Unlocked Cell Phones - Customer reviews - Nokia N78 Unlocked Smartphone with 3.2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-fi, GPS, MP3/Video Player, MicroSD Slot--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black)


Nokia N78 Unlocked Smartphone with 3.2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-fi, GPS, MP3/Video Player, MicroSD Slot--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black)
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Manufacturer: Nokia

List Price: $565.99
Our Price: $289.49
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Used Price: $267.78


Average Customer Rating: -

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Name: Nishant Agarwal
Location: Calabasas, CA USA
Date: 2008-11-02
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Excellent Smartphone for the Price
Comment: This is Nokia N78 North American version as sold by Amazon. It can run on the 3G frequencies of AT&T. It is brown back cover and black in front. I know in other markets you can get other back colors like blue, but North American version only has the brown back cover.

The phone looks really cool. It is all black, cant see any keys when it is not lighted. When phone is lighted, you can see the keys and number keys due to backlighting. The number keys are flush on just four horizontal lines. I did not find any problems pressing the particular number keys.

The box advertises 3 months of free voice guided navigation, but inside there is no license code. I contacted Nokia over email and they asked me to call them. Now I dont really need voice guided navigation so I am going to save the hassle of calling customer service, but just to let you know, you shall have to call them to get it. I have googled and this is a widespread problem in other asian markets too, seems like a goof up on their packaging side. Apart from that, of course the Nokia Maps application is free. But even better is the Google Maps free application.

The voice quality is good, volume is a bit low, but I am bit old fashioned in those regards, these days all phones have this kind of volume. The surfing speeds are great, especially with WiFi. 3G on AT&T is fast too. You dont need to configure anything, just put in a AT&T SIM card and it auto configures all it needs for voice, sms, mms, internet. Pretty cool.

This is the only phone I have ever seen where I was blown off by the firmware upgrade process. Most phones ask you to connect the phone with a cable to a kludgy application on the PC, and after lot of headache, half of the time you are able to connect. For N78, the manual says the same, but inside the phone is a FOTA (Firmware over the Air) app provided by Nokia, I used it over AT&T 3G, and it downloaded the latest firmware from Nokia server, upgraded, rebooted and ready to go in like 5 minutes. Really really impressive.

The phone has it all, GPS, Wi-Fi, suports SIP profiles for Voip (you can use Fring), you can use the phone as wireless accesspoint using JoikuSpot, bluetooth latest profiles are supported including Remote Sim mode (an external device can use the SIM inside your phone via bluetooth, howz that for a modern car interface), text to speech for reading messages, man the list goes on and on.

You dont need to record voice tags for Contacts, whenever you enter a contact, the software automatically renders a voice rendition for the name, and then for calling, you just say the name, and it finds the right one like 95 out of 100 times, even though I have a indian ascent. Same way when some one calls you, the phone can say the name aloud, like john doe calling.

The camera is 3.2 MP and I am fine with it, I am not big fan of huge MP cameras in general. It does fairly good job of taking photos and videos. You can pause and continue videos which means you can make a big video in small parts. You have all the usual stuff of mode settings for camera, auto focus, flash. Dont expect this camera to be the only one to use, expect it to be a side camera, not your main camera. You can share directly to Ovi, Flickr or Vox. I have tried Ovi and Flickr, and Ovi seems to be bit buggy, hopefully will improve over time.

The OS itself is cool, does job pretty well, has some minor bugs, but those can always be repaired by Nokia via firmware update. This one has latest feature pack 2, which is more eye candy basically.

The phone does not have a accelerometer, which means it will not change screen orientation automatically when you tilt the phone around, and you cannot play accelerometer based games. Not a big deal for me. The new model N79 has it, but its priced higher.

Instead of using Nokia browser which is good too, go for Opera Mini and you will be absolutely stunned. Very fast, great rendering, you can see any web page just normally like you would on PC (ie you have option to say that hey website, don't treat me as phone, give me what you would normally give), and its quite usable. There is also a beta version browser called Skyfire which even showed me Flash!

