Nokia N8 review - part 2 of 3

[rokbunker]

did anyone else see clark kent in contacs xD 5:05

[PitbullsNbudgies]

330euro in cyprus

[doldei]

@PitbullsNbudgies 299 Portugal , operator free !

[RadamazingerZ]

Why you couldn't send exchange emails on that phone?? I would like to buy but I need to send exchange emails...

[ChannelVortex]

Do you have to install the maps or is it already in the nokia N8?

[simok97]

@ChannelVortex It's already there.

[kamoetahbingo]

Nokia N8 , Nokia e7 or HTC desire Z ? + dont wan't lag or bad battery life, which one of those are better :/ ?

[bepopxxx]

@kamoetahbingo Nokia 3310 is good battery life lOl

[Tanatbenbenpoppop]

n8 is best nokia smartphone today

wait for n9

[treshnefix]

lol, he has boris yeltsin's number

[smartydix]

I haven't understood anything until 0:18...you said something ...t-mobile at&nt fmofnm fojfwj in the world xD

[Moeggggggggggggggggg]

sex video.... and i agree this is better than iphin 4

[gsd767]

my phone is ending soon im looking to get a new phone wht to get

iphone 4 or new iphone whe it comes out

nokia n8

htc desire hd

or blackberry torch can anyone help me ty

[ASSYRIAN4LIFE40]

how is the portrait style keyboard

[jooksie010]

Hey i have a question and i really hope somebody can answer it.

Im Dutch (from The Netherlands) and im studying in the us, but stil text a lot with my friends with my phone. Does the phone have T9 for the Dutch language?? I think it will depend on the T9 if im gonna buy it or not, because i want to bring it back home, since it is unlocked that should be fine, right?

Thanks in advance ;)

[TheWonderingBoy]

@jooksie010 yes it does have t9 for dutch. and if i am not mistaken n8 works worldwide. (btw ik ben van belgië, en een gebruiker van n8) :p

[JustinMikerICE]

add contacts...Boris Yeltsin...kick ass lol xDDDDDDDDDDD

[Ashlak]

@ColdFairyCat Few already but you can download as many as you like.

[ooiiddaa]

sry to u iphone users this costs 350€ and iphone nearly 1000€ xDD u fail ;)

n8 <3

[olly1808]

@ooiiddaa $288

[TheBubalooza]

@ooiiddaa 1000€ lol?

[ooiiddaa]

@TheBubalooza when it came out here in germany iphone 4 cost about 950€ lets see whats about iphone 5...



[TheBubalooza]

@ooiiddaa Uhm are you sure..?? It was 650€ here in Belgium.. so..

[TheElectroeric]

Boris Yeltsin in contact. lol

[Tommy4216]

does no one show youtube?

[nefty21]

honestly a good phone.. but its not worth price.. 

[nickclarkuk]

the standard fonts are horrible to read and there's no auto correction in landscape keyboard mode. i would hate to own this phone.

[skylinedavid]

just got mine 2 hours ago :D its amazing

[brytsydsd]

i don't like your reviews, you speak like you are iPhone biased... =/

[charger23us]

I have an extra one sealed brand new if anyone is interested for $480. Message me..

[mcraayraay]

phone laggy or what?

[mihaidoctube]

i want this phone!!!!, ohhh wait a moment...i have it!!!

[NasserHamedi]

orange is such a cool colour but they don't sell it in stores here in Sweden!

[RahulChannel]

where is the fucking camera of 12mga pix... all that i whant to see iv got an iphone 4 is more easy and beter

he is sow boring

[RahulChannel]

where is the fucking camera of 12mga pix... all that i whant to see iv got an iphone 4 is more easy and beter

[Usuotis]

Nokia sux ass. Even the video is lagging..

[illinit1]

thank you for this review ive had n8 for 5 days and really disliked it to begin with! NO Usefull user guide. the userguide inbuilt is totaly yank. thanks again! NOKIA SHOULD PAY YOU $100,000 for your info their public relations SUCK!

[jjrosaria2]

I absolutely love this OS but the only thing preventing me from buying this phone is the text entry.. I don't like it... Why can't they just make it like the other phone's keyboard.. It's better that way.. I'll probably wait for the qwerty keyboard version of thsi phone

[abhikadam37]

IMAGINE Android 2.2 froyo in this phone.

it will be a beast to beat.

[pablo3gs]

Good video, design good but software bad. Is low and is copy cheap of the iPhone.

