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The Nokia N97 is a touchscreen phone which slides open to reveal a small QWERTY keyboard. The screen can be angled, allowing the consumer to use the phone as a mini-computer to browse the web or write e-mails. The battery is capable of 1.5 days of audio playback or 4.5 hours of video, making it good for a movie every so often but not a device to rely on for long flight. It has A-GPS and 32GB of onboard memory along with a microSD expansion slot. The touchscreen is 3.5 inch and has a 16:9 aspect ration, 640 x 360 pixel. The price tag attached to the Nokia N97 package is not cheap, so this phone is not the best for those who need to watch their budget.

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MSRP $693.00
Release date June, 2009
Brand Nokia
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Pros & Cons

ProSCORE
13 reviews
75
negative
mixed
positive
7 positive
1 mixed
5 negative

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Pros:
Do you agree?
32GB of internal storage
+8agreedisagree

QWERTY keyboard
+7agreedisagree

microSD expansion slot
+7agreedisagree

5MP camera
+6agreedisagree

GPS
+5agreedisagree

3.5mm headphone jack
+5agreedisagree

WiFi
+5agreedisagree

touchscreen
+4agreedisagree

Bluetooth
+4agreedisagree

great battery life
+3agreedisagree

TV out
+3agreedisagree

3G
+2agreedisagree

good firmware support as a flagship phone - latest 2.0 firmware improves stability, performance, battery life, and touch scrolling
+1agreedisagree

attractive UI - well designed widgets and browser
0agreedisagree

fairly slim
-1agreedisagree

Cons:
Do you agree?
very expensive
+7agreedisagree

no open source or lossless music format support
+4agreedisagree

only 3 rows of characters on the keyboard - space button is not in its proper place
+2agreedisagree

frequently hangs/reboots...
+2agreedisagree

Pitiful amount of internal RAM
+2agreedisagree

Buggy applications, e.g. keylock crashes forcing a hard-reset.
+1agreedisagree

User a Symbian operating system which was never spesifically designed for touch-screen.
+1agreedisagree

Uses an older-style "resistive" pressure-sensitive touch-screen which is inaccurate when touched compared with modern capacitative touch-screens. Device requires a stylus for accurate screen control.
+1agreedisagree

proprietary USB cable
0agreedisagree


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Features

  • 3.5", 640 x 360 pixel touchscreen
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • WiFi
  • Bluetooth
  • HSDPA
  • A-GPS
  • 3.5 mm headjack
  • 32GB onboard memory
  • microSD expansion
  • 1.5 days of continuous audio playback
  • 4.5 hours of video
  • 5 megapixel camera

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Buy It

Nokia N97 | Black

• Nokia N97 Unlocked Phone, Touchscreen, 3G, 5 MP Camera, A-GPS, 32 GB, MicroSD Slot, and Integrated Ovi Applications--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black)

• N97 Black Smartphone

UPC: 758478020098

EAN: 758478020098

MPN: 002L102

Nokia N97 | White

• Nokia N97 Unlocked Phone with Touchscreen, 3G, 5 MP Camera, A-GPS, 32 GB, MicroSD Slot, and Integrated Ovi Applications--U.S. Version with Warranty (White)

• N97 White Smartphone

UPC: 758478016480

EAN: 758478016480

MPN: N97WHITE

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Comments

1.  avatar celemure said:

i hope that they bring back the video editingwith this phone that was lost with the Nokia N95
May 31, 2009 8:35pm
2.  avatar salimfadhley said:

Seriously this phone is a peice of crap. From day one it proved to be untrustworthy and difficult to use. We got to review both the early alpha hardware and the final version: Both were appaling.

I'm a longtime Nokia user, you might even call me a fan-boy but this one device was evidence enough to prove that the S60 platform is nearing the end of it's working life, at least in the smartphone market.

