Review: Nokia N80

Nokia N80 Review

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Probably the most highly anticipated of the new N series phones, the N80 is also the one that most fails to live up to expectations. On paper the N80 is a dream - it's the highest spec smartphone ever released - but perhaps this is the reason for the problems.

Starting with the physical design, the N80 is a novel shape for a smartphone - a slide-up design, similar to the Nokia 6280 or 6111. This makes it both attractive and compact (for a smartphone). At 134g in weight, it's one of the lightest smartphones around, which is a real achievement when you consider the features that have been packed inside. However, the slide is nowhere near as good as the smooth sliders from Samsung. It slides awkwardly open and won't stay closed. There is a tendency for the slide to open by itself when in a bag or pocket, which can lead to the phone unlocking and making calls by itself. It is also necessary to lock the keypad manually, making the whole thing quite annoying.

The N80 is a 3G smartphone, so it benefits from a wide range of advanced software, plus excellent functionality and connectivity. However, it's one of the most buggy and unstable phones around. Perhaps future firmware upgrades will fix these problems, but for now its an unreliable phone. Its also very slow, both to boot up and in operation.

The N80 has one of the best LCD displays around and is also the first phone in the UK to break the 3 megapixel camera barrier. With a 3 megapixel camera it should take fantastic pictures, but it manages to disappoint in this area too. It's nowhere near as good as the Nokia N90 or Sony Ericsson W900i, which are both rated at 2 megapixels. Video quality is good however.

The N80 has an advanced music player with support for playlists and easy access to your favourite music tracks. Audio quality is excellent and a stereo headset is included in the sales package. There's plenty of space for storing music too - a 128 Mbyte memory card is included as standard, in addition to the 40 Mbytes of internal memory.

Connectivity is a key feature of the N80. In addition to Infrared and Bluetooth, the N80 has a wireless LAN. This enables fast connection to a PC, for copying images, video or music files, and also to access broadband internet via 3G. Wireless LAN can also connect to other Wi-Fi enabled devices.

Battery life has to be mentioned, because it is really quite bad. Expect to get no more than one or two days use maximum from this phone. If you are expecting to make extensive use of its music and smartphone features, you will find this to be a real problem.

On paper, the N80 looks like the best phone ever, but in reality it disappoints in many key respects. Opinions on this phone tend to be divided, so read the user reviews below to see what people are saying before making up your own mind.

Features of the Nokia N80 include:

• Symbian operating system (Series 60 3rd Edition)
• 3G video calling
• 3 megapixel digital camera with 20x digital zoom and flash
• Video camera (352 x 288 pixels) with 5x digital zoom
• Display: 262,144 colours, 352 x 416 pixels
• Stereo MP3 player (MP3, AAC, m4a, eAAC+ and WMA formats)
• Stereo FM radio with support for Visual Radio
• MP3 ringtones
• Java applications
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, email
• Document viewer (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Voice recording, dialing and voice commands
• Push to Talk
• Personal organiser
• Memory: 40 Mbytes plus 128 MBytes miniSD card
• Connectivity: Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Infrared, USB 2.0 mass storage
• EDGE, EGPRS (maximum download 236.8 kbps; upload 177.6 kbps)
• Nokia XpressPrint over infrared, Bluetooth, PictBridge and UPnP
• Quadband plus 3G (WCDMA 1900 or 2100 MHz)
• Size: 95 x 50 x 26 mm
• Weight: 134g
• Talktime: 3 hours
• Battery standby: 8 days

Nokia N80 Consumer Reviews

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Reviewed by Phil from UK on 19th Jul 2006
I bought mine on the day of release, two weeks later there was rumour of a firmware update, which even in Manchester required sending the phone off to Nokia to install without voiding warranty. Aren't these things supposed to be tested at all stages prior to release (my Network's Orange by the way)? The operating system it runs is too new to have a large selection of accessory applications ready for it and some, though they claim to be compliant, fail to fully incorporate into the phones menu system. I'm not sure whose fault this is, but the end result is fine if you don't mind digging through sub directories to start the application. The installed software is feature poor, having moved down from a Sony Ericsson P910 to this thing, I'm so very, very sorry I didn't just wait for the P990 to be released. Lesson learned. The Calender is no better than on previous Nokia phones. Document readers are provided, but a text based notepad is the only document creation software provided. This is NOT a business phone. I don't care what anyone may claim to the contrary. It's a device for making calls and crashing secondary applications in the process. I still haven't figured out why they bothered with a 'task manager' type of tool. It's not like this phone will ever need it. The three mega pixel camera's a good idea, in theory, but in practice the phone is practically incapable of producing an image with the quality you'd expect to see when viewed off the screen provided. Locking isn't reliable if you carry the phone in a pocket. It tends to slip open freeing up the keys for all manner of trouble. Personally I think Nokia have lost the plot. This device is quite possible the most over-hyped, under performing thing I've seen in years. Very poor.
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Reviewed by Dimwit from Great Britain on 18th Jul 2006
I don't know what all the moans are for. I've had my N80 for a week or so and have managed to make all the features work, connected to my WLAN with no problems, had no software hang-ups, sent and received MMSs to and from other networks, been able to turn off network connections I didn't want active, managed not to upload any photos unintentionally. In fact, I've had no problems at all. The phone works just perfectly. Yes, it's a marginally larger and a little heavier than most current phones, but look at whats crammed into it. My only gripe - it would be nice to be able to set the keylock to activate when you close the slide. All in all it gets a big thumbs up from me.
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Reviewed by Sun from UK on 17th Jul 2006
This phone was brilliant, i wud strongly recommend it, it has everything u need from brilliant txt msging to emailing on the internet. U wont b dissapointed. Its the best phone out yet.
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Reviewed by Paul Bushnell from UK on 15th Jul 2006
I got the N80 after having a few "smart-phones". The fantastic 6600, then the 6630 and the 6680. I must admit that I havn't used all the features of the N80 yet and am a little dissapointed that Tomtom havn't issued any sat nav software for it yet but it is a great phone in my opinion. The battery life isn't fantastic but I have been playing around with it for a while and after a few charges I expect to see a better result than I have at the moment. A few people have said that it is slow when selecting programs etc but smart phones are slower than a normal mobile. The screen is the best I've used and the camera is good too (although it lacks autofocus). The speaker is loud and the slide is smooth. A little niggle is that you have to physically lock the keypad when you close the slide insted of it doing it automatically. In my opinion this is a very good phone, and with the addition of wifi it makes it a truely mobile office solution.
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Reviewed by Vish Kathuria from Scotland, UK on 14th Jul 2006
i love this phone, it gets me thru the day superbly and the problems are minor. a true multipurpose integrated crackajack and i would say the best spec on the mobile market today and will take some beating especially the fact that its quite an attractive phone as well Problems - Battery Juice drains very quickly and doesnt always give a clear indication when its about to conk out. Memory card problems bigtime - check forums for nokia, but you cannot use some mini sd cards like Sandisk, but Adata cards work etc... Lots of applications slow this phone downa dn it can crash.
