FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WISH TO KNOW ABOUT THE N73 MUSIC EDITION !
HELLO FRIENDS ,
I HAVE BEEN USING THE NOKIA N73ME FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW , AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT I FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT ! , WELL THERE ARE SOME MINOR PROBLEMS WHICH I FIND , BT NOT VERY SERIOUS THOUGH !!!
FIRST LET ME START OF WITH THE FULL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE N73 MUSICEDITION ...
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| 3G Network | UMTS 2100 | |
| Announced | 2006, April | |
| Status | Available. Released 2006, August |
| Size | Dimensions | 110 x 49 x 19 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 116 g |
| Display | Type | TFT, 256K colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 240 x 320 pixels, 36 x 48 mm | |
| - Downloadable themes - Light sensor |
| Ringtones | Type | Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3 |
|---|---|---|
| Customization | Download | |
| Vibration | Yes | |
| - 3D sound stereo speakers |
| Memory | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
|---|---|---|
| Call records | Detailed, max 30 days | |
| Card slot | miniSD, hot swap, buy memory | |
| - 42 MB user memory - 64 MB SDRAM - ARM 9 220 MHz processor |
| Data | GPRS | Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps |
|---|---|---|
| HSCSD | Yes | |
| EDGE | Class 11, 236.8 kbps | |
| 3G | Yes, 384 kbps | |
| WLAN | No | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v2.0 with A2DP (latest firmware) | |
| Infrared port | Yes | |
| USB | Yes, v2.0, Pop-Port |
| Features | OS | Symbian OS 9.1, S60 3rd edition |
|---|---|---|
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging | |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML | |
| Games | Yes + Java downloadable, order now | |
| Colors | Silver Grey/Deep Plum, Frost White/Metallic Red, Black (Music Edition) | |
| Camera | 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, video(CIF), flash; secondary VGA video call camera | |
| - Java MIDP 2.0 - Push to talk - Video calling and download - MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player - T9 - Stereo FM radio - Voice command/dial - PIM including calendar, to-do list and printing - Document viewer - Photo/video editor - Integrated handsfree |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1100 mAh (BP-6M ) | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | Up to 350 h | |
| Talk time | Up to 6 h |
WELL , THERE YOU HAVE IT , THE FULL SPECIFICATIONS ABOUT THE PHONE , THIS IS FROM THE COMPANYS POINT OF VIEW ..
NOW LET ME GET ON TO THE USERS PONT OF VIEW (MINE ;) )
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I FELT ABOUT THE PHONE AFTER USING IT !
BATTERY
LIKE ALL OTHER NOKIA HANDSETS THIS PHONE CAN REALLY STAND UP IN TERMS ON BATTERY LIFE , IT CAN PLAY 22 HOURS NON STOP MUSIC , AND YOU DONT HAVE TO RECHARGE IT AS MUCH AS THE SONY ERICSSON PHONES WHICH SUCKS THE BATTERY DRY IN HOURS ... AND I HAVE FELT THAT THE ACTUAL TALK TIME OF THE PHONE IS FAR GREATER THAN WHAT NOKIA SPECIFIED (I MAY B WRONG ) . BT I HAVE USED IT TO TALK FOR 8-9 HRS STRAIGHT ( IT MAYBE BECAUSE OF MY NETWORK ) , STILL PRETTY IMPRESSIVE !!!
THEY SAID IT TAKES AROUND 1- 1.5 HRS TO RECHARGE THE PHONE , BUT IT TAKES ME AROUND 35-40 MINS WHEN I PLUG IT IN :) .
I RATE IT A 10 /10 FOR BATTERY LIFE ,CAUSE NO OTHER PHONE CAN STAND THIS LONG
(BE SURE TO CHARGE IT FOR 6 HRS STRAIGHT AFTA BUYING THE PHONE . THEY ARE NOT LYING ,IF YOU DONT , THE BATTERY LIFE WOULD DECRESE AND THEN DONT GO RUNNING AROUND BLAMING NOKIA )
CAMERA
THE MOST EXCELLENT 3.2 MP CAMERA YOU CAN FIND !!! IT SURE IS !!!
THE CARL ZEISS TESSAR LENS ARE NOT JUST FOR SHOW , YOU CAN SEE THE CLARITY !
THE PICTURES YOU TAKE WITH THE PHONE ARE GREAT INDEED !!!
BUT THIS PHONE CANT BE USED TO TAKE PICTURES ON A FLASH .. BY THAT I MEAN TAKING PICTURE AT AN INSTANT . THE CAMERA TAKES ABOUT 3-4 SECONDS TO LOAD , IT IS BECAUSE YOUR PHONE IS A COMPUTER (Symbian OS 9.1, S60 3rd edition) AND IT USES US ALOT OF MEMORY TO START THE CAMERA . AND THE TIME TO LOAD THE CAMERA MAY INCREASE IF U START PACKING THE PHONE WITH USELESS APPLICATION .
BUT THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM CAUSE THE PICTURE QUALITY WOULD COMPENSATE FOR THE LOST TIME :p ...
