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Nokia N80
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Features of the Nokia N80 include:
- SmartPhone: S60 3rd Edition software on Symbian OS
- Camera: Integrated 3 megapixel camera sensor (2048 x 1536 pixels) with up to 20 x digital zoom and close-up mode, Integrated flash LED with red-eye reduction
- Video Camera: High-quality video capture in MP4 and 3GP formats with up to 5x digital zoom
- Display: Active matrix color display
- Music Player: Supported file formats: MP3, AAC, m4a, eAAC+ and wma
- Media Player: RealPlayer with Realvideo,3GPP & MPEG4 AVC video streaming support
- Java Games
- Connectivity: Integrated Wireless LAN (802.11g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), Bluetooth wireless technology, Infrared, Pop-Port™ interface with USB 2.0 Full Speed with mass storage class
- Memory: Up to 40 MB of internal dynamic memory, Expandable memory: 128 MB miniSD card
- Messaging: E-mail with document viewers to view attachments, SMS, multimedia messaging (MMS)
- Internet: WAP, GPRS, EDGE
- Talk Time: Up to 3 hours
- Standby: Up to 8 days
- Size: 95.4 x 50 x 26 mm
- Weight: 134g
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Displaying reviews 201 - 300 of 300 (displayed in order of date):
Reviewed by john morrison on 04/03/2007
Nokia know more this phone nightmare text dont bother.Start up ages have dinner come back and maybe on.Been nokia always but this phone means an end to that.Battery life blink and its gone that bad.It also goes on when you dont want it to mind of its own. If you buy well best of luck cut my losses and got sony k800i.
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Reviewed by Morse on 02/03/2007
Bulky, small keypad and the blue tooth does not work when pairing up to my in car Audi phone system.
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Reviewed by shaz on 01/03/2007
i fink it rocks!!!!
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Reviewed by jam on 01/03/2007
i own the nokai n80 and n73 i there are outstanding the n80 is the best phone ive evry had along with the n73 its cam is gr8 it looks gr8 the n80 is the ulimate phone
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Reviewed by dan on 01/03/2007
absolute rubbish. yes good features etc, but who wants a phone that pauses for 2 miuntes when you send text messgaes? oh ye, its restartrs itself randomly too
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Reviewed by subhendu on 28/02/2007
Again this site gives all wrong rating ! This site has promoted sony ericsson a lot and shown nokia is a below avarage ?! Dont say about N80 IT IS ONE OF THE BEST PHONE EVER MADE ! U ask for any thing. But plz close this site and promise not to visit again.
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Reviewed by rockstar on 27/02/2007
the phone sucks, nokia has made a flaw in the design. they have not upgraded their battery and therefore the phone battery dies extremely fast
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Reviewed by SJ Archer on 27/02/2007
Well I feel compelled to rite an honest review about the N80. I have had six yes 6 replacement handsets now and still I am suffering! I am not alone either. My business partner has had four replacements too. For all thats if truly super about this phone it is well and truly flawed. Such a shame as it works brilliantly. Our office away from the office. The fact that they choose to swich themselves off when on 3G or dual mode and that I have lost more contacts and information than I care to mention...Fed up now and looking to change. Trouble is what too. When it works it is fantastic but for an expensive so called flagship modle it just dosen't cut the mustard. Is Nokia ever going to get back to the heady days of supreme quality? Only time will tell.
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Reviewed by vishal on 27/02/2007
this cell is to good just the front cam it not clear but the wifi and other stuf is tooooooooooo good
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Reviewed by James on 26/02/2007
Had this phone for 9 months now so I think I can give a pretty well rounded review of it's good an bad points. Firstly the good; great quality, large display. Superb camera (although can give grainy results in low light conditions, especially in movie mode). Nice looking handset all round. Bad points however and far more in number! Awful battery life. Needs a charge every couple of days with moderate use. Turn on the WiFi or the bluetooth and you better have a charger handy in the next couple of hours. Nokia insist on using the same battery for many phones (as opposed to someone like samsung who mould the battery into the back door) which means the whole phone feels plasticy and creaky and generally ruins the "top of the line" looks of the phone. The Symbian OS is still too slow for phone use. Updating the firmware using Nokia's online software updater (a great idea in theory) has scrambled all my contact first and last names. I've now been through 3 headsets and I'm tired of getting them replaced so I no longer use it as a music player. To summarise, it's great for a while...and then you begin to realise that you should have stuck with the D500 you had last time. All the extra features like WiFi have a crippling effect on battery life to the point that it ceases to be a mobile device as you need to be near a charging point the minute you want to use them. Build quality could be solved by having a custom battery for the phone but Nokia are determined to cut corners and keep profit margins up so don't expect them to change any time soon.
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Reviewed by MaTTy on 26/02/2007
i would not recommend this phone, it is so chunky and horrible and it feels really tight when you slide it up, the camera is also not that good to say that it is a 3mp, if you was wanted all the features that this phone has got then i would recommend people to get a samsung d900 it has all the same features and it is alot slimmer, the only downfall on the d900 is that the screen is a lcd one and one slight knock and it is broken, and the music is not all that loud. cheers pps
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Reviewed by charlotte on 25/02/2007
at first i thought this was the perfect phone, but after having it a few months it is slow, take about 5 mins to send a single text. the charger has just about died, and the battery lasts a day to a day and a half most, with out using it much. and it is only 4 months old very dissappointed by this. DO NOT BUY
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Reviewed by Alec on 23/02/2007
Battery life is appalling. It's real nice having a smart phone I can run Tom-Tom on but how I wish the battery would last until 5PM. It was sold as a business phone but doesn't last the working day if you make calls. Two firmware upgrades failed to make the difference, and London is the only place I get good reception with it. I love what it can do, but I cannot live with how badly it fails to do it
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Reviewed by Antoine on 21/02/2007
I have it now for nearly 8 months and I am still in love with it. The resolution, the screen, the mobile itself is awesome. THe only bad thing is just the small two days of battery life and a mobile like this should have been much more but in all this mobile is awesome !! Very good Nokia you are the best !!!
