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Reviewer: Zac - Capetown, South Africa
Date: 29th Apr 2008

It is a great phone, I love the design & it has a wonderfull camera. I should know because I have had this phone for about 7 months now!

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Reviewer: Andrew H - UK
Date: 21st Apr 2008

I was very disappointed with this phone. This phone is big & ugly, in the sun the light reflects off your face, the camera is okay but not what I paid for, the buttons are awful to use, & it is an overall waste of money. After one month of havoc, I returned it & brought a cheaper Samsung g600 which is much more user friendly & much better, down to each feature.

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Reviewer: Gav - UK
Date: 21st Apr 2008

In theory this phone has almost everything, but in practice, really not much.

The main reason I bought it was for the GPS, but it takes so long to get a fix (even with AGPS), that it barely makes it worthwhile. The last 2 times I've tried it took about 8 minutes & 15 minutes respectively to get a fix, both on open ground in good weather (walking, not driving).

The camera is pretty good, but not as good as the 3.2 MP one on my old Sony Ericsson K800i (great phone, only replaced due to broken screen).

The Wi-Fi & Bluetooth are handy, & the Bluetooth is great for easy synching with your PC, I do like the Nokia 'Life blog' software.

The camera, GPS, Wi-Fi & now keyboard all malfunctioned at separate times during the first month with the phone. Phone currently in for repair to try & resolve these.

This isn't a bad phone, but it feels like it just hasn't been finished properly. I wouldn't mind the fact that it's a bit big & ugly if everything worked as it should, but unfortunately it just doesn't.

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Reviewer: Sir Nizam - UK
Date: 15th Apr 2008

Great phone but rubbish design.

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Reviewer: Stevie - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Date: 11th Apr 2008

Well I am a guy & guys tend to have largish hands, especially Europeans. This phone although packed with useful features, excellent Wi-Fi, good camera it is essentially unusable. Really, go in the shop & try. The buttons are horizontal lines, very difficult to press except for using the nails of your fingers not the finger skin area. If you use the phone one handed & use your thumb to text then this phone is impossible. If you use your nails then why not the small circular keys of the Sony Ericsson K810?

Why do Nokia flaw all their phones with some major issue.

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Reviewer: Lea - Pretoria, South Africa
Date: 11th Apr 2008

This Nokia N82 is PERFECT! So much better than the N73, K850i & the Samsung G800!

DESIGN.
I personally love it, different but in a good way. It has a mirror front with great quality screen. Plus it looks like a real digital camera from the back.

FEATURES.
WOW. The Nokia N82 has it all. The camera is way better than my digital camera which is 7.2 megapixels! With the Xenon flash you can take superb photos in an absolutely dark room with no lights! The Nokia N82 5 megapixel camera phone is now my digital camera. The MP3 is also a great feature & it has great sound. All the music I listen is loud & clear. The GPS is also cool & helpful, BRAVO Nokia!

USABILITY.
It's easy to use, the keypad isn't that bad & it's really a fast phone. Not some stupid touch screen buttons like the Sony Ericsson K850i.

I recommend the Nokia N82 for everyone! (P.S MUCH better than the Nokia N95 8GB).

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Reviewer: Resul - Zanjan, Azerbaijan
Date: 30th Mar 2008

Bravo Nokia.

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Reviewer: Tony Nemenzo - Peru
Date: 28th Mar 2008

Although, it is a great phone, because of its 5 megapixel camera & a xenon flash, its design is ugly because of its colour. It's like a can goods without a wrapper. Its design makes it an ordinary phone to me.

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Reviewer: Yobbo - Saudi Arabia
Date: 20th Mar 2008

GREAT PHONE FROM NOKIA WITH HIGH QUALITY.

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Reviewer: Deba Ynallego - Caracas, Venezuela
Date: 19th Mar 2008

You can compare this N82 with any other mobile phone, but there's no way. This is the best one I had in my hands. All the features are as I expected & the usability is absolutely complete & easy to carry on. In reference to design, & the way it looks, it is fantastic, of course, this is the way I liked a phone, & Nokia did it again.

