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168 of 172 found the following review helpful:
 Best 3g Phone AT&T has to offer Jun 12, 2007
By J.C.
The first thing you should do when you get this phone is change the packet data from "when available" to "when needed".
This is done by going to settings-->config-->connection-->packet data
This will solve the battery complaints posted by others. I can get ~2.5 days on a single charge.
I have had 3 long weeks to use and abuse the features of this phone.
Size wise: If you have a problem putting this phone in your pocket, get some looser fitting pants. People are probably seeing more than your phone bulging if this is the case.
Buttons: The whole keypad is spacious including the D-pad. I have large hands and find the tactility of the buttons to be high and are very easy for texting. The keypad buttons even tilt a little and make it easy to slide your hand around during fast texting/e-mailing.
Camera: Not a strong point. In some situations there is a green tint to the photos. The camera works best outside in sunlight and will produce pictures acceptable for a 5x7 with no green tint.
Operating system: Strong point of this phone big time. The Symbian S60 OS is the most customizable OS I have ever seen. Honestly, if there is something you want to customize you can probably do it. It may take a few days to get used to Symbian S60 but after that you won't look back. The availability of 3rd party programs is endless. I recommend Smart2go & Handy Alarm. Don't tell AT&T but this is actually a smartphone and has all the PIM features you need. Syncs with Outlook much easier/faster than Activesync and Windows mobile. It is also very easy to setup your e-mail accounts on the phone.
Media features: A pop-port to 3.5 or 2.5mm headphone jack is available online for $5-8, or Nokia's version for a bit more. It is worth the investment because the media player + a 2gb MicroSD has replaced my iPod nano. AT&T left Nokia's Music player on the phone and it is the best phone media player I have ever used. The built in speakers are loud, I mean insanely loud. I can turn it to 11 and it will drown out the TV and hurt my ears from 5 feet away. Once adjusting the EQ the sound quality improves. They are slighty tinny but not as bad as you expect.
Screens: Both screens are amazing. The inside screen is very crisp and does not wash out in direct sunlight. The outside is very functional and often times allows me to not flip open the phone for a lot of features.
Web: Use Nokia's web browser and not the Media Net one. It is a full feature browser and displays webpages just like a computer. It does not go to the mobile phone web but the actual web. Very amazing and far superior to Mobile IE.
Call Quality: Very clear and have yet to drop a call. I found myself calling people just to hear the call quality the first few days. I couldn't believe the clarity. Speakerphone is very loud via those little speakers on the back.
I would recommend this phone for anyone looking for a phone with some PDA functionality. The multimedia features just add to the functionality of the Symbian OS.
Every phone has its flaws and I find this phone to possess very few after fixing the battery issue and customizing it a bit.
39 of 40 found the following review helpful:
 I'm totally satisfied Aug 22, 2007
By DynomiteWins
"DynomiteWins"
I'll start off by saying that I am NOT a phone junkie. I normally just pick up whatever phone is free when I renew my service contract. There was a fantastic deal on this phone and it offered so much that I decided to put in a couple of bucks to pick it up.
I use the phone as a phone - rarely use the internet and had no interest in using it as an MP3 player. That said, I have uploaded a number of MP3s to this phone to use as ring tones and was surprised by how great they sounded. The speakers are loud and the songs sound great.
The call quality is amazing - best on any mobile phone I've ever used or owned. When calls come in, it does a great job of minimizing background noise (I was in a very loud environment and my husband called me - he commented on how clear my call was and that he couldn't even hear the background noise.)
I love how easy it is to manage minor tasks without flipping the phone open. The screen is stunning, the menus are quick and responsive. I charge the phone every 2 or 3 days (again, I'm not using the internet, camera, mp3 player or games very frequently, but I do use them on occasion.) I lock the keypad and have not had issues with anything starting up and running on its own yet. While I appreciate blue tooth technology, I'm happy that this phone also has the option for a port for a Nokia wire headset so there are even fewer worries about draining batteries. I do sync my phone up with Outlook - this phone seems to sync much better than any other phone I have previously owned.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with this phone and I would recommend it to others who are looking for a phone that happens to have some other cool features.
36 of 40 found the following review helpful:
N75 -- Unfulfilled Potential Jun 25, 2007
By SaidWhat
I really had high hopes for this phone, but was ultimately disappointed. I have been a loyal Nokia guy for years and looked forward to my first smartphone. More than that I wanted a combo phone/music player and the N75 seemed to fit the bill. I was skeptical about going from candy bar to flip phone, but I figured so long as I could voice dial (you can) and answer (you can't) without opening the phone, that would be fine.
But, in the end, this phone failed because of shortcomings of the music player implementation and poor battery life. Sadly, I will be looking for another phone.
DESIGN:
Pros:
+ Gorgeous displays in and out.
+ Outside display seems to have all the right info (especially when using the music player).
+ Great number keypad with large keys and excellent tactile feel.
Cons:
+ Navigation keys are too flat. I often hit the wrong key sending myself off to distant parts of the OS or canceling out in the middle of a task. After a while I got this down and this complaint faded.
+ Battery cover held in place by hair trigger release. Cover often came off when I pulled the phone from my pocket
MENUS and O/S:
Pros:
+ Symbian 60 OS opens up a world of possibilities - more than I had a chance to really sample.
+ Highly customizable menus enabled through obtuse menu trees.
Cons:
+ Power hungry OS.
PHONE:
Pro's:
+ Great call quality, great speaker phone, both with plenty of volume.
+ Can make calls with the cover closed using voice dialing.
Cons:
+ Can't answer the phone with the cover closed - soft keys are available to silence or decline the call, but not to answer on speakerphone. What a shame because I can do this on my wife's Nokia 6126 and this makes a flip phone much more convenient.
