Nokia N82 Reviews

30 Dec 2007

Nokia N82 Review

5 Mega-Pixels cameraphone

Nokia finally produced a cameraphone with real flash - Xenon. The N82 takes what the N95 offers, adds powerful flash and now is usable in every lightning condition, pretending to be the best 5-megapixel cameraphone on the market. It also is a full-featured Symbian S60 smartphone, which puts it a step ahead the competition ...

Excellent

9.5

out of 10

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31. xenon now

28 Jan 2008 by stranger

100%10out of 10

Just received mine. Well, as expected, the phone does not really look expensive. Yes, for me I personally like that because I don't want to show off. The back design looks like a digital camera, impressive, however. Back battery cover seems to be like of cheap plastic, but it's ok form me.

This phone is packed full of features as N95, plus a xenon flash.

In the picture look quite small, but in hand feel quite big, but not very big depends on personal opinion. With that size, plus this phone is not a heavy phone thus feel like hollow inside, unlike N80 which feel solid. The keypad are very tiny, probably Nokia did this to compensate the big screen. Side keys are better than N95 coz it is neat and less likely to press buttons unintentionally

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32. N95 8gb vs N82

28 Jan 2008 by Belall & Alina

100%10out of 10

Hi Friends
I'm using N82 for a week now. I have changed from N95 8GB TO N82. As I've used both, i hope my comments will be usefull for you guys.

About N95 8GB

Lovely phone, all features, sliding quality and battery life are perfect. Screen size and quality - awesome. BUT, without Lens Cover, its realy scary that you tend spend more time to take care of the phone rather than using the phone - being such an expensive phone. Black casing attracts dirt very very fast, it realy pains to see your expensive phone gets dirty. Finaly I gave up and went to N82.

Now the real story begins...

Its a solid solid phone - no questions on build quality. It feels very solid in hand. All the keys are very fine to use - only things is some people will take some time to get used to it, because it's little tough. The screen size difference from N95 8GB really don't bother me until unless i compare both side by side.
I agree that there's a need for little more brightness for the screen.
All operations are just fast, all happens in seconds - no problem at all.
Xenon flash realy ROCKS. Battery life is very decent (about 1 - 1.5 days after heavy usage)
Sometimes it get hang and restarts, the camera stopped working all that - very very few times. But this stablity issue hopefully will be addressed in the firmware update.

For people who are very much converned about the money they on their phone = N82 is the ideal choice.

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33. Save money

28 Jan 2008 by markygy

100%10out of 10

Hello pips! I finally got mine today! Not just so long ago I was flipping coins between the N95-2 or this baby. The reasons why I chose this other than the other are simply because of the fact that the features offered here is the same as the N95-2. (well correct me if i'm wrong). Onother fact is that this N82 has xenon flash and a camera lens cover. Not to mention the price, here in Manila the average price range difference of these phones is around 9,000 pesos, for that amount you could buy another bnew mid range phone from nokia. So for those still whining or deciding what to get between N82 or N95-8gb, my strong advice is to get this phone...you will have all the features found in the N95-8gb...plus a xenon flush...plus a camera lens cover...plus the option to get a higher capacity memory card...and for the most important plus....the extra money you save to purchase the next nokia phone in the future that will obviously top these two models!!!

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34. Very good nokia

28 Jan 2008 by aNgelo

100%10out of 10

Just got the phone
I had a e61i before this

I do miss my qwerty keybaord, but I must say the n82 is a good phone.

Pros:
Good screen
Best camera ever ( flash is really strong, auto focus is good and shoots well night time)
Really fast. you can see the dif with so much ram
Doesn't crash
Nice features
Nice rotating feature of the screen
nice stereo speakers
Free 2gb
Nice multimedia function


Cons:
Rotation screen doesn't work that well ( see some videos on youtube, you'll understand)
the direction pad makes some cheap noise
Would of prefared if the casing was in metal not in plastic
gps is not great, takes some time for the satelatie to detect you
would of prefered a brigther screen



This is a good phone. It's my first candy bar phone and I like it. Keypad is nice, juste have to get use to it ( i did have a qwerty on my last phone)
The voice is clean and the speaker is of good quality. Reception is always the best ( nokia !!)
I don't use the phone for music ( use my iPod), so can't say anything there)

I have had 4 phones in the past year ( samsung e900, rokr e6, nokia e61 and nokia n82)
I have to tell you, no one offers better phones then nokia. I hate UI of SE, so never bougth any ( but I did play around with p1 and it sucks)

If you want to have the best performance in a phone and plan on using it buy it
If you want to replace your normal point and shoot camera, this phone has lots to offer

I won't say it's an eye catching phone ( except for maybe the silver look), but still it's a really good phone.

