Nokia N8 Megathread

lolie · 10-11-2010 4:57pm

herrzeba wrote: »

I was just talking with meteor customer service. They said if I want the phone to be unlocked as a first time Meteor bill pay customer they will do it after 2 months.

I am on pre pay now. I was told they can transfer my prepay balance into bill pay, I will be of course keeping my old number. When asked can I top up 2 months in advance to have the phone unlocked I was told NO. Because they want to see I'm a faithful customer and I'm paying my bills on time.

With Smart Plan 12-months contract 30€ a month including 1gb data handset costs 169.99€. This is almost this same price as Emobile, but Meteor still gives you free Meteor to Meteor txt and calls for a year. Overall if you don't spend more that you have on your bill pay plan after a year you end up paying € 530 (handset + 12x 30€) for Nokia N8 while pre pay handset costs €459 without any price plan. So it's definitely a good deal for Meteor customer.

I will check personally today in the shop about this unlocking issue.

how is meteor coverage i ur area?

Davy · 10-11-2010 7:09pm

who_ru wrote: »

hi guys,

what store, online or high street, seems to have the best price on the N8 to buy outright?

I reckon o2 do, €386 on prepay once you use O2COUPON to get €42 off. Next closest is vodafone, €409 online or €419 instore.

jimmynokia · 10-11-2010 8:03pm

Davy wrote: »

I reckon o2 do, €386 on prepay once you use O2COUPON to get €42 off. Next closest is vodafone, €409 online or €419 instore.

hpoefully the prices will drop soon very expensive is the N8
the C7 is out next week starting from 299 on voda thats wat they said it will be anyway
I SEEN o2 MAG AND THEY have it at 379
meteor say it will start at 19 euro billpay no word on PAYG yet:)

dr ro · 10-11-2010 8:54pm

The max price for n8 on meteor bill pay is 150e. Which i payed. And still on 25 euro tarriff with 5e for 250mb pm. That's not that bad.

podgeandrodge · 10-11-2010 9:01pm

herrzeba wrote: »

I was just talking with meteor customer service. They said if I want the phone to be unlocked as a first time Meteor bill pay customer they will do it after 2 months....

When asked can I top up 2 months in advance to have the phone unlocked I was told NO. Because they want to see I'm a faithful customer and I'm paying my bills on time.

I have since received confirmation from Emobile that they would unlock my N8(which I got today

) after the 14 days cooling off period was up. Not that it mattered - I can confirm that the N8 with Emobile is UNLOCKED.

herrzeba wrote: »

With Smart Plan 12-months contract 30€ a month including 1gb data handset costs 169.99€. This is almost this same price as Emobile, but Meteor still gives you free Meteor to Meteor txt and calls for a year. Overall if you don't spend more that you have on your bill pay plan after a year you end up paying € 530 (handset + 12x 30€) for Nokia N8 while pre pay handset costs €459 without any price plan. So it's definitely a good deal for Meteor customer.

I went on the €14 a month Emobile plan over 18 months (100 minutes/100 texts and unlimited landline calls) = 14*18 plus €149 for the phone = total cost over 18 months of €401. (without data)

You could do €19 a month for 12 months = 19*12+€149 = €377. Given that this includes the 100 minutes and texts and unlimited landlines I can't see any reason to get a pay as u go whatsover. And it's unlocked too.

Davy wrote: »

I reckon o2 do, €386 on prepay once you use O2COUPON to get €42 off. Next closest is vodafone, €409 online or €419 instore.

If my figures are correct the €377 option over 12 months seems cheapest way of getting the N8 - however, another €24 gives you another 6 months of 100 minutes/texts and unlimited landlines hence my choice.

Love the handset so far - though individual applications such as maps defaulted to network data and caught me out.

