Nokia's N85 drops by the FCC, dips head, inquires about what's good

Not that we ever (okay, maybe there was a moment of weakness in there somewhere) doubted that Nokia's N85 was North America-bound, but the handset dubbed superior to the flagship N96 by one Italian reviewer is indeed coming to US soil. And we've found the FCC documentation to prove it. At this point though, there's little the User Guide, external / internal photos and SAR report can tell us that we don't already know, so again, the takeaway here is that we're one (huge) step closer to having an N85 to call our own. Now that's what's up.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 9:23AM]

I was hoping the sentence for the title ended after the first 3 words. Serioulsly though, I'm all for innovative designs, but dedicated media buttons? Hmmm.. I'd prefer a keyboard.

[PhoenixFox Posted Oct 31st 2008 9:50AM]

It has a keypad.... If you mean QWERTY, then there's plenty of those around

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 9:42AM]

This is what Nokia give us after over 2 years with the N95. Thanks, Nokia!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 10:11AM]

quality of plastic and the slider mechanism is superior than nokia N96 in this one. and has low power consuming awesome OLED display

four buttons on the side can be programmed for any function , like music player shortcuts, N-gage gaming, picture and video player etc


full review with lot of pictures can be found here
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n85-en.shtml

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 10:38AM]

Superior device with lot of pictures can be found here

www.iPhone.com

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 10:47AM]

ummmNO.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 11:05AM]

Can I just point out that not all Apple fans are complete 'tards like iEye. I'm sure he's on the payroll of Microsoft judging by the nonsense he comes out with.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 11:59AM]

@iEye
All sarcasm aside, that was funny. I didn't see that one coming. I usually think your comments are both humorless and tasteless, but that was funny.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 1:27PM]

Hahahahaha @ iEye!

[UnixSystemsEngineer Posted Oct 31st 2008 10:43AM]

So if it's better, apparently all it needs to do is be under $899 to kick the N95's ass all over the place...

[goseki Posted Oct 31st 2008 10:48AM]

I chose this over the N96 and the Samsung i8510 .. not only for the OLED screen but it also has an FM transmitter for use in the car .. etc etc.. I may yet buy a N96 or the Samsung but the firmware isn't that great yet for either of them .. I find the N85's ok for a first build .. *cough* iPhone superior device .. yeah right ..

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 11:58AM]

Nokia makes good phones but where are they sold in the US by which carriers? Only unlocked at $800 and then I bring it over to AT&T and pay the same monthly price as an iPhone? I guess I don't get it.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 4:02PM]

No, you wouldn't pay the same monthly price as an iphone (3g), you would pay 15 dollars for unlimited internet IF you wanted it.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 5:39PM]

mmmm....this is NOT a thin gadget, looks like a brick.