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June 2009
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The editors liked
Qwerty keyboard
Large touchscreen
32GB builtin memory
3.5mm jack
Wide range of features
Customisable home screen
Plenty of storage
Great touchscreen
Solid build quality
Impressive internal memory
Dual flash LED 5MP camera
Perfect slide-out QWERTY
Great camera
Decent touchscreen
Responsive touchscreen
Spacious QWERTY keyboard
Ergonomic tilting display and good allround multimedia performance.
Fullsize keyboard
Loads of features
Sounds great
Browsing web works well
A proper keyboard that feels comfortable and sturdy.
Loaded with features
Nice touchscreen
32GB storage
Nokia's been at the forefront of mobile phone innovation for years. Or at least it was before the iPhone sauntered in. It's taken a while
But the Finnish phone company's now thrown in its own iPhone equivalent - the all-powerful N97. First up...
Nice finish
Improved touch interface
Slide out keypad
Good battery life
Memory can be extended to 48 GB
Well laid-out Qwerty keyboard
Access to Ovi Store
Customisable homescreen
Widgets with live updates
Angled screen
Epic 32GB of memory with room for 16GB more
Full of features
More storage than you can shake a stick at
Excellent media playback functionality
Touch screen
Full QWERTY keyboard
32GB of internal flash memory
3G
WiFi
Bluetooth and GPS
5megapixel camera
The editors didn't like
Drab interface
Temperamental camera
Touchscreen not as sensitive as rivals
Qwerty a bit spongy
Expensive
Poor keyboard
Clunky interface
Unpredictable OS
Lack of video codec support
Chunky design
Underpowered processor
Sometimes sluggish when browsing the web and awkward when navigating around the interface
Large and heavy
Temperamental web browser
And sometimes needs double taps to activate selection.
Ovi Store is only potential at the moment
Video could be better
The touchscreen is less responsive than we’d like
And worse than rivals.
Big and bulky
Pricey
Sluggish processor
Not too much here
To be honest. If we're being really picky
The secondary function key is hidden away on the right-hand side of the phone. Surely a more natural fit would have been to position it on the left-hand side? Hmm? Also
While this does com...
Touch interface lacks fluidity
Thickness
Ovi Store still limited
System is sometimes slow
Bland user interface not the easiest to use
Unimpressive-looking display
Resistive touchscreen
Still some bugs
No multitouch
Poor battery life
Clunky and outdated Symbian operating system
Slightly odd QWERTY keyboard
Touch user interface isnt well integrated and can be inconsistent and confusing
Abstract: The Nokia N97 is a disappointment in all aspects. The design is clunky and dangerous, the firmware is unstable and features don’t live up to their description on paper. This smartphone looked so right so Nokia, how did you get it so wrong? ...
Touch screen, Full QWERTY keyboard, 32GB of internal flash memory, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, 5megapixel camera
Touch user interface isnt well integrated and can be inconsistent and confusing, Resistive rather than capacitive touch screen
Although the Nokia N97 is packed with features, its clunky touch interface, sky-high price tag and outdated operating system make it hard to recommend when there are better touch-screen smartphones on the market...
In common with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the Nokia N97 is a really cool phone that can do a lot, but the features just dont come together as seamlessly as in other smartphones on the market. The Symbian OS doesnt simply need an update; it needs a...
Nevertheless the N97 sort of scrapes by, for now. Its fast and responsive, the worst bugs will are certain to be fixed, and the most violently ugly parts of the user experience will be quietly thrown overboard. That leaves an OK iPlayer, an OK music ...
Nokia's been at the forefront of mobile phone innovation for years. Or at least it was before the iPhone sauntered in. It's taken a while, but the Finnish phone company's now thrown in its own iPhone equivalent - the all-powerful N97. First up...
Not too much here, to be honest. If we're being really picky, the secondary function key is hidden away on the right-hand side of the phone. Surely a more natural fit would have been to position it on the left-hand side? Hmm? Also, while this does com...
Touchscreens are all well and good, (and the N97's is good) but this handset makes QEWRTY keyboards fashionable again. A superb multimedia phone from the Finnish phone giant with but a few minor imperfections. Here's one in the pips for you, Apple...
Full of features, more storage than you can shake a stick at, excellent media playback functionality
Clunky and outdated Symbian operating system, slightly odd QWERTY keyboard
Fantastic piece of hardware, but a missed opportunity to make a great touchscreen variant of SymbianKey specs3.5mm jack, 3G, 5 megapixels, Bluetooth, FM radio, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Li-ion battery, microSD, MP3 player, Touchscreen...
Well laid-out Qwerty keyboard; access to Ovi Store; customisable homescreen; widgets with live updates; angled screen; epic 32GB of memory with room for 16GB more
Bland user interface not the easiest to use; unimpressive-looking display; resistive touchscreen; still some bugs; no multitouch; poor battery life
The Nokia N97 is another feature-packed N-series powerhouse that somewhat neglects design and usability considerations. With a great Qwerty keyboard but a disappointing resistive touchscreen, we're ultimately underwhelmed by the whole package ...
