N81 8GB Review: II-Camera And Gaming Experience
Kirollos Fares | January 29, 2008
Camera Review:
I recently reviewed the N76 and it’s 2.0 Megapixel camera, and right now I’m reviewing the N81 8GB’s 2.0 Megapixel camera, Big difference, huh ?!, so I’ll try my heart out to be creative and not just copy things from the recent review 
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I went back to the same places i went when i took the sample shots of the N76, and i took Nearly “not quite” similar shots, That lead to a stunning and crucial discovery.
Houston, We’ve got a problem
How could this happen?! the N76 Shots were better than the N81’s!
it is still unbelievable!! though the N76 was released prior to the N81, and they both got nearly the same camera hardware, the day N76 shots looked more clear and nicer.
Anyway, I am not going to compare N76 to N81 here, “Compare shots and a N76 vs. N81 full comparison coming soon btw”.
At day, The N81 shoots weren’t very pleasing, The shoots were a bit blurry and vivid.
Day Shots:
As I expected, Night Shots weren’t so good either, but still the LED Flash got better!! “Details down here folks”
Night Samples:
Speediness:
The N81 shoots photos very rapidly, i set my N95 and N76 to Burst mode”where the phone shoots photos as long as you are pressing the camera/shooting key” , The N81 shot 9 photos in 10 seconds, while the N95 shot 5 shots in the same 10 second!
There is ugly reasons for this speediness: Lack of autofocus, modest quality of photos of N81.
The RAM Boost didn’t effect the speed of camera, because simply, How could it get more faster?!!
Flash:
The N81 is equipped with LED Flash, But the LED flash in the N81 is the best Flash i have ever seen in a Nokia device, it is way better that the N95’s and it decreases the chances of getting a good ol’ black night shot!
Gaming:
The N81 is the ultimate gaming device, with dedicated gaming keys, N-gage support!, Plenty of RAM, Awesome battery life
and massive 8GB Mass memory, The device is said to bring the best mobile gaming experience.
The N-Gage Preview has 3 demos preinstalled: Space Impact Light, FIFA 07 and Asphalt Street Rules
The graphics of the demos are stunning, specially Asphalt. and with the RAM boost, the loading time of games is less than 5 seconds.
But, and there’s a but here, The landscape mode is reversed in the N81 270° “The dedicated gaming keys on the right, and the NaviWheel on the left” Which kinda bugs me!
The Naviwheel should be on the right for better control of the keys, i thought of it, and i found no reasons of reversing the landscape gaming mode.
So, If they reversed the Gaming landscape mode, or at least gave N81ers the choice of choosing between both 90° and 270° Mode, it’ll make things easier, and better.
