*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N86 8MP

Dual LED are inferior to Xenon irrespective of the technology they used with those LEDs. If you want better pics in low light, Xenon is a must! So, in my view Cam phones without Xenon are useless.

Yes, Scratching lens cover is an issue for some N97's. But, the same issue has been reported on N86 as well :eek:
 
I very well could have. I have it sitting in the box right now...

...I just can't decide if I want to send it back or not. If I do send it back, I don't know if I want another one, or if I want to hold off for a while.

:reallysad



It's totally worth having a much clearer and pronounced screen. I'm honestly torn.
 
Ok....its time to ask a stupid question. Does nokia have a trade in policy. Rather than sell my e75. Can i trade it in to nokia to get n86 at a discount?like buying new car and trading in old car.i think this would be safer than meeting someone i dont know and takeing chance of being rob or worse like that lady from Graigs list.
 
I still have mine although I mainly use the X6. I will probably sell mine when I get back from my vacation in Europe in July ( I need 2 unlocked phones for me and my son). It was only used from mid Dec 2009 until I bought the X6 in early April. After that I have only put in the sim to update the fw and other software. It is quite snappy when you are used to touch I must say.
 
I'm giving up on the N86. I'm now getting a flashing message icon and a prompt that says "Not enough memory to receive messages. Delete some data first." I'm getting memory full prompts about every minute or so.

What? I have minimal apps, nothing running, zero pics. How do I even attempt to correct this? Is there a way to get into the C drive and delete files? At this point I can't even install x-plore as it says memory full.
 
when i try to view my colleges website on the n86. i cant get in cause it says that i need to enable cookies. i found where that is and i have enabled them. but it still says it do i need to change the settings?
 
That area looks nearly Identical on both sides on mine, slightly different indentations in the top of the right casting and the speaker on the left side. I was initially very uncomfortable getting the back off putting extra force on the slider, I figured out that a slotted screw driver of standard size pops it right off easy. My USB cable is all black.

I was using option 4 for the camera but actually got annoyed with it and went back to option 1. I am sure someone will figure out how to disable it as they are all annoyingly loud.

Found a flash file of the clock here:
http://nokiapp.com/2009/05/02/nokia-n86-8mp-large-digital-clock-download/

However it only stays active as a powersaver for 60 seconds. So I have switched back to the date clock which stays on forever.
 
The N95 was my first slider. I thought I would hate it. I didn't though. I guess that's why the N82 had a smaller screen. Needed room for the keys. I used to be candy bar all the way. Now I can take it or leave it.
 
You need access to a PC temporarily to install the Nokia Software Updater and to install it to the phone since it requires those PC drivers. I too own a Mac and am about to reboot into Vista64 using BootCamp so I can DL and install this ****. Looks like the update is too large they don't want people doing this update/install over the air from the device itself. Risky.
 
People...People....let's just wait and see. There's no point in arguing. The facts are these for me....there hasn't been a great camera phone produced without a Xenon thus far. The N82 is the best Camera Phone I've ever used for taking pictures. The dual LED flash on my N96 is good, but still quite blurry when taking pictures in low light conditions.

The fact is Nokia is billing this their top camera phone, so this thing better take better pictures than the N82. I'm skeptical, but I'm willing to wait and give it a chance. Cheers :buddies:
 
Ok since a picture is worth a thousand words. And it takes about 10,000 words to explain it to some of the people here. This is what I am talking about, look at the following pictures.
They were both taken in a dark room with my n82. One with the flash off, and one with the xenon on.

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Now, lets imagine these are pictures of your night out on the town, or a weekend of camping with your kids, or maybe a grandparents 90th birthday party where they dim the lights just before they blow the candles out on the cake (i dont know why people do that). Which picture would you like to post on you Ovi, or Facebook site. Or which one would you like to add to your digital picture frame that sits on your desk at work.

I dont think I can make it any clearer than this example. You cannot get the same results from any LED flash. Xenon is the only way to do this.
 
Wouldn't that be difficult to distinguish because the N82 has a low brightness screen, while the N86 has a OLED? The mobile review pic in low light does look promising though.
 
I don't have v21 yet.

I just had a revelation with my n86. Use the 2 second timer to take a picture. Picture come out amazing. No matter how hard you try, that damn camera button just sucks. There will always be .050 -.150 of movement at best. Especially taking night, or night landscape type shots, I always have to take 4 or 5 since most will come with some blur or always think to myself I didn't hold it right.

I'm sure you all figured this out already. But for those that didn't, keep it in mind.
 
Agreed its dropped considerably ... but only in the face of greater competition. Competition is great for the end consumer. We've gotten the E71, N97, N86, and E55/E72 (upcoming vs leaked but will either see light of day) due to the competition.

I must make a correction. 1st QTR of 2009 and Nokia has lost hugely!



So you are VERY correct; I stand corrected. These drops were expected by Nokia's top brass & analysts the world over but its put some ice in their morning coffee.

Major changes I'd like to see from Nokia's executives and top brass are as follows:

1. For all executives to start using E-Series devices currently in circulation daily as a primary device for Calendar, Messaging (Email/SMS/MMS/IM), Calls (VoIP over LAN, or cellular network), pictures and video recording. I want all this done for both their business and personal lives DAILY and only 1 device to do so for at least 3mths choosing between E71, E75, E55 or future devices soon to be shipped in 2qtrs ahead.

2. For all multimedia designers, engineers, and marketing team (production managers included), I want them to do the same with the N-Series products! I want THEM to source all print photographs, videos, and sound that'll be distributed over the web/print (paper/billboard/magazines/PDF/etc)/TV to be sourced ON the product their going to launch or advertised solely! Minimal PC (windows) or Mac editing as well (nothing higher than Windows Movie Maker or Mac's iMovie). Sure it'll give the ads an oldschool or nastalgia look to them; but it'll make them put their money where there mouth is! THEN they'll realize to fully bump up the specs and the internal software/firmware innovations - making developers mind open as well.
 
@newtype2011;

I now understand your post. You're right its an incremental upgrade very similar as an upgrade in the N95-4 was to the N95-3. Now that I think about the N85 vs the N86; its enough to have a LOT of returns by disgruntled users of the N85 that trade in value will be argued to be almost retail - especially for N85 NAM users that just got those models. I'm curious if Nokia stopped production of the N85 in favor of the N86 and if they didn't go full out on N85's production to begin with.



Again vs SE, LG & Samsung - hardware is better than all save for Samsung OmniaHD or equal or close.

Services: OVI and Comes With Music. Only SE has something close with their Music Store from PlayNow - actually better in terms of supporting Indie artists for contracts and previews of tracks; but protected AAC. SE also has PlayNow for movie distribution soon and with personalization (themes, wallpapers, and J2ME apps - minimal). However SE still hasn't offered SyncML to their millions of users on A2 platform or A1 or previous models - something VERY obvious yet stupid. Actually HTC doesn't even have this; but for some Euro locations push email service using their in house Exchange 2007 server is offered.

Oh and don't forget - Ovi Store!
And intuitive and smart Applications Store worlds ahead of Apple's App Store - yet with the potential to offer not only quality C++/OpenC/CarbideC++ apps but also the new PyS60 (to both 3rd & 5th Editions), Ruby, and Perl applications - especially from students or home coders daring enough to put up on Ovi for great awareness. Possibly if good enough to be licensed or purchased by Nokia to be integrated in future Symbian-Foundation OS revisions. No other platform offers such a great wealth of coding potential - including FlashLite apps and widgets.
 
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