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Reviewed by steve on 20/02/2007
Worst phone ever. Constanltly freezes or cuts out altogether. Constant signal problems while other memebrs of the family on the same network have no problem!! Texts delayed up to 8 hours. Now on my 3rd one in a torrid 6 months with Orange UK. Camera not as good as its 3mp spec would suggest and it won't connect via Bluetooth with a Mac, a 'known fault' apparently! Well, if that's the case, why haven't Nokia done something about it. This isn't a free phone with the contract, it cost £150 as a top of the range smart phone with an 18 month contract that now seems like a life sentence. Nokia have lost the plot. Their phones are now boxy, chunky items, overstuffed with 'features' that just don't hack it.Can't wait for the iPhone. It's the last Nokia I will ever have. Had to give it one star because there was no option for ZERO!
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Reviewed by alan on 20/02/2007
had the phone 4 month and with each passing month it got slower and slower.eg slow at starting,sending txts,downloading etc.also when going through the gallery it would skip and give the name of a vid or pic 1 or 2 before or after to the one you are veiwing plus after this i would end up with two of the same pics or vids and the only way to get rid of them was to delete one.the keypad lock if you could call it that also got on my nerves,to put it in auto lock you need a 5 digit pin every time to use it and if you dont put it on then you wii be making a few unwated calls as the key lock is useless.
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Reviewed by damo on 20/02/2007
top phone ever carry on nokia
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Reviewed by nick on 20/02/2007
i've had my N80 for about 4 months. it was great to start off with but it has gotten slower and slower as time has progressed. Also it takes up to 3 minutes to send a single text message. I am very diappointed with the quality of the camera and the speed of the phone.
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Reviewed by Naomi on 19/02/2007
I'm on to my 5th N80, they have all had faults! The phone is uncomfortable to use if you have small hands and difficult to send texts with as the top part of the phone is so heavy. 3/5 of mine didn't charge properly and when they did the battery life was poor. It is very slow and a pain in the butt to send a text as you have to go through so many menus to do so. "/3 of them connect to the internet when I don't want them to resulting in charges!! I click to view recent calls and get the orange home page instead! even when it says connection needed and i say no it still connects. My 1st one turned off and back on again all the time for no reason and this one has frozen too. THEY ARE RUBBISH I would STRONGLY recommend you do not buy this phone!!!!!!
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Reviewed by tom on 19/02/2007
ive had this phone for about a month now and yes it is good but one morning i woke up and found the screen did not light up and i took it to the shop and they said it was a fault but other than this misshap i am glad i bought this phone and the 3meg snapper is outstanding and the mp3 player is absolutley fab i say this phone is one of the best Nokia have ever made
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Reviewed by Fareed Ashraf Chaudhry on 18/02/2007
A huge disappointment. Thumbs down!
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Reviewed by John on 18/02/2007
I was so looking forward to this phone coming out, waiting ages. There weren't many reviews out when I got it so didn't know how truly awful it really is. Everything said in the main review above is true, however it has not scratched the surface. The whole system is unstable and illogical, Sony Ericsson designs are far superior, the camera I thought was good quality though don't try to take photos in the dark or of moving objects. Trying to take a photo of my niece is impossible, she sees the flash and then moves to continue to play which means I have a picture of a chair with some vague blur on it. The WORST thing is sending texts, every text sent freezes the phone for about 2 minutes. This means you can't continue the phone, can't recieve phone calls, can't recieve texts, can't use other applications and can't even lock it. If you are considering getting this phone, please please don't get it. It is the worst phone i've ever had and am now using a spare S700i instead.
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Reviewed by Michael Cooper on 16/02/2007
SUPER PHONE.The n80 is by far the BEST phone that i have had better than the d900 and all the sonys.Buy it NOW
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Reviewed by paul neale on 13/02/2007
i purchsed min in nov 2006 worked fine if it didn't lock up In Feb it's sim card reg failed..and had to go back to 02 for repair....it's still there
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Reviewed by dwytzkrieg!@Phils. on 11/02/2007
Just switched from N73 to N80 (N73 is great by the way! It's now my wife's phone). A few comments: (1) slider is quite smooth though slack for those who put their phones in their pockets, (2) after having nokia care upgrade my firmware (now: v 4.0623.0.41), the OS now runs faster and the freezing has stopped (been using it for a month after the update, no hassles yet), (3) the camera is second only to the N73, but still a competent challenger, (4) Wi-Fi connection in 5 minutes tops, plus improved/effective browser, (5) flash/thumb drive data transfer mode is a nice feature for the business inclined, (6) sms sending is just as fast, (7) no dropped voice/video calls , (8) typical macro (better than the v3x's) with a sweet spot, (9) user friendly numeric pads and softkeys, (10) all PDA type features are appreciated (it's my personal office secretary, since I don't have a real one), (11) truly amazing screen for images and games (smaller than the N73's but feels wide due to umpteen pixels)! A few advices: (1) DO NOT install flash files just yet (it slows my OS down, especially those flash type games from nokia HongKong), (2) DO NOT install untrusted themes and apps (the phone warns us about these executions for a reason): my phone suddenly stalls upon usage of several third party software, even the original N73 red theme "fire."
