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N86 or N79??

16 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/n86-or-n79.126503/

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mandar5 Original post #1
May 5, 2010 at 8:55 AM
Hii..guys my dad wants to buy 1 of the above mentioned phones.His main requirements is good sound quality as he is a big music buff of old classic songs.next priority will be video quality for watching movies and 3rd imp pririty will be sturdy built quality as he is a rough user of mobiles.Plz dont suggest anything else except the two...Thanks.....plz reply soon he is going to buy it tomorrow.....

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one offtopic question-can a lcd monitor be used as monitor and tv as well..can we connect dth to it??
yogi7272
May 5, 2010 at 8:56 AM
N86 ... There is a huge thread about N86 here ..
sujoyp
sujoyp #3
May 5, 2010 at 9:56 AM
yaah N86 is good enough...
but if ur dad believes that less moving parts is better then N79:p

Your second question.....yes u can use lcd monitor as TV ..but u have to attach a external TV tuner card.
The LCD will be attached to TV tuner and TV tuner will get its input from DTH:smile:
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mandar5 #4
May 5, 2010 at 10:16 AM
@suyog and yogi thanks for ur help....
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mandar5 #5
May 5, 2010 at 3:31 PM
@suyog how much external tv tuner costs?thanks...
satyamy
satyamy #6
May 5, 2010 at 3:42 PM
A Cheap External TV Box will cost around Rs. 650
a Good Quality one will cost something around Rs. 1100

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offtopic : y the hell u wanna go for old models like 86 or 79 whn already their is Touch Screen Nokia C6 available for 13/13.5 K
H
May 5, 2010 at 3:49 PM
go for N86.
and for the monitor to Tv part use a Tv tuner card
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mandar5 #8
May 9, 2010 at 7:59 PM
heyy guys n86 has been discontinued..n79 is still in production....
sujoyp
sujoyp #9
May 9, 2010 at 11:38 PM
N86 discontinued:twisted::twisted:Strange news
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mandar5 #10
May 11, 2010 at 9:57 AM
yupp confirmed from reliable stores in thane....
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mandar5 #11
May 15, 2010 at 7:24 PM
heyy guys got n79 with 8gb memory card @ 13150 rs...thanks for ur help....
sujoyp
sujoyp #12
May 15, 2010 at 8:51 PM
congrats bro...its a good phone with great cam:)
vinit suri
May 26, 2010 at 10:26 PM
hey mandar

how did u get an 8gb mem card...isnt a 4gb card included??
rkneo11
rkneo11 #14
May 26, 2010 at 11:33 PM
So how is the N86... give your personal experience please...
sujoyp
sujoyp #15
May 26, 2010 at 11:47 PM
:mrgreen::mrgreen:^^ he said he got N79 with 8 gb card..not N86
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mandar5 #16
Jun 15, 2010 at 8:13 PM
@vinit...i exchanged 4gb card with 8gb ard for 400 rs extra....