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Reviewed by JEN BEN from England on 14th Jul 2006
Well i have been waiting for O2 to stock the nokia n80 for 3-4 months then finally after my empty threat to move to orange they suddenly had the phone in stock. I was so excited to receive it, i spent the first few hours moving all my stuff from my NOKIA 7610 (which was simple due to nokias very clever transfer option which moves all my contacts, calender entries and gallery items at a touch of a button) the only 2 problems are this 1) battery life - but that doesnt really bother me. I just charge it... maybe the other reviewers didnt get a charger? I use a car charger too when necessary or try to keep my bluetooth and Wireless LAN off unless necessary. 2) SERIOUSLY BAD SIGNAL. I returned the phone after 1 week to O2 after the signal was 1-2 bars or no signal all the time. I was gutted but was sure it was a one off fault... i was wrong. My second N80 was just the same I love this phone. It provides me with everything i need for my business and day to day use... except i cannot live with the signal problems. I have had to send it back and get an older, inferior phone. Im gutted. Come on NOKIA and O2 (put your heads together and solve this problem!?)
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Reviewed by Stewart from UK on 14th Jul 2006
Phone has everything you'd ever need, and looks good. Wlan is a massive plus point, and contrary to popular belief the phone is very stable on the later firmware versions, and perfect on the uk 3 network. Comfortably the best phone i've ever used, Nokia still leading the way.
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Reviewed by Menhel from England on 13th Jul 2006
This is the best phone it's got everything beryone who gave it a rubbish doesnt know how to use a very powerful phone, it has everything a phone can have i dmit the camra isnt as good as the k800 but its still good . all u other people who ar reading these reviews dont listen to th stupid 1s who dont know how to use a phone trust the professionals.
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Reviewed by Antoine from Malta on 12th Jul 2006
I bought it sim-free from abroad (in Bulgaria) to be honest and I was immediately appalled by it. The menus were fast, the screen display was bright even in Mal;tese daylight !! The radio was clear and sharp. The pictures... simply magnificent!! The memory ok and the battery... Not bad at all.. It lasts about three to four or even five days !!! Well done Nokia !! Simply the best !!!
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Reviewed by Ryan from South Wales on 11th Jul 2006
At first I thought this was the perfect phone, then the bugs came. DO NOT BUY
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Reviewed by kamran from england on 11th Jul 2006
This phone is good but... ITS A BIG BUT... It always for some reason keeps restarting hmm i wunddaa. But then again it happens to most phones. iv also experienced this with sony ericsson phones... i fynd th N80 complicated nd bit slow 4 me it cant keep up... butfrom my opinion the k800i has a beter quality camera which i have compared nd a phone i would rather have then the n80
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Reviewed by dils from england on 10th Jul 2006
i think that this phone is the best phone that has ever been made. it combines style with a different range of facilities to create a perfect finish. i think that this phone by nokia will be a huge success worldwide. it has absolutely no problems and is easy to use. i just think that this phone is brilliant.
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Reviewed by Baz from Australia on 10th Jul 2006
Well I hear alot of bad things about the phone surprisingly. I have only ever owned nokia's and my previous one is the 7610 which was my first symbian sis phone. symbian means that it can run .sis program files in an operating system mannor (you install and you run them)the N80 is the Slikest symbian phone ive see and i traded up as soon as i laid eyes on it. The battery life some people complain about is a result of incorrect charging and use. My first tip for solving this is for the first week of use let the phone charge fully and then use it till the battery completely empties, secondly there is a feature on this phone that not many users understand it can put programs on stand-by so if you do not exit the app and press the red button it is still running (THUS wasting precious battery) to check this hold down the menu button for a few seconds and a list of all the running applications will come up. overall beautful phone i recommend that you search for free symbian sis apps or java games for your phone on www.google.com however only the free ones. 5/5 *****
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Reviewed by Rob from UK on 10th Jul 2006
Really disappointing, poorly designed phone - it's gone back to be exchanged for another Sony Ericsson. Faults and poor points for me (in one week of ownership) where: -too bulky -corrupted software supplied with phone -rubbish battery life - 36 hours even with no bluetooth -display breaks up all the time -phone book is useless - no option to display the number -camera is fixed focus -flash goes off AFTER you've taken the picture - USELESS -nothing to protect the camera lens -Keypad lock is stupid - you need to open the phone, shut it and confirm the action just to lock it off. -Slow browser -Slow menus -Poor connectivity with PC -crappy, ancient T9 text input. This is SO out of date now it's not acceptable Nokia used to be top quality but in the last 2 or 3 years they've gone far downhill and seem to be struggling to keep up. Seriously, Nokia, Raise your game or sod off.
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Reviewed by Peter BM from UK on 7th Jul 2006
Well mine’s gone back to Orange – thankfully they have a great returns policy. For the past 18 months I’ve been using a Nokia 6230i and love it. The nice thing about Noikas as any longstanding user will tell you – you can use them with your eyes shut they are so simple. I really thought the N80 would be the answer to my dreams with its superior camera, 3G and Wi fi, alas it wasn’t. Slow menus, constant crashing, appalling battery life and disappointing wi fi. Within just a few days, despite my initial enthusiasm I realised it just wasn’t the phone for me. I’ve worked in mobile industry for over 10 years and in my experience the only people who will like this handset are the tekie types – everyone else stay well clear!!
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Reviewed by James from UK on 6th Jul 2006
I have just received my second n80 in the post from o2. The first one was running out of battery in half a day firstly and then would not allow me to change the ringtone and kept resetting itself. Eventually it was taking so long to open applications that the phone became impossible to use so i had to take it back. I hesitated at first with ordering another one, as the features and camera are so good on the phone. Ive had nokias for the last 5 years so didnt really want to change. New phone received, sim card inserted last night, recognised, but i am unable to call out!!!! Then a message comes up on the screen saying allow sim to send message, what is that all about!!??, it keeps happening even after resetting the phone four times. Phone is now back in the box and on the way to 02, it lasted five minutes in the real world, this early batch of n80's must all be pretty poor, cool looking phone, but wait til its niggle free and on a free upgrade, if you really must have it.
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Reviewed by Andy from England on 5th Jul 2006
Well I have had the phone for 12 days now and I am more than happy with it. I have the phone on a vodaphone contract and I also have the latest version of firmware as per the nokia website. The camera works fine with picture quality being better than I expected from these reviews. Wi-Fi is easy to setup and the genral feel of the phone is of a quality product. The only down side is the battery life, I have turned down some of the settings and now get around 2 - 3 days depending on how heavily I use it. Overall great piece of kit more aimed at serious users than fashion victims!
