*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N86 8MP

I'd say it's noticeably better than the N82, but nowhere near as good as the E71. Did a test at someone's request, and with the N86 connected to my home network and running Gravity nearly all day, a little downloading via SymTorrent, some web browsing, and a few texts and phone calls, the N86 made 24 hours with 3 bars to spare. I had to charge the N82 every night, sometimes earlier than that with heavy VOIP usage, but I find that the N86 usually still doesn't need charging at the end of the day.



Sorry, they're DEFINITELY nowhere near as loud as the N95. I even think the bass was slightly better on my N82. I can't really compare it to the N85/N96/N97, though, because to be honest I'm not much of an audiophile and it wasn't one of the things I was particularly interested in. Audio quality through headphones is good, though!

On another note, I noticed a weird quirk recently: the backlight on the slide-out keypad seems to just refuse to turn on sometimes. A restart doesn't always fix it. Not a big deal, and it doesn't happen all the time, but it's STILL annoying. Also, was curious to see how many text messages it would take before the N86 started complaining it was out of memory, and the magic number was about 1,100 text messages for me.
 
Current specs on sony ericsson Idou don't have US 3G bands. My guess is that it will take a while before or if they release the US friendly version. What ever happened to C905a? What is it's video capabilities...does it have stereo speakers? The product looks very nice but for me at least the choice is between Samsung Omnia HD and Nokia N97. I won't have to wait till the US Omnia comes out...1900 3G band is working great in Los Angeles.
 
How about the slider?

My slider is perfect when closed, or open. But with the multimedia keys exposed it has a slight play back and forth. I think it's because there is no spring putting pressure against it that way, but wondering how other sliders are?
 
So far, it looks good. Not mindblowing, not revolutionary but it's good. We throw our shots in cuz it doesn't have a Xenon flash but I will definitely pick one up to play with and test.
 
Gwapz, is the camera button hard to press which is causing you to either just take the picture without it focusing first or it focuses but when you take the picture your hand moves abit causing the pictures to come out unfocused?
 
Then why are so many people jumping for joy today?

Because Nokia has us all guessing what there next move (or lack of move) will be.

I recall conversations months after the N82 came out about the possibility of a NAM version. Especially as each new variant of the N95 was released.

Heck, remember that list of phones (the road map, or whatever it was called) that got leaked out. That had specs for another xenon phone. Did have we seen that. NOPE.

That just proves that no one knows what Nokia is going to do, until its done.
 
Nothing much but since I love s60 and deviated from N95 because of its below average hardware quality, I was/maybe even still hoping to have a solid device with N86.
 
But it does the way u mentioned and its very bright.. There is no other alternate prog for N86 that can perform torchlight function. We need to live up with that method..
 
Minus the power needed to keep the huge touchscreens lit as well as the OS itself and an HTC device can't touch the longevity of a Nokia device. Non-HTC devices(namely devices like the Samsung i907) have better battery life and better memory management. I would love to get my hands on an unlocked Epix or maybe a Treo Pro.
 
Exactly, I've been wanting to make this point for some time.
Never mind the Xenon Flash, turn it off and the N82 still takes better low light conditions pics than all other 5MP camera phones, period.
I even chose not to use the flash at night unless I was at a really dark place like a club or something

I wish I had not deleted from my PC all the excellent pics I took with my N82 at night so that I could post them here.


Oh, and the video recording of the N86 doesn't seems to be that bad either:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0EPeZ_Ag1o
 
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