Nokia N78 VS iPhone 3G
Posted in Gadgets | By AhTim @ July 4th, 2008
Nokia has just launched its new toy Nokia N78 few months ago. I heard the phone model from radio. It’s full features really impressed me! Before this, I thought iPhone 3G is the best phone although has many drawbacks. iPhone 3G can be hack and work like a tiny computer with third party software install.
I know the previous N series phone N95 has full features too. But it is too bulky as a phone. N78 is just a normal candybar phone size. Let’s compare Nokia N78 and iPhone 3G side by side.
Nokia N78 VS iPhone 3G
There are full specs comparison available online. To make it easy to understand, I just list down important features for both.
| Nokia N78 | iPhone 3G | |
| Screen size | 2.4-inch, 240 x 320 | 3.5 inches multi-touch, 320 x 480 |
| Internal Memory | 70MB | 8/16GB |
| Talk Time | 260 minutes | Up to 600 minutes |
| Camera | 3.2M | 2.0M |
| Flash | Yes | No |
| MMS | Yes | No |
| GPS | Yes | Yes |
| 3G Video Call | Yes | No |
| Wifi | 802.11g | 802.11g |
| FM Transmitter | Yes | No |
| Video Speed | 15fps | 30fps |
There are many more details here. I just list down the specs that help us differentiate both phone pros and cons.
The Pros and Cons
From the matrix table above, I can summarized that Nokia N78 has been fully integrated with all latest features. Its camera and 3G video call function is the key features ahead iPhone 3G. The drawback is small screen and without the “touch”. Just imagine how you going to surf net or blogging using key press on tiny screen?
For iPhone 3G, it is still best phone for multimedia entertainment. Its big screen, huge capacity and fast video playback speed make video run smoothly and higher quality.
My two cents
Surprisingly, Nokia added in a bonus feature “FM Transmitter” into N78. Means you can broadcast your music to any FM radio! Just like how I broadcast my iPod touch music 
Nokia N78 will be second choice in my wish list. Anybody is using Nokia N78 here?
Nokia N78 Review
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July 4th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I like the Nokia E70. If I ever get a phone that’ll be it.
July 5th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I like nokia n96.
And I heard nokia will launch a full touch screen phone: Nokia 5800 TUBE express music, soon.
Waiting for it…
July 6th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
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July 10th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
If i have a choice? Which one should i pick? For the best multimedia and websurfing application? Cause Nokia phone such at websurfing, eventhough having the same feature for the Wifi, yet i am really afraid of iphone, cause rumor has it that iphone are not stable tools, and the apple industry are not a industry that have good speciality with phone? So Which one should i buy?
July 11th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
@equinoxiax: Depends on your usage. If you want multimedia and websurfing features, iPhone is good choice. The product is mature, but accessories are expensive.
August 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am
“Video Speed 15fps 30fps”
did you mean iPhone 3G can capture video with its camera?
N78 can record 15fps video but it can play 30fps mp4.
August 16th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
@skyline100: I mean the video playing capability. Not recording.
December 27th, 2008 at 8:06 am
anyway…
i Love N78 . It used to be buggy, but now after flash upgrade, everything works just fine. I can use it instead real laptop on the go, in the term of publishing, posting, and emailing, ..the only concer nI have against this phone is the odd USB connector which is rarely used, thus u have to keep the original cable with it, if you wanna enjoy fast speed USB. The memory card can be upgraded up to 8 GB. Quality of the photos is above moderate. Now, the price dropped more than 200 $ !! So the best choice fr the phone, is N78 under 300 $. YOu can;t beat that price !
March 24th, 2009 at 1:42 am
The n78 is a lovely multimedia phone. However the ergonomics could be better. Kudos to nokia though, they releasing some good phones nowadays. Btw after the n79 whats the next n7x going to be called?