Own a couple smartphones - should i try the n8?

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I have an Iphone 4 and xperia x10a running 2.1. I really miss nokia, particularly the call quality and cameras. I had a lot of N95-6 models etc and always loved those models but they got stale.
I bought a 5800 and hated it. Is the N8 worth giving a shot or am I better off waiting for N9 or something with meego. I twek my android phone when I am bored but to me it is an unpolished iphone.
Nothing has been more useable than my iphone but I am bored. Thoughts????
 
If you want something to play around with, sure. It's a nice phone and there's a lot to love about it. If you're an iPhone user and your complaint about Android is that it's an unpolished iPhone, I sincerely doubt that anything other than an iPhone will be satisfactory for you. The N8 would be a very unpolished iPhone in terms of its interface and ecosystem.
 
You can give the n8 a try, I did but I got bored of it already. I'm going to sell mine and go back to android. I could get the iphone4 but don't like their data plans now so I'll just get another android phone to use my unlimited dumbphone data plan on it lol If you're coming from an iphone, I think you'll get bored of the n8 really fast. At least I did anyways. I had a htc legend before that. Only thing I like about the n8 is the super awsome camera and battery life and also the simplicity of nokias. I've always been a nokia fan and have always had nokia phones but sadly I just can't stand the os anymore =(
 
Go for it if you need good camera with xenon, but don't expect it to be like ip4/x10 when it comes to speed. N8 is slow compared to both of them. Also.. N8 has very limited apps, you will get bored in no time.
 
I am an iPhone 4 user. A rather heavy user.

But I'm in the same boat you're in. I keep looking at the N8 and E7 and wondering how I'd like them. A long time ago (I kept one of them), I used to have E71-2's as everyday devices and they were great. I liked them better than the Blackberries of their day.

When I first went to the iPhone 3GS, and then the iPhone 4, I found that I had to jailbreak them to get a couple of features I used to enjoy on the Nokia: Advanced Call Management and Joikuspot. With the iPhone, you have to crack them and then buy MyWi 4.0 and either MCleaner or iBlacklist to get the same things.

But on the other hand...the Retina Display has no equal, and the App Store has no equal. If you're into jailbreaking and want to add Cydia on top of that, there's no equal. Nothing like it.

Look at the photos that have been taken with both the N8 and the iPhone 4. Although the N8 has better specifications, are the pictures and videos really any better? You can find a lot of reviews of the N8 vs iPhone 4 on Youtube from the usual, very reputable reviewers. You get the feeling after listening to these reviews and comparisons, even though some of them don't say it outright, that even after spending five minutes saying how good the N8 has turned out, they're going right back to their iPhones as their everyday devices.

And if you're accustomed to the marvellous integration of MobileMe with the iPhone 4, you're going to be disappointed in the N8. Apparently the current firmware doesn't push correctly at all, and even if your phone isn't mission critical, you get spoiled having your calendars, contacts and mail automatically and seamlessly update the way they do on the iPhone 4. Even free Exchange servers like Google's integrate well and push perfectly with the iPhone 4.

But...I have to admit...after giving you all these negatives, I'm right there with you, looking at the N8 and E7 as possible toys. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. I know the iPhone 4 is better. But there's just something so very neat and perhaps rebellious about buying a Nokia. They're obviously behind the times with multi-touch (but certainly as good as the 1.2 GHz best Android device), processors, memory utilisation and many other things. But there's still something just quite neat about them.

If the N8 had already dropped to $400, I'd probably already have one. Since they've stayed up around $450 at the usual discount houses, I am waiting. But I do not know if I am waiting for the price of the N8 to drop, as much as I am waiting for the E7 to hit the States with AT&T frequencies.

:-)

Bottom line: the iPhone 4 is just better. But if you get an N8, you'll find a lot of support, understanding and sympathy!
 
I would wait for the PR2.0. Otherwise you'll just be frustrated most likely, even with your previous Nokia experience.

I am for sure waiting for the Meego devices (love my N900 but it clearly is lacking in some areas).
 
I had a N8 for 3weeks on review along side my X10i, after i finished going over web related content i took my main sim and put it back in my X10. The N8 has good hardware, but my word the software realy leaves much to be desired, for me atleast. My advice would be to try it, you may just love the hardware and keep it for that.
 
are you loyal? do you champion the underdog? do you like to make the best of not so great situations? are you a tweaker? can you accept the flaws in things that you buy and smile? do you have extra $$ to play around with? if so then you are a candidate for the N8.
 
I did not like any of the previous symbian phones. Thought they were garbage, but I think the N8 is awesome.

Awesome:
- browsing with Opera Mini
- Camera (could still be better though)
- GPS and downloadable maps.
- call quality
- build quality

Interface sucks, and needs updates, which are coming. Also, not many quality apps written for Symbian on Ovi store.
 
absolutely! If you do get it, give it at least a week or two of usage... take bunch of photos, shoot some videos, use the HDMI and the built in FM transmitter. I came from an iPhone 4, for me the N8 is way more fun.