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Reviewed by Lee from England on 5th Jul 2006
I was so looking forward to getting this phone. What a disapointment. It should have been an excellent phone but too many things let it down. I'm sending mine back to Orange. The battery life is poor (well documented). There is no date on the main screen (looked in manual & settings and even phoned Club Nokia - nothing at all about the date being able to be displayed or taken off.). When writing a long text all the lines "shift" to the left, cutting off the first 1 or 2 letters of each line. The characters are also too small . Perhaps iv got a faulty phone who knows. By the way, thanks Orange for getting straight back to me when i complained about these problems. That was 2 days ago and still no call back. Also the slide is, well, rubbish. There isnt enough resistance when opening. Unlike the D500/600 which has a positive open and close sliding mechanism. Its all too easy to half open the phone (just by holding it or in your pocket). Its also sooooooo slow. Im used to the symbian operating system but this phone takes nearly 30 seconds to start up! The menus are pretty much the same as my old 6680, they just look a bit nicer thats all. This phone could, and should have been fantastic. Instead its just average. Nokia needs to learn from its mistakes and improove its products! I'm now waiting for the Sony Ericsson K800i.
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Reviewed by Bryan from Glasgow on 4th Jul 2006
Im sorry to say i really hate this phone now!! I was so excited ( sad i know ) about gettin it . It looked great little bit of shiny style as i got the fone out the box . charged it up and started to browse. slooowwwww pages changing thought ok ill override that its a lot of features could be a little bit slow. camera 3 megapixel thought cool lets get snapping.. totally junk the zoom gave me pics of blurred mush. i decided to try the radio out the headset doesnt work . so in summary im SO disappointed by it after 12 hours with it its being returned and im picking up the Sony Ericsson k800i fingers crossed this one does it for me.
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Reviewed by tamsin from uk on 4th Jul 2006
i love this phone my only complant is that its a little chunky but the spec of this phone is amazing an iv only had it about 2 weeks im dead chuffed this is the phone to have. so what if it cost me a bomb but well worth it. xxxxxxx
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Reviewed by Matthew from United kingdom on 3rd Jul 2006
Where to start iv been looking forward to getting this for ages now, just got it on saturday and it's already gone back, the camera is of a very poor quality its not as good as the SE K608i, some of the applications wouldn't open,i.e, music player, application manager and none of the games would open, when i opened up the camera it would ask me to insert memory card, so if your lookin for a phone that is supposed to be of a good quality then go ahead and but this but to be honest if you want a handset with the same features and still the bestest brand of all then cross over to the darkside all you nokia fans and experience the SE K800i which is the mother of all phones. take my advice do not buy this handset you will regret it.
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Reviewed by yelnats from uk on 30th Jun 2006
Waited two months for this fabulous phone. So anyway, better explain in brief why I give one star. MMS wouldn't work, Orange say they fixed it except now I can only recieve MMS from another Orange phone! Then I have to turn 3G off, indefinitely! Why? Because every time I make a call I get a connection error if it's turned on. So I have a 3G phone which can't use 3G. Then the photography app from Orange, ( actually, this may be all about Orange), kept defaulting to a setting which meant I was inadvertantly uploading pictures to an online gallery at over £8 per picture!!! Today I have problems with my connection breaking up even though I have full signal and 3G is OFF. Then I find my phone connects to Orange internet even though I have disabled it for another reason. It just connects when I disconnect a phone call! Orange say they are aware of this issue and blame Nokia. I had the Samsung D500 before this one - although I had to change the handset 3 times in 12 month s under insurance due to button faults, it did, however, during normal conditions, WORK! Oh, the camera works on the N80 and IS great! Honest.
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Reviewed by brian from england on 30th Jun 2006
Reviewed by brian from england on 22nd May 2006 Only 8-10 hours battery life. well this was my reveiw in may and now almost july and i have say the phone a 5 STAR phone now ,battery life is about two days now and with the new frimwere all the bugs have gone.
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Reviewed by Mick from England. Sunderland on 27th Jun 2006
I'm writing this review as I have just sent my 2nd nokia back to O2. The first was sent back as the "muvee" creator application on the phone caused the phone to freeze midway through the application, the second phone I received had exactly the same fault. Had this not occured I would have been pleased with the phone and maybe given it 4-4half stars. Maybe I was just unlucky and recieved two phones from a dodgy batch. If I was to rate the phone on its applications/camera/ease of use and sound quality I'd give this 5 stars. However it loses stars on looks, i've upgraded from a nokia 7610 and the n80 is much chunkier. This didn't bother me too much until I seen the e900. When both phones are laid out on a flat surface, the nokia can open it's slider over the top of the whole samsung phone. I know samsung doesn't have 3g, as good camera (2mp opposed to 3mp), however after looking at the shots on both there isn't much difference on the phone screen, this may change if photo's are being developed however. I would recommend this phone to someone who likes nokias and wants an excellent camera, however beware of faults as the n80 seems to be rushed out.
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Reviewed by Bill from Nottingham from England on 26th Jun 2006
I have looked through the reviews but cannot find anyone with the same problem I have. First the N80 apparently does not syncronise the phone book with my fully installed in car hands free Bluetooth kit. Second, the CP-93 case I purchased from Nokia on line shop does not have secure belt clip, its just line a clothes peg, it allows the phone to fall off the belt, the phone also falls on the floor when the velcro flap opens as it revolves 360 degrees. The CP-93 case does not give sufficient room to hold the N80 and somehow the N80 turns it self on obviously by keys being poressed with the tight case and this is only noticed when music starts playing on it. It also dials the last number because somehow the phone lock opens even in the case. I am very dissapointed after returning to Nokia after a bad experience with the Motorola V3. I have contacted Nokia Head Office in Finland, I have sent 5 faxes and not one reply. I have emailed though the internet and direct but you get passed from one department to another eventually getting told to write to Nokia in Edinburgh, no good if you want to sue them because they may well operate under Scottish Law so you would have to get a Writ in the Scottish courts. I have just found Nokia UK address and I am writing to them to give them a chance to remedy the defects in the phone and the case. Its seems Nokia are that big they just dont want to know, even their chief executive ignores faxes sent to him personally, no I dont expect him to phone me but you would think he would have someone deal with it wouldnt you! WAKE UP Nokia, its your customers that keep you going dont you know!!
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Reviewed by Jack from England on 25th Jun 2006
I think this phone is absoulutley amazing it has everything from infa-red technology to a 3mega pixel camera I would recomend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Olufemi Ajayi from United Kingdom on 25th Jun 2006
I just got my N80 yesterday and just got a day+ on it. observations: this is a great phone. the multimedia is fantastic and the stereo FM also. I have not done enough with the camera but seems ok. i have the latest version of software on it and i think this has helped with the batery life and it isnt switching off either. great phone with great features
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Reviewed by arijit from INDIA on 25th Jun 2006
SOME ONE SAID NOKIA N80 IS JACK OF ALL I AGREE WITHIT COMPLETELY. LET ME GIVE SOME OF ITS DRAW BACKS:- 1. BATTREY A ISSUE IF U ARE A NET SURFING FREAK, OR A LOVE THE MUSIC PLAYING. THE PHONE IS A SHERE JOY AND TECH WONDER BUT BATTERY THAT'S DISAPPOINTING. 2.MORE OVER THE REVOLUTIONARY WEB BROWSER SOME TIME GIVES UP I DISPLAYING WEB CONTETS BECAUSE "MEMORY LOW", INSPITE OF 1GB UPRADED MINI SD IN MY N80.