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Reviewer: Mark - UK
Date: 17th Mar 2008

Rubbish, don't get it! I have had 3 of them in 2 weeks, software problems 10 times worse than N73. Looks alright but that's as far as it goes!

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Reviewer: Dillon - London, UK
Date: 6th Mar 2008

This phone certainly looks good & has a lot of features but I personally would not buy it. It is a good phone though.

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Reviewer: Charley - UK
Date: 24th Feb 2008

I love this phone. I had the N73 & I was getting to the point where it nearly got chucked out of the window as it had so many software problems. I love the look of the phone, its geeky, not sleek like say a Samsung but for what it lacks in looks it make up for in toys. I love the camera & MP3 player. The GPS is a great & there are no more arguments over who gets the laptop as I can now browse wireless on the phone. The only downside is the teeny buttons for dialling & texting. My male mate couldn't get his chunky fingers round the keyboard very well.

All in all it does what it says on the tin. A quality phone with everything you could wish for. Well apart from it can't open a bottle of wine on demand but we can't have everything eh?

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Reviewer: Poppy - UK
Date: 19th Feb 2008

Had this phone about 6 weeks & love the features, yes it's big & a little ugly but, the camera is better than my digital one it's easy to use & if I can download the pictures then anyone can! The music is clear & easy to get on it. It's also one of the loudest phones I've had so I can hear it ring, easy to send texts, altogether great, I LOVE IT, but the looks could be improved.

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Reviewer: Seyyed Rassool - Azerbaijan
Date: 9th Feb 2008

I bought this nice phone 1 month ago & I am very pleased of it. BRAVO Nokia.

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Reviewer: Matthew - UK
Date: 31st Jan 2008

This is just an old brick phone with difficult keys to press on & when it's sunny it just reflects the sun right in your face : (.

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Reviewer: Sim Girl - Market Harborough, UK
Date: 31st Jan 2008

This phone has a wow factor of 10 out of 10. Since I managed to get my hands on this beauty I cannot put it down. It's so nice to surf the web from my comfortable sofa using Wi-Fi technology & knowing its free surfing. The N82 allows you to surf standard web pages as well as WAP pages. I tend to log onto Facebook frequently & it's just like being on my laptop.

The N82 is perfect for photography, I don't have to keep hunting for my digital camera each time I want to take a picture. Uploading my pictures from my phone was quick & easy & I was so impressed with the quality. Sharp crisp colourful photos. Brilliant.

Now even a bigger bonus, a video camera that takes actual video quality movies. Awesome. I filmed my little boy playing & later played the video back through the TV using the supplied video lead that comes with the phone. I couldn't believe this video was coming from a phone.

I am so impressed with the N82 but then I decided to play some MP3 tracks through my headphones. My last phone was a Sony Ericsson W910i & I thought the Walkman was good quality, but the N82 sound quality was breathtaking.

So let's see, I have a web browser, a 5 mega pixel camera, a Video camera, & a high quality MP3 player all in one neat phone & that's just a few of the many features. Oh & isn't the Sat Nav just brilliant. So now I need never get lost.

I know some people find the N82 a little bulky & not as pretty as a flower, but come on guys this phone is packed with so many features & just does everything perfectly.

I am so pleased with this phone. It's brilliant!

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Reviewer: Kolapo - Lagos, Nigeria
Date: 28th Jan 2008

I GOT THIS PHONE A MONTH A GO.TO BE FRANK the PHONE IS EXCELLENT.I HAVE USED Sony Ericsson K700, K750, K800 & FOUND THEM TO BE DURABLE WITH GOOD FEATURES TOO. MY K800 IS BEING USED NOW BY MY WIFE NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH BUT COMPARED WITH N82, I THINK the Nokia N82 IS HIGHER IN EVERY WAY IN TERMS OF the CAMERA, SOUND, Internet FACILITIES SCREEN SIZE ETC.

