NOKIA N8 Review II ( i'm back! )

NOKIA N8 Review II

hi there, its been long that i've been using my 2nd N8, unfortunately for the 1st N8 was lost during my trip to China.
so i got a black one instead of the silver ones.

so back to the review...
the N8 is one of my favorite smart phones i've known.
The games a fairly smooth like Need for Speed, Angry Bird, and Ovi has released tons lot of games and apps for N8, talking about apps after i got my black N8 i bought the Camera Pro from Ovi stores... and guess what, It gave my camera's CAF ( Continues Auto Focus ) function! now i'm so happy to know that my N8 is the most great gadget i have.

It is slim,solid,HDMI capable,usb plug in, clear sound (dolby) Amoled screen, scratch resistant glass, and now... with the Camera of 12mp, which shoots HD video(720p) with the CAF on... Its a complete package for me.!!
Additional information i knew about the N8 later after experimenting on the N8's camera.
At 1st i knew that the N8's camera has a shutter that cover the lens while unused, but then i noticed that the N8 actually has a built in Auto ND(Neutral Density) filter ( a real piece of filter, not digital ) because when under the direct bright light, it will automatically pop in action to prevent over-bright. ( if you don't believe, use a bright torchlight to shine on the camera, it will pop up as a deep blue filter, or if u wanna see them in action just shove ur camera right at a lamp and see the screen go from bright to just nice lighting form.. ^^ magic.. enjoy!~

owh.. but... something keeps bothering me... the black N8 i got.. was abit unlucky... the Accelerometer is abit out of balanced. i 1st thought my GPS was going abit off, but then i was playing the Need for Speed which need you need to tilt the phone to the left and right to steer, it was a bit off while i was holding it perfectly horizontal.
well, thats a problem i would like to send back to Nokia's care center in Bukit Bintang to check it out... since its still on warranty.. ^^

any Questions regarding the N8 are welcome, or u can find me on Fb to ask.
thanks for viewing!

UPDATE:

well unfortunately again.. i've been using this phone about a year now, and again i dropped my 2nd N8 during my trip to Cambodia... and i was fairly angry at my self .
so now, im currently trying out the Samsung Galaxy SII for fun because i don't wanna use a phone as my 2nd camera anymore, since i lost 2 of my precious phone twice because i used it as a 2nd camera.
but anyways, i will post a new topic about my 3rd... em.. 4th smartphone which is the Samsung Galaxy SII with Android 4.0.3 later on. hope u all enjoy reading it and got some info out of it. thanks .

N8 review 2011 Jan

Nokia N8 review

Nokia released its multi-touch designed phone and N8 is one of it.

specs

model : nokia n8-00

batch : 3

OS : Symbian^3

screen : Amoled 3.5inch

screen glass : gorilla glass (scratch proof and shattered proof )

body : alluminium

top and bottom case : plastic

camera : cmos,carl-zeiss lens,12mp (largest phone camera sensor),

digital optical zoom.

video : 720p HD recording and playback

sound : single loudspeaker, stereo mic recording (Dolby Digital Surround)

memory : built-in memory consist of 16gb C: (phone memory) and E:(mass memory), there

is a additional sd card slot F:( expansion card )

The package includes.

-1 x n8 phone

-1 x charger

-1 x micro usb to usb cable (output)(charger)

-1 x micro usb to usb cable (input)

-1 x mini HDMI to HDMI cable

-1 x free n8 spine case (promotional pack)

-1 x manual

-1 x earphone

Reviews

- After using this phone about 3 weeks now... it seems ok but u must be abit patient with the phone..

it lags abit sometimes.. but seldom.. ( hope nokia will release its update before chinese new year ends.. ^^ )

The outlook of this phone is very nice.. the screen is a hard glass that feels nice to touch and the body is cast out allumium and feels cold when it is cold.. lol..

although quite dissapointing that the side covers are plastic. and when night comes the breathing light under the menu button shines through the plastic casing..T.T but the breathing ready light is cool.

It has three home screen that u can customize by just tap and hold the screen and the edit mode will be activated. The home screen can be customized to apply different backgrounds for different home screen.
The 12mp camera is great, it has a shutter! the camera it self has quite a nice depth of field, the digital optical zoom is nice as it zooms together with the 12mps so that it wont loose any pixels when u take the pictures. It has feature like adjusting the exposure,ISO,contrast,scene selection and etc. the setting provides a wide screen setting where the pictures will fill your HD LCD tv, and the secondary camera infront of the screen is not too bad too. I love the new photo editing software the n8 provides as they have a lot more choices compared to the older Symbian models. The cables provided are quite use full as n8 supports pdf. files and other files too, just plug the usb into the port at the left side and plug your thumbdrive or any usb drives as it support most usb devices such as bluetooth dongle for mouse and keyboards. ( yes.. u really can use mouse and keyboard on this n8) :D and the usb to usb (output) can be used as a charger too.

The screen saver clock is an additional bonus.. but it wont fade out totally as it always appears on the screen and wont be activated by touching the screen, only by pressing the menu button that the screen will activate into tap to unlock mode, or u can use the side-lock to unlock.

I was quite excited to get the Nokia Suit installed and guess what? i found no cd in the package..

and then only i notices that it has the software built in the n8! how cool is that.. no fuss and no frust.

well, guess this is it for now... as i've yet to test all those functions and games ^^
cheers~

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