Download GoodSync Today! FREE!Nokia N75 (AT&T)
Manufacturer: Nokia Corp. Part number: 0023427
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- There are a lot of good points to the Nokia N75, including UMTS support, advanced multimedia capabilities, and excellent call quality, but ultimately, its poor talk time battery life and other restrictions leave us disappointed in the smart phone.
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CNET editors' review
Nokia N75 (AT&T)
price range: $595.99
- Reviewed by: Bonnie Cha
- Edited by: Nicole Lee
- Reviewed on: 05/07/2007
- Released on: 05/04/2007
The good: The Nokia N75 features 3G (UMTS) support and is compatible with Cingular's music and video services. The Symbian smart phone offers excellent call quality and has integrated Bluetooth, external music controls, and a gorgeous internal display and spacious keypad.
The bad: The N75 has a very short talk time battery life, and the phone's 2-megapixel camera took subpar pictures. Also, the phone is equipped with a proprietary port for headsets and headphones. There's no HSDPA support, Wi-Fi, or GPS.
The bottom line: There are a lot of good points to the Nokia N75, including UMTS support, advanced multimedia capabilities, and excellent call quality, but ultimately, its poor talk time battery life and other restrictions leave us disappointed in the smart phone.
So was it worth the wait? Meh. On the one hand, the N75 offers excellent call quality and snappier performance than other Nokia N series phones. It also boasts a gorgeous internal display, a roomy keypad, and external music controls. However, the N75 disappoints in a number of areas, too. The most alarming is the extremely short talk-time battery life, and its 3G support is UMTS and not HSDPA. Perhaps we're greedy, but when you consider that the carrier's other music phones, such as the Samsung Sync and the Motorola Razr V3xx, offer HSDPA speeds at a lower cost, it makes you pause. As such, if it's a music phone you're after, we recommend the Sync or the V3xx, while if you want the added smart phone capabilities, take a look at the Samsung BlackJack.
Design
The Nokia N75 isn't exactly a stunner in the looks department. The black-and-silver color scheme is classic, but it doesn't have the flash of a Samsung Upstage. Also, at 3.8 inches long by 2 inches wide by 0.8 inch high, the flip phone is a bit blocky and bulky. This makes for a bit of a tight fit in a pants pocket. Also, in its open state, the N75 measures 7 inches long, so the mouthpiece extends down quite a bit when you're talking on the phone. We also thought that the front flap felt too pliable when held up against the ear. It's not so bad that we think it'll snap off its hinge, but it is something we noticed during our test period. On the upside, the handset features a soft-touch finish that makes the phone easy to grip.
There are some advantages that come with the larger size, namely spacious external and internal displays and a roomy keypad. First, the front flap boasts a 1.3-inch external screen that shows off 262,000 colors at a 160x128 pixel resolution. Aside from displaying the standard information (time, date, signal strength, battery life, and caller ID), it also shows you track information and EQ levels when you're in music mode and acts as a viewfinder in camera mode. And to complement the N75's music abilities, there are dedicated music controls--back, play/pause/stop/ forward--just below the screen. You can even use them to launch the music player and view all your songs without having to open the phone first.
Once you flip open the phone, you're greeted with a beautiful 2.4-inch diagonal screen that shows off 16 million colors at a 240x320 pixel resolution. Text and images looked gorgeous with vibrant hues and sharp definition, and we could view the display in most lighting conditions. However, the screen does have a tendency to hold smudges and fingerprints.
The N75's menus are intuitive and easy to navigate with the controls found below the screen. These include two soft keys, Talk and End buttons, an edit key, a clear button, a Main Menu shortcut, a Music menu shortcut, and a four-way navigation toggle with center select key. Overall, the layout is spacious, though directional keypad could be a bit tricky for users with larger thumbs. On the other hand, the alphanumeric keypad is extraroomy and features tactile, backlit buttons, keeping misdials to a minimum.
