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What are other people around the net saying about the N81?

Categories: Nokia
By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, November 17th, 2007 at 9:58 AM

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My Nokia N81 review upset quite a lot of people, but I look at it as a learning experiance for Nokia. I essentially blasted the device for being over priced, under featured and having shady build quality. Now I hope you don’t read my reviews like they are scriptures from the holiest of holy books. Personally I’ll read at least 10 reviews of anything before I buy. All About Symbian, Matthew Miller, Ricky Cadden, Eldar from Mobile Review, Engadget and others have all had a chance to test out the N81. Read their opinions as well, but more importantly try and visit your nearest shop to play with the device yourself. After all, 430 Euros before taxes for the 8 GB model is insane when you figure that the N82 is only 450 Euros before taxes and offers the same audio quality, at least with my initial testing. Mobile City Online, a site for people living in America, recently put the N82 up for preorder for $600. I never bought anything from them, but they have a lot of street credit over on Howard Forums. Back on topic, here are the N81 reviews:

There you go, that should be enough reading and enough of a variety of opinions for you to mull over before you purchase a Nokia N81.

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.

  • Topy

    That Smape does deliver and a long one it is.

  • samperi

    I wonder why so many reviews praise the feel of the naviwheel and the main button cluster. When I tested it at the store, the wheel felt unresponsive, undersized, cluttered with other buttons near it and generally utterly useless for gaming purposes – so much so that I can’t even imagine anyone actually playing anything with this device. Even navigating the menus with it was hard, let alone something that requires accurate split-second moves.

    A gaming phone should have a directional controller as robust as actual handheld consoles do, yet Nokia’s effort is in no way comparable to Nintendo DS or Gameboy Advance.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    I agree with you 110% samperi, but some people have different feelings. The point of this blog post was to let people know what others are saying about the device. At the end of the day I encourage people to do what you did, go to a store and play with the device itself before purchasing it.