Eldar reviewing the Nokia N9 (after saying he wouldn’t) lol.
L. O. L.
After famously proclaiming that he would NOT review the Nokia N9, even he has gone back on his own word and has tweeted that he’s writing a review for it.
I can’t find the exact tweet anymore but we have some quotes, replies when asking if he would review the N9:
Not that most of our readers want to hear from him (as many often complain), but I just found it funny. I wonder what’s made him want to do that.
He hasn’t said anything scathing about Nokia in a while, so I guess that since he’s running out of material he kinda needs to back track and pick on the N9. He hurts the ones he loves really :p Like Symbian^3 which he reviewed, what, 3 or 4 times? I don’t think any Nokia fan even did that.
Perhaps he really just wasn’t in the know of N9 development and can accept that the N9 isn’t the rubbish he presumed it to be?
Funny guy.
https://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin/status/136041388352618496
Update: He’s continuing his rant of everything missing in N9.
Also someone asked him about the quote above on N9 being rubbish. He says Nokia asked him for a review and would pay 450.000USD (is the . supposed to be a , ?)
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He is so Mr. Bean.
I am still laughing at his “this is solid information” comment on that only 92000pcs of N9 were manufactured PERIOD.
Yeah i know, am laughing too, who makes a statement like that, 92000 pcs? Which company would do that, theres no reason too.
Eldar needs to put his anti nokia feelings aside and do some honest journalism
Eldar is a paid up anti-Nokia fanboy. He’s an Apple evangelist like Gruber and Siegler.
It’s sad because there’s nothing he can say against the N9. The opinion from all the reviewers say it’s fantastic. His opinion (what ever you think of him) won’t really count other than to whine about N9.
We’ve already pointed out him complaining about the screen and resolution against SGSII when GSM Arena and Engadget praised it immensely, GSM Arena saying it’s on par and the resolution is higher on the N9 right?
Do you have any concrete sales figures for the N9?
In the end the N9 reads like a Greek tradegy – would probably make a decent play.
I would reserve a part for Eldar as a “Grima Wormtongue-esque” character.
Eldar has forecast the demise of Nokia so frequently and so emphatically that his professional credibility is inextricably linked to this outcome becoming reality.
What on earth will he say if Nokia’s sales figures and profit “take-off’ ?
I thought he was a paid Samsung stooge?
So he is financially broke now? He is doing it because Nokia wanted to pay him 450.000. This guy is not only untrustworthy, he is a liar. 450.000 USD to review a phone, why would Nokia want to pay him?
What are you talking about? What $450k?
Oops, sorry did not see that bit above. And yes: LOL LOL LOL LOL. There is NO WAY Nokia would pay him anything to review it.
If any one was paying that sort of number for favorable reviews, I would be in the proverbial Internet strip legs open writing reviews like there was no tomorrow…. hehhehehe
N9 isn’t perfect and many things could be better in it. I’m pretty sure that is all Eldar is going to write about.
So basically here is the short version of his upcoming review.
- No apps
- No bookmarks
- Small screen
- Pentile
- No HDMI
- Average camera (he will tell it’s rubbish)
- Nokia made too many of them making him look like an idiot
So now we know what the 450 000 USD was for…
No, it is for him to say shit about any non WP phone! and confirming that Elop’s strategy is right…
That’s what I meant…
Except that he talks shit about Elop and the WP strategy every chance he gets.. seems unlikely he would start singing its praises now.
To Eldar: show us the check or it did not happen. And it did not.
yeap the N9 is far from perfect, dough I only agree on 2 of the items there the – Pentile, and the – Average camera… and partially the – No apps (dough I don’t miss any app so far)
But I will also say its by far the best most exiting phone nokia made in that last 10 years.
who cares if its pentile or not. the screen and whatever you see on 3.9 inch screen is gorgeous.
HAHA… He’s an idiot, so Nokia would really ‘kill’ a phone and then offer the guy that talks the most crap about them to review it?
I’m tired of hearing about Eldar and I’m glad you haven’t had a story on him for a while.
The man should keep his mouth shut about Nokia (unless he has leaks
).
Exactly. I would really hope if people wouldn’t quote him at all.
It was the Nokia community that brought him up back in 2007-2008.
Lets not advertise him at least anymore. I stopped following his twitter year ago.
This is one of his pictures on Twitter, why would a someone that ‘hates’ Nokia so much have one of these? http://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitpic.com%2F758jyr Probably because it’s more feature-rich than his idiotic iPhone?
well his current pic already shows a dog bowing down. Probably it symbolizes that he is bowing down to his master, samsung.
or like a prostitute, he is bending over so that his samsung master can do their deeds and pay him =D
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Yeah, I completely “believe” him, or beliv to be on the same page with the guy. Eldar is so deluded I’m amazed he’s not in a straitjacket. But what I really don’t understand Jay, is why are you wasting an article on this guy?
Hello! I found his camera comparison between different phones-yes even Nokia N8/N9
Funny stuff 
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/camera-test.shtml
Who is Eldar? And Who Care him.
Nokia PAID eldar to review the N9???? Is that even possible?
this guy is pathetic, probably one of his friends got the device, he took it for a spin and thought ‘hey I can get more traffic now’.
Since we now know that all his reviews are paid for. He is no longer a reliable source for an independent objective review.
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hah, sourpatch much? yup he’ll probably twist it to make it sounds so worthless that u should use a random android cos theirs have widgets lol.
tired the N9 in a Nokia store today…. Too impressive and super smooth, it’s the best phone in the market.
This guys credibility is completely shot.
He should have stayed away from the n9 completely.
A 5th grader could have figured out that the phone was going to about 25 countries(nokia’s info), which would have only left 4000 or so per country, lol.
Somewhere along the line he must have predicted nokia’s collapse, so now he does his best to help it along.
What he doesn’t realize is that the mainstream public knows nothing of him, and the enthusiasts pretty much ignore him because of the dishonesty.
Soon he will fade into oblivion.
Heard about eldar back in june 2010 that he is the man who leaks nokia products too much, forgot him the next morning. These things like eldar are the things of past. No one likes to even piss off him.
U better had not wasted ur fingers moves on typing this article, Jay
Be careful not to make these mistakes again.
OMG Eldar is such a clown =)
Murtazin is a troll who lost all his cred. long time ago.
“Nokia N9. All icons in main menu in one place. No differentiation. One long list.”
–I’m not one to use unnecessary profanity, but what a fucking idiot. Really. Is anyone buying this?
Off topic: Does anyone know if the Nokia 360 speaker is already for sale? I have been trying to locate one, but no luck so far…
Sold here in Singapore for S$248.. But I got it free when I recontract with Singtel for the N9.. My pride n joy this..
This reminds me Eldar’s rants regarding iPhone and “178 critical iPhone flaws”, as well as his position regarding application development for iPhone in the past – “there is no technical opportunity to run third-party apps on an iPhone, period”. Such a funny guy
Eldar is such a troll
Best way to stop a troll like Eldar is to ignore him.
1) Stop visiting mobile-review or his other websites
2) Don’t follow his tweets
This will cut his funds to support him.
He’s writing a review on the N9 because he knows many many people are interested in it.
he’s such a shitass lol, no wonder no one takes him serious.
Eldar reviewing anything Nokia is like the devil reviewing the bible. The review may be technically accurate but is for sure misleading and biased. All possible flaws will be out of proportions and all good will be hidden or dismissed as unimportant. It’s a pity main stream blogs still gives his opinions any credibility.