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N96 - Worst phone ever made. |
Cycovision
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(the satnav was) frequently crashing the phone and constantly gave wrong directions.
Blimey, there's definitely no improvement from the N95 in that department then!
I like the idea of a phone with built in sat-nav, because frankly I don't need it often enough to warrant buying a dedicated sat-nav unit but it would be a useful feature for me.
Thanks for the tip-off, my next upgrade will most certainly not be a N96!
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Tsepz_GP
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I cant agree completely,the N96 is almost like the whole N93 scenario, they introduced new hardware with the N93, they knew it wouldnt sell and so made a N73 which was cheaper, now they made N96 to test this new hardware and N85/N79 as well as 5800xm for the masses, and look how well the latter is doing. The general chipset of N96 is an oldish ARM9 architecture STMicroelectronics CPU, it maxs out at 392mhz,but brings excellent video technology, and im sure Nokia realised it ate a lota power at above 300mhz so they underclocked it and compromised the speed, either way N96 was never going to be that great unless they had put in a larger batt and clocked that CPU a little higher. Its simply an overpriced public prototype IMO and unfortunetly many paid a lot to get their hands on it. Agree with what Boinng said.
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Im not saying Nokia are bad i like Nokia but no longer as much as i love SE  But Nokia releasing a phone which they knew was going to be that bad and letting people sign upto contracts to get it is bad. People are then stuck with a phone that Nokia knew was crap. Very bad.
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I'm quite suprised that people in this thread are SUPRISED that the N96 is so bad, I thought this was common knowledge now?
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There gotta be a better way to let our voices be heart. The entire world is going downhill, because of compnies don't give a crap about the customers anymore and are only concerned about the bottom line. In todays world things should get easier not harder. It is like in the Matrix (the movie), but instead of being hooked up as a battery compnies trying to hook up to your wallet, regardless of the end result. Greed is a powerfull motivator. 
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Indeed its all money money money
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Yes, the n96 is very very slow, laggy and restars every now and then, but its only in the beginning when it still caches files. But later on it gets fast, faster than n95 in menu speed, contacts and even cetain application. However, its video performance is really poor, it does not have a 3d hard ware accelerator, it lags when i play snakes!
But seeing your problem , it could be the software problem. Backup your contacts and stuff and then, enter *#7370# from standby and put ur security code when asked. It will do a soft reset.. and then wait for a week or so, and then hopefully it should run well. I use a2dp of my n96 everyday to connect with sony ericsson mbs 100. It does not go too loud, as when paired with SE phone, but it works pretty well. But i did notice that, it wouldnt work well with a2dp headphones, and the music would frequently cut off(which was last year).
Havent tried it again, after updating tho.
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Daedalus85
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On 2009-04-22 23:41:00, Bonovox wrote:
Indeed its all money money money
It's a reccession, OF COURSE it's all money money money.
Right now, companies have got to look after themselves first or else they might not be there in 12 months time. Would you rather your mobile phone had a few fixable faults here and there, or would you rather 1000's of people lost their jobs and Nokia went bust completely?
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It has a Video Accelerator, but yes no Graphics Accelerator, those are two diff hardware, the N95 had both, although its video accelerator wasnt as powerful.
The rest of the N96 hardware is just a complete letdown.
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@GUCCI.011
Well if you put it that way, I'll have to agree. About a priced-down N95, isn't N85 exactly something like that? |
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Exactly what i meant in last page, N85 is what any ex N95 user should go for,its for the masses,and even includes some extra features over the N96 like an FM Transmitter, USB Charging (a 1st for NOKIA ladies and gentleman  ), touch navi wheel (like N81), ARM11 369mhz CPU, 1200mAh battery, OLED display, improved fp2 UI etc. . .all in a smaller and cheaper package, N79 as well offers similar features in candy bar form,yet also very well priced, NOKIA figured the N96 wouldnt do well before putting it out i suspect, just like their other DVB-H phones: N77 and N92, funny enough the latter uses the predecessor of N96 CPU, so they must have some type of deal with STMicroelectronics.
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I considered N85 and N82 before purchasing C905, but since the black N82 is very rare and N85 wasn't available yet (both conditions probably apply only to my country), I decided to go for C905. |
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And now you regret making that decision, just admit it  lol, JJ!
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Strangely enough, even though the slider and camera cover wobbles, I don't! I nearly bricked it and brought it back to life with help from some members here, and I'll have to say it was a quite endearing experience... Besides, I can always swap phones with my buddy who has a black N82 if I want a bit of Nokia-ness  |
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Black N82's are rare, but they can be obtained......
No other Nokia currently would make me change, either(N86 isn't out, and is a slider)...let alone a non-smartphone(from ANY maufacturer)......
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Posted: 2009-04-22 18:37
p990i(r6d), n82-1(20.0.062)