[foostafoom]

@pablo3gs Does this look like an Iphone to you? They only thing similar is that they have touch screens. Iphones do not have widgets on the homescreen. And they dont have menus.

[flexichat]

Don't really like Symbian. not sure why it never impress me. I love the AMOLED though :)

[Foundation111]

i wish this had a querty slide keyboard

[pubu12345]

@Foundation111 wait for the E7

[nikkigenius]

nice

[Hitsi1991]

boris yeltsin in ur contact??

[tottyRICE]

Does anyone know if the phone will use t-mobile's HSPA+???

[TheCityofGod]

wow...this phone has nearly the exact same interface as my nokia 5800

[07liberian]

@TheCityofGod No..Not Really!

[TheCityofGod]

@07liberian ummm....yes really....

[07liberian]

@TheCityofGod How ?

[Heavykani]

@07liberian It just does. But I can see why they've done that. They want their users to be familiar with the UI right away.

[TwentyInchBurial]

It's just bad

[ikillusoon]

dear micheal. How much did you get this brialliant device for? and what do you think is better generally. the nokia n900 or the nokia n8? thank you :)

[anthoney987654321]

Im beginning to loose hope in nokia. i used to really like their phones, but it just seems like aren't really improving. in the video you can see lag, and i doubt thats got much data on there, fill the memory stick and that thing would run aweful. they really need to shape up to compete with the market in my opinion. i personally wouldnt buy this because i can just see it being like the rest, good to start and then just slowing down.

[fedegroxo]

@anthoney987654321 I agree with this guy, I think I preffer the iPhone 4

[anthoney987654321]

@fedegroxo i like iphones, but i couldnt reason spending all that money on one

[salinas83ar]

@fedegroxo

Yeah Iphone4 sucks!

[indrikis03]

@salinas83ar No you suck Iphone 4 is the best mobile phone.

[jambanIT]

@indrikis03 what kinda best mobile phone messes up the time shown? lol.

[macojeda]

nokia still struggling upon smartphones nowadays... lack of application and smoothness in term of scrolling and browser just get even slower.. im a nokia fan before that n95 8gb came i own n-77 with pretty much usable with the cable channel i get from my postpaid plan..really, nokia admit that the n8 isnt yet the iphone killer ... they are still in the process of something that can win back nokia fan once again... nokia also proved to be generous on their apps.lets just wait and see...

[sharadamy]

nice review thanks :) gonna buy it.

[romanfrolov1986]

НЕ впечатлён!

[jahuuja007]

Boris Yelsin id like to drink him under the table

[tarunpai]

hey i have to make a choice between nokia n8 and nokia n900 ..which one is better?

[07liberian]

@tarunpai Better In Terms Of What ?

[hedarfoota]

they havent changed anything from symbian s60 5th edition...exept the blue bar for back and option

[lazarus921]

It looks like UI was made 4 a bigger device.Everything is so freaking small to use with fingers.Nokia is still stuck in the past when screen options were controlled by hardware buttons not by chubby fingers.Icons and files look like from 6 years ago.At least they mastered pinch to zoom/ tap to zoom functions n improved screen responsiveness.But it's still not a proper touch screen phone.It's a regular classic style phone forced to be controlled by touch.Last really good Nokia phone was N95.

[ableite]

@lazarus921 Indeed was the n95 8gig, im buying one.

[ableite]

nokia has much to learn to be comparable to an iphone

[07liberian]

@ableite Like What ?

[ableite]

@07liberian Do you work for nokia?

Pinch zoom, flawless touch, no lag on menu, flawless 3d gaming support, much better accelerometer, dictionary with auto correct when writing messages, bigger dial screen, select tool with zoom, better web browser.... need more?

[07liberian]

@ableite Most Of What You Said Are Coming In Confirmed Software Updates, There Is Nothing Wrong With The Accelerometer And The Dialer Though. All Phones Lag Sometimes You Know, Even iPhones.....

Its Funny To Me How People Always Say They Wished A Phone Performed Like The iPhone, But When A Phone Actually Does Perform Like The iPhone Or Better People Complain That The Phone Is Copying The iPhone LOL

[ableite]

@07liberian The problem is that you never owned an Iphone. You may have used a friend's one but when you actually buy one and use it deeply, you will realise that all other phones are just shit. I was a nokia fan, then turned to SE, back to nokia, now iphone fan. You will become one if you buy one too and will realise that N8 sucks =]

[07liberian]

@ableite Nice Fail. I Had The 3GS.

