Disqus
First some info to establish credibility: His about me page
And thank you Steve for including a disclosure:
Nokia sent me an N93 to evaluate and ended up letting me keep the phone. They also paid my expenses to go to NYC for the N95 product rollout. Nokia has not required me to write or say anything about the phone. Anything I write about it are my own thoughts.
Now let’s dive right in, here are a few highlights. I like to cover the negative aspects and let you guys click through to read the complete picture he paints:
The N93 has a torch light built in that can be used as a flash or a constant light. When used as a flash for still photos, the photos are grainy. The more light, the better the photos on the N93. The Canon S400 takes better low light photos with a flash. I was at a recent party and didn’t take my Canon Digital Rebel or Canon S400 with me. It tried using the N93 as my party camera. It didn’t work so well. All the photos weren’t bright enough. Other people with digital still camera with onboard flash got better lighted results. That’s too bad. I hope the N95 will be better. Some people have added a bicycle light with velcro to the top of the N93 and that seems to have good results.
There’s a stereo mic with left and right mics on the phone. It produces great quality when you are close to your sound source. For example in a one on one interview. An audio in jack would make it even better. Being able to attach a handheld or wireless mic would make the sound better for interviews.
I had video that I had just shot using the in camera pause and continue feature, get lost. This is unacceptable.
Twice I’ve had the camera lock up.
Once, after shooting about 10 clips in a row, the camera rebooted on me and I lost he videos.
Another time after shooting three or four clips the camera froze up and I couldn’t press ‘stop’ or ‘continue’.
I think this has been fixed in a firmware upgrade. I’ll need to do more testing.
The camera takes really nice still photos at 3 Megapixels. Sometimes there is a problem for the camera to quickly find focus.
I’d be much better if the files were save natively on the N93 as QuickTime H.264.
I’d also like to see a standard tripod connector on the bottom of the camera.
Brilliant review, I recommend you check out the whole thing if you’re considering a Nokia N93.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
