Hi - have been using my N95 for a while now. I admit it's a fantastic phone and since upgrading to V20 have had hardly any problems with it. However - thought I would just list the 5 things that annoy me about the phone. Call it a wish list if you like for future software upgrades (if any) or just take it as my pet hates. If anyone wants to agree/disagree with me fine. Would be interested to see what others think as well. BTW - I am leaving out of the list anything to do with the battery as I charge daily in the car and since V20 have had fewer issues with battery performance.
Top 5 in ascending order - No. 1 highest annoyance!
5. Slider in pocket. frequently comes open and have to use keypad lock
4. C key next to red end key. How many times have you cancelled a text by accident by hitting this key instead of the C key?
3. Closing slider doesn't end call. Aarrgghhhhh!!!
2. Can't send message to last recipient. Why oh why when Series 40 supports this?
1. Camera slides open in pocket. 'nuff said
baconroll wrote:4. C key next to red end key. How many times have you cancelled a text by accident by hitting this key instead of the C key?
I can see you point with some of the above, you know that for 4 - when you "cancel" a text it goes into Drafts and doesn't delete it?
Neil
baconroll wrote:
5. Slider in pocket. frequently comes open and have to use keypad lock
4. C key next to red end key. How many times have you cancelled a text by accident by hitting this key instead of the C key?
3. Closing slider doesn't end call. Aarrgghhhhh!!!
2. Can't send message to last recipient. Why oh why when Series 40 supports this?
1. Camera slides open in pocket. 'nuff said
5. Never seems to happen to me!
4. Happened twice i think, you get used to it and avoid it... but if it does happen, your text is saved in draft messages, you dont need to type it all again!
3. Yeah its wierd they didnt implement this.. maybe they will on future firmwares
2. Send to last recipient? surely you would only send a second text after they replied to your first one, afterwhich you just hit 'Reply', not make a new text and pick contact...
1. again, never had the camera lens slide open.. mine seems to latch well when in either position.
Mine don't get saved in to the draft folder 😞 They just vanish forever. It's quite annoying, particularly if I'm in a hurry, or I've typed out a war and piece manuscript and hit the red button on the last word.
baconroll wrote:Hi - have been using my N95 for a while now. I admit it's a fantastic phone and since upgrading to V20 have had hardly any problems with it. However - thought I would just list the 5 things that annoy me about the phone. Call it a wish list if you like for future software upgrades (if any) or just take it as my pet hates. If anyone wants to agree/disagree with me fine. Would be interested to see what others think as well. BTW - I am leaving out of the list anything to do with the battery as I charge daily in the car and since V20 have had fewer issues with battery performance.Top 5 in ascending order - No. 1 highest annoyance!
5. Slider in pocket. frequently comes open and have to use keypad lock
4. C key next to red end key. How many times have you cancelled a text by accident by hitting this key instead of the C key?
3. Closing slider doesn't end call. Aarrgghhhhh!!!
2. Can't send message to last recipient. Why oh why when Series 40 supports this?
1. Camera slides open in pocket. 'nuff said
5. Usually happens when I'm bringing the phone out of my pocket, never by itself
4. never happened
3. not a problem for me, I like to play sliding up and down while talking 😎
2. install Nokia conversation
1. never happened
And my list:
5. Closing slider doesn't end call.
4. Closing slider doesn't end call.
3. Closing slider doesn't end call.
2. Closing slider doesn't end call.
1. Closing slider doesn't end call.
Happy New Year!
5. Wobbly blooming slider
4. Rubbish battery
3. Constantly updated version of PC Suite (seems like every week a new version is out!)
2. My GPS seems to take forever to lock, even on V20
1. No charging through USB! 🙄
But all the bad points are outweighed by the good:icon14:
But surely,
5., 4. and 2. are just about your particular N95. Mine doesn't have these faults.