Yes It Was A Great Phone In Terms Of Performance (responsiveness, smoothness etc) But The Lack Of Functionality, The Closed Apple Ecosystem Became A Huge Turnoff And I Gave The Phone To My Dad And Bought The N900.

Before I Got The 3GS I Had The N95 8GB, One Of The Main Differences Between Symbian And Apple To Me Is That: Symbian Gives You More Options To Do Things With Your Phone Than Apple.

Apple Performs The Best, But Symbian Is The Most Flexible.

[ableite]

@07liberian I agree with you on symbian being flexible. An Iphone is only good IMO if it is jailbroken. But about nokia phones nowadays; they suck. The only VERY GOOD phone made by nokia was indeed the N95 8Gb (I love that free RAM). After that, all of them are badly made.

[07liberian]

@ableite Nokia N900 Is Easily The Best Phone Nokia Has Ever Made.

[ableite]

@07liberian Never used it. But since it's not symbian, i think it cant be comparable to other symbian phones.



[y2jfanlol]

@ableite nokia has much to learn to be even comparable to a midrange android device.

[lowincash]

Hi, thanks for the review. Was wondering if you can answer a question. The specs says it has Push Email so will the phone receive a new email right away (Gmail and Yahoo)?

[stevenojops]

Signal drop LOLLLL

[ndelima14]

Whats the specs on this phone? hopefully its faster than the n97 >< which i have and hate it kinda

[07liberian]

@ndelima14 N97: 434Mhz Processor, 128mb Ram, And 256mb ROM

N8: 680Mhz Processor Plus GPU, 256mb Ram, And 512mb ROM

Yes The N8 Is Much Better.

[akib123456]

i love dairy queen!!!!! i wish we there was diary queen in the uk!!!!

[stevenojops]

Wanna ask u something about the wifi if u left the house will the wifi still working coz I had this problem before in 5800 and x6 like 3 meter from the home wifi disconnect but in iPhone still working just check it out

[KittyGetAway]

Solid device, dump Nokia's OS and put Stock Android on and we're talking.

Second Damn, everyone get off M's back for this review, he's doing a great job, .. also, he has the fanbase - do you? Lol.

Anyway, thanks again for your reviews.

[waxxtwo]

@KittyGetAway well it doesn't have to be android. If they put MeeGo on it, it would sale like hot cakes!!!

[dias17se]

when you rotate the phone from horizontal to vertical it takes forever for the screen to change that really sucks

[FreakOfMeds]

Why put such a great camera with such a crappy screen?!

[Heavykani]

Oh Look, There's Liberian Again Spreading His Funny Way To Write Things.

[YButovo]

Ахахах борька Ельцин в контактах.))))

и телефон не палиться.))

[Ashlak]

New Ovi Maps Beta has multi-touch support. :)

[cheetohfail]

Didn't Nokia say in the demo you could type any way you wanted to? Well I don't see a portrait QWERTY..........Unless there's a specific option to get it.

[MrRazvan19]

iphone 4 or nokia n8? iphone for me

[chunky1x]

Why is it that every time I watch and comment N8 some crazy ass iphone fan replies in a rude manner that this is crap and their phone is the best . First of all of nokia fans have an iphone (me don't want one and not a iphone hater) and second all of us don't care if you have one . Stop mocking us or I will find your phone and shoved it in your ass . Gee, whats your Problem .

[sorrath]

@chunky1x

Their problem is that they paid too much for a phone!!

[chunky1x]

@sorrath Yup . Like sucker on an expensive stick .

[chunky1x]

@sorrath I sense buyers guilt with in their community and we have to feel their pain.

[bergslag]

@chunky1x

i have a nokia n82, one of the best cameraphones out there...3 years old :)

but...Nokia N8 sucks, they should have uses android, not the f... lame and slow symbian..

[07liberian]

@bergslag Are You Blind ? The N8 Is Much Faster Than Your Crappy N82.

[bergslag]

@07liberian

my nokia n82 is very good, so fast gpssoftware from navteq owned by nokia, one of the best camers with flash....as long as you stay off internet it is really good. Next time i buy a phone with good camera and going online so i need nokia N8 hardware with android, can you build me that phone, and a faster cpu

[chunky1x]

@bergslag Symbian is its major flaw . I don't blame you for not wanting a n8 . Even I recommend that they use android . But they are just too stubborn . Well I can live with it as long as it's camera can be better than Aino (I hate myself for buying one) or sony X10 or any other of 5 android models available in our country . HTC, I hate you for not introducing 4g evo .

