Nokia N91 8GB

By Jeremy Roche on 08 March 2007

If you don't mind small keys and can sacrifice a bit of pocket space, Nokia's N91 8GB has all the bells and whistles.

Editor's rating:7.1 User rating:6.6
  • Good: 8GB hard drive • Dedicated music playback keys • Integrated Wi-Fi • 3.5mm headphone jack • Lots of bundled accessories
  • Bad: Problems roll-over from the original N91 • Bulky • Numerical keys are too small • Expensive •
  • Specs: Slider • Bluetooth, 802.11b, Wi-Fi • 8GB MB • Numerical keypad • See more specifications
  • RRP: AU$1,119.00

Not a great deal has changed on this model since we saw the original N91 over a year ago. While Motorola has for a long time stuck with the design of the successful RAZR, Nokia's upgrade to its N91 remains monstrously bulky -- it's over 11cm long and weighs a pocket-sagging 164 grams. Nokia has changed the N91 8GB's colour from silver to black, perhaps hoping that black would be slimming. With the sliding keypad extended, it looks more like a remote control than a phone from this century. Numeric keys are far too thin and small, considering the handset's size you'd think there would be space for larger buttons. We still also have gripes with the N91's responsiveness.

Looks aside, this multimedia device leaves other phones for dead. Nokia has upped the N91's 4GB internal hard disk to 8GB, enough to hold around 2,000 songs. The only other phone we've seen with 8GB of internal storage is the Apple iPhone, although the iPhone boasts lighter, solid state flash memory.

With the inclusion of the stereo Bluetooth profile (A2DP) on the N91, you can pair the handset up to a set of Bluetooth headphones to listen to music and answer calls wirelessly.

Wi-Fi and 3G are still supported for connectivity, but unfortunately Nokia hasn't added HSDPA-capabilities. Battery life lived up to expectations, providing about four days use between charges with minimal use of the MP3 player and occasional use of wireless LAN.

Read our full review of the first-generation Nokia N91 for more information.

Topics: nokia, n91, music, 8gb, n series

Comments (16)

  • Raj gave 1/10 on 26/09/2009 15:36 Report abuse

    • Bad: bad

    i know nokia is a good company,but N91 the cele i never sean my life...the hanging problum and some time its gating hot because of the metal body, even no service center can fix it in bangalore, they just kept the mobile one month after that they are taling we canot repair, if you dont have any solution then why you realese the phone...its a west of money...

  • harry gave 1/10 on 22/11/2008 01:21 Report abuse

    • Good: its great 8gb uh
    • Bad: hang hang &hang &the battery bl5c wat is this!!!!!!!!!!

    i want to sell it but i m not sellin it coz i spend lot of money in it for repair

  • ahsanm87 gave 9/10 on 17/06/2008 15:15 Report abuse

    • Good: excellent sound quality comparable to ipod
      good connectivity,camera and capacity
    • Bad: a little big but compromisable

    good fone bought it second hand back in pakistan

  • samsung e900 gave 8/10 on 14/05/2008 17:09 Report abuse

    • Good: Stylish design with large LCD.
      Made specially for movies and videos.
      Lot of space for data.
    • Bad: Have some problems with some features.

    New year brings lot of fun with Nokia N91 8GB hand set. I like its fast and funny features. like text to voice. Too many space for music and games. Games are download able and also support yahoo games. Brings fast internet speed. I love it.

  • Neha gave 8/10 on 07/09/2007 21:47 Report abuse

    • Good: gr8 music quality
      8gb of memory
      2megapix cam is not bad at all.
      over all its rocking.
      how can i forget about its superb looks. Its dam sexy
    • Bad: till now i have not faced any probs.

    just now bought this cell. till now its dam cool. Enjoying

  • lovethebottoms gave 10/10 on 05/09/2007 14:53 Report abuse

    dude the worst phone i have ever purchased. it kept on turning off and after a month it died.

  • Foyez gave 7/10 on 22/08/2007 05:16 Report abuse

    • Good: Storage capacily is amazing, Sound quality is impressive, shape is also attractive
    • Bad: weight is too much, sometimes it hangs,

    if it is possible to improve the reoulation and hanging problem can be solved then it would be an excellent cell phone.

  • mitch gave 10/10 on 20/05/2007 02:29 Report abuse

    • Good: its ability to comunicate with my pc
    • Bad: only 2mp camera

    i thought its pre diseser waz amazing with its 4 gb micro drive but 8 i couldnt believe it

  • jedzjanjua gave 8/10 on 05/05/2007 03:16 Report abuse

    • Good: 8gb Woo!
      nice sound quality....symbian.....shape style....camera vry nice!
    • Bad: it hangs 2 much....its a perfect hanging beast ;)

    umm...i think phone is just 2 gud...xcept it hangs 2 much...over all shape,camera features EXcellent...
    jedz!

  • villo gave 2/10 on 27/03/2007 20:25 Report abuse

    • Good: integrates well with outlook
      holds plenty of songs
    • Bad: very unreliable
      sound feature (esp handsfree) too soft
      need to reboot it often - gets stuck in applications

    love nokia phones but unfortunatel'ty the worst phone I have ever purchased. Reliability a big issue. First phone died within 2 months. Rather than Nokia repairing the phone, the simply replaced it with a new one. The replacement phone also failed within 2 days - this time it wouldn't charge - despite using several batteries. Unless you want to spend most of your time with a loan phone while your n91 gets fixed, stay away from it

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