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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: Symbian is the name of the OS that powers most mobile phones in use today. Thats largely because its Nokias OS of choice and Nokia is the maker of the worlds most widely-used mobile phones. In fact, Nokia liked Symbian so much that, last year, ...
Abstract: Nokias always kept the top N spot for its brightest new star: weve had the N95, then the N96, and now the long awaited N97. But a lot has changed since the N95 launched to great fanfare in 2007 - Apple launched the iPhone, BlackBerry got Bold, and...
Great touchscreen and keyboard , Huge 32GB of internal storage , Camera is a highlight , Decent media playback
Inconsistent performance , Symbian platform needs a UI overhaul
The N97 features class-leading specs matched with outstanding design and build, but it loses marks for the Symbian platform that desperately needs an overhaul to stay competitive....
Great touchscreen and keyboard, Huge 32GB of internal storage, Camera is a highlight, Decent media playback
Inconsistent performance, Symbian platform needs a UI overhaul
The N97 features class-leading specs matched with outstanding design and build, but it loses marks for the Symbian platform that desperately needs an overhaul to stay competitive.
Resistive touch screen rather than capacitive, user interface is a mixed bag, software lacks the polish of competitors, odd placement of navigational pad and spacebar, no Comes With Music subscription included
Although the Nokia N97 dwarfs the iPhone in terms of features, the software doesn’t match the standard set by Apple. The N97’s flip-up design, keyboard and massive storage capacity are fantastic features, but it needs software upgrades and fur...
Abstract: Many of you won’t be able to progress beyond the staggering price, but on paper, the Nokia N97 looks as if it could rival the other big phones of recent months, the Apple iPhone 3GS and HTC’s Android-based Magic. It has more memory than the other two...
Abstract: If you own a mobile phone, and most of us do, theres a good chance that youre using a Symbian operating system (OS). Symbian is the name of the OS that powers most mobile phones in use today. Thats largely because its Nokias OS of choice and Nokia...
Okay, so it doesn’t have a capacitive touch screen, scrolling while browsing is a bit of a nuisance and it could have done with a more powerful processor. The iPhone, Palm Pre (still to come to SA, maybe) and HTC Magic beat it on all these fronts. But ...
Despite all the premium offerings, many quirks in the interface design and less apps availability stopped the N97 from being a winning high-end phone....
To conclude, I would like to say that Nokia is leaving no tables unturned to market its flagship phone. But as a consumer when you're shelling around Rs. 35,000 you'll definitely look for options. There's a year-old iPhone 3G (same price range), Omnia HD ...