Luckily I didnt have to pay for this. When my moth of using it was up I was actually quite delighted to return it to Nokia.
Oct 09, 2009 1:48pm
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Reviews

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Yale

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October 27, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
83
negative
mixed
positive
15 pros
3 cons
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • 32GB of internal storage
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • microSD expansion slot
  • 5MP camera
  • GPS
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • WiFi
  • touchscreen
  • Bluetooth
  • great battery life
  • TV out
  • 3G
  • good firmware support as a flagship phone - latest 2.0 firmware improves stability, performance, battery life, and touch scrolling
  • attractive UI - well designed widgets and browser
  • fairly slim

Cons

  • very expensive
  • no open source or lossless music format support
  • only 3 rows of characters on the keyboard - space button is not in its proper place

Competitors

Yale prefers Motorola Droid (Sholes) over Nokia N97
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digitium

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July 19, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
83
negative
mixed
positive
10 pros
2 cons
have ithave it
love itlove it
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • 32GB of internal storage
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • microSD expansion slot
  • 5MP camera
  • GPS
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • WiFi
  • touchscreen
  • Bluetooth
  • great battery life

Cons

  • frequently hangs/reboots...
  • proprietary USB cable

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salimfadhley

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October 9, 2009
approved
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ProSCORE
30
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
7 cons
have ithave it
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • 32GB of internal storage
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • microSD expansion slot

Cons

  • very expensive
  • no open source or lossless music format support
  • frequently hangs/reboots...
  • Pitiful amount of internal RAM
  • Buggy applications, e.g. keylock crashes forcing a hard-reset.
  • User a Symbian operating system which was never spesifically designed for touch-screen.
  • Uses an older-style "resistive" pressure-sensitive touch-screen which is inaccurate when touched compared with modern capacitative touch-screens. Device requires a stylus for accurate screen control.

Comments

"Seriously this phone is a peice of crap. From day one it proved to be untrustworthy and difficult to use. We got to review both the early alpha hardware and the final version: Both were appaling.

I'm a longtime Nokia user, you might even call me a fan-boy but this one device was evidence enough to prove that the S60 platform is nearing the end of it's working life, at least in the smartphone market.

Luckily I didnt have to pay for this. When my moth of using it was up I was actually quite delighted to return it to Nokia."
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goyhman

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July 19, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
86
negative
mixed
positive
12 pros
2 cons
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • 32GB of internal storage
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • microSD expansion slot
  • 5MP camera
  • GPS
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • WiFi
  • touchscreen
  • Bluetooth
  • great battery life
  • TV out
  • 3G

Cons

  • very expensive
  • only 3 rows of characters on the keyboard - space button is not in its proper place

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VesNL

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May 31, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
10 pros
0 cons
want itwant it
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • 32GB of internal storage
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • microSD expansion slot
  • 5MP camera
  • GPS
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • WiFi
  • Bluetooth
  • TV out
  • attractive UI - well designed widgets and browser

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Competitors

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phenix1819

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June 5, 2009
approved
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ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
9 pros
0 cons
want itwant it
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • 32GB of internal storage
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • microSD expansion slot
  • 5MP camera
  • GPS
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • WiFi
  • touchscreen
  • great battery life

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Competitors

phenix1819 prefers Nokia N97 over Apple iPhone 2G
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Erik

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March 3, 2009
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reviewer
ProSCORE
80
negative
mixed
positive
4 pros
1 con
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • 32GB of internal storage
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • microSD expansion slot
  • touchscreen

Cons

  • very expensive

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shadowtech

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May 31, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
50
negative
mixed
positive
2 pros
2 cons
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • 32GB of internal storage
  • 5MP camera

Cons

  • very expensive
  • only 3 rows of characters on the keyboard - space button is not in its proper place

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Tianith

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June 6, 2009
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ProSCORE
0
negative
mixed
positive
0 pros
2 cons
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

Did not agree with any pros

Cons

  • very expensive
  • no open source or lossless music format support

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pwuk

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October 8, 2009
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ProSCORE
0
negative
mixed
positive
0 pros
1 con
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Pros

Did not agree with any pros

Cons

  • Pitiful amount of internal RAM

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