*rant* Last Nokia phone I ever buy

[eTiMaGo]

Way off topic, I know, but I need to get this off my chest...

I used to have a Sony Ericsson K800, truth be told, the best phone I've ever owned, hands down, and I've had quite a few. Not too bulky, great camera, great music playing capabilities, responsive, etc.

So about a week ago I'm in a taxi, I get a phone call, I then put the phone back in my pocket, but somehow not deep enough. And as I get out of the taxi, the phone must have somehow dropped onto the seat, and I didn't notice until some time later... Tried calling the phone, remembering the taxi's license plate, to no avail.

So, begrudgingly, the next day we head to the phone shop to get me a new phone. I thought it might be fun to try a new phone, and Nokia's N93i had just been released, promising great camera functions with a 3x optical zoom, 30fps video recording, yadda yadda. Seems all right, a little bulky, but I can keep it in my pocket and use a bluetooth headset... Built-in WiFi as well so I can use that to leech free internet, cool! Pictures look all right on the screen, the zoom is a nice function, etc. So far so good. I fork over a sizeable lump of money for it (which should have been converted to a body kit instead by now ).

Then I get home, and the head banging begins. Impossible to sync the phone to my PC by bluetooth (OK, maybe my PC needs to be reinstalled, it is starting to get quirky). Fine, I have a card reader and adapter on the PC, and can use the USB cable to sync, not convenient, but not a big deal.

I manage to open the pictures I took with it, and urgh, what a mess... The phone has some kind of built-in noise reduction system which basically gets rid of so much detail, everything seems crystallized at 100% picture size. The K800 didn't exactly produce pro-level pictures, but they were so much better.

On the other hand, video quality is very good, the high framerate recording does make it very nice and smooth.

Then, today, I borrow a friend's Nokia bluetooth stereo headset, to see how it works, as I am thinking of getting one myself, that way I can leave the big phone in my pocket, while listening to music wirelessly, and answering calls if needed. I pair it, I connect it, I launch the music player. Crappy monoaural weak sound with unbearable hissing....

So I do a bit more research on Nokia's site, the phone supports Bluetooth 2.0, there should be no problem getting stereo sound over it! Can't find much more information on their site. So I look for reviews, and basically the phone does not support the A2DP profile which allows this stereo sound. In fact, only about 3 phones in Nokia's range can support this. And none of them are their fancy "multimedia mini computer" N series, you have to use the bulky, annoying cable that sticks in the side of the phone, making it impossible to fit in but the biggest of pockets...

Bloody waste of money... And here it's not like in the US where you can return it to a shop and explain it's not to your liking, they'll laugh at you and buy it off at a nice low price... grrrrr

So yeah, the moral of the story, don't be a fool, do more research into what you wanna get, and sometimes, it's not worth it to go for the latest flashy shiny new thing... I guess this applies to just about anything anyway in this global consumerism society... I'm glad I made a good choice about my car

Anyway, rant over, thanks for your time if you've read this far (got nothing better to do?) Gotta find a way to get rid of this thing and get back a beloved K800...