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Nokia N93 review
Nov. 17th, 2006 09:42 pmSo work has given me a couple of new Nokia phones to test out their web and photo capabilities. I now have a Nokia N73 and N93 on loan. The N73 seems alright, but the N93.. oh my god.. It's fricking huge! I don't know if you've seen my existing phone (HTC Magician), but it's not exactly small. However it's about half the weight of the N93, and looks like a wonder of minimalism next to the lumpy asymmetrical Nokia. Ugh.
The main selling point of the Nokia is that is has a 3 megapixel digital camera, with an actual zoom and tiny flash. A mobile phone that comes with a lens cap.. Who've thunk it?
However, the phone is about twice the size of modern digital cameras (which come with 6 to 8 MP), and is definitely inferior to them for photo quality. The sample model I received has an extremely finicky, nay, broken, data cable plug too. I have to put constant pressure on it to make a good enough connection to copy image files off it, which is hopeless.
So, given the Nokia is at least twice the size, and cost, of a small consumer digital camera.. would you really buy one just for the convenience of having to only carry one device?
My take on all this is from a "consumer journalism" perspective though, and for those purposes, it's probably not too bad.
But I just can't get over the sheer bulkiness of it! I just put it down next to my PSP, and it's not much smaller - but a hell of a lot chunkier.
The main selling point of the Nokia is that is has a 3 megapixel digital camera, with an actual zoom and tiny flash. A mobile phone that comes with a lens cap.. Who've thunk it?
However, the phone is about twice the size of modern digital cameras (which come with 6 to 8 MP), and is definitely inferior to them for photo quality. The sample model I received has an extremely finicky, nay, broken, data cable plug too. I have to put constant pressure on it to make a good enough connection to copy image files off it, which is hopeless.
So, given the Nokia is at least twice the size, and cost, of a small consumer digital camera.. would you really buy one just for the convenience of having to only carry one device?
My take on all this is from a "consumer journalism" perspective though, and for those purposes, it's probably not too bad.
But I just can't get over the sheer bulkiness of it! I just put it down next to my PSP, and it's not much smaller - but a hell of a lot chunkier.