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Reviewed by ian on 11/02/2007
to all the people who moan about the battery life , check the box , it comes with a charger , USE IT !!!
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Reviewed by Arthur Weiner on 11/02/2007
Absolute Rubbish !!!!! I purchased a N80 from 3 Shop in Jul 2006. The functionality is great but battery life was appalling. It had a few issues over the first few months with powering off and then died and would not charge. It went for repair and lasted 1 day. It again went for repair and lasted about 6 weeks. The third time it died it was replaced (with a refurbished unit)which lasted for 3 days then died. I am currently trying to resolve this with 3 whose customer service is as bad as the phone quality.
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Reviewed by richie on 10/02/2007
in a word no
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Reviewed by dale collins on 08/02/2007
pritty good
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Reviewed by geoff b on 06/02/2007
I personally think this is the sturdiest phone i have had in years. Haven bought a 2gb card for it, i went to italy and managed to take over 3000 photos without fuss. Obviously my criticism is the freezing, but i have got 2gb worth of stuff so i can accept that. I have also dropped it and it hasnt a scratch. This is a good phone but with the N series faulting with software problems. Have a look around, as a nokia user, i have now taken the plunge for the k800i which is great!
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Reviewed by Maleek Misbah on 04/02/2007
I had very high hopes when I bought N80.Can't really say that its been a total disappointment but for sure it does not live up to my expectations. The talk time of battery and picture quality of camera are the two areas that are an utter disappointment.Autolock feature should have been included in the package. The connectivity features, sound quality and looks are excellent.
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Reviewed by lou from usa on 01/02/2007
Nokia should made earpiece hole bigger
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Reviewed by Russel the love muscle on 31/01/2007
This phone is really good and has everything you could possibly need and more. Some times it is a little slow but its bearable. overall excellent.
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Reviewed by Gaby on 31/01/2007
Well, its ok, apart from it's ridiculous slide design. I frequently find the phone unlocked in my bag - on a couple of occasions the phone has made calls on its own. Not what you really need. It's a little slow on the up take. Closing and opening applications with delay and I sometimes find that I have to turn off my phone to receive text messages. Generally, apart for the slide it gets me by - I use it for phone calls mainly which it does with no problem (touch wood.)
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Reviewed by bunch on 28/01/2007
I have now lived with the N80 for six months and I'm happy to say I won't be living with it for the next six I have just got a new sony ericsson. After having SE's, Samsung's, and motorola's I was finally swung towards Nokia. Easy to use, good software and everything else I was all ways told by other nokia user's well this phone has to be one of the biggest dissapointments. The main review above is pretty spot on this phone really does everything you want it to do. But smart phones in my eyes are for business user's and thats what I am my phone is a crucial part of my business and I got two N80's for me and my assistant. The HUGE problem is we can't use any of the smart fetures of this phone because even with everything switched to maximum battery saving if you start work at 9am you are very lucky if it will get you to 3pm (and thats being kind sometimes it is dead by lunchtime) that leaves at least 3hrs of the working day with you out of communication!! Nokia woul d have done better to have ditched the camera (if you want a 3 mega pixel digital camera then buy one) and given us a full length battery that could at least do a days work. Also contacts in the phone has a big bug even though you may have a name and number stored in the phone or sim certain names it just ignores and rather than being able to see who is ringing you (caller id)or texting you all you get is just their number very frustrating. As for all the other futures on the phone when I have had chance to use them one phrase sums it up unfortunatly "Jack of all trades and master of none" if you really rely on you phone then I'm affraid you need to look elsewhere
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Reviewed by william on 27/01/2007
although so expensive, & now comes n80ie, i still love my n80!!!
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Reviewed by Fiona on 27/01/2007
Worst phone I have ever used. I am now on my third N80 due to the problems I have had. I cannot wait until my contract is finished so I can get a phone that is up to the job. This thing freezes, turns itself off, tells you memory full when there is loads of space left on memory card. I could go on forever. I do not recommend this phone.
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Reviewed by Roy on 27/01/2007
Jan 2007 I purchased N80 with firmware v 3,0617.0.6 03-05-2006. Upadted and now V4 Voice cammand is vey fine. Its really hand free you dont need to touch if you have headset with mic. Cool Camera and video recording too meet normal expectaion. WLAN is excellent. Very easy to use. Only issue is Battery!- However you can increase the kife of single charge to 3days by switching to GSM mode instead of deafault dual mode. Any way I will charge mobile everyday. so its not a problem for me.
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Reviewed by droy on 27/01/2007
Excellent phone if you charge daily night. It takes only 40 mts to reach full charge and stay for two days. WLAN, EDGE, etc are very user friendly. Super Screen. Slide is great and voice command mode excellent. I am really satisfied. Starting on switch on is slow. but who cares. I never switch off during day time and am not a busines guy where second matters!!!! I am really scick of Sony machine it sucksm if it falls down or kept near watter or high humid area. This is the phone what I was looking. Well one point please update the firmware to V4. XXX from V3. XXXX This helps a lot avoid crashes.
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Reviewed by Stephen on 26/01/2007
The n80 is a near perfect phone, it has great connectivity, good reception (standard on almost all new phones), a brilliant screen and I've found it too be very reliable. It's biggest problem is the battery. 3 days is the best I've had and that was when hardly using it. Sometimes you get up in the morning to find that it died in the night. Fortunately it does recharge in a reasonably short amount of time. The screen and web browser both need a mention as they are flawless. It is easy to read PDF files on the screen even though it is small and the standard web browser is easy to use and lets you view standard web pages. I even have VoIP running on this phone (really kills the battery) and it was easy to set up and works reliably. If you accept the battery is just too small for the phone then I think it is the best out there. My biggest problem is that this is the first slide phone I've used and they are not for me, but if I didn't keep putting it into the pockets on jeans this would not be a problem.
