Review N73
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This is a phone that came out about two months ago now, and I think I have put it through the hoops. Its a really good phone but with a few kinks to work out.
Positives:
- Strong signal
- Bright and large screen
- Extremely good web browser
- Very load speaker
- Very good pictures
- Lots of tools
- Very versatile information for contacts
- Long battery life
- Very light for size
- Good buttons and joystick
- Multimedia player is very good, and slideshow for pictures is very good.
- Sms stored on Mini-SD so it can be moved
- No limit on number of SMSes and Contacts. I havent reached the limit yet and Im at 867 messages with 483 contacts.
- Keypad lights up only in the dark. (Light Sensitive)
Negatives:
- Slow to load sms or mms menu (new or to read)
- A bit slow to open contacts
- Freezes if you try too many things when its running slow
- Multimedia loads a bit slow as well
- Bluetooth needs to be adjusted, it seems not one to connect after a few times. Then you have to restart it to get the Bluetooth working again.
Overall I think its a great phone, but I wish it wasnt slow for sms and contacts since its the two things that I use the most. So its a bit frustrating when I have to send a quick sms, and if you try to force it then it will hang even more. But I think if it gets a software upgrade maybe they worked on that part. If the software improves I would bump it up to 4 stars!
Price: 143 KD
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September 26th 2006 at 10:16 AM
:: For SMS/MMS (slow matter) try to switch the memory from ur Memory card to Phone memory …
For contacts its working fine with me and it is normal
September 26th 2006 at 10:45 AM
its a good phone… btw, whats up with u and John Smith??? “looking forward to see u soon??”
September 26th 2006 at 11:01 AM
but still cant beat k800i?
September 26th 2006 at 11:49 AM
The slowdowns are because of the buggy S60.3 operating system. Check with Nokia if they have any updates .. it made a huge difference on my N80.
September 26th 2006 at 11:50 AM
I was thinking about getting one .. but the number keys were too plasic-y for my tastes.
September 26th 2006 at 1:14 PM
Frankom: i was using phone memory for a while and nothing made that much of a difference! Its always relatively slow for some reason!
Fonzy: I dont know who John Smith is! looool!
Cyber: your right!
K: I will try to update at a later point! I think the camera is great on it and I love the speaker but the damn msg is really slow. I hope they have an update soon!
September 26th 2006 at 2:51 PM
I hate slow phones. Responsiveness is vital.
“Long battery life”
Could you be more specific?
September 26th 2006 at 4:18 PM
3baid: 3 days with normal usage, and im the type to use a phone!
September 26th 2006 at 9:01 PM
Nokia .. so not my TASTE.. you never find these kinds of problems with SE phones.. Heck even Motoroalla’s are better than Nokia’s in my Case :S… K800i Rules .. and the P990 and the M600
September 26th 2006 at 9:52 PM
fractal: K800i seems to be working well for people! Nice! 990 is waaayyy too big! I just saw it yesterday!
September 27th 2006 at 2:33 AM
i’m an ericsson gal.. using the K800i and loving it. BUT, if i were to consider using a nokia, the N73 woulda been my choice. however, considering ur comment about response rate, strike that thought.
September 27th 2006 at 8:39 AM
MSB: hehehe.. yeah I dont think it would suit your needs!
February 17th 2007 at 2:29 AM
lorazepam…
news…