Nokia N81 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Remember back in May when we teased you with some enticing photos of the yet-to-be-confirmed Nokia N81 and Nokia N82? Well, my friends, we tease you no more. The company today officially unveiled the Nokia N81 multimedia computer, with expected ...

Pros: Great music features ; excellent screen ; top-notch connectivity

Cons: Touch wheel is poor ; average camera ; bulky and heavy

Verdict: We love the Nokia N81's mammoth 8GB of storage space and excellent music and gaming features. However, we wish it wasn't so bulky and that it had a better touch wheel. As a result it's not really the revolutionary multimedia handset that we were ...

Review summary: A possible alternative to the N95, the N81 comes with a fantastic 8 Gbytes of memory, outstandingly good music and games playing features, a superb high-res screen, 3G video calling and fast downloads, Wireless LAN, and an optional GPS module. Its ...

Review summary: The Nokia N81, with its slide-up technique, impresses in both looks and features. Check out Nokia N81 cell phone review.

Review summary: Whatever the N81 8GB can do - and it is very, very capable - it will always be in the shade of its more illustrious sibling.

Pros: The N81 8GB is a tremendous phone for listening to and storing music, for playing N-Gage games and for enjoying multimedia applications.

Cons: A two-megapixel camera is disappointing, as is the creaky black plastic casing.

Verdict: The N81 8GB is a great all-rounder but suffers in comparison with the new Nokia N95 8GB