Nokia N82 The New Nseries Mobile

Anyone who says the N82 is ugly hasnt seen it before. I got the phone two weeks ago. The front silver finishing makes it look that way in pictures. when you hold it, it actually feels so solid (no feelings of assembly issues like the N95). Moreso,how dare you compare it with N70? It can't even be compared to the N81 which was announced this August.

The N82 is basically N95 in an N73 form factor. With added features like Assisted-GPS out of the box (as opposed to getting it via firmware upgrades on N95), Xenon flash (first Nseries to feature that), etc.

N82 and N95 have a built in accelerometer that detects the phone's position relative to the ground. This accelerometer has its APIs so developers can utilize it in their applications. Examples of whre this can be applied is unlimited. eg, on my N82, the screen autorotates in almost every application from portrait to landscape mode depending on how i hold it. Another use of the accelerometer is in conjunction with the built in GPS - Nokia created an application called Sports Tracker (N82 and N95 only). Check one of my strolls here, recorded by the phone and uploaded to their service.

http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/workoutdetail/index.do?id=23319.

You can open it, download the KML file and view in google earth to see the real thing. THat was on some street off Allen Avenue.

It's got WIFI. This is really no news tho as its present on the N95 as well. RAM is in excess and personally, I havent had a reason to restart the phone since I got it. That's because applications 'rarely' crash. No user worldwide has reported an 'out of memory' error - referring to the RAM o!

The camera is about the best on an Nseries right now - yea, because of the xenon flash. K850i too got a 5MP camera with Xenon flash but on a photo shootout, N82's pictures come out lots brighter, because of the bug in K850i where the flash doesnt sync accurately enough with the shutter.

For those saying this phone is ugly, you probably should visit Nokia Store and get a hands-on experience and see if you wont change your views. If you're that much fashion consious, you shldnt be using an Nseries anyway  . Its arguably Nokia's best Nseries till date according to numerous mobile bloggers like this one below

http://nseries-mobile/2007/12/nokia-launches-n82-with-free-adventure.html

I even started my own n82-centric blog on http://n82blog.wordpress.com  .

I use the N95.It is a wonderful phone as I get to use it for my dayly browing,messaging,watching TV and slinging.
It has it's downs-
1.Mine crashed often
2.The battery life is low

Other than that a very good phone.But then newer products like the LG Qwerty are a beauty to behold.And they come much cheaper!

you obviously don't knw what i mean by crashing. I mean 'hanging' (application crashes, not hardware crashes.) . . .i.e. not necessarily requiring a flashing tho. I never flashed my old N70 as well. But I can tell anyone out there that its the most unstable Nseries phone out there. And heck, 128MB of RAM is a whole lot for a phone (lol, Nokia calls is a multimedia computer anyway ). . . that on its own is an add on.

Now, coming to fashion, the N95 classic and N95_8GB are elegant phones, not beautiful phones. Think Apple iPhone and most Samsung handsets if you want beauty. While the N70 has a terribly fugly design . Compare it with the N73 and think again.

yo, i got it for 75k. I guess the price shld go down after this festive period. . . i couldnt wait to get mine anyway. lol
by the way, hw much will your N73 go for? A friend of mine is interested.

hey wadup dual core seems like u,tope n info baba are pros when it coms 2 nokia nseries kud u fil me in on the hotest n latest nseries i need 2 do an upgrade

@bimbor.

if you're offered that 'ugly' N82, you'll realise that pictures can be decieving. That's all i can say about that.

All features added with the latest firmware upgrade to N95 comes by default in the N82-1. So what are you asking for? Its got the second fastest ARM processor in an Nseries device (ARM 11 332 MHz), same with the N95 closely following N81 at 369MHz.

guy, check http://web.nseries.com/truestories/. Even mobile reviewers have noted that its positioned to succeed the N95 and take over from the N73 as the most successful Nseries device. Honestly, the only arguable reason to choose the N95 over the N82 is if bigger screens take priority over brighter images. Nothing else!

If you get to the technicalities, N95 uses GPRS class 10 (32-48kbps) while N82 uses GPRS Class 32 (107kbps). And the N82 lacks an infrared port.

If your choice is determined by factors outside these, then it becomes a case of candybar vs slide or simply some affection for design. And you can be sure those reasons are simply personal views and stop at that.

Did i hear you say you want to compare it wit k850 Even P1i isnt a rival 

@ naijafan
Stop taking words out of my butt   as per that your request, send me an email to infoyedo@gmail.com so we can negotiate my selling price   Note I already did a firm work upgrade on the phone   Plus lot of songs on the memory card and all application u culd ever need. (All applications are registered)

@ bimbor
Gsmarena.com makes hell of mistakes sometimes imagine them saying N73 came with a 64MB memory card which isn't true. The ordinary N73 came with 1 GB while the music edition came with a 2 GB ( abi na something )

@ imaibehe

 The hottest currently is N82 don't go for N95 o, it waste of money  

My Nokia N82  To be 

Very well then, since u guys r so crazy about this phone i think i'll need to see it before i make my final comments but i still doubt if i'll accept it as a successor to the present king (Multimedia 95) because as far as i'm concerned the heir is still unborn!
To all ye N82 fans be ready to chill for another one year before u start getting nice third party applications for your handheld bearing in mind dt its a v9.2 symbian.
Another bad side about d phone is d keypad d buttons r too tiny.
@info that must have been a typo GSM Arena tries when it comes mobile phone reviews and analysis.

@ bimbor

I understand what Ur trying to say here, even on my N73 which is a Symbian OS 9.1, it rejects applications alot until I found www.gsm0.com  , Symbian OS 9.2 won't b a problem with time

@ jassie

He said he got it for hmmm mmmmm 75k only  when Ur going to get urs, thou shall not forget thy neighbor  otherwise: *** 

@ bimbor

There's no comparison to make between the all-in-one N82 and the simple crappy K850! Agreed?  say it louder yes  got ya

@ naijafan
About the NAND memory and the Internal memory of N82, say if you want to save a file or pic in to the phone and when u save it into Phone memory, which memory the file goes to, the NAND or the Internal memory?


What a beauty to hold, it even a 3.5G phone

@ naijafan

   i prefer N82 keypad to N73's own i actually don't like phone's with joystick, so N82 is just too prefect for me 

My plan was to get an n95 this year, but nw i'm changing my mind, i'm going for an N82.
Guys u nid to see the comments on this phone, so far so good i've not seen any bug report.
This phone is the bomb, but i think i'd rather wait for the music edition to be released.

@ bimbor

 You self, Wait till the 32Gb microSD is available then N95(8Gb) will be history

32gig MicroSD sounds like plenty fun,  if your phone no strong don't even think of getting it.
When is it due out?

Guys the 32GB microSD is slated to be released at a starting price of $700.Thats even more xpensive than d iphone or PS3,funny init?

Funny  .
@info thats not even my point, u can imagine buying just a memory card for  N84,000. Whateva sha.