In relation to Emobile - just tried going online and typing in my number and pin on their website and was able to look at all calls and individual data sessions used today with pricing. Impressed.

lolie · 10-11-2010 9:40pm

podgeandrodge wrote: »

I went on the €14 a month Emobile plan over 18 months (100 minutes/100 texts and unlimited landline calls) = 14*18 plus €149 for the phone = total cost over 18 months of €401.

i thinkin of goin on that plan meself, prepay on all networks a ripoff. wots ur coverage like compared to old phone? thikin of waitin to see if they get the blue one but seen on vodafone & o2 sites the black one sold out already so mite have to get d finger out and buy d black one on emobile b4 its gone

KrisW · 10-11-2010 10:38pm

some answers... My e-mobile n8 is not network locked... worked fully with my wife's o2 sim. As far as i know, symbian 3 is upgradable even if branded.. upgrades are per application, not just 'all or nothing' I'm not even sure there is such a thing as branded firmware any more: operators can pre-load applications on top of the stock OS, but the days of crippleware are gone.... I hope. CPU is plenty fast for this phone.. symbian is very resource-efficient, way more than android, and the GPU is a top of class device. Games performance is identical to iphone. I left o2 (after thirteen years) because they wanted 130 more than anyone else for this phone. Browser needs work (and has a stupid bug that adds extra spaces to text you type, as you can see...

), but forthcoming one looks really good. Call quality is phenomenal. Two people commented on how good it was, without knowing I had a new phone. Battery life is very good, a couple of days between charges is no problem.

podgeandrodge · 10-11-2010 11:07pm

lolie wrote: »

podgeandrodge wrote: »

I went on the €14 a month Emobile plan over 18 months (100 minutes/100 texts and unlimited landline calls) = 14*18 plus €149 for the phone = total cost over 18 months of €401.

i thinkin of goin on that plan meself, prepay on all networks a ripoff. wots ur coverage like compared to old phone? thikin of waitin to see if they get the blue one but seen on vodafone & o2 sites the black one sold out already so mite have to get d finger out and buy d black one on emobile b4 its gone

coverage excellent so far. I have the black one but that's what I wanted. Just bear in mind the €14 option does not include data. That's €10 a month extra...

Holybejaysus · 10-11-2010 11:14pm

Any chance somebody would throw up a few pics so we can examine the quality?

lolie · 10-11-2010 11:46pm

podgeandrodge wrote: »

lolie wrote: »

coverage excellent so far. I have the black one but that's what I wanted. Just bear in mind the €14 option does not include data. That's €10 a month extra...

cheers. knew that already, have wifi at home so sorted fof data. any negatives so far apart from browser. usin nok n73 almost 4yrs now so think it just mite be time for change;)

shuffles03 · 11-11-2010 12:02am

I currently have an iPhone 3GS but O2 rang me yesterday and said I had an upgrade which allows me to get any phone for free. I'm stuck between the Nokia N8, iPhone 4 or HTC HD7. I run an eBay store through my iPhone so the next phone needs to have really good email capability. Does the N8 have good email? I use Gmail if that helps. What's important to me in email for eBay is that I can click into a mail, scroll down and click on the contact buyer tab which then redirects me to eBay by opening up a separate tab in the browser which allows me to respond to buyers questions. Can the N8 do this really well like the iPhone does? For anyone who has used email in an iPhone and N8, what do you think?

Everyone keeps telling me to get the iPhone 4 or HTC HD7 but I love the fact that so much can be done with the N8. It's like a mini computer. What should I do?

dr ro · 11-11-2010 12:06am

without changing settings from the box i took a few pics from top of dublin mountain the other day. showed to lads in work and they were impressed with clarity at max zoom. realised then the default setting is 9 mp not 12! don't have any on comp to post at the mo. sorry. No harm having some data plan, just in case. the phone does default to wap and very easy to run up some ridiculous charges. meteor do 5e for 250mb. i was told i had to change to 1 gb data by cust services but the shop staff said otherwise.

Davy · 11-11-2010 12:14am

Holybejaysus wrote: »

Any chance somebody would throw up a few pics so we can examine the quality?

