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Nokia N8 Megathread
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Absolutely excellent. There's nothing better on the market for call quality. The N8 is the first phone I've got where people on the other end of the call have asked me what I was using, then commented on how good it was.
Signal strength very good, but no phone works in a blackspot
Pretty Good. Conversation view is present, but not as nicely done as iPhone (picture messages aren't shown in-line).
N8 has no hardware keyboard. Swype (free download) provides a good alternative to the built-in soft keyboard. There's no QWERTY keyboard in portrait orientation (but this is coming in a couple of weeks).
Yes. A little bit better than the Desire, but not much: 2 days is your realistic limit; three if you start turning off things to save power.
Good email support, but not the most elegant to set up or use. I wouldn't compose many mails on the phone, but it can read just about anything. Improved client due in a couple of weeks by software update.
Third-party app "Mobile Documents" looks good as a replacement email client.
Connectivity is excellent: N8 has both HSUPA, HSDPA and 802.11n/g/b WiFi. However, the built-in browser is middling to poor. Opera Mobile is better, but lacks multi-touch. All round, neither are as good as the browser you have in your Desire.
YouTube in particular is limited to lower-quality videos (240p), due to use of Flash Lite (your Desire uses Flash 10, which is a desktop-standard system).
Good built-in client that combines Twitter and Facebook. Excellent third-party Twitter clients (TwimGo, Gravity, Socially), and good FB clients(Kasvopus, Socially).
Not built-in, but free download app JoikuSpot Lite allows you to do this. The paid version allows you to do this with access control
From your priorities, your biggest problems will be the lack of a hard keyboard, and the awkward email and web clients.
Great - thanks a million for that. It seems agreat phone by all accounts but there seems to be quite a few issues in the last 10 pages or that some wouldn't expect from such a high end device. But then again, all phones have issues.
What is the speaker volume like? The Desire and HD have been piss poor when trying to take calls in the car.0 -
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I've used Expansys before with no problems. Pixmania sent me a French-language product manual last time I ordered, and never resolved the problem, but other than that were fine. Clove, I've never heard of. I've also used Phonesonline.ie last year, but their price of €395 (ex VAT) isn't great.Soooo.... where's the best place to buy the N8? I'm currently thinking of going SIM free and so Pixmania (€338 ex VAT) is coming is cheapest over Clove (€360 ex VAT) and Expansys (€376 ex VAT). Prices so not include shipping.
I lucked out.. got a SIM-free, unbranded handset when I switched to eMobile last November
There's very little crapware on the operator handsets, but there will be a delay in getting firmware updates. My unbranded phone had access to the last update within 3 days; my wife's O2-locked one took over a month, but at least it did get released.0 -
I've used Expansys before with no problems. Pixmania sent me a French-language product manual last time I ordered, and never resolved the problem, but other than that were fine. Clove, I've never heard of. I've also used Phonesonline.ie last year, but their price of €395 (ex VAT) isn't great.
I lucked out.. got a SIM-free, unbranded handset when I switched to eMobile last November
There's very little crapware on the operator handsets, but there will be a delay in getting firmware updates. My unbranded phone had access to the last update within 3 days; my wife's O2-locked one took over a month, but at least it did get released.
I'm thinking of SIM free as I'll be returning my HD to Three for a full refund and the €10 a month cheaper contract will nearly pay for the phone over 18 months. I just don't fancy being tied into another 18 month contract even though I plan to keep the phone that long.0 -
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