14 Sep 09 Nokia N97 Review
Apart from other phones were a few of the features have been compromised for the price that they are offered in, N97 seems to be one which can’t be taken for granted, since it is believed that N97 is a bold try of Nokia to fit all of today’s top features under one hood and offer a special ride. The complete fact that the whole mobile is a touch-based is the real thing that has refused the customers to switch over to iPhone.
Phone Highlights
- 3.5″ Touch Display
- 32GB internal storage + 16GB optional storage vis flash card
- 5 Megapixel Carl Zeiss Lens
- GPS
- WIFI, Bluetooth
- 3.5G
- FM Radio
Physical desgn of the phone is as usual good in its own way. The design though not very pleasing but quite agreeable, except for the fact the battery cover alone gets you a touch of plastic – but at the same time it’s this particular quality that makes it possible to remove the battery cover easily. Apart from the 640X360 resolution display, there are two shortcut keys for “Call” and “End Call”. The others are all usual like the volume rocker on the right, unlocker. The phone is little thicker which reminds us of Blackberry curve or an iPhone.
Touch phone is an apt adjective for the device, because most of the actions can be dealt in touch. The designers have wisely followed the double tap principle to open so that it would differentiate accidental clicks and “Drag-Drop”. The accelerometer has been well used that device quickly recognizes its direction of screen. But a little annoying task is to scroll, but this is yet again a problem in all the touch-based phones.
The responsiveness of the phone is “OK” not too good, because there are a few applications, which when accessed really bring down the speed of the device. Also, when many applications are opened it feels painful to close each one, rather Nokia could have thought of a way “End All Applications”.
Keyboard can be viewed, the minute we slide open the front screen, keys 
though well designed are a a little away from one another, which drives time for typing. But amongst all the QWERTY class of phones, this seems to be much better. Browsing is also kind of agreeable, not that good, for the browsing could have been much better since the complete top panel is the display.
Camera though not anymore a surprising feature, 5mpx seems to be really good and also, flash works really well. To transfer files is yet again not a real big challenge and seems to be ok. All basic multimedia features are very much supported. Battery life also seems to be fine, for an one time charge, the device can live from 1.5 to 2 days.
Display
Type TFT resistive touchscreen,
16M colors
Size 360 x 640 pixels,
3.5 inches- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Full QWERTY keyboard
Size Dimensions 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc
Weight 150 g
Camera Primary 5 MP,
2592×1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics,
autofocus, LED flash, video light
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps
Secondary Yes, VGA@15fps
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I am in love with this phone. Nokia has always been my choice. Nokia N97 is the best available in the market. Design-wise, its fantastic. Qwerty keyboard makes typing very comfortable. It has all basic features like wi-fi, bluetooth, gps etc. Its a good performer.