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[Touch Cruise General] lavrador:
Hello,

since i'm an owner of an saxo vts, which is equal to say been roubed evey time. i just do not have normal player, i instead add amp. connected to the normal audio pre-installation.

Then a audio cable from the PDA to the input of the amp. this also means stereo no front back sound distribution.

i also thought about the bluetooth but then, i realize that with TomTom, phone call , plus blue streaming, the device was not power enough.

Ah since then no one broke in, why because there's actually nothing there to robe.
[Touch Cruise General] jonboyuk:
My Solution

X-Kent. I have been using bluetooth in my car for nearly a year now and it's definately the way forward. Forget plugging it in via USB!

My HU is a JVC BT-1.

First of all the quality of your A2DP can be configured using the 'Advance config' program (found on this forum). I also use a Sony bluetooth headphone receiver and at first my Orbit 2 sounded a bit...cheap! However by cranking up the sample rate to 48000, bit pool to 58 and the max bit pool to 80, it has increased the quality from a decent FM quality to CD quality. This is just in my experience and audio purists would argue otherwise. Nonetheless this applies to my reciever and my car BT.

Next is that if you use BT in your car you would change the tracks by using the phone NOT the head unit. But I think this is FAR better and safer. I have my phone mounted next to the wheel, and not only can I see what track is playing on my phone, I have big pause and next/back track buttons to press and I can even see the album art. Far better than the crappy text display you get on a head unit (unless you have a v.expensive one!) If you did use USB then it would put the track names on the HU and allow full control, but why when you can use the lovely phone touch functions.

Finally (this is where it comes into it's own). The BT-1 has a small mic that you can locate anywhere and you can make calls in the car without touching anything. The BT-1 allows voice dialling and you can speak to people thru your car. And because it's BT then you can have the phone in your pocket. The Headunit is intelligent enough to automatically pick up the phone when it's in range and link them together. No buttons required. If a call comes in and you're listening to music, the ring comes through the speakers of the car. You can then pick up and it pauses the music. When your conversation's done, the music starts up where you left off!

If you use Sat Nav, even if you're listening to music or having a convo, the voice instructions are also routed through your speakers.

Why use anything else other than bluetooth? Hope that helps

Jon
[Huawei Ascend XT Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
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[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Nokia 8, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Nokia 8 is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it. :o

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[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] pss53:
Got the phone yesterday and what can I say, it's an amazing phone.

Great to hold, the screen is world class, the camera's are fast and produce quality photo's even in low light.

The speed is amazing.

As for updates, it's had one already.

Highly recommended.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] hexxor93:
I've had the update just show up now - im installing it as we speak. :)
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] nuggeo:
What are you comparing it to?
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] thETImo:
Great phone, but no native gallery or music apps? Ok, it is a pure android but still...
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] obi-lan:
Google Photos and Google Play Music.. Photos wants to upload everything to cloud, you can say no or just upload it if you are ok with cloud. Haven't checked if you get unlimited Google Photos space with this like you get with Nexus. Google Play Music will automatically add stuff you put into Music folder in the phone. Tested with few .flac files and they automatically appeared in Play Music.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] coolz_hari:
Nokia 8

Pros :

Build quality

Display.. The best in price segment

Processor and and no lag at all

Pricing

Brand image

Doesn't get heated even after heavy usage

Cons:

Camera app

May be design is not 2017 model
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
One thing worried me from the reviews and that was the accuracy and speed of the fingerprint sensor which was supposed to be poor. Coming from an HTC 10 with an excellent sensor I was concerned. I've been glad to find the review opinions is absolute hogwash. The Nokia sensor is every bit as accurate and fast as you'd expect it to be in a flagship.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] srikanthuk:
Really want to get the Nokia 8, can someone coming from the Galaxy S6 tell me two things

1. How does the camera compare to the S6

2. In the Galaxy s6 there is a private mode where some notes and pictures are hidden from view. Is there a similar facility in the Nokia 8, not interested in a different app for this.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] cavist:
I have both HTC10 and N8 and fingerprint sensor on HTC is a bit faster and snapier.

As for my personal opinion about N8:

Superb build quality and overall specs. Camera is a bit dated but we will see what will upcoming updates bring. Pure android experience after coming from device like HTC M7, 10 is really meeeh. Lack of configuration, stock apps are just really simple. No weather app preinstalled. Google calendar is a complete **** as far as UI goes comparing to aftermarket solutions. Stock google dialer and contacts are also unimpressive.