On the right spine of the N75, there's a volume rocker, a camera activation key, and another button to switch to video mode. As with the Nokia N95, the placement of the latter two buttons mimics the feel of a digital camera when shooting a picture horizontally and with the front cover closed. The camera lens is located on the back of the handset along with a flash, but unfortunately, there's no lens cover so take care not to scratch the surface. The left side of the Nokia N75 houses the Pop-Port connector (for Nokia's proprietary USB cable and headset), the power connector, and a microSD slot. We're glad that Nokia brought the expansion slot to the exterior of the phone instead of behind of the battery as it's had a tendency to do so on its previous phones. However, we must say the Pop-Port is a bit of a nuisance. First, it's protected by a stiff, attached cover that you have to wrangle every time you want to connect any of the cables. Also, the proprietary port means you can't plug in any pair of headphones (2.5mm or 3.5mm) so you'll have to get an adapter to do so--a bit of a disappointment for such a music-friendly phone.
Finally, there are two small speakers located on both sides of the phone and a power button on top. The Nokia N75 for Cingular ships with only a USB cable, a power adapter, a software CD, and reference material. Much to our dismay, there is no wired headset or micro SD card included in the box. You can check our cell phone accessories page for such add-ons, ringtones, and help.
Features
Like the Samsung Sync, the big draw of the Nokia N75 is its music capabilities, but it's first and foremost a phone. The phone's address book is limited only by the available memory and the SIM card holds an additional 250 contacts. There's room in each entry for multiple phone numbers, work and home addresses, e-mail addresses, a birthdate, and personal data. For caller ID purposes, you can assign each contact a photo, a group ID, and one of 20 preloaded ring tones. You can, of course, download more, and to mix things up, the mobile also supports 3D ring tone effects with various reverberations and sound trajectories--a fun, little feature. As a quad-band phone, the N75 offers true world roaming as well as a speakerphone, speed dial, conference calling, voice command support, and a vibrate mode. There are also a couple of extra, cool utilities for your phone: Voice Aid and Message Reader. Both use text-to-speech technology, and the former can read your recent calls or your address book's contents back to you, to name two, while the latter will read you your text messages. We tested both apps and while the robotic voice mangles some words, overall it did a good job, and we found them to be handy utilities.
Another big story here is the 3G support. Operating on Cingular's UMTS 850/1900 network, the N75 can achieve data transfer speeds of as fast as 2Mbps (though realistically, you'll experience more in the 300Kbps-to-400Kbps range) and access the carrier's 3G services such as Cingular Video. Of course, we wish the N75 would support HSDPA speeds, as do some of Cingular's other music phones including the Samsung Sync and Motorola Razr V3xx, but we'll take what we get. The N75's integrated Bluetooth 2.0 supports a number of profiles, including wireless headsets, hands-free kits, dial-up networking, generic object exchange, and file transfer. Unlike the N95, the Nokia N75 is not equipped with built-in Wi-Fi or GPS.
So let's get on with the music, shall we? There's a whole subsection of the phone's menu dedicated to music, where you can listen to your songs and watch music videos, shop for music, listen to mobile radio, and more. The N75's integrated music player supports MP3, WMA, M4A, AAC, and eAAC+ formats, among others, and OMA DRM 2.0- and WMDRM-protected songs. It also synchronizes with Windows Media Player and is compatible with PlaysForSure content, so you can play songs purchased from services such as Napster to Go, Yahoo Unlimited, and Cingular Music. We were pretty psyched when we saw that you could access the online music services via the phone, but the excitement was shortlived as we found out that you have to sideload songs from your PC. You can't purchase tracks directly from the phone.
To transfer music onto the device, simply use the included USB cable and drag-and-drop tunes in data transfer mode or use the Nokia PC Suite. The phone has about 40MB of user-accessible memory, but we recommend you save the space and load your tunes and other multimedia files onto a microSD card. The N75's expansion slot can accept cards as large as 2GB. Once you've got your songs on the device, the music library categorizes tracks by artists, albums, genres, and composers. You can also create playlists right on the phone and adjust the sound with the built-in equalizer. There are also a host of other music apps through the Cingular Music service, including a music ID service and MobiRadio, but they all require a subscription fee.