3. applies to Nokia generic software - not the N95 alone, so you only have 1. remaining as a fault that is applicable to the N95, and as my N95 is a mobile device, I would worry far more if it did need to be attached to a USB port for very long!
s.
sturgeon wrote:But surely, 5., 4. and 2. are just about your particular N95. Mine doesn't have these faults.
3. applies to Nokia generic software - not the N95 alone, so you only have 1. remaining as a fault that is applicable to the N95, and as my N95 is a mobile device, I would worry far more if it did need to be attached to a USB port for very long!
s.
so no.2 - yours supports last recipient? i've only seen this on series 40 when you select recipient you get the option to send to favourite or last recipient. if you have it on your N95 please tell me where it is - thanks
p.s - my list isn't 'faults' as such just things that annoy me!
baconroll wrote:Hi - have been using my N95 for a while now. I admit it's a fantastic phone and since upgrading to V20 have had hardly any problems with it. However - thought I would just list the 5 things that annoy me about the phone. Call it a wish list if you like for future software upgrades (if any) or just take it as my pet hates. If anyone wants to agree/disagree with me fine. Would be interested to see what others think as well. BTW - I am leaving out of the list anything to do with the battery as I charge daily in the car and since V20 have had fewer issues with battery performance.Top 5 in ascending order - No. 1 highest annoyance!
5. Slider in pocket. frequently comes open and have to use keypad lock
4. C key next to red end key. How many times have you cancelled a text by accident by hitting this key instead of the C key?
3. Closing slider doesn't end call. Aarrgghhhhh!!!
2. Can't send message to last recipient. Why oh why when Series 40 supports this?
1. Camera slides open in pocket. 'nuff said
I can sympathise with you on all points. The amount of times I've slid the slider open or the camera lens open when putting it in my pocket. Its a travesty they didn't implement the slider close ends call, the mind boggles it really does.
sturgeon wrote:But surely, 5., 4. and 2. are just about your particular N95. Mine doesn't have these faults.
3. applies to Nokia generic software - not the N95 alone, so you only have 1. remaining as a fault that is applicable to the N95, and as my N95 is a mobile device, I would worry far more if it did need to be attached to a USB port for very long!
s.
My top 5 annoyances come from owning MY phone, I cannot speak for other people. By reading these and other forums though, it would seem that I am not the only person suffering from these problems that my phone has.
I use PC Suite as part of the experience of owning my N95, hence it is an annoyance at owning an N95 is it not? :con?
As for USB charging, so you think it would be a useless idea if when tethered to a laptop for internet browsing through USB, it could charge the phone as well?
Logan1981 wrote:I can sympathise with you on all points. The amount of times I've slid the slider open or the camera lens open when putting it in my pocket. Its a travesty they didn't implement the slider close ends call, the mind boggles it really does.
Got to agree. I do occasionally close the phone so I can carry on the conversation with it shut but not as often as I would end a call by closing it if it could do that. Why they don't just have an option to do this or not (maybe call it active slide which my bloody 7110 had!) I will never know
@Steve_R,
I think the PC Suite is slowly improving, so I don't mind the updates. It may be that I am lucky with my battery, GPS and slider, or that you are not. Are you using v. 20 firmware? I find that my N95 and a desktop PC are all I need. I have a bluetooth keyboard, an 8 Gb microSD card and an 8" mini monitor that works via the TV out, that I can use in my car or on my boat - anywhere really (if I need a bigger screen, most of the time I don't). You could get a USB charger adaptor thingy if charging is a real hassle!
s.
My number 1 is people moaning about supposed failings in the device which are really rather personal "wants".
None of the things mentioned in the open post have either happened to me or bother me. As to the slider this seems like a rock and a hard place. Imagine the howls of protests from people who disconnected themselves mid call had this function been enabled as a default. If enabled at all it should have been as a personalisation option.
bullroar wrote: If enabled at all it should have been as a personalisation option.
