Hello…Nokia? Where’s the N82’s successor?
Perhaps it’s only me in the world that hates sliders and flip phones. Is it?
I had a Nokia N80 for 12 months and towards the end of those twelve long months I despised its very existence and couldn’t wait to get rid of it. As I was looking for a new phone in December 2007 I was desperate not to end up with an N95. I waited a couple of weeks ’til just after Christmas and was rewarded for my patience with the best phone I have ever owned to date; the Nokia N82.
I love monobloc phones. Granted my apparent “love” for monobloc or candybar phones may be because of my aversion to sliders and flips but I just cannot bring myself to buy another slider or flip phone after owning the N80. My brother and cousin both owned N95’s and couldn’t wait to get rid of them towards the end of their contracts either so who knows, maybe it isn’t just me that hates them? There’s no doubt that the N80 and N95 are some people’s idea of great phones but for me, they aren’t. I hate them. Sorry if that upsets you but this is my blog after all. :p
This brings me nicely on to the subject of why I’m writing this blog entry. You may have noticed that I bought my N82 back in December 2007 on an 18 month contract with O2. That contract is due to expire very soon and I admit, the only reason I went with O2 was because they offered the N82 and I also have to admit that their network isn’t the best of the two I’ve used. I was previously an Orange customer but after 10 years they didn’t seem to care that I was going to take my business elsewhere and didn’t see fit to offer me any kind of a deal at all so I waved goodbye to them and got the N82 on O2. To be honest my main gripe with O2 is the notification of an answer phone message. Unlike Orange where you get the answer phone icon, you get sent a text message to tell you. I’m sorry but it’s just piss poor.
Anyway…I have never been disappointed with the N82. It takes the mobile install of Tomtom, Mail for Exchange which works beautifully with Kerio Mailserver and I can get apps like Best Profiles, Yell, MSN Messenger, Google Search, Nokia Maps, Google Maps, Opera, Putty, Handy Clock, Skype, Crypto etc etc etc. The list just goes on and on. Granted most of these same applications can be used on the N95 and the latest N Series phones but the N82 just handles everything I’ve thrown at it and it rarely lets me down having a great battery life.
So, Nokia… my question to you is: Where in the hell is the successor to the N82? Hmm? Why must I choose from sliders, flips and qwerty incarnations? Where are the damned monoblocs man?!
I know what you’re saying: “What about the N79?”
Well, take a look at the specs and you’ll see for yourself. The N79 doesn’t even come close to the N82’s capabilities so why would I buy it as an upgrade to the N82? C’mon Nokia, pull your thumb out and have a decent phone like the N82 somewhere on the horizon for an early Q3 release or, heaven forbid, I may think about getting an iPhone! *Gasp*
-Lewis
I’m having the hardest time trying to find a replacement for my N82. Seems we bought the pinnacle of mobile phones and are doomed to suffer for eternity. There’s nothing out there, nothing.
yup. having the same trouble here . N86 has some improvements but on the downside it has an inferior camera ( no xenon ?? wtf nokia ! ) and also the slide is killing all the apetite to buy it. when do we get improved N82 ??? whheeeeeennn ? plllssss we will pay big cash for it. just bring it on 🙂 .
I’m still a proud owner of N82 despite everyone owning a touch-crap phones..
So, Lewis which phone are you owning now that came close to N82? Is Nokia N8 close enough being the successor? Then again, Symbian OS is much lacking off on the apps market to the bigger players.
I’m afraid I too am now the owner of a touch crap phone but I will admit, I love the HTC Desire as much if not more than I did my N82! The functionality far outstrips the N82 obviously mainly because of the age of the N82 but it can’t compare on battery life – there are no smart phones that can.
Take the leap, get a decent smart phone and you won’t be disappointed.
-Lewis
Yaa, HTC Desire is good.. One of my geek dude is using it to monitor his server stats. What about the camera? I heard it doesn’t capture good quality of photos and doesn’t have macro feature?
What make you bought an Android phone where IOS has tonnes of apps?
I’ve never really put much weight in the camera on a phone to affect my decisions if I’m honest. As long as it takes half decent shots, I don’t mind it. If I want to take photos to keep, I’ll break out my DSLR and take the shots. That said, I’m not unhappy with some of the shots I’ve taken with my HTC Desire.
The main reason I went Android was because it was a more open platform – the fact that Apple retains control over the applications that can go on their phone just smacks of a big brother approach to everything. Their decision to not allow Adobe Flash is silly – what gives a company the right to dictate what someone can do with their own phone? I like the freedom that Android brings – one of my colleagues (also a techy) has decided to get rid of his iPhone for an HTC when his contract is up because he’s jealous that his wife’s phone (an HTC Desire) is better than his! I’d make the recommendation to go for an HTC Desire S now of course.
-Lewis
One of the most expensive mobile phone of that time.