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The original Nokia N97 was the first sign of that as it hardly offered any ground-breaking features, instead relaying on the good all-round performance. However the first high-end S60 touchscreen handset left enough room for another similar handset in the portfolio and Nokia feel that its downsized version is enough to fill the gap.
Key features
- Slide-n-tilt 3.2" 16M-color resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and VGA@30fps video recording
- Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th edition UI with kinetic scrolling
- Slide-out three-row full QWERTY keyboard
- ARM 11 434MHz CPU and 128 MB of RAM
- Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G with 3.6Mbps HSDPA support
- Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
- Digital compass
- 8GB onboard storage
- microSD card slot with microSDHC support
- Built-in accelerometer
- 3.5 mm audio jack and TV-out
- Stereo FM Radio with RDS
- microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.0
- Web browser has full Flash and Java support
- Nice audio reproduction quality
- Office document viewer
Main disadvantages
- The S60 touch UI is still inconsistent
- Outdated camera interface and features
- No DivX or XviD video support out-of-the-box
- No smart dialing
- No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
- No camera lens protection
- No FM transmitter (though that may be stretching it too far)
Nokia N97 mini vs Nokia N97
- More compact (113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm, 75 cc vs 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc)
- Lighter (138g vs 150g)
- Smaller display (3.2" vs 3.5")
- Less internal memory (8GB vs 32GB)
- Smaller battery (1200 mAh vs 1500 mAh)
- No lens cover
- No FM transmitter
- Arrow keys vs D-pad
The N97 mini has quite a task on its hands, constantly being compared to the moe high ranking Nokia N97 even though it comes later to the market. As usually happens in such cases, the price difference that would have been present if both handsets were launched simultaneously is reduced and the balance of powers has shifted.
Being a successor of the Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N96 has some king-size spec sheet to top and it can't be accused of not trying. There's FP2, double the built-in storage and DVB-H. The bloodline is strong but the crown is heavy and ancestral sins will be held against the heir twofold. The modest battery capacity and the downgraded CPU do raise some questions that need their answers. Join us for an out-and-out review of Nokia's latest top-of-the-shelf offer. Let's see if it has got the performance to walk in them shoes size N95.
Key features:
- 2.8" 16M-color TFT LCD display of QVGA resolution
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and AF assist light
- Built-in DVB-H TV tuner
- Symbian OS 9.3 with S60 3.2 UI
- Dual ARM 9 264 MHz CPU and 128 MB of RAM
- 3G with HSDPA support
- Quad-band GSM support
- Wi-Fi with UPnP technology
- Built-in GPS with A-GPS functionality and 3 months of free voice-guided navigation
- Dual slide design with dedicated gaming/audio keys
- Massive 16GB onboard storage
- microSD card slot with microSDHC support
- Built-in accelerometer for UI auto-rotation
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- TV out
- Stereo FM Radio with RDS
- Car charger in the retail package
- VGA video recording at 30fps
- USB and Bluetooth v2.0
- One free N-gage game and Transformers movie preloaded
- Keypad locking slide key
Main disadvantages:
- Inadequate battery life
- No camera lens protection
- The @$$#% N81-inspired design
- No office document editing out of the box
- Doesn't charge via the USB port
- Dreadful camera key
- Cheap looking keypad
- Unreasonably hefty price tag
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