I am one of the oldest fans of the nokia 9000 (communicator)series phones.
i have always bought and used the 9000 series.
whenever a new series is launched in the market I am one of the first few ones to get it from dubai as it is never available immediately in bombay.
i started with 9100 - 9100i - 9200 - 9200i - 9500 -9300
even though the size was huge and heavy and difficult to carry around I still patronised this instrument for the user friendliness and the confidence in NOKIA quality.
even though the 9200 series failed miserably initially I still went ahead and purchased the 9200i phone.
the 9100 and 9100i phones had the best speakers and the best earphones after which with every new model the audibility and the speaker quality went bad to worse with the 9300 being the worst . I do not think it can get any more worse.
i really prey that the nokia people read this before they shut down their production of the communicators.
i am so disheartened to say that the quality of the speakers and the microphones and the reception strength is going bad to worse.
After using the 9300 I am now very confident that major parts of the phone is made in CHINA and I do not see any future for the 9000 series as it is very bad quality