Om tries the Nokia N81, returning it promptly
Not a good sign when you take a review device out for a test spin and then plan to send it back willingly in under 24 hours. That’s pretty much what happened to a new Nokia N81 when it arrived in Om Malik’s hands. He’s got a full review up, although I’d call it more like first & last impressions. From a look and feel standpoint, he liked what he saw, but apparently the operating system didn’t cooperate much after that.
“The device behaved like a 3-year-old throwing a tantrum. Unless this is an especially buggy device, N81 has to be one of the worst Nokia phones I have ever used and would be loathe to recommend it to anyone.It is underpowered and the Symbian S60 OS behaves like Windows ME. Remember that piece of junk? Well this is worse. It takes more than 10 seconds to open a text message. Switching between applications is akin to me running – out of breath. One has to constantly reboot the phone to even make phone calls.“
I have to wonder if this was a pre-production unit or needs a firmware upgrade because while I trust Om to share his true experiences, the S60 phones I’ve used have exhibited none of these behaviors. Today must be pick on mobile phone OS day and nobody told me…
No man, this looked like a full on device and can’t say there was any pre-production about it. I tried the software upgrade and boy, i have never been this let down by a Nokia device including the N91. Remember that
And I like Nokia devices. N73 is still my all time favorite.
@Om, I think that was a lemon… BYW, can you drop me a line and let me know who to contact at Nokia to get units to review for my blog? Thanks!
@Om, I think that was a lemon… BYW, can you drop me a line and let me know who to contact at Nokia to get units to review for my blog? Thanks!
All S60 phones are way way too sluggish. If this one was more sluggish than the norm then ye flippin gods it had to be bad.
I love my E50 as a phone (I never actually touch it anymore, just push the button on my headset if someone calls me and push the button and tell the phone who to call if I want to call out) but the interface is ugly and way way too slow. I shouldn’t have to wait for the phone to keep up with my keypresses, that’s just lame.