For the price (around 300) right now, I think its smart decision. And yea, it comes with cool headset and data cable. Only thing missing from box is car charger which anyway doesn't come with any phone.

I waited for 2 years for the iPhone 3g and finally I bought the Nokia N78 instead, and I am not regretting my decision. I don't want to be slave of AT&T and Apple, instead with Nokia I am master of my device.

I am really impressed. Go get it for this price at amazon.


Name: Tony
Location:
Date: 2008-10-31
Customer Rating: -

Summary: navi wheel is only problem
Comment: Bought the phone a week ago, my old phone was an n75;
Pros:
Fast Internet 3.5G!
Nice Camera
Good GPS
Cons:
Navi Wheel is a little ridiculous but you can shut it off thank goodness
Keys are a little small, but you do get used to it

Notes: This phone had so much more than i expected to get. I can listen to internet radio stations live, download podcasts, amd far and away the feature i am most happy with the the fm transmitter i can use to play my music on my car radio. The phone is a little small in size but thats ok.

I would really recommend getting an unlocked phone like this one as opposed to suffering from phone company crapware phones. The decision is this simple: you can upload your own wma files and use any one of them for ringtones or message tones as opposed to paying verizon/att/tmobile $2.50 for 15 seconds of a damn song! There are other ways to unlock and debrand phones, but this is the EASY alternative, in the long run, if you are a music lover, paying for this phone will save you money plain and simple.
Tony


Name: Ulatec
Location: Florida
Date: 2008-09-19
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Nokia N78
Comment: Other than the price being a little steep, I'm quite happy with the phone and all of it's features. One of the most improtant things to me is how well the phone actually performs as a phone. The clarity and volume is great compared to some of the previous motorola phones I've owned, and have yet to recieve any complaints from whoever I'm talking to on the other end.
As far as the features go, there's more than i will ever use. I've yet to run across any problems using most of them. The camera takes suprisngly good pictures for a camera phone, and the mp3/internet radio/fm radio get used often, and also work well. Also, this phone is supported by the joiku spot software, which lets me use my phone as a wireless router. The 3g download speed supported is great, and helps break up a very boring day at work when my laptop's connected to the phone.


Name: Jean-pierre Muheim
Location: Tijuana Baja Califonia Mexico
Date: 2008-10-08
Customer Rating: -

Summary: I like, great price
Comment: I have to say kudos to Amazon I had a defective phone. In one day I had a replacement. I had the UPS man asking to take the defective phone off my hands. That is SERVICE! Now the phone. Very fast! Very bright! I use the FM Transmitter and radio many times a day. Love the photo Geo Tagging, Sportstracker, QuickOffice 5.0, design, music player, podcasting directories. The things that are OK are: Nokia Maps( Google is free and much faster, headphones)you must try your own awesome feature. I have a videocamera that takes pics, but this is a very good back up. I gladly give up the video and picture taking ability to have the price drop. Haven't stopped using it since I got it from the UPS guy(the guy runs fast though, funny too). Will buy again from Amazon. NOTE: The only thing that kept me from buying the N79 was the design. Many features but no comparison in design to the N78.


Name: John Waisanen
Location: Detroit, MI
Date: 2008-06-25
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Excellent phone
Comment: I've had the phone for about a week (ordered from Amazon) and I'm very pleased with it so far. Beautiful screen, despite being somewhat easily-smudged, and nice dimensions. Feels solid and sturdy without being bulky or heavy. Excellent feature set - the GPS is a cool addition, but gets spotty reception indoors and in a moving vehicle; with good signal strength, it integrates very well with Nokia Maps or Google Maps. Camera is decent, 3.2 megapixels won't replace a digital camera but it does quite nicely when you can't carry one. The keypad takes a few minutes to get used to (which was my one hesitation buying this model) but it's surprisingly easy-to-use once you figure it out. I've found that the easiest way is to press across the keys with a fingertip/nail. Good battery life so far, and the Micro-SD is handy (the 2GB it ships with is plenty). Overall a quality device.


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