Dotsisx

Dotsisx, aka Rita El Khoury, joined Symbian-Guru.com in September of 2007, and has been writing awesome content ever since. Rita often explores the normal user aspect of Symbian-powered devices, and offers in-depth thoughts on various topics. You can follow Dotsisx on Twitter at @Khouryrt

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10 Comments

  1. Petey

    Just got the NAM version myself and while I agree
    with most of what you’ve stated/implied, I’m left a little disappointed. Two main issues:

    1) Incredibly poor GPS performance. The worst Nokia I’ve owned (5800,e71,N78,N95, 6620). It won’t lock!

    2) Slider is a bit “loose” already!

    Have you had similar experiences?

  2. illusionado

    I love N86 to..the white and with the white themes…but still i dont have an n86..I always love the looks and the camera…

  3. BrentR

    I continually find myself going from my N97 back to my N86.

    Some of the images I’ve got off it are just astounding, especially in low light situations.

    As dotsisx mentioned the FM transmitter is one of those hidden gems that once you’ve found works well, you just can’t live without, in fact this is one feature that has sold 3 of my friends.

    My next wish would be to have the Maemo OS in a X6 body with the N86 camera.

  4. illusionado

    N82 was not a mistake in low light..its just misses the technology for the right sensors and latest hardware specs…

    im better for the n82 successor hope it will be a n83 with special buttons just like n81 and 8mp plus a good sensors, 2.8″ touch screen for touch focus plus some numeric keypad..and the integrated gpu.

    thats all i need =)

  5. Nick

    I have a N86 for about a month now.. Definitely better than my old N80 but..

    Slider has a wobble (when phone is closed).

    No v20 version and not coming anytime soon based on Nokia support

    The integrated access points will work for Mail for exchange but not for gmail or ovi mail.
    Not clear why we need to press a second link to view HTML messages in gmail

    Cannot call directory contacts from mail for exchange

    Browser will display messages that java is not enabled while it is actual is.
    Here and now needs two presses to work.
    Toolbar does not display all the bookmarks

    Photos indoors results to freaky white eyes (even with red eye reduction)
    Macro mode seems to be always out of focus
    Camera button hard to press, results to shaky photos

    Battery takes >2h to fully charge

  6. m0shef

    I have the N86 Indigo Black version. The N86 8MP is really a cool awesome device but it lacks in certain areas regarding GPS, Display (Sunlight), Slide Mechanism and Speakers. What I can say is that the support from Nokia concerning the Nokia N86 8MP is totally pathetic. They released v20.115 and I must say the face detection and fixed point focus is a bonus however that firmware is full of bugs and yet still I made several contact to Nokia regarding this issue and yet still the v20.115 is available on NSU/FOTA, it’s really appalling from Nokia as the v20.115 is not a final firmware it’s a (Maintenance Release). Now going back on the N86 the AMOLED display is really a good feature but in direct sunlight its a pain to see clearly. The speakers are really bad as its the same speakers from N85. Nokia could have at least pumped up the volume or gave better speakers. Slide mechanism on my N86 is getting wobbly and loose.

    For me the N82 is the king of camera.

  7. Nick

    I agree about the speaker and sound quality. Quality was better on previous N-series phone (i.e. N80, N75).

    Also there seems some conflict between the audio themes and the profiles. Both of them try to set sounds for certain actions such email.

    There is a whole list of minor other things that I have found but I am not sure if there are changes or bugs. For example the WLAN is missing from the standby screen and only shows up if you change the orientation of the bar.(Pictures of the N86 show the WLAN as part of the standby screen). Another one is that is that the browser in N80 allowed by hitting close (right top button) to go back to the bookmark page, in N86 this is not possible the same action closes the whole browser.

  8. magullo

    Love mine too!
    Hard, rock solid, but sleek nonetheless.

  9. TheProdigalFool

    Rita – Great post – and I also just wanted to say thank you for the link to my story. Much appreciated!

  10. TJ

    Currently using the white version. I love it as it is a great phone. But should I swap it for the E72?

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