Buying N73 ME.

[utsav]

I have done a lot of research and found n73 me to be best vfm to me as i need a all in one phone and n73 me has it all. i will be buying it tommorow so is it there something i should take care while buying the set like firmware etc as this is my first smartphone . plz dont tell me the basic things like warranty card and battery connection plates
please shoot your reply fast as i have very less time .

[Head Banger]

Excellent choice mate ,btw if you don't care about cam then have a look at 5700 and N81,they have symbian 9.2 OS.

[utsav]

I want a great cam. i had a look at n81 only through images.it looks cool what r its features and price ? .i dont wanna increase my budget and i guess its around 17k

[Head Banger]

^^Stick to N73 then.Both phones have below average cams.N81 is inclined towards music(awesome sq) and gaming(gaming keys).

[utsav]

Ya n81 uses the ngage platform for gaming .btw i ordered a ep 630 from ebay to pair with n73 me.

[sai_cool]

go for it mate, its worth it

[utsav]

I havnt yet got the answer to my question. someone answer please

[DigitalDude]

actually you dont have anything to look for as its a pretty dated phone (its been there since 2006) so the firmware will be latest only





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[utsav]

Which firmware version should i look for?

[rohan_mhtr]

The only problem with n73 is that it does not have a standard 3.5mm jack so you have to carry its adapter with you always , also look at the manafacturig date on the box since new ones come with the firmware update so you wont have to deal with trouble to update its firmware online .

look for firmware version 4.0808.4.2.2 or higher .

[utsav]

I dont have any problem in carrying the adapter. and yes i will surely be looking for the new package. btw whats the current firmware version?

[dOm1naTOr]

N81 has very poor battery. It dun even haf haf talktime as N73.

[utsav]

Anyone knows how much ram does it have?

[rohan_mhtr]

I think its 4.0808.4.2.2 but not sure . it was released around november 07 dont know if any new one is released later.


Also there is no way to check the firmware version on the phone before buying it . Just see the manafacturing date and try to get a new piece .

Anyone knows how much ram does it have?

Its still a mystery but nokia says it has 64 mb ram .

[utsav]

I am unable to find its ram capacity anywhere on the internet .not even on nokia s site .it should be 64mb i suppose

[deathvirus_me]

N73 is a rocking phone ..

Also , Firmware v4.0808.4.2.2 has been pulled off by Nokia ... newer N73's are already shipping with v4 firmwares so wait for the newer firmware to come out ...

Also , N73 ME coupled with EP630 is as good as N81 if not better .. its down to the music player at last ... Also , N73 is also under NGage2.0 platform , so that won't be a issue .. and u get an awesome 3.2MP cam ..

[utsav]

Ya. i know n73 is under ngage platform .i saw it last week on the nseries portal. the latest firmware is 4.07xxxx i suppose.

Another thing is that i am not going to wait anymore. i waited for it since september 2007 as i didnt wanted to spoil my board exams which will end today

[dOm1naTOr]

gud luck with ur exams..
nd BTW , if u wait for some new technology, it wud be eternity.

[utsav]

Thanks and yup

[Lucky_star]

N73 is good phone in this range.
Its current firmware is 4.0736xx. The 4.08 version was pulled back soon after it was released as it was buggy.

And regarding RAM. GSM arena says it has 64 MB RAM. But actually it has 44 MB. From this, 22 MB is allocated to the system and you will have 22 MB free memory after a fresh restart. But after installing a few apps and using the phone for a month or so, the free memory will stay around 15-17 MB depending on what all apps you are running on the background.

I have tried ngage 2.0 first access games in it and its pretty fast.

I have around 40 applications installed(testing new ones everyday) and still the phone isn't slow.

[utsav]

At the most i will be multitasking by running music in background while surfing the net so that much ram will suffice . i have to go to exam hall after an hour and i am foruming here

What price should i expect it to be? my frnd told me its 12.5 k but today in the newspaper its written 13.9k .

[power_8383]

Yes, u'll get that around Rs.14000\-

Its a great phone bro.
I'm having that.

The latest firmware is v4.0736.3.2.1

Dont forget to post your cam pics in the topic. Post your mobile cam pics

[deathvirus_me]

^^ The phone does have 64 MB , that 22 MB is actually kept just for the OS to access , but even then the OS keeps accessing from the rest 44 MB mem. .. back at nokia forums , they said that by the next few firmwares , the full 64 MB will be made free ..

And btw , i'm using v4.0750.31.2.1 .. donoo why they pulled this off the net , coz this is the fastest firmware i've used on the N73 .. and the one that actually has some demand paging into it ..

Some features u can expect in the later firmwares : better Demand Paging , More free Mem. , around ~ 30 MB at start .. faster loading of Gallery .. better Music Player . Intergrated Nokia Maps , Updated Flash Lite (version not specified yet , but could be v3.0) , Update QuickOffice and Adobe PDF reader ...

Being included in the NGage 2.0 platform got this phone some attention from the Nokia developers group ...

[Cool G5]

Good choice Utsav.
What about N95?U ditched it?

The phone has around 20 MB free ram & with time it goes on decreasing.
I suggest you reboot it once in a day, to get good fast performance.

[Lucky_star]

I was going to update to 4.0750 version, when I read that most of the phones crashed during the update process. And soon after that they removed that firmware. Now i am waiting for the next stable release. Still happy with the old 4.0727.

[deathvirus_me]

.. i took that risk coz the additions seemed tempting ... and don't regret it a bit ... rather .. am loving it ..

[Lucky_star]

^^ Really? How much free ram are you having after startup? and what is the camera startup time in this 4.0750 version?

[Sharx]

@utsav : Great man!!!Congrats for the new phone... in advance

I'm also buying the same by this weekend,it's priced @ 13.5K here in bangalore.I donno about nokia priority dealers,heard there is a price diference..Not sure though..
Also frns(N73ME owners specially),they are bundling HS-23 headset with it which i think lacks a 3.5mm jack.Is it so???If yes then what are the alternatives??

P.S Sorry for hijacking your thread utsav...Really i'm..

[deathvirus_me]

^^ Really? How much free ram are you having after startup? and what is the camera startup time in this 4.0750 version?

Well , didn't exactly count the startup time .. but its definitely faster than previous firmwares particularly with font router ..

And about free mem. .. well . at startup its around 20-21 MB ... but the best part it the demand paging which actually free unused mem. .. Suppose u use gallery for some time , and close it .. after some time , when u again start using the phone , u'll notice that some mem. is actually emptied .. Meaning ..

Standby - 18 MB
Gallery Running - 14.4 MB
Gallery Closed , Standby - 14.4 MB
Music Player launched after some time - ~16.8 MB ...

The best part is that if u launch gallery after this , its actually loads up faster than the first time , meaning most necessary files were still cached .. now i can actually run the phone over days at a stretch without worrying about the mem. getting chocked up ...

[utsav]

Just now returned from exam hall . yippeee. . @cool g5. i ditched n95 8gb becoz gps and 5 mp cam is not worth the increased price tag . gps will be useless in my city and my dad told that he will be getting a 10mp dslr very soon