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Reviewed by Matteus from UK on 23rd Jun 2006
Had so many phones in past including the N70 which i thought was so slow that i sold it purely on that, saw reviews on here with similar problem with this phone. NO SUCH PROBLEM, I think you people may have dodgy ones because mine is super fast! My dream phone found at last!!
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Reviewed by Dale Pritchard from United Kingdom on 23rd Jun 2006
At first, this phone looks great with all the features it boasts including 3G. However in reality, this phone is quite poor. For starters the size of the thing is nothing short of a brick whilst the speed of navigating through the menus is some what questionable. Furthermore the sliding functionality is not as smooth as the Samsung D600 for example and battery life is quite shocking with only a day and a half when fully charged! Only consider this phone if you MUST have 3G.
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Reviewed by Simon from UK on 23rd Jun 2006
Firstly, let me start by saying that this is a great phone. My previous two phones were the Nokia 6680 and the Sony ericsson P900. I would sometimes wish the 6680 had some features from the SE, but since I've had the N80, i've forgotten about all my other phones! Asthetically it looks great (i've got the stainless one not the black one) its shorter and narrower but slightly thicker than the 6680 and it feels well built. The screen sits slightly below the surface of the phone which means it is less likely to get scratched. The screen resolution is really sharp and looks good.The phone has all the functions you need and I don't find the phone slow which some previous reviewers have suggested. My battery lasts ok too, i've not had to charge it any more than my 6680. i have had a couple of glitches, i tried to delete a photo and the phone froze and i had to turn it off and on again and it's been fine since. And using the camera the screen has gone flickered a bit, but i'll upgrad e the software to the most recent firmware and i'm sure those problems will be ironed out. The 3 meg camera is good, the best i've used on a camera phone, although once the pic's are loaded onto my computer they're not as sharp as ones from my 3 meg camera. The slide on this phone locks opened positively but when its closed it slides up a little easily which means that if it is in your pocket and it slides up a little, the key lock can come off. But that is my only complaint. Overall this is the best mobile i've had and would highly recommend it!
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Reviewed by Craig from England on 22nd Jun 2006
I haven't had a Nokia for many years but wanted a phone with a good camera and a html browser. The features on the phone are excellent. I especially like the fact that I can connect the phone to my wireless router. I've had it for a week and so far so good. it hasn't crashed on me as some of the reviews suggest. I think the phone looks really nice and alot of people have commented and said "that phone looks a very posh". The only negative point I have is the battery life. I roughly get 24hrs out of it. If I don't charge it over night, the battery will be dead by lunch time. This phone has so much technology built in to it that It is understandable why the battery doesn't last as long. I would highly recommend this phone. It is much better than my old Sony Eriksson k750i.
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Reviewed by Dan from England on 21st Jun 2006
Well i have got N80 and to be frank i have read all the bad reviews and my 1 does not have any of those problems it turns on fast the battery lasts a long time the screen is bright the camera is briliant quality zoomed in to maximum the slide machanism is solid there is ir on mine the only prob i have is getting software as it is all s60 2nd. But u lot must have had a load of early models if you had waited 4 them to fix errors you might have had no probs like me. Oh yeah they sell it to you lot you complain to them and say what needs changing they change it then sell 1 to me.
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Reviewed by Paolo from United Kingdom on 21st Jun 2006
I like this phone! I'm very surprised by all the negative reviews so far. It is a very neat and well built model. It's been a while since i owned a Nokia phone so it has taken a some time to get used to. I would suggest reading the manual to get the most out of this phone as there are a lot of new features which you might not know about unless you read it. The camera on my N80 is exceptional for a phone! It's as good as my 4MP Casio camera, I'm shocked about other peoples thoughts on this? Maybe they are not using it properly? (On the back of the phone move the button to the triangle setting, i found this better for normal use). The battery life is not great but it does say optimum life is found after a few full charges and discharges. It only takes 1 hour to charge from flat which is good too! I turned off the screen saver, dimmed the display slightly, left bluetooth switched off and found this all helped a lot! It's a very customisable phone, you can change the appearance of the menu's, themes, screen savers etc. The phone came with plenty of extras too, like a decent hands free kit, aerial for the radio, memory card, display wipe and a clever attachment which allows you to charge the phone with a standard Nokia charger. I paid £50 for this phone on a £40 a month tariff from Orange.
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Reviewed by allyR84 from scottyland on 21st Jun 2006
dont believe the rubbish about the battery life being poor, it's just as good as any phone currently out there if not better!! the reason it gets 3 stars is because changing between menus is a teency bit slow and sketchy and more importantly the nokia n80 is a complete BRICK!!! if your after a phone that will turn heads do not, i repeat, DO NOT get this phone! may look nice in pictures which i first thought but its pretty boring, basic, heavy and FAT when handling one. if its the aesthetic needs that you seek from a phone get a samsung or a Sony-E! overall although it is a powerful phone and for what it can do,it def gets 5* in that department but due to it's poor design it gets a 3!
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Reviewed by Edward from Uk on 20th Jun 2006
I owned this phone for about 5 days before returning it to the store and exchanging it for a Nokia 9500. 2 positives about this phone were the clarity of the picture on screen and features. Negatives (notice I didn't put a number on how many...) rubbish software, slow (did I say this?). I was disappointed with the phone in the first 5 minutes! Don't make the mistake I did!!!
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Reviewed by JASE from UK on 20th Jun 2006
HAVING HAD MORE PHONES THAN I CAN SHAKE A STICK AT, I BOUGHT THIS ON ORANGE. THIS PHONE IS JUNK....... 1.POOR FLIMSY CONSTRUCTION 2. SOFTWARE IS SO BUGGY-KEEPS CRASHING- RUNG UP ORANGE THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD HUBDREDS OF COMPLAINTS RE BUGS 3. BATTERY LIFE- FORGET TO CHARGE IT FOR A NIGHT AND YOU ARE F..KED IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF THESE PRATS WHO SPEAK IN A IMMITATION PATTOIS AND BUY THIS PHONE.... WELL YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU DESERVE
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Reviewed by kelly3291 from ireland on 19th Jun 2006
Had the Nokia N80 about 2 weeks now. Looked forward to this phone for months. On receipt very dissapointed. Biggest gripe is the battery life. On maximum charge with absolutely no use of the phone, it can barely reach 48 hours. On maximal use for calls, you had better be plugged into the mains! This phone will also get VERY hot on anything more than a short call - i suppose this correlates with the poor battery life and general energy wastage. Occasionally will reset itself too.......... Camera, - well this proves that megapixels aren't everything, 3MP yes- but do you end up with a good picture? rarely, - blurred images seem the norm -even with the steadiest of hands. All in all - I have decided to forgo this phone - before it I was using Nokia 1600 ! -( no camera, no bluetooth, no WLAN), not much according to some people - BUT battery life is 7 days, and a phone which I can slip into a jean pocket without looking like I am having an errection! ehough said!
