Saturday, March 28, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
nokia N73 is a piece of crap
yes, this phone is a piece of crap. do not buy or accept it as a gift. Dispose as soon as you get it.
I bought one for my wife, she complained and I offered to use it. After 3 days I wanted to smash it against the wall but I paid so much, 1700 for it that held me back. If I was well off I would smash it and save someone the agony of using it.
Here's why. The camera application takes forever to load. Over 60s is not uncommon. Not only that it resets itself several times before starting and frequently resets itself when trying to record video. I'm guessing it's out of memory but I only have 2 other things running, google maps and an antivirus. Sometimes I get fed up I just pull the battery out (since shutting down takes forever too). Restarting although >60s is faster than trying to fuck with the phone and getting it to work. If you want to get that sudden plane crash forget it, by the time you get the camera working it would have carshed and been cleaned up.
Another problem is the SMS messaging. Another SLOW application. When you press the 'show' option from the main screen it takes >30s to get there by which time the screen lock has kicked in and you have to enter the unlock code, what a frickin hassle. Even under normal circumstances its slow. Just to get to the message screen takes a while. By the time the phone is ready for input I've forgotten what I wanted to write!
Memory is another problem, 64Meg is not longer sufficient. Seems just the basic applications needs RAM memory, heaps of it. Seems the 'out of memory' error comes up too frequently. Unbelievable.
The web browser is another RAM memory HOG. After a couple of pages it complains that there is insufficient memory. And sometimes exits. Fucked up!
Apologies for the profanities but this phone is definitely not worth it, even for free. Borrow one first if you really want it. Try it for about 4 days.
Conclusion, get something better. Get a basic phone that works fast and get a separate digital camera.
I bought one for my wife, she complained and I offered to use it. After 3 days I wanted to smash it against the wall but I paid so much, 1700 for it that held me back. If I was well off I would smash it and save someone the agony of using it.
Here's why. The camera application takes forever to load. Over 60s is not uncommon. Not only that it resets itself several times before starting and frequently resets itself when trying to record video. I'm guessing it's out of memory but I only have 2 other things running, google maps and an antivirus. Sometimes I get fed up I just pull the battery out (since shutting down takes forever too). Restarting although >60s is faster than trying to fuck with the phone and getting it to work. If you want to get that sudden plane crash forget it, by the time you get the camera working it would have carshed and been cleaned up.
Another problem is the SMS messaging. Another SLOW application. When you press the 'show' option from the main screen it takes >30s to get there by which time the screen lock has kicked in and you have to enter the unlock code, what a frickin hassle. Even under normal circumstances its slow. Just to get to the message screen takes a while. By the time the phone is ready for input I've forgotten what I wanted to write!
Memory is another problem, 64Meg is not longer sufficient. Seems just the basic applications needs RAM memory, heaps of it. Seems the 'out of memory' error comes up too frequently. Unbelievable.
The web browser is another RAM memory HOG. After a couple of pages it complains that there is insufficient memory. And sometimes exits. Fucked up!
Apologies for the profanities but this phone is definitely not worth it, even for free. Borrow one first if you really want it. Try it for about 4 days.
Conclusion, get something better. Get a basic phone that works fast and get a separate digital camera.
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