The Nokia N75 is equipped with a 2-megapixel camera with a built-in flash and 10x zoom. As with other camera-equipped Nokia N series phones, the N75 offers a wide range of customization and editing options for your images. You get three quality settings, six scene modes, a white balance adjustment, a sequence mode, a self-timer, and more. The camera can also shoot MPEG-4 videos with sound as fast as 15 frames per second, but your editing choices are more limited in this mode.
Picture quality was a bit disappointing. We're not sure if it's because the N75 doesn't employ a Carl Zeiss lens as the other N series camera phones do, but images weren't as sharp and the coloring was off, with a blue-gray overtone. Also, we found it a bit awkward to take pictures using the internal display as your viewfinder. Video quality was actually bit better, with sharper definition.
One area where the Nokia N75 might have an edge over the MP3 cell phone competition is productivity. The N75 runs the third edition of the S60 platform on the Symbian operating system for your office needs. An app called QuickOffice lets you view Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, and it optimizes the pages for the phone's screen, so you don't have to scroll all over the place to read text. However, if you want any editing capabilities, you'll have to upgrade the preloaded copy of QuickOffice. For messaging, the N75 supports IMAP4 and POP3 accounts with an attachment viewer. In addition, you can tap into your Yahoo, Hotmail, and AOL mobile e-mail and instant messengers. Other productivity apps and PIM tools include Adobe Reader, a Zip Manager, a calculator, a notepad, a measurement converter, a clock, and a voice recorder.
Performance
We tested the quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900; EDGE; UMTS) Nokia N75 in San Francisco using Cingular service, and call quality was excellent. We had no problems hearing our friends and enjoyed clear, crisp audio with very little background noise. Our callers reported the same and said they couldn't tell we were using a cell phone. The speakerphone was also quite good and had plenty of volume to carry on conversations in noisier environments. In addition, we had no problems pairing the N75 with the Logitech Mobile Traveller Bluetooth headset.
General performance was faster than that of other Nokia N series phones. We didn't experience a long delay when opening and switching between apps, although the camera function slowed things down a bit. Music playback through the phone's dual speakers was actually quite disappointing. While there was plenty of volume, songs sounded tinny and lacked richness. Once again, we also have to point out that the restriction of having to use Nokia's proprietary earbuds (unless you get an adapter) is a big pain. Watching videos on the phone wasn't exactly a treat either. We viewed several clips from the Cingular Video service, including music videos, sports highlights, and news, and some from our personal video library. Though audio and video were synchronized, images were quite pixilated and blurry.
The Nokia N75 is rated for four hours of talk time, and as long as eight days of standby time. In our our battery tests, we got only an appalling two hours of talk time on a single charge. Not only that, but the battery/rear side of the phone also felt very warm. The atrocious talk time battery life may be the result of running on the 3G network, but having to run for the nearest outlet after such a short time is pretty darn bad. For MP3 battery life, we were able to get nine hours of continuous listening time after just one drain test, but we'll update this score as CNET Labs runs the full gamut of performance tests over the next couple of days. According to FCC radiation tests, the N75 has a digital SAR rating of 0.68 watt per kilogram.
User reviews
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CNET Is Losing Credibility
by RJE on June 14, 2007
Pros: Excellent in every way
Cons: No WiFi. Big Deal
Summary: CNET gives this phone a rating of 6.3. I think CNET reviewers have become too jaded. It's time for some new blood. The entire N Series, save for ...
Summary: CNET gives this phone a rating of 6.3. I think CNET reviewers have become too jaded. It's time for some new blood. The entire N Series, save for the N80 has been skewered by CNET.
The N75 is one of the truly great phones I have ever owned, and I've owned them all. I rate it over the N95, the N76, the N91. The only Nokia I've enjoyed nearly as much as the N75 is the E65, another phone with a mediocre review from the CNET team.
