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Nokia N97 review: Lock, stock and touch

16 June 2009 | Read the review | Post your comment
Nokia N97 review: Lock, stock and touch - read the full textThey don’t get any bigger than that. A launch of this caliber can aptly be called inauguration day. The release of Nokia N97 is the N-series counter-move that geeks have been waiting for since November. Easily one of the most...

 

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i'm so sorry but i don't like it not a one bit... i feel sorry for NOKIA when i saw the last page of the review and GSMARENA put the pics of all the other mobile: (iPhone, HTC, Idou & X1) i felt like they try to say to NOKIA Wake up and look below and see where you standing... i hope NOKIA does something about this

i really hate the user interface it's the dumbest thing i ever seen

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  • 2009-06-17 09:01
  • nT3D

Super phone. N97 seems to be the ultimate game console, social network messaging device and a powerful GPS. Also the web browsing with FULL Flash and Java is like on computers. The big screen with resolution of 640 pixels wide makes also the WEB experience very nice. Keyboard. Quick-Office. No need for a netbook or a laptop anymore.

I want a N97!

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  • 2009-06-17 08:28
  • qb1p

sick phone!!!! best smartphone ever made

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  • 2009-06-17 08:22
  • LErb

i will prefer x1 or satio(idou) over this phone anyday..

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  • 2009-06-17 07:24
  • 2@jq

Noot. Nokia 5800 is the king of S60 v5. still no phones which can mess with the king of S60 v5.

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  • 2009-06-17 07:15
  • Mm49

According this great review, im very disappointed with N97. Ive been using Nokia E90 black for sometime and ive beed waiting for N97 to release so i can get 1 right away. But now im having second thoughts. Its almost like 5800 (which i bought for my gf), good but not perfect. However 5800 was a mid range phone and N97 is a high end phone, so good isnt good enough. Maybe ill get iphone 3gs or Touch pro 2.

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  • 2009-06-17 06:31
  • ji{R

Good phone but missing few critical pieces

1) No Dual SIM ---- WHY WHY WHY

2) No Integrated Stylus to jot down stuff - would be great if there would add a ballpen to it

3) Main panel keypad too small

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  • 2009-06-17 06:10
  • vGqJ

The D-pad is on the left possibly to appeal to people who want to play N-Gage games as well. Also, after a bit of thinking, if the D-pad were on the right, it would be more awkward since the user would have to reach over it to press "space", "backspace", and "enter".

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  • 2009-06-17 05:29
  • IC7V
  • Karwai2126@yahoo.com
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Thx,for the review n97.

did n97 tv-out support powerpoint file display on tv n lcd?
Pls reply me,here or my e-mail.Tq.

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  • 2009-06-17 05:13
  • ji{R

hmmm bad phone i dont care if it have bad camera but sloppy touch interface is not acceptable in 2009

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  • 2009-06-17 04:29
  • iFrw

I think the N97 is a good phone. But why on earth would nokia remove the on-screen qwerty from the phone. It just doesn't make sense. Its software and has no cost implication what-so-ever. Its amazing how nokia, now and then will make a great phone and then do some dumb thing to spoil the overall user's experience.

Granted, the phone is packed with a solid slider mechanism and slide-out qwerty, must you therefore force everyone to use it all the time by limiting their options. Can't Nokia leave that decision to the individual customer.

Now many people prefer to use the phone in portrait mode in variety of situations where sliding out the hardware qwerty and using it with two hands may not be convenient; or even ideal, like you are in social or official function for instance, using the slide out keyboard with its tilting extravagance style draws undue attention. Its more expedient to use is just as a normal touchscreen. But alas there is no onsreen qwerty to work with. This means you cannot surf the web in portrait mode and have a full qwerty to input information comfortably, afterall this should be the advantage of a touchscreen phone over regular ones. Instead of the N97 being as versatile as possible nokia decided to restrict the customer input method because some designer at nokia thinks he's made the best phone qwerty the world will ever see.

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  • 2009-06-17 04:04
  • M@T2

is this phone like, for a left hander??? since the d-pad location seems a little odd?

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  • 2009-06-17 03:42
  • PNIs

By FAR the best review written so far about this device... Very well job! Thanks for beiing far more objective than most other review(er)s!

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  • 2009-06-17 02:29
  • mExq

I've "fiddled" with my friend's new N97, and I think my first impression would say it all what or how this phone is marketed.
In the Active Standby / Today screen, i.e. the main screen, instead of getting productivity information, like the non-touch S60 or the Today screen of WM, you get pictures of contacts, a Facebook widget, and essentially communicating tools rather than productivity tools.
At first I was surprised since this has a QWERTY keypad and has a nice tilting screen which would suggest heavy e-mail. Just what a business user would want.
But then I asked about the price and realized this isn't a phone targeted at business users. This is marketed more as a "communicating device". Its more for social networking, messaging, chat, skype, etc. Not marketed as a corporate power device. In fact not being used to such a 'concept' when I first slided out the keypad, I went what on earth is happening? Where's this and that. But after a while it makes sense.
Hope this helps people form expectations about the phone.

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  • 2009-06-17 02:08
  • tVn}

> In reply to NOKIA @ 2009-06-17 01:31 from 0nVx - click to readultimate device ?? did you read the review or not

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  • 2009-06-17 02:02
  • mD6k

> In reply to Kalser @ 2009-06-16 22:31 from 04ZB - click to readyo baby

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  • 2009-06-17 02:00
  • nxci

> In reply to NOKIA @ 2009-06-17 01:31 from 0nVx - click to read no good

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  • 2009-06-17 01:59
  • nxci

is it as good as it says it is ??? i heard the touch screen hangs...I want to get it but just double minded , cansome one tell me the basic improvements ,so i can make up my mind ??/

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  • 2009-06-17 01:59
  • nxci

> In reply to Omar @ 2009-06-16 23:10 from QZcb - click to readwith the latest trend in Mobile computing, people care most about the feature of the mobile. what can their mobile do for them.the era of using a phone for decades is long gone. I had HTC touch from t-mobile since june 2007 still using it til date ,I know u can't believe it. Now i found it hard to use any other phone if its not touch screen because of my htc experience.my spare phone as been Nokia E65,E66 now N85 which I hardly use cos I surf a lot on my mobile nd u can't enjoying doing that on Nokia. all respect to Nokia but things has change

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  • 2009-06-17 01:52
  • m5xg

> In reply to Tiago @ 2009-06-16 23:14 from P43Y - click to readyour 100% correct the D-pad's location is meant for gaming purposes thats y its on the left and not on the right...

the N97 is the ultimate device...

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  • 2009-06-17 01:31
  • 0nVx
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