Pros:

• 2.6-inch 16M-colour OLED display of QVGA resolution – It is a real treat to play games on. It uses less battery and is way better overall because of its better colour accuracy and contrast ration than normal phones. Visuals in games look slicker and more realistic, the viewing angle is amazing, and the better refresh rate of OLED screens ensures that there isn’t any graphics ghosting in fast moving games.

• It has a brilliant dual slider mechanism, which allows you to play games such as a portable game device, with the Dpad in your left hand and the gaming keys in your ight. Of course you can change this according to how you wish. The N85 can play games in portrait mode too. These are very well made and have great feedback. Not too hard, not too soft.

• It comes with quite a number of N-gage games preloaded. The Nokia’s new N-Gage 2.0 gaming platform is really great with lot of big game developers shifting to the platform and releasing compatible games exploiting the dedicated gaming chip of N85, N81 and N96. Fifa 09, Resident Evil, Need for Speed Undercover and such big name games run in full 3D graphics and with future editions of N-gage, the platform is surely going to catch up to PSP and Nintendo gaming consoles.

• It supports both native and java titles leaving you nearly endless choice when it comes to gaming.

• 3G, Wi-Fi and built in GPS with A-GPS functionality takes care of all your connectivity and navigation issues. It even comes with 3 months of free voice-guided navigation through Nokia Maps application.

• FM transmitter, Stereo FM with RDS, 3.5 mm audio jack, Navi-wheel navigation to scroll through your playlist and great sound quality makes this a good device for listening to music also.

• 5 MP autofocus camera with dual LED flash, AF assist light, manual lens cover and VGA recording at 30 fps makes this an all-rounder bringing it other N-series royalties and merging it with N-Gage platform.

• 8GB memory card is included in the retail package and it is expandable to 16GB.

Cons:

• The OLED display doesn’t have the best sunlight visibility and road-warriors will find it hard sometimes.
• Camera performance is not at par with what it boasts of. Zooming in takes ages.
• Navi wheel does not feel good. It does not always work too.
• No office document editing out of the box.
• Estimated street price: Rs. 22,600

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