Nokia N73 Music Edition Purchased
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It’s been some time since I wanted to get rid of my old Nokia 3330 and own the Nokia N95 or the Apple iPhone. But ever since I came to know that the battery power of Nokia N95 doesn’t even last a day and is a bit expensive too, I decided to go for some other mobile phone until the iPhone is released at my place.
Also I heard that the iPhone has only a 2 megapixel camera, if that is true I am not sure if I want to buy it as I want to take good quality images and videos.
I did a research for a few days to find out the best mobile phone that can fulfill my needs. What I basically needed was a good camera and a music player, the Nokia N73 Music Edition with its 3.2 megapixel camera looked like the perfect choice for me.
I purchased Nokia N73 music edition yesterday using this blogs earnings and have been testing out its camera and music player ever since. The mobile phone offers good sound quality and I liked the camera too except that at low light conditions, the image and video quality is often low.
Here is a picture of my car taken with the 3.2 megapixel camera of my new Nokia N73 Music Edition
I have resized and reduced the quality of the above image so that it does not slow this page down. You can view the original image here.
I find the Nokia N73 camera producing better results in the morning when there is sufficient light. To get better image quality at night, I tried setting ‘Night’ as the scene mode (the flash is in the automatic setting) but I did not see any improvements.
I may start a Flickr account now to store some of the images I take with my new phone and may even display the latest images from my Flickr account on this blog’s sidebar or footer for readers to see 
Read the Nokia N73 Music Edition review on my hardware review blog.
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Posted on June 6th, 2007 | Category: Personal |
Amit
June 6, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Did u buy that car with your adsense income?
Roberta
June 6, 2007 at 7:31 pm
I got the Upstage phone free from Sprint. It’s pretty nifty as a music player and I can watch videos and stuff. However, the camera on it takes grainy pictures and you can’t upload them to the internet.
Vikram
June 6, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Will buy it soon ..
Keith Dsouza
June 6, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Thats a cool phone John.
I own a v3i, I just use my phone as a phone lol. For clicking pictures and songs i use a canon powershot A701 and a sansa 4GB mp3 player.
Alex Panait
June 6, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I am glad that you managed to buy a phone that you wished John, I hope I can change my Nokia 6680 very soon.
BTW I like your car
JohnTP
June 6, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Amit- No, I will let my readers know when I buy one with my blog earnings
Keith Dsouza- I cant always carry a phone, mp3 player and camera with me. Its easier when I have all in one.
Alex Panait- Yes, I am happy with the phone so far
Alex Panait
June 6, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Hey John, you didn’t tell us about your car ? I am curious like Amit is
Shivaranjan
June 6, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Congrats John. May be you can take a latest pic of yourself and put in your about page. I am waiting to see more pics in your flickr account.
JohnTP
June 6, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Alex Panait- The car was bought by my Dad, not me
Shivaranjan- I do have a recent pic on the about page.
Jamdo
June 7, 2007 at 4:25 am
That camera makes the wheels on your car look too small!!
Actually, I don’t own a mobile phone - it’s quite nice to be uncontactable at times and I don’t really miss having one.
Alex Panait
June 7, 2007 at 5:05 am
You have a point there, some times I wish I won’t have a mobile phone but pretty much time is useful
Shivaranjan
June 7, 2007 at 7:38 am
John since N73 is a smartphone based on symbian OS did you try any applications?
vibhash
June 7, 2007 at 8:54 am
Hay dude thats an awesome phone, with lots of features…btw cell phone cameras are bit different from normal digital camaras….normal digi cams produce better results than camera phones…especially at night.
But during day time camera phones too produce awesome results:)
cheers.
Ronald
June 7, 2007 at 11:33 am
Great for you John, Nokia is verry popular in Asia.. I just need to know John… How do you feel when you handheld this one?
horisly
June 7, 2007 at 1:04 pm
i really admire you!
And I hope i will get the N76 next month.
Pallab
June 7, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Thats common to all mobile phones and its mainly due to the weak flash.
I wanted to get a cell phone with 3.2 megapixel camera, but in the end settled with sony cybershot 550i due to budget limitaions.
.
Gotta start saving for iPhone
Mario
June 7, 2007 at 3:24 pm
The Nokia n73 is a good phone. I personally tought about adquiring one but have you tried the new Nokia n76?