I will get round to it on friday or saturday, I want to compare with other handsets to see the difference so will take a little longer.

shuffles03 wrote: »

Does the N8 have good email? I use Gmail if that helps. What's important to me in email for eBay is that I can click into a mail, scroll down and click on the contact buyer tab which then redirects me to eBay by opening up a separate tab in the browser which allows me to respond to buyers questions. Can the N8 do this really well like the iPhone does? For anyone who has used email in an iPhone and N8, what do you think?

It has pretty good email, it will do what you describe right out of the box. All you need to enter is your email and password. Its set up for gmail, and ovi, hotmail etc already.

The only person who can decide on buying it over the iphone is you :pac:

dr ro · 11-11-2010 2:30am

are there any good phone cases for n8, does anyone know?

Davy · 11-11-2010 7:26pm

dr ro wrote: »

are there any good phone cases for n8, does anyone know?

Few to choose from here for a start:> http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/accessories/all-accessories?phoneid=23285

I haven't bothered getting one yet

donkey balls · 11-11-2010 7:33pm

Davy i was reading a review about the N8 and it said that the screen was tough(gorilla screen what ever that is) and it could take a good knock the same with the back.

Davy · 11-11-2010 7:37pm

donkey balls wrote: »

Davy i was reading a review about the N8 and it said that the screen was tough(gorilla screen what ever that is) and it could take a good knock the same with the back.

Ye, I think the galaxy has the same stuff, but I still wouldn't be bouncing it off the floor to try it out! Its not exactly a landrover phone

Voyager II · 11-11-2010 10:38pm

Just to let people know got my N8 from carphone in bandon today. An unbelieveable upgrade deal €69.99 for phone and €35 a month with 200mins & 200text 1gb data. And the best part of it all she was looking at the n95 8gb in my hand and said do you want to keep it or trade it in? I said how much she said €90 trade in I said its yours. So i had €20 to spend on on bit and bobs in store. Basically got the thing for free. Well happy:D

That was with Meteor

kmart6 · 11-11-2010 11:07pm

Voyager II wrote: »

Just to let people know got my N8 from carphone in bandon today. An unbelieveable upgrade deal €69.99 for phone and €35 a month with 200mins & 200text 1gb data. And the best part of it all she was looking at the n95 8gb in my hand and said do you want to keep it or trade it in? I said how much she said €90 trade in I said its yours. So i had €20 to spend on on bit and bobs in store. Basically got the thing for free. Well happy:D

That was with Meteor

Did you get free Meteor to Meteor?!

Voyager II · 11-11-2010 11:53pm

Yes free calls and text to meteor phones

lolie · 12-11-2010 12:54am

Voyager II wrote: »

Just to let people know got my N8 from carphone in bandon today. An unbelieveable upgrade deal €69.99 for phone and €35 a month with 200mins & 200text 1gb data. And the best part of it all she was looking at the n95 8gb in my hand and said do you want to keep it or trade it in? I said how much she said €90 trade in I said its yours. So i had €20 to spend on on bit and bobs in store. Basically got the thing for free. Well happy:D

That was with Meteor

i assume it woz the dark grey n8 you got! wot do ya think of the colour and the phone itself. want to get the blue one by chrimbo but me thinks more chance of santy bringin it in his sack:mad:

Kanedmick · 15-11-2010 11:22am

Same for me. Got it for free in CPW by trading in my old N95 for 90 bucks. Got a screen protectors and a generic leather(?) case to go with it.

Best deal I've seen in ages.

Some initial impressions for those who are interested:

- Been using it since Thursday last and can say battery isn't too bad - not nearly as bad as the bro's Galaxy.

- The camera is amazing - that was the main selling point for me. Using over the wknd and even indoor night shots are surprisingly good. The detail when you zoom in on a photo is fantastic - 12MP to thank for this. There are quite a lot of settings to fool around with for those inclined - not just a point and shooter.