Stock N8 launcher is also meh so I bought Nova couple of minutes after playing with the phone.

Hidden option to show percentage batter is a joke, you need to have magnifying glass to see the values *inside* the battery icon, lol.

So far the biggest drawback is lack of screen color calibration and night mode. This should be included in any moder phone. N8 screen should be a little warmer.

Overall I am really happy with this phone and my family member is happy even more. She can get used to all things that I consider drawbacks. If it would not be for a lack of out of the box config options I would actualy rate N8 higher that my beloved HTC10 which I consider one of the best devices ever made for my personal preferences like build quality, finger sensor on the front and hardware buttons below the screen.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
I'm the opposite I prefer the pure experience. On both HTC one and 10 I ran stockish custom ROMs to keep os up to date because let's face HTC didn't. That's my hope for Nokia that maybe just maybe I won't need to do that.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] cavist:
I never bothered with updating every month since I was and still am running custom roms on my HTC10 and previous devices so I just wait patiently for new update and switch every 2-3 update. I think if I would run stock, for me it would be enough to have only one update before switching to new Android version. I really do not care about the monthly security updates just because I am ignorant and do not feel compromised. Having phone memory and storage encrypted + password locked device on boot and lockscreen is enough security. So I do not bash HTC for being slow and lazy with updates.

But I completely understand people, who would want to have updates as often as possible and that is why Nokia is a better choice. It is faster to update stock android rather than branded one like with HTC and optional carrier branding.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
In my opinion HTC needed to commit to the monthly updates. For me being stuck on June update in November on last year's flagship was the last straw. Too many major security flaws in that period being left unpatched. HTC themselves made a point of being near stock for fast updates then failed to deliver. Google will eventually take over fully.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Cdslayer:
I've had the phone for 2 days. My first powerful Android phone, upgrading from BB bold 9000. So I might be biased. The overall experience is good.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] junaidmatlub1:
So in the UK the Nokia 8 was £400, absolute bargain for a phone with THAT processor and THAT screen. But Nokia was still an unknown quantity with android. In the end I decided to buy the Nokia 8 with a 14 day exchange policy. It was too good of a price to pass over and I ain't letting Samsung and iPhone rob me for £600 plus.

The best thing is the pure stock android and overall performance it really is as fast as any android phone except the Pixel 2. Battery was good enough; you have to consider that there's that 2k screen. The 2k screen looks great for an LCD although there's really no need for 2k if it's at the expense of battery life. But yeah the pros of this phone are definitely the screen quality and performance.

On to the bad stuff. First thing I didn't like are the dimensions of the phone; I've used bigger phones but this doesn't feel right in the hand, too wide for the height imo. Next thing is the camera, I don't care for the extra stuff I just want a good point and shoot camera; this phone sucks in that regard. Really slow and really underwhelming quality considering how it was marketed. Next, the fingerprint sensor. It's just too small and it led to it misreading enough to become frustrating. Even when it reads my fingerprint it unlocks much slower than the competition. This the deal breaker for me. The quick glance screen was very basic, only showed text and call notifications no WhatsApp notifications I dunno it just annoyed me.

In the end I returned the phone and paid 100 extra to get the Pixel 2, absolutely outstanding phone but that's for another review.

To conclude the Nokia 8 is a very underrated phone and provides great value for money. But I wanted a phone that I can use for the next 2-3 years without frustration and Nokia just didn't do it for me.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Toedwarrior:
Finger print sensor snappier after 8.1 and also i never faced any misreading. This was very strange problem you faced
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] TeddyBeers:
I've had loads of misreading issues on 8.0.

8.1 fixed it.

Also, as you saying. Fingerprint sensor is twice faster on 8.1 beta.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] For_itembine:
I'm considering buying another Nokia 8 that's how much I like this phone

