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| Brand: Nokia
Category: Wireless
List Price: $449.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 1003
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: N75
EAN: 6417182678165
ASIN: B000MSDKHA
Release Date: March 9, 2007
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 A great phone. August 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have had this phone for eight months now. I used it for the first four months as AT&T branded, and then I got them to unlock it, and flashed it with the generic firmware.
With the AT&T branded firmware, the music over bluetooth will not work(A2DP).
I have also installed several games (centipede,chess,pacman,etc...) on it, and play them regularly.
I have about 15 hours of music on the microSD card, and play it through my Pioneer 9800BT car receiver.
Pros:
1. Large screen, great for photos, videos, games, etc...
2. Large buttons, great for texting with T9, faster than a qwerty keyboard for me.
3. Great camera for bright environments(sunny, outside).
4. Nice video camera for most environments, mpeg4 compression.
5. microSD slot for storing music, games, photos, videos, etc...
6. You can use it as a decent MP3 player, I no longer carry my ipod with me.
7. 3g, decent pop3/mapi client.
Cons:
1. No WiFi
2. Flash is LED, not Xenon
3. No cover for lens
4. Proprietary nokia headphone jack, must buy adapter. I got mine off e-bay.
5. 2MP no longer impressive for camera
6. Due to two backlit screens, bluetooth, 3g, etc.... battery life is short.
7. Software can be slow if multi-tasking, boot time is a bit slow.
 In a word - UNRELIABLE! August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had 3 of these phones (all new) and have the same problem with all 3 - they turn themselves off with no warning. None of the phones had been dropped, there has been nothing downloaded or any 3rd party applications installed on any of them, yet all three have done the same thing. I've had these phones on my desk, untouched, and had them power themselves down. I've missed emergency calls becuase my phone was off and I didn't realize it, and I've missed other calls (for the same reason) that have caused all kinds of problems... What good are fancy features if the phone is unreliable?
Nokia says it's probably an issue with AT&T's software/firmware. AT&T just wants to keep replacing the (new) phones with rebuilt ones..... just how many of these are you supposed to go through? I'm through spending hours on the phone with AT&T trying to get them to replace these phones with a different model. I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and cough up the cash for new phones at retail, then wait for my AT&T contract to expire so I can move on to another service provider.
By the way - I've been with Cingular/AT&T for 10+ years and have never had a problem until I got the N75. But after several major go-rounds with AT&T over theses phones, I'm as disgusted, frustrated, and fed up with them as I am with the N75s - what good are either one of them if you can't rely on them?
Stay away from this model, especially if you have AT&T service - save yourself the hassle.
 Defective Hinge August 1, 2008
Within the first month of owning the phone I dropped it in my house (NOT hard floor). No crack or scratch was there.
Weeks letter a crack started forming and eventually the hinge was coming apart.
As I researched online I discovered this is quite normal. It happens often and Nokia says it's customer abuse.
Not true because I know how to ABUSE a phone LOL, and I never abused this phone.
Obviously they would not fix mine, nor would Cingular.
I am very disappointed because it had great features, great ringtone etc...and I had to glue it 2 continue using it.
Do not get this phone, research online and you will find many others who have had this problem with the hinge and Nokia refuses to admit it's theire problem.
Avoid! July 28, 2008
Many reviewers list pros, but my personal feeling is that the cons far outway any of these. Here is list of the problems:
1) While some of the keys are large, the navigation ones are small and hard to press.
2) Non-intuitive interface, very hard to navigate and find what you are looking for
3) Battery meter goes from almost full to dead within a few minutes
4) Large and bulky without redeeming features, most of the size is taken by the keypad.
5) Horrible miserable camera
Being the no 1 cell phone manufacturer seems to be corrupting Nokia. Their phones used to be solid, clean, easy to use. You could not go wrong with choosing them. Alas, this is a miserable device, which (if it ever pretends to) can not dream of competing with the iPhone.
[Edit] To top it off, the phone just died. It wasnt dropped, nor used much. Nokia should be ashamed of themselves.
Beware of the hinge. July 25, 2008
I purchased this phone new through AT&T. It has functioned flawlessly for as long as I have owned it, with one big exception.
Pros:
Good responsiveness.
You can open a number of PC file formats.
You can synch contacts and a number of other things with your PC easily with included software.
The PC software works well with Windows XP and it seems like quality software.
Bluetooth works flawlessly.
Memory expandable.
Cons:
MP3 playback/organization, etc, is not the best, but it is survivable.
Do you expect to be able to flip it open? Good luck with yours, my hinge lasted approximately 6 months, and this appears to be a known issue (although Nokia/ATT do not seem to consider it a design flaw, but I'm just starting the repair process now - we'll see).
Update:
They will not fix the broken hinge without charging. You may as well get a new phone for the price they are asking. Anyway, I replaced mine with a Blackberry, and the Blackberry's battery lasts several days more than the N75's.
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