Nokia N82 Review

7 Apr, 2010 | Category: Nokia

N82, Nokia, S60, symbian, xenon

Nokia N82 is a member of the N range, and this model was the first Nokia phone is instead a classic LED flash xenon flash. As with all N series phones, and it is Symbian OS S60.Pe platform is based on the benefits of Symbian Besides, this model has a 5 megapixel camera for an enhanced quality of photos. Direct rival of the phone is the Sony Ericsson K850i and the N82 is considered the successor of Nokia N73. Sales package includes the following: Nokia N82 BP-6MT battery (1050 mAh), charger, Nokia Music Headset HS-43 Manual, Micro USB cable, microSD Memory Card 2 GB Connectivity Cable Nokia CA-75U video.

Unlike N95, Nokia N82 is a candy-bar type design and dimensions of 112×50.2×17.3 and 114 grams. Design is not one of the best from Nokia, but assembly quality is very good phone managed to leave a good impression, and seems solid. At the top we see power button and 3.5mm audio jack and the right side and find the button gallery the dedicated camera button and volume. On your left side is the slot and the MicroUSB and in the back we see a 5 MegaPixel camera with xenon flash site. Keys are quite small and cramped, but after a few days to get used to them, they are bright white and are clearly visible in all conditions.

Nokia N82 has a 2.4 inch display with QVGA resolution (240×320 pixels) and  can display up to 16 million colors. The display is very good, up to 8 lines of text plus 3 service lines. The device has a battery of 1050 mAh Li-Pol (the BP-6MT). The manufacturer claims that the N82 can hold up to 5 hours talk time and 225 hours standby. How about when you can play music, the N82 can achieve up to 10 hours.

The phone has a 3D accelerator and processor frequency AMR11 332 MHz and memory is about 100 Mbytes plus 2GB card in the standard package, and if you feel that 2GB is not enough, you can purchase cards up to 4 GB. Nokia N82 has USB 2.0 and can brave reach up to 650 Kbps, it also has Bluetooth 2.0 EDR support and Bluetooth connectivity can reach speeds of 100 Kbps, plus also supports 3G and Bluetooth USB support HSDPA. Nokia N82 SAR is 0.62 W / kg.

Software and Multimedia

Like any S60 phone, the N82 comes with a lot of preinstalled applications, most of you know from previous Nokia models, but some of them deserve mention again: One is called “Video Center” and allows the user to subscribe to different video channels, including mobile version of YouTube and all clips are saved on your phone so you can watch them whenever you want. Then there was the Zip application, with which you can extract and create archives. Nokia N82 comes with QuickOffice and Adobe PDF application, so you will not have problems with office type files.

There is also support for TV out, which means that you simply connect to a TV. Like the PC, where you can search your hard drive after the files and Nokia N82 is a tool used to search the phone memory. You can search by the Music Phone Book, Messages, Images, videos… This option appears on the display in standby, and you can search the Internet, mobile phone or looking through files.

The Nokia N82 has an integrated GPS receiver and comes with Nokia Maps installed. It also has phone and A-GPS with Google Maps for directions and navigation display performance makes it easier.

Music player is another good application for Nokia N82. There are special keys that control the D-pad is just as easy. A large number of audio formats including MP3, AAC, eAAC + and WMA, are supported. M3U playlists are also easily controlled and the files are music-add to the list by simply pushing a button to refresh. Sort songs by artist, album, genre and composer is automatic and searching tracks by gradual typing is also available. Transferring music to Nokia N82 can be made bu Bluetooth, USB or by simply downloada from Internet. You can also use a card reader for this purpose and transfer them directly onto the phone’s memory card. While USB transfer completes, the phone automatically scan prompteaza a new track, and, if she is allowed to add a list the Music Library. Music-player offers several ways to sort different kinds of music and view player comes with 5 predefined equalizer settings site, which is quite reasonable. If your still seems insufficient, you can edit or create new ones in seconds.

Unlike the Nokia N81 for example, music player the Nokia N82 may be closed when you do not need it. This can save the RAM, but with this amount of memory available operator, this is not so important. As one of the most equipped Nokia N82 course includes support for Bluetooth A2DP profile, which lets you listen to music a stereo Bluetooth phone. I had no problem connecting to any type of headphones. Hopefully the audio quality of the Nokia N82 to be closer neighbor than the N95 or N81, but unfortunately not the case here. Audio quality on our test showed that the Nokia N81 is virtually the same as Nokia N95 8GB in terms of audio hardware and produces exactly the same quality of sound. So, even if jack allows standard 3.5mm introduvcerii several types of headphones, you’re not too high expectations regarding sound quality.

Nokia N82 Real player can play videos. Video player can be displayed in both portrait and landscape mode, and can be displayed and the entire screen (fullscreen). As you suspect, to see a video on a screen so big is a pleasant experience.

When in full screen, function keys are hidden so that they do not ruin the image and video appear when a key is pressed. The phone also has a flash player installed but not too much to say about it. If you get bored Nokia content N82 you can break open a radio. FM Radio can automatically scan and save the available stations in the area where you are. If your internet connection is available, Visual Radio application can dowload all local stations and save them in phone with their own name. We would have preferred RDS support, but that is missing so not a big disappointment.

There is big difference in terms of lenses, sensors and image processing from the Nokia N95’s Xenon flas but makes all the difference. The camera setup is very short. It is about the same as the Nokia N95 8GB for about 3 seconds. The Nokia N82 is the minimum time between 2 pictures of 2.5-3 seconds, which is again, like the Nokia N95 8GB. Of course this time can be achieved only with an automatic shut automatically. A solid performance from all points of view, losing in front of Sony Ericsson K850 with only one third of a second.

Interface for camera use is the same as the N95 8GB and offers the same extensive settings starting from manual white balance and ISO sensitivity, and including exposure compensation, shading and contrast settings, and more effects and color tones. Sequential mode and self-timer are not news. Xenon’s pit Flas be set in 4 different ways: automatic, always active, red-eye reduction and always off.

Conclusions:

Phone is distinguished by:

• 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and Carl Zeiss lens
• Flash xenon pleasant and active lens cover
• 2.4 inch QVGA display 16 million colors
• 128 MB RAM
• Wi-Fi with UPnP
• Nokia Maps covering over 100 countries
• Audio Jack 3.5
• 3G (with HSDPA), EDGE and GPRS support
• Symbian OS 9.2 Series 60 3rd Edition
• TV-out
• Stereo Speakers
• High capacity battery

Disappoints us by:

• Design
• No RDS for FM radio
• GPS performance is below average
• No office documents editing application
• No USB Charger

Nokia N82 is a high performance phone, and certainly will be a best of seller. Concurentul directly is the Sony Ericsson K850i, K850i and although it is a pretty good phone, the Nokia N82 offers more than its those from Sony Ericsson. Nokia N82 is one of the best camera phones available in the market and one of the best N-series models