Nokia N97 US Specs

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Nokia N97 US Review
6.7

Description

Nokia N97 is the second phone to feature a touchscreen while running on a Symbian S60 operating system. This is the new S60 5th Edition. Other features include 3.5-inch 640x360 pixels display, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3.5mm jack.

Pros

  • Hardware QWERTY keyboard

Cons

  • The touchscreen uses resistive technology, which is not responsive
  • Thick body (0.63 inches)
I want it 2 users
I have it 3 users
I had it 15 users

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Display

Size: 3.5-inch
Resolution: 640 x 360 px, 210 PPI
Technology: TFT
Screen-to-body: 52.08 %
Colors: 16 777 216
Features: Proximity sensor

Hardware

Processor: Single core, 434 MHz, ARM11
RAM: 0.1GB
Internal storage: 32GB
Storage expansion: microSDHC
OS: Symbian (9.4), S60 5th Edition
ROM: 256 MB
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 1500 mAh
Type: Li - Ion, User replaceable

Camera

Rear: Single camera
Main camera: 5 MP (Autofocus)
Specifications: Aperture size: F2.8
Flash: Dual LED
Video recording: 640x480 (VGA) (30 fps)
Features:
Video calling
Dimensions: 4.61 x 2.18 x 0.63 inches
(117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm)
Weight: 5.29 oz (150.0 g)
Features: Full keyboard
Keys: Left: Lock/Unlock key; Right: Volume control, Camera shutter

Cellular

3G: Bands 5(850), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed: HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s, UMTS

Multimedia

Headphones: 3.5mm jack
Screen mirroring: TV-out
Radio: FM, Stereo, RDS, FM Transmiter

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 2.0, EDR
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b, g
USB: microUSB, USB 2.0
Location: A-GPS
Sensors: Accelerometer, Compass
Other: UPnP, Computer sync, SyncML

Phone features

Notifications: Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
Other features: Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval:
Date approved: May 02, 2009
FCC ID value: QVVRM-507
Measured SAR:
Head: 0.62 W/kg
Measured in: 1900 MHz
Body: 0.49 W/kg
Measured in: 1900 MHz
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User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
7.5
Camera quality
8
Performance
6
Display
7.5
Battery life and charging
3
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
5
So regret buying this phone!
Phone owned for more than a year

Crash and close my apps on its own when run out of memory. Often when i want to check photos, it close everything to have photo open. Open websites slowly. can't turn camera sound off. Too expensive for its quality.

good camera picture quality (with good lighting)

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4
N97 Top-end Trashcan
Phone owned for less than 3 months

Was very happy when i bought it. Later was extremely disappointed with its performance. Never buy this phone even at a steal price. Its such a headache to charge it. The phone has hardware charging issues which wont resolve even with the latest firmware. Even if u repair it, the problems show up again just because it charges off its micro usb port. An individual charging jack is missed & its the biggest design flaw.

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9
What's up with the bad reviews??
Phone owned for

It'd be quite interesting what version of the OS all you reviewers had when you made the reviews.I've owned the N95-NAM  for 2 years and got the N97 about a month ago. When I got it, it was on V10.x firmware, and granted it was a little slow. Upgraded to V20. about 2 weeks ago and speed is almost no issue. This phone makes the N95 look like a fat dog, and I loved the N95. The only thing I miss is the media buttons and the shortcut screen from the N95. But those can be easily replaced with widgets on the N97's main screen.The Accelerometer could use a little boost as I think it's not sensitive enough and isn't triggering portrait/landscape mode fast enough.The A-GPS is a good 3 times faster getting to a GPS than the N95. I can also get GPS connection in my house when I couldn't with the N95. Coulds are also no longer an issue.Not sure what the gripe is about the camera. I used to be an amateur photographer and tend to think I know something about photos. Camera has, in my opinion more features than any other phone and takes very good quality photos for a phone and there is only a handful of phone that has a 5m camera as of now (And, no: I don't think the Iphone's camera is anywhere close to this one). Of course can't compare it with any DSLR cameras out there, but can definitely beat quite a few "point'n shoot" digital cameras out there. The only issue I found with that camera is the beveled piece of plastic right next to the flash. That piece reflects the flash back into the frame and over exposes the whole right side of the picture. Careful cutting with a Dremel tool will fix that. Another issue with the camera is its cover: if you don't have it absolutely clean everytime you open/close it, it WILL scratch the protective screen of the objective.And how can someone compare the true widescreen with the puny little N95 screen???As far as getting the "face detection" (review #6). That's the Accelerometer's job. I've never had an issue with it (again: been using it for at least a month).No one's mentioned in any reviews the FM transmitter included in the phone. I don't know of any phone that has that. Tested it in 3 very different cars and had no issues.This is my 2nd full qwerty keyboard phone I've owned. Someone was griping about the small buttons: I'd hate to see you own a Blackberry. Very sensitive and responsive. Using the keyboard in conjunction with the touch screen makes it extremely easy to send text/MMS's. Texting without the keyboard is comparable to using the N95's number pad. The phone is smart enough to know you need T9.Granted there are a few little quirks Nokia could be working on. What phone doesn't? All in all, Worthy of it being called the flagship AND the hype (being all true). Expremely happy customer so far.I my humble opinion, Nokia's shipped too many faulty handsets that would result to those of your who griped about it and I'm hoping thei QA team is fixing that. They don't do that: they will no longer be one of the largest cell phone manufacturers.

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