As much as I've valued CNET reviews in the past, I now intend to go elsewhere for definitive assessments of cell phones. I know cell phones. I know how off the mark theses reviewers are.
I have an unlocked, unbranded N75 from Canada. If you can get that, instead of the AT&T version, get it.11 out of 11 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Nokia N75 - Great 1st Gen Smart Phone Replacement/Upgrade
by Meatpancake on May 12, 2007
Pros: Call Quality, Reception, Screen, Memory Size, OS, Layout, MP3 Player, Build Quality, Video
Cons: Battery (Common for all phones), Early production bugs.
Summary: I recently purchased this phone. I have had it for approx 1 month. My prior phone is a Nokia 6620 Gen1 smart phone.
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What this phone is: A Very ...Summary: I recently purchased this phone. I have had it for approx 1 month. My prior phone is a Nokia 6620 Gen1 smart phone.
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What this phone is: A Very Good Clamshell Smart Phone with a solid company backing it up. It as all the modern features to replace your gen 1 smart phone.
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What this Phone is not: A super business machine QWERTY phone, with bleeding edge technology that hasn't even been implemented by cell companies yet.
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Pros:
1. Clamshell. Symbian 60 3.1 smart phone. Very robust community and software support for many applications. All that I have tested have worked including anti-virus software.
2. MP3 Player on the front, works great w/bluetooth. No other phone really does this right now. All major formats supported and sound quality is very good with all encoding speeds.
3. OS is solid, relative fast loading even for large proggies. No crashes with hard reboots at this time.
4. Excellent reception (it is a phone you know), volume is great, speakers are great, handsfree works great. This is a critical feature, as a cool featured phone that sounds like crap in calls is useless.
5. Very good build quality, seems solid, keys very tactile, navigation keys a bit confusing early but quickly you will learn. No more complex than that new 9 button wireless mouse on your desk.
6. WOW - High Def Screen, best I've ever seen on a clamshell. Play Games!
7. Big memory with SD in convenient location.
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Cons: (with comments)
1. Short battery life - higher volume batteries will be available soon I am sure. However it is better than the 2 year old battery in my 6620 right now. I get 1 hour talk time on that.
2. Not a N95 - ok, go spend $800 if you want an N95.
3. Limited high speed data transmission, Yes, but the new data formats (HSDPA) are not even available, 3G was just made available and when higher speed formats are available you will be ready for a new phone anyway. (2 years) Also GPS by dongle is available. Who actually uses WiFi on their phone? (Unless it is a full sized QWERTY smartphone for business.)
4. Propritary ports for headsets...What? You still plug your headset in? Look, the phone is designed to be used with Bluetooth. If you really want to plug it in, buy an adapter. NBD.
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Neutral:
1. New phone, likely to have things needing to be fixed. Luckily the Symbian OS can be upgraded unlike many other phones where you are stuck with the problems. Patience grasshopper, workarounds and fixes are expected with new technology.
2. This isn't compatible, the stereo don't work, my old phone did this better, see #1.
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The lowdown:
Look, if you are a moderate tech smartphone user that wants an MP3 player, video support in your phone, likes Nokia products and wants a clamshell, then this phone is for you. If you are a full sized smartphone/blackberry/business user, dont buy it, you will want more. If you want a good upgrade for your current 1st gen smart phone (or non smart), this is it. Just be realistic, no phone is perfect in early production, but at least you get the good hardware, very nice screen, excellent storage, good layout, good OS, very good community support, excellent call quality, and average battery life. I recommend a second battery for now. I do it on my current phone so what is the dif?Updated
I purchased a NEW battery and charged it to full, and surprisingly enough, it lasted for 2.5 days with regular use. I think that there is a possibility that the batteries shipped with the original phone might have been an old batch or that people used their phones prior to applying a full charge.7 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.
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N75 Unfulfilled Promise
by SaidWhat? on June 25, 2007
Pros: Keypad, screens, O/S
Cons: No stereo bluetooth, POP port, battery life
Summary: I really had high hopes for this phone, but was ultimately disappointed. I have been a loyal Nokia guy for years and looked forward to my first smartphone. More than ...
