The Bottom Line
The Nokia N90 is one of these rare phones that contribute in setting the standard for what a "camera" phone should really be
Pros
- Excellent speakerphone
- Amazing high-resolution high-color display
- Outstanding camera picture quality
Cons
- Software is suprisingly slow to react
- Menus are not numbered, which further slows you down
- A bit difficult to open with a single hand
Description
- Technology support: GSM
- Built-in 2-megapixel camera
- Bluetooth and data cable included
Guide Review - Nokia N90 Review
I loved the Nokia N90. Every moment of the 2 weeks during which I used it. This akward transformer-like design makes the N90 a truly integrated camera phone: Turn the upper part, you're in camera mode! Swivel the flip up part like a video-cam side display and the N90 is in video mode. As straightforward as it gets! Not to mention the superior photo quality (by camera-phone standards) delivered by the Nokia N90's 2-megapixel cam, its excellent full duplex speakerphone and the lovely high-color, high-resolution display.
Drawbacks are only minor but make you wonder if whoever makes the design decisions at Nokia has a drug addiction or something. This, for example: Nokia has had numbered menus for ages but the N90 doesn't, you have to stupidly crawl through menu items to select them. The software doesn't react as quickly as other phones whenever you ask for last dialed numbers or contacts, for instance. And it's also a bit of a challenge to open it with just one hand, an ability we've come to expect in any flip phone. But these are minor drawbacks that do not outweight the great pluses the Nokia N90 has to offer. I'd go for it in a heartbeat!