DISQUS

ramfrancisuk · 4 months ago

So if you dropped your trusty nokia n95 whilst on the motorbike, would you buy the Samsung i8910 as your new mobile video blogger phone. - Richard-UK

matthew bennett · 4 months ago

Totally. I want to buy one now, but I just cut down to part time at work to blog more, so buying new devices might not be the smartest thing for me to do. It's down to $689 here in the States.

Brandon · 4 months ago

So you would buy this over the nokia n97? I'm on the fence about getting the either device since you can get the i8910 from http://importgsm.com ($599), which is about the same price as the nokia n97 at newegg ($579). I feel like I'm getting more for the money with the i8910, but I think the nokia n97 will be better for the long haul in terms of community. I'm not a big content creator, but I always would like the options. Any suggestions?

Thanks

matthew bennett · 4 months ago

Personally, I would choose the i8910 over the N97. The N97 is pretty slow for many things. Even unlocking it takes two seconds, so I relock it trying to get it to react. I found myself frustrated at the slowness of the N97. The i8910 did not leave me frustrated, and has a better video camera, and screen. I prefer the large touch keyboard on the i8910 over the tiny, hard keyboard of the N97.

Granted, the N97 will get better with firmware updates. And the 32GB storage is great.

They're both great choices, and either will make most users happy.