Nokia N78 video hands-on
By Paul Miller 
posted Jun 6th 2008 10:18AM
posted Jun 6th 2008 10:18AM
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Hmmmmm. I'm not so impressed, I really dont like the Nokia grid interface I think its the font. I do like the photo display however.
I'll stick with my 3210.
Beautiful !
Doesn't look anything like an iPhone at all.
And thank god for that
iPhone= overrated aesthetics.
It's Knock-ia! Note Noke-ia!
gad get= jealous that he doesn't have an iphone
Actually, he pronounces it pretty much spot on.
Nokia Yawnnn.................. iphone come out on monday.
don't like it, and can't understand all the attention this phone (which looks ugly and thick) is getting.
I don't get it either. What does this phone have that a WM Smartphone like the Blackjack or Excalibur or a BB Curve doesn't to make it worth that wad of cash? Those other ones cost a fraction (esp. subsidized), have qwerty keyboards and more available software, and are hardly any larger.
I dont think there has ever been hype for this phone. This phone is entry level N series device for masses just like N73 was. It is really competitive price with all the AGPS, 3.2 mp, great music quality and a smartphone not a feature phone. SE and Samsung are slacking with rival here so i would think this will sell like it have at least sold now...even with the horrible starting price where you can get N82 almost for the same price, but that should come down fast as awalys with Nokia phones.
About prices thought i believe Nokia's arent sold by carriers in USA so the price might be a bit heavy there + all the great $ vs € stuff.
I really meant that more as a comment on the entire N series, not just this one. The N95 definitely HAS been hyped to death, and it's a thick and ugly phone with a UI that's nothing special over WM or BB and a price that's out of this world.
Yup, the N78 is very much "yawn" worthy. I can't believe Nokia are wasting their time making this aswell as the N96... I for one won't be buying either. N95 8GB 4EVA!
You know- I have an 8gb too & while I like it I must say the design direction they're taking (apart from the very ugly N82) is pleasant.
I like the slick, integrated approach. The 8gb just has too many exposed buttons & seems rather clunky in aesthetic compared to the N78, N81. Luckily the N96 looks like an N81 on steroids so we'll see.
still waiting for the CE industry to get over their gloss-and-faux-silver-accents honeymoon. Add less usable keypads to that list.
The design is nice but the performance looks horrid. Yikes. If we're comparing it to the iPhone I'd say I like that it doesn't look the same. It also appears that while it may be thicker, it's also smaller which is nice. I bet that camera is a lot better than the iPhone.
The performance in this looked quite bad alright, I was surprised at how slow everything was - not just the loading of the webpage but the scrolling etc. - but in nearly every other video p/review I've seen it's a lot smoother. Hrmmm. I thought the beta units were supposed to be slower than the retail ones!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tBayf9spdJw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NIoAvZZ3YA8
yea it looked a lot better in ealier reviews
How's it compared to the n82 in terms of speed?
Should be faster, it's sporting S60 v3 feature pack 2 compared to feature pack 1 that they've have for about a year and a half now
that phone makes me want to puke....
Had a demo in a phone shop, this is a very chunky phone that is way to thick and has a tiny keypad. FAIL ! how about demoing the new Samsung u900 ?
This phone UI looks as intuitive as wiping your ass with your hand.
I'd say! I sure woudn't think wiping my ass with my foot would be very intuitive.
I use toilet paper. You should try it some time
I like solid phones. I have small hands and can deal with the tiny keypad. I will be trying it out.
I haven't use Nokia since the iPhone era but I see that UI and especially web browsing still sucks more then horse shit! Way to go Nokia, you've come a long way since June 2007 :-)
Well, I tossed my cookies on that demo. $500 for that shizzle??? :-( I thought 3G is supposed to be so fast. Did it take about a minute to load that page? Either a bad connection or a snail slow processor. What's up with silver scroll ring? Does it work or not? The dude kept sliding this thumb all over it and nothing much was happening. However, there was one good thing about that demo....
....It'll make more people want the 3G iPhone. Less than four days away.
I know! That was poor. My N95 8GB loads the Engadget page in no time. No, this won't make people want to buy the 3G iPhone because this phone is free and the 3G iPhone is not.
Dear Paul,
Next time when you present a device please set it up before you present it. I like when you guys at engadget present a device you don't give it the same love and enthusiasm the iphone gets. You know whats funny this device still has a better camera then the iphone and its U.S. 3G. COme ON PEOPLE LETS DO SOME UNBIAS REPORTING.
Yours Truely,
AN ENGADGET FAN BOY
Agreed. I thought it but I didn't say it, luckily you did, poor video review, at least know the device and act like you know what you want to show it can and can't do. Jeez.
He may need to learn how to use Symbian first. It looked like he was unfamiliar with it to me.
Tell me about it. It amazes me how many here dosen't know more about Nokia devices, but i believe this is mostly NA based right? And it seems to be this same iphone hype in every non EU in Asia blogs it's just incredible how biased some of these are. Device that sold +5 million is getting looks....thought thank god it's getting the hype in world 3th biggest phone market compared to EU and Asian markets ;D
The scroll only works in long lists such as in the gallery or the music player, you're not meant to speed scroll through a 4 option list, that's what up and down is for, otherwise you'd keep missing your mark.
I must say, BGR's video review of the E71 and N78 were much better than Engadget's.
Page load times has practically nothing to do with the phone and all about location signal. And why does everyone compare the "iPhone" in all of these threads. iPhone is a piece of shit, only people I see on here wanking over them are iPhone owners and Apple fanboys. Get over it already. It's a shitty toy. This review sucked. Next time get someone to show it's features and other specs of the phone, not spending half of the video trying to load a webpage because he lives in the middle of nowhere. Lame.
Well I like my nokia 5610 more.. maybe because of the animated s40 interface..
There is a small amount of satisfaction when I have a different phone than others. I mean i see grandpa's using the iphone. its the like the razr, its like wow u have the same phone as my grandpa. ( not really but u get the point) I have had 2 iphones 8gb and a 16gb jail broken ect ect.ect. got bored with it and now i have the n78. Feature pack 2 is a nice upgrade from my n95-3. 3.5g is sweet and it has a much better camera than iphone. better sound quality for mp3s and voice. plus i love the 3.5 bluetooth modem. :)
hmm the motorola rokr e8 is so much better than this... granted its moto but meh