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Love it or leave it won’t do here, we’re afraid. Love it or hate it is more like it. There’s so much to get excited about with Nokia N78. The excellent display and capable camera, topped with Navi wheel, FM transmitter, GPS and Wi-Fi sure round off a nice deal. And yes, the latest FP 2 is a downright treat. If only… Well, you must know already what we think of the package. Anyway, you’re welcome to read on. Nokia N78 has a whole review up ahead to unleash its potential and a lifetime to beg for a facelift.

Nokia N78 stacks up just below the top of the multimedia phone market. The megapixel count and screen size are probably the only things to stop it from directly competing with the N95. It is still quite close and even offers a few features that the omnipresent Nseries ruler lacks.

A nice – even if somewhat humble – alternative of Nokia N78 is Samsung i550w. Carrying a very similar feature-pack, it trades the FM transmitter and the Navi wheel for a trackball and a larger 2.6″ screen. The best part about the Samsung is that it costs a great deal less than the Nokia N78, retailing at about 260 euro. Now, the FM transmitter and FP 2 are not exactly the first things one would choose to trade, but we can understand those willing to save themselves some money.

Another handset to rival the N78 is Nokia N82. The best cameraphone by Nokia to date is currently available for about 300 euro. The 5 megapixel camera comes with protective cover and Xenon flash, while a built-in accelerometer is also on offer. On the other hand, N82 too lacks the FM transmitter, which might sound as a deal-breaker to some.

Nokia N-78 Specification

Network system
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

Size
113 x 49 x 15.1 mm, 76.5 cc

Weight
101.8 g

Display
- TFT, 16M colors
- 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
- Downloadable themes

Battery type Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-6F)
Stand-by Up to 320 h
Talk time Up to 4 h 20 min

Ringtones
- Type Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
- Stereo speakers

Option
Number in phone Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days

Memory
- microSD (TransFlash), hotswap, buy memory
- 76 MB internal memory
- 96 MB SDRAM memory

GPRS Class 11, 118.4 kbits
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Infrared port No
Games Yes + Java downloadable
Color Black

Features
- Camera 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, Carl Zeiss optics, video(VGA 15fps), flash; secondary CIF videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS support
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/M4A/AAC/eAAC+/WMA player
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- FM transmitter
- 3.5 mm audio output jack
- Push to Talk
- Voice command/dial
- PIM including calendar, to-do list and printing
- Document viewer
- T9
- Photo/video editor
- Integrated handsfree