pros: screen resolution; multimedia features; 3.5 mm audio jack (so useful)
Cons: camera; design; heavy weight; buggy!
Opinion:
when I got it out of the box, i scrolled down the manual and other guide stuffs included. I switched on the phone and I was amazed because of the nice screen. I immediately transferred some music files from my pc and then, the screen prompted: memory card corrupted! I was planning to return it to the mobile store, but the problem was remedied when I switched the phone on and off. Well, the speakers are good when I played the music.

But, the major drawback was the illogical key controls! I can't understand why and how did they arrive at such design! when I was creating a message one tym at 3am, I accidentally hit the play/pause button and then the music played! The navi-wheel/d-pad (whatever u may call it)is annoying! it is absolutely a trying hard i-pod! and it is only limited to multimedia applications.

The wi-fi! yeah, the wi-fi is mediocre. There are some ... Read more

 

Nokia N81

Apr 24, 2008

Rating: 4 out of 10 (Mediocre)
Pros: High Resolution Screen,Featured by Music Edition/8 GB
Cons: 2 MP Camera
Opinion:
I think this nokia N81,is more focused to a multimedia....
Not going to imaging....

 

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mstrado: Hmm given that the phone is dropped from time to time. an 8G hard model may not be good ...
AmadL: ShouLd I get the 8gb one or the ordinary one?
myksz: yeah. i dunno why. too frustating.
jhei: Can't believe it still has the camera resolution of the nokia n70...

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