Summary: I really had high hopes for this phone, but was ultimately disappointed. I have been a loyal Nokia guy for years and looked forward to my first smartphone. More than that I wanted a combo phone/music player and the N75 seemed to fit the bill. I was skeptical about going from candy bar to flip phone, but I figured so long as I could voice dial (you can) and answer (you can?t) without opening the phone, that would be fine.
But, in the end, this phone failed because of shortcomings of the music player implementation and poor battery life. Sadly, I will be looking at the Samsung Synch.
DESIGN:
Pros:
+ Gorgeous displays in and out.
+ Outside display seems to have all the right info (especially when using the music player).
+ Great number keypad with large keys and excellent tactile feel.
Cons:
+ Navigation keys are too flat. I often hit the wrong key sending myself off to distant parts of the OS or cancelling out in the middle of a task. After a while I got this down and this complaint faded.
+ Battery cover held in place by hair trigger release. Cover often came off when I pulled the phone from my pocket
MENUS and O/S:
Pros:
+ Symbian 60 OS opens up a world of possibilities ? more than I had a chance to really sample.
+ Highly customizable menus enabled through obtuse menu trees.
Cons:
+ OS gobbles power.
PHONE:
Pro?s:
+ Great call quality, great speaker phone, both with plenty of volume.
+ Can make calls with the cover closed using voice dialing.
Cons:
+ Can?t answer the phone with the cover closed ? soft keys are available to silence or decline the call, but not to answer on speakerphone. What a shame because I can do this on my wife?s Nokia 6126 and this makes a flip phone much more convenient.
+ Easily paired up with bluetooth headset (but NOT stereo bluetooth)
CAMERA:
Pros:
+ Take pictures with phone open or closed, includes a flash. Serviceable image management on the phone (delete, view, etc)
Cons:
+ Shutteer laaaag, mediocre image quality for 2 mp camera.
MUSIC PLAYER:
Pros:
+ Really nice music player app with great controls.
+ Sounds pretty good on phone?s little speakers.
+ Controls on outside cover are great.
+ Includes an equalizer.
Cons: (my deal breakers)
+ NO STEREO BLUETOOTH ? I know that this advertised on the web site, but it is a misprint as confirmed by calls to Cingular and Nokia. Nokia says the required A2DP profile will be available in a firmware update, but they won?t tell you when.
+ No 3.5 mm headset jack. You have to deal with Nokia?s proprietary POP port, which takes up 1/3 of the left side of the phone and requires an adapter to work a 3.5mm headset. The POP cord/adapter is difficult to insert correctly and is aptly named POP port because of how easily it pops out.
+ Included Music Manager 2.0 PC software for transferring music crashed often in XP and did not recognize memory on my phone (tried two different brands of sd cards) Thankfully the included Windows Media Player driver worked well and transfers went smoothly with both cards.
BATTERY LIFE: (more deal breakers)
Very poor ? eats batteries like a Hummer towing a tank eats gas. Combo of small battery and hungry O/S and displays kills batteries fast. I really couldn?t get more than 1 ½ hrs of talk time a day out of this, and that?s without a bluetooth headset. Yes, I followed all the web advice about setting data to ?as needed? setting. If you really want to use this as a smart phone: email, web, PIM and phone, then you better carry spare batteries.6 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.
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cnet N75 review disappoints.
by travispgraham on May 9, 2007
Pros: Great multimedia phone. A plethora of apps to download and use. Speedy 3G access and Symbian OS.
Cons: No HSDPA. Camera could be better
Summary: I recently upgraded my phone to the latest RAZR V3xx and after two weeks of constant reboots and freezes I was fed up. I went in to my ATT store ...
