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720p movies were certainly no challenge for this phone.
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Couple that with Symbian^3 being able to exploit the graphics processor to perform hardware-accelerated OS animations and graphics, and grunt should altogether be quite adequate for the tasks the N8 is intended to perform. The N8 has a separate Broadcom GPU alongside its ARM 11 processing core, which takes over when things get graphically intense and delivers performance that rarely left us feeling underpowered. Much has been made of the N8's use of a 680MHz processor in a 1GHz world, but those numbers are predictably beguiling. The volume buttons are crowned with handy little nubs for blind operation, the traditional screen-locking slider is also present and accounted for - coming with a nicely ridged surface and a finely tuned spring mechanism - and is joined by something of a rarity in smartphones: a two-stage shutter button for the camera, which is also easy to find and operate. We nearly dropped this precious drop of aluminum a couple of times while trying to maneuver our digits over that button, and eventually settled on using a second hand when we needed it.Īside from those somewhat minor points, the N8 really looks to be continuing Nokia's fine tradition of making phones built to last decades rather than mere months or years.
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Nokia loves to tout its phones as being designed for single-handed operation, but reaching down to hit the menu key and access its multivariate functions was something of a treacherous activity. We'd be remiss not to also note that the menu key at the N8's bottom left corner feels rather improperly placed. That was just the most natural place for our forefinger to go, which is hardly a deal breaker in itself, but something to bear in mind if you care to keep your imaging equipment immaculately clean (and if you read our camera section below, you probably will care). Additionally, we found ourselves inevitably fingering the lens every time we held the handset up to make a call. In our time with the phone we noticed it generated an unpleasant screeching sound anytime we slid it across a flat surface and we imagine over the long run that portion of the body will suffer plenty of wear and tear. Firstly, the N8 will spend most of its horizontal time resting on the camera section's bottom edge. We've got no complaints to proffer about the apparent durability of the handset itself and that extends to this extra bump on the back, but there are a couple of notes worth making.