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Nokia N8 is coming, you buying?

The Nokia N8 has started shipping in other countries and though there’s no specific date for local release, Nokia Philippines has put up an email alert for those interested to get the news as soon as it’s out.

The Nokia N8 is supposed to revive Nokia’s strength in the smartphone market and the upcoming release will finally hand down the verdict.

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Much of the reception will ultimately be based on how much the retail price will be once the Nokia N8 arrives in the country. And while the RRP during the announcement is in the Php22k (before taxes and tariffs), we estimate it will be in the Php25 to Php30k range (definitely under 30k since the the N900 was around 29k when it was first released).

Based on ad bookings by Nokia to promote the N8, we estimate the release date will be last week of October to 1st week of November.

Can I can get a show of hands who among you here are waiting for the Nokia N8 and buying one?

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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  2. Avatar for henrymil f. anderson henrymil f. anderson says:

    sir may i know if theres a store that sells motherboards for nokia n8.. if theres one please let me know,,my motherboard needs to be replaced and nokia center will not accept it because somebody repaired it before. thanks and godbless..

  3. Avatar for manix manix says:

    yes it is sad, when all along i was rooting for nokia to continue its development in the symbian environment.

    how bout you N8 owners out there, how do you feel now? this phone’s just been out in less than 2 quarters, and the system is already being dumped by nokia themselves.

  4. Avatar for arj arj says:

    i regret of buying this nokia n8. it’s good at first yet still, reboots itself when watching some movies. or it either hangs by itself and reboots again. too, too bad, i do also want to switch. not only that, microsoft’s partnership with nokia will dispose symbian phones soon

  5. Avatar for molbal molbal says:

    I have bought it. So f*cking cool :D The best phone i have ever tried :D

  6. Avatar for Robin Lim Robin Lim says:

    I figured this phone had the right features for me, but…

    My story: I decided to avail of a Nokia N8 from Smart Communications under retention yesterday. I know, I know this is not the best choice for a smartphone. I have read the reviews, over and over again. But the N8’s camera with its Carl Zeiss lens and 1/1.83″ sensor was the compelling reason for getting the N8. My initial impressions of the N8 are what the review say. Good build quality, a UI which feels a bit on the clunky side for the little I have used it.

    And unfortunately, I have not used it much. The N8 works fine for half and hour or so, after that, and it constantly starts reboots every minute after that.

    This is the bad part acquiring a shiny new toy. Not just this phone, but pretty much every computer, mobile phone, processor, motherboard, video card and hard drive I have bought. It ever gives up on me in the first seven days, or runs the length of a warranty without any issues. In the past decade or so I have had to ask for the replacement six electronic devices within one week from purchase. During the same period, I have only two claims under warranty.

    It would be nice if manufacturers spent more time doing quality control checks of their items before releasing them from the warehouse. But in todays world, with growing competition, and with high tech gadgets costing less and less, I guess this is the price we pay for more affordable products. An entry level laptop, cost one-fifth of what is used to a decade ago. The most expensive smartphone today costs less that a mobile phone twenty years ago (yes I am that old). This is even without factoring inflation or value of money.

    So, in short I understand and am willing to live with the inconvenience. So today, I headed back to back Smart Communications at the Mall of Asia. To my surprise the the unit is working fine so I thank them for their time and leave. In the parking lot, I make a phone call to inform my office I am on my way back. When I end the call, the phone reboots again. I take the unit back to Smart Communications and this time they get to observe the continuous rebooting. In three minutes they give me a letter to take to the Nokia Service Center two doors away for a certification for replacement. I was happy enough for the quick action.

    So I head of to the Nokia Service Center where they examine the unit and observe that it is continuously rebooting. They tell me they want to open the unit to make sure I did not tamper with the unit and that would take at least an hour. Now add to that the time I spent in line waiting for a customer service representative to be available, and that I will have to again wait in line for the release of the unit, this will take about two hours or so. The time is a serious inconvenience, but what was worse was really insulting statement that maybe I tampered with the phone.

    I explained to them that I have had the unit for less than a day and that the warranty sticker is intact. They explain to me that the warranty stickers can be removed and re-applied. It seems so easy for a Nokia customer service representative to accuse a customer of possible fraud. I asked to speak to the manager, and his response was to expedite the certification. Really, now that is besides the point I am no longer concerned about the unit, an apology for the insult would be nice. But the people at Nokia’s service center do not seem to comprehend that. Maybe they are used to treating their customers as people who cannot be trusted. That really is a great way to build brand loyalty, treat your customers like criminals.

    Every other company I have returned a unit to a day or two after purchase, checks that the warranty stickers are intact, inspects the unit for physical damage and replaces it. This usually take 10-15 minutes.

    When the certification comes out, the recommendation says for “software upgrade and parts replacement”. Smart Communication has a seven day outright replacement policy, followed by the one year Nokia Care warranty. Despite the Nokia Service Center recommendation, Smart Communications is willing to give me a brand new unit on the spot. Smart Communication customer service handled the situation in a manner which I find more than acceptable.

