"The N86 feels like a natural N95/N82 successor. All things considered, it would have made a perfect N96. If this device had been launched in the Summer of 2008, I'm convinced that it would have sold as well as the N95. Launched, as it is, in late Summer 2009, I think the N86 8MP has rather missed the boat. "
An iPhone 3GS user trials the Nokia N86 8MP
Published by Steve Litchfield at
For a few weeks in August, I lent James Burland, an experienced Nseries user, photographic wizard and also a huge Apple iPhone 3GS fan, my Nokia N86 8MP, asking him to really push its unique selling point - the camera. Here's his report. Despite a few concerns and a general scepticism about the keypad form factor in 2009, James proclaims the N86 8MP to be "the best all round photo and video capture smartphone currently available".