Summary: I recently upgraded my phone to the latest RAZR V3xx and after two weeks of constant reboots and freezes I was fed up. I went in to my ATT store the Friday the phone came out and upgraded to the N75. It took me a good day to get used to the navigation with the Symbian OS, but now it comes as second nature. I am extremely pleased with this phone. Here is hoping that ATT continues to pick up the latest phones from Nokia to help beef up the US phone market.
4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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It's ok, but nothing special
by jharv92 on May 17, 2007
Pros: nice screen, decent speaker, nice key pad, good reception
Cons: bulky, requires a stupid adapter for regular headphones, battery life, slow to load anything
Summary: I have tried may phones including motorola, samsung, and sony, but nokia phones do have the best reception. That after all is why I need a phone, to talk on ...
Summary: I have tried may phones including motorola, samsung, and sony, but nokia phones do have the best reception. That after all is why I need a phone, to talk on it. That being said you do pay a premium for these phones to do everything else. I have been using an unlocked d900 samsung for about four months. Personally I liked it better in every aspect except battery life was even worse and not as good of reception. That being said I'm still having a rough time wanting to keep this phone for $249.
My issues with the phone - Size , it definitely could be smaller - the goofey adapter you need if not going wireless (this has always been an issue iv'e had with nokia) - I'm having a rough time setting mp3 as ringtones due to the 600 kb limit (samsung d900 has no size limit) - Slow in loading anything Im just not used to it yet - Battery life is far less than I had hoped.
Now that I have beat up the phone I will say that nokia's quality and reception do make it worth considering. My expectations are just to high apparently. I do think nokia makes agreat phone and in some aspects this is one of them. But it also could be a lot better.3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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I have been waiting for this phone and i am NOT disappointed at all!
by mzyvoloski on May 12, 2007
Pros: Design, Keypad, Menus, Sound Quality, Screen
Cons: Battery Life
Summary: I work for AT&T and first saw this phone in November when the Nokia rep was showing it off and told us it was supposed to be here ...
Summary: I work for AT&T and first saw this phone in November when the Nokia rep was showing it off and told us it was supposed to be here in December... well 6 months later and its finally here and i am pleased. Finally a good quality Nokia phone! This phone has a lot of fantastic features and when the battery life is the only con this is phone is on the very top of the list!!
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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The Worst Phone I Have Ever Owned
by nhergert on November 17, 2007
Pros: It came with a data cable, ok meadia support
Cons: Horrid battery life, flimsy, slow, bad camera, and a lot more annoying things
Summary: I have owned 5 phones in the last 2 years. This Nokia N75 has been the worst one yet. I bought my N75 about 4 months ago. I was told ...
Summary: I have owned 5 phones in the last 2 years. This Nokia N75 has been the worst one yet. I bought my N75 about 4 months ago. I was told that the battery life was a bit shorter, but this phone was able to get better signal than most cell phones. After using the phone for a week I despised the battery life. I make 10 ? 20 five minute phone calls a day, and the battery was dead before I would leave work. The phone has good media support, but don?t even think about using media, or your battery will be dead before lunch. As far as the signal goes on this phone, I did not really notice any improvements on signal or call quality over my old Motorola Razr. The media support is impressive, I was able to play my mp3s (why you would want to use a phone as a music player is beyond me, especially using the phone speakers), I also was able to put some videos of mine on the phone as well. The 2 mega pixel camera is a joke. The pictures are bluish and grainy. I was amazed at how much better the 1.3 megapixel camera was on my friends Blackberry Pearl was. Another thing that annoyed me was the alarm. There is only one, and you have to set it every day. I am not really a fan of the operating system that is on the phone. The symbian OS is sluggish, and locks up. The text messaging is annoying, I never got used to it. It does not remember words that you put in, and it has no interpretive text either. This phone has a few good features, but just too many flaws.
Talk about flimsy. A month after I have the phone, the hinges on the screen start to wear. When you turn the phone over the screen would swing open. When the screen opens the phone unlocks, and then it has put itself in camera mode, or some other battery consuming mode, in your pocket. By the way camera mode eats the battery in about 1 hour. The whole phone just feels cheep, my phone ended its life one day as I leaned up against a fence post. I heard a crack in my pocket, pulled out the phone, and the screen had broken.
