Nokia N96 Expert Reviews

The Nokia N96 has been a long time coming, and is one of the most talked about mobiles of the year thanks to its TV and video prowess. But will users love it?…

A mighty feature set. Arguably the strongest of 2008

It can be slow and the finish is a little disappointing

The N96 is a tremendously well-endowed phone, excelling at video, but it does have its flaws.

Nokia N96 review at LetsGoMobile : It is becoming more and more difficult for current manufacturers to put a unique mobile phone into the market. Many cell phones are equal when it comes to their functionality, and there are only minor differences ...

The N96 is a long-awaited promising mobile phone of the Nokia brand. The internal memory of 16GB, the 5.0 Megapixel digital camera, FM radio, GPS receiver, HSDPA and of course, the mobile television function, make the Nokia N96 a fully equipped device ...

This multimedia phone from Nokia has a 2.8-inch display. There's 16GB of internal memory for file storage, as well as an expandable memory card slot. A five-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics is also included, as well as a camcorder function, ...

Forget listing what the N96 has, it's easier to say what it hasn't got: a touchscreen and a kitchen sink. There isn't another handset on the market that can match it for sheer power and specification. Highlights are the built-in iPlayer app for ...

With great power comes great awkwardness. The N96 blunders sluggishly between modes and suffers from a build quality that doesn't even suggest Nokia's pickiness, let alone N-series swank. HSDPA browsing is fast but not entirely seamless, despite the ...

Nokia has shovelled in functions at the expense of usability so much that we're surprised Apple doesn't run, “I'm an N96, I'm an iPhone” ads. It's the cutting-edge of mobile tech, for sure, but does it have to feel like quite such hard work?

After a long wait, we get hands on with dual-sliding, TV-toting follow up to the N95

Multimedia features / DVB-H potential / UI / bundled iPlayer / 5MP camera / storage

Size / looks / DVB-H at present / lack of camera lens cover

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Nokia's motivation in releasing the N96, it seems, is to supplant the N95--already an excellent phone in its own right--with something even better

- Easy to use, - Plenty of photo, video and audio options, - Flash support, - High quality screen

- Double-slider mechanism fragile, - No DivX support, - Flimsy support

The N96 is a great multimedia phone, but it doesn't bring many new features to the table--it's telling that the most noteworthy addition compared to the N95 is an extra 8 GB of memory. There's no need to drop your N95 just yet, but if you're in the ...

Nok, nok, noking on Apple's door?

Sensibly placed 3.5mm port; 16GB of storage space; Luxury design; It does everything

Fiddly navigation buttons; Operation can be very slow; The menu's a mess; Rubbish PC software

If your phone must do it all, your handset must be the N96

THIS isn't revolutionary, but as a multimedia device it is one of the better mobile phones on the market.

2.8" display, 5 megapixel camera, HSDPA capable, built-in GPS, two-way slider, 16GB internal memory with microSD card slot, 3.5mm headphone jack

Sluggish user interface, plastic build, DVB-H capabilities currently useless in Australia, overpriced

Unlike its predecessor, the N96 isn't revolutionary but it remains a reasonable upgrade to the N95. It's expensive and the DVB-H feature is useless in Australia, but as a multimedia device it is one of the better mobile phones on the market.

A real do-it-all device, but Nokia needs to do better to compete with the iPhone.

Sensibly placed 3.5mm port

Fiddly navigation buttons ; Operation can be very slow ; The menu's a mess ; Rubbish PC software

If your phone must do it all, your handset must be the N96