Let me start off by saying that I’ve been a full QWERTY phone user for the past several years. Started with Blackberry about 3-4 years ago and have gone through about 6 different devices over the years.  Then, I decided to try Nokia, and got myself an E71.  At the same time, I also decided to try the N95 8GB.  I loved the E71, but also loved the N95 8GB for its excellent media features, but just couldn’t convince myself to give up the full QWERTY device and switch fully to the N95.  Later, after having used the N97 for a while, and experiencing some of its shortcomings, I found myself being tempted very strongly by the Nokia N86.  So, I bought an N79 as both a backup and to re-teach myself to use T9 while I waited for the release of the N86 NAM.  And its finally here…

The Nokia N86 is everything I hoped it would be—I really do enjoy using this phone.  Coming from the N97, the fact that the N86 just WORKS well is a big selling point to me.  I have yet to run into an instance where RAM was lacking and the phone shut down apps on its own, and I have yet to experience any true bugs either.  I’ve moved every one of my required apps over to the N86—Profimail, Handy Safe, Gravity, Pixelpipe, Nimbuzz, and many more.  The N86 has definitely earned its place as my new daily use phone.

Coming from QWERTY, it took a while to get used to T9 again, but the keypad on the N86 made it even easier.  It is more than adequate (in my opinion) for typing out emails, text messages, short posts to Twitter, Posterous, Facebook, etc— the keys are spaced apart a bit, and have a positive “click” to them when you press them.  I do wish that one of the buttons had a bump on it so you could index better without having to look at the keypad, but other than that I find it excellent.

The 8MP camera on this phone is very, very nice.  I haven’t put it through its paces like some have done, but it has already taken noticeably better pictures than any of my other phones are capable of taking.  And the video capabilities of the N86 are a huge plus too.

In the end, I have to say I love the Nokia N86.  The media capabilities, the build quality, the sleek design and great look of the phone are all contributing factors, and add up to one very nice device.

Guest Post by Martin_j001

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