Le téléphone mobile N8 - Noir est un smartphone conçu par Nokia, utilisable avec les réseaux 3G / UMTS, 3G+ / HSDPA, Edge et GPRS.Il est basé sur le système d'exploitation SymbianOS. Ce téléphone mobile dispose d'un écran tactile 3,5 pouces, d'une puce GPS, d'une connexion WiFi. Il affiche 12h d'autonomie en communication, et embarque 16 Go de mémoire interne.
Plus : Très bonne qualité des photos et des vidéos HD. Fonctions de retouche. Qualité audio du baladeur. Présence et qualité de réception de la radio FM. GPS globalement performant. Téléchargement gratuit de cartes pour le GPS. Gestion de la technologie d'animation Flash. Autonomie. Double prise d'alimentation. Support USB host. Finesse et qualité de fabrication. Prise mini HDMI. Transmetteur FM. Simplicité Ovi store.Moins : Gestion emails. Batterie non amovible. Inefficacité de la recherche de lieux du GPS. Quantité (relativement faible) des applications de l'Ovi store.
Après avoir marqué le pas dans le créneau des smartphones, Nokia place ses espoirs dans le N8, le premier disponible sous son nouveau système d'exploitation Symbian^3. Musclé côté images, avec notamment un capteur de 12 mégapixels et sa sortie HDMI, il promet une interface tactile plus efficace (et plaisante). Pari enfin tenu? Réponse dans ce test du Nokia N8.
The Nokia N8 is a slick and stylish smartphone with superb multimedia features. But the Symbian software is a long way from competing with similar offerings from Apple and Google.
Disappointing is the word that springs to our minds the most when using, and describing the Nokia N8. It’s disappointing that Symbian^3 lacks so much in so many areas, disappointing that it has taken the N8 so long to arrive, disappointing that such beautifully constructed hardware, with such well-considered specs, should be lumbered with an operating system that would have felt second-rate a year ago.
If you’ve never used an iPhone, Windows Phone 7, or Android handset, don’t think you will and won’t be stuck watching users constantly, by all means go into a shop and try out a Nokia N8 – the hardware may well win you over, it’s that well made. But if you’re likely to be in a position to compare it to another smartphone platform, you’d have to be crazy to consider Symbian^3, and therefore the Nokia N8, as an alternative.
While the N8 does offer some quality features such as its 12-megapixel camera and HD video capture, not to mention its music player and generous built-in memory, it feels slightly clunky when compared with the rest of the top-tier smartphones currently available. While the updated Symbian software certainly offers some significant improvements when compared with previous models, most of the new features that it includes are available on other OSes and have been for some time. This makes it feel as though Nokia is playing catch-up with its rivals, rather than introducing any of its own innovations.
For Nokia fans who have been loyally waiting for their preferred mobile phone brand to come up with the goods, then the N8 certainly offers a huge improvement. However, if you're comparing it to other top-end rivals such as the iPhone, the Galaxy S or the HTC Desire HD then it doesn't quite measure up. It is however, a fair bit cheaper which could give it a much-needed advantage over its competitors.
It doesn't instil a great deal of confidence that this is to be Symbian's high-end swan song, with the OS to be reserved for the brand's budget handsets in future. That, along with its clumsy interface and disappointing OS upgrade makes it hard to fully recommend.
