Reception: The bars are consistently full, have all great reception, both in GSM, and UMTS mode (only on my train journey I had brief dropouts in UMTS mode, otherwise there's nothing to quängeln), even in the basement, in the garage etc. everywhere. Reception. The voices come across very clearly, my interlocutor had nothing to complain about. In various tests, I have read something else, but I can not understand.
SMS / MMS / Email: Writing a message works very well, the keys are super processed, and have a good pressure point, you can also write blind, also here everything fits.
Battery: Must him about charging every 4 days, but on the phone the day about half an hour - an hour, write SMS, emails, use the internet and watch me during my train ride a (Down & back, every 20 minutes.) series. At the walk I listen to music, and photos / videos are of course also made.
So I'm very happy with the battery, my previous phones could not keep up and had about every 2 days to the charger. The battery has 1200 mAh and the AMOLED display should also continue to play an important role.
The display is really to look very beautiful, has a resolution of 240x320, but completely enough at a size of 2.6 ". This also the converted films are not as large and you get enough on the 8 GB internal memory, of course, can also be a Micro SD card to be added (I think up to 16GB, but I'm not sure)
Internet: With Opera Mini 5 it works very well, the Nokia Browser even I find not so great, but fortunately you can indeed retrofitted enough software for Symbian phones, moreover, free of charge.
Email: Unfortunately had initially problems (the first time in a mobile phone), did not work right away, turned off mobile phone, the same settings again written into (a total of 3 attempts) and then it was funny enough to work, but well - it is important that it works in the end.
Processing: also fits these (except for the slightly wobbly Slider), apart from that everything is perfect, nothing cracks, nothing creaks. I can not remember the last time I had a well made mobile phone from Nokia me.
So, these were the times pts. In my opinion, call / communicate relevant after for.
Among the multimedia features.
Camera:
I've never had such a good camera for a mobile phone but with this N86, you can print photos easily, or can be developed and used for snapshots. I myself have tried it only up to A4 size, but the photos remain sharp and the colors like as well. So a nice companion, if you want to hold everything and not always likes to lug the Digicam or SLR camera. In my opinion, a really good substitute, at least during the day, evening lacks a clever flash. The 2 LEDs! Are useful if you want something in 1 - 2 receives meters, for example. Faces etc., but here you could tell the boundaries.
Also from the macro mode I am thrilled Panorama mode etc. is also on board, you can quite a few settings (white balance, color, brightness, sharpness, contrast, and many more)
Also, the video mode like to fast movements should not make himself as a filmmaker, but if you have a steady hand, the videos are really good, even for the TV still halfway suitable. No jerking, no noise, etc., also in the evening can be filmed, thanks to the two LEDs!.
Disadvantage: everyone decides certainly different, but for my being you have to press the camera button on the side of strong, maybe that will change over time, but since it takes quite lard in your fingers;)
Music Player:
There are settings (Equalizer), and also can self-adjust everything to ensure that needs are met. Thanks to the 3.5 Kl.anschluss, anyone can use their own headphones, in my case I have done so, the sound like, treble and bass come very good effect, so MP3 player I do not need more specially. In Ear Headphones are about this but I have not tried it, so I can also not judge.
Navigation: Property me of the Navigon Symbian trial (I think for 1 month) downloaded to try out how it works. The location is found quickly, the first time it took about 2 minutes. (Went with Nokia Maps faster), and have so far not once nor lost the signal, the right road was always recognized (when I Phone 3GS I had the problem with Navigon, that I was often displayed on the side street), so the GPS reception is in my opinion much better. Have already another part, but I personally can not complain myself until now.
More strikes me at the moment no one, am very happy with my choice on the whole and will certainly use this phone a long time. I have MP3 player, camera, e-mail, Internet, Navi, always with me and can immediately access it.
A Pts. Who was to me personally still important, my new cell phone should be below 0.8 SAR value, and it does. Whether this is important for others I do not know, I personally wanted it that way.
Strong buy recommendation