Nokia N85 Review By Mobile Review

August 27th, 2008 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

Eldar from Mobile Review wrote a review of the Nokia N85 (translated) already and I am determined to make this my next Nokia phone. He explained that the N85 is not copy of the Nokia N95 with just a few changes. Instead, the Nokia N85 is one of the first devices built on different, newer chipsets.

Nokia N85

Highlights from the Nokia N85 Review

  • Build quality is good. The dual slider is firm.
  • One of the best screens on the market today. The screen display is strikingly different from the Nokia N95 8GB. It is brighter also with more saturated colors.
  • The stereo speakers are loud, comparable to the Nokia N82.
  • One of the best 5 megapixel cameraphones, comparable to the other 5 megapixel cameras in the Nseries.

In conclusion, Eldar wrote the Nokia N85 is an ideal replacement for those tired of the Nokia N95. With the price at 450 euros in Europe, you get the most for your money compared to a Nokia N96 or the competitor Samsung INNOV8. He thinks the Nokia N85 will be one of the best phones in the market… until February 2009 when Nokia releases two breakthrough devices! The N85 is expected to ship in October.

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  • ashu
    I am sure this phone will become one of the killer phones for Nokia. Good choice Mark. I will probably stay back with my n 82. so many new phones are coming that if i let each one seduce me, i will be bankrupt!!!!!
  • Craig
    Cant believe this!! Ive just upgraded to the N96 and now they're bringing one out above it! How mad am i!
  • I think I am falling in love.... :)
  • Syed Muheeb
    I was planning to buy a BEST QUALITY phone in Nokia N Series. I found Nokia N85 in nseries site. I have compared Nokia N85 with atleast 40 different phones from Nokia Nseries, Samsung, Sony, LG etc.,, I found that this is the BEST IN CLASS. It has all features that a phone should have. Most important feature is it has AWESOME Color AM OLED which none of today's phone have. This is the NEWEST technology called Organic Light Emitting Diode, The colors displayed for more natural and BEST QUALITY you can get in any of today's phones and this kind of display consumes less power. It has a AWESOME 5 Mega Pixel Camera. 8GB external memory enough to store whatever u want. REALLY AWESOME MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!! A-GPS, Geo-tagging, Global Roaming are also present. The Look of the Phone is Awesome comparable to N96. It gives value for Money. With my extensible analysis, I suggest to Buy this phone.
    Regards
    Syed Muheeb
  • ashu
    love is in the air!!! poor n79...despite being a brilliant phone in itself, its getting sidelined because "big brother" is hogging all the limelight!
  • Zylam Marex
    i might still go for the N96....just scared about the music quality on N96, the N85 will be insane man if all the new hardware and audio chip news is correct the music must rock!! Mark man when you get you N85 be sure to set the Music quality to test and let us all know!! lolll keep chillin man
  • arjun singh
    man the n 96 is a good phone but its batt power sucks more then biiig time.contineous music play back will last for just 3-4 hours.if u want a better phone then n 96 leaving the memory aside u should buy nokia n 85
  • Definitely looking forward to testing this device!
  • ashu
    of course, you are lucky! You get a chance to play around with the device before you make up your mind on buying it.
    So which restaurant is planned to take pics of wonderful food with your test model n 85, mark? ;)
  • Anup
    cant wait for this is a real-world test scenario.

    and i agree with ashu, LOL think gonna go bankrupt soon if i buy a few more mobile and sim cards! anyway dont know what i will do with more than two mobile, got only two hands after all...
  • I would like to say thanks for your good article sir.

    u have made a very good information about nokia phone news, so if someone has tracking the nokia phone news so they should go and read this article. I have try and spend my times to make a research and tracking the nokia phone news. I hope i can do well... i have try and fix so many phone, now I want to write an article about the Nokia phone news...

    from,
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  • massive screen (2.6 inch), looks wicked and quality sound, what more could you ask for! Saying that, the N96 is just in first place for me.
  • loubielou
    Always read www.mobile-reviews reviews they are top class an always very honest about the goods an bads on any mobile they reiew,i check this website everyday to see whats being released,an on the first i8510 review he even says Nokia is working on there first 8 mega-pixel camera mobile an might be here in November-December time i hope they are right,thats why i did not get the i8510 straight away
  • Really good article. I have been following your blog for last 3 months. You have good knowledge
    on Mobile(cell phone) Industry and happenings. Please continue the good work. Thank you.
  • andrew burgin
    IF YOU GO ONTO WWW.JASPP.NET THEY SHOW THE N85 COMING OUT OF THE BOX YOU GET WITH THE N85 AN I CAN"T WAIT TO GET ONE MYSELF AN ON THE EXSPANSE WEBSITE THEY SAY THE N85 SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO BUY SIM-FREE ON THE 25TH OCTOBER SO IT CAN NOT BE LONG BEFORE NOKIA MAKE THE N85 AVAILABLE FOR SALE
  • Rim Faber
    Best part about this phone - charges using the mini USB port. Way to go Nokia!
  • KKP
    Man wat 2 say abt this fone i compared it with all da avilble fne .. n now i got it ..
    ppl beliv me i got maah own ceel n 82 n dis one is just da upadted version of it ..
    ppl those who planed to buy n82 shift to dis n those who want to upgrade .. goo lok urself .
    THNKU nokia group
  • xymo
    i just bought an N85 last night... compared it to N96 before buying it. ive noticed that the N85 is not that compact compared to N96... or the device that i bought have something wrong? when i slide it to use the keypad, it seems that something is loose on the slide. i asked the store if this is normal he said yes. he even compared it to the displayed N85 and its
  • Mayo
    plz..plz tell me where it's made??i just preordered it and i'm freakin out now !there is a lot of bad reviews on how cheap build it is...and the slider issue also.
    for me i trust nokia made in Finland.
  • khan muhammad akbar
    sorry ,

    the Nokia N 85 is verry expensive.

    i can'nt buy it.
  • mimi
    n85 doesnt support pdf. can i install acrobat?
  • manoj
    what is it priced in India?
  • khan muhammad akbar
    the price in pakistan of nokia n85 is 48000/-pkr convert to usd is 600/-$

    i know the n85 is very great and latest mobile in nokia nsereis.but we can't buy it.
  • Jeffrey
    Nice phone, but it was broken when i recieved the phone. The screen did not work:S.
  • Jeffrey
    recieved today a new phone, and this one works perfect:).
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