Nokia N82 Review-A Superb Phone With Multi Functionality

Nokia N82 Review

Introduction

Nokia N73 is said to be the most successful N-series handset to date, with a large sales figures compared to the rest of the N-series lot. N82 comes to succeed it and become the most affordable of feature-loaded Nokia camera phones. With an affordable price, this sounds reasonable, given the included features and the 2GB of memory card supplied in the package. Nokia N82 is considered the next N-series bestseller and, guesses what; it has already hit the shelves. Following the sweeping success of Nokia N73, it was a pretty sure bet that a worthy successor wouldn't take long to appear. As we see it, Nokia N82 fits that description perfectly.

The almighty Nokia N95 8GB should probably also feel threatened for the lack of the sweet Xenon flash and the auto UI rotation of its N82 rival. We still believe though the extra 0.4-inch difference in the display size will also play a major role in choosing between these two devices. Another potential rival is the Sony Ericsson K850 although being a non-OS device actually puts it in a different market. Still, it would be wise of camera phone lovers to carefully consider both devices before purchasing their next handset. So, to them, and any other interested in the qualities of Nokia N82 for whatever reason, still it can be a better option. This Smartphone is one of the fastest symbian phone I have ever used. Multi tasking is awesome and battery life seems good.

Body and Display

The phone is finished in silver-tinted plastic with a glossy front and line-patterned back panel. The front panel is quite susceptible to fingerprints but they are not that visible on the silver surface. Nokia N82 feels great in hand with great weight balance, so slipping off your fingers is quite unlikely. This is one phone which is as solid as a brick. No rattling sounds from the body. It’s so firmly packed and its feels great to use it though it’s slightly huge. The body is in plastic but it does not look cheap, it’s actually a good fit in the palm. The phone weighs about 114g and is pretty decent when you take into account the features of the phone. Display is a 240×320 screen with 16 million colors. It’s usable in most places even in the Sun. The display of the N82 is good enough but still small compared to the phones such as the E61i. But I hate the width of the E61i.I would say the display can be a bit bigger.

The D-pad is under the display with the two selection keys on each of its sides. The Menu and the Clear key are under the selection keys, while the Call and End keys are on the very edges of the phone. Finally, the newly adopted by Nokia multimedia key is accommodated between the right selection key and the Clear key.  All these keys are large and convenient enough to render no obstacles to usability. We wished the outer rim of the D-pad was just a bit wider so we won't accidentally press the confirming center now and then when scrolling, but the situation is good enough as it is.

On the left side of Nokia N82 are the micro USB slot, the memory card slot and the charger plug. The micro SD slot has a neat plastic cap but the other two apertures aren't covered in any way, which somewhat spoils this particular side view. The right side hosts a whole bunch of controls. The stereo speakers are placed at its ends, with the zoom/volume key, the review key and the camera key in-between. The speaker placement is the same as on Nokia N95 and is obviously meant for using the handset in landscape mode. With such an advanced camera, it goes without saying that the camera key has half-shutter mode. The review key is a convenient and quick way for jumping to your lastly saved photos. Jumping to the Nokia N82's top we find the Power key which, like in all other Symbian phones, is also used for switching profiles and locking the phone.  Next to it is the 3.5mm standard audio jack and the neck/wrist strap eyelet. It is quite convenient to have the audio jack at the top, so it is far easier to use with the phone inside a pocket. The only thing to find at the bottom is the microphone pinhole. The back side of the N82 is far more interesting and, you have our word, the strange pattern is by far not the only reason. There, we see the 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and the Xenon flash. As it turns out, the flash is the most powerful one we've seen in a mobile phone.

 The camera also has a lens protecting cover that opens by a small silver slider right above it. It is easy enough to locate with a fingertip and still not prone to accidental sliding. Removing the battery cover you will find the BP-6MT battery with a capacity of 1050 mAh. Standby is quoted at 225 hours, while Nokia claims talk time is 4 and a half hours. Though not necessarily the most impressive figures, the battery is good enough to power the handset for about three days of moderate usage. In our case moderate means about half an hour of talk time and trying different application for about an hour each, plus taking a few shots with the flash on. It is a bit more than what you can expect from Nokia N95-1.  As with any Symbian phone, there is a built-in voice recognition system. It is doing an amazing job, being fully speaker-independent and recognizing a remarkably high percentage of the user commands. Its performance can be matched only by Nokia N95 and N95 8GB.

