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Nokia N81 8GB

04 Dec, 2007, 5:15 pm IST | by Shayne Rana | Smartphones

Battery
BAD! I think that pretty much says it all. For a Nokia that is. With regular usage, I expected the batter to last at least two days. But that was not to be. After watching the whole of Sholay, listening to some songs, and making a (very) few calls, the battery was drained to the dregs. Suffice to say I was a little more than pissed off. I hadn't faced any battery problems with Nokia handsets so far, but I guess there's always a first.

The Bottomline
This may arguably be the first Nokia phone I’m not happy with. Although I had a blast with the music player and watched many videos (that I personally converted) I was quite disappointed on the whole. While it's great to have 8GB of storage, it’s also a rather bulky device to be hauling around. Then there’s the bad key placement, and the new touch-sensitive navi-wheel is not quite up to the mark.

At its price of around Rs 22,000, I have to give this a thumbs down. If the price drops – and I mean really drops – I just might be tempted to up my rating, but not as things stand.

Specs

Nokia N81 8GB
Network	UMTS, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE, 3G
Physical	102 x 50 x 17.9 mm, 140 g
Display	240 x 320, 16m colors, TFT, 2.4 inch
Memory	8GB
Media	MP3, AAC, MPEG4 WMA, Stereo FM, 3GP, Voice Recording
Camera	2 megapixels, flash, video (QCIF), secondary VGA
Connectivity	MicroUSB v2.0, Bluetooth with A2DP, Wi-Fi
Battery	400 hrs standby, 3.45 hrs talk
Street Price	Rs 22,000

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