Feature-packed phone

Considering it has N-Gage on board and is clearly designed with high-class gaming in mind, it's a shame that you only seem to be able to play them in landscape mode with the keypad to the left – something of a handicap for right-handed gamers. The games look great though, and of course you're not limited to N-Gage content.

Also on board are A-GPS (worked fine in our part of London) and Nokia's rather fine FM radio. As it's a Symbian handset there is of course a wealth of additional downloads available, and ours came with an addictive BBC iPlayer widget.

Battery life still isn't great, though we got the best part of two days moderate use out of it with Wi-Fi switched on throughout.

The Nokia N85 is an extremely powerful, feature-packed device with a head-spinning degree of versatility, offering almost all the working functionality of the N96 but in a slimmer package. An impressive addition to the Nseries roster.

Network availability: Orange, Vodafone, others TBC

Looks: 4/5
Ease of use: 4/5
Features: 4.5/5
Call quality: 5/5
Value: 4.5/5