Box Contains

The retail package of Nokia N82 is as packed as Santa's gift bag. The 2GB micro SD card is a nice thing to start with and it comes complete with a SD adapter. TV-out cable and a micro USB cable are next in line. It's nice to have the micro USB data cable as these are rare enough due to the fact that virtually no other device than a mobile phone makes use of them.

The hand free is quite stylish but unluckily its remote and headphones cannot be separated so you cannot use the remote with another set of headphones. The box also contains a whole bunch of manuals and quick start guide introducing you to the phone's main features. A CD with the PC sync software is the final ingredient in this delicious retail package recipe.

Themes

There are five preinstalled themes on Nokia N82, all of which are named N-series. The rest is left to the imagination of the user, as you can download as many other themes as you wish. Before doing that make sure that you check out the pre-bundled ones as we personally happened to find them quite nice.

Telephony

With N82 signal reception is just what you would expect in a high-end Nokia phone - simply flawless. The vibration is also strong enough to make sure you never miss an incoming call or message. The phone offers brilliant speaker quality and the sound during calls is very clear and without any interferences. As far as ringing volume is concerned however, the situation is somewhat different. It is by far not the loudest phone around beating only the Apple iPhone among all 33 phones we have tested so far. In all honesty, Nokia N82 seemed to perform a bit better on some extremely high-pitched ringtones but these are hardly ever used anyway. Here is how Nokia N82 ranks among some other tested phones in our loudspeaker test.

Phonebook

The phonebook of Nokia N82 is a true Symbian goodie. It is simply great. There is storage place for a virtually unlimited number of contacts and fields, with all the available memory potentially usable for contacts. Good luck trying to fill that up. Contacts can be freely ordered by first or last name and can naturally be searched by gradual typing of any of their names.

Editing a contact offers an enormous variety of preset fields and you can replicate each of them as many times as you like. You can also create new fields if you happen to be able to think of one. We personally find it difficult to think of something Nokia has missed here. Personal ringtones and video are also available for assigning. If you prefer you may group your contacts and give a specific ringtone to each group. The Call logs application, although not exactly a part of the phonebook is also one of Nokia N82's strengths. It can hold up to 20 call records in each of the tabs for outgoing, received and missed calls. These are all accessed with the Call key from the stand-by menu. If you enter the Log application from the main menu, you'll see a detailed list of all your network communications for the past 30 days. These include messages, calls and data transfers. The period can be shortened in order to save some space but you are quite unlikely to do that, as even with a huge number of calls the log only takes a few miserly kilobytes of memory space.

Keypad

This is one of the most controversial features of the phone. At first I thought that keypad will be difficult to use but I couldn’t complain. Feedback is ok and there is enough spacing between the keys. There are dedicated volume control keys which also work as camera zoom keys. There is a dedicated camera key as well. There is also a Gallery key between the clear and right navy keys. Some users might find the key interfering with their usage of the navy keys.

The tons of negative feedback the Nokia N91 received for its similar layout does make one wonder why Nokia decided to have another go at it in such a landmark product as the N82. The ergonomics of the keypad are not as bad as in Nokia N91 mainly because this time its level with the screen and each row is easy to reach. By no means would we call it good either. The keys are far too small and difficult to distinguish and, generally, typing without looking down is almost impossible. However, because of the ample spacing between keys we are giving it an average score. We still believe Nokia could have done a better job, especially with this particular phone.  The backlighting is even enough and, although not the strongest around, it does a decent job.