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Reviewed by dave on 24/01/2007
total crud
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Reviewed by Byron on 22/01/2007
Just excellent. A bit slow but no otehr concerns. 100%
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Reviewed by ? on 20/01/2007
this phone crashes after making to many messages
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Reviewed by Jeff on 19/01/2007
Best Phone ever! You dnt need the n73. n80 has everything n73 knows. This has everything you need in ur daily life. camera video music photo internet and lothes more. plus this has wifi giving u more freedom. exelent phone recomended 2 every1 no question asked.. the end just buy and see
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Reviewed by Richard Mikkward on 18/01/2007
Got this phone from 3G just over a week ago and it's been charged about 7 times in the 7 Days. The battery is rubbish and that's it's biggest floor. I am returning the phone to 3G on Saturday for the Sony 800i. Also the N80 key lock does not work properly meaning that I made calls without knowing anything about them. Come on Nokia, watch what the competion is doing!!...Nice screen shame about functionality and battery..
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Reviewed by stewart on 18/01/2007
complete piece of junk i thought new phones were supposed to be better than old ones but im lucky if i get a day of use out of this id rather use my old 3310 at least the batter lasts a week.
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Reviewed by Beesty on 16/01/2007
Worst phone ever!!!I have now had three of these due to oranges return policy and everyone has been faulty.ie)constantly crashing and freezing.my advice to anyone is avoid this phone at all costs as you will definatly be disapointed!!!!
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Reviewed by charls on 16/01/2007
I had one for a week and it was bust! If you are a heavy texter do not get this phone..its can't hack it!
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Reviewed by Leeyow on 16/01/2007
it's the best phone i've ever hold. . . excellent features. . . good sound system. . . very good camera. . . better than my n90. . . the downfall is that it's battery life is so poor! u knw? it sucks really. . . i have to charge it evryday and before i go out. . . such a complete disaster. . . can nokia produce a batteries for n80 longer lasting? coz i really don't want to change another phone. . . oh the slide is not so good either but can be tolerated. . .
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Reviewed by Nigel on 15/01/2007
This phone is total rubbish, probably the worst phone i have ever bought, I only changed from my Sony ericsson P910i because it broke and the new 990 isn't half the phone, mind you its better than this rubbish, bad reception, very poor battery life, slow, slow, slow been back to the shop 3 times. I am tied into a contract but I may just throw it in the bin and get another phone anyway and still pay the years contract left. It would be worth it just to get a decent phone. WAKE UP Nokia your going downhill fast!!!!!
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Reviewed by Ahmed Salem on 15/01/2007
this fone is wicked really reccomend big up da n80
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Reviewed by hassan on 15/01/2007
just wiked buy it
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Reviewed by grant livingstone on 15/01/2007
I have had no end of problems with this phone from softwear problems to the phone not being able to pick-up a signal unless you turn the phone off and then back on... when the phone does freeze the only way to get it to work is to take the batterie out and then start the phone again... sending a text message takes up to 5 mins at which time you can not use the phone for anything else not even to answer a call today i have a new problem with my phone it now refuses to charge this is the 3rd handset i have had from my network provider they all end up with the same faults if i were you i would stay clear of this phone.
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Reviewed by Randy on 14/01/2007
The best phone so far. you guys having problems just upgrade firmware to nokia n80 Internet Edition. i use voip works all the time in uk with truphone free calls how cool is that.
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Reviewed by joey on 14/01/2007
this phone is the dogs its absuloutely brilliant i love it
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Reviewed by Thee French Connection on 14/01/2007
was given this phone free off a mate and have to say its nearly as rubbish as my first car. sorry nokia but i will be going back to sony ek in no time. biggiest problem for me is the high power usage, I get one day if lucky and your new chargers are rubbish and not well built at all. one star because it was free lol
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Reviewed by Ben on 13/01/2007
well good phone recommend to anyone good quality screen just the size i worry about. this phone is ideal for the business man
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Reviewed by cdr on 10/01/2007
sorry, this phone is only good on paper :-( im ocnsidering changing it for something else
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Reviewed by James on 10/01/2007
Very disappointing phone. I have had nothing but problems, mainly terrible battery life, i use my phone all day with work and by 3pm its always run out of battrey. The bluetooth connection does not stay connected with other devices. The phone crashes three or four times a day, usually when you are desperate to find info from your calender or contacts files. But the worst has to be signal, i've been working in the same area for ten years and never have had a problem with signal until i got this phone. These are definatly not one off faults as O2 have supplied me with three new handsets now and the problems are always the same, - gutted Nokia.
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Reviewed by andrew on 10/01/2007
I dont normally do these type of things, write reviews and all, but I have to warn whoever is thinking about getting this phone to stay away. I am an obsessive researcher, but I dived head first into my newest contract with this phone without reading many reviews. In a word: it's rubbish. I've always been so happy with Nokia, all my previous phones were Nokia and I refused to switch. This time, however, my decision to not go with the blatandly better Sony Ericsson rivals have left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. All the other complaints on here, i.e. useless battery, crashing, SLOOOWWW, etc. are completely founded. I'm seeing if I can cancel my contract with insurance, because it's going to drive me insane if I have to put up with this piece of junk any longer. It's worthless. In fact, it's not even worth the time I took to write this review, which makes me even more bitter. Hopefully someone will read this and make the decision to not buy this phone, which is all I w ant. The less N80's out there, the better for us all.
