Nokia N73
Average Ratings
Great phone
Pro's
Nice Camera
Fast EDGE
Sweet Browser
Battery lasts a long time.
Con's
No US 3g, only 2100mhz
Headphone volume could be louder
No A2DP
I have the N73ME, have had it for several months. I like the symbian operating system. While I miss the touch screen of my pda, this is a great phone. Calls sound good, not land line good, but good. With moderate use, the battery will last for several days. You can add apps like gmail mobile, mobile maps, shozu, and fring. The upload feature allows you to upload pictures directly to flickr. The music player is nice, but you don't have A2DP for stereo bluetooth. The headphone volume is just loud enough, but in noisy situations you may wish to have headphones with their own volume function.
It's a great buy!
Best Nokia ever
This is the first smartphone that can really replace my iPaq pocketpc. I own this device 6 weeks and it is great.
The size of the device is just within the maximum limits to be able to carry it in the pocket. (I find the N80 a little too bulky)
Reception and sound quality outstanding. In combination with the Bluetooth Nokia carkit CK7W it works superbe. Hardly noise and no echo.
As an MP3 player this can absolutely compete with my iPod (unfortunately MiniSD Cards do not come in bigger than 2 Gb yet).
Screen is superb with QVGA. Finally it is usefull with TomTom GPS software.
Multitasking works flawlessly. When I am using TomTom with the bluetooth GPS receiver, I can answer any phonecall in between (even with my CK7W bluetooth carkit).
Keyboard is OK. In some reviews it was reported as troublesome but I find it good to work with.
The camera is fairly good. It is the best quality I have ever seen in a smartphone. However, startup is very slow and in poor light conditions the picture quality is poor. Do not expect too much of the flash.
A few not-so-good points.
The Email application is crap. I cannot even delete messages. The same applies to the calendar application. (The default Calendar applications on Palm and PocketPc are crap as well). However, there are excellent alternatives for this. You should immediately purchase Papyrus calendar application and ProfiMail email application. Both are very good.
I am not so happy with voice dialling. You can no longer save your own voice tags. However, this built-in intelligence does not work very well in some languages and frequently does not find a match.
Where Nokia really missed it is with the accessories. There is no (powered) desk stand available. Why? All previous Nokias had this. Also, there is no powered car holder available. Why? Fortunately, Brodit has just launched a powered car holder that fits very well.
Conclusion: Great mobile with all necessary PDA functions
After 1 month of use... UNBELEIVABLE!!!
so I waited a month to use and abuse to the phone before I do a complete review...
First off, I think this is the best phone I have ever owned and I've gone through ~100 phones, including all the high-end N-series
The reception on the phone is incredible
The speakerphone blows any phone including the motorola phones that nextel puts out.
I love the broswer(same as all the other N-series)
With a few extra software installations, I don't even take my laptop to work/school (I also bought a wireless bluetooth keyboard)
The batter life is very good
The only Con I can think of is because it is fairly new, Nokia hasn't put out a completely bug-free firmware
N73...heartbreaker
I've had my new N73 for about 2 weeks now. The phone visually and functions wise is a dream. The camera is brilliant, the sd card storage is great(I splurged and got a 2 gigâ¦well worth it). The multimedia player(s) are brilliant. The screenâ¦fantasticâ¦Iâve seen iPodâs with the same res. Unfortunately, Iâve had it back to Nokia Care 3 times now with hanging icons problems, jammed / dropped call problems(apparently due to âcorrupted contactsâ but their not so sure) and a few other issues. I had similar problems with my 6230 when I got it for 6 months before they were all finally sorted out. Iâm willing to hang onâ¦this is a top phone but Nokia really need to spend some more time on R and D to make the experience that more reliable for their customers.
