LeopardMan said on Tuesday, 07 October 2008

So are the G1 - the sold out of pre-sales already. Regardless of what you think about the phone, competition will slow sales and the Nokia 5800 has the ability to stop the iPhone in it's tracks.

Russ said on Tuesday, 07 October 2008

And Palin is going it be the next President! Dream on!

TM said on Tuesday, 07 October 2008

I think the Nokia is a lot better phone.

Nay said on Tuesday, 07 October 2008

Apple don't help themselves, the battery & crap camera means I would never buy an iPhone.

Jason said on Wednesday, 08 October 2008

The battery is no worse than most other 3G phones. The camera isn't great, but then they aren't on most phones. The Nokia N95 is often held up as a great camera phone because it's 5MP, but in truth the quality is little better (if at all) than the iPhone. Fact is that if quality is important you need a camera, not a phone.

It'll be interesting to see what the new Nokia touch screen phone is like. Their previous flagship the N95 was on paper a great phone. In use it was pretty awful. The iPhone may lack in a couple of areas, but as long as they aren't must-have features for you, it's a much better phone. Better battery life as well!

NickC said on Wednesday, 08 October 2008

I disagree, the N95 8gb features far surpass the iPhone and is a brilliant phone to use.

The camera is 5 megapixel with a Carl Zeiss lens and a flash, it can record video and send it as MMS. A camera is more important to me than a tinny media player.

Jason said on Wednesday, 08 October 2008

Just goes to show that tastes vary. I hated the N95. The camera may be 5MP etc, but I have never seen anything produced on the N95 camera that backs up the difference, on paper, between that and the iPhone. Even a cheap point 'n' shoot will beat any phone pictures I have seen.

The iPhone may have less features but none that matter to me (for example I have had phones capable of MMS but have never sent or received one). Of course they may matter to others. The whole user interface I find so much better than the N95, and have found battery life to be much better.

Incidentally, my iPhone records video, courtesy of a free download.

I'm not one of those Apple fanboys that claim it is the best phone ever. It is the best phone around for my use, but I'm quite sure it isn't for people whose needs in a phone are different from my own. Such as yourself.

Not sure what you meant by 'tinny media player'.

Manny said on Wednesday, 08 October 2008

I have the N95 8gb & since the latest firmware having going lots longer without charge.

I'll wait for Nokia 5800, I have plenty of Mac kit but I don't like the iPhone.

The new EU directive may help - they will have to provide batteries that can be changed by the user.

iBob said on Wednesday, 08 October 2008

I can't believe how many of the comments are regarding the camera facility...!!!! It's a 'PHONE' with a superb iPod, Web Browser and endless other things with the 'App Store' oh....and a camera to take the odd snapshot......!!!!

Obviously Nokia have got it so right. Circa 10 million iPhone buyers in 2008 have got it soooo wrong.....!!!!!

iBob said on Thursday, 09 October 2008

I can't believe how many of the comments are regarding the camera facility...!!!! It's a 'PHONE' with a superb iPod, Web Browser and endless other things with the 'App Store' oh....and a camera to take the odd snapshot......!!!!

Obviously Nokia have got it so right. Circa 10 million iPhone buyers in 2008 have got it soooo wrong.....!!!!!