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Reviewed by zaboura on 09/01/2007
i had this phone for a week i mean this is the god of all phones just amazing
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Reviewed by android82 on 08/01/2007
I'm using my n80 for a month now and so far no problems with any operation of the phone. Every feature works seamlessly. I guess having the latest firmware does help a lot. My firmware version was released September 2006. The only real problems are the short battery life and lack of autofocus in the camera. But the slider form-factor is way cool and wi-fi is definitely a huge plus, considering especially how nice the internet browser works, you'll definitely appreciate the ability to surf the web at broadband speeds for free! (using wi-fi hotspots)
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Reviewed by chris cringle on 08/01/2007
ace but easily broken
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Reviewed by Yoyo on 08/01/2007
fantastic
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Reviewed by ghostdog on 07/01/2007
i have had mine for a while now and have had no problems with it.the camera is the best i have seen on a nokia for a while and it beats the k800 from sony ericsson.the slide is good and so is the weight of the phone. if you are thinking about getting one of these phones then go and do it you will not regret it
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Reviewed by B. Rust on 06/01/2007
This is quite possibly thew worst of the nokia phones i have had with a battery life of just 24hours standby time, even though nokia belive it too have over a week which is rubbish. The camera is good for taking pictures but this is the only plus side to the phone. The signal is far worse than previous models as it gets a much weeker signal. I would not buy this phone and have gone back to using my old nokia 6680 which is a much better phone, than this glorified camera, not practical at all.
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Reviewed by Simon D on 04/01/2007
Finally got my N80 back after 6 months being repaired (see earlier review) and now I notice the shutter button doesnt work. I will bin this load of rubbish cos I wouldnt even give it to my worst enemy. The camera is rubbish, the slider keeps on opening and making calls, takes forever to boot up etc. etc. How pathetic am I that I am writing another review, such is my hatred of this phone. Forget ever considering any n series, what a shame I was looking forward to the N95
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Reviewed by nabeel on 28/12/2006
i bought this phone about 6 months ago. the phone for the first 2 weeks seems to be the best phone in the worlkd with its wide variety of functions. after that the phone starts to deteriorate. the nokia n80 is diabolical and i would strongly disencourage people from buying this phone. firstly the problem i had is the extremely slow booting. the more of the memory youve used the longer it takes to boot. the phone cannot handle memory cards greater than the 128mb memory card given with the phone. with a greater memory card the phone freesez and used to take 15 minitues to boot with my 1gb memory card. even with it out it would freez quite often. i strongly disencourage anyone to buy any of the n series phones.
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Reviewed by goldussst on 28/12/2006
phone is brilliant, i would simply reccomend 2 anyone
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Reviewed by zeroxe on 27/12/2006
the ONLY reason that this phone is getting 5 stars is that you cannot give more, it is the best ever phone!!
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Reviewed by Ram Maurice on 26/12/2006
I got the phone on the day that it was release by orange. within a month it was taking over 1 minute to send a text message and the phone freezes during that time. I had to hard reset it twice and finally orange replaced the phone for me. Within a few weeks of getting the new phone the same problem occured. On every occasion I made sure that all other programmes were closed. The other problem with it is that sometimes when it rings, you cannot answer the phone no matter which button is pressed and the only solution is to remove the battery. I'm very disappointed and now i'm looking for a simple phone to use. Back to basics I guess.
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Reviewed by ghostdog on 24/12/2006
i have had mine a week now and have had no problems with it at all.this is one of the best phones i have had and if you want one go and buy one
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Reviewed by The Poundster on 22/12/2006
Without doubt the worst phone i've ever owned and there's been a few. Can't hear people talking when they phone me, can't get reception even when people on the same network as me can, cameras crap, memories rubbish. Sure, it looks a good phone but whats the point in having it if you can't use it. Recommend you keep on walking. Ah, glad thats off my chest
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Reviewed by dennnis j on 22/12/2006
this phone has the memorey that can last a life time unlike the memory of n91 or w950i witch is 4GB this phone has 40mb on the phone+and exrta 128MB on MMC also this phone has everything you can think of mp3 music player, 3Mega pixel camera,radio,bluetooth 3G smartphone,and has wi-fi so its like taking a mini of every thing around with you the battery life is not that good but so what it should have 5 stars outstanding
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Reviewed by Drew Potter on 21/12/2006
Avoid! Don't be fooled by its good looks. This is by far the worst phone I have ever owned. I've stayed loyal to Nokia for years and really looked forward to getting an N80. It's a massive disappointment. Nokia really should recall it and fix the plethora of problems. I'm surprised mine hasn't gone to mobile heaven just yet, as I've been tempted to throw it at the pavement too many times to mention. Buy one and look forward to the following adventures: - Battery life: When brand new it lasted two days (with little usage) at the absolute best. These days I'm lucky to get 12 hours. After two months I bought new battery for 40 pounds. In the same time period it is now just as unreliable. When the battery gets to a certain point it won't even charge. It really is the worst possible situation. - Media Player: I was looking forward to ditching my iPod and using the N80 instead. Sure, with a 2 gig card it's a very handy way to listen to your music. But the laughable battery performance listed above means you can literally watch your battery draining away before your favorite tune has even ended. - System Lock Ups: Send a text message and watch the N80s menu and funcitons lock up. Sometimes for up to 30 seconds. Answer the phone and sometimes the N80 gets confused and crashes. I shifted everything off the phone memory and onto the card to try and solve the problem but it is still there. - Camera: Simply pathetic. The problems above mean it takes about 40 seconds to cycle into life. Take a photo and it locks up again. And the quality is far worse than the N70 I used to own. Take a video and watch the phone totally freak out. My N80 has just gone back in its box. I want to sell it but am would feel bad about putting someone else through the same pain! I've reverted to my Nokia 1100. Battery lasts six days!
