Nokia N81 8 GB Unlocked Smartphone with 2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, MP3/Video Player--U.S. Version with Warranty (Cocoa Brown) | List Price: $529.99
Discount Price: $349.99
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Brand: Nokia
Binding: Wireless Phone Accessory
Features: - Unlocked quad-band GSM cell phone compatible with 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies and International 3G compatibility via 2100 UMTS plus EDGE capabilities
- 8 GB of internal memory (not expandable); 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; digital audio player; FM radio
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity for both handsfree communication and stereo music streaming
- Access to personal email; web browser; SMS/MMS messaging; instant messaging; Symbian S60 operating system
- Up to 4 hours of digital talk time and 17 days of standby time; backed by third party 1-year warranty
made in china?? [Posted on 2008-07-09]
i don't know if you guys noticed or not, this N81 model selling on Amazon is made in China(take out your battery, you'll see it on the back of the phone). I'm a chinese myself and i know for sure that, in china, fake Nokia's are being sold everywhere, they made things look 99% identical but the chip and processor might be different, so on the outside you wouldn't tell any difference at all, some people may be using it for years and still don't know that they've been using a fake phone. by the way, the fake phone is way cheaper than the real ones, for example, the fake nokia n81 is only worth $120 in china. i'm pretty disappointed finding out that my phone is made in china and called Amazon cellphone specialist, but they have no idea where it's supposed to be made.
some may argue that some of real phones, such as sonyericsson, are made in china,too. but while i was viewing a chinese forum, a guy posted a thread asking people where their phones are made, 99% said it's made in Finland. Weird enough? Chinese guys' N81's are made in Finland, but here in the States, we're buying phones that are made in China, i seriously doubt if we've been fooled... please prove me wrong cos i haven't called nokia help center yet
AWSOME PRODUCT [Posted on 2008-07-22]
I have just bought my N81 GB a feew weeks ago and I really have to say it has exceded my expectations. What a wonderfull gadget!
Every single minute I'm learning more how to exploit it the most.
From the design to the look and feel of the interface. Everything is almost perfect.
Before buying this product I was evaluating other possibilities, as an HTC Touch. But the requirement of having to use stylus to type SMS decided me to go for this one. The overall build is quite robust, considering it is a device that needs to be handled appropiately.
Will resume some CONS and PROS:
CONS (most of them S60 related)
-Music Player always running on background (since it is always sensing the multimedia keys - can be solved by using an external task manager app for Symbian)
-Alarm Snooze time: the default is 5 minutes and was not able to find how to change it. Nokia 6131 on the other hand has this feature)
Sure, you can get another Alarm application for Symbian.
-Music Files: When you upload them, no matter what specific folders you enter them, Music PLayer will show the entire list (this would include MP3 ringtones and funny sounds you might have uploaded!), unless you create specific Playlists or rely on the ID3 MP3 tags.
-Contacts Syncronization: Default Nokia PC Suite for N-Series will only syncronize with any contact management application in place (Outlook / Outlook express / etc) but will not give the chance to use a Nokia one. This can be solved anyway by using the standard Nokia PC Suite.
PROS:
-Design
-Features
-Cost/Benefit ratio
-Gaming Platform
-Sound quality (built in stereo speakers)
-OS (Symbian) and all related Custom Apps
-Divx Playing
-Most of the CONS can be overcame
In conclusion, this little gadget has everything a phone with the same characteristics should have and even more, with a great potential of expansion due to the Operative System type. I really recommend it.
I suggest for a Nice review (which helped me a lot) to take a look at the Nokia N81 8GB Review by Nokiaduck on Youtube.
So far so good! [Posted on 2008-07-26]
I wanted an all-in-one gadget and after researching a bit this one looked like the best price to feature ratio.
It's probably not as cool as an iPhone, but I have a personal bias against Apple products and I hate being tied down to a long contract with AT&T with an expensive data plan. The unlocked phone was the best option for me.
The WiFi connection is huge for me. I'm able to get away without a data plan from my provider and just leech off WiFi hotspots.
The MP3 player is awesome, Camera is adequate, web browser is fast (although navigating full web pages can be a hassle- full pages don't scale down very well.- .mobi sites are fine.)
One frustration I found was the video playback. I found out that it only comes with the ability to play videos in Real Player format out of the box- which is terrible. Luckily I soon discovered you can download a mobile version of the Divx player from Divx and now it will play .avi files fine so you can rip and encode movies from DVD for it fairly easily.
Also, text input via the phone keypad is tedious. If you're doing anything like blogging or email you may want to get a bluetooth keyboard. I have an ThinkOutside Stowaway that works great.
Another plus is the availability of applications for the Symbian s60 OS.
Overall it's a very good quality full featured phone.
Nice Phone [Posted on 2008-07-31]
This is a really cool phone... And the price was great... I received it really quick, I actually wasn't expecting to get it that fast!
U.S. Version [Posted on 2008-08-15]
hello.so what means us version,can i use that in Europe for example ?
thank you
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