so far only one phone in my head that can let n81 cry, in terms of both sound quality and loudness..
Nokia 5800 Xpress Music

but as for now, the phone is still very buggy, and the optimization is not that good either..just wait and see how a few more version of firmware can improve that, then only think again

hey...can n81-8gb v21.0.008 b hacked?? i've been searching for a proper tutorial to hack it since i updated it a few months back. wuhuhuhu...i want my ngage games back

if using headphones n91 wins hands down...really nice music..but if you play music through the speakers it's not that loud.

i agree. Nokia always have problem with external speakers. somehow they cannot just put in a loud phone speaker like SE

yeah... when i got my n81 i thought i'll be louder than my friend's k618i (a cameraphone and not really for music)

i've read reviews of n81 being real loud...but maybe because the reviews were written for n81 on v10 firmware and when i got it it was on v11 firmware. much softer sounds...that sucks..

k618i was very veryy loud for a K series phone..im ashamed..

not only that one..even our king N95 and 8GB version(your unit) compared to SE w-series(w595) mid rage phone also, the loudness lose..
anyway gsmarena have a list of phones with speaker loudness, n95 have around 78dbm, where w595 have around 85dbm

wow...that's loud considering my n95 8gb is loud enough to beat any of my friend's phones...

i've read the loudness test but i heard there's a bit of dispute on the testing because if you put the mic on one side of the speaker, the volume of the other speaker would be lower. If u put the mic on the top the loudness of both speakers would also be lowered..

but n95 has stereo speakers and w595 got one or two speakers?

if the n95 has both speakers on one side like on the n82 it would be a lot louder as the sound is directed to one side only..

single speaker and stereo one sided speakers phones like k618i and w595 has an advantage of being very loud because it is directed to one side

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Mar 22 2009, 12:25 AM

while n95 have speaker on left right, w595 have speakers top botton, so i think the est result should be fair...

oh on the top and bottom...so the comparison should be fair enough

i initially thought that it was on the back and not on the sides (top bottom sides)

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Mar 23 2009, 12:27 AM

how come this thread suddenly become like our private chat area??
people, come back to this thread.....

My phone firmware confirmed die after the repair.. Anyboday know how to revive it back?

what is the problem again?

hehe..i donno lar..

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Added on March 23, 2009, 11:07 pmu send the phone for what kind of repairs? how did the firmware become corrupted after the repair exactly?

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Mar 23 2009, 11:07 PM

Same problem... Ask someone to reflash the phone, but the phone firmware die.. Headached

u asked one of your friends or a shop do it for you? tell em to fix it back..

Shop, now he say is the hardware problem, nope the firmware.. But i think it is firmware problem instead of hardware..
Going to take it back soon and settle by other technician..

it looks like he's trying to con u into paying more repairs for something that isn't broken.

you should still have the warranty right??
just ask him to repair without charging you

I think so, that's why i take back my phone..

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Added on March 24, 2009, 9:04 pmNo more warranty.. It is on my own now..

This post has been edited by boonpeng: Mar 24 2009, 09:04 PM

Lol....if he refuses try making a police report.