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Reviewed by Simon D on 21/12/2006
I have never bought anything other than Nokia, but this N80 has to be the biggest lump of doggy doo. From day one it kept crashing and after a week the buttons only worked periodically. Lost all confidence in this piece of crap and to think I bought all the bits as well, car charger, 1gb card etc. What a total waste of money.Only made worse by the fact that it has been in the nokia service since September and its now late december and its still there. After at least 12 years of only nokia,this N80 has done only one thing very effectively, that is it has made up my mind that nokia have lost the plot and I thought I would never say this but, I'm off to buy a sony ericsson k800i, my good friend showed it to me half an hour ago and theres no comparison. Nokia you can keep your N80. What a shame, I was one of those punters that used to say, there are two types of phone Nokia and the rest. Not any more.
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Reviewed by vin on 13/12/2006
i have had the n80 since it first came out and think that is absoluty outstanding. I have never had a better phone in my life. It has everything you could possabily want. Most of my other phone crash but this has Never crashed since the day i have got it. After having the n80 i will always by a N series phone.
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Reviewed by Martin on 11/12/2006
No problems with this phone at all, very powerfull tool for the office work i do, picture quality excelent with loads a features, would recomend this phone to anyone
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Reviewed by gr9303 on 29/11/2006
On Paper this should be a great phone, in practice it is a great phone for about halve a day, then you realise that the battery life is so poor that you need to find a charger and plug it in. I have had mine for about 5 months (actually this is the second one I have had, both have the same problem). By not using any of the features on the phone and limiting calls to just 3 or 4 a day (of only a few seconds duration) the best I have managed to 40 hours on the battery. if I use any of the features of the phone or make one phone call of lets say 30 minutes then I need to charge it again within 10 hours! Got my phone through Orange, and have contacted them and Nokia about this problem, Orange seems to have washed their hands of it and Nokia didn't want to know in the first place. Very disapointed with this phone, will probably never buy another Nokia as a result. My advice for anyone looking at getting this phone - "Get something else!"
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Reviewed by Steve Harcus on 28/11/2006
After 6 months of problems i've just gone back to a 6230i.
2 of my mates have done exactly the same.
Nuff said.
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Reviewed by Dawood Ali on 28/11/2006
I have had phones, many of them . . . i was recommended this one i tried and tested like i do with other phones and OH MY GOD . . . . this phone really does kick any other phones ass and wipes it ova tony blairs face, i mean once you kno how to use this phone you will be amazed!!!! best phone out!
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Reviewed by Andres on 14/11/2006
i have had this phone about 3 months now. At first the phone was crashing all the time, and the battery life was dead poor, also when txting the text was tiny, also the picture quality was very poor. However about 1 month ago i had the software upgraded on the phone, and it could not be better! everything has changed, my battery life is long lasting, even the txt on the text msgs hit thicker and bolder and easy to see, it does not crash anymore, and the photos are not blurry anymore. This phone is amazing, it comes across as bulky, but i feel like i am carrying a well built phone, also another feature i like is the indent in the txt pad, i am able to text easier because the phone is held properly in my hand. the screen is vibrant and i just love this phone so much, the blue tooth is very fast. Mine is on the 3 network and i feel this phone works brilliantly with it. i previously had the nokia 6280 and switched to this one reluctently. but i could not be happier with the resul t! i would reccomend this phone to anyone!
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Reviewed by william on 07/11/2006
its so beautiful and expensive but still i bought mine last saturday...no regrets!!
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Reviewed by clare on 05/11/2006
rubbish fone, scrathces really eaisly, heavy, a brick, brakes, battery life bad: must cahrge up every day even if not used it!!! BUY THE D900 so much beter value for money
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Reviewed by sandy from scotland on 30/10/2006
Bought phone 7 weeks ago worked superbly everything was good even worked abroad on holiday.slides a bit poor and phone lock, and then the inevitable happened, battery loses power quicker than its charging, jumps programs, even calls out to previous dialled number, needless to say now on its way back to nokia.alas waiting on replacement. come on nokia pull your finger out and give us a decent phone plz...im giving this phone a poor rating..dony buy cause its trouble..
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Reviewed by Paul on 26/10/2006
I waited ages for the N80 to come out and to be honest i'm not sure it was worth it. The main problem with this phone is the appaling battery life. I'm lucky if i can get a day out of it before it beeps at me then turns off. Then when i do charge it up and I turn it on it tries to send "Packet Data" to orange, even though I have this option turned off!! Another bad point of this phone is the build quality. The "N" series are meant to be the premium selection from Nokia. Within two weeks the paint had worn of on the edges of the phone and the display part that slides up rocks from side to side. Another is Nokia have changed the size of the charging port so you will have to buy a new charger for your car etc. Nokia do give you an adaptor but mine doesn't work. Why they had to change this I really don't know!! The one plus point about this is the camera on it. Some people are putting this down as a negative point. What you have to remember is this is a mobile phone firstly, a device to speak to people on and send the odd text. Not a walkman, not a laptop and definatly a digital camera!! If your thinking about getting one of these phones don't bother. The battery life will die on you at the most awkward of times like it has done with me. Look for something else that has a decent sized battery that will give you more than a day.
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Reviewed by matthew on 20/10/2006
this pgone is the best phone you will every buy despite all the bad reviews it has been having the phone has every thing you could ask for ina phone the battory is fine and the slidig mecanisum is fine (in answer to people saying it was poor)the phone does not look as good as say a d900 but the functions out class it by far a definate buy if you want a well designed and functioning phone !!