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Reviewed by Shahram from Iran on 19th Jun 2006
There are a feww weak points with the phone which are as follows: 1.It sometimes crashes particularly when creating a text messege. 2.The keys are a bit cramped. 3.The battery starts to run down after three days. But all in all it is a good phone.It is tiny and stylish especially with the pearl black color.It is rather powerful from the viewpoint of signal reception even in blind areas. The Resolution of the screen is incredible and the slider works so smooth you can't hear the least clicking sound. There are certainly many other outstanding specifications I can't discuss on now.It's rather dear but it's actually worths buying despite any bad review you hear about it.
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Reviewed by sally from uk on 19th Jun 2006
I got the phone as an upgrade of my samsung d500. It is quite big and bulky compared to what i am used to. with the camera, you have to have a VERY steady hand or else the photos are blurred. and the zoom isnt too flash. the battery lasts less than a day, and that is only after sending a few texts and making one call. menu is very confusing, and although it is a brand new phone, some options seem dated. not really an up point, maybe if a business man had it they'd think more of it, but as far as i was concerned it was not a good phone. battery life especially a let down. i was so disappointed i took the phone back today.
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Reviewed by jess from canada on 19th Jun 2006
real good phone, in the last year i've owned samsungd500 and SEw800... the screen on this phone is really nice, sweet resolution, in standby there's this little blue light that keeps flashing that i guess is good but it gets annoying and i don't know how to turn it off. some of the buttons feel a little cheap but its not that big of a deal. i'd say this phone is worth the money though...awesome phone with a few small drawbacks
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Reviewed by Ahmet from UK on 16th Jun 2006
Got the phone 2 days ago, at first it seemed brilliant but then it started having screen problems and i thought i was alone but then my sisters mate's one went wrong too. But obviously its going to be a bit slower as it is a S60. But its too glitchy, the battery life is absoloutely horrendous and i would have liked an automatic lock. Also the camera is pretty poor compared to my 6680 which i had which was the perfect phone. But that was only 1.3MP :S. on a good note it does have alot of features, but i think i might try the N91. But NOKIA ALL THE WAY!
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Reviewed by scotty from scotland on 16th Jun 2006
Phone keeeps getting better software updates have solved conection and sync/compatibility. although Nokia didn't suggest this they are on the nokia site. I had very high expectations and this phone is begining to live up to them.
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Reviewed by Lee from UK - Stoke on 16th Jun 2006
I read through all of the reviews before finally buying this phone, I was very very dubious as alot of people said battery camera etc etc but I tell you what, it is an amzin phone. Yes the camera is slow but compared to what a hand held digital camera?and even then it is fast compared to other phones. It is missing the Carl Zeiss Lense but this one is easily good enough if people want to take amazing one off pictures then go buy a professional camera, for some good flicks this is awesome. In the box there is the usb cable, headphones and an attachment to plug in your own ear phones which i have used to connect to my car stereo, nice touch! Pity the usb couldnt charge it as well. I have used this phone for a couple of days and some of the features for example picture viewing is just really smart and finished nicely. It does take a couple of seconds to load but I do have 200 pictures in there now. The slide is a bit loose but still feels solid and the blue lights behind the buttons are really smart. As for the battery I cant really knock it compared to the size of the screen as my last phone was a k750i I thought it would just go down while I was looking at it!My mates have just had phones all new and this is the daddy, looks, feel, getting used to, and the nokia pc suite works a treat even better than the sony. Transfering files is amazingly fast to the PC, just need to try the WLAN connection now and then I am sorted!I decided to try this phone after my past 3 sonys I didnt think i would like it but I was shocked.Well done Nokia
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Reviewed by scotty from scotland on 13th Jun 2006
Nice phone features are great but not being a techy setting up all email and wireless stuff is a nightmare and still can't go online through my home wireless network. The main problem for me is calendar cant sync with microsoft exchange 2003 therfore cant sync with work calendar outlook 2003 stuff which was the whole point of buying phone.
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Reviewed by Gaz B from UK on 12th Jun 2006
Great Phone, all you people maning about the battery life, have you had alook on any n80 forums lately???? Nokia have found some bugs in the firmware of the phone and any one who has it should check there firmware press *#0000# and see if it says V 3.0617.0.6 if it doesn't then you got the phone with the bugs in, the new firmware has better battery life, menus run faster, and the gallery also runs much faster. ALSO ALL YOU GUYS MOANING ABOUT THE PHONE - ITS A NEW PHONE WITH A OPERATING SYSTEM ON IT GIVE NOKIA A CHANCE THEY HAVE ALREADY RELEASED A FIRMWARE UPDATE TO FIX THINGS, Just like people have had today with the Sony Ericson K750I
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Reviewed by wall from UK on 12th Jun 2006
it is the worst fone i hav eva used, the camera is junk the fone is very big therz not that many features the screen is small n very blury n the back light is low the memory is useless plus therz no memory card slot, it takes ages to turn on the fone is very slow it look rubbish, it is the worst fone in the world!!!!
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Reviewed by Whitman from Lancashire on 11th Jun 2006
Looks good but don't buy it too slow and crash alot, battey life sucks. waste of money.
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Reviewed by CHICKTIONARY from NORTHERN IRELAND on 11th Jun 2006
SEXY PHONE. JUST CHARGE IT EVERY NIGHT TOO STOP THE THE SMALL BATTERY GOIN DOWN AND U GOT URSELF A MINIATURE CAMCORDER. BUY IT NOW!!!!! (:
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Reviewed by william maginn from Northern Ireland on 10th Jun 2006
Fantastic phone, right at the top of its game. It even creates its own voice activated tags for all your names in your phone book and other functions. Anybody who slates this phone, doesnt understand how powerful it is. I connected to my wireless router this morning in less than 1min and I didnt have to read the manual. Ok the camera isnt great, so go buy a proper camera. Only problem I have at the moment is that I was sent a used phone, when I paid for a new one!!!
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Reviewed by david from uk on 8th Jun 2006
this is a superb phone excellent feaures had a couple of bugs but was sorted with latest firmware upgrade (runs much faster too). music player is great especially when memory expanded to 2gb cameras good too in most conditions. battery life was better after a few tweaks, ok theres not much software out there but it is new! all in all very impressed. p.s. most of the bad reviews seem to be by people who don`t understand it and some who don`t even realise the features it has!
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Reviewed by nas from uk on 8th Jun 2006
Good, but keep on having hastle with the phone freezing, Not nothing special from Nokias previous range of phones except good camara
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Reviewed by Alex from uk on 7th Jun 2006
I think this phone is good for people who are into the tech aspects, if not i would not bother. The battery life is so awful, really it is so for people who use their phone alot do not get it, its really not worth it!
