Comments on: Review: Nokia N85

By: Gene

Gene — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:02:38 +0000

Right now Im responding to these posts on my phone, while also listening to music on the device as well. This isn’t in response to the non-review above but to the odd ‘nokia is so 20th century’ bias that I’ve noticed all over the internet. For some of us in the states, (until very recently) smartphones were an unattainable dream, many carriers have few choices, useless phones or very few smartphones that seem uninteresting yet are high priced. Ive sat next to people with there blackberrys and iphones and been shocked to find that many features they have on there phones I have as well on my device. They have 2.0Mp cameras while my device has a 3.2 mp camera. In many areas I find parity or superior quality on the device I use (ie sound quality). These things always surprize me because the device I use is a Nokia n73, released in 2006. Im not sure what using a newer nokia phone is like, but I can tell you that using an older one never felt like working with an antique.

By: Kwax

Kwax — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:51:29 +0000

N95 is an unique mobile phone.
I also found the article about Nokia N85 in http://handphonekuu.blogspot.com/2009/03/nokia-n85.html.

By: Al

Al — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:45:22 +0000

You whine that it costs $429, unlocked.
The data plan for unlocked phones is $15 a month on at&t.
That’s half the price of “smartphones” like Blackberrys or the iPhone. Over two years (the life of a typical contract), that’s a savings of $360.

The N85 has multiple options for voice based satellite navigation. Its media creation capabilities are still unmatched by most competing products. These are some of the things that keep me tied to S60 that other manufacturers just cant compete with.

By: Jay3GSM

Jay3GSM — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:56:55 +0000

Where’s the N85 ‘review’? All I’ve read is a rambling rant against some perceived incompetency from Nokia, praise for early Nseries phones that were large and bulky in comparison to newer Nseries handsets that are certainly more compact yet with better features. The Nseries range has some mighty fine products, the excellent N95 8GB, N82, and indeed the N85 to name just a few. I’ve never had an issue with email on any S60, to say it is ‘impossible’ is a little exaggeration, no?

And where is the N85 ‘review’?

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Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:25:52 +0000

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By: Wayne

Wayne — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:33:43 +0000

I agree with much of what you are saying, Nokia is way behind in development. The E series is the business line and the E90 was perhaps the best, “do it all,” mobile. Unfortunately they have let this format go and it is being taken up by LG and a few others. The E90, if streamlined, thinner, faster processor and an inside touch screen would have captured a market share few could follow but instead they and the “Department of Stupidity,” have dropped it. Probably the Nokia halls are filled with development people well beyond their time and of very limited vision…innovation, quality and overall standards are dropping on a monthly basis…too bad

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By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:47:38 +0000

Dare I suggest that’s rather a US-centric view? Not that there is anything wrong with that as such, but to dismiss a phone just because it’s not built for the market that is out of step with the rest of the world is a bit short-sighted.

For those of use that do use the phones – and as you point out there are a lot of us – it’s generally because they powerful and better featured phones – more powerful than anything else on the market. The US high end is dominated by QWERTY and tablet devices thanks to the PDA legacy.

By: SwissFreek

SwissFreek — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:44:40 +0000

I don’t think the N-series was ever supposed to be a “business” phone. In fact, that was my main disappointment with the N75: it billed itself as a “smartphone”, which technically it was, but then Nokia went and crippled some of the neat things that the E-series can do, such as the integration for email, that sort of thing. I’m not disagreeing that Symbian is a dinosaur from last century (remember how excited we all were when UIQ was first announced back when Palm and WinCE were the only game in town, and neither had really made it onto cellphones yet?). What I’m saying is that by making these “consumer” phones, they’ve missed the selling point of the iPhone, which is solid (I guess that depends on your opinion; maybe “workable” is a better word) business functions while also having a design and polish that appeals to people who would *want* to use the phone, rather than *having* to use the phone (are you listening, RIM?).

By: Mariana Oliveira

Mariana Oliveira — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:17:17 +0000

I can’t wait to try. There are better phones, but it’s a Nokia, I think it worth it!