In part two of our Nokia N93 review Steve looks at the N93 as a smartphone. While the photo and video capabilities get most of the attention it is worth remembering that you will not be using these functions most of the time. In concluding the N93 review Steve delivers our initial verdict on Nokia's multimedia flagship.
Read on in the full article.
Thanks for the part II review! I guess many were waiting for it.
Still some questions:
- any better grasp after 3 week usage of the N93 battery life?
- What about the landscape mode, is it of much used appart from playback?
- The big dilemma: is it worth the 250+ euros you have to pay on top of a N73? I guess for this one we may have to wait your review of N73, when?
Cheers!
>>- any better grasp after 3 week usage of the N93 battery life?
- What about the landscape mode, is it of much used appart from playback?
- The big dilemma: is it worth the 250+ euros you have to pay on top of a N73?
1) Pretty average (couple of days) if you don't use the camera - but then that's the point of the device. With lots of camera/camcorder use, you're down to just about lasting a day, same as with the N90. Not unreasonable though - that big camera must take a lot of juice.
2) As in the review, apart from TV-out use, it can be used with a Bluetooth keyboard to give you a mini-laptop in Notes and other text-based apps.
3) Probably not, but then none of use have seen an N73 yet..... watch this space!!
Steve
slitchfield - "With such a core component as Gallery clearly buggy, it makes summing up the Nokia N93 somewhat problematic, at least in terms of a recommendation to buy" - Thanks for the review. It confirms, for me, that this is not the "special one". For now, an N73, and wait for the next N9x.
I agree about visiting the local service centre (though hopefully download soon) being a requirement. I reckon there are bugs regarding the audio being crackly during video playback. These disappear after a reboot. Plus several crashes where the screen corrupts and fades resulting in a reboot when you attempt anything strenuous in the gallery. Also I had a reboot during a call. To be honest after using the N93 for a couple of weeks I'm not that impressed.
>> The big dilemma: is it worth the 250+ euros you have to pay on top of a N73?
Somehow when I wrote this, I forgot that N73 does not have WLAN... So if, like me, you want the best multimedia/Wifi/camera/camcorder phone, there isn't much alternative: N93 with latest firmware(I am pretty confident we'll soon be able to upgrade N93 firmware via Nokia public website😊.