- The Nokia maps are superb in their detail but the "Drive" routing is a little off. Not as good as the Garmin I had on the N95. Sometimes it sends me on daft routings. As it connects to Data, the Maps start up is almost instant. The N95 GPS only setting would take for freakin ever nearly. I have to figure out yet how to run it on GPS only. Does anyone know if it's possible to load the Garmin software on the N8?

Size - wouldn't like anything bigger. Bros Galaxy S is bit too big. It's got metal casing so the build is superb - not at all cheap plasticy feel like some.
Weight wise is much better than N95 and not nearly as clunky.

The Bad - Symbian - well, tbh, not as bad as everyone makes out. It's a little like Windows OS. You have to nearly know where to look to tweak stuff where as Android etc is much more intuitive. But, I can imagine that this would probably have been THE best smartphone if Nokia had bit the bullet and gone for Android - but that's another story!!

Would I recommend - yes! I had been waiting nearly all year for this phone and almost gave in a few times. Was it because it was Nokia - no - it was because of the hardware. My 2 cents!

monty_python · 15-11-2010 5:33pm

hi
can any1 tell me how to delete songs from the music player on my N8?

dr ro · 15-11-2010 5:36pm

Press and hold over the song to be deleted, this brings up a small menu. This method is used in other places too.

monty_python · 15-11-2010 5:42pm

dr ro wrote: »

Press and hold over the song to be deleted, this brings up a small menu. This method is used in other places too.

cheers dude!

monty_python · 15-11-2010 5:48pm

has any1 tried any 3rd party browser's yet??
which 1 would you reccomend?

Kanedmick · 15-11-2010 6:33pm

Opera Mini works fine. Download it for free from the Ovi store.

monty_python · 15-11-2010 8:52pm

Kanedmick wrote: »

Opera Mini works fine. Download it for free from the Ovi store.

have you tried the "ovi browser"
i saw it today on the ovi store today

jimmynokia · 15-11-2010 8:56pm

apparantly there is issues with some N8s connecting to the ovi store:eek:

monty_python · 15-11-2010 9:18pm

no issues with my 1 thank god. Sure you can always use a laptop

jimmynokia · 15-11-2010 9:22pm

yeah but the link has to be sent to phone for any of the apps :mad:

voda are having alot back with the browser

Davy · 15-11-2010 10:11pm

jimmynokia wrote: »

yeah but the link has to be sent to phone for any of the apps :mad:

I dont follow ya?

jimmy_t · 16-11-2010 9:12am

jimmynokia wrote: »

yeah but the link has to be sent to phone for any of the apps :mad:

voda are having alot back with the browser

ive had no problems downloading or connecting or browsing ovi, works like a charm

Davy wrote: »

I dont follow ya?

you cant dowload an app from the ovi store straight to your laptop and then load to your phone, it only sends a link via text to your phone containing the ovi page where you can download it directly, id much prefer if it wasnt like this, i presume its an ovi suite kind of issue.

monty_python · 18-11-2010 2:34am

hi
i cant seem to find the "payment settings" option in the ovi store menu, i have clicked account and looked all over but still cant find it.

could some1 please point me in the right direction

Sitec · 18-11-2010 7:06am

I cant connect to the Ovi store through my home LAN. I have to use my credit!! Any way around this??

Mimikyu · 18-11-2010 12:26pm

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Sitec · 18-11-2010 4:04pm

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Its saying "Unable To Sign In" through the LAN but when i go through it with my network it works grand?

Jacky08 · 18-11-2010 4:56pm

I'm on Meteor and I cannot log onto OVI Store, Nokia Account, Fcebook ect - saying Page Not Found

Any ideas
Cheers

Just got the N8 today and I really like it

Nerin · 18-11-2010 5:03pm

Really wanted this phone, but its been a disaster for my workmate. Got one a few weeks ago, after three days the thing bricked. Brought it back to the store, got another one yesterday as a replacement, it died last night, won't turn on even though it's been charged.

