I was keen to get one of these phones as I am due for an upgrade now. So I did a little research and came up with this review from a current user. Guess I wont or rather don't want one anymore. Per Spelman Report Dont buy N79 for sports activities! The large hole on the top of the phone consumes even the smallest amount of sweat and leads it into the phone's brain - and puff! It's dead, and Nokia won't repair it even though this is a heave fault by the construction of the phone! N79 does not respond to your actions. You cannot be sure of the outcome of your actions on the phone. This is not a phone for a novice. You have to be a complete phone nerd to accept this phone. It hangs up. The phone lock has to be activated several times before it reacts both on closing and on opening. Physical, the back cover is untight. The connection of the handsfree is a big hole on the top, so be careful to make a call under wet contions. The keypad is inaccurate and you must check eagerly which digit or letter you are hitting. The switch screen is ok when you want to watch photos, but it often switches when you just don't expect it to switch. The GPS is inaccurate and misleads you from time to time. It may tell you to make a u-turn on the highway! The sound is poor, and the loudspeakers sounds like tin cans. I could go on and on telling about all the functions that will be bothering you during daily use. But, the most severe drawback is that it may be difficult to answer calls! A fresh installation of the software dosn't help either. One should not have thought that Nokia had tested this phone at all. So, show a little kindness to yourself - don't buy this phone. by Unregistered The N79 is light, so it may not be easy to keep the phone steady. Sometimes the camera functions does not respond to opening the slot. You try and try, but the smile on peoples faces fade away long before you are ready to take your picture. The flash gives people green faces. The flash also lights up 90 degrees, because of a gap between the frame and the rest of the phone. You therefore get light rings on your photos and sometimes the picture is light only. So, this is not a camera phone. by Unregistered I have been plundering with the phone since day one. I have reset the software, formatted the phone. But nothing worked like it should. I did not even manage to answer calls! Beat that! And then it died. Nokia has sent me pictures that shows that sweat has come into the phone by the earplughole on the top. What an idiotic place to have an open hole directly into the brain of the phone. I think the Finns may have been drinking a little too much Koskenkorva when they designed this phone. And of course Nokia refusers to repair the phone. But this is caused by a malfunction by the phone, having a large hole on the top of a phone marketed as a sports phone - N79 Active! Nokia and N79 really sucks - Reply 2009-03-31 18:43 Mumj
