Nokia N73

Release Date: Q3 2006

The Nokia N73 offers a multimedia computer in a compact and savvy exterior with photography features and integrated stereo speakers with 3D sound. In addition to a large 2.4-inch display, the N73 includes a 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus and support for Internet communities like Flickr. Music fans can tap into the N73's integrated digital music player with playlists and equalizer or tune into the FM radio. Available in 3G or quad-band EDGE/GSM networks, the N73 has all the diversity of a powerful multimedia computer enabled with the S60 3rd Edition Software on Symbian OS.

Nokia N73 Features

• Integrated 3.2-megapixel CMOS camera with autofocus and digital zoom up to 20x
• Digital music player supports Visual Radio and various audio formats with playlists and equalizer controls
• Bundled PIM (Personal Information Management) features including Anti-virus software, Yahoo! Go, and Email client with attachments and mobile VPN support
• Nokia PC Suite connectivity with USB, Infrared and Bluetooth wireless technology

• Nokia N73

  Reviewer: sinleong on Mon Oct 30, 2006
  

  Ahem.. Guess I'm the first to review this phone.. I'll go as detailed as possible and I'm sure a lot of you guys have read the reviews over the internet. Here goes..
  
  1. Imaging
  Maybe it was my opinion but Nokia N73 have the best still image capture in the Nseries and probably in the Nokia family..(Not really know how N95 quality is). With 3.2 Mega pixel Carl Zeiss Optics, You can assure that you get the best quality for still image. With 8 settings on its camera, you can snap pictures according to the situation. E.g Sports for quick snap, Landscape for sceneries and etc. You can also found all the functions normally available in the camera or N70 except for anti-shaking functions of course. on the video mode, you can choose 3 options, from 3GPto MPEG4. unfortunately, the video quality is below average. N70's video mode is cleare and sharper than N73. Perhaps Nokia doesn't want it to compete with N93, which I heard its still image is poorer compared to N73. A dedicated key for user to view the pictures and also allows you to send pictures to friends and family via Bluetooth, Infrared, MMS or even Email and web upload, thanks to partnership with Flickr.com
  
  2. Sound
  The N73 comes with 2 dedicated speaker on top of the phone, although I can still hear the music coming out from the dedicated speaker below the phone. Music is clear and sound is good quality. But if you compared with K800i, you have SE as winner. With preset equalizer, you can also create your own equaliser according to your desire. Supports eAAC, AAC, MP3 and WMA, you can create your own MP3 ringing tone and download in.
  
  3. Software
  Bear in mind N73 is a multimedia phone. In other words, this phone is pack with various softwares. F-Secure is an anti-virus for scanning your phone, memory card and also detect internet viruses. N73 is preloaded with Web browser for mobile internet and normal internet. A program called Search is where you get to search the image and web using Yahoo or Windows Live. The best part is that you can choose the country accordingly and you can even view the map of the country as well. Close to GPS satellite but kinda limited to certain countries. another program worth check out is the 3D tonez. You can set the ringing tone to be set as 3D surround sound, trajectory and reverberation. Other software include IM, tutorial, help, Visual Radio, Flash Player etc.
  
  4. Performance
  N73 is a powerful tool for business. Equipped with Symbian S60, you can say its an upgrade version of N70. Programs are load much faster compared to N70. The battery life is 3 days on normal use. Twice compared to Motorola RAZR V3x.
  
  5. Negative feedback.
  There are no phone in this world that is 100% excellent, N73 wasn't spared from my criticism. Camera loading is far slower than its rivals. I compared with K800i and found that N73 requires twice the time to be ready to shoot than K800i. Sometimes you might have the feeling that it freeze. A lot of website and user complain that this phone hangs and freeze. I experience this problem and not once.. Its been almost 2 months since I own this phone and the number of times it freezes are uncountable.. Sometimes I have to take out the battery when it freeze. Fortunately, The freeze was not so serious as some user report but be prepared because this phone packs tonnes of multimedia software, you can't blame it freeze. As earlier I mentioned that the programs load faster.. BUT also sometimes load slower. Compared with K800i, you may find you finish sent a sms while a K800i user already sent and snap photos. One thing I couldn't understand are why Nokia don't allow wallpaper to be full screen and there are no screensaver..
  
  Overall.
  If you ask me K800i and N73, which is better? Well, I tried K800i and found it very fast and ser friendly. Unfortunately, few software support hinders the glory of K800i, perhaps that you need to sacrifice for a fast phone. Regards the image quality, I can't really tell who is the winner. Auto shot, N73 is rich with colour and crisp. K800i is so sharp at close range. N73 claim have better shot at night, K800i have the best flash. For me, I prefer N73 because of office tools. K800i is too 'basic' for me.