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The N97 might be one of the most exciting devices Nokia has launched in a long time and it seems like Nokia is hell-bent on taking on HTC, Apple, Sony Ericsson et al. The handset that's just been announced doesn't look anything like earlier leaks have suggested and it's easily the most exciting device Nokia has announced this year.

The design of the N97 might bring your thoughts to the HTC TyTN II as it shares the same slide out keyboard and tiltable display, but the similarities end there. The fascia doesn't look that different from the iPhone, albeit in white and having three buttons instead of a single one.

The specifications are truly awe inspiring, starting off with a 3.5in touch screen with 640x360 (16:9) resolution and haptic feedback, a slide out QWERTY keyboard, a 5Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash, WiFi, Bluetooth, A-GPS, HSDPA, 32GB of built in flash memory, a microSD card slot, FM-radio, FM-transmitter (for sending music from the phone to a radio tuner) and a 3.5mm headphone jack which doubles up as TV-out socket.

The keyboard doesn't look like the best we've seen, but considering that the N97 measures 117.2x55.3x15.9mm (HxWxD) it's not a bad feat incorporating a keyboard, especially when you consider that the iPhone 3G measures 115.5x62.1x12.3mm (HxWxD) which actually makes the N97 narrower, if somewhat taller and thicker. The N97 weighs 150g which is a bit on the heavy side, although the iPhone 3G comes in at 133g, so again, not a huge difference.

Nokia claims the battery is good for 1.5 days of music playback. The N97 uses the S60 5th edition OS which is the same as the Nokia 5800, but with some N-series tweaks which adds extra functionality. The N97 also supports various on-screen keyboards and handwriting recognition. It also supports Nokia maps and the new N-Gage platform.

The bad news? Well, Nokia is going to charge €550 plus VAT for the N97 and it won't be out until sometime in the first half of next year, so it seems like Nokia still have some work to do. Despite this, it looks like Nokia has an amazing handset with the N97 if it's as good as it looks on paper.


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Nokia N97 - Nseries with touch and QWERTY
Nokia’s “Big” Announcement Is Phenomenal: N97 Rocks Nokia’s World! | Symbian-Guru.com
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

Looks better but price is again a let down.
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

^^Well, let's see how it matches up with Xperia, and more so, over N96 and of course, the iPhone3G...
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

5800 tube on steroids..

It looks good in nokias pics though.
Wonder what it looks like in real life.
550 euro is a totally stupid price for it. 40k plus here for sure.
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

Xperia is the best bet, but the reviews say its slow. Afterall a windows phone.
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

sweat...w8in for iPhone 'HD' then.......how will I survive without a cell phone for an year now???...simple, gotta take a cheap knock-off now...
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

All windows mobile phones are **** slow

but i hope that this phone is good need a larger screen than on my e71
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

This phone knochd me off wen i first saw it today!!
I mean every phone i like has some or the other thing missing::
Iphone----camera
N96--no touchscreen.
Xperia::No internal memory.
I meanthe list just goes on n d on.....


But this thing::::OMG!!32GB inbuilt!!5 GB cam!!3.5'' Screen!!!Best res ever!!!
+ Its a Nokia!!!

I am dropping the iphone 3g nd getting this day 1 from europe!!
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

^^
Agree. The symbian phones can at least support 265K color depht, even more, full 16million colors. Windows phone cant.
Also S60 is a fine platform. The only deal breaker is the price I guess.
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

NAhin yaar!! 550 Euro is perfectly all right for this thing!!

There are many phones which are much more atrociously priced!!
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

Well I hope it drops down soon after some 6 months of the release. I'll surely buy this one then.
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but itll lose the exclusivity factor if the price drops too low!!
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

Man more than 40K for a phone is not a good idea. At least for me. And honestly I am not into a BLING thing. Can't really afford to pay so much for a phone.
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

i like the looks and design of the phone .. its better than the tube and much better than the Xperia in that respect.

i feel this should be priced between 30-35k and anything less then that will make it look nonexclusive. but nokia should make sure they put some good and new features which makes it worth.
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Re: Nokia N97 Launched..

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Comparing the prices of other phones of nearly same genre, the features it boasts, 40k is "steal"
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