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Reviewer: Mobile Junkie - Market Harborough, UK
Date: 26th Jan 2008

Wow. What can I say, the Nokia N82 is a super phone!

Many months ago I purchased a Nokia N95 & was very disappointed with the way this phone performed & sadly I had to hand it back to the phone shop with the illusion that Nokia had released this phone in too much of a hurry without giving it proper development. Well it seems they have listened to everyone's complaints & released the N95 8G & N82 to prove to the world they can come up with a market leader.

The N82 is fantastic, with a nice large display & excellent resolution. Inside this phone is a powerhouse that just throbs with awesome software. Using the latest Symbian programming Nokia have really done their homework.

For starters, the Sat Nav has been given a workover & now performs much faster in logging on to those sats in the sky. The music machine in this phone is awesome, it comes with nice styled headphones. The headphones are a new design & now all the wires are covered in a snap proof flexible shield & a support hangs over the back of the neck & the ear pieces just pop into the ear without them dragging out every time to turn your head.

The music quality is fantastic & well above my expectations. I have listened to a lot of good Sony Walkmans & the N82 just leaves them standing in quality of sound.

The Wi-Fi facility works without a hitch. My Wireless router was a real problem with my N95 but now my N82 just keeps connected with no problems. While we are on the subject of Internet, On the Nokia website you can download a lot of freebie programs for the Nokia N range of mobiles, & one of which is very good. Try the Internet Radio program, which can either be used via your GSM network or better still through Wi-Fi connection. There are so many radio stations World Wide it would take you months to go through them all.

The 5 megapixel camera is as good as ever & also the Video camera is outstanding. Using all the functions of the N82 is straightforward & with so many it would take me a long time to go through them all.

My advice is give this phone a try & you won't be disappointed, I am very choosy when it comes to mobile phones, however the Nokia N82 has completely won me over.

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Reviewer: Rudi - UK
Date: 24th Jan 2008

This is truly the most feature packed phone available on the market today, Wi Fi, N Gage, 5MP camera & all the works, in terms of features, this is truly a complete phone, second to none.

The main downside to this otherwise masterpiece is that I find it pretty ugly & bulky.

Got my N82 stolen a couple of days ago & plan to replace it with the much sleeker but relatively lacking E51.

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Reviewer: Max - United Arab Emirates
Date: 21st Jan 2008

Really cool phone but it's a big old girl. However the camera is totally awesome. I had a N73 which I loved but the camera is lousy at night with its LCD flash. The N82 has totally sorted this problem. In fact, you can safely leave your digital camera at home now. So yes it's a big phone but much smaller than carrying two devices on a night out.

In a nutshell, only buy this phone if you love taking photos & videos. If you love facebook, you so need this phone. This phone will totally deliver on photography. There are other Nokia products which do pretty much the same in terms of calendar, tasks, MP3, Wi Fi blah blah.

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Reviewer: Psychomania - Lancs, UK
Date: 17th Jan 2008

The N82 is great! I've been using it for nearly a month, installed tons of apps & it still hasn't crashed, locked up or randomly rebooted like a lot of Smartphones do.

I love the design, although other hate it (a bit like marmite really). The operating system is faster & smoother compared to the N95 or N95 8GB. Its best feature is its camera. The colour quality is amazing & the xenon flash makes a massive difference in low light.

I would recommend this phone to anyone who wants a great all round Smartphone with the current best camera.

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Reviewer: Victoria - Birmingham, UK
Date: 16th Jan 2008

Hi, Can anyone tell me please what the battery life is like? On review websites it says 4 hours which is rubbish! I am planning to buy this one for my birthday in 2 weeks & want to get a good deal.

What is better, Sony Ericsson K800i or this?

