Nokia N81 8GB

Nokia’s latest offering, the N81 looks like it should be all things to all men, but the best way of describing this one would be “middle of the road.”

Not quite as feature packed as the N95, the N81 misses out on full GPS functionality, comes with the usual headphones that need throwing away and replacing with a decent set, a below average camera and, at some time on the future a hopefully decent range of games.

Everything about this phone is average from the design to the functionality. I fail to see the need for another phone of this level. The size is average (102×50x20mm) so they are not aiming for the “my phone’s thinner than your phone,” market.

Mobile review have an in-depth look at the phone here. In fact they go almost to the point of dismantling the thing and I was a little disappointed not to see one in pieces by the end.

All in all it’s just one more phone in an already overcrowded market place. My thinking is the consumer will be so confused by the time the salesman has run through the list of phones available they will just say, “OK, OK, give me the black one.”

Nokia’s detail page is here, and although they describe it as “never a dull moment,” clearly their idea of dull differs from mine.