Finally the much awaited Nokia’s high end Full Touch Screen Nokia N97 is out. It will be available in most of the stores in a week and expected to be priced at Rs 32000 -34000 in India. Around 380 UK Pounds, same will be available in US for 670-700 USD. The phone has been much talked about for almost a year.The phone itself doesnt offer anything new except the full touch screen and QWERTY keyboard, a marriage between its Entertainment heavy weights like N96 and E series beauties. Actually N97 reminds me of some of the HTC slider phones, but they weren’t this good in features.
If you are someone expecting a slim phone then it isnt the phone for you, it is slightly thinner than the N96 or N95 8GB but still is 15.6mm thick (18mm at the camera location). Lets get to comparing the N97 with some other popular phones.
The phone comes in two colors White and Black and the white definitely looks better. It definitely blurs the line between the mini laptops and Mobile phones, in terms of features it is better than any mini laptop.
Though most of the media ignorantly writes that main disadvantage of Nokia N97 is that it doesnt have a App Store like Iphone, the truth is the opposite. Most people have been buying Nokia N series and E series because of the availability of so many softwares and most of them being free. The symbian OS is the operating system with more softwares than Iphone OS or Windows Mobile or Google’s Android.
The Coolness factor – Looks and Dimensions
Nokia N97 – Dimensions – Length x Width x thickness
Here are the dimensions of the popular Models
Nokia N97 – 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 (18.25) mm
Nokia N86 – 103.4 x 51.4 x 16.5 mm
Nokia N96 – 103 x 55 x 20 mm
Nokia N95 8GB – 99 x 53 x 21 mm
Nokia E71 – 114 x 57 x 10 mm
Apple Iphone 3G S – 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
Interestingly the Nokia N97’s dimensions are not far off from Apple iphone 3G S , it is 3 mm thicker than the iphone but has powerful features and Full QWERTY keyboard to balance that.
Pictures of Nokia N97
Nokia N97 Emailing - Front View
Form:Side-slide with tilting screen
Volume:88 cc
Dimensions:117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm (18.25 mm at thickest point)
Weight (with battery):150 g
Additional size and shape information:
Sliding tilt mechanism
Nokia N97 - Front view dexternights
Keys and Input Method
Full slide out keyboard
Cover keys (S60 keys, Menu key, Send/End keys)
Touch screen
4-way navigation key with centre select
Dedicated camera and volume keys
Memory
MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 16 GB
Internal memory: 32 GB
Nokia N97 - Full Keyboard
Connectivity
Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
TV out
Support for local and remote SyncML synchronisation
High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
3.5 mm AV connector
Nokia N97 white - dexternights Back view
Display and User Interface
Size: 3.5″
Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels
Up to 16.7 million colours
Resistive touch screen with separate touch foil and touch feedback
Brightness control
Orientation sensor
Proximity sensor
Ambient light detector
Power Management
BP-4L 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery
Talk time (maximum):
GSM up to 570 min
WCDMA up to 360 min
Standby time (maximum):
GSM up to 430 h
WCDMA up to 400 h
Video playback time (maximum): VGA 30fps
QCIF 15fps up to 5.5 h
Video recording time (maximum): up to 1 h per clip
Nokia recently updated its E51 candybar business phone with a new E52, a S60 3.2.3 Edition running on the Symbian 9.3 OS core. The phone is loaded with all the top of line features of a business phone but with the numeric keyboard. It has a whopping 8 hour talktime, keeping in line with Nokia’s Business Phones of E Series. It has 3.2 Mega Pixel camera, A-GPS navigation (assisted GPS) , VOIP , Nokia mini Maps, Full internet Browser , Flash Lite and much more. Not to mention this is a 3G phone.
As usual first
The Looks and Coolness Factor
Not exactly a visual delight but its very rare to find a candybar phone without full keyboard in Business phones, and thats what E52 do. Nokia has E71 and E63 for Full Keyboard and Slider design in Business Class phones, and E52 is their Candybar/ Monoblock phone. One of main feautures of Nokia E51 was its stunning thin body and E52 has taken that to another level all together. You can call it one of the thinnest phones around even thinner than the original E51.
Nokia E52 Golden Aluminium E Series PhoneNokia E52 metallic silver
We are comparing E52 with other phones of candy bar nature to give you a better picture how this feels. For example E52 is exactly half the thinckness of N73 which is 19 mm thick.
Dimensions – Length (Height) x Width x Thickness (all in Millimetres mm)
Comparison of E51,E52,N73,N78 and E71 in terms of Dimensions and Thickness.
Nokia E51 – 114 x 46 x 12 mm
Nokia E52 – 116 x 49 x 9.9 mm
Nokia N78 – 113 x 49 x 15.1 mm
Nokia E71 – 114 x 57 x10 mm
Nokia N73 – 110 x 49 x 19 mm
Definitely the E52 and E71 beat the competition in terms of the thin factor.
Weight (g – grams): (comparison of E51 , E52 , N73 , N78 , E71 in terms of Weight)
E51 – 100
E52 – 98 g
N73- 116 g
N78- 101.8 g
E71 – 128 g
Nokia E52 is pretty light in terms of weight and it will be surely considered by ladies.
It is available in two colours Metal Grey aluminium and Golden aluminium.
Features
The Nokia E52 boasts a 2.4″ TFT display at a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA).
Colours : 16 million colours
Automatic display orientation (landscape/portrait)
Operating frequency
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Communication and Connectivity
GPRS class A, multislot class 32
EGSM class A, multislot class 32
WCDMA 900/2100 (Nokia E52-1)
WCDMA 850/2100 (Nokia E52-2)
HSDPA maximum speed: up to 10.2 Mbps
HSUPA maximum speed: up to 2 Mbps
WLAN 802.11 b/g
TCP/IP support
Capability to serve as data modem
Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, A2DP
Messaging and Email
SMS, MMS, IMAP4 , Nokia Messaging, Microsoft ActiveSync, POP3 and SMTP