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35. Top phone... Love it

28 Jan 2008 by scsi_boy

100%10out of 10

To the person who said that N82 mp3 player is crap, sorry I truly do not share your opinion. The mp3 player that comes with N82 is comparable to my iPod Touch. It has fantastic sounds and the bass sound very tight, at least with my $99 headsets. I also use Jabra stereo bluetooth headset (8010)and it sound great: clear and rich. There is nothing wrong with this phone. I will agree with some people who said that aethestically it does not look appealing, but I did not buy it for its sex appeal; I bought it for its feature sets. Yes it sometimes can hang on certain applications, but then I do not know of any phones that do not hang ever (there is no such thing as a perfect embedded control software). Software is made by humans and humans make mistakes.
On another note regarding its camera, I have to admit that it takes very good pictures if the user intends the camera function to be point-and-shoot. Its image quality is comparable to my Nikon 8700. It is not meant to compete with Nikon D70 DSLR camera. I did not try the N82 GPS functions so that will come later; however, I did not buy this phone for GPS feature (I have a stand alone that does this job very well). I really bought it for the extended features besides GPS. The phone will accept 8Gb SD cards just fine. I have zero complaints about the phone because I am realistic. There is no perfect phones in the market (I don't care who makes it) whether it is Europeans, Amercans or Asians. I bought my phone from www.mobilecityonline.com, and they are wonderful folks to deal with. I buy all my phones from them including the LG Viewty. The Viewty camera quality is not quite up to par with the N82. The Viewty mp3 player is no where as loud as the N82 and it has no sound adjustments.

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36. great

28 Jan 2008 by Arnold

100%10out of 10

I got my n82 yesterday, and although i have seen many criticisms about the keypad, i find they r all false.
The buttons are small, but spaced,I find texting to be easier on my n82 than my previous n73me. Like all phones, it just takes a couple of days to get used to the keypad. The camera is amazing, The best i have ever seen, better than n95. I took 2 pics in a room last nite, One with the light on and one with the light off, The xenon flash is so good i honestly couldnt tell the difference between both pics.
Very good phone.

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37. Best phone after so long

28 Jan 2008 by Barkat

100%10out of 10

the nokia n82 is a very powerful phone i just got one the other day its not the usual slow nokia menu load and camera the new symbian system does wonders for it and the camera i can rank as the best on the camera phone markeet it beats the s/ericsson k850 and nokia n95 the only place it lacks is the optical zoom which it doesnt have compared to the samsung g800 the features are immense and the new ngage gaming experiance takes the cake it takes the graphics to a new level connectivity is great bluetooth,wifi but no irda port but it supports hsdpa and also sdhc so you can put memory cards upto 8 gigabytes depending on what the market has on offer the nokia maps has had an update although i would recommend you buy a gps software like route 66 mobile 7 nokia maps isnt to accurate and it comes with a trial voice version. the media controls are fantastic with slideshows and the 3D gallery is an impressive piece of tech .

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38. No comparison

28 Jan 2008 by AGC

100%10out of 10

I find myself so confused by the continuing and constant comparisons made between the N82 and the k850i. As I had mentioned, I bought both on the same day (the k850 for my sister, and the N82 for myself). I have used both EXTENSIVELY, which is why I do not understand how anyone can compare them.

The k850 is a great phone, and looks quite nice (although really seems to target a much younger demographic by its looks/functions), and really takes some pretty nice 'point and shoot' quality pictures.

But honestly, after using both for about a month, there IS no comparison to be made. The N82 is simply so much more phone than the k850. Any of you who own either the N82, or really any other N-series phone (esp. the N95-3 or N95 8GB) know that they are some of the most full-featured, wonderfully designed, best working mobiles on the market.

I'm sorry but when I use the k850, I keep asking myself, "Is this ALL you can do?" Like I said, its a GREAT looking mobile, and has some pretty cool features, but they are very gimmicky for the most part, and the phone just deserves no direct comparison to the N-Series, and certainly not the N82.

With all this said, I am a big Sony fan, not just of SE mobiles, but of all Sony products. But recently, Sony's sales have been falling in many sectors, and there is a good reason: they are simply charging too much for product which have already been surpassed by others.

For Sony, and Sony-Ericsson's sake, I hope they do better next time. But for now, keep the comparisons out of this N82 page, because there truly is no comparison to make.

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39.

28 Jan 2008 by Raksmey

100%10out of 10

I sold my w950i for this phone 3 days ago, and I am stunt by the quality of the phone. From the moment i first boot it up, i know that this is something special, unlike any other phone i've ever used. The battery is satisfying, the music is good, motion sensor is quick, wi-fi is top notch, video and photo viewing is a pleasure, and above all the speed of the phone and camera start up is lightning speed, the pictures are the best i've seen from a phone, the Xennon flash much better than expected, actually if you compare it to the n95, n82 wins by a mile. All in all, i just want to say well done to nokia, for making this monster mobile, and it makes me forget how good my w950i and other cyber shot phones were. So if anyone hestitate about buying this phone, i say just go ahead and buy it, its the best on the market to date.

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40. user

26 Jan 2008 by jg

88%8.8out of 10

I have 8Gb memory in phone. All the good things said about OS speed, camera, flash, and operating reliability are true. Battery life is not a problem. My additions: GPS is FAST to lock and installed program for routing has great database available for free. The installed programs make great use of the phones abilities: Video recorder, podcasting, radio, internet radio, and WiFi. This is a computer. I did not give it tens in all categories, but I believe this is the best phone out right now.

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