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Nokia Rolls Out N85 and N79 Smartphones
Posted by John Mahoney at 1:18 AM on August 26, 2008
We've had eyes on both of these for a while, but Nokia today has dropped a couple new N-Series phones into the official UK chute, and they are expected to follow stateside soon. The N85 slider (left) appears to be replacing the N81, and the N79 candybar does the same for the N78 (even though it only dropped in the US a few months ago). Gaming and music seems to be the focus of the N85, which adds N-Gage support and ditches the built-in storage in favour of an 8GB micro SD card. An AMOLED screen reduces power consumption for up to 28 hours of music playback. The N79 bumps the N78's camera up to 5MP and adds an LED flash and swappable faceplates. All feature Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G across the board, but the rumoured US 3G support we're still waiting to hear for sure on. [Pocket Lint via Electronista]
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Strong Arm
Posted 1:43 AM 26/8/08
I am glad we are starting to see standard 3.5mm jacks used as the audio input. Hopefully this will be the end to having two/three sets of headphones.
Strong Arm
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
Posted 1:40 AM 26/8/08
Joan Rivers have swappable faceplates too. Just sayin'.
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
UofITom
Posted 1:28 AM 26/8/08
THIS is the announcement everybody was excited for this week???
UofITom
FinalValgas
Posted 2:47 AM 26/8/08
The N85 is pure hotness
FinalValgas
Ambiguous Blob 2.0
Posted 3:07 AM 26/8/08
@Strong Arm: Yeah, actually Nokia has been using standard 3.5 mm jacks on their N series phones for a while now and a lot of their other phones... Now if SE would only get with the times and the rest of the phone industry.
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unclewinkie
Posted 3:03 AM 26/8/08
Is Nokia coming out with the same phones over and over again with different names?
unclewinkie
wolfenstein-3d
Posted 3:47 AM 26/8/08
@Strong Arm: Yea, this is just ridiculous. 3.5mm has been the standard for common headphones for how long now? I mean come on... it's not like it's the 1/4" jack. It makes about as much sense as the original iphone's recessed jack.
I want a new phone now.
wolfenstein-3d
F_munk
Posted 5:14 AM 26/8/08
I wish T-mobile would pick up the N series phones instead of the junk (Samsung and Moto) the idiots over at tmonews.com are going gah gah over. Talk about ignorance...
F_munk
iamnotdrtran
Posted 9:01 AM 26/8/08
@unclewinkie: better than the same phone with the same name
iamnotdrtran
taking_this_easy
Posted 2:20 AM 26/8/08
@Strong Arm: how about the start of Mobile carriers in USA carryin nokia smartphones?
i've been to Bestbuy and picked up their Buyers' Guide for Phones... all but one Nokia phone are listed in their unlocked section.... sigh
taking_this_easy