[MKCrapsters]

lol 'there is haptics', should be 'there ARE haptics'... i think? (i'm asian)

[mobileburn]

@MKCrapsters No, it's kinda like "information". Haptics uses a singular verb. What I should have said, though, is that "there is haptic feedback."

[grokker]

@MKCrapsters owned.

[Michiganxxx]

@MKCrapsters kinda like graphics )))

[TheJedaru]

i want this phone now!!!

[descent0016]

symbian?!!! eww *pukes*

[H1P4321]

why does that screen look so damn small

[Brunoxtr]

part threeee

[jeettak]

I am using mail for exchange and can create new messages fine. I would say something is wrong with the exchange setup on your device

[mobileburn]

@jeettak Are you using it with Gmail? My guess is that Google is the limitation, not the N8. I wasn't trying to say that the N8's exchange support was faulty, only that there was no perfect way to get contacts from Google's Gmail. I didn't make that entirely clear.

[aliabdulla3]

@mobileburn

mail for exchange works fine with gmail, via e72 nokia

but i had to play with the ports, you have to google the outgoing port, its not the same defualt port that comes in the nokia gmail

[sonybutnownokia]

@mobileburn

Hey if ya can tell me if that keyboard got auto correct, U try it in language option in settings, if it got auto correct option, this would me in my decision.

[paulsukhu]

@jeettak Can you connect to multiple Exchange servers like iOS 4?

[paulsukhu]

Can you connect to multiple exchange servers at the same time?

[kemikal6]

You need to download Ovi Maps 3.06 for pinch zooming. It will be in the next firmware update.

[HokiesACC]

@MobileBurn You have to enable prediction with the landscape QWERTY by going into the menu (the 3 bar button) at the bottom right. There you will find an option for it. Could you explain what parts of the UI exhibit this inconsistency regarding not being able to use kinetic scrolling?

[bigsteamfan]

I love so much your contacts list... When you have a couple of spare minutes text big old Boris there and send him my regards... :P

[valentinomilikic]

@MASSIHH no

[lewishamse6]

I can't wait for my N8 currently rocking a 5800 and the the N* is a quantum leap forward UI, ease of use and processor speed :-) Don't forget about the dedicated GPU. Symbian^4 upgrade is around the corner too.

[iStalkApple]

One thing you guys do not do is Sent a Message with at least more than 20 pics in each one. I had this problem with other touch screen phones and is the reason why I do not really go for these type. Do this in others please. Just want to see if it lags or not and stuff.

[cashfornothing]

I look forward to when i get my Nokia N8, its a super phone!

[romanii87]

Nokia N8 is great phone. Symbian's NOT. Same with HD2 - crappy WM6.5, this Nokia will be crap thanks to Symbian. That's the fact of today's market

[cezzarmicu]

@romanii87 my HD2's no longer the crap you call it with Android OS on in and what not lol

[Alphadan]

WOW, so it doesn't correct text in portrait mode. What kind of Nokia software idiot came up with that ? I love having a QWERTY keyboard, so I would have it in portrait mode all day, but then again, I would hate the lack of correction. I'll stick to my iPhone 4...

[the2maniac]

why cant you guys just see that Symbian is not as good as Android and iOS!

[DubSe7en]

currently using a SE satio, the n8 doesn't seem radically different to it, s3 doesn't look too much of an update :-( (although it does seem a lot more fluid and faster. )

would be interested to see how the camera compares to the satio one. it's between this and the desire as my next phone...

[t43562]

@DubSe7en S^3 is an immense update inside - years of new work have gone in since S60 5th edition. I have seen the code and I know. This stuff is not alway visible in UIs but it's what makes great functionality possible. You probably will want to get a new theme. There are themes on the way from various sources.

[DubSe7en]

@t43562 i already have a nice theme :-) it's not that, i just noticed little things that annoy me about my satio still present in the n8, the rotate lag, the inability to remove words or change word priority in t9, the lack of autocorrect in qwerty, the lack of uniformity through the os (eg the way some menus require the scrollbar, some don't). i like my phone, but that are a lot of things that bug me (the slowness being the main prob) that would make me think twice about another symbian device

[jb678901]

WRONG...you need to activate exchange with your carrier!!!!!!!!!! Inability to create an e-mail in exchange? Really....looks more like a professional reviewer fail.

[mobileburn]

@jb678901 Wrong. You carrier has nothing to do with Exchange support. I don't even say that the error is Nokia's fault, it is possible that Google doesn't let you do mail via the Exchange Activesync protocol. My real point here is that you can't get contacts from Gmail, which a lot of people will miss. So you have to use this hack/kludge to get it, and that the hack itself is incomplete.

