14 September 2008

A Nokia N82 after 3 1/2 Months of Usage!
How much worse will it get with Nokia Materials!?

We all know about Nokia's Problem with their Phone Materials, unfortunately especially on the high-priced N-Series Range! Who will EVER forget Teo's N76 Chrome Peeling Report or the unacceptable N95 Slider Problems, also watch my short Video to see what i'm talking about!

I still can not understand, why Nokia is selling such high-equipped, high-priced Phones and dare to put such horrible Materials on it!? I mean, come on, i definitely don't have the Money to buy a new Casing every few Months?!

Anyways, it was at the End of May (3 1/2 Months ago from now), when i made the Switch from Nokia N95, to the black Beauty N82!

Everyone knows my deep Love with it, i couldn't go my Way without the Xenon Flash after trialing the N82 by WOM World, and maybe also the wobbly Slider was an Issue, that made me change to the Candybar-Style Device! With this new Phone i also changed my Habits about handling the Phone.

Most of the Time the Device is NOT in my Pocket, and if it is, the Phone is in the Pocket alone, no Keys, no Coins or anything. I also never dropped my N82 and nothing, at Work it does not lay on the bare Table, i have a special little Mobile Phone Holder, to make sure nothing happens. My Phone cost a lot of Money and i know that i have to keep with it for some Time now, so i really try to keep it clean as soon as possible.

The strange Thing is, and this is really turning me off, is the horrible Build Quality on that Phone! After just 3 1/2 Months using it, i already have Scratches on the Display and the Back of the Device, there's also a noticable Creak right next to the green Call Button, i mean COME ON NOKIA, What the Hell is going on!?? See the Pictures, to see what i mean.. This is simply unacceptable, i paid 380 Euro for this Device and what do i get? A cheap Plastic Toy with great Features?? ..

As much as i love the Features and Possibilities, as much i hate the Quality of Nokia's "Flagships"

Here you can see the Scratches on the Display, again,
no Keys, no Coins or anything my Pockets ..

On this Picture, you can see the Dust, that's coming from the upper
left Corner and spreading over the Display. I have no Idea where
that came from, the Top of the Device seems to be closed!?

The Scratches on the Backside

Check out the Space at the green Call Button and then goes down
to the Bottom of the Device

Again, i don't care if i say this 100 Times: I bought this Phone for 380 Euro, i took EXTRA Care of it, and this is what i get for it? This is nothing more but a Joke Nokia, you really need to improve the Materials. When i look at the 6650, cheap Symbian Flip-Phone, i get jealous whenever i have it in my Hands...

With Regards from a pissed off Power User
Michael Hell
Symbian Freak Team