Nokia N80

[Liaqat_ali]

Since the day of its announced I was dying to get my hand on this set, and finally orange offered it at a reasonable contract of ?50 for the set and a ?35/month annual contract. What I ordered was a sliver set, the reason being it seems to have more bling in this particular colour then the only other colour offered which is Black.

First Impressions:

The phone does well to impress you on its first sight. It is designed to look elegant and delicate. It seems to be a predecessor 7650 which was as big as a brick in a concrete wall and weight almost a KG (exaggeratio:p:p). As this mobile was delivered to my office I couldn't hold it for an hour as my colleagues were doing the honours of ripping apart the packaging, and putting their own sim card in it to check its functionality and indeed they were really impressed. However the initial remarks were on its thickness and also its weight. It does feel a little inconvenient to keep this set in the pocket of an office dress pants, because as you walk the mobile set will be moving all over the place. I will place this mobile in the class and category of an executivemobile, even though the MP3 player and a 3 MP camera is really next gen joy, but still the make and feel of this mobile is truly business and I would use the inclusion of quick office to support my claim.

Mobile Specification:

Dimensions and Weight

Weight: 133 gr.

Dimensions: 95 x 50 x 23 mm.

Hardware

Processor: TI OMAP (ARM-9) 220 MHz

Screen type: Transflective TFT

Screen resolution: 352 x 416 pixels.

Screen colors: 262 144 (18 bit)

Integrated camera: 3.15 Megapixels (3,145,728 pixels)

Video recording

Keyboard type: alphanumeric

Internal memory: 40 MB

Memory expansion: RS-MMC Dual Voltage 128 Supplied with the Mobile

Software

Operating system: Symbian OS 9.1

Software platform: Series 60 3rd Edition

Additional software: Symbian OS, Java

Phonebook capacity: 40 MB

Organizer

Voice memo

MP3 Player

FM radio

Messaging

SMS

MMS

E-mail

Connectivity

Bluetooth:

Infrared port:

Data cable:

WiFi

Internet

GPRS:

EDGE:

UMTS (3G):

Browser: HTML

Battery and autonomy

Battery type: Li-Ion

Talk time (hours): 3

Standby time (hours): 200

[Liaqat_ali]

Comparison with Other Devices:

Previously I have used N6600, Samsung D500 and E720. Making a comparison with those mobiles firstly I would comment on the MP3 player of n80 as simply being amazing. Though its quality is not as good as to what my PSP or IPod would deliver but still a comparison with D500 and E720 it sounds much better, atleast like a proper mp3 player. There are five band equilization settings with a few presets of Jazz, Rock, Pop etc defined by default and this neat little adapter is also supplied with the mobile with which we can use any other normal headphone with the stereo pin end connector. The mobile plays mp3, wav and acc format files for audio.

Now the Big and bad 3 MP camera, which no other mobile phone currently offers. Its not a hardware stretch, the mobile does actually have a 3MP Cmos sensor.

The picture quality is not really mind blowing, the lens used in the mobiles are still very small and non professional, good enough for an instant snap. The quality is pretty much on par with what is offered by Sony Ericson's 2MP.

A little comparison of size with other devices.

There is loads to discuss about this mobile's functionality, such as its 3D capabilities and this neat new feature where the mobile would speak the name of the person calling in a robotic voice which is actually really cool. It is probably the mobile with most versatile functionality in the market today so definitely was a good purchase.

Back Side

[Liaqat_ali]

closeup

[LG1]

Great review, i have discussed about this phone througly to bad its not in AUS yet and its also too big, love the WIFI, have you used it yet

[MiG-]

nice phone, gonna get one of these soon, but a lot cheaper than you paid. :shiftyninja:

[Storm]

eeeh where are the numbers? lol!

And where in leeds are you :o

Edited May 28, 2006 by Storm

[chazsartain]

does anyone have an idea of when this will be available on 3 in the UK?

i've been waiting for so long!!

[Fanatical]

Damn good phone i can't wait.

How do you find the top row of numbers to reach? soem people said they were hard to get to unless you had tiny fingers...

Im getting one as soon as possible on O2 in black, just a shame it doesnt have a slightly biggerscreen and miniUSB instead of popport :(

Can you take some shots with the macro please :p and obv post them up here... :p

[Liaqat_ali]

The Numbers

The connector

Power Button and IR

The Memory card slot.

Finally slided open.

[cai_sebas]

Boy o boy, i was planning buying this back a month. Just checked my store, it should arrive next Friday! :D

[Liaqat_ali]

Service Light, it glows in blue only.

The Audio Converter Adapter, supplied with the pack

The Earphone and Mic Kit. There is volume control plus Mic in the black box and also the button to accept calls.

[Storm]

very nice mate!

Where in Leeds are you?

[Liaqat_ali]

very nice mate!

Where in Leeds are you?

Leeds 8

[zeroday]

nice phone, im planning on getting one of these soon

nice phone, gonna get one of these soon, but a lot cheaper than you paid. :shiftyninja:

yep, me as well :whistle:

[lloydo]

I would LOVE one of these phones! :D

[shawn]

I'm stuck with me new K750i that I got yesterday...

[Quillz]

Kind of unrelated, but when was the N80 released? It seems that Nokia is going to be releasing the N93 soon. Will that be their best phone ever, or are N Series phones unrelated to one another?

[evo0o]

Cool phone. I'd stuck with my 7610 heh. Got about a year before contact ends. :\

[.Ali]

Hows the wifi?

[Liaqat_ali]

I haven't been able to get the Wifi working properly uptil now. Though it does detect my wirless router and I am able to define the access point but when it comes to sharing it just doesn't work. I need to spend some more time on it.

[PL_ Veteran]

The buttons look kinda flat. How are they?

[Liaqat_ali]

Well they're not bad, made of plastic and rubber material so there is a pretty good grip when u press them. I have a issue with the No 3 button, U have to press it pretty hard so I might send it back for a replacement.

[Guest]

I've also got an N80. Great screen on them. I wouldn't say im too impressed with the 3MegaPixel camera on it. I was expecting better quality than what it currently is churning out. On the screen they look awsome but when viewed on the PC they look like they have lost colour.

Loving the new Snakes game. Wifi is fun, not had chance to test the home networking out on it, certainly one feature I look forward in doing so. Hard to browse around sites with such a small screen but thats expected. Easily usable though.

Waiting for my 1Gb MiniSD card to arrive before I fill the device with music.

Two problems i've had so far are...

It's crashed on my 3 times (Resets itself when you are making it do something)

When making a phone call sometimes the screen becomes dislodged and appears jumbled.

Anyone know about getting firmware upgrades for Nokia phones? Can I simply walk into my local Vodafone shop and get them to do it?

[.KICK]

Hmm I am thinking of getting one of these to upgrade from my Nokia 6630, battery life on the 6630 is awesome, how is the N80?