Nirmal
June 7, 2007 at 7:45 pm
John,
Congrats on your purchase. You made a good choice. BTW how much did it cost you? N73 is a good phone with decent battery performance.
Nirmal
June 7, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Forgot to mention, I own a w700i walkman from Sony Ericsson.
JohnTP
June 7, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Shivaranjan- No, I am just playing around with its music player and camera
vibhash- thanks for the info
Ronald- It feels great to replace my old Nokia 3330
Mario- No, i have not tried out Nokia n76
Nirmal- I got the N73 for Rs.17,900
Rick Yuen
June 7, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Good phone. I’m torn between the N73 and the SE K790a.
I just need a good cell phone camera so when something interesting occurs, I can take a snap shot and post it on the blog.
Shivaranjan
June 8, 2007 at 1:37 pm
John please show us some bit of Kerala with with your camera. Guys Kerala is very beautiful and it is known as God’s Own Country in India.
So I expect John to put some pics of beautiful Kerala as he resides there.
narendra.s.v
June 8, 2007 at 3:08 pm
i really love it
Nirmal
June 8, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Shivaranjan,
You are right! Kerala is gods own country and I also hail from Kerala.
Shivaranjan
June 8, 2007 at 8:33 pm
So John, so what are you waiting for go start shooting pics…
Nirmal that is great. Hope monsoon has set in kerala by now.
Madhur Kapoor
June 8, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Congrats John . I am stuck with my old 6600 .
Ashwin
June 8, 2007 at 10:01 pm
^^
Haha… I’m stuck with Nokia 6300. That too I didnt buy. It was my moms.
Waiting for iphone…
Shivaranjan
June 8, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Ashwin I am stuck with 6630 and like you I am also wating for iphone.
Shawn Honnick
June 9, 2007 at 12:28 am
I now use a Nokia N80ie. I don’t love this phone but I managed to register http://www.n80ie.com/
Maybe you can give me some tips on monetizing such a domain name? I originally thought of bashing the phone with daily posts on “why it sucks”, but thought it was better to try to create a sense of community.
I don’t like the phone so much because of it’s heavier weight, not-so-great battery life, hard to use keypad, and various other design and usability flaws. I personally feel that Nokia and Moto just release phones to us as market research–that we pay them to do!
Anyway, I guess I do like the camera quality more than I have with previous camera phones. I like the storage. I think I like your new phone better though because it seems to have a better form factor and most of the same specs as mine.
Anybody wanna buy a used N80ie and a great domain name?
Nirmal
June 9, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Shivaranjan,
Monsoon has almost set in Kerala.
I see lot of people waiting for iPhone. But people from Asia will have to wait till July 2008 I think.
Pallab
June 9, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Yeah. It would launch next year. Also remember that its likely to cost a lot more here. Apple has signed a deal with Cingular so they can give some discount in US.
Nirmal
June 9, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Pallab,
You are right. The iPhone will be lot costlier than normal cell phones and thats y i suspect whether it will be hit in India
JohnTP
June 11, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I hope the iPhone won’t be as costly as Nokia N95 is here.
Nirmal
June 12, 2007 at 2:10 pm
John,
That has been the trend with phones
I think by the time iPhone comes, N95 will become lot more cheaper.
Satish
June 13, 2007 at 8:20 am
Hi John,
an interesting blog. I am at crossroads just as you were and confused on what phone to buy. In addition to music and photos i need a phone that will sync with my outlook for calenders/reminders and tasks.
can you tell me if you are able sync your nokia 73m to outlook and get the reminders/meetings and tasks from Outlook?
z
June 14, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Hi there, I was wondering where you bought your phone? I would like to buy one as soon as possible and I’m actually interested in the n73 music edition by nokia. tnx!
Ronald
June 14, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Oh, how about the Samsung SCH-W240 a.k.a SPH-W2400? PoIs (Point of Interest), huh?
Shashank
June 17, 2007 at 7:52 am
you got it in 17,900 …
at that price i would prefer k790i becoz its a cyber shot.
have you compared the two phones..
and are you satisfied with the image quality of you phone…
and what about motorola rokr its cool except the 2 megapixel camera ….you must have compared these phones …what made you to zeroed upon nokia.
your phone is cool too just wanna to know your views also…
CristianR
June 19, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Nokia rules , period . Any other samsung or sony ericsson fans might not agree with me , but for a Nokia user , well , they get my point . N73 is a nice addition . To solve your lighting problems you might want to get an additional “flash light” ( don’t know the exact translation , sorry ) . It’s the same thing you use for a camera
Chetan
June 22, 2007 at 10:47 pm
What is the price of nokia n73 and n77 in INDIA?
kauilani
June 25, 2007 at 7:43 am
Nokia N73 Music Edition is really cool. I just got one from Philippines during my vacation. It was the “in thing phone” there aside from N70. It cost me $500 (Canadian dollars). Not bad!! for a very cool phone.