[AlphaClassAndroid]

@mobileburn its a known google problem

[jjs1885]

@mobileburn With my N97 i had to turn off mail sync then it worked fine

[TheWonderingBoy]

well...may be someone else should hack this device and make a beast. ( I wonder if he would earn some money?)

[Vieteddy]

Symbian.. I wish they would update the UI.

[nusantara82]

too many features, people can easily get confused just to use these new features.

anyway nice review man

[SladeNoctis]

Not bad for Symbian^3, a major jump from the last version. But it seems like Nokia should focus more on the Meego platform. It felt like N900 was like a hit and run that was a fail in Nokia eyes. But i bet if they added Meego on the N8 or E7(which most people were expecting) alot of more people would be more interested in the N8. Personally i love Nokia hardware and i love the softeware when speaking about Meego but Symbian needs a few more steps to get to a good software.

[BedededeII]

iPhone 4 rules :)

[Renoth]

@BedededeII Cool story bro (Y)

[Treefinger1]

@BedededeII no Android rules

[sirtechy]

Recent Nokia phones seem like there stuck in 2007...

[jb678901]

@sirtechy...looks more like your opinion is stuck in 2007.

[sirtechy]

@jb678901 Panasonic Lumix phone debuting next week will shred all phones-END OF STORY...

[KyubiFox2]

@sirtechy theres no such thing...?

[PRODVDi]

Wow. It almost sounded like actual tapping when you were typing.

[superbigcoconut]

N8 is just something that the n97 should have been, till now symabin^3 just looks like symbian^1 with just few more visual effects. Seriously nokia, wake up and move on to meego....

[Sonola777]

Sorry, but this is just really poor. Nokia need to step their game up big time!

[dansus99]

Looks real nice so far, better than i thought it would be. The home screen improvements are a welcome addition.

Podcasting and Internet Radio have been removed though which is pissing me off no end.

[punkposer]

So far it looks like just awesome hardware at the moment. Which sucks because I was seriously looking into getting this strictly as a multimedia device...let's see part three

PS..Nokia needs to seriously get going w/ Meego.

[InitialDAmine]

@punkposer well it is supposed to be the last high end Nokia phone with symbian, meego is almost there , the N9 should is supposed to have meego, but all mid range and eventually later the low range will get symbian^3

@the Hatters,Symbian was the best OS till at it time it did everything that a phone could do intel 2006 or so , it just it didn't involve as much which was the probleme. Meego is nokias answer

[ars6120]

not the best virtual keyboard..

[creativekams]

thanks michael for the review. .waiting for part 3

[PoetryRocksGadgets]

Symbian 3 looks ugly and slow so far. An imprvement my ass. My Nokia E72 home screen looks much better.

[jaqez]

@PoetryRocksGadgets

Yeah I have N82 with symbian 1. It's really quite same looking. But Symbian is also the most used mobile OS so it's easy to take the transition. I'd say this is still big improvement. The OS looks much smoother.

[jaqez]

Wow social update was pretty slow

[laphongtudo]

You need to call Anudder Mann. HAHAHA...

[goodday861]

great

[felipwild]

Great review, but I really think Nokia should have used a Android system. I have a 5800 and Symbian should be forgotten.

[JesperSP]

Pretty impressed with the N8 so far... The only thing I don't like so far is the lag on switching the home screen with swiping - I don't understand this because there is no lag on swiping elsewhere. I wonder if there is a reason for this lag?!?

Does the gmail exchange also sync the google calendar? Kind of important :)

[Brunoxtr]

@JesperSP it is not lag. The touchscreen waits until you complete the swipe then it switches home screens. Unlike in the N900 the home screen follows your swiping.

[JesperSP]

@Brunoxtr - I remember the SMS lag on the old S60 phones, because they had to give you time to press the * key if you wanted to lock the phone. I don't see the lag in any other swipe situation, so I'm wondering why they made it like this. I've seen a lot of people bashing the N8 because of this "lag"...

[Brunoxtr]

Looking forward for part 3 :) Nice review.

[linuxpowerification]

another nokia device using shitty symbian

[07liberian]

@linuxpowerification STFU Troll

Why Are You Watching Another Nokia Device Video Using "Shitty" Symbian Again If You Dont Like It?

[15millz]

@07liberian i kno right? dunno why ppl comment on vids they dont like or even click the link