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Reviewed by graham from UK on 7th Jun 2006
I've had my Nokia N80 for 2 weeks and, overall, I'm impressed. It looks good and the slider seems fine to me. I'm only getting one day out of each battery charge but that's enough. One problem seems to be that in weak signal areas the phone isn't as reliable as my Nokia 6230 which gets a 2 bar signal when the N80 has none! Wi-fi is a real asset and so easy to set up. The screen is a bit small for using the internet effectively but it's okay. The music player is excellent and I have purcgased a 2Gb mini-SD card to increase storage. The FM radio works well too. My only real criticisma are: 1. Lack of software, but hopefully that will improve. 2. I'm 47 and my eyes are starting to go so the very small font size is difficult to read. 3. The Calendar application is poor. (3rd party software not yet available.) Assuming I can get decent Organiser software at some stage I'm sold. With that it's a 5* phone.
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Reviewed by sam from uk on 7th Jun 2006
this phone is to gud 2 b true, i used it in the shops and it was excellent, it luks fantastic and the features are brilliant there was only 1 thing that was wrong and that is it was slow, but the manager told me that this is because all early releases hav bugs, this problem will soon be fixed and the manager told me that when he gets the new stock he will let me know.
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Reviewed by Miles Fletcher - Brown from England on 7th Jun 2006
Complete and utter trash! I foolishly ordered this phone without checking reviews first. After receiving it I only then read other reviews which all stated the battery life is poor - and they are so right. With barely a days use it goes from full to nearly dead! The other most annoying thing is that it keeps secretly connecting to the WAP internet with out telling you. Even if you make sure all the settings have been changed to make sure it does not happen, when you switch the phone off and on again it still connects. If you do not have a pre paid promotional download offer then this will cost you. Lastly it switches on very slowly indeed - a bit like a PC starting up. This is meant to be a phone, not a computer (even though they are becoming more and more sophisticated all the time). The phone is very chunky, and the slide mechanism is a bit wobbly - basically cheap and inferior. So all in all this phone is utter rubbish from a practical usability aspect, so definitely do not purchase it and get a more established phone that has been around for sometime where all the teething problems have been resolved. Thanks for reading this. Miles FB
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Reviewed by Phil from Wales on 6th Jun 2006
Had the phone for a week. It's slow and the menu system confusing and non-user friendly, the camera takes along time to work, no apparent alarm clock, but by far the worst thing is the battery life. If you forget to charge this every night the next day you've had it. I've always stuck with nokia as they usually make consistently good phones but this is incredably poor. Very disappointed
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Reviewed by fanlandcheese from uk on 6th Jun 2006
I got the N80 after many weeks and months of checking out other phones. Initially the phone usage time was to say the least extremely poor. It would run down in less than 5 hours. A bit of a pain to say the least. But I have made some changes to the base setting of the phone and it will now last 3 days happily making phonecalls using wifi and listening to mp3s. You need to change the display down to its lowest brightness, (menu, tools, settings, phone, display) turn off 3g connection (menu, tools, settings, network) and most importantly the access point power (menu, tools, settings,connection, wireless lan, options, advanced settings, tx power level I changed this from 100 to 4). I can play mp4 etc but had to get a piece of software from www.imtoo.com which encodes dvd straight to phone compatible files (they are called 3gp2). and you can try it for free www.imtoo.com/3gp-video-converter.html The only other little niggling thing is that it has the latest symbian software that comes with the phone is the latest version and so is not compaible with earlier versions. which means that you have to wait for the latest versions of software to com out like tom tom etc.
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Reviewed by Bob from Scotland on 4th Jun 2006
Such a frustrating phone !! I have not owned a Nokia for a couple of years but the features on the N80 tempted me to buy it. The warnings about the battery life were ignored by me but my God, it lasts less than two days with minimal use if lucky. If you use the phone to call a lot, I suppose there just might be some people who use phones for this purpose, then you better reckon on flashbacks to 1995 as you will struggle to get one whole days use. My wife has had a 6660 for ever and this N80 is little quicker than it in operation. What has Nokia been doing for the last two years ? Software : comes with PC Suite which I would use for transferring pics to use as wallpapers. Updated to the latest version via Nokia website and they have decided to remove this facility, presumably to force you to buy their own. The camera is poor but this does not bother me. This phone should be so much better than it is but it does do the basics well i.e calls are clear and reception is good, texting is easy and it has a very sharp screen. Wait for the N73 would be my advice.
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Reviewed by Mo from london on 4th Jun 2006
hello guys this is awesom do get it if u can picutre quality is awesome camera is wickd too, the best about this mobile is it is the best fone out in the market u wont regret buying it nyc one u will love it
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Reviewed by Mike Zourk from U S A on 4th Jun 2006
This by far excellent phone, in order to save battery you should set your signal search to G S M, also for the people complain about its software and that it gives them hard time it did the same to me too but after you get use to it, you wont ask for replacement. yes the camera feels like 2mgp. I think this phone is more advance than the previous. I would give it 10 **********
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Reviewed by AVO from uk on 1st Jun 2006
Well worth the wait as I was tempted by my missus SE W810i. Every day I find a cool new feature that's totally diff from any phone i've had before. reason for 4/5 well...bit top heavy when slide is open for texting, shape isn't great and would have liked a bit more memory but there are cheap ways around that.
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Reviewed by Argie from Finland on 31st May 2006
This is a brilliant device even if it is still in version 1.x state of its kind (= everything you ever need in your pocket). If you have decent 3G account with your operator, nothing in the world beats N80: the excellent browser and superb 362 x 416 display alone are good reasons to go for this great mobile.
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Reviewed by Dan the man from UK on 31st May 2006
Had this phone on a week trial basis and I'm sending it back. The styling and overall feel of the phone are good but these points are far outweighed by the poor battery life, the complicated menu system (including an annoying message that pops up asking if you want to send pictures to a friend every time you use the camera) and the fact that the main selling point - the 3 megapixel camera - seens to me to give lower image clarity than a 2meg camera! Overall I get the feeling this phone has been rushed out before it's ready so that Nokia don't get beaten to the punch on the high spec camera phone by Sony Ericsson.
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Reviewed by Osei from England on 31st May 2006
I owned this phone for about 5 days before returning it to the store and exchanging it for a Sony Ericsson W810i. 2 positives about this phone were the clarity of the picture on screen and features. Negatives (notice I didn't put a number on how many...), chuncky, slow, awkward to use, crap software, needs to be operated with 2 hands, slow (did I say this?). I was disappointed with the phone in the first 10 minutes! Don't make the mistake I did!!!
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Reviewed by CASPER SHIRAZI from LONDON ENGLAND on 31st May 2006
THIS PHONE IS SIK BREDS CAUS LIKE OF ITS CAMERA AND LOADS OF OTHER FINGS GET ME. ALSO ITS GAMES ARE SUMFING ELSE U KNOW WHAT IM SAYING
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Reviewed by ASH from UK on 30th May 2006
NOKIA HAVE MESSED UP HERE. BIG TIME. The phone has 2 major Flaws. 1/ Video Is poor in Slightly Low light (VERY POOR) Red Dots, Pixellated. / Indoor etc. In night mode it is Useless. 2/ WiFi the phone keeps returning an Out of memory error.(After browsing within a page or two). Also at least once a day needs a re-start. Why was the N70 Near Perfect, and This phone way Out. For us peeps who have been waiting months to lash out £500. I am very upset. I have now changed to an n91. A lot better, although still a mile away from the N70 if it had WiFi.