In short, the N75 is a lousy phone, it is cheap and unreliable. It could have been a good media phone, but with such a week battery what would be the point. Above all, a phone should be a phone. With battery life so short, the N75 cannot really be used as a phone.
I have purchased a Samsung A737, and I am quite happy with it. So far it has been the best phone I owned.2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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BUY IT YOU WILL LOVE IT!
by jeepster40 on May 23, 2007
Pros: Scratch resistant covers, 3g, Bluetooth DUN, great call clearity. Overall appearance
Cons: lack of hsdpa until first firmware update...but 3G still works great
Summary: OK. Here is the deal. Cnet has the N80 rated at 8.0 they are vet simular except in america everything phone actually works like the 3g speeds. I have ...
Summary: OK. Here is the deal. Cnet has the N80 rated at 8.0 they are vet simular except in america everything phone actually works like the 3g speeds. I have had the N75 for a week now at it is quite simply awesome and as much as I hear about the battery life I have to disagree. I use DUN with my MAC, make calls send over 100 sms a day and I haven't charged it in 2 days. People this phone has something for everyone. The symbian os is very quick and responsive. The full web browser is so awsome. The scratch resitant cover has a rich feel the look and feel of the keypad is brilliant. The call clarity is amazing after all it is a PHONE first. Also, if you had a clue how to set the camera's settings you would see it is very stellar for a 2Mpg camera phone. Anyone wanting to buy this phone you will not be disapointed. Oh and try downloading thousands pf themes from the zedge.net website. it is like having a new interface anytime you want. The UMTS consistent;y gets 400-500 Kbs which is very acceptable. Not to mention all of the bugs you may not like can and will be worked out because Nokia is very good about upgrading firmaware when needed and have made a nice software app availbe to do so, even for a newbie like some of htese guys.
3 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Not Good at All
by Loungemike on April 10, 2008
Pros: Large Screen
Cons: Battery, Weight, User Interface
Summary: This phone began great, but went downhill quickly. I have had it less than a year and already, the hinge cracked, so the screen is only tethered onto the phone ...
Summary: This phone began great, but went downhill quickly. I have had it less than a year and already, the hinge cracked, so the screen is only tethered onto the phone by some wires. The battery life is HORRIBLE and it was not often that it would need to be fully charged multiple times per day. The joystick is a sorry excuse for a joystick. Overall, go with the Nokia E62 if you want the size and capabilities, that's what my company gave me to replace this, and I love it!
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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BUYER BEWARE!
by gb0131 on March 16, 2008
Pros: Perfect size, multiple buttons for controlling the camera as an actual camera and using the music player without having to control through the phone navigation menu. Lots of great tools and features.
Cons: Breaks very, very easily and unless you remember to lock the phone every single time, you end up playing your music from your pocket/purse. Software issues, connectivity problems, etc
Summary: It may just be my cell tower here but I cannot keep a call with this phone. There are times that I will not get a voicemail for 3 days ...
