One aspect of the performance of modern devices that is rather taken for granted, especially in the Symbian world, is audio rendering, i.e. how good a music player is each device? Devin, over at the Nokia Guide, has been putting the N8 to the sword here with the aid of his seemingly super-human hearing. Result? The N8 comes through with flying colours. Devin, how about some comparative tests now: don't suppose you can get hold of a few competing phones?

Nokia is known for it’s excellent camera smartphone’s but what many are not aware of is that under the hood, some of these are amazing music devices. We’re not just talking about devices marketed as “Music phones”: edgy look, bundled improved quality headphones (or speakers) and media keys. While some of the Nokia devices do have many of these traits, they’re actually capable of pumping out some seriously good tunes using audiophile grade head/earphones. Perfect examples of these are the N91, N91 8GB, N81, N81 8GB and even the N900.

With the N8 now readily available, we wanted to check out how it truly faired on the music front. Testing the N8 would also give you an idea of what to expect from the C6, C7 and E7 as they all share essentially the same hardware.

 

Read more at the Nokia Guide.