We don’t get this kind of phone here in Calgary, AB so far..huh!
Julian
June 27, 2007 at 5:06 am
Have you seen the htc phone ? its like iphone just better i think tmobile will provide it.
kauilani
June 27, 2007 at 7:17 am
I am not so sure if the htc phone ur talking about is the PDA type or smartphone kind of phone. I heard it has GPS Navigation. I haven’t seen one yet. We’ll see if it gets here.. But I haven’t tried any other brand of phone except Nokia.
horisly
June 29, 2007 at 10:50 am
N73 is declining the price.
a good choice for you.
horisly
June 29, 2007 at 10:54 am
now i am taking the Nokia 3108, and i will change it next 3 months for N76
Sreejith Ramakrishnan
July 2, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Actually, John, the iPhone is major crap with no 3G and a lot of other defects. No to mention the fact it will get here in Kerala only after a year.
I use a N70. I love the phone and its a really good device to stay organized. Nokia has powerful organizer features. And, if you know Thilak of Tech-Buzz, ask him about N95. He told me once in a phone call that its “totally screwed”. He said it hangs up atleast once everyday.
Great choice, John. My dad owns a Sony Ericsson and I used to have a Moto. I’ve used them all. So, I’m pretty sure to say that Nokia, is by far, the best mobile phone manufacturer in the world. Aone sets. Value for money.
Mr. A
July 2, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Hi all
I purchased N73 last week,mst tell you its a nice phone,first i was not in a mood to purchase any nokia set as their proceesing speed is damn slow,but due to its killing looks n features i jst thought of taking a risk(coz i cant wait for iphone), i got few pros and cons in there
1) camera is awesome better then SE cybershot or any other, but not so good in night( its ok, 4 me camera phones are meant for only capturing regular moments not for special).(7/10)
2) music quality is fine not better then SE, when it comes to Bass Booster.(infact its not louder).(6/10)
3) Best part even after so many apps. proccessing is jst great(8/10).
4)looks, weight,display DVD quality Vedios and audio(8/10).(jst great)
I must have wait for iphone but when i heard its just 2MP, moreover the kind of technologies in these phones like 3G, EGDE, GPS depends upon the service provider, but in india,no such tech has arrived even GPRS is bad here.
thanks
Mr. A
Zubair
July 2, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Hi,
Noka N73 Music Addition its very nice, i m impressed wid this mobile, and i will give advice to all Nokia users purchse it u will be enjoy, coz Camera result greattttt. thankss
Ram
July 9, 2007 at 10:30 pm
The phone looks great. Surely worth the price. I wanted to buy Sony Ericsson. But it seems this phone is going to change my mind. Let’s see how it goes.
horisly
July 10, 2007 at 4:42 pm
N93 is great.
Vijay Teach Me
July 12, 2007 at 9:33 am
Hey thats why you are going clicky click and new photo on About page.
Vijay
Larry
July 16, 2007 at 1:03 am
Waiting for Apple iPhone review now
Prince Dhillon
July 19, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Hi John….
I think u made a guud choice of Nokia n73..im planning
to buy one.
But i wanna know a thing.!
I tried playing a video at 320*240 resolution at 30fps [in avi format]
on my Nokia 6233 but the phone can only play at max 15fps.It plays 30fps video with a lot of hicupps [pauses].
I wanna know if n73 can play video at 320*240res at 30fps?
with full quality properly..?
Plz tell me if it plays just as smooth as on my tv>>?
subhash
July 20, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I can’t buy a n73 like you at this moment as I had invested some amount of earnings somewhere else .. But I bought a sony Ericcson k510i temporarily with my blog earnings…….It has got 1.3 mp camera..but it is worth the money,,,
Dadazz
July 24, 2007 at 10:14 pm
I am student Of COmputer Engineering.As a enginnering core stu i want purchase nokia phone..I have some requirment to purchae my set…I need GPRS , Music box,multiple software supported,stylish,long supported battery,Good sound quality when it ring…So i need some guide line which set i will go for….Thanking you.