    The problem is, I really do not want a Nokia anymore. Not this phone in particular. Any Nokia, now and for the remainder of my life. They are not the only manufacturer of mobile phones, but they seem to act like it. I explained to the Smart Communications representative that I will take any phone, just not a Nokia. She seem to understand and offers me a Samsung Galaxy Tab. I do not really want a tablet, but that is the only other unit they have at my plan right now, and really I don’t care. She checks for availability and informs there is none on stock right now, I tell her I am willing to wait. She checks my account and tells me the Tab is Php500 less than the N8. I tell her I am willing to waive that. I also bought a case for the Nokia N8 and that is another small useless expenditure.

    What is a small loss in cash compared to accepting a unit from a manufacturer which treats its customers this way? As for Smart Communications, they handled the issue as well as I would expect anyone to handle it. Maybe I was a bit too thin skinned. I don’t know. They really just got to me.

    Even if I do not want a tablet, I would rather send my pesos Samsung’s way than to Nokia. I guess it might not only be Apple’s iOS and Googles Android cutting into Nokia’s sales.

    If anyone is in the market for a Galaxy Tab or a silicon case for an N8, please tell me. I have a couple of things to dispose off. Maybe I can buy a nice Samsung, Blackberry or HTC with the proceeds. Just not a Nokia. I am done with that brand for good.

  7. Avatar for sig sig says:

    Nokia N8 enters the market that has full of tough competitors, which around five years ago nokia was the “king of cell phones”, but times changed.
    I bought this N8 just because of its camera function(with flash) which my Samsung Galaxy S lacks (Galaxy S only has 5mp without flash).

  8. Avatar for Jon Jon says:

    @kannuchi

    Good for you then. Maybe I’m just scatterbrained. That or I just plug too many devices via USB and I fail to keep track of them. LOL.

  9. Avatar for kannuchi kannuchi says:

    @Jon

    Have been doing this with my Nokia devices and flash drives for more than 5 years, but never happened to me :P

  10. Avatar for Jon Jon says:

    @Kannuchi

    I actually prefer Android’s implementation of USB Mass Storage. Yes it would be more convenient to literally “plug and play” but having an extra step protects me from “accidents”.

    Before, way back when I was using WinMo, I forgot that my phone was still plugged in as Mass Storage. I thought it was my flash drive that I wanted to reformat. So, I did. To my horror, it was my phone. :|. Good thing I was able to recover everything via software recovery.

    I know having some extra step would not prevent you from accidents like that, but for me, it works as an extra reminder that my phone is plugged in.

  11. Avatar for kannuchi kannuchi says:

    File Transfers
    @Andrew

    Read this:

    “The N8 supports all kind of file transfers. Want to send a picture from your N8 to another phone? You can easily transfer it over Bluetooth. This is simply not possible on the iPhone 4 – out of the box. This is seriously lame. Period. And it doesn’t stop there. The iPhone 4, just like all previous generation iPhones would not act as mass storage device and you are left at the mercy of iTunes to do manage your stuff on the phone. Nokia on the other hand doesn’t insist you use their Ovi Suite to manage files. The N8 also plays most video files with finesse – unlike the iPhone 4 which would ask you to convert the video to a format it understands before you start playing it on the phone. Lame.”

    source: http://iphonehelp.in/2010/10/25/apple-iphone-4-vs-nokia-n8-part-2/#comment-12416

  12. Avatar for kannuchi kannuchi says:

    @Andrew

    Nowadays, phones are becoming a necessity for every people as mobile handsets always come in handy to everyone all the time. Unfortunately iPhone don’t even support memory card to extend storage functionalities.

    Using Galaxy S and N8, I find N8 a bit more efficient to use when connecting to PC. Once connected, N8 can be set automatically to connect as Mass Storage (other than PC Suite, Media Transfer, etc), while with Galaxy S, you still have to mount it first from the notification panel, less conveniently.

  13. Avatar for Andrew Andrew says:

    @Rayjan

    Wrong…

    You can use iPhone (and even the iPods) as a mass storage… Hell, even my old Windows Mobile phones can do it. All they do is act like card readers, like that Nokia.

    And what’s with mass storage? You don’t buy a phone for mass storage do you?

    Flash drives are far cheaper and more efficient for that.

  14. Avatar for Rayjan Rayjan says:

    Hey guys, don’t underestimate the phone’s abilities. I agree that there are lots of great OSes there than the Symbian^3. But Symbian^3 is much better than Symbian OS S60 5th (which is used on the Nokia N97). If I were you, I’d buy a phone with a Symbian or Android OS since only these OSes have all the standards of running a smartphone(like using your phone as a Mass Storage unlike iPhones).

  15. Avatar for kannuchi kannuchi says:

    Good news for Nokia fans and N8 fans out there…

    Symbian^3 OS of N8 will now be possibly upgraded to Symbian^4 features.

    http://thehandheldblog.com/2010/10/21/nokia-gives-symbian-a-continuous-evolution-model-opens-the-door-to-os-updates-for-exiting-devices/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheSymbianBlog+(The+Handheld+Blog)

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