+ Easily paired up with bluetooth headset (but NOT stereo bluetooth)
CAMERA:
Pros:
+ Take pictures with phone open or closed, includes a flash. Serviceable image management on the phone (delete, view, etc)
Cons:
+ Shutteer laaaag, mediocre image quality for 2 mp camera.
MUSIC PLAYER:
Pros:
+ Really nice music player app with great controls.
+ Sounds pretty good on phone's little speakers.
+ Controls on outside cover are great.
+ Includes an equalizer.
Cons (the dealbreakers for me):
+ NO STEREO BLUETOOTH - I know that this advertised on the web site, but it is a misprint as confirmed by calls to Cingular and Nokia. Nokia says the required A2DP profile will be available in a firmware update, but they won't tell you when.
+ No 3.5 mm headset jack. You have to deal with Nokia's proprietary POP port, which takes up 1/3 of the left side of the phone and requires an adapter to work a 3.5mm headset. The POP cord/adapter is difficult to insert correctly and is aptly named POP port because of how easily it pops out -- I have lots of Nokia experience here.
+ Nokia Music Manager 2.0 PC software for transferring music crashed often in XP and did not recognize memory on my phone (tried two different brands of sd cards) Thankfully the included Windows Media Player driver worked well and transfers went smoothly with both cards.
BATTERY LIFE: (more dealbreakers)
Very poor; phone gobbles power like a Hummer towing a tank. Combo of small battery and hungry O/S and displays kills batteries fast. I really couldn't get more than 1 ½ hrs of talk time a day out of this, and that's without a bluetooth headset. Yes, I followed all the web advice about setting data to "as needed" setting. If you really want to use this as a smart phone: email, web, PIM and phone, then you better carry spare batteries.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
My Two Cents Worth Jun 15, 2007
By W. James
I had the N75 about two weeks and here is my report:
o I find the loose-fitting lid an irritant. Maybe other(')s don't.
o Mine doesn't make any funny internal sounds.
o Mine doesn't get hot.
o Mine doesn't drop calls.
o No stero bluetooth.
o Mine seems to do a good job of voice recognition.
o It bluetooths to my Moto H500 quickly, and the voice recognition works
fine there also.
o The surface does soak up finger prints.
o The display screens are spectacular.
o I like the large buttons on the key pad.
o Large screen, large buttons = large phone, I guess.
o The battery goes flat pretty fast (one day), but I'm constantly
playing with the phone. Maybe when the newness wears off, It'll
do better.
o The pop-port is a pain; also, they should have put it on the top
or bottom.
o Transferring pictures, music and application using the pop-port
is a breeze. It's quicker than screwing with the microSD.
o Speaker are loud enough.
o Being able to load different application is neat.
o The pictures seem plenty sharp for a 2 Mega-pixel. If you blow them
up, they become pixelated (see submitted pictures).
o I'm going to keep it and hope for a battery solution, or learn to
live with it.
47 of 56 found the following review helpful:
Ehh... Jun 06, 2007
By nokia6230
"nokia6230"
I ordered this phone a month back and just received it a few days ago.
I bought it mainly for the 3G connection and the fact that it's an Nseries phone.
I came from a Nokia 6230 which is a fairly small candy bar style phone so going to a bigger flip phone like the N75 is a big step.
I did use a 6102i or whichever free phone cingy had at the time and my gripes are basically compared to those two phones.
HATE:
- Sim card access. I don't know if there's another way to do this but once you insert that SIM card, you have to have a child take it out. Almost impossible for me to grab and pull out.
- Speakerphone is really low and almost inaudible even with the volume cranked up
- Vibrate on the phone is really... mild. If it's in your pocket, you probably won't feel it. Especially if you're on the train, for example.
- Long boot up compared to the two non Symbian phones I had.
- very annoying pop port .. i didn't think it would be an issue but if you have to hold the phone with two hands to insert your headset... annoying.
- no emoticons on txt messages??!!
- to reply to a txt you have to hit options->reply->via txt msg. Why can't i just hit reply and go straight to the txt box?
- zoom on phone takes f o r e v e r.
- where is the STOPWATCH and COUNTDOWN TIMER?!
- fingerprints/face prints get xfrd to phone easily
- my battery life : internet use only on/off = 4-6 hours with 2 10min calls and 6hours standby; MobiRadio on speaker, continuous = 1.5hours; mixed internet, mobiradio, regular radio, phone calls, text messaging, tinkering with phone= 6 hours or so. All hours est from full charge to when the batt just dies. Includes intermittent standbys and where I just look through the phone.
The charger is now tethered to my hip.
Like:
- really soft and big keys
- ability to move around the files/ folders
- Nice big screen
- Video (choppy and pixelated but it will do)
will con't as the months pass.....
**
UPDATE:
-battery life has improved significantly. I still use it 13hrs a day but I now charge just once a day. And i use it more.
-I also bought this primarily as an MP3 player and I'm having the same problem that I had with the 6230. The shuffle is not really a shuffle. I have about 200 songs in there and it insists on playing the same songs over and over every 10th-15th song... it seems to loop to songs I've heard already every single time.
-I use the HS-31 headset that I had before and the volume is just really low. I have to roll the windows up in my car in order to carry a conversation. I thought it was just the speakerphone that had a low volume. The bluetooth earpiece was loud, though.
-And finally, 3G. I found no discernable difference between EDGE and the 3G networks while downloading video or viewing webpages. Maybe it loaded up a page a few seconds faster but that was about it. Mobiradio still buffered every now and then in 3G networks so that was surprising as well.
I'm still going to keep the phone, though.
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