Camera

This is one the best phone Cameras from Nokia I have seen. You can capture photos which have a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels or 5 Mega Pixels Auto focus is great and Carl Zeiss optics too. Plenty of modes to choose from. I am still exploring the Camera. Video recording in MP4 is great with VGA Quality. This is the first Nokia Camera phone with an inbuilt Xenon Flash so , this means that you can take photos even in areas of low light or even for that matter you can capture a frame in complete darkness. . In the upper left corner of Nokia N82 is the ambient light sensor, while the video call camera is placed slightly to its right.

The camera is surely Nokia N82's element. Nokia have thrown in a lot of efforts on the matter and have come up with a truly wonderful camera. Not that it is any different in terms of lens, sensor or picture processing from Nokia N95 but the included Xenon flash really makes a difference. The convenient cap keeps that precious camera lens safe from scratches. The camera set up time is really short. It is about the same as in Nokia N95 8GB, totaling a bit less than three seconds. With Nokia N82 the shot-to-shot time can also be reduced to about 2.5-3 seconds, which, again, is about the same as Nokia N95 8GB. Of course these times are only achievable with the automatic preview turned off. A solid result by all means, losing to Sony Ericsson K850 by only tenths of a second.

The camera user interface is the same as in N95 8GB and offers the same extensive settings - starting from manual white balance and ISO sensitivity and including exposure compensation, sharpness and contrast settings, as well as various effects, which are labeled color tones. Gridline can also be applied to the viewfinder to assist you in framing you photos, using the photographic rule-of-thirds. Using it to align your subjects and place points of interest on or near the lines and their intersecting points makes your photos more professional and aesthetic. The rule-of-thirds also applies to landscape shots. For example, the sky should take either one third or two thirds of the frame, instead of placing the horizon in the center. The sequence mode and self-timer are no news. The Xenon flash can be set in four ways: automatic, always on, red-eye reduction and always off. Small font tooltips are displayed to help you understand what the phone is doing at each specific moment. The picture quality is great. It's the best you can find on the market, which is kind of surprising. After all Nokia N82 is supposed to be an all-in-one device and it's strange that it outperforms even dedicated camera phones when it comes to camera quality. Speaking of which, the guys at Nokia have even managed to go another step further. The only thing Nokia N95 and Nokia N95 8GB were to blame for was the inadequate LED flash. Now Xenon is implemented with Nokia N82 and this takes us to a completely different level.

Furthermore, it is the best flash to be found on the market dethroning Sony Ericsson K850. It's not even a close call; the difference hardly needs any further comment. The camera module of Nokia N82 is performing exactly the same way as the N95 one, but it's faster and it's backed up by a xenon flash. So if we were to put the N82 and the K850 head-to-head, Nokia would have scored way better than Sony Ericsson. Also, be on the lookout for the second part of our 5 megapixel face-off, which includes some of the most exciting 5 megapixel camera phones recently released. The secondary camera can also be used for taking pictures. It is quickly accessed from the camera interface and can be used as a fast and convenient way to make self-portraits or contact images. It is also capable of recording video but it is hard to imagine that the clips it will produce will be usable in any way. The phone can’t stand on its base when placed on any surface... This is a letdown for people who try a lot of self photography

Video recording

The quality of the videos recorded with Nokia N82 is exactly the same as of those recorded with any of the Nokia N95 versions. Read: great. The phone captures video at VGA resolution at 30 frames per second, which is way beyond the skills of any of the phones of the competition. The exception here is the 5-megapixel LG KU990 Views, which is the only worthy rival for Nokia's trio when it comes to video recording. Videos are captured in MPEG-4 format and have automatic or manual white balance, depending on the user preferences. The other available features are night mode and color effects. The only thing you have to be careful about is not to run out of storage because videos of this quality fill up your free space much faster than you might guess - a minute of video takes about 20MB of memory. This means that about 100 minutes of video can be stored on the 2GB memory card, provided that there's nothing else on it.

GPS

Maps in Action

The GPS Receiver didn’t work indoors but on the road and on the terrace it was fun using the receiver. I used the Nokia Maps application to find routes in Delhi and the software was pretty decent package. The routes and mapping information are from Navteq which Nokia bought recently. So the map data seems to be reliable. Even the route distance calculation seems kind reasonable. I also used the Location Tagger App that Nokia Beta Labs has released. I retagged the photos and uploaded them to Flicker via Internet. The Google Maps for S60 uses the inbuilt GPS pretty smoothly and the greatest part is that the dot of your location moves are you are moving / traveling.

