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Nokia N78

First seen: 12 january 2008

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  • User Score (171)
    8.2 8.2 from 171 reviewers
  • Expert Score (28)
    7.9 7.9 from 28 reviewers
  • Design (22)
    5.8 5.8 from 22 reviewers
  • Value for money (4)
    5.8 5.8 from 4 reviewers
  • Features (11)
    6.6 6.6 from 11 reviewers
  • Ease of use (15)
    5.9 5.9 from 15 reviewers
  • Performance (2)
    5.9 5.9 from 2 reviewers
  • Sound quality (25)
    6.0 6.0 from 25 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • wi fi, feature packed, amazing sound, hi q music, great sat nav
  • speakerphone problems, gps has hidden charges, poor battery life, small keypad, fiddly keys

Sleek design, fully featured multimedia computer. Find your location faster with A-GPS. Automatically tag your images with location tagging, and upload to the web to share with friends. Enjoy up to 24 hours of music playback, and share your music on your car or home stereo with the integrated FM transmitter. Carry your home images, music, podcasts and videos with you. Access the web more quickly and easily with 3.5G or WLAN connection.

  • Integrated A-GPS
  • Location-b…

Nokia N78

The Nokia N78 features AGPS for navigation with its pre-installed Nokia Maps applications, Support for Email sending and receiving, Synchronization between home and mobile content, Internet browsing via WLAN, Connectivity with its USB 2.0, Bluetooth as well as entertainment features like a 3.2 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, video call , and FM radio as well as FM transmitter.

Features

The Nokia N78 is a mobile phone that supports dual mode WCDMA 900/2100 (HSDPA) , GSM, GPRS, …

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Nokia N78

The Nokia N78 features AGPS for navigation with its pre-installed Nokia Maps applications, Support for Email sending and receiving, Synchronization between home and mobile content, Internet browsing via WLAN, Connectivity with its USB 2.0, Bluetooth as well as entertainment features like a 3.2 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, video call , and FM radio as well as FM transmitter.

Features

The Nokia N78 is a mobile phone that supports dual mode WCDMA 900/2100 (HSDPA) , GSM, GPRS, EGPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. It enables switching between bands and modes automatically. Its dimensions are 113mm(L) x 49mm (W) x 15.1mm (thickness) and weighs 101.8grams. This mobile device has an internal memory of up to 70MB, and also allows the expanding of memory by the usage of a MicroSD card (hot swap). It features a 2.4" QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT colour display and with up to 16 million colours. The viewing angle is 160 degrees. Amongst its features is the ambient light detector that enables the adjustment of brightness and power consumption. It runs on a symbian operating platform which is a Series 60, 3rd edition, feature pack 2. It also has Java MIDP 2.0 an C++ and Java SDKs. The call management features include Call logs, speed dials, voice dialing, voice commands and talking ringtone. Its messaging features include Email – SMTP, IMAP4 and POP3, as well as basic features such as MMS and SMS. The Nokia N78 features a 3.2 megapixel camera, equipped with Carl Zeiss Optics, Tessar Lens and has 20 x digital zoom, as well as a 15 fps for MPEG-4 VGA video capture. Its secondary camera utilizes the CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor. Besides the technology it has software such as Nokia Xpress Share solution that enables users to share from the Photos application or after capturing via Email, via MMS, or Bluetooth. It also supports video call and video sharing support (only for WCDMA network services). Also featuring tagging of location and the location is shown on a map where it was captured. Photos and videos can be transferred from the Nokia N78 to a compatible PC, and by using the Nokia Xpress Print Solution printing of these photos can be done either by online printing or direct printing via USB, Bluetooth , WLAN or memory card. The Nokia N78’s includes OMA DRM 2.0 support. It also has a built in FM transmitter and Nokia Internet Radio. Besides this it has stereo speakers and supports digital music files such as MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA. Music can be synchronized with Windows Media Player 10 and 11. CD’s can also be ripped by using Nokia Music Manager. In addition to this it has a Stereo FM Radio that supports Visual Radio

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  • Reviews of Nokia N78

  1. Nokia N78

    12 May 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    With the proliferation of high spec Nokia NSeries and E series devices, it's becoming harder to choose among them. Here in the US, at least for AT&T subscribers, the list is shorter if you want 3G support and that narrows the choice. If you aren't a photo maven and don't crave the Nokia N95's 5 megapixel camera or the N95 8 gig's massive storage, the N78 is a logical alternative. Though longer, it is thinner and we expect when the phone has been out a few months, prices... Read more

  2. Nokia N78 mobile phone

    Reviewer: Pocket Lint
    14 August 2008
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    The Nokia N78 is yet another phone from Nokia that Nokia fans will be happy with. While there is nothing earth-shatteringly bad about the N78, for us a clumsy interface detracts from the abundance, and we mean abundnace, of features this handset offers. Average. Read more

  3. Reviewer: The Star Online
    16 July 2008

    By STEFAN NAIDU The N78 is a ­simple ­looking phone with sophisticated ­features but is it for ­everybody? THE much-touted N Series line from Nokia recently received another member in the form of the N78. In true N Series fashion, Nokia tries to stuff in as many features and ­applications as it can. At the same time they were attempting to make the phone look good whilst performing these functions. How far have they succeeded? Read on. A book by its cover The N78... Read more

  4. Nokia N78 Review

    Reviewer: Softpedia
    8 October 2008

    At first glance Nokia N78 might not be to the liking of people who are looking for more functionality, as the device features a nightmarish keypad. If you can get past this you'll surely enjoy the other features that this handset includes. Read more

  5. Nokia N78 (unlocked)

    Reviewer: CNET
    20 June 2008
    Overall 7
    7.0
    Design 7
    7.0
    Features 8
    8.0
    Performance 7
    7.0
     

    The bottom line: As with all Nokia N series smartphones, the Nokia N78 impresses with its high-end features, especially the new geotagging tool, but we were slightly disappointed by the spotty call quality. Read more

  1. Nokia N78

    Reviewer: anup, Rediff
    9 October 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    hi,This is very good looking and very fast looking atracting young genration then i like so very much. Read more

  2. Outstanding technological powerhouse

    Reviewer: eXpansys
    17 July 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    The N78 is a remarkable device and incorporates the very best technologies to assist a user with their communications and multimedia requirements. Given the sheer amount of technology built into this device the N78 delivers superbly and represents outstanding value. Many thanks to Expansys for prompt delivery of mine. Read more

  3. N78 --

    Reviewer: ibnturab, Phone Scoop
    27 May 2009
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    I have been using the N78 for about 6 months now. I was using the n82 [which was the best phone I've ever owned] but it did not support aT&T 3G network which was important to me. Thats when i switched. Read more

  4. "Very beautiful design and features"

    Reviewer: CNET
    18 May 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Its a great device for this price.Its camera can produce amazing photos if its settings are tweaked.Very good audio and video player.I like the Navi Whell very much but it can only be used in certain menus.Its software still has bugs but a future phone software update can fix this i think.It has a built-in picture and video editor which is very good.Its battery can last 48 hours on medium use.Although its fun to write with its keypad but you can make mistakes while... Read more

  5. Nokia N78 with Contract: Nokia N78 is not for me

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    27 September 2009
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    New does not always mean improved especially when it comes to mobile phones. I had been very impressed and happy with my Nokia 6300, as it was slim, sleek, robust and ultra user friendly so when it was time to upgrade in January 2009 I automatically opted for another Nokia phone the N78 and it really does not compare. The N78 is the type of phone that does everything but make a cup of tea (or maybe it does but I just have not worked out how to do it yet!), as its got... Read more

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