I bought this phone for as what I thought to have been an upgrade from my Iphone 3gs after having read rave reviews of the phone and its listing by Amazon as being a top rated phone. This phone is a complete and total utter disappointment and p.o.s.! This phone has been nothing but headaches, drama and stress with less than two months of ownership! First of all, the phone freezes, shuts off and turns itself back on, downloads and app don't fucntion. The phone stalls when browsing the web and opening apps. I've had to reset the phone three times and finally, the phone had to be sent for service. Now I will be without the phone for another two weeks or more! Even the apps suck! They offer no mainstream, common American apps! Everything is either European or Pakistani or Middle Eastern! The app store is limited. Customer service isn't at all knowledgeable and they don't respond in a timely fashion when your issue has to be escalated to a higher level tech support. I had to wait almost a week to receive the prepaid UPS label to send my phone back for service! The only saving grace to the phone is the 12 megapixel cam! The pic quality is amazing. I haven't tried connecting the phone to my tv via the hdmi cable yet nor have I recorded video but I'm sure if those features function properly or are similar to the quality and functions of the camera, then I'm sure they're great. All in all, I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT recommend this phone! I would have given the phone a one and a half star rating which would have been between "I hate it" and "I don't like it" ONLY because of the quality of the cam. Save yourself the trouble and disappointment and if you want an unlocked quality smartphone, just invest the extra $200-$375 and get the Iphone 4s, 5 or Samsung S3 or Note or Note 2! If the 12 megapixel cam is a must have, then you'll be sacrificing the other features and apps. Personally, I'll be ditching the N8 for the Samsung Note 2 and I'll have no problem spending the extra $375 for it unlocked! As far as the cam, 8 megapixel may or may not be a significant difference in quality than 12 but at least the Note 2 will have both a rear and front facing lens! BEWARE AND YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
I bought this phone for as what I thought to have been an upgrade from my Iphone 3gs after having read rave reviews of the phone and its listing by Amazon as being a top rated phone. This phone is a complete and total utter disappointment and p. o.s.! This phone has been nothing but headaches, drama and stress with less than two months of ownership! First of all, the phone freezes, shuts off and turns itself back on, downloads and app don't fucntion. The phone stalls when browsing the web and opening apps. I've had to reset the phone three times and finally, the phone had to be sent for service. Now I will be without the phone for another two weeks or more! Even the apps suck! They offer no mainstream, common American apps! Everything is either European or Pakistani or Middle Eastern! The app store is limited. Customer service isn't at all knowledgeable and they don't respond in a timely fashion when your issue has to be escalated to a higher level tech support. I had to wait almost a week to receive the prepaid UPS label to send my phone back for service! The only saving grace to the phone is the 12 megapixel cam! The pic quality is amazing. I haven't tried connecting the phone to my tv via the hdmi cable yet nor have I recorded video but I'm sure if those features function properly or are similar to the quality and functions of the camera, then I'm sure they're great. All in all, I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT recommend this phone! I would have given the phone a one and a half star rating which would have been between "I hate it" and "I don't like it" ONLY because of the quality of the cam. Save yourself the trouble and disappointment and if you want an unlocked quality smartphone, just invest the extra $200-$375 and get the Iphone 4s, 5 or Samsung S3 or Note or Note 2! If the 12 megapixel cam is a must have, then you'll be sacrificing the other features and apps. Personally, I'll be ditching the N8 for the Samsung Note 2 and I'll have no problem spending the extra $375 for it unlocked! As far as the cam, 8 megapixel may or may not be a significant difference in quality than 12 but at least the Note 2 will have both a rear and front facing lens! BEWARE AND YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!