Coming soon this second quarter, the Nokia N86 is a robust upgrade to your typical Nseries phone. Although it doesn’t sport the Xenon flash from the previous N82 series, the N86 hails more from the previous N85 line. It comes with a 8MP Carl Zeiss camera, WiFi connectivity and 8GB of storage. There isn’t anything that really stands out with the N86 — it’s pretty much a straightforward Nseries phone with all the bells and whistles for music, video, and Internet surfing.

At the end of the day, the N86 is a decent upgrade of the former series and is a good buy if you’ve been looking for a powerful slider.

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At some point in a phone’s life, engineers would decide that it no longer needs an overhaul. The upcoming N79 is a proof of this postulate I have when it comes to “matured phones.” A phone reaches its peak (fastest UI, best real estate design, OK features) when all that’s left to add are neat covers. The N79 is a downgrade of the N82 – no Xenon flash, but it has a 5MP Carl Zeiss lens and brings forth much of the bells and whistles of the N78 and N82. Call it a midpoint in terms of features (I don’t really care – it has WiFi and HSDPA, so those are great already). In terms of design, the main difference would be a better looking (and hopefully more comfortable) keypad.

Do the Xpress-on covers really matter? I remember when Nokia was still “young” it made a killing selling overpriced phone covers for customization purposes. Today, 3rd party phone accessories manufacturers can get away with casings for about $2.00. OR … since Nokia makes so many phones, 3rd party accessory guys don’t bother much with these in-between models?

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