N80 vs. N73..Help me choose!

[deepakchan]

Everyone here have missed out an important feature in the N80. It is the only phone in Nokia with Wi-Fi at least till recently. I've discontinued using GPRS completely as Airtel speeds have become pathetic. I use Wi-Fi extensively at home, office, hotels, etc. Soon BSNL is going to come up with Wi-fi hot spots in various areas of metropolitan cities. That time you shouldn't feel missed out that you cannot use it. After using Wi-Fi I don't feel like going back to GPRS/EDGE. I was eyeing the Nokia N76 but chucked it only for the reason that it doesn't have Wi-Fi.

 

[dhan_shh]

N80 may be the first 'smartphone' from Nokia to have WiFi,but in 2004 itself NOkia's first 'Wi-Fi' phone,Nokia 9500 got released.

 

[alsiladka]

Everyone here have missed out an important feature in the N80. It is the only phone in Nokia with Wi-Fi at least till recently. I've discontinued using GPRS completely as Airtel speeds have become pathetic. I use Wi-Fi extensively at home, office, hotels, etc. Soon BSNL is going to come up with Wi-fi hot spots in various areas of metropolitan cities. That time you shouldn't feel missed out that you cannot use it. After using Wi-Fi I don't feel like going back to GPRS/EDGE. I was eyeing the Nokia N76 but chucked it only for the reason that it doesn't have Wi-Fi.

Who told you it is the only phone with WiFi? There are 13 Nokia phones with Wifi!!

Dont mislead people.

 

[deepakchan]

Who told you it is the only phone with WiFi? There are 13 Nokia phones with Wifi!!

Dont mislead people.

I said till recently.. At least when I bought as someone said among the smartphones, I could only find the N80. Now with the advent of many E-series and N-series phones, there could be 13. I have no clue. Could u point us to a link which lists these 13 phones?

 

[Ankur Gupta]

Why are you fighting over a feature that doesnt have much(almost nil) utility in India..
I just want to know answers to the following two questions to decide which one to buy:
1)Has the latest N80 firmware resolved all issues?
2)Are N73 videos choppy as mentioned in many reviews?

 

[deepakchan]

The feature is not available publicly I agree. But I have Wi-Fi routers both at office and at home so I need no GPRS. So "it is" a useful feature for me.

And I do have the latest firmware on my N80. The earlier version v3.xx sucked like big time. The latest 4.0632.0.38 really rocks. Literally no hanging. All issues that i had previously vanished like magic.

 

[indranilmaulik]

N73 Music Edition

 

[yogi_7272]

Why are you fighting over a feature that doesnt have much(almost nil) utility in India..
I just want to know answers to the following two questions to decide which one to buy:
1)Has the latest N80 firmware resolved all issues?
2)Are N73 videos choppy as mentioned in many reviews?

n73 video recoding is not that good .. u can say videos are choppy to certain extend ..

 

[the.kaushik]

brother.. am using n80 and my room mate is using n73ME.. we bought together and i will give u some details.

n73 has very loud sound..mind it loud not clear but fur better then n80.. now n80 is sterio don know some one mentioned its not sterio.
n73me is quite fast then n80
n73 me comes with a 2gb mmc

now when i went to buy my cell my aim was that i want all in one so with a review i say my n80 rocks because
n80 screen is the best in n-series.. ya.. when u see n73 and n80 its like a computer with 800x600 resolution compared to 1024x768 hope u got an idea.. icons look dirty big and so its fast

n80 has everything.. so u will never peek at other mobile saying that "Hay his mobile has this and i don have that"

WiFi, Ya i think the best part.. tell u a small story.. in my coll we usually take laptop to do browsing using college wifi.. what i do? I take n80. ya its my new laptop.. equivalent to laptop browsing..relax and do.. when downloading something simply keep in pocket and do other things..
I even installed a torrent client to my n80

One problem with n80 is its slider.. it has no spring so a problem but u will get habituated..

One thing more i don like about n73 is its look.. though its so costly it doesnot have that rich look.

and there is no fear to go for n80 or n80i
both have same hardware and onle a software update is being made..
give u a link below which says how to change n80 to n80i..i did and am now using n80i..
*classictutorials.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-upgrade-your-nokia-n80-to-n80.html

Ya i forgot another problem with n80 is its battery backup.. if u don use any extra feature than normal ones it goes for 2 days but if u re using music player in loudspeaker the hardly 3.5 hrs..
n73ME is better in this case.( a max of half an hr more).Also when u browse using wifi u can do at a continious of 4~4.5hrs.. any way its much more than laptops..
hope that was useful

ya one thing more.. n80 is 3MP and n73ME is 3.2 MP with carlzias lense but both resolution and video quality is same.. i reviewed myself

brother.. am using n80 and my room mate is using n73ME.. we bought together and i will give u some details.