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Reviewed by Brian from UK on 28th May 2006
I have had this phone for a week, the battery doesnt last all that long, a couple of days but its no problem to recharge it. I had read that the slide wasnt all that good but I was pleasantly surprised and I like it. It feels good to hold it and its not as big as my last phone SE V800, the screen and camera are better than what I am used to so all in all I feel I have a much better phone. It is slow to get started but then it is firing up an operating system and my home pc takes a few minutes as well so putting things into perspective its not that bad. The WiFi was not too easy to set up for home use, I had experience setting up a Nintendo DS which helped a lot. It works well and is fast too, the pages load up quickly and are clear and easy to navigate around, the page history and workd very well.
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Reviewed by brad from United Kingdom on 28th May 2006
great phone. the best n the world. buy one now
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Reviewed by clara cena from uk on 28th May 2006
this is just a brilliant phone. what else can i say?
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Reviewed by Alex from Australia on 28th May 2006
Hey People, just got the N80, I am one of those who will spend weeks on research, then weeks trying to decide and hours in the store thinking if i should buy! Well let me tell you, this phone is excellent,i can not fault anything, pic quality very good, screen and features are great.I think Nokia has done really well. One feature i love that noone talks about is- this phone SPEAKS, ie when someone from your phone book calls phone speaks persons name! How awsome is that?! I was sony ericsson lover, untill i got this phone. Only one thing for you to think about, this phone is not the fastest phone on the market, every function takes time, as phone likes to think. BUY BUY BUY, You will love it! As for all those people writing bad reviews about the phone, well firstly, yes sometimes you can buy a lemon, sometimes when you live in 3rd world country-nothing works. I now live in thailand and this phone is just awsome!
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Reviewed by Jon from UK on 28th May 2006
Had this phone a week after exchanginf a motorola V3x for it. The moto V3x is the worst phone ive ever had, will not ever make the mistake of buying a Motorola again! The N80 is outstanding, best screen ive ever seen on a phone. Its like a mini pc in your pocket. Battery life isnt great granted, but its a 3g phone so its to be expected. Having said that it outlasts the Motorola V3x by at least 2 days in normal use! This is the first Nokia ive had for years im very impressed. An absolutely great phone. and a bit exclusive, you wont see many around.
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Reviewed by Brummie from UK on 28th May 2006
First things first...When you get the phone the battery will not last long. However, Give it a few charges and drains and it should get better. I get 2 days of moderate use now and still have 3 bars left. The slide is not spring load like a d600, but does have a smooth action with some resistance and a click as it goes to the extent of its travel. How people say they can make calls when in their pocket I dont know. Fair enough, it doesnt auto lock (like the d600) but when you close it you get the option to lock it and its only one key press. Continuing the d600 comparison, the camers is far superior as to be expected, but what i didnt expect was when I put it next to the D600 it was only VERY SLIGHTLY bigger. The media player is nokias usual standard, nowt special but nothing wrong with it. All in all, an excellent phone, so much so that im sellung my V3i (that i used as my convienient small phone) and the SPV 5000 for when I need to pick up my ebay emails. If you are a basic talker and texter maybe a D600 or V3 would be more your thing. If you are a little more into technology I urge you to look at the N80, as it will be so useful when it has more software. Im waiting for Tomtom to come out for it. BTW, Im on Orange uk, £25 per month and ONLY £50 for the phone. Brummie boozer
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Reviewed by peter from hall on 28th May 2006
The battery life is awful. I bought it but now realize the thing is too fat, software too slow and the slide feels cheap. Furthermore the video quality is very poor...in the end its just a fat and slow camera phone. Nokia get with it!
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Reviewed by AAA117 from england on 27th May 2006
i dont know y people have rated this phone so low it is an amazing phone. compared to my last phone the w800 which was a good phone it is much better. my last phone broke y u ask because it was made of plastic!!! i hate paying so much money for a phone it it being made so cheeply. when i hold this phone you can feel iut was made good. The camera on this phone is amazing and so is nearly everything else 1 problem i have with the phone is that texting is not that great but it is not bad either. and please if you buy a phone read what it has on it..this phone does have infared. this phone is a good buy
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Reviewed by Nathan from United Kingdom on 26th May 2006
Iv not long had this phone and previously had the Nokia N70. Both phones are very similar in design and features but I have to say that the N80 just beats the N70 with the newly featured WI FI and 3 MP cameras. The phone is a bit pricey but look you only live once so why not have the things you want. So the Nokia N80 is a superb little device and no faults found so far so fingers crossed.
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Reviewed by daniel parker from england on 26th May 2006
i love this phone but i will be sending it to get the faults fixed, my phone doesnt always read the memory card, it resets itself from time to time and wont find wifi areas most of the time, apart from those small faults the phone is great, its what you expect when buying a new phone though soon all the bugs will be worked out my advice wait till the major shops start selling it then buy the phone, they only sell them when they are sure of no faults
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Reviewed by fazel from kenya on 24th May 2006
overall the phone is great. i don't change phones much, my previous one was a 6600. i am really happy with this. just a couple of problems 1-the phone just switches off once a day. 2-the font for the messaging is quite small. the camera only works welll in the light and not a great flash.
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Reviewed by ballboy from england on 24th May 2006
just got the n80 noticed battery life very poor wish i had know . camera great but more memory needed come on nokia wake up give us decent battery time
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Reviewed by c gray from uk on 23rd May 2006
Good phone but flawed,battery life a joke 8 hrs max with about 10 two min calls and bluetooth switched on,for headset only,Speaker when ringing crackles and brakes up sound so cannot hear ring tone,which hurts your ear with bt on,also disconnects bt for no reason so have to re-connect it a right pain,only had it one day.had same problem with n70 so nokia have not sorted if yet.MAYBE ONE DAY.PS, ANYONE NO WHERE I CAN GET IT UNLOCKED.
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Reviewed by brian from england on 22nd May 2006
Only 8-10 hours battery life with 3 or 4 calls made and on my 3rd phone in 2 weeks ,phone is 5 star when working but battery is a -5 star Ps.don't forget to have 2 batterys and there is not much softwere for it.
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Reviewed by peter from uk on 22nd May 2006
Dean, this phone does have infared and there is also a swich to cover the camera lenz on the back. this is by far the phone i have used.
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Reviewed by rayygun from Uk on 22nd May 2006
Lol, to the reviewer bellow. This phone has WiFi & Bluetooth. How can you complain that it has no infared. Infared is a dying breed and will soon be non existant. Im really please with this phone, the camera quality is superb, and the fact that you can connect to Wifi hot spots, and your own home network to add/take off media content, makes this phone a killer! Yes it's a bit of a slow thinker at times. But i'm sure it will be improved with firmware updates. Its rammed to the gills with features, and is a gadget phreeks dream. I was tempted by all these free PSPs offers flying around with older phones. I think i made the right choice.