Pros

The display is amazing for LCD + no AMOLED burn in

Speaker is louder than my iPhone 7 plus

Battery is good

Stock android 8.1

Smooth/fluidity/fast

Price

Daytime pictures

Headphone jack

Micro SD card

Cons

Lowlight pictures

Fingerprint sensor location and odd shape/size

Vibration/haptic isn't that strong

Shape of phone (it's not so fun to hold vs say my moto g5 plus) awkward shape

Back metal doesn't feel like metal, more like plastic

Great great phone. And yes you can tell the difference between 1080p and 1440p. Even at a distance. Try changing the resolution to 1080p in adb using same way with xz premium to 4k, you will notice the fuzz from 1080p to 1440p
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] dbpm1:
its a great phone when it was locked and without root, now that mine is rooted, lets see what it can do !
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Mr_Stabs:
The fact you can get this now from carphone warehouse here in the UK for £300, like I did on Monday, is unbelievable. The absolutely blows anything else for that price and up to the OnePlus 5 out of the water. I haven't been this happy with a device in a long time and in 2017 I had a lot of devices. It's only £70 more than the Moto G5s plus. There's no contest.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Almajo88:
Yeah, I bought it for £300 from John Lewis. I believe it was even £285 on mobiles.co.uk (owned by Carphone Warehouse) for a while. It could be got for, I think, £20 pm on contract, maybe even £18?

The design of the phone is incredible. The aesthetics are great, the aluminium back is PERFECT and adds necessary heft (it feels better than a glass back, for sure), the cooling is so good that the phone doesn't get hot at all

I think that the display needs an option for sRGB colours. It's not even remotely as bad as a Samsung display at stock, but Samsung has the decency to allow you to choose sRGB colours. Everything on this feels slightly oversaturated, and reds appear pink. There's actually a menu for this accessible through some magic; it has no effect, but if they want to improve the experience then they should change this so it works, and add it to the normal display menu. I will say that the display is absolutely perfect otherwise, it's one of the best IPS screens I've seen in terms of colour reproduction (a strength of IPS displays) and the blacks are not perceptibly less black than those on my old OLED display (the black notification bar is barely distinguished from the phone's border). Doesn't even seem to hit the battery life.

The camera is actually pretty good too, it's the software that sucks. The modded Google Camera produces some great shots on this, better than my old S6 typically.

This is absolutely the best value flagship. It's a budget Pixel 2, with better aesthetics and design but a lesser camera, for half the price. It makes my old S6 look like a cheap knockoff and, to be honest? Most of the current crop look bad by comparison. Anything with a notch and/or curved screen is horrendous and this gladly sticks to my antiquated preferences
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] BaraaModallal:
How did you root it? and how did you unlock the bootloader?

Did Nokia release the keys?
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Philadelphia:
Good but not the best
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're a power user. Can the Nokia 8 keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Nokia 8. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.

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[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Sörnäinen:
Locked bootloader. That's it.

Really a bummer on an otherwise outstanding device.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] coolz_hari:
Don’t have complaints about hardware.

Software is buggy

No notifications LED

Camera just F 2.0 is outdated
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] vigneshnm:
Could you please let us know what bugs are you facing?
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] coolz_hari:
Camera app is very slow and occasionally crashes . Each pic takes at least 2-3 seconds .

Whenever you get a call while using cam . Screen freezes .it happens occasionally too.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Theobias:
nokia 8

Hi

just got my nokia 8 yesterday, i must say im truly impressed coming from a 5 years over in samsung phones.

New updates ota updated and overall phone is smooth.

The touch and feel of it feels amazing.... downside is for a phone cover and screen protector was extremely difficult to get so make sure u either order online before hand or simply know where to get it from shops. Found mine tho XD
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
Info on which protector you used might be helpful to some as a few folks are experiencing touch issues with them fitted.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Theobias:
Im just randomly using a tempered glass suggested by the shop vendor.

Still looking for a good fit since the sides has a 1 to 2mm gap.

and also the fingerprint which i work around by pressing and re calibrate fingerprints after installing.

Decent for now. Will have to find a TPU version fully enclosed type. monitoring on ebays/amazon etc
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Falconsoul:
Hi has any android app developer use nokia 8’s to test their apps?

Am considering to get this phone but debugging mode is important for me to develop android apps - im a newbie
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] dbpm1:
its growing, soon we'll all have root!
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Would you say that the Nokia 8 is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Nokia 8 exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

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[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
Seems pretty good to me.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] drrajkhurana:
Yes ... Pretty fast ... Great phone
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] prashant_bca:
:good::good::good::good:
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] coolz_hari:
Nokia 8 has better geekbench 4 scores than pixel 2
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
Official Oreo release
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
That results good enough to get me on page 1 sorted by multicore when it's uploaded :o
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
Think I've got a goodun!
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] boganic:
good performance
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
Last run now uploaded. Sitting 20th :)
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] ChayBrandon:
Just run Gekkbench on my Nokia 8!