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Reviewed by krissii on 11/10/2006
O.k, I'm going to start by telling you that I actually love this phone! Which I know makes absolutely no sense of the one star rating! Read on and you'll know why! I'm going to start with the bad: I got this phone on Orange (big mistake but great network) the day it was released back in May. I saw it and loved it straight away. 6 days later it went back. Number 1 had a most annoying habit of repeatedly switching himself off whenever he felt like it. Also, he had no inclination to connect to wap, couldn't send photo messages and the final straw came on day 6 when his red hang up key died and the only way to end a call was to pop the battery out (he wouldn't switch off either). Dissappointed but I put it down to being teething troubles. Hello Number 2, My best N80 to date!! Again no internet connection or photo messaging but otherwise he seemed o.k. At least he stayed awake! After several calls totalling about 4 hours with Orange we even got him functioning! Hooray!! A few little hiccups, the odd freeze here and there, but number 2 showed me exactly what the phone is capable of when it actually works! I loved him! Fabulous photo's, not at all slow, quirky text messaging, all the text shoots off to the left but they've all done that so I won't make it personal with number 2! Took him to a concert and got great video, what more could I ask? Unfortunately, his microphone packed up amd everyone said I sounded like an alien, so with much sadness, number 2 was returned also. RIP Number 2, you were great! Welcome number 3! The usual internet problem again, but I got it fixed and he started life positively. I took him on holiday to the Dominican Republic and he performed brilliantly the whole time! On an excrsion to a jaw droppingly beautiful island, my Olympus camera battery went flat so I only had Number 3 to rely on, he did a fabulous job! I could not fault him, he saved me that day! The photo's were beautiful and I've since burnt them to disc and they show up perfectly on my 28" widescreen tv. Then I brought him back to England and he wasn't happy. Someone had grown acclimatised to hot weather me thinks, and he wasn't happy to be back in cold England. He started to freeze, repeatedly, about every 2 hours to be precise. So out came the battery, but then he wouldn't switch back on again, just the famous N80 'white screen of death'. Number 3 had done me proud but unfortunately, he died. Number 4 arrived. Oh dear. Oh dear oh deary me. My worst experience to date. He arrived just gone 3 in the afternoon and by about 8.30pm the SAME DAY, he'd frozen up some 27 times and switched himself off never to be revived. Needless to say, he went back to Orange to be buried in the ever growing N80 graveyard. Enter the fray Number 5! I got him on Saturday afternoon (7th October) and he's still here! I'm not saying too much because I don't want to tempt fate! He had the classic internet problem but I've such experience with that one now I fixed it myself this morning and now it works! I really hope I don't have to write another review and that's all I'm saying! Anyway, with reference to Orange, I love the network and the customer service advisors are always incredibly friendly and helpful, I can't knock them for that. However, they are very quick to blame Nokia for the huge list of faults, but by all accounts, the majority of N80 fault riddled phones are on the Orange network, not so with the others. It appears to be a massive conflict between Nokias and Oranges software. Orange have discontinued the N80 and will now not be releasing the N73 or the N91. They say they've had it with Nokia's smartphones. Nokia tell me they are fed up of the reputation their phones are getting because of Oranges tinkering with the phones. Apparantly Orange change the original software more than any other network. Who do you believe? On a final note, the last man I spoke to at Orange was a arrogant and told me that if I will support slave labour by buying Nokia phones then what should I expect? He says that although it clearly says made in Finland, the phones are made in China using cheap parts and cheap labour, as are apparantly Sony Ericcsons. He says he's the technician and he should know! And that I should buy a Samsung or a Siemens because Japanese and German technology is the best in the world! I'll leave you all to make your own opinions on that one! Hope this has helped.
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Reviewed by Steve on 09/10/2006
In not so many words I will call this phone a load of RUBBISH. very dissapointed with it waited ages to get it and when i do battery life is rubbish and phone can even slide from left to right and vice versa. Guys take my advice and dont buy. i dont use the music player 24/7 out of all the apps on this phone i have prob used music player less often! Try holdin down on menu key on standby sometimes you think u closed app down permantently but you havent. i checked it out and it gave me an extra half hour battery life. phone still well rubbish though
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Reviewed by Paul F on 30/09/2006
i dont understand all the negative comments about this phone...ok the battery life is not the best but this aside what an excellent piece of technology....everything works fast & smoothly on my n80...no lock ups and after owning an n91 the software is so much faster and reliable. The camera is very good, wifi works a treat and it was only 10 mins before i was on the net and checking for emails -free!!- ... i am on the orange network and can only assume the the past troubles were due to early firmware niggles....as i have experienced none of the problems that other people seem to have....i would recommend this phone 100%...but i would recommend buying one of the uprated batteries that are available....EXCELLENT PHONE.
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Reviewed by Bas on 24/09/2006
We have 4 friends who own this phone, 2 had no problems at all and the other 2 had only minor problems that were sorted out with a software update. So about 4 weeks ago we bought an N80 from P4U on the ‘3’ network and have had nothing but trouble with it right out of the box. Every time we disconnect from a call or browser session the phone displays error messages such as ‘insert sim-card’ or ‘sim-card registration failed’ and then switches itself into the offline profile. Once this has occurred the only way that we have found to switch back to general profile so that we can actually make calls, is to turn it off, wait about 20mins and switch it back on again. The people at P4U changed the phone the next day and the replacement was exactly the same! 4 weeks on and it has just come back from ‘3’ after being fully repaired and is no better. And we have also experienced not being able to hear the person you are calling as another reviewer has reported on this site. Looking at ot her reviews on the web has led me to believe that owners are divided roughly 50/50 as to whether this is a brilliant phone or a seriously underdeveloped product. You might get a good one – then again..