Only if you are the type of person who needs apps to make things interesting. I am on the other end of the scale I think, I rather do more with the hardware, then with the software. It seems like Jobs managed to make most of us believe that if your phone doesn't have hundreds of apps, it is boring.
 
It's not Jobs, atleast for me it wasn't, when i jumped from my W900 to the N80 back in 2006 i jumped due to the quality and quantity of software Symbian S60, also for the web browsing experience and multitasking, Symbian was the best at all that back then, it no longer is, and for the same reason many of us have jumped. The Camera and battery life only became good when the N95-8gb arrived.
 
Any Nokia handset coming of age these days will be held under close scrutiny due to the multi-app/multi-touch/etc. trend that many have bought into as the end all in mobile technological prowess. The N8 may NOT fit the bill coming from an IPhone unfortunately. Jobs has solidified the opinion that the mobile experience should be one in which the end user should be almost "wowed" and filled with "awe." A total entertainment-centric, multimedia extraveganza of sorts. Nokia's have always been work horses. Period. In the same breath as all the preceived failures wit5h the direction of the company as a whole, many of us here will never discount the solid build quality, RF, "out-of-the-box" functionality, hardware, etc. of our Nok's. If you're looking for IPhone quality "entertainment" in the device.....stay away!! Stay far far away. :crying:
 
Wow! All of the iPhone users jumped out of the wood work to answer this thread. One point people do forget is the over all ownership cost of a N8 over an iPhone is quite alot.
 
Well. Don't get too mad at Apple for showing the world how things should work. That's pretty much the bottom line with everything that has the Apple name on it...the stuff just WORKS.

I disagree with you that Apple provide (usually) the best of any particular technology. Maybe they've lucked out with finding a way to have an ultra high pixel density screen at a reasonable price, but really they're not usually the best of any particular technology. I mean, really, as fast as it seems to work, we all really know that the A4 in the iPhone isn't really running at 1 GHz. Most of us realise and know from performance scores that it is obviously really usually somewhere between 800 MHz and 850 MHz. But it just *works* and nobody knows it's not 1.2 GHz because Apple doesn't advertise the speed.


Although I just spent a few seconds above defending Apple, I think the reason that many of us iPhone users keep watching N8 and E7 threads is because we know processor speed isn't the most important thing...and because a lot of us also miss the Nokia Symbian days, and know that our iPhones are not God's Gift to the business world.

:-)

As long as the iPhone 4 is the logical thing to be using, I'll be using it. But back in 2008, it was obvious that for me the E71-2 was the best thing to be using.

Nokia is fully and completely capable of producing a device that I, as an iPhone user, would consider purchasing for everyday use.
 
That is a myth that has been propagated by the Apple faithful for years, but it doesn't resemble reality. I teach high school video production and have been running Mac labs for a decade. Throughout those years, Final Cut freezes and "disappears unexpectedly" (that's how Apple phrases it). I have far fewer problems with the PC lab running Avid or Premiere than I do the Mac lab. The iPhone may (or may not) be great, but Apple hardware and software suffer the same types of problems that any other hardware and software does. In spite of the myth that Steve Jobs has been able to create.
 
Why do you think the users of Apple products would voluntarily propagate this mythology, while the users of Dell or Windows products do not appear to feel the same way?

I do not doubt your experience with Final Cut, and I am sure that now the discussion's taken this turn we could easily dredge up scores of other people who have issues with Apple hardware or software.

But...I mean...c'mon, now...I doubt that somebody's bribed JD Powers to participate in the Apple Mythology.
 
To further clarify my point, Apple has done a fantastic job in shaping how the world views its products (...the Iphone more specifically) with their effective marketing and advertising strategy over the past few years. No bitterness here. That's just good business.


I made no claims whatsoever regarding the technological offerings of the Iphone, nor did I even make an attempt to compare the two companies. AGAIN, to further clarify my point, the only claim that i'll whole-heartedly stand behind is the history and reputation of Nokia simply having quality made handsets boasting the best out-of-the-box functionality with many hardware offerings crossing multiple device platforms (NSeries, ESeries, etc). No Fanboyism here. I'm simply stating a foregone opinion shared by many in this forum.

Apple is a good company with a great future. Nokia is a great company with a questionable future. I cite this N8 thread as proof. Like another poster said, any smartphone purchase will have compromises these days. My point was that the N8 might be a heftier one which your typical Iphone user may not want to make.
 
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I read this thread with interest...I find myself exactly in the same boat as the OP..satisfied with android but have this unexplainable temptation to buy a N8 or E7. I really enjoyed the E-series couple years ago and find I can't let go of Nokia even tho they are way behind.
 
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