Summary: It may just be my cell tower here but I cannot keep a call with this phone. There are times that I will not get a voicemail for 3 days and then I will have 7 messages come in at once from those 3 days. I make sure to turn my phone off and then on again as I was told do so by an employee once and this still does not seem to help. My husband has no issues with his phone (also a Nokia, but an older/cheaper model) I constantly get error messages like "not allowed", "smart chip not registered" and "error in connection". I only assume it is the phone because I have never had these issues before and neither does anyone else who uses AT&T in my family. The part that flips up has become loose and off center and I have only dropped it once (which did nothing to it). My co-worker also had this phone and paid extra to get rid of it for a phone that, as he said, "actually worked". In my opinion, it's a vast disappointment and a waste of money! Also, you have to purchase a memory card to store any substantial amount of music on it, so keep that in mind when you're figuring out how much you want to spend! All in all, it's been a technical nightmare.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
- Part number: 0023427
- Description: The Nokia N75 is the smallest multimedia computer, offering digital music playback, quality photography, telephony and rich Internet communication. The Nokia N75 provides a complete multimedia experience in a thin and elegant clamshell, while utilizing Nokia's renowned ease of use. The Nokia N75 music experience excels even with the device closed. The digital music player has easy controls on the cover of the device, and the reflective 1.36" color cover display guides you to your music, which is always just a button press away. Supporting a multitude of different formats, including MP3, M4A, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA, the advanced digital music player includes an equalizer, playlist, shuffle and repeat features for a direct connection to compatible online music services. When you connect the Nokia N75 to your compatible PC, a mere tap on the music key acts as an instant link to music stored. The PC-mobile synchronization redirects your favorite tunes straight to the Nokia N75, which can store up to 1, 500 individual tracks on an optional microSD card. In addition to playing downloaded music and ripped CDs, the Nokia N75 also includes a stereo FM radio, allowing you to listen to your favorite talk or music radio stations through your compatible headphones or through the integrated 3D stereo speakers. A mere click of the dedicated camera key on the Nokia N75 results in a sharp, ready to print 2-megapixel (1600 x 1200 pixels) photos - select the best pictures by previewing them as a slideshow through the 2.4'' screen with up to 16 million colors. With up to 16x digital zoom, an integrated flash LED, and the files in JPEG/EXIF format, you can expect excellent quality for the photos taken. This entertainment device doubles as a mini TV screen, for optimized viewing of streaming and downloaded video clips. Featuring MPEG-4 video capture and playback in landscape mode, the Nokia N75 delivers an instant video experience with audio recording. With internal memory of up to 40 MB, which can be further expanded with an optional microSD card, the N75 allows users to capture up to 500 minutes of high quality video or close to 2500 2-megapixel photos. The highly intuitive Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map delivers desired Web pages with their original design directly to the high-resolution color display (320 x 240 pixels, up to 16 million colors). Furthermore, the browser enables RSS feeds, so users can subscribe to their favorite Web sites and receive regular updates. Keeping in touch with friends is just as easy as from your home computer, but the Nokia N75 is always with you - just follow simple set up prompts to access an existing compatible email account or standard SMS and MMS features. Part of the Nokia Nseries multimedia computers, the Nokia N75 offers great functionality in one beautifully shaped connected device. Designed to work on 3G (WCDMA 850/1900 MHz), EDGE and GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) networks, the Nokia N75 provides a fantastic Web browsing experience.
General
- Cellular technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
- Dimensions (W x D x H) 2 in x 0.8 in x 3.7 in
- Band / mode WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- Weight 4.3 oz
- Wireless Interface Infrared (IrDA), Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
- Standby time Up to 200 h
- Combined with With digital camera / digital player / FM radio
Phone
- Vibrating Alert Yes
- Voice Dialing Yes
- Speakerphone Yes
- Polyphonic Ringer Yes
- Additional Features PictBridge direct printing
Digital Camera
- Still image resolution 1600 x 1200
Messaging / Data Services
- Voice Mail Capability Yes
- Short Messaging Service (SMS) Yes
- Internet Browser Yes
- GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Yes
- JAVA applications Yes
- Mobile Email Yes
- Supported Email Protocols IMAP4, SMTP, POP3
- Messaging / Data Features Microsoft Word support, Microsoft Excel support, Zip Manager support, Microsoft PowerPoint support, PDF support
- Messaging Services Nokia Smart Messaging, MMS
Digital Player / Recorder
- Digital player supported digital audio standards WMA, MP3, AAC
Power
- Talk time Up to 250 min
- Audible Battery Alert Yes
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion slot(s) total (free) 1 MicroSD
Cellular
- Phone style Folder type phone
- Automatic Redial Yes
- Call Divert Yes
- Call Barring Yes
- Call Hold Yes
- Call Timer Yes
- Caller ID Yes
- Call Waiting Yes
- Volume Control Yes
- Ringer Control Yes