First Nokia N75 review published!
By Stefan Constantinescu on Thursday, March 8th, 2007 at 1:28 PM PST In Devices
Some snippets:
Firmware: 10.1.154
DSL Reports speed test results:
- 5k – too fast
- 50k – 41 kbit/sec – .826s
latency – 10.415s d/l time- 100k – 100 kbit/sec – .672s
latency – 8.615s d/l time- 200k – 120 kbit/sec – .799s
latency – 13.972s d/l time- 600k – 77 kbit/sec – .696s
latency – 62.997s d/l time- 1MB – 57 kbit/sec – .706s
latency – 142.238s d/l time
I will never recommend the purchase of a locked phone on my site. If you absolutely need 3G on a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) device in the USA then this Cingular offering is for you. Personally I’d rather have the N76.
The initial speed test results are terribly disappointing, but too many variables can affect those scores.
One would need two phones, WinMo and S60, to preform testing at the same location and within the same hour to start figuring out if either Cingular or Nokia is at fault.
My hypothesis: Symbian Guru is an area where 3G service isn’t very strong.
In my home, with a Nokia E61 on T-Mobile (NYSE: DT), I always score above 150 kbit/sec.
UPDATE: Ricky repeated the speed tests in the web browser this time as opposed to the services browser:
- 5k – too fast
- 50k – too fast
- 100k – 164 kbit/sec – .67s latency – 5.525s d/l time
- 200k – 263 kbit/sec – .667s latency – 6.71s d/l time
- 600k – 307 kbit/sec – .664s latency – 16.246s d/l time
- 1mb – 381 kbit/sec – .643s latency – 22.089s d/l time
Better, but it still doesn’t touch Sprint (NYSE: S) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ)’s EVDO.
When will HSDPA make it state site? No body knows.
I performed the initial tests using the Services browser. I performed the same tests again with the Web browser and posted the results. They are MUCH faster, and again, as Olly mentioned, one of the key things is the latency is really low.
I normally do not encourage buying BRANDED phones, either, but this being currently the only device on the market with US 3G and S60, I made an exception. I will actually be getting it unbranded sometime next week, so I’m not really worried.
Where can you buy the unbranded one your talking about? Or do you have “friends”?
what can I say, I’m a friendly guy.
- When will HSDPA make it state site? No body knows. –
Actually Cingular has a couple of HSDPA handsets out, and their aircards have had it for a while. It’s already laid out in any 3G market, too, as I understand it.
Can you comment on the call quality for this phone? I have two questions: 1) How is the microphone? In loud settings, does it pick up an amplify background noise as loud as the caller’s own voice? Or is background noise pretty well damped? This has been a big problem for me that lots of people have complained about with my Nokia 6230i. 2) How is the quality of the speaker for listening to calls (the regular speaker, not the speakerphone). Is the sound quality good fidelity? Can you hear other people okay in loud settings? Thanks.
useful information indeed
thanks