Official word from Nokia has come through as to why the N93i final production model will not have the auto-focus feature. Here it is:This feature was tested during the product development phase, however, when the implementation was reviewed it was judged to generate too much noise both in viewfinder mode and during video recording. Rather than disappoint customers with a poor experience we decided to remove this additional feature from the final product, user guides and marketing materials.
It is unfortunate that we provided sample products for review with this feature enabled thus causing confusion. We regret any disappointment caused and will work to make sure such cases do not happen again.
There you have it.
I’m sending my N93i back to Nokia today to have it flashed. I’m going to be loosing one of my favorite features. I’ll let you know how it preforms when I get it back.
Knowing Nokia, they’ll have an updated model within a year that will probably have auto focus, more megapixels, etc.
That’s one thing I love about the mobile phone industry, the speed of product development.