AND AN OTHER THING IS THAT THIS PHONE HAS GOT A FLASH , NOT A XENON FLASH , BUT A NORMAL ONE , IT CAN BE TURNED OFF BY THE WAY , RUMORS ARE THERE THAT THE FLASH CANT BE TURNED OFF , WELL FRIENDS , THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR TURNING THE FLASH ON /OFF / REDEYE CANCELATION /AUTOMATIC .
THE FLASH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR TAKING PICTURES AT NIGHT , BUT UPTO A SHORT DISTANCE OF 2 MRS(LESS) . AFTER THAT THE PICTURE QUALITY MAY DECREASE !
AND THE THING I HAVE NOTICED IS THAT THE VIDEO CAMERA OF THIS PHONE IS SUPERB , YOU CAN RECORD IN MP4 FORMAT AS WELL AS THE NORMAL 3GP FORMAT , I WOULD CHOOSE MP4 FOR CLARITY AND SIZE , AND THE AUDIO WHICH IS RECORDED ALONG WITH THE VIDEO IS SUPERB . I JUST LOVE THE AUDIO OF THE VIDEO MORE :p CAUSE IT GIVES A 3D EFFECT !
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU CANT USE IT TO TAKE VIDEOS AT NIGHT , EVEN THOUGHT THE FLASH WOULD TURN ON , NOTHING COULD BE ACTUALLY SEEN ,
"I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE LENS GUARD SCRATCHES THE PANEL OF THE LENS ITSLEF .WHEN YOU OPEN IT AND CLOSE IT . IT CANT BE PREVENTED , THE MORE YOU OPEN THE COVER , THE MORE SCRATCHES ARE MADE !!! "
THE VGA CAMERA ON THE FRONT GIVES NICE PICTURES ON DAYLIGHT , BUT AT NIGHT ITS USELESS , AND ITS ACTUALLY MADE FOR VIDEO CALLING , ITS NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT , NICE VGA INDEED , PRETTY MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOTOROLA VGA'S ON SALE . :p
AHH .. WELL MOVING ON !!
FOR THE CAMERA (3.2 MP CATOGORY) I RATE IT A 7/10 . CAUSE OF THE POOR VIDEO QUALITY AT NIGHT , AND FOR THE POOR FLASH PERFORMANCE !!!
AUDIO
WELL SUPERIOR SOUND ! UNRIVALED IN ITS CLASS!! 3 STERIO SPEAKERS (OR 2 )
BUT I HAVE HEARD COMMENTS THAT THE PHONE LACKS SOUND QUALITY !! THAT IS NOT TRUE , CAUSE THOSE WHO ARE SPREADING THE RUMORS MITE OF HEARD A LOW BITRATE SONG , OR PERHAPS THEY LEFT THE LOUDENSS OPTION "ON " . THAT CAN HAMPER THE QUALITY . BT TO TELL YOU , IT'S QUIET A SHOCKER !! GR8 SOUND !!
AND THERE ARE OPTIONS IN THE MUSIC EDITION TO TURN ON "STERIO WIDENING" ON /OFF !!
AND PLUS YOU CAN ADD 3D EFFECT TO YOUR RINGTONES WITH THE BUILD IN APPLICATION THAT LETS YOU CONTROL THE WAY THE RINGTONE SOUNDS :) .
AND SOME SAY THE HEAD PHONES ARE WEAK , WELL NOT EXACTLY !! THEY ARE REALLY OF HIGH QUALITY , AND THE PROBLEM IS THE HEAD PHONES DOSNT PROVIDE THAT MUCH LOUDNESS !!
WELL THE REAL POWER OF THE HEAD PHONES CAN BE HEARD IF YOU TURN THE MEDIA PLAYER ON WHILE ON A CALL , THE SOUND DOUBLES THE MAXIMUM !!! :) .
I DONT KNOW HOW , BUT I AM SEARCHING FOR A WAY TO DO THAT WITHOUT MAKING A CALL :p !! ILL LET YOU KNOW WHN I FIND SOMETHING :).
FOR THE SOUND I RATE IT A 9/10 .
SPEED
THE PHONE RUNS ON A (Symbian OS 9.1, S60 3rd edition) OPERATING SYSTEM SO TECHNICALLY SPEAKING THE PHONE ITSELF IS A COMPUTER !!
WELL IT HAS
64 MB OF RAM !
42 MBS OF INTERNAL MEMORY AND
ARM 9 220 MHz processor
SOME SAY THAT THE PHONE IS REALLY SLOW ,
BUT NOT TRUE , PEOPLE WHO USED JAVA PHONES IN THE PAST MIGHT THINK ITS SLOW ,
BUT FRIENDS , ITS NOT , YOU MAKE IT SLOW BY ADDING ALOT OF APPLICATIONS IN IT , THE PHONE IS NOT SLOW , YOU MAKE IT SLOW , SO JUST BLAME YOURSLEF AND NOT THE PHONE .
AND FRIENDS YOU CAN STORE UNLIMITED NUMBERS /CONTACTS / MESSAGES ON THE PHONE , AND LIKE NORMAL PHONES IT DOSNT ASK YOU TO DELETE THEM .
