Comments on: Size doesn’t matter – battery life and the Nokia N96

By: Frank Kavanagh

Frank Kavanagh — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:47:08 +0000

I have owned the n96 for a year now. It is an awful phone. The battery life is pathetic, less than a day, Which means the device is not really a mobile phone at all. It also suffers with buggy software; when the battery dies, it can take up to 2 days to get it going again! Been back to the shop twice, each time for a week, just to get it started again, but with no improvement. Also very slow to respond. I would quite happily add 3 mm to the thickness for a useable device.I have had mobiles for 20 years now, and this is the worst one.Bye bye nokia

By: jawad

jawad — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:03:55 +0000

unfortunatley i have just ordered one n96 . lol .. i have faced lots of trouble with n95 silver. is it the same in talk time? can i replace the battery ? anyone?

By: Zeeshan

Zeeshan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:24:00 +0000

I think N96 is most pathetic phone I have ever seen from Nokia. I was a fan of Nokia but after wasting money on N96, I dont think I will ever buy any Nokia Phone ever. The battery is worst I have seen on a phone. Even with normal usage the battery doesnot last for more than few hours.

I think 1mm would not have been a big concern for me and I dont think people would even notice. It is a big phone anyways so why not just put a bloody decent battery in it.

By: ANIL

ANIL — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:22:27 +0000

I have still used n96, it is a good phone.

but the battery life is dead low,
daily charging is required and the phone is also very slow.

we need a min. of 1200 or 1400 mah battery required this higher version of nseries.

otherwise we can’t use the facility or features of n96.

By: asdfgh

asdfgh — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:40:43 +0000

Okay fine, but explain why it has an ARM 9 CPU from a past era. How was that justified on a flagship device? When every other modern N-series features a newer ARM 11 CPU.

By: mac morrison

mac morrison — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:14:12 +0000

I’ve found the battery life to be just fine on the N96. Unlike the iPhone which was lucky to make it past lunch. Every mm counts – the N96 is 3mm less than the N95/N95 8gb – the 8gb being 21mm all over (the classic just being the hump) it makes a hell of a difference in the pocket/hand.

there is a photo here: comparing N95/N96

http://hellon96.tumblr.com/post/51591948/fat-test-vs-n95-classic-win-those-mm-21-vs-18

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:00:34 +0000

Just bought 6220 Classic. 900mAh battery. Compared to 3 year old HTC WinMo 5 phone (1150mAh) the battery on the Nokia is outstandingly terrible – way, way beyond the 20% reduction in size that just might be justifiable if you choose to ignore any improvement in optimization progress every phone manufacturer would make over a 3 year period.

Currently in dialogue with Nokia Tech re tests etc etc but lots of Googling seems to throw up the fact Nokia phones and batteries are not happy bedfellows on a recurring basis.

Shame beause the switch to Nokia after a liftime of WinMo has been largely positive but this one fact alone means it’s likely my affair with Nokia will be a very brief fling -RMA already acquired!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:58:16 +0000

Currently in dialogue with Nokia Tech re tests etc etc but lots of Googling seems to throw up the fact Nokia phones and batteries are not happy bedfellows on a recurring basis.

Shame beause the switch to Nokia after a liftime of WinMo has been largely positive but this one fact alone means it’s likely my affair with Nokia will be a very brief fling -RMA already acquired!

By: CHAPLIN

CHAPLIN — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:11:38 +0000

Nokia still needs to work on batteries consumption. I own a E65 and one of the good things about this device they say, it’s the battery’s long period life, but it’s not. Actually, I don’t see any difference from the other devices. Sony Ericsson has the best batteries of all. Why Nokia is not doing it’s homework?

By: Viipottaja

Viipottaja — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:34:51 +0000

Ricky, sorry, but have to disagree. 1mm extra thickness would have made a huge difference to in hand feel of an already thickish device. Shaving of 1mm somewhere would have been difficult for sure. If it can run as long as it apparently can under _heavy_ use, the trade off was well worth it.

On the N85 vs. N96: timing of development, chip-set, DVB-H, kickstand, 16GB internal, targeted look and feel, and possibly also better build quality of N96 are all factors that could easily make for the difference.