Nseries and N85 experience

Question

Had a Nokia 6131 until a 6 weeks ago and was convinced by my service provider upgrade to N85.
I'm frustrated and amazed by the actual downgrade in the user experience by Nokia:
1. The phone comes with no smiley emoticons. Even the the only suggested application for download (Animated SMS), does not provide a reasonable solution, as it's sending animated icons, not compatible with phones that do not have the same application installed.
2. During call, the phone goes too early to Stand-by mode, which requires pressing a digit twice in order to send a DTMF signal to an answering system.
3. Calendar - setting a meeting: the default is No reminder, Private meeting, no way to change it.
4. When sending SMS, there is no "recently used recipients" list
5. Media player is loosing playlist items during work, needs restart of the phone.
6. The upper 2 function buttons are very hard to press, often the phone reacts as if the the Multimedia was pressed, when other buttons are actually pressed. No way to disable this button.
7. There is no option to easily add a large number of songs into to a playlist (check button on a list, or adding a full directory). The songs have to be added one by one.
8. There is no option to edit a playlist by an external application like OVI.
9. There is no so scientific calculator installed.
10. The FM transmitter signal is weak and narrow band - causing low audio quality and much noise from remote stations.
11. The GPS reception sensitivity is poor.
While the phone is packed with features and capabilities, Nokia has compromised their quality as well as the most important and frequently used functions of a cell phone, resulting not more then a toy - a mediocre toy. Certainly not a tool for serious users.

Answer 1

Hi yorams,
As you've read, welcome to the world of S60, where no such user-friendly, logical facilities are available.. coz it's a serious phone.
The most common reasons (excuses) you will get will be , it's a powerful platform (which it is unable to handle the simplest of the previous phones functions), it's a new OS which will require at least about 10 years before the bugs are iron out and it will be a great OS for a great phone. 
By that I mean, a phone is a phone. Just use it to call and receive. Yes.. there are tonst it of functions and programs preloaded, but most likely only used by certain people ( likelyhood the persons who decided what to put into the phone).
I have a N85, which I ditched for the 5800, which I ditched for the N96, which I ditched for another company's touch phone.
My point being with reference to your points
Point 1) Smileys... I cannot believe which idiot decided that smilies are not necessary. We see smilies here on posts, their discussions etc.. Don't tell me they arbituarly decided that NOKIA users do not use smilies...
Dear Nokia Co.. I guess it won't be difficult to let the users ( we, who buy your phones) decided whether we need smilies like a choice in the menu . You've managed to squeeze in so many duplicate menu items that one rarely use, yet those things that users want, you leave out...  I'm sure you can let the users decide - SMS to have smilies - Yes or No...
Doesn't that solve a problem.
Of course when you mention the N-series don't smile coz they are high end user phone , does that mean that those Nokia phones that have smilies are for the low end.. 
 Point 4)
That is because I'm sure the Nokia developers feel that you will only and only will send 1 SMS to one person within 1 week (I assume they have taken a survey while designing their latest powerful S60 UI ).  Thus no recent used list.
The rest of points I can't really comment coz I don't really get to use them... I'm a call and text guy, thus you will see in my thread those are the points I was screaming about..
I feel your pain yorams... Welcome to the agony of the S60 or whatever version.. but I still believe, it's not the platform that created the mess..
It's the People's Touch (by that I mean those working in the finnish company)..