Nokia N90

[darrensen]

Just wondered what everyone thought about this phone?

Any ideas when it'll be out on Orange?

Cheers

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[nev_payne]

This is the best info. I can find:

http://www.directmobilephones.com/nokia_n90.htm

O2 and Vodafone seem to have dibs on this model, but there is an option on the webpage for Orange - may be availible within the next few weeks perhaps?

[darrensen]

Does anyone think its worth £200 they are asking for with my contract?

[MD]

nope, not when vodafone offered me a 8800 for £150 on a £30 pm tarriff yesterday.....

the N series are stupidly expensive for what they are, if anything, if you look at the handsets coming out now they are all going over the £300 sim free price, it could potentially put the networks on pay for phone systems again, which can only hurt the networks.

matt.

[5lab]

no lense cover and no vibrate mode (cmon! thats standard these days surely??) = no purchase from me

[Aaron]

It's the highest spec PDA-phone on the market by a long, long way.

Highlights:

- Brilliant 352x416 pixel screen (by comparison, the O2 XDA IIs has a 240x320 pixel screen and it's a big PDA!)
- "VHS quality" video recording. You can easily playback the videos at full screen on a TV without being able to tell the source is a mobile phone!
- The only smartphone on the European market with a 2MP camera
- One of the few 3G smartphones on the European market
- Symbian smartphone OS, so lots of software available for it

However, this does come at a price. As mentioned above, there's no vibrate mode and it isn't the smallest of phones.

£200 on a new contract is an insane price too.

[Nemeliza]

Originally Posted by darrensen

Does anyone think its worth £200 they are asking for with my contract?

We had a nokia rep come in my store last week with an N90 and i have to say i was impressed, although its not as small as i was hoping. The screen and camera are just tromendous!
As for no vibrate, i didnt even know that abit of a let down on an otherwise excellent handset.

£200 is steep for any phone as far as im concerned, depends how much money you have to spare...

[darrensen]

I think i'd have to give this phone a miss then. What else would you chaps recommend? I would like the same or near enough the same features as the N90.

[autopilot]

Here is an excellent and very in-depth review of the N90;

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n90-en.shtml

And here is a review of the camara capabilities;

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/...amera-en.shtml

TBH, I'm not that overly impressed with the N90 (based on the above review anyway). The camera is no better than the Sony K750i/W800i and it's a very large phone. This is probably a phone i will be giving a miss.