Davy · 18-11-2010 6:25pm

Nerin wrote: »

Really wanted this phone, but its been a disaster for my workmate. Got one a few weeks ago, after three days the thing bricked. Brought it back to the store, got another one yesterday as a replacement, it died last night, won't turn on even though it's been charged.

That seems mad, and very very unlucky

dr ro · 18-11-2010 6:30pm

Jackie o can you connect to any other websites.

Davy · 18-11-2010 7:06pm

Sitec wrote: »

I cant connect to the Ovi store through my home LAN. I have to use my credit!! Any way around this??

This a settings mistake, its not an Ovi store restriction.

When you open the ovi store app, it will show you in the top left corner what connection its using, is it connecting to your wlan first off? Can you browse the store?

Sitec · 18-11-2010 7:59pm

Davy wrote: »

This a settings mistake, its not an Ovi store restriction.

When you open the ovi store app, it will show you in the top left corner what connection its using, is it connecting to your wlan first off? Can you browse the store?

I tried this.

* Went to settings>connectivity>settings>data use in home network>WLAN only.

-Then went to OVI Store. All that comes up is "Unable to connect to service. Try again later."

* Went to settings>connectivity>settings>data use in home network> Always ask.

- I then try to connect to OVI Store, it connects to 02 WAP and it works.
Google, Youtube etc all work with WLAN

Davy · 18-11-2010 8:07pm

It wants to connect to Wap as that is set as default connection. You wlan APN is saved in internet destination. Go back to destinations, and click options, default connection, and then select 'internet' = problem solved.

Then click ovi store app and not a problem

ofcork · 18-11-2010 8:34pm

Hi guys im a new member hoping someone can answer a question for me,i bought the n8 recently on vodafone with 150mins/txts and 500mb data,the thing is the phone constantly connects to the vodafone isp service but doesnt seem to disconnect itself the way the mail through vodafone live does when its finished syncing.I can disable the isp ok,just wondering why its always on and why do vodafone have 2 ways to connect when i was with 02 there was only one connection.

Davy · 18-11-2010 8:42pm

ofcork wrote: »

Hi guys im a new member hoping someone can answer a question for me,i bought the n8 recently on vodafone with 150mins/txts and 500mb data,the thing is the phone constantly connects to the vodafone isp service but doesnt seem to disconnect itself the way the mail through vodafone live does when its finished syncing.I can disable the isp ok,just wondering why its always on and why do vodafone have 2 ways to connect when i was with 02 there was only one connection.

Its connecting because of a setting in the handset. Did you setup email syncing in the 'Mail' app on the handset?

This would be the most common reason. You can set it to connect are only certain times, certain days etc or to be on all the time.

o2 also have two different connections you just way not have noticed, the difference is they only charge one rate, where where vodafone charge two different rates. The live is older/slower, and the ISP is more for true browsing, its a faster service. Hope this helps, any questions just ask

Sitec · 18-11-2010 8:47pm

Davy wrote: »

It wants to connect to Wap as that is set as default connection. You wlan APN is saved in internet destination. Go back to destinations, and click options, default connection, and then select 'internet' = problem solved.

Then click ovi store app and not a problem

My good man i do believe i owe you a beer!;)

Worked like a charm, thanks very much!

ofcork · 18-11-2010 8:51pm

Does the mail use isp to connect so rather than live also i assume i wont be charged as long as i stay inside my 500mb limit?

Davy · 18-11-2010 9:13pm

ofcork wrote: »

Does the mail use isp to connect so rather than live also i assume i wont be charged as long as i stay inside my 500mb limit?

The mail app can work with either ISP or 'live'. Which one it connects to depends on how you set the phone. You wont be charged inside the 500mb ofcourse if both are covered in your plan.

Mimikyu · 18-11-2010 9:19pm

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