N73 - Good Time To Buy Or Wait?

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Fastfwd - 26 Dec 2007 02:51 GMT

I'm looking for my first higher end cell phone. The cheap free phone that
came with my service isn't cutting it anymore. The N73 has caught my
attention for its camera. My question is if the N73 is due for replacement
very soon? Will there be a replacement with a nicer camera coming out? I'm
not familiar with how often phones come out, but it seems that the N73 must
be at the end of it's run?

Outside of that being a concern - is it possibly a good time to buy the N73
(I've seen it for $299)? Am I probably going to get a better deal on the
N73 for the money than if I wait for whatever might replace it?

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Simon Templar - 26 Dec 2007 19:33 GMT

> I'm looking for my first higher end cell phone. The cheap free phone that
> came with my service isn't cutting it anymore. The N73 has caught my
> attention for its camera. My question is if the N73 is due for replacement
> very soon? Will there be a replacement with a nicer camera coming out? I'm
> not familiar with how often phones come out, but it seems that the N73 must
> be at the end of it's run?

I would expect the N73 to have almost run it's course, it has been
around a fair while now. If you are looking for a high end phone then I
would personally be looking at the Nokia N95 or even the N82.

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Peter Wilkins - 27 Dec 2007 00:41 GMT

>I'm looking for my first higher end cell phone. The cheap free phone that
>came with my service isn't cutting it anymore. The N73 has caught my
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>(I've seen it for $299)? Am I probably going to get a better deal on the
>N73 for the money than if I wait for whatever might replace it?

I've had my N73 for over a year and it's been excellent, except that
the camera has been a bit disappointing - quality OK normally but it
often failed to focus, resulting in many useless photos. I took it
back to Nokia but they failed to fix it.

Now I've been given a N95 for Xmas - the camera is very much better -
5MP and it focuses like a dream. Plus it has Wi Fi and GPS built-in.

My wife gets my N73 as it's still a good phone but I'm very happy with
the N95.

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Peter Wilkins

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