*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N86 8MP

Let's all say it together:

WTH didn't they include a Xenon?

(and is it just me, or did we all want to see a bar phone with updated specs?)



They don't care. They know the fanboys will drop the change anyway -
 
I'm sure NAM will come out...sometimes closer to Fall, if that is there won't be a delay for the euro version, which is supposed to come out late May-June.
 
Never was aware of this. How do you go about customizing those particular shortcuts? I tried pencil key plus all the numbers and nothing comes up.
 
Here's a review of the N86 on Mobile Review:

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n86-en.shtml

They have a lot of comparison shots between the N86 and INNOV8, the N86 and the LG Viewty II, and the N86 and the N85.

They don't comment much on the camera though. They say that some of Samsung's phones are better for noise levels and detail. But they still consider the N86 on a par overall with the INNOV8. In fact, they say in good light the N86 is better than the INNOV8, but worse in the dark (I guess the INNOV8's LED flash they consider better). They say the C905 has better image quality than the N86. They consider the W995 to have both an inferior camera and inferior audio quality to the N86. And they conclude by saying the N86 is not Nokia's top of the line imaging device, it's just jumping on the 8 megapixel bandwagon, but they don't say what they consider to be the best Nokia imaging device.
 
That's too bad to hear about the N85. Unfortunately, I would be surprised if the N86 is any better. It doesn't seem like Nokia has really attempted to make any advances or changes in the way they deal with microphone gain and noise cancellation on their phones in years.

I've found Nokia can be very hit or miss. Some of their phones are quite good at not over-amplifying background noise, in particular flip phones, as I mentioned. Although, beware, because at least one Nokia design, the 6133, puts the microphone in the hinge, forcing the gain on the microphone to be turned way up and making for horrible results. But sadly even their high end slider and candybar phones, like the original N95 and N73, which I tested at the Nokia store (a pretty noisy place), suffer from this microphone problem. I would have hoped that in the intervening couple years between the original N95 and the N85, Nokia would have addressed this issue.

I've read that Sony-Ericsson phones are better in general, with this problem, but I can't verify this since I haven't had a Sony-Ericsson phone in years. I will say that all of my subsequent, newer, more high end Nokia phones do not perform better on background noise, than my super old Ericsson T28z. I guess when cell phones were in their infancy, people still cared about how they actually worked as a phone. At some point it seems like cell phones came to be preceived as "good enough" and this issue was dropped (although of course, some bluetooth headsets are still trying to work on the problem of background noise).
 
Almost every Nokia phone I've had since the N95 has had a tendency to do this from time to time...it only shows up on light whites, but it is definitely noticeable.
 
Perhaps this was posted earlier, but Loftie and others: there are some pics posted in the Mobile-Review.com hands on. Of course one needs to keep in mind they are prototype pics.

To me the N86 is starting to look quite promising. Better lense, variable aperture, better led (yes, Xenon would be better... ), better build quality and materials, at least some enhancements to the camera software (e.g. built in panorama pic tool), and perhaps most importantly from Nokia's point of view: quite a good price point (75 Euro less than N85 was at launch). Oh and I actually like the looks based on the videos - have to see it IRL to know for sure of course..
 
Nokia needs to be bonked in the head at times. This phone is for the camera, yet they make the damn button so hard to push that you end up blurring the pictures. Not that it's hard, just awkward. The first step is nice, but the second step isn't really a step. You just push against something until it's hard enough to trigger. Nobody saw this though the testing?

Any tips for this button? Doing the first step, then slooooowly doing the second seems to keep the camera stable.
 
I never owned the N97 but owned the N95 a number of times. I keep going back to that phone for some reason. So it must be the best Nseries ever! :p :buddies:
 
I too have scratches on len glass and 0 & # keys. Now those on o & # keys are visible in only bright sunlight and u have see from a certain angle to locate them. No big issue atleast for me. The scratch on lens glass is on the sides of the actual lens and dont affect the photos. I have taken a picture with N82 as I dont have my camera with me .. See if u can locate those scratches ..

 
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