Damn! This was the toughest decision of my life… parting with my Nokia N3315 and buying the N73. Hehe yea, N3315… because it was class apart. Its popped out of my pocket once while I was speeding over 80kmph on my bike, its fallen off a 100 times… yet worked so perfectly all the last four years I have been using it. Not let me down anytime!

I have always been a Nokia fan. Even if their Symbian OS phones hang more number of times than the rupees in their price, the features and the brand value offered by Nokia is quite unmatchable (Ok maybe the Apple iPhone can beat this by 2008 when it is released in India). Until then Nokia is certainly the unchallenged winner I did say! (SE fans shoo away from here. This is a die-hard Nokia fan’s blog).

 

Right from the speculation of its launch, I have been an admirer of the Nokia N73, always wanted to own one. Maybe more because of its sleek looks. And finally bought it! This one is its upgraded version, the Nokia N73 Music Edition. Not much difference between the two, except a better firmware, black in colour and a 2GB mini SD memory card. I always wanted a good cam phone. Nokia N73 has a much needed massive 3.2 mp camera. Afterall you don’t take out your digicam everyday and everywhere you go. Sony Ericsson K790i was another camphone with a 3.2 mp camera. Yes, the cybershot one with Xenon flash, bound to give you a little better pictures than the N73. But for me the choice was simple. You wouldn’t think twice over a beautiful girl you have loved all your life but with a little bit of attitude and the perfect girl that your parents suggest you. Would you? So Nokia N73 was the obvious choice, with its aesthetics beating all other phones in its price range hands down.

But yes, as all Nokia symbian phones do, this one also hangs. Infact on the very second day it did :( . So when you are saving your life’s best moment shot with its amazing Carl Zeiss 3.2 mp camera, you might just realise that the cell has got stuck up in some crappy loop :p. But nevermind, you can still flaunt your Nokia N73 smartphone… view and edit documents on the fly, install impressive softwares… a little of its attitude problems are kinda easy to overlook. Even the video you shoot with its cam is supposed to be better than many other available cellphones.

The one feature that I thought was required and obviously missing was Wi-Fi. Nokia N80 has it but the slider phone was a little too bulky for my liking. And I had been so damn in love with the looks of Nokia N73, that I could let anything and everything go! But on the whole I am more than satisfied with this cellphone. The music player is awesome. Its wide screen gives you a complete pleasure of watching any video you did want to store in its 2GB memory card, while its high contrast impressive screen colours and themes will get all your pals ogling over it.

So if you are a Nokia fan… look no further than the Nokia N73 Music Edition! After 1-2 months of use I will surely come up with an indetailed review of the phone. Maybe for now, love has got me blindfolded. So I can’t see any flaws beyond its impressive features. Here is a complete specification list from the Nokia site: Nokia N73 ME specifications.

I bought it for INR 22000 (VAT incl.) here in Goa. It’s not been long for its release and the prices should drop by the next quarter of the year or sooner. But its still worth the price right now!

Oh yes… another problem I have right now, is adjusting to its small keypad. I don’t know if it’s the effect of my last phone… N3315 ;) or if the keys are really too small to quickly adjust to. Am already hitting a lot of wrong keys all the while.

But its sexy sexy… way too sexy! :)