Nokia N85 Reviews & Comments

The Sim Free Nokia N85 has been given an average rating of poor by 2 customers.

Robert
Scotland

• Rated 2 out of 5

20th Mar 2009

Great phone, inexcusably let down
The Nokia N85 is a tidy, feature-packed phone with everything you could possibly need. The OLED screen is superb, there are plenty of applications such as Ngage, Nokia Maps and even an FM transmitter. The camera is good and the video playback is also excellent. It is therefore a great shame that a phone that could rank amongst the best on the current market is let down by such poor build quality. As the other reviewer states, when slid up the screen wobbles slightly and feels loose, the front buttons creak horribly and the battery cover is loose and rattles. I also took particular issue to the directional pad; it feels awful and with a raised centre selection button it is a challenge in itself to press a direction without also selecting something. I simply could not live with these issues, as much as I liked the phone. I was very disappointed to have to send this phone back as although it is excellent in almost every aspect, the build quality really is appalling and frankly inexcusable. Sadly, a real opportunity missed by Nokia.

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Rooster
Derby

• Rated 2 out of 5

25th Nov 2008

build quality questions
Don't believe the hype. As much as I would have liked to love this phone for it's features and slim dimensions it was ultimately let down by it's build quality. The display is outstanding, it has all the things you could want: 5 mp camera, auto rotate, gps, wifi. What they don't tell you is that the latest s60 software is buggy, the camera autofocus works 30% of the time, don't try to put your own themes because it slows the phone down to the point it's unusable. Now the major reason I returned it to the shop after using it for a week, the build quality. The display when opened wobbles. The keys creak when pressed. even the back panels are spongy, not just the waffer thin battery cover but also around the camera module. Even when I took the phone back they got another one out of the back to compare and it was the same. all in all very disapointed with nokia

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