Like the Nokia N95 versions, the N82 has a built-in GPS receiver. Having tested all of them we are safe to conclude that their performance is virtually the same. Unluckily, the problem with the slow initial satellite lock still exists with Nokia N82. The phone needs quite some time to find you initial position, especially if you start it when you are in a moving vehicle. The built-in A-GPS somewhat reduces the time needed for that purpose but at the cost of (in most cases) pricy data transfer. The built-in GPS receiver works with the Nokia Maps application, which is one of the software applications to offer the most detailed maps. Furthermore, it is free and relatively easy to use. Well, at least the basic information is free, because charges apply to the voice guidance and turn-by-turn navigation. You only get a three-day trial that goes with the new version of the Nokia Maps application, so you can see if the voice navigation is worth the extra dime.

In other words, if you want to make use of the built-in receiver you’ll be better off relying on Nokia maps as not all other third-party applications can detect and work with the integrated GPS receiver. So, leaving this aside, we have to admit that the Nokia Maps application itself is not bad at all and has very decent looks. Furthermore, its route planning algorithm can be easily customized to the user preferences. Toll roads and motorways can be avoided and so can tunnels and ferries. The route selection can be set to either fastest or shortest. The app is also usable for pedestrian navigation or you can switch the GPS receiver off to use instead of your paper map.  The overall impression of using the Nokia N82 as a GPS navigation system is positive, except for the flaws already pointed out. Still, if you don't have the highest expectations, you might find the Nokia N82 GPS perfectly adequate.

Mobile web browsing

Mobile browsers are getting really better these days. This phone is not any exception except for the 240×320 screen. Hope they can make the screen a bit bigger considering the phones form factor. Most web sites open up. You can browse using Wi-Fi or gprs/edge. The screen rotate feature is super cool for mobile browsing. Browsing the internet with Nokia N82, like with all Nokia smart phones, is a pleasure. No matter how elaborate the web page, it fits perfectly on the screen and looks almost exactly like on a PC. The virtual mouse cursor takes browsing another level up. It is easy to control and generally works great. A mini-map can be activated to help navigating your way around large sites where lots of scrolling is required. The zoom level is also adjustable at the expense of only a few key presses.

The large amount of RAM is surely one of the best things that could happen to the browser, as it is one of the most RAM-demanding applications indeed. Now, even if you load very heavy web pages and have a few applications running in the background, you are extremely unlikely to run out of RAM. The 2.4" display is not as impressive as the 2.8" screen in Nokia N95 8GB but still makes even very small fonts readable.

Messaging and Email

If you are all about texting, Nokia N82 might not be the perfect device for you. With a keypad like this typing doesn't come as nice and easy as we would have wished. However, in terms of software the phone is performing a whole lot better. There are four different message editors - one for each type of supported messages: SMS, MMS, audio message and e-mail. The SMS editor is the well know intuitive application for all Symbian S60 smart phones. It has a counter of the characters left to the limit of 160. There is also an indicator in brackets showing the number of separate parts the message will be divided into for sending.

It goes without saying that a delivery report can be activated. The reports pop up on the standby screen when the keypad is unlocked, and are subsequently saved in a separate folder in the messaging sub-menu. When you are exiting the message editor without having sent the message, the editor prompts saving it to the Drafts folder or discarding it. The MMS editor has virtually the same interface as the one we just described, with the added subject line being the only difference. Now, the audio message is technically also an MMS but obviously it is more important for people at Nokia and they have created a separate editor for it. The editor can either record the message on the spot or use a previously recorded sound clip.

The email client won't surprise anyone who has ever used a Symbian powered phone. It can download headers only, as well as the whole messages. There is also support for attachments, so Nokia N82 can meet almost any requirement regarding the user emailing needs. Generally, Nokia N82 is not the dream texting device but it's good enough for occasional usage and if you are not always on the rush when typing messages.