SOME PEOPLE SAYS THE PHONE HANGS , IT NEVER HUNG WHEN I WAS USING IT ,
IT HAS A MUCH FASTER OS .. SYMIAN S60 3RD EDITION IS MUCH FASTER THAN ITS BROTHERS !
I RATE IT A 7/10 FOR ITS PERFORMANCE AND SPEED .
STYLING
WELL GOOD LOOKING PHONE , I AM NOT SAYING IT HAS LOOKS TO KILL FOR BUT ABOVE AVERAGE LOOKS . WELL IT COMPENSATES FOR ITS LOOKS WITH ITS STUNNING FEATURES .
THE KEYPAD ON THE PHONE IS REALLY SMALL . NOT TOO SMALL , BUT YOU CANT GET THAT SPEED WHILE TYING A MESSAGE CAUSE U TEND TO PRESS MORE DAN A KEY AT A TIME .
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY NOKIA LEFT A SMALL GAP BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND THE KEYPAD , WHY DIDNT THEY INCREASE THE SCREEN SIZE OR THE KEYPAD ! INSTEAD THEY LEFT IT OPEN AS FREE SPACE . ERR ..
PRETTY MUCH NOTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT THE STLYE OF THE PHONE , AND ITS NOT THAT BULKY AS U C IN PICTURES ,IT LOOKS FAT :p .. HEHE !!!
WELL I RATE IT A 6/10 FOR STLYE .
CONNECTIVITY
THE PHONE OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF WAYS TO SEND / RECIVE DATA .
BLUETOOTH : THE BLUETOOTH ADAPTER ON THE PHONE HAS THE LATEST FIRMWARE . SO ITS PRETTY DARN FAST ! YOU CAN EVEN USE THE PHONE IN "REMOTE SIM MODE"
INFRARED : THE INFRARED ON THE PHONE IS FAST FOR DATA TRANSFER , THE PORT IN LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE PHONE , BUT THERE IS THIS SMALL PROBLEM , THE INFRARED CAN ONLY BE TURNED ON , IT CANNOT BE TURNED OFF .THERE IS NO SUCH OPTION . IF U CLICK ON THE INFRARED OPTION , IT TURNS ON , AND IF U CLICK IT AGAIN , IT SAYS " INFRARED ALREADY ON " . I THINK NOKIA TURNS THE INFRARED OF BY ITESLF AFTER SOME IDLE TIME , AND BECAUSE OF THE HUGE AMOUNT OF JUICE IN THE BATTERY . IT WONT MATTER IF U LEAVE IT ON FOR A WHILE :) .
USB PORT : THEY PROVIDE THE DATA CABLE ALONG WITH THE PHONE !!
AND UNLIKE THE SONYERICSSON DATACABLES NOKIA CABLES WONT BREAK EASILY . ITS STAYS ROCK HARD CAUSE ITS SUPPORTED BY A METALIC COAT ! THE USB ON THE OTHER HAND IS A SAFE MODE OF TRANSFERRING DATA ! AND STABLE 1 TOO :) . WITH A PC THAT IS .
FOR CONNECTIVITY THE PHONE GETS A 9/10 RATING
WELL THAT ENDS MY REVIEW
LET ME END IT OFF WITH THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES I FOUND IN ORDER !!
DISADVANTAGES
- THE PHONE HAS A SCREEN GUARD THAT PROTECTS IT FROM SCRATCH , BUT THE SCREEN GUARD ITSELF GETS SCRATED GIVING IT A BAD APPEARENCE , THE SCREEN GUARD IS UNDETECTABLE UNTILL AND UNLESS YOU LOOK CLOSE . SO EVERY1 THINKS U SCRATCHED THE SCREEN
- THE CAMERA COVER FORCES THE CAMERA PANEL TO GET SCRATCHED !!!
- BAD FLASH , NOT GOOD FOR TAKING VIDEOS AT NIGHT
- THE SOUND RECORDED RECORDS ONLY 1 MINUTE OF SOUND , DEN SAVES IT , :(.SO PRETTY MUCH USELESS
- THE KEYPAD IS TOO SMALL !
"THE PHONE HAS ALOT OF ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER PHONES IN ITS CLASS LIKE THE , SONYERICSSON K790 , K800 , K810 .(JAVA PHONES )"
I BAUGHT IT FOR 13000 IN JUNE 2008 IN INDIA !!! THE PRICE WONT COME DOWN THAT EASILY FOR THIS ROYAL PHONE !!
IT IS CONSIDORD THE BEST OF N SERIES BY SOME , BUT THAT CHANGED WHEN THE NOKIA N95 8GB WAS INTRODUCED IN THE MARKET !
BUT STILL IT TOPS THE N SERIES LIST OF GOOD PHONES N95 , N82 , N73M ,N73 N70 M , N70
THE PHONE COMES IN WITH A WOOPING 2 GB MEMORY CARD !!KEWL !!
HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY REVIEW , ND I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TO GET THIS PHONE IF U ARE LOOKING FOR FEATURES !
GOOD LUCK !
VIDEOS TO N73 MUSIC EDITION !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIolsGkxgec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sICl0MbOKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAY0G56CxeU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5PqJPzlDrc
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