I’m thinking about renouncing my status as a Sony Ericsson fanboy and switching to a Nokia phone :o.
I was planning on getting the k850i but CNet didn’t like. Unfortunately I tend to let CNet tell me what to think. After all, they said they were an honest bunch of guys.
I got looking at the Nokia N95 8GB which seems rather snazzy and has somewhat captured my imagination. While I’m sure the k850i has many of these features it has lured me with promise of GPS, wifi, 8GB internal storage, a 5 megapixel camera, no annoying camera lens that opens every time you take it out of your pocket and best of all - a standard 3.5mm audio jack.
It’s not all good. The battery life will be shockingly bad which will be annoying (might have to keep a travel phone around, I’ve just replaced the battery in my k800i and am now enjoying only having to charge ever 5 days or so). Also the GPS downloads maps on the fly which means monster data usage. This does however give me an excuse to pay for the mobile internet dealie (£7.50 for 120mb a month bandwidth).
If I do go with the Nokia it means sticking with Vodaphone as o2 want £100 for it on the same priced price plan which means I still won’t be getting a signal in Stylus. But on the plus side I will continue to get a signal in my own home :D.
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January 21st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Apparently that phone has some of the slowest firmware going; menus lag and everything. I’ve been told to avoid it like the plague.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Heresy grows from idleness. Dontcha know.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:58 pm
On a more on topic note; you trust CNet? Do a little digging with regards to CNet, Gamespot, Jeff Gerstmann and a certain Kane & Lynch review.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Being a user of the Nokia N95 - got the original 1GB, but have since upgraded to the 8GB card - I have to say that CNet swung me and let me down slightly. Proper use of the phone, ie unfettered use of all the features gets about 2 days life out of the battery, but I have stretched it to 4 days by obnly using it as a phone, lol.
As for the features you mention - wifi is good, GPS is horrendous as it really only works when you are walking in the middle of a desert in terms of reception and the maps are so slow to download that you have walked out of the map area before it has finished downloading! The route finder function of the GPS tho is pretty damned awesome!
The lens cover also opens when you take it out of your pocket, but you can switch off the auto0on function so it doeant make quite lead to the annoying death of battery as other lens covers.
I’ve not had issues with the firmware, it is miles faster than any other Nokia I have owned and far far far more reliable. Its a good compromise between phone and PDA but it excels at neither. If you want a phone then get a phone!! The Samsungs and Motorolas are the way forward in that department.
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