Organizer

The time-management skills of Nokia N82 are really top-notch. Just name the application and you can count on it that the handset has it. We start the exploration of the large application package with the calendar. It has three different types of view - monthly, weekly and daily, and four types of events available for setting up - Meeting, Memo, Anniversary and To-do. Every event has its own unique fields, some of which allow an alarm to be activated at a preset time to act as a reminder.

The Life blog application automatically collects your images, videos, texts and multimedia messages, sounds and blog posts in diary-like style. It then allows easy browsing, sharing, storing and searching of these items. The mobile office is also very well presented, with preinstalled applications able to open Word and Excel files seamlessly. Unluckily, editing documents is not supported by the included version of the Quick office. If you would like to be able to edit these files you will have to purchase the complete application at the Nokia Download center. PDF reader is also included and a ZIP manager allows extracting archived files straight from your phone. The other included organizing and time-management applications are: a great unit converter, calculator and voice recorder, as well as the Notes application. We are not going to get into detail with them, as their functionality and performance are familiar enough.

Media Music and Video

Music player

The music player is another good Nokia N82 application. There are no dedicated music keys but controlling it with the D-pad is just as easy and you won't miss them much. A huge number of audio formats including MP3, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA, are supported. The M3U playlists are also managed flawlessly and files are added to the music library by simply choosing the refresh option.  Sorting your songs by artist, album, genre and composer is automatic and searching tracks by gradual typing is also available. Transferring tracks to Nokia N82 can be achieved via Bluetooth, USB or by simply downloading them from the internet. You can also use a card reader for that purpose and transfer them directly to your memory card.

Upon completing a USB transfer, the phone automatically prompts scanning for new music tracks and, if allowed to do so, adds the new ones to the music library. The player comes with five equalizer presets, which is a good count by any means. If it still seems insufficient, you can edit them or create new ones in a matter of seconds. In contrast to Nokia N81 for example, the music player of Nokia N82 can be switched off when it is not needed. This can save some RAM but with this amount of available operating memory this is not that important. Being one of Nokia's best equipped phones Nokia N82 naturally also includes support for the A2DP Bluetooth profile, which allows listening to your music on a Bluetooth stereo headset. No problem connecting any of the tested headphones.

Audio quality

We hoped that the audio quality of Nokia N82 would be closer to that of its N81 rival rather than the Nokia N95 but, unfortunately, this was not the case. Our audio quality test showed that N82 is virtually the same as Nokia N95 8GB in terms of audio hardware and produces the exact same sound quality. So, even though the 3.5mm standard audio jack provides compatibility with a huge variety of headphones, do not set your hopes too high in terms of audio quality.

Video player

Nokia N82 features a Real player for playing your video clips. The video player can be displayed in both portrait and landscape mode and can be switched to full screen. As you might have guessed, watching a video clip on a screen this large is a really enjoyable experience.  When in full screen, the soft key functions are hidden so that they don't spoil the viewing experience and only pop up when a key is pressed. So, topped with the 2.4" display, it adds up to a decent performance though still behind Nokia N95 8GB standards.

The handset also has a Flash player preinstalled but there is nothing much we can say about it. It does a job, no bangs and whistles.  If you get bored with the content on your Nokia N82, you can always turn the radio on for a break. The FM radio can automatically scan and save the available stations in your area. If internet connection is available the Visual radio application can download all the local stations and save them to the handset with their names. We would have preferred RDS support, though not having it isn't really that much of a disappointment.

TV Out

This is certainly one interesting feature and impressive one too. Imagine being able to see your phone screen on a large plasma TV or even a 21 inch TV. Also the rotate screen feature works even when in TV mode. Even N-Gage gaming works!! You can also play audio and video files via the TV and utilize the full power of your television / music system you need to use the 3.5 mm jack on the top of the phone to connect the TV out cable.