The Note 8 gets 6478 on multi-core (https://browser.geekbench.com/android-benchmarks) and my Nokia 8 gets 6471! Damn close!
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] shaunydub:
I just got

1940 single core

6543 multi core
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] ChayBrandon:
Wow! Considering Nokia 8's are mid-priced phones they are killing it with the specs and performance!

QHD screen and higher performance than phones more than double the price!

HMD Global good job! Now just to unlock the bootloader! ;D
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] shaunydub:
Yes I am loving this phone compared to my previous P9.

My issue is with the fingerprint sensor and location coming from a phone where it was on the back I find N8 very awkward and even too small.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
Can't fault the performance.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] djunk:
Day to day use is very good. No lag or terrible performance. Switching between various apps is smooth and responsive. Even with heavy apps like Facebook, Skype calls and Playstore updating in the background, the phone works well without freezing or crashing.

Heavy games loads well and runs smoothly.

For its specs, its a very capable phone.

Will have to see how it holds up after 2 years...
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] ChayBrandon:
Yes I agree the scanner is rather small but I actually prefer it being on the front of the phone.

As I normally press the home button to wake the device anyway it is just one fluid motion to pull out, and unlock the phone.

It was one of the reasons I steered away from the OnePlus 5T! That and I prefer dedicated hardware buttons for home, back and multi-tasking. Can't stand virtual buttons for this.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
I'm in agreement with that. Hate software buttons and scanner on the back.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] shaunydub:
I prefer the back scanner, it was easier for me to press it with any finger when I picked up the phone.

I redid all of my fingerprints on the N8 and now I have better accuracy on the unlock which means my angle doesn't matter as much - most of the time I am able to use the phone with double tap anyway as I have smart devices / locations linked to it.

Very happy with the phone so far, performance is awesome and battery life excellent.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mitchst2:
Consistent performance
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] rick93x:
Im om Nokia 8 in oreo and get better results
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] paeschli:
As someone who is coming from a Oneplus 3, it honestly 'feels' slower
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] deviantartjr:
almost near experience on Google Pixel
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] TeddyBeers:
Change this three top options to 0 than compare it.

Nokia default setting is 1.0 which feels slow.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] rick93x:
I can recomend 0.5 speed
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] ryanraven:
I find the phone hangs & lags quite a lot, even after a factory reset and latest update, there something just not right ???
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Karan282:
I got antutu benchmark score of 2,11,300. N8 is insanely fast
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] mateusz3112:
I'm using op3 at the moment and I'm happy with it. Use it almost 2 years now - well I'm July but I promised that phone to my mum already:p thinking about Nokia. 8 but seen videos on yt where op3 was noticeable faster. Do that changes make a lot difference?
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] ben_linux:
OP3 seems faster because of the speedy transitions. You can change Nokia 8's transitions speed in Developers options from 1sec to 0,5sec, and magic, your Nokia 8 is now as fast as the OP3.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] ryanraven:
Benchmark mean nothing, the phone lags quite a lot, I prefer my Moto G5S Plus as it never hangs as much as this Nokia 8
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Toedwarrior:
Did you ever run a geekbench on your device cause it's result should represent the overall speed in your case. And no i don't have any lag at all. Also there is a saftey precaution for using while charging that lowers clock speed a little
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] ryanraven:
Synthetic benchmarks are not a clear indicator of true performance I hope you understand, my benchmark was fine but like I said it's not real world, even after a factory reset the phone still lags quite a bit and hangs, the camera app has even crashed completely a few times, it could all be software related & performance is like this all the time not just when the phone is on charge.
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] Toedwarrior:
Strange cause i never faced any crash or lag from the day i bought back in november. Except for the bug with the glance screen, which caused phone to not be able to get back to it's usage clock speed
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] ryanraven:
It is very strange, the memory management seems to be a bit buggy as well, some apps will have to completely reload now and again, again I have the same apps on my G5S Plus & No memory management problems on that, maybe I could roll back to 8.0 ???
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] reddysuram:
Well I have faced the same issue memory management is so poor the app has to start from beginning
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] :
Yay! I'm getting a Nokia 8 in a month and I can't wait! I'm so happy, it's going to be my first flagship phone I've ever had. :D
[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
OMG! Kim K posted another selfie with tons of cleavage! Rate this thread to express how quickly apps launch on the Nokia 8. A higher rating indicates that even the most intensive apps launch quickly and without hesitation, even if they are no longer in RAM.

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[Nokia 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Nokia 8 performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Nokia 8 keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.

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