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Nokia N81
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User Score (290)8.3
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Expert Score (49)7.4
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Design (103)7.0
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Value for money (43)8.0
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Features (15)7.2
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Ease of use (51)7.6
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Performance (4)7.0
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More music. More games. More ways to be entertained. Download new tracks and enjoy your music collection. Watch your videos and podcasts on-the-go. Stay in the action with mobile gaming. It’s easy to find what you’re searching for and access it quickly using advanced web browsing with wireless LAN connectivity. There’s never a dull moment with the Nokia N81.
- Store more music, videos, photos and more.
- Explore media content fast with Navi™ wheel.
- Dedicated music k…
Nokia N81
Released towards the end of 2007, the Nokia N81 is a smartphone packaged in a sliding form factor. The N81 is part of Nokia’s NSeries line of multimedia smartphones and is positioned primarily as a music and gaming phone. The first release of the N81 featured 12MB of memory with a microSD slot (expandable to up to 8GB). Nokia has since released an 8GB version of this smartphone. The N81 8GB version has 8GB of internal flash memory and does away with the memory slot. The 12MB version come…
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Released towards the end of 2007, the Nokia N81 is a smartphone packaged in a sliding form factor. The N81 is part of Nokia’s NSeries line of multimedia smartphones and is positioned primarily as a music and gaming phone. The first release of the N81 featured 12MB of memory with a microSD slot (expandable to up to 8GB). Nokia has since released an 8GB version of this smartphone. The N81 8GB version has 8GB of internal flash memory and does away with the memory slot. The 12MB version comes in Cobalt Blue and Graphite Gray colors while the N81 8GB is available in Cocoa Brown. The phone measures 4 x 2 x 0.7 inches and weighs 4.9 ounces with the standard Li-Polymer battery. At 1050 mAh, the N81’s BP-6MT battery lasts up to 410 hours on stand-by and up to 4 hours of talk-time. The phone’s screen is a 2.4-inch Active matrix LCD featuring QVGA (320 x 240) resolution and supports up to 16.7 million colors.
Pictures and Video
The N81’s 2 megapixel camera can capture photos at a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 and record QVGA (320 x 240) videos at 15 frames per second. The phone also comes with a CIF front-facing camera for video calls.
Music
With 8GB of internal memory, the N81 GB can hold up to 6000 songs. Music playback is handled by the NSeries digital music player which supports a wide variety of formats. The phone also features Stereo FM Radio, integrated stereo speakers, media and volume keys and a 5-band equalizer. Other notable features include the ability to synchronize your music with your PC, Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) streaming and access to the online Nokia Music Store.
Gaming
The N81 is also compatible with Nokia’s N-Gage gaming platform. Games are played via the phone’s dedicated gaming keys and also features the ability to play in either portrait or landscape mode. For a fee, games can be downloaded from the official N-Gage website: www.n-gage.com.
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Pros & Cons
- stable os, top notch connectivity, navi wheel, strong sliding mechanism, toughwheel like ipod
- bulky and heavy, 2 mp camera, little thick, measly 2mp camera, production errors
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Reviewer: Wireless Info01 December 2008
The Nokia N81 is a strange device in that it excels in some areas while completely dropping the ball in others. On the one hand it's a great music device with 8GB of built-in storage and excellent music software. On the other hand it has one of the worst cameras we've seen on a mobile device. It's a powerful smart phone and will support Nokia's new gaming and music platforms, but we found many of the hardware controls to be prone to errors and the device itself somewhat... Read more
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Reviewer: howstuffworks.com / Consumer Guide27 August 2008
- Overall 6
- Value for money 6
- Features 8
- Ease of use 6
- Performance 6
Loaded with multimedia options, the Nokia N81 offers gamers and techies a lot of versatility in a slider phone. The first thing one notices about the N81 is its stylish yet somewhat boxy design. The phone isn't as compact as many devices on the market, yet it is surprisingly small given its numerous applications. Loaded onto the phone are a 2-megapixel camera, a music player, and Nokia's N-Gage gaming platform. Read more
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Nokia N81 8GB Review
Reviewer: ConnectReviews27 August 2008- Overall 7
The Nokia N81 just doesn’t feel like something to spend $500 dollars on, you might want to look around for something else. Read more
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Nokia N81 pt 3 - Looking Through The Microsoft Music Window
Reviewer: All About Symbian23 July 2008- Overall 8
Yes there are flaws, yes you are restricted to using the Microsoft way of doing things, and the DRM can be restrictive if you're looking to move the music files around between a number of PC's or burn the tracks to a CD (both of which you can only do a limited number of times), but it’s a big improvement on previous offerings for Nokia music devices. Coupled with the improvements in the Music player itself, this is a definite winner, and is, in my opinion, ready for... Read more
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Nokia N81 8GB
Reviewer: MobilesTopic16 May 2008Web browser, front camera for video calling, Nokia Maps, Wi-Fi and mobile e-mail are just a few of the additional applications and features. But these are fairly standard S60 fare, with even the Wi-Fi increasingly deployed on higher end mobiles, and not in themselves enough to draw us to this particular phone. Read more
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Some problems, average phone overall.
Reviewer: Veight, Phone Scoop25 March 2009- Overall 6
I have been using the phone for a few months now and it seems to be running great. Although, it does have some speed issues after I delete messages. Whether it's ALOT of messages, or as few as five. It really slows the phone down. I have also noticed that it uses the battery up quite fast. Maybe it's just me. Not too sure. Great signal and sound quality. I really enjoy using symbian and all of it's functions. Read more
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Excellent phone once you get used to it
Reviewer: Willy Alfaro, Amazon25 October 2008 See Product at Amazon ($347.00)- Overall 10
I got this phone in April 2008, after using a Palm TX and a IR Nokia phone. I wanted to unify the two items in one single device, but if you read my review, you will find why is that I did not stay with Palm OS. One thing to say also is that I bought it for business although it is not advertised as that, I took the chance and I am very happy with it. Pros: There are many features I would like to review but among my favorites are: - Outstanding battery life even when you... Read more
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Nokia N81 8GB
Reviewer: venkat, Rediff06 March 2008- Overall 10
I AM CONFUSED THS MODEL RATE IN CHANDIGARH 1699 BUT IN OUR CTY KOLKATA 15500 &28000. GIVE ME FEED BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Read more
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Nice looking phone but low in quality
Reviewer: hayashi, BusinessMobileAsia.com14 November 2007- Overall 4
I have bought 2 pieces of these phone and realize that each of them got some productions issues. The first silver one got a problem on the front, as the black front has a 1mm opening on the right that lift up the game button. The second blue one got a very lousy slider mechanism, it feels like you are using this phone for ages and every slacky and rattling during the usage of the front button. My colleague got the same phone 2 days later and got one where the left upper... Read more
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