My first few days with the N97

[Thomo45]

Ok so its a good phone and I'm sure when the new uk firmware comes out a few little bugs will be fixed.

What I have found do far.

1. The back light sometimes fails to light up when unlocking the phone.

2. Nokia browser crashes quite often when during heavy use.

3. The widgets quite often fail to update due to internet connection problems. Even if i have a strong 3g signal they fail to load or dont update.

4. Boingo. I cant remove the application and because I opened it it has now pinned itself as an access point with top priority and again I cant remove it.

5. When browsing videos there is no option to send them in any way (Bluetooth mms etc). You have to go into the file manager to do so.

6. Biggest disappointment is I cant use skyfire as they have no 5th gen edition. Not a nokia problem but still very disappointing as the nokia browser is still fairly limited.

7. When browsing contacts you are unable to see full contact details ( e mail address, notes, birthday etc) unless you select edit. Screen is big enough so why is this.

8. Battery life not that good.

9. Signal quality is very temperamental. Not sure if this is the phone or the network.

10. FM transmitter - nice touch but signal far to weak.

There are lots of real good points to the phone but it's not that different to my old Nokia n95, it doesn't do any thing that my 95 couldn't do except it does it with a touch screen. The hype that surrounded this phone and the costs involved I expected it to be making my breakfast in the morning.

Any way I've only owned the phone for 4 days so maybe it things will get better. I intend to keep it and im sure with its massive storage, ease of use and updates that are pending ill start to love it in time.

Right I'll stop ranting.

[Evil Genius]

thanks for sharing but most of these issues have already been mentioned in other threads.

are we going to see a mini review from every new N97 user?

[Qualain]

Hope not....as it is anybody could write that exact post the OP did from just looking at the main N97 threads!

[Micky]

All of these Firmware can fix. Im surprised to hear about your battery life not being up to scratch, I have been quite impressed with my battery performance to be honest.

[Sp00k]

Originally Posted by wrighty1973

thanks for sharing but most of these issues have already been mentioned in other threads.

are we going to see a mini review from every new N97 user?

Originally Posted by Qualain

Hope not....as it is anybody could write that exact post the OP did from just looking at the main N97 threads!

Hey! don't knock it... The problems described at least indicate that they are consistent in this model!

BTW, how's your review coming along Micky?

[Micky]

Originally Posted by Sp00k

BTW, how's your review coming along Micky?

Its getting there, added some more to it today actually. Got quite a bit more to go, and then photos, V11, then its good to go.:)

[buxz777]

yeah my battery life is really good to be honest

used the usaul s60 power settings , screen brightness down , gprs to when needed not when avalible , wifi off , bluetooth off , blah blah blah

and the battery is great infact after having the n95-1 and n96 with 950mah battery this 1500mah battery feels like a power station on my handset :-) lol

[BubbaHotepUK]

It takes a fair few charge cycles to maximise the battery life. My N95 battery got better over a period of months!

[buxz777]

well mine seems pretty good at the minute if it gets better then thats a bonus as far as iam concerned :-)

[Evil Genius]

Originally Posted by Sp00k

Hey! don't knock it... The problems described at least indicate that they are consistent in this model!

not knocking it but it might become a bit tedious.

right then, i'm off to write a review for my 6110 Navigator.........anyone interested?