3D Gallery

The gallery of all Nokia N-series devices is simply great, so Nokia N82 just comes to confirm that. The 3D rotating view looks really nice, but we have to admit that the Navi wheel functionality of Nokia N81 would have been a nice addition to the Nokia N82. Not that it has any superior functionality, but its real fun to use.  Otherwise, no changes are to be seen here in terms of features - pictures can be viewed in both portrait and landscape mode and zoomed in up to 8x. Overall, picture browsing and zooming is fast but, as we noticed, a bit slower than Nokia N95 8GB. Not an easily noticeable difference, that is, but still when both phones are put side by side the N95 8GB gains a narrow advantage.

The gallery also offers a nice slide show with customizable settings, including automatic browsing and playing a pre-defined track from your phone.  If the gallery file-management functionality (which even includes sending multiple files at a time) is insufficient you can use the file manager. It allows you to do almost anything you can think of with your files.

There is also an application manager to take care of the installed applications on Nokia N82. Not much to talk about here, as it is identical to the one in any other Symbian device. Its functionality boils down to providing details about installed applications, removing them and keeping a log of movements in both directions. The useful "Search" application is also present in Nokia N82. Its reserved line in the active stand-by menu no longer comes as a surprise. After all, an application this useful really deserves to be conveniently placed. The application itself finds almost every item in your Nokia containing a given keyword. From messages to settings, every bit of data is checked and then all results are shown.

Gaming

This phone has a Dual CPU and 3D Graphics HW Accelerator. It has 2 N-gage game demos Asphalt and Fifa07. Asphalt was a good experience. Fifa – God save me with the controls could not figure out. But the graphics quality was great for a mobile phone. Awesome Experience... Senses if phone is held upright or horizontal and rotates the screen automatically. But personally I turned off the auto rotate feature and find it useful when browsing the web N-gage reloaded

Nokia N82 comes with three preinstalled games. Two of them are based on the new N-gage platform and even though they are demo versions, playing them is a nice experience. The included titles are the same as the ones found on Nokia N95 8GB - Fifa 2007 and Asphalt 3 Street rules. In all fairness, we faced some difficulties with the controls of FIFA 2007, which didn't seem properly chosen. In fact the only mobile phone where this game was easily handled was the Nokia N81, thanks to the two dedicated gaming keys which did a great job. The third game to be found on Nokia N82 is Snake. First to feature on the original Nokia N95, this 3D game is surely one of the best achievements in this area. We did spend quite a number of hours playing it and we really enjoyed the experience.

Connectivity

WLAN

I did not have any issues connecting to wlan networks. The biggest problem was entering the network security keys. I figured out how to use the phones clipboard feature so it made life easier. You can even check the Transmission power, current download and upload speed, total bytes sent and received.

Bluetooth

Didn’t have any issues pairing with other devices. Software, Applications, Performance and Memory.  I have loaded most of the free popular software applications on this phone including Gmail for mobile, Google maps, shozu, , you tube , face book, twitter, orkut etc. This phone didn’t hang often nor did not cry for memory primarily due to the almost 90 MB of RAM available at most time.

Performance wise, this is one of the fastest Symbian phones out in the market. Multi tasking it is really cool. I have mobile browser open – in the mean while I get an SMS and I answer a call. I open the Camera lens cover and click and pic and then upload to Face Book. After this I open the Gmail app to check mail and finally I surprised to see that the browser is still alive.

Transferring data is what Nokia N82 really loves to do. Every common data transfer medium is supported. USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP just start the count. All kinds of network connectivity are also on board - from HSCSD, through GPRS and EDGE to 3G with HSDPA support - Nokia N82 has it all. To complete the wireless communication tally, Wi-Fi with UPnP support is also on board. Even the memory card slot, is here and comes in handy if you have a card reader at your disposal. The missing thing with Nokia N82 is the Infrared port but we are not going to pretend that we are even slightly missing it. So there is basically no case, in which you won't be able to transfer the data you want from or to almost any device.

Memory

The hot swappable memory card slot is easy to use and by default the N82 ships with a 2GB micro SD card which is great. You can upgrade up to 4GB says Nokia but I think up to 8GB is possible. The handset has about 100mb of inbuilt memory.