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Reviewed by Rick Doughty on 21/09/2006
Excellent phone, I have had 2 now, the first was stolen shortly after I took up the contract. Camera ia fantastic, the phone's a little bulky but I can handle that. Excellent features and very easy to use.
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Reviewed by Mostafa on 20/09/2006
Its multimedia features are excellent,but the CPU speed is poor (Keeps on Crashing on and on) and the signal reception is not that bad.Sometimes the one you are speaking to cannot be heard as you would like.I don't recommend buying it.
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Reviewed by hemel on 05/09/2006
too big and very slow nowher as good as the sony ericsson k800i
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Reviewed by squidster on 22/08/2006
The phone has many rich features, which if you actually want to use, may make it worth getting, at some point. Software is a bit buggy, and I am surprised that it has actually been released, maybe they used microsoft as a role model!? I'd wait a year or two for this to be ironed out (I wish I had!!) Orange and T-mobile both have issues with opening packet data connections without your knowledge, which will result in you being charged. Orange have known about this for at least a month but don't seem willing to tell their users unless you query your bill. It seems they are relying on people being lazy and not noticing. Anyway, enough on Orange Otelo will be looking into their behaviour shortly. The phone is not ready for release in my opinion.
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Reviewed by Phil on 18/08/2006
The N80 feels better in the hand than it does it the pocket. Where the slightly chunky design makes using the phone actually pretty comfortable, it feels massive and bulky in pockets –especially in jeans etc. A major down fall of this phone is the slide and phone lock mechanism. It will not automatically lock when you close the slide and you have to tell it to do so ever time. The slides poor design means the phone can too easily open making the lock deactivate when put into a pocket or bag and come active and start making calls etc. The slide also feels cheap and the screen section tends to rattle around a bit on the main section when closed. Battery life is also abysmal. I understand today’s phones run colour screens and real tones and that the days of the 3310’s somewhat everlasting battery are in the past but the N80 performed very baldly here. I am not a heavy phone user and found that 30 minutes of voice calls, 10 txt sends and 10 minutes of web browsing had the battery gasping its last and the phone switched off with no warning. This was over a period of 1.5 days. My limited time spent on the web browser could only be called frustrating. It crashed out endless times and the phone gives ‘out of memory errors’ every few pages. They was the case on both mobile connect or using the WiFi. The camera is the phones only really savoir. The 3M camera performs well even in lowlight and the landscape viewing and operation/viewing works well. Overall this phone has been a major disappointment to me. Nokia have lost the way with this model. Even the familiar Nokia interface seems lost in a maze of shortcuts and multimedia keys. Its been such a disappointment, the locking and battery life being my main concerns, I have decided I can’t live with it and done the unthinkable…..purchased a non Nokia phone. The Samsung D900. Chosen due to it also having a 3m camera. Will add a review shortly after I live with it for a bit but initial signs look good. As for the N80 it has ended a 7 year run of Nokias for me…so not recommended.
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Reviewed by Sully on 13/08/2006
Rite,What can i say about nokia.This is their best phone by far.Got everyting i wanted for da phone.Bluetooth,wlan,memory card,3mp camera.What else could u ask for? Ive read so many complaints about battery life is low. Well if u you use da music player 24-7 ofcourse it would die out! Duhhh! Anywayz i havent got any problem wid it.Thanku nokia for making a great phone.Keep it up!
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Reviewed by The Sulkster on 12/08/2006
Nokia have really put up a phone that really rocks. Not only does it have 3 megapixel camera it has everyting u could possibly want. No faults at all. The Best nokia have done so far. Keep it up nokia!!
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Reviewed by Russell Hill on 09/08/2006
The N80, primarily, is a phone - but only if you are in a strong signal area. I frequently find myself walking around to try and get a signal. At home I hang the phone in a window to get a signal and use a bluetooth headset to make a call. The battery needs to be charged every day, especially if you're in a poor signal area. Using the Symbian programs on the N80 will also shorten time between charges. Never had a mobile before that's only properly usable all day if you "run it off the mains" - ie with the charger lead plugged in. The phone is slow changing screens and sometimes seems to have locked-up, but usually gets there eventually. Texting uses a tiny font with no menu option to increase the size. A few Themes come with the phone, but only the default Nokia Theme is usable if you want to see small text on the screen. I shouldn't need to reach for my reading glasses just to use a phone. As at August 2006, no other Themes were available for this phone from the Nokia web site. The camera is mediocre and the lens is the first thing to touch a surface when you put the phone down. There is no scratch protection. Other people have written about memory card problems. About once a week my phone will tell me there is no memory card, so I have to take the card out and put it in again, and sometimes wait the minute or so for the phone to switch off and boot up again before it will recognise it. Frustratingly, this phone does not come with very usable software. You have to dig around the internet for software, for instance, to give a daily alarm call. The enclosed ‘Office’ software is Read Only stuff because (as at Aug2006) the full version has still to be written for this version of Symbian. Actually, to make this phone properly usable, one would need to download quite a few programs, but unfortunately few of these have yet been modified to this particular version of Symbian, The N80 promises much but I suspect it will be superseded before the required software catches up.
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Reviewed by Shahram on 12-06-2006
There seems to three weak points in N80: (1).There is not any cover for the camera lens to protect it.(2).the keys are a bit cramped.(3).It sometimes crashes down while creating a text message.On the whole it's a wonderful tiny handset and very powerful from the viewpoint of SIGNAL RECEPTION thanks to the QuadBand Specification it's got which never let you down even in blind areas.
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