Nokia's N97 Positioned Against iPhone
Nokia unveiled a new smartphone today called the Nokia N97. Nokia describes the phone as "the world's most advanced mobile computer" and is clearly positioned against Apple's iPhone. The list of features include:
- 3.5", 640x360 resistive touch screen
- QWERTY slide out keyboard
- 3G, WiFi, GPS
- 32GB
- 5 megapixel camera
The following interface video looks quite impressive, though an actual hands on video appears much slower and unpolished.
Nokia remains the worldwide leader in phone sales with 117.8 million phones sold in Q3 2008 as compared to Apple's 6.9 million iPhones. Still, in the smartphone market, Nokia has seemingly been threatened by the Blackberry, iPhone and Android platforms. In June, Nokia bought out Symbia Ltd, the developers of their mobile operating system.
Crave notes that the Nokia N97 will see first release in the first half of 2009, but no U.S. timetable has been announced.
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Details are in, Nokia has a new flagship phone. The N97 packs a 3.5-inch, 640 x 360 pixel (that's a 16:9 aspect ratio) touchscreen display with tactile feedback and QWERTY keyboard into this sliding communicator with an "always open" window to favorite internet or social networking sites. Nokia calls it the "world's most advanced mobile computer." To back up the claim they've dropped in HSDPA and WiFi radios, 32GB of onboard memory with microSD expansion (for up to 48GB total capacity), and a battery capable of up to 1.5 days of continuous audio playback. 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss glass and "DVD quality" video capture at 30fps, too. The specs are certainly impressive, let's see if the S60 5th Edition OS can support it. The N97 will launch with a retail price set at around €550 ($693) excluding subsidies and taxes, phone to ship in H1 2009.
Holy crap, that's quite a spec. Wonder if the OS can actually make any use of it...
Overkill phone is overkill...
Would you really be saying it's overkill if Apple put a decent camera, a better screen and much more memory (with expansion) in the iPhone?
Would you really be saying it's overkill if Apple put a decent camera, a better screen and much more memory (with expansion) in the iPhone?
Probably not... :D
The thing that pushed it over was "DVD quality" video recording, because you know, actual camcorders just don't cut it anymore :rolleyes:
Probably not, the thing that pushed it over was "DVD quality" video recording, because you know, actual camcorders just don't cut it anymore :rolleyes:
So you're slagging them off for giving a better spec than you could ever need?Don't get me wrong, I'm no Nokia fan, I haven't owned one or wanted one for years, I just don't see why you'd have a dig over things that are better than Apple provide.
So you're slagging them off for giving a better spec than you could ever need?
Don't get me wrong, I'm no Nokia fan, I haven't owned one or wanted one for years, I just don't see why you'd have a dig over things that are better than Apple provide.
:confused: I love nokia, I think they have made some amazing phones, I owned a 6500 slide before I got my iPhone.
I'm just not a fan of overkill specs, or what I think is overkill specs, I like a phone where I can see myself using all the features, rather than just boasting about them ;)
Smartphones are a rubbish. I'm gonna chuck my N95 soon and replace it with a £20 Samsung. Might look cheap but unlike the N95, it does the basics properly.
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