Comments on: Nokia N81 8 GB starts shipping, don’t buy it

By: hafiz

hafiz — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:06:41 +0000

Oh that what you mean! by the way the volume is quite heigh but not in muzic player mode due to some noise issue.If you want to listen true sprit of n81 ’s speckers go in settings of profile “outdoor”And play any song you like.

By: Raqdu

Raqdu — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:26:24 +0000

I did a software upgrade and all the problems dissapeared…..only that the volume remained the same…i wish that it was louder!!!

By: hafiz

hafiz — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:02:44 +0000

what do you mean by “all the crapo dissapiered”.reply me so I should help you.

By: raqdu

raqdu — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:44:04 +0000

Guys….i ghot an n81..and it did the same…but after a firmware upgrade.,,.all the crapo dissapiered

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:34:03 +0000

I’ve got to say the N81 8GB is actualy wonderfull. The navi is not nessicary and can be turned off with ease. The face buttons work fine, and the number keys are pretty large and fine for speed texting. The WiFi I’ve had no issues with and can download podcastes and vodcastes quickly, and listen to them. The music out put is great, the speakers are loud and never tinney. The headphones work well, with the volume being loud enough. It gets free game demos from the N Gage store. The only one niggle is that it doesnt play MP4 yet. other than that this phone is truly great.

By: Noel

Noel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:15:52 +0000

Just purchased. Not real happy with the camera. The pitures are blur. Clarity is what I was looking for. Any help out there?

By: conol

conol — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:13:00 +0000

I got it, v11 firmware 370euro whats not to love? takes better pics than my n93 and its a beauty!

By: sandu alin

sandu alin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:43:27 +0000

the n81 8gb its maybe 70% for music with 20 volume steps and 8 gb memory is the best phone till now n95 is greater only because of the 5mpx camera and touch screen

By: Hafiz

Hafiz — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:24:12 +0000

hello Stefan I had already asked you this question
Please tell me the price on which you buy n 81 8gb?

By: hafiz

hafiz — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:35:51 +0000

hello Stefan can you tell me the price on which you buy n 81 8gb?

By: Omar

Omar — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:39:14 +0000

this is one hell of a shock to me .I thought that this device will be something else since that its cheap and has almost anything I want: a good camera, WiFi and geart sound (I havent heard the sound of the device, but it seems from its speakers that it is one LOUD device)…glitches and bugs!? sounds like a beta to me I expect that this phone would improve after a year or such…

By: Vivek

Vivek — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:48:15 +0000

Hey, how easily does the phone surface smudge/scratch? The pictures show the front surface as glossy and that usually means the phone’s a fingerprint magnet.

By: Booster

Booster — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:39:33 +0000

I agree with Big Al , strange review. Dont buy it ?
I hope you have get a real monday example, when have read other reviuws and feels to N81 they have been good.

You are shore it’s not one of this cloned phones who be out there or maybee you want give mr unfan litel pleasure

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:15:49 +0000

N-Gage isn’t out yet. There are 3 demos that honestly don’t even look that impressive. I’m going to type it up tonight, I’m in another time zone remember?

By: Big Al

Big Al — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:48:33 +0000

Did you try the N-Gage features on the N81? If you haven’t, you’ve completely missed the point of the device. Fast, sharp graphics that takes mobile phone gaming much farther than anything else.

I agree with the navi-wheel comments and some of the other areas, but you are not doing a good job of being a reviewer by just saying I don’t like it and can’t be bothered to post the entire review.

By: JKE

JKE — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:11:54 +0000

At least it seems to have the bent edges the N95 should have had in the first place (~ those “obstacles” for the thumb).

@Nokia: how about proper firmware instead of new devices?

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:23:26 +0000

gallery access depends on a lot of things. my 95 has close to 1000 things in the gallery so sometimes it takes a while to load, especially if i have programs running in the background.

that being said, the speed of the device is fine. the multimedia menu is a gimmick as far as i’m concerned and most of the issues i’m having can probably be fixed in a firmware update.

the hardware creaking however and the way this device feels in my hand, that can not be edited and it is why i do not like and will not recommend this device to other people.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:18:14 +0000

Oh dear, sounds like Nokia dropped the ball on this one, a few questions though. The Wifi and Naviwheel issues, are they hardware or software issues do you think? What’s the new interface like, does it cover a large portion of the functions of the phone or is it just a novelty thing that pops up in the gallery, options, etc? Any chance you just got a dodgy one (apart from the bad button design of course)? How fast is access to the gallery, I’ve got an N93 and it’s pretty slow but it was a little faster on my mates N95?

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:12:35 +0000

yea ricky and i talked about that. there are obviously differences in quality when you make several hundred thousand of these things. i can’t comment on ricky’s unit, but mine doesn’t feel like a quality product.

By: Viipottaja

Viipottaja — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:54:30 +0000

Stefan, then again, you are close to a giant (as far as I can tell from pics) Btw, Ricky Cadden has a preview video on his site, and he says the slider is super solid.. consistency issues in early production series are common. Further, he says the navi wheel is much more sensitive than in it was early protos.