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Posted: 26 Aug 2008 Announced: 26 Aug 2008
Market Status: Released
Release date: 06 Oct 2008
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Nokia N85 is a two-way slider, revealing either a numeric keypad or music shortcuts, depending on the way it is opened. It is a Symbian S60 smartphone with 2.6” OLED display, 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and N-Gage gaming platform. For music it has 3.5mm jack, stereo speakers, stereo Bluetooth, FM transmitter and radio.

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Nokia N85 specifications

Pros

No pros

Cons

Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
Slow processor (369 MHz)
Low-resolution video capture

Design

Device type:
- Smart phone
OS:
OS - Phone that has capabilities, not usually associated with phones. Usually it has some of the above features: - Email, Web browsing - Personal information management - LAN connectivity etc
- Symbian (9.3) S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Dual-Slider
Dimensions:
Dimensions - Phone's dimensions
- 4.05 x 1.96 x 0.63 (103 x 50 x 16 mm)
Weight:
Weight - Phone's weight
- 4.50 oz (128 g)
  the average is 4.4 oz (126 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 2.60 inches
Resolution:
Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display
- 240 x 320 pixels
Pixel density:
- 154 ppi
Technology:
Technology - Refers to the type of the color displays. There are five major types: LCD, TFT, TFD, STN and OLED
- AMOLED
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 16 777 216
Features:
- Light sensor

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 6.83 hours
  the average is 7 h (448 min)
Stand-by time:
- 15.0 days (360 hours)
  the average is 16 days (390 h)
Talk time (3G):
- 4.50 hours
Stand-by time (3G):
- 15.0 days (360 hours)
Capacity:
Capacity - Shows the battery capacity in mAh
- 1200 mAh

Hardware

Processor:
- Single core, 369 MHz, ARM11
System memory:
- 78 MB ROM
Built-in storage:
- 74 MB
Storage expansion:
Storage expansion - Capability to add additional memory to your phone.
- Slot Type:
  Slot Type - Shows what type of additional memory can be added to the particular phone. Eight major memory slot types are available: MMC, SD, CF, Memory Stick Duo, miniSD, RS MMC, TransFlash (microSD), Memory Stick Pro Duo
  - microSD, microSDHC

Camera

Camera:
Camera - Camera specs
- - 5 megapixels
- Flash:
  - Dual LED
- Features:
  - Auto focus, Video stabilizer, Digital zoom, Geo tagging
Camcorder:
- - 640x480 (VGA) (30 fps)
- Features:
  - Video calling
Front-facing camera:
- Yes

Multimedia

Radio:
- - FM, Stereo, RDS, Visual Radio, FM Transmiter

Internet browsing

Browser:
Browser - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone
- - S60 OSS Browser
- Supports:
  - HTML, XHTML, WAP 2.0, Flash Lite, WAP

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed. SIM cards can be programmed to display custom menus for personalized services.GSM provides a short messaging service (SMS) that enables text messages up to 160 characters in length to be sent to and from a GSM phone.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS:
UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, also called WCDMA, is a 3G (Third Generation) packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It is based on GSM standard and is supported by major standards bodies and manufacturers
- 850, 1900, 2100 MHz
- Other version supports UMTS 900/1900/2100 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE
Satellite system:
- A-GPS

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Unlimited entries, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, Converter, Notes
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input
E-mail:
E-mail - Shows if the phone supports email features
- - IMAP, POP3, SMTP

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
Bluetooth - Low power radio technology replacing the need for wires connecting electronic devices such as personal computers, printers, palm top computers and mobile phones.
- - 2.0, EDR
Wi-Fi:
Wi-Fi - Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) - used radio waves (RF) or infrared signals to send and receive data over the air. Most popular WLAN solutions today is Wi-Fi (802.11b and 802.11g) standards. 801.11b provides data speeds of around 11mbps while 802.11g can go up to 54 mbps.
- - 802.11 b, g
USB:
- - USB 2.0
- Connector:
  - microUSB
- Features:
  Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.
  - Mass storage device, USB charging
- TV-Out, DLNA, UPnP, Computer sync, OTA sync, VoIP

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3, AAC), Polyphonic ringtones (64 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
Sensors:
- - Accelerometer
- Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, Push-to-Talk

Availability

Officially announced:
- 26 Aug 2008
Scheduled release:
Scheduled release - Shows when is the particular phone scheduled to be made available to the public in North America
- Q4 2008 (Official)

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