Symbian-Guru: Day 5 - Main Letdown Of The N95 8GB Leb Ambassador: Gaming
stefan
· 1 year ago
Nice to read that you have this kind of problems.
I have the same with the n82, which i will bring back to my store, due to the fact that the key pads are to tiny and the D-pad is to hidden so it make s it real unpleasant to use especially after a while of gaming or playing with the phone.
After 5 or 6 days it really became to frustrate me. It's a RSI kind of feeling you get in your hands. The same you can have with your mouse.
Too bad, that nokia didn't think or react to this kind of problems.
saurav
· 1 year ago
Nice read.. Never really got round to playing games on my brothers N95 so can't say i've encountered such problems.. N81 to me seems like solution for you, i can go hours of gaming on it without any discomfort. It's got the extra gaming keys which essentially provide you comfort and feel of playing on a handheld gaming device.
Sandy
· 1 year ago
Thanks for this review. Actually, Nokia is targeting the casual crowd a bit more than the gamers. That's why they have allowed some 3rd party games, which seem to me as bad as hell. If you see the launch line-up, you'll see crap ports like World Series of Poker, Sims 2 Pets and things like that. So, Nokia will justify the battery issues as no problem, because their games are meant to be played by 5-10 min crowd. And most of them will be 1-4 button games, so keypad problems will be hardly there, they will say. Pretty crap policy, every gamer should admit. And with a super cautious launch and expensive compatible phones, they have already lost a good share of the market. BTW, my N73-1 seems the best device for the N-Gage games, and the battery issues are absent too. :P
Steve Litchfield
· 1 year ago
Hm.... surely the whole point about gaming on a smartphone is that it's for 5/10/15 minutes max? Who on earth would want to spend a couple of hours playing a game on a 2.something inch screen??
You want to play heavyweight hour-long games, you need a PSP or DS Lite 8-)
Antoine of MMM
· 1 year ago
Well Steve, if Nokia is saying that the N95 is what computers have become, then it needs to be able to be played for that long and not have an issue. To be able to say that if you want to do something more that you need to get another "specalized" piece of hardware marks the N95 not as what computers have become, but what they still are. If you will, the product design philosophy and implementation don't match, hence a disappointed reviewer.
The hardware was not designed with heavy gaming in mind yes. But as a company, Nokia knew that and should not only come out with the games that make heavy gaming possible, but the accessories that drive people to doing it more and more.
Dotsisx
· 1 year ago
Steve, I am used to doing 1-2 hours non-stop gaming on my 3250, with sky force reloaded, k-rallye and any other game i get, if it's good enough I won't leave it before 1 hour minimum. And I guess I am not the only one who does this. Plus if we are talking about a device with tv-out then we're no longer looking at a 2" screen, but at much more, and at what can be considered by some as a good all-in-one replacement to getting a dedicated gaming electronic like the PS3 and the Wii (seriously).
I will be receiving an N81 soon so I am really excited to see how the experience can be described over the device. Expect me to cover gaming and music mostly with the N81.
Mr. Gunn
· 1 year ago
Definitely the battery life is the main thing that needs to improve with Nokia's 3G devices. I only get an hour of 3G browsing on a fully charged battery on my N75, which leaves me phoneless if I don't charge it every single day.
hertu
· 1 year ago
i think games are only a way to pass the time on a bus or train. if i was to sit at home and play on a device it wouldnt be a phone it would be a consol, sonsols are designed for comfort and entertainment, the main purpose of a phone (which people are beginning to forget) is to phone and connect with people. other features are just a bonus, i agree some are usefull such as wifi and GPS but games is just an entertainment feature.
saurav
· 3 months ago
Nice read.. Never really got round to playing games on my brothers N95 so can't say i've encountered such problems.. N81 to me seems like solution for you, i can go hours of gaming on it without any discomfort. It's got the extra gaming keys which essentially provide you comfort and feel of playing on a handheld gaming device.
All Comments
I have the same with the n82, which i will bring back to my store, due to the fact that the key pads are to tiny and the D-pad is to hidden so it make s it real unpleasant to use especially after a while of gaming or playing with the phone.
After 5 or 6 days it really became to frustrate me. It's a RSI kind of feeling you get in your hands. The same you can have with your mouse.
Too bad, that nokia didn't think or react to this kind of problems.
Never really got round to playing games on my brothers N95 so can't say i've encountered such problems.. N81 to me seems like solution for you, i can go hours of gaming on it without any discomfort. It's got the extra gaming keys which essentially provide you comfort and feel of playing on a handheld gaming device.
You want to play heavyweight hour-long games, you need a PSP or DS Lite 8-)
The hardware was not designed with heavy gaming in mind yes. But as a company, Nokia knew that and should not only come out with the games that make heavy gaming possible, but the accessories that drive people to doing it more and more.
I will be receiving an N81 soon so I am really excited to see how the experience can be described over the device. Expect me to cover gaming and music mostly with the N81.
Never really got round to playing games on my brothers N95 so can't say i've encountered such problems.. N81 to me seems like solution for you, i can go hours of gaming on it without any discomfort. It's got the extra gaming keys which essentially provide you comfort and feel of playing on a handheld gaming device.