SHAREEF
July 30, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Noka N73 Music Addition its very nice, i m impressed wid this mobile, and i will give advice to all Nokia users purchse it u will be enjoy, coz Camera result greattttt. thankss
natalka
August 8, 2007 at 6:51 am
N73 ME is the best phone. I love it
Irfan
August 14, 2007 at 2:39 am
Seems like a nice phone. My contract is coming to an end so will have to check it out
ling chao
September 26, 2007 at 1:30 pm
i have n73 music edition,it’s great mobile..can enyone give an edvice wich website is for n73 softwares for free, i download some of softs but mobile doesn’t read it
Hidden
October 11, 2007 at 4:43 pm
I have the N73-1. Cool as N73 ME. The phone is perfect. I downloaded a lot of applicatons and games and it is still fast. Other phones slow down when having too many applicatoins installed.
jay kumar verma
October 24, 2007 at 6:03 pm
i love nokia n73 music addtion
from ranchi (jharkhand) (india)
Pranav
October 24, 2007 at 11:31 pm
hi guys
plannin 2 go 4 a good combo between music n camera(3.2MP should do)
torn between N73ME and SE K810i
Please advice….
ASAP
remith
October 29, 2007 at 10:03 pm
hi,,,,, iam from kerala…..i am plannning to buy a n73 ME.is it rocking than a walk man series……..
Shivaranjan
October 29, 2007 at 11:37 pm
if you are comparing this phone with the audio quality that walkman series offers then N73 music edition is crap.
Other than this drawback this is a wonderful phone as it is a smartphone and the walkman series of SE are not smartphone
Srikar
November 5, 2007 at 3:08 pm
HI Everybody!!!!!
I am going to buy a mobile this week and for this i am searching internet nearly from one and half month!
Finally “NOKIA N73 Music Edition” met with all requirements i am looking for and also got the most +ve comments till now!!
Thank you everyone for helping me in deciding a phone to buy:)
srikar
November 5, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Hi thank you all for helping me in buyying a great mobile to have fun with:)
hammad
November 8, 2007 at 1:28 pm
from where i download alot of softwares and games for my nokia n73
Mitesh
November 22, 2007 at 4:03 pm
from where i download alot of softwares and games for my nokia n73
Binoy jude
December 10, 2007 at 12:24 am
Hi,
Please advice me my N73 first edition was stolen.Could anyone tell me if i should go for the new 2gb music edition or any other choices??N82??
Any ideas n suggestions?
nidhi
December 22, 2007 at 7:31 pm
hey dere..n73 is kool..but howz nokia n76??
ricardo
February 27, 2008 at 7:56 pm
yeah that´s a cool phone…
i have one and his camera it´s very good.
the sound sistem it´s great!
and we can put our photos and stuff in the internet in the mobile
criz
February 29, 2008 at 1:35 pm
what is the difference between 16.7million color screen and 256k colors….
Andy coe
March 14, 2008 at 11:51 pm
my nokia n73 music edition is really slow how can i speed it up
Dipak
March 20, 2008 at 1:37 pm
where do I get the game for N73?
sherakho
April 2, 2008 at 6:23 am
Hi John
Am looking forward to bye Nokia N73 music edition, and i have tried to search what ever i can find in the internet but as u have shown the picture of ur car which has been taken by using nokia n73M can u please pass on some of the pictures to my mail id which has been taken by the same mobile so that i can have a choice whether to go with this piece or not.
ivan
June 20, 2008 at 6:00 pm
does the n73 music adition have gps navigation, or does it support gps
raju
July 6, 2008 at 3:40 pm
my favourite mobile
Sugandh Mishra
July 14, 2008 at 2:05 pm
If ur nokia n73 is working slow or crashing then just upgrade the firmware of ur phone to the latest using nsu, but remember to take backup as it will blow up all data.
Ajay Kweera
August 24, 2008 at 10:03 am
N73 Music addition
Nice Phone,Nice Sound,Nice Picture
Soch raha hu le hi lu……….
Deepak
September 2, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Hello John,
Want to know something from you about N73 ME.
Is 3G available in your phone, as I come to know about too many discrepencies about the 3G availability in N73 in India.
For e.g. Refer this Link
http://discussions.europe.noki.....amp;page=1
You can mail me the details as well, if possible.
Thanks in Advance.