What the camera is like? How often do you need to recharge Nokia N82? Please help!

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Reviewer: Kelly - UK
Date: 9th Jan 2008

I've just got this phone & I think it is brilliant, the keys are quite small but they need to be for the screen size, or the phone would be bigger, you can tell when you have pressed the keys. This is definitely better than the N95 8GB version. Get this, a best buy!

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Reviewer: Ruhela - London, UK
Date: 27th Dec 2007

My cousin has the N95, which was the wow factor then, but now I think this new Nokia N82 is a much better phone. Looks wise N95, but the rest N82.

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Reviewer: Mohd Raihaan - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Date: 25th Dec 2007

Cool phone.

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Reviewer: Jerry S - Portugal
Date: 25th Dec 2007

The good, it has a great xenon flash, 5MP camera, a great MP3 player & wifi!

The bad, this phone has some bad things! Let's begin with the design! What looks great in photo, looks awful in hands, yes, this phone is pretty big, a little ugly & it's completely plastic, yes, what looks metal in the photo it's an horrible material! For a phone that costs 600 Euro's it looks a cheap one in hand, or an old one!

Conclusion, this is a phone with everything! It could be a great alternative for people who want all in one (like n95) & don't want a slide phone. But not everything is as good as it likes!

I've expected much more from Nokia & from this phone, it's a completely disappointment, will be forgotten soon!

Final score is 72.

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Reviewer: Sanket Prabhu - Mumbai, India
Date: 24th Dec 2007

Hello friends Season Greetings to all & have a great holiday ahead. I bought this beauty from Alpha Market (Huge & famous mobile phone Market in Mumbai, India) for 24700INR (Indian Rupees). Previously n95 8GB fascinates me but no camera protection & key slider was disappointing. So I decided to wait until new year, around 2008's 2nd quarter so that Nokia will launch its new phone range. Recently my friend told me about n82, more than the model & platinum body. Camera shutter, Xenon flash, 5MP camera with Carl Ziess optics attracted me. So I changed my mind & bought this phone.

In India N Series lot. But since I'm using this phone last 2 weeks I feel N82 comes to succeed it & become the most affordable of feature loaded Nokia camera phones, with its xenon flash which is superior compared to LED flash & it's the main feature which is attention grabber of buyers & divert their mind to buy this handset instead of n95 (8GB). In India Nokia have made lot of promotion through big banners in shopping malls to pop up ads in print & Internet media, n95 (8GB) holding the flagship for Nokia everywhere, but I assure all of you that n82 will break this ha ha & win the market competition with its great features. Another good thing about this phone is camera lens cover (camera shutter) which is necessity for me. I am Insurance guy & need to travel a lot on daily basis so can't carry delicate handsets in my pocket. While saying this, the product sales guy said this phone has scratch proof body I don't know how much its true or its marketing gimmick, that only time will tell.

The microSD slot of the phone has a neat plastic cap but the other two apertures aren't covered in any way, which somewhat spoils this particular side view. With N82 signal reception is just what you would expect in a high end Nokia phone, simply flawless. The vibration is also strong enough to make sure you never miss an incoming call or message. The phone offers brilliant speaker quality & the sound during calls is very clear & without any interferences.

Using the reliable S60 platform & the latest 9.2 version of the Symbian OS, Nokia N82 uses an innovative 3D multimedia menu with sensitive content & accelerometer sensor for auto rotate. Also Nokia N82 offers support for Nokia web services available through Ovi, including the Nokia Music Store, NGage games & Nokia Maps.

Main disadvantages, Controversial design & questionable ergonomics, No RDS for the FM radio, Below average GPS performance, Extra charges apply for voice assisted navigation, No office documents editing application & doesn't charge off USB. N Series line up & while it certainly lives up to that title, it doesn't look like one.

P.S. For Indians it's better to wait May 2008 as chances of n82 music edition launch with 4GB card is there. So phone will become value for money.

