Features include a 3.1-megapixel camera (interpolated from 2.0-megapixels) with built-in flash, a front camera for videoconferencing, Wi-Fi (802.11g), Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), FM radio, Bluetooth 1.2, MiniSD memory card slot, and support for 3D Java games.

The N80 was the world's first UPnP-compatible phone, allowing the transfer of media files to compatible devices over Wi-Fi.

The Nokia N80 Internet Edition was a second version of this handset with the same hardware as the normal N80.

This method is of questionable legality in some jurisdictions, and may violate the terms of the phone's warranty[citation needed].

There are reports of the occasional failure of this method due to user error or for other unknown reasons, leaving the phone in an unusable state from which only a properly-equipped service center could recover it.