n73 has very loud sound..mind it loud not clear but fur better then n80.. now n80 is sterio don know some one mentioned its not sterio.
n73me is quite fast then n80
n73 me comes with a 2gb mmc

now when i went to buy my cell my aim was that i want all in one so with a review i say my n80 rocks because
n80 screen is the best in n-series.. ya.. when u see n73 and n80 its like a computer with 800x600 resolution compared to 1024x768 hope u got an idea.. icons look dirty big and so its fast

n80 has everything.. so u will never peek at other mobile saying that "Hay his mobile has this and i don have that"

WiFi, Ya i think the best part.. tell u a small story.. in my coll we usually take laptop to do browsing using college wifi.. what i do? I take n80. ya its my new laptop.. equivalent to laptop browsing..relax and do.. when downloading something simply keep in pocket and do other things..
I even installed a torrent client to my n80

One problem with n80 is its slider.. it has no spring so a problem but u will get habituated..

One thing more i don like about n73 is its look.. though its so costly it doesnot have that rich look.

and there is no fear to go for n80 or n80i
both have same hardware and onle a software update is being made..
give u a link below which says how to change n80 to n80i..i did and am now using n80i..
*classictutorials.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-upgrade-your-nokia-n80-to-n80.html

Ya i forgot another problem with n80 is its battery backup.. if u don use any extra feature than normal ones it goes for 2 days but if u re using music player in loudspeaker the hardly 3.5 hrs..
n73ME is better in this case..Also when u browse using wifi u can do at a continious of 4~4.5hrs.. any way its much more than laptops..
hope that was useful

 

[Ankur Gupta]

Thanx a lot dude...
What about firmware issues...Is N80 still slow and how is it compared to n73?
And what is the difference between internet edition and normal edition..

 

[krazyfrog]

Internet edition has a few extra internet related software (from yahoo etc.) present in the firmware. You can easily contest a regular N80 to Internet edition by flashing it with internet edition firmware.

 

[deepakchan]

Internet edition has a few extra internet related software (from yahoo etc.) present in the firmware. You can easily contest a regular N80 to Internet edition by flashing it with internet edition firmware.

Yes. Been there done that. My Normal N80 is now N80IE.

You just need to update the firmware which you can do it yourself.

I am using truphone (which works only on N80IE) which can be used to make free calls to many landlines around the world by connecting on Wi-Fi.

 

[Ankur Gupta]

^^So after using both the phones you would suggest me N73ME?
I was initially interested in N80 but N73ME is what looks a better option with it coming around 4k cheaper(due to memory card) than N73ME..
I realised I dont need WiFi so N73ME would be best...
The only problem that seems to be there with N73ME is the cramped keypad..any other problems?

 

[krazyfrog]

The keypad and the joystick are the only weak points of N73.

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

i would still say n73....takin everything into consideration

 

[koolbluez]

N73 ME of the 2..
Me too had the same confusion. Then.. I thought.. lets wait for the next SE Walkman Cybershot 3.2+mpx phone , the successor of my W800i

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

N73 ME of the 2..
Me too had the same confusion. Then.. I thought.. lets wait for the next SE Walkman Cybershot 3.2+mpx phone , the successor of my W800i

u have taken the right decision my friend

 

[Ankur Gupta]

Well I am considering buying the N95...
I will have to wait for a month and half coz my adsense cheque arrives after that
Is it worth the wait?

 

[assasin]

hey guya wat bout the Nokia 6120 nad 6110?
wat do u ppl say bout those fones?
i know that they havent been released yet,but wud like to know when they wud be released?
wud it be worth waiting 4 those fones or sud i get a N80 instead?

 

[faraaz]

@ankurgupta.me: My friend has the N95...he bought it day before yesterday and I had a chance to look over it. Frankly speaking here's what I thought:

PROS:
Video...its mindblowing...really smooth and amazingly clear.
Weight...the phone is REALLY light.

CONS:
Slow...I know, its faster than N80, but I feel N73 is still faster. The phone is a bit low on RAM I feel, based on my experiments with it.
Build Quality...frankly, not too impressed with it. The phone had a cheap feel...the slider mechanism is great and snaps really smartly, but there was quite a bit of give when using the phone, making me feel as though the phone had been put together shoddily.
Keypad...pain in the ass to use. And I say this having used an N80 for a year almost...its really bad IMO, so try it before you buy it!
Camera...I know, the camera is a REALLY good one and all and this shouldn't really be a CON, but I wanted to make sure you pay attention to this. 5 MP means jack sh!t when it comes to camera quality. The Sony Ericsson K790i and K800 take better photos. The N93 (NOT the "i" variant) takes better photos as far as zoom is concerned. DO NOT BUY N95 JUST BECAUSE IT HAS A 5 MP camera...the MP's have NOTHING to do with photo quality!