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Reviewed by Dean from UK on 22nd May 2006
I was hyped about this phone but now that i have seen it, its just a squashed N70 with a 3MP cam! The things this phone lacks are, no cover for the cam, infared & a decent battery life! Nokia, pull your socks up, we expect better! Its just plain lazy!
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Reviewed by Jim from Scotland on 21st May 2006
Shedload of features will do for me when i get the hang of it only one problem software no use for my pc as i run XP 64BIT
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Reviewed by andrew from UK on 21st May 2006
Great looking phone, loads of features, only one complaint is the slide action, could be made stiffer like on the 6280, i have made calls whilst it was in my pocket, as you can lock the outer keypad but it unlocks when you slide the phone. so nearly the perfect phone for me hence 4 out of 5
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Reviewed by Kieran from UK on 21st May 2006
This phone is absolutely amazing, every aspect of it is made to perfection. My only problem with it is the battery life which only lasts around 4 or 5 days. But forget that you can charge it !!! go buy one now, its flawless!!!... GO BUY IT NOW
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Reviewed by John from UK on 20th May 2006
Just got this phone yesterday and I think it's a very good phone, for such a small device it has just about every feature one could want on a phone and then some, I long been a fan of Nokia's series 60 platform and this one doesn't disappoint, it's got a few bugs but in my experience with Nokia they release a firmware upgrade. I just got this phone to replace a Samsung Z320i which was in some ways a decent phone but fell way short of what's required on a modern 3g handset. The N80 though is a superb concept and great execution, but for a few small problems such as a poor slider mechanism and slightly sluggish software I'd give this phone 5 stars.
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Reviewed by DiNGO aka ASjAD from UK on 16th May 2006
I can't believe people are leaving negative comments, this is the best mobile phone Nokia have produced since the 3210 in its day. After looking at about a thousand phones, trying to decide which one is going to replace my i-Mate SP5 i have finally found it... The Nokia N80. My honest opinion is that this phone is a Carl Zeiss lens away from being a PERFECT phone. This in No Way insinuates that the N80's camera is bad... My suggestion is... If you know a little something about phones and you are not afraid of features, BUY THIS PHONE!!!! THE END!
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Reviewed by Guy from U.K on 16th May 2006
A great phone from Nokia, only got it yesterday and loving it.
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Reviewed by alex from england on 16th May 2006
i got mine today and i just love it! the only bad thing is that it can be a bit slow... it spends too much time thinking!
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Reviewed by COMMA from England on 1st May 2006
Wow!!! This phone is amazing! It's a rare Quadband phone, with an amazingly hi-res screen 352 x 416 pixels which no other phone can currently compete with. It's the first ever phone to have UPnP technology allowing streaming to tv and hifi.. it also has WLAN technology allowing free internet connection (at broadband speed) through wireless, directly to the latest nokia HTML/xHTML browser. It has the best operating system (s60 3rd edition) with a 3.2 mpx camera and visual radio. Id say overall it is better than the new N73 and N93 even though they have upgraded cameras this has more and better features!!!
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Reviewed by larry from usa on 24th Apr 2006
Ive used all of the latest nokia n series, n70, n71, n90, n91 and i think the n80 is the best one, they were all at the e3 gadget show and i also got to use some japanese phones that will probably come out in the us 10 years later they had up to 10 mega pixels with optical zoom, the japanese are so ahead of us, still the phones i used are still worth waiting 10 years
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Reviewed by salman from india on 23rd Apr 2006
this phone is wicked, n the best thing about it is da fact it has upnp this is da 1st n only phone wid dis feature, dis feature allows you 2 connect 2 ya pc via wifi and go through da pc hard drive using da phone you can also stream and send files from pc 2 ur phone and send files such as pics, music 2 the pc from ur phone wirelessly. The phone may only have a 40 meg hard drive but if ur connected 2 ur pc da phone can brouse all of ur pc media which means you can have up to 300gigabytes of media on ur phone which is useful, wake up 300gigabytes datz a lot lot lot lot more than any of itz rivalzzz. n80 iz da best.
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Reviewed by paul from india on 16th Apr 2006
I have recently purchased the nokia n80, and before that i had many other smart phones such as sony eric p910, spvs along with some other nokia's and i have to say of all phone i have used this is the best one, i do not understand some of these bad review the n80 is a more advanced better looking phone than the 6630 it's better in every coner but yet your saying the 6630 is better, i also owne the n90 and even though the n80 is a 3mega pixel camera the quality is inferior to that of the Nokia N90 but because of the screen on the n80 which is a lot better, infact it is the best out now on any smart phone the pictures look a lot better on the n80, and one must say it is a great looking phone and in black it goes nice in any one's hand. this small phone has so many features that even after a mounth it can still surprise you. this phone is great the best i've used and i would deeply recommend it.
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Reviewed by none of ure buss. from England on 12th Apr 2006
Ok, all those who criticise the n80 are probably sony eric. or a different phone company supporter and u jus can't believe how amazing it is!! Honestly, if u want some expert help then go 2 the no.1 gadget mag site in the world which is www.stuffmag.co.uk or just buy the magazine which is called stuff. They have given this phone a five star rating and even said it WAS the best smartphone in the world. And jus so u know, the sony ersicson smartie, p990i was put up against it and it didn't stand a chance, in other words, u ARE insane if u dislike this phone for any sort of reason at all, if this phone was any better, we might jus pass out. It is the best phone yet for its small, sleek design and of course its wind range of features and yes it has a 3 meg cam, thats better than the n90, although it doesn't have auto focus n carl zeis, its still sharper. Nokia, wat magic potion did u use 2 fit all these features into a small, sleek beutiful phone cause i really wanna hav some.
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Reviewed by bryan from america on 12th Apr 2006
this phone is really bad.. had it a week after selling my n90... the camera flash sucks.. the design is ok.. not bad.. but it still sucks.. camera is not as clear as n90... just pls dun get tis phone.. u'll regret..
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Reviewed by Sully dada from saudi arabia on 6th Apr 2006
hi guys... i have got this fone back 1 week.but now i have changed it with nokia 6630.becoz this fone fucks.camera result is good but when i was calling this fone always stuck in between and this is a main problem.now i am happy with my 6630.plz dont buy N-80.this is my request to all the young guys.ok then ba bye
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Reviewed by RYU from Dubai on 18th Mar 2006
The only good thing abt N80 is the camera clarity and its classy looks.It has a 3mpx with 20x digital zoom. But the new Sony Ericsson K790i with 3.2mpx cybershot phone is far ahead from N80. The memory of N80 sucks with only 40mb internal and 128mb sd card provided. The other plus point of this phone is W-LAN were we can drag and drop songs straight from your laptop. The phone is not worth the cash. I would rather prefer the N90.
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Reviewed by Sunny from India on 16th Mar 2006
This is really the worst phone i have ever used. Got it a week days back. the camera takes more than 12 long seconds to get on... the clarity is ok.. but n90 beats it in clarity even though its jus 2megapixel only... the volume in the music player is very very low... the flash is also a bad one... the only thing good about it is jus the design of the phone. looks good in ones hand... please avoid buying this phone. go for sony ericsson k800.
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