Pretty sure that is what I was "moaning about" 🙄
My No.1 annoyance bar NONE is all the ph**king notifications you get for "diverts active", "keypad unlocked", etc, etc.
Why oh why is there no option to disable them ?
I mean, why do I need to be told my keypad is unlocked when I've just opened the slider - or that I have diverts active ?
They add an extra click and get in the way of agreeable phone usage.
bullroar wrote:My number 1 is people moaning about supposed failings in the device which are really rather personal "wants".
I disagree. I'm not moaning. The N95 is the best handset I've owned, and I've owned Nokia's since the 5110.
bullroar wrote:None of the things mentioned in the open post have either happened to me or bother me.
Good for you. That's not to say the issues don't exist. The amount of people who have replied to the post saying they have the same albeit minor problems, indicates to me its not just the original poster having a pop at the phone for nothing.
bullroar wrote:As to the slider this seems like a rock and a hard place. Imagine the howls of protests from people who disconnected themselves mid call had this function been enabled as a default. If enabled at all it should have been as a personalisation option.
But explain to me, why previous Nokia slider handsets have had the ability to end the call with the slider down? And why the opted to leave it out of the N95?
Also, I fail to see how people would accidently end a call, mid call. Please explain. As it never happened on my 6280 or 7110.
Logan1981 wrote:I disagree. I'm not moaning. The N95 is the best handset I've owned, and I've owned Nokia's since the 5110.Good for you. That's not to say the issues don't exist. The amount of people who have replied to the post saying they have the same albeit minor problems, indicates to me its not just the original poster having a pop at the phone for nothing.
But explain to me, why previous Nokia slider handsets have had the ability to end the call with the slider down? And why the opted to leave it out of the N95?
Also, I fail to see how people would accidently end a call, mid call. Please explain. As it never happened on my 6280 or 7110.
I TOTALLY agree with you Logan.
Bullroar is just trolling, IYAM.
Either that or he just can't take criticism of the phone, for some reason - maybe he takes it as a personal critcism that's somehow of himself.
Who knows ?
But a lot of people react bizarrely to any form of criticism - despite thousands of others having it too.
Not only do I not understand it, I don't understand the mindset of people who try to gag legitimate critical discussion.
Pheonix SZ wrote:
Not only do I not understand it, I don't understand the mindset of people who try to gag legitimate critical discussion.
After 10 years of avid slashdot reading, I too am not much closer to understanding them. My theory is that they become little fan boys and girls because they went out and purchased a piece of kit that they never quite researched properly, nor had quite enough money to comfortably buy. They are too apathetic to make any attempt to correct their problems, so they choose to blind themselves to the obvious with asinine rantings. Unfortunately this attitude is prevalent in people like this right throughout their psyche, it doesn't just bubble up every now and again, it's a constant life drama.
dchky wrote:After 10 years of avid slashdot reading, I too am not much closer to understanding them. My theory is that they become little fan boys and girls because they went out and purchased a piece of kit that they never quite researched properly, nor had quite enough money to comfortably buy. They are too apathetic to make any attempt to correct their problems, so they choose to blind themselves to the obvious with asinine rantings. Unfortunately this attitude is prevalent in people like this right throughout their psyche, it doesn't just bubble up every now and again, it's a constant life drama.
Exactly the reason why I only visit the playstation forums if I am after something specific. Far too many people feel complaints about the console are personal attacks on them!
My point was that many of these things are personal wishes and not, as often portrayed, fundamental flaws. The fact some people post on this forum criticising doesn't mean it is representative of the majority of users of a particular phone. Nor does it necessarily mean that such things be incorporated in the future. I have found ways round most of what I percieve as shortcomings/annoyances because of the inherent built in flexibility of the N95; I no more regard it as perfect than any other electronic device.
