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Testseek.com have collected 219 expert reviews of the Nokia N8 and the average rating is 75%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Nokia N8.
Award: Most Awarded October 2010
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The editors liked

  • Excellent hardware which can surely withstand accidental drops
  • Pentaband 3G and Quad Band GSM for the Globe Trotter
  • Decent Call quality
  • One of the best Cameraphones in the market
  • Above average multimedia performance
  • DivX and Xvid support
  • USB OTG and
  • Brilliant camera
  • Simple interface
  • USB-on-the-Go
  • Well-built
  • Build quality
  • Touch screen
  • 12 MP camera with HD video recording
  • Sound
  • Smooth 720p video playback
  • Mini HDMI
  • Well designed
  • Supports DivX and XviD video
  • Superb camera quality for video and image
  • HDMI out offers Dolby Digital Plus sound
  • USB-on-the-Go is a handy feature
  • Superb build and finish
  • Good quality scratch resistant display
  • Stellar camera for a mobile phone
  • Excellent connectivity features
  • HDMI-out with 5.1 audio
  • USB On-the-Go support
  • 16GB memory plus microSD slot
  • Decent battery life
  • 360 x 640 pixels screen resolution
  • Multi touch input method
  • Scratch resistant Gorilla Glass display
  • Accelerometer and Proximity sensor
  • 512 MB ROM
  • 3G connectivity
  • WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Bluetooth v3.0
  • 4000 x 3000 pixels camera resolution
  • 1/1.83” sensor
  • Offers a better and more enhanced user experience than previous devices
  • Delivers excellent camera and video quality
  • Solid hardware
  • Free turn-by-turn navigation via Ovi Maps.
  • Best Phone Camera in the Market
  • AMOLED Display
  • DivX/XviD & Dolby 5.1 Surround Support
  • WiFi
  • 3G & GPS
  • Powerful Battery

The editors didn't like

  • Hardware is great but call and hangup buttons are missing
  • Symbian^3 is better but still not very user friendly
  • Videos are recorded only in 25fps while many phones in the market record at 30fps
  • Portrait QWERTY keyboard input is sorely missing
  • Browser n
  • Low resolution but beautiful screen
  • Less choice in apps
  • Dated browser
  • No free Office document editing
  • Symbian 3 not good enough
  • Poor social networking app
  • No 3rd party application support
  • Camera prone to fingerprints
  • No EQ customization
  • Camera could have had more features
  • Social networking integration could have been better
  • Symbian ^3 not as user friendly as rival platforms
  • Not many applications at the moment
  • Average battery life
  • Limited third party software availability
  • Outdated camera interface
  • Symbian^3 OS not at par with the Android OS
  • No office document editing
  • Expensive
  • User interface still trails the competition in ease of use
  • Can be sluggish occasionally
  • You only get a QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode
  • No user-replaceable battery.
  • OS & UI Still Feel Dated
  • Virtual QWERTY Keyboard Lacks Accuracy
  • Default Browser Lacks Functionality

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  Published: 2010-08-14, review by: zomgitscj.com

  • Abstract:  It’s been a week since Nokia India allowed us to take a sneak peak at their latest unreleased Symbian Device offering.And for a week I’ve been staring at this post, thinking of where to begin and where to end. You see, a lot of other mobile blogs in a...

 
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  Published: 2010-07-13, review by: dpnow.com

  • Abstract:  We’ve had a bit of a treat today and enjoyed some hands-on time with pre-production samples of Nokia’s forthcoming N8 smartphone. It’s of particular interest to photographers because the N8 has an impressive camera specification for a smartphone. It h...

 
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  Published: 2010-06-24, review by: mobile-review.com US

  • This is the fastest Symbian smartphone, pure and simple. It overtakes Sony Ericsson Vivaz and similar phones will become more numerous in future, which is good. But is it the fastest smartphone on the market? Unfortunately, I have to give a negative a...

 
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  Published: 2010-06-15, Author: Ginny , review by: techworld.com

  • The Nokia N8 has some cutting-edge multimedia features like a 12-megapixel camera and HDMI output, but the software feels stale and dated. ...

 
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  Published: 2010-06-15, review by: pcworld.com_techhive.com

  • HD video support, Superb 12-megapixel camera
  • Software feels dated, Keyboard difficult to use
  • The Nokia N8 has some cutting-edge multimedia features like a 12-megapixel camera and HDMI output, but the software feels stale and dated. ...

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  Published: 2010-06-01, review by: Phones.com

  • the camera & video camera is outstanding, better user experience than previous Nokia devices, free Ovi maps turnbyturn navigation, anodised aluminium cover, good battery life
  • Expensive, user interface has improved but still fails to sustain the competition, battery isn't replaceable easily, QWERTY keyboard ain't available in potrait mode, Symbian^3 is lags behind in performance compared to Android or iOS

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  Published: 2010-12-10, review by: pcauthority.com.au

  • Beautiful hardware, crammed with features, but the N8 is totally let down by Symbian. Read our review of Nokia's flagship phone ...

 
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  Published: 2010-11-17, review by: cravingtech.com

  • Overall, Nokia N8 is a great, sexy, and powerful phone. It looks really sleek and the design quality material is top-notch.The camera included is one of the best cameras I’ve ever had on a mobile phone. A 12 megapixels camera with the Carl Zeiss optics...

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  Published: 2010-11-16, review by: smh.com.au

  • Abstract:  Nokia has been in the wars of late. In July it announced a profit slump of 40 per cent, a result that presaged a major corporate reshuffle a few month later which saw the company appoint Stephen Elop, a Microsoft executive, as the first non-Finnish C...

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  Published: 2010-11-01, review by: cnet.com.au

  • Solid, unique design. Outstanding camera. HDMI connectivity. 32GB expandable storage
  • Symbian^3 feels incomplete with loads of inconsistencies. Performance is frequently sluggish. Home screen design needs work
  • Nokia has built a superb phone in the N8, with a class-leading camera and excellent connectivity, but has spoiled the whole package with its half-baked Symbian^3 software....

 
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