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Reviewer: Steveo - UK
Date: 23rd Dec 2007

The N82 is what the N95 should have been. The camera is amazing & the results are better than most proper digital cameras! It has a love hate design but it is so well built compared to other Smartphones. It is a great all round performer & IMO has put the N95 in its grave.

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Reviewer: Mo - Doolish, UK
Date: 23rd Dec 2007

Had a k800 which I can honestly say was possibly the best phone I ever had. It just pipped it when it came to my old N70. I bought my new N82 off eBay. It's the bomb! The BEST as they say & the video you can take is truly spectacular! I haven't had anything this good before!

Buy buy buy! You will not be upset!

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Reviewer: Sugar - UK
Date: 20th Dec 2007

I had a Sony Ericsson handset & was due an upgrade.

I wanted to go for a 5 megapixel camera phone & the obvious choice was the new Sony 850i, however, I did not like the look of it or the keypad, so I went for the brand new Samsung g800 photographer phone instead. Having got home I tested it as much as I could.

The camera was awful, every picture I took was blurred. I tried all the settings but to no avail. Not only that but the phone was hard to use, heavy & long winded.

I took it back & asked to cancel my upgrade. They offered me the Nokia n95 which I have heard has terrible battery life, & the new Ericsson which I almost succumbed to until a customer in the shop began telling me how awful it was. She was bringing hers back!
I was told I couldn't & they gave me the new Nokia n82 to try.

This phone is absolutely phenomenal.

Its user friendly, intelligent & most of all the pictures are crystal clear & professional.

The video is outstanding, & no blurring!

There is a standard minijack so you can connect the handset to any hi-fi unit.

The sound quality is fantastic & loud. The handset also has stereo speakers!

After falling in love with this phone, there was one major problem.

I couldn't get my Mac to recognize it. This would have been huge problem for me but luckily after checking the Nokia website for support advice & a software update, I am now fully synced up.

This phone is the bee's knees & I am only just discovering what it can do.

I strongly recommend it to everyone.

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Reviewer: Pete - Cheshire, UK
Date: 17th Dec 2007

This is the phone, one day others will follow until then Nokia rules. The ONE.

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Reviewer: Pason - London, US
Date: 11th Dec 2007

This one is a good mobile, nice flash & good camera.

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Reviewer: Grabejud - Singapore
Date: 11th Dec 2007

Have been using this phone for almost 3 weeks now, the buttons might be the least I liked about the phone. It's really a snappy phone, I would consider it as my everyday camera phone especially with its xenon flash which is superior compared to LED flash. Just my unit has 3 stuck pixels on it which is so small that is hardly noticeable, don't if a firmware update will fix it.

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Reviewer: Peter - Leeds, UK
Date: 9th Dec 2007

It's too good, really nice phone.

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Reviewer: Ali - US
Date: 7th Dec 2007

BEST PHONE YET.

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Reviewer: Toni - UK
Date: 6th Dec 2007

Rubbish go for LG viewity a million times better.

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Reviewer: Kiran Kulkarni - Mumbai, India
Date: 4th Dec 2007

N-Series phone in startup.

The 5MP camera with lens cover is also very fast compare to N95. With Xenon Flash it is the best phone ever for night shootout. But the appearance is not really very good. The keypad is very small with invisible button labels, Small Screen (2.4') for gps Navigation, no remote control functions for headset.

I think buyers will love this beauty! (n82) only for its features.

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Reviewer: Foxtax - Hong Kong
Date: 3rd Dec 2007

I have just got the N82 & still getting to use all the functions. My initial reaction is it has a classy feel to it & slightly heavy compared with most other models available in the market but this is to be expected for the extra features packed into a small package. The screen display is good & clear even in bright light. The shots taken in the daylight showed very good resolution & is definitely a great improvement from those taken by my previous Nokia N80. These are early days yet & still have to check out the gps & music player functions. So far I am happy with it.



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