It turns out the OP and I agree about it being a personalisation option regarding the slider, that was not clear in the first posting which could have been interpreted otherwise. Some might want this feature I am rather underwhelmed at the prospect, both views have equal validity. It is aslo equally valid in a discussion to have a counter postion: one person says this is an issue for me another says it is not for them.
bullroar wrote:My point was that many of these things are personal wishes and not, as often portrayed, fundamental flaws. The fact some people post on this forum criticising doesn't mean it is representative of the majority of users of a particular phone. Nor does it necessarily mean that such things be incorporated in the future. I have found ways round most of what I percieve as shortcomings/annoyances because of the inherent built in flexibility of the N95; I no more regard it as perfect than any other electronic device.It turns out the OP and I agree about it being a personalisation option regarding the slider, that was not clear in the first posting which could have been interpreted otherwise. Some might want this feature I am rather underwhelmed at the prospect, both views have equal validity. It is aslo equally valid in a discussion to have a counter postion: one person says this is an issue for me another says it is not for them.
You make your point now, which I accept, but in your last post, it came across as 'well I'm alright jack, so quit your moaning' which prompted my response to you.
You're right, it is a personal irritation however just do a Google search for 'N95 slider end call' and see how many people share the same 'personal' irritation.
I think I was just posting because I wanted to build up my number of posts, then have automatic respect with logarithmically increasing reputation points from every single newbee that sees X thousand posts and bows before my greatness.
As if I know everything though! 😊 I'm happy to say I know squat, and have hardly any posts to my odd choice of name.
bullroar wrote:My point was that many of these things are personal wishes and not, as often portrayed, fundamental flaws.But the OP clearly states that they are ANNOYANCES ... the clue's in the title. 🙄
The fact some people post on this forum criticising doesn't mean it is representative of the majority of users
So one has to be in the majority before one can legitimately criticise an annoying shortcoming ?
That's gunna need a lot of polls, isn't it ?
of a particular phone. Nor does it necessarily mean that such things be incorporated in the future. I have found ways round most of what I percieve as shortcomings/annoyances because of the inherent built in flexibility of the N95;
Are we all supposed to drop to our knees in awe ?
I no more regard it as perfect than any other electronic device.
It turns out the OP and I agree about it being a personalisation option regarding the slider, that was not clear in the first posting which could have been interpreted otherwise. Some might want this feature I am rather underwhelmed at the prospect, both views have equal validity.
Your rubbishing of the OP's initial standpoint shows that this is not your real opinion.
It is aslo equally valid in a discussion to have a counter postion: one person says this is an issue for me another says it is not for them.
I still say you took it all as personal criticism.
Your oppositional, belligerent and contrary reply amply demonstrates that.
Dont start Pheonix, or I'll simply delete any posts going offtopic.
did someone say OFF TOPIC??😉
bartmanekul wrote:Dont start Pheonix, or I'll simply delete any posts going offtopic.
aaw be nice I personally enjoy reading these rantings :listen:
better on the net than in real life
Oh and my top annoyance is after paying all this for my phone it still wont make me a nice cup of tea in the morning
Hi all,
Yet again as individuals what is good for some of us annoys others i would hate it if closing the slide ended the call and lets face it hitting the red button to end the call is hardly difficult or time consuming and IMO gives the user greater control not less.
The problems with putting it in your pocket quite simply doesn't effect many of us that put our devices in good qaulity cases that no longer make any of these things problems. So no my slider doesn't open by itself nor does the camera open or the lens cover get scratched.
Same goes for the other alleged problems i have never hit the wrong key and ended what i am doing by accident and really fail to see how someone that uses their devcie without accuracy is suddenly Nokia's fault.
It's like those that complain they can't use the LED as a torch as nowhere does it claim to be a function of a Multimedia smart phone does it.
There really is no perfect device for everyone and doubt there ever will be but some seem to just like to find faults for the sake of it, what ever shortcomings there may be with our devcies they are outweighed by all the positives they bring and IMO if they really bother users that much maybe they should try and find a device that is free from these niggles and good luck with that.
Marc