Battery

The phone comes with a 1050 mAh BP-6MT 3.7V which is charged using a 2.0mm connector. Heavy use means that I would last a day. Moderate use means about 2–3 days. Minimal use means that it should last about 3–4 days on a single charge. By heavy use, I mean frequent usage of Wi-Fi, Gprs, and Bluetooth. Audio playback via speakers or headphones. Running memory intensive applications like Games. Using the Camera with Flash might drain your battery the fastest.

Key features

1) 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and Carl Zeiss optics

2) Xenon flash and active lens cover

3) 2.4" 16M color QVGA display

4) 128 MB RAM

5) Wi-Fi with UPnP

6) Built-in GPS receiver and A-GPS functionality

7) Nokia maps application covering over 100 countries worldwide

8) Convenient standard 3.5 mm audio jack on the top

9) 3G (with HSDPA), EDGE and GPRS support

10) Symbian OS 9.2 Series 60 3rd edition Feature Pack 1 UI

11) TV-out functionality

12) Automatic UI rotation

13) Stereo speakers

14) Large capacity battery

 

Main Advantages

1) Top notch Camera

2) Music player

3) Some of the features of the E-series like mailing

4) sophisticated web browsing,

5) Wireless LAN.

Main disadvantages

1) Controversial design and questionable ergonomics

2) No RDS for the FM radio

3) Below average GPS performance

4) Extra charges apply for voice assisted navigation

5) No office documents editing application

6) Doesn't charge off USB

Final words

This phone combines the Multimedia features of the N-series – Top notch Camera, music player and some of the features of the E-series like mailing ,sophisticated web browsing, Wireless LAN. This phone is feature packed and has something in store for every kind of mobile user is it a student, professional, geek. It’s currently the hottest supermodel in the N-Series Up to now and the best Camera phone available in the market. If you hear about the price, it would be surprising – About Rs.22, 000.  Nokia N82 is the kind of gadget to make high hopes inescapable and it is important to know whether it lives up to the responsible job of being the N73 rival. And here it is: in our view, it carries the burden lightly.

N82 has all the premises to become a true bestseller, combining full Smartphone functionality with the best camera on the mobile phone market. Upgrading from Nokia N73 seems the definitive choice, if not the only option. As for the rest, who are considering Nokia N82, we say it's a buy you will hardly ever regret. Looking at your options first won't hurt though. The simple math tells that Nokia N82 with an 8GB micro SD memory card costs about the same as Nokia N95 8GB, so the choice between the two is purely a matter of priorities. Whether you prefer larger screen or xenon flash should tilt the scales this way or the other. As for the camera phone lovers, the decision is as simple as that - if you want the best camera on a phone and you're willing to pay for it, Nokia N82 is the way to go.

Specifications

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 2100
	Announced	2007, November. Released 2007, November
	Status	Discontinued

Body	Dimensions	112 x 50.2 x 17.3 mm, 90 cc
	Weight	114 g

Display	Type	TFT, 16M colors
	Size	240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches (~167 ppi pixel density)

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, monophonic, MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers
	3.5mm jack	Yes, check quality

Memory	Card slot	microSD, up to 16GB, hot swap, 2 GB card included, buy memory
	Internal	100 MB storage, 128 MB RAM

Data	GPRS	Class 32, 107 kbps
	EDGE	Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps
	Speed	HSDPA
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
	USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, xenon flash
	Video	Yes, VGA@30fps
	Secondary	CIF videocall camera

Features	OS	Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1
	CPU	332 MHz Dual ARM 11
	GPU	3D Graphics HW Accelerator
	Sensors	Accelerometer
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio; Visual radio
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
	Colors	Silver, Black
		- MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player - MP4/H.264/RV/AVC video player - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Organizer - Voice dial/memo - TV-out - Push to talk - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1050 mAh (BP-6MT)
	Stand-by	Up to 225 h (2G) / 216 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 4 h 20 min (2G) / 3 h 10 min (3G)

Misc	SAR US	1.16 W/kg (head)     1.20 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	1.07 W/kg (head)
	Price group	About Rs.22, 000

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