Nokia N81

Nokia N81
Manufacturer Nokia
Compatible networks UMTS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Availability by country 2007
Predecessor Nokia N80
Successor Nokia N85
Form factor Slider
Dimensions 102 x 50 x 17.9 mm, 86 cc
Weight 140 g
Operating system Symbian OS 9.2
Removable storage microSD (SDHC supported)
Battery Li-Po 1050 mAh (BP-6MT)
Data inputs Keypad
Display 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4", 16M Colors
Rear camera 2 MP / 1600 x 1200 px
Front camera CIF Video Call Camera
Connectivity Bluetooth, USB-to-Pop-Port, SMS, MMS, Wi-Fi

The Nokia N81 is a smartphone announced by Nokia on 29 August 2007 and released the next month.

The N81 was marketed as a mobile gaming device, similar like the 2003 N-Gage. It was the first device that came preloaded with the N-Gage 2.0 gaming service in 2008 (albeit in public beta), and it came with 2 dedicated gaming keys that can be used for N-Gage games and other applications. The four-way navigation key, the silver-coloured slightly rounded square key below the display, also contains a capacitive sensor. Some firmware revisions allowed the user to scroll through options by 'stroking' the key in a similar manner to the click-wheel on some models of iPod. During the launch of N-Gage, the N81 was specifically chosen by Nokia in advertisements. The N81 is notable for being the only N-Gage 2.0 device with special gaming keys.

Variants

An 8 GB version of the Nokia N81 was also available. The only difference is the lack of the Micro SD slot. The phone treats the 8 GB as a Micro SD, while keeping about 25 MB of it, to itself.

Problems

The Nokia N81 suffered from lower sound output due to the release of the new firmware version. According to Nokia, they must follow an international standard wherein a device's initial or default volume must be set to low to avoid any damage to its users.

Reviews

Cnet found it buggy, slow, and badly designed.[1] S21 gave it 3/5, praising its feature set, while again criticising the "plasticky" design.[2]

Specification sheet

Feature Specification
Form factor Slider
Operating System Symbian OS 9.2, S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1
GSM frequencies /1800/1900 MHz
GPRS Yes
EDGE (EGRPS) No
WCDMA Yes (2100 MHz only)
Screen 240x320 pixels, diagonal 2.4", 16 million colors
CPU Single CPU, ARM 11, 369 MHz Freescale MX300-30 (as in Nokia E71, Nokia E51, Nokia 5320)
Internal Dynamic Memory (RAM) 96 MB
Internal Flash Memory 12 MB (24 MB on Firmware v20 and above)
Camera Main (rear) 2-megapixel camera; frontal CIF camera for video call
Video recording Yes, MPEG-4 (240x320) of up to 15 frame/s
Multimedia Messaging Yes
Video calls Yes
Push to talk Yes
Java support Yes, Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1
Memory card slot Yes, microSD, up to 4 GB
Bluetooth Yes, 2.0 (A2dp)
Wi-Fi Yes, WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g with UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) support
Infrared No
Data cable support Yes, USB 2.0 Full Speed via Micro USB interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop
Browser Nokia Web Browser with Mini map
Email Yes, Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents (POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP)
Music player Yes, Stereo handsfree speakers
Radio Yes, Stereo FM Radio with Visual Radio support
Video formats MPEG-4, H.264, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10
Audio formats MP3 (VBR), AAC, eAAC+, AAC+, WMA/M4A, WAV
HF speakerphone Yes, with 3.5 mm audio jack and A2DP wireless stereo headphone support
Battery Nokia Battery (BP-6MT) 1050 mAH
Talk time up to 240 minutes GSM / 180 minutes WCDMA
Standby time up to 17 days
Weight 140 grams
Dimensions 102x50x17.9 mm
Availability Q4/2007
N-Gage (service) Yes

References

"Official Website". Nokia. Retrieved 31 August 2007. 

External links

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