*OFFICIAL THREAD: Nokia N97

This reminds me the near death siutation of Motorola phones.
The V3 was a blast success (even though I don't like the from the beginning as it's underpowered and overhyped phone, but at least it's slim factor has addressed many people's basic need of a slim and usable phone).

After that, they just remade the same V3 phone over and over again in different cases with little improvement, and eventually got beaten to death by others making slimmer, more functions and better quality phones.
 
That was a very nice review. Ive never been more on the fence about a phone. Ive ordered and canceled my order twice now and now I want to order it again!!! :doh:

I need serious help.lol. :lol:

The question is do I order from Nokia or save some cash and order from Amazon. Hmmm
 
Meh. Widgets always run a bit slower than native apps. Accuweather performed just like that on my 5800XM. I would have liked to see the Facebook app respond a little better though.

I didn't like that the viewing angle completely disappears if you tilt the screen too much.
 
C'mon now...let's be straight about who does the most hyping up of little things. I know you're trying to play devil's advocate about Nokia being complacent about their place in the market and rightly so, but to say Nokia hypes up little things compared to Apple... :befuddled Come June, expect Apple to say they invented copy and paste and MMS and A2DP.
 
Yea, I've got a tough time filling up 8GB card on my Bold. I can certainly see myself dumping some clips here and there, but this will be my streaming phone - 32GB is more than enough for me!
 
Latest articles IIRC:

(English translation is newer than the raw Russian and babelfish manglings):

http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2009/birulki-13-en.shtml.

I am loving the little panel with the specs on it. Thinking they should repeat it or do that pearlescent thing that the white N82 had on the back side / battery cover, though.

That and:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/9443_A_Nokia_N97_sort_of_day.php

are the latest articles IIRC.

That and the news about the preorder getting price getting vastly more affordable. That's news, man! It shows that this phone is going to be (more) mainstream or will remain an elite niche that Nokia USA won't feel obligated to support with firmware, etc.
 
The iPhone also doesn't allow multitasking and hides any performance issues with some slick animation effects. If you've used an iPhone and tried to use the contacts apps with hundreds of contacts, you'll know what I'm talking about.

For me personally, it's not JUST the clock speed. Clock speed isn't everything. I'm a neophyte when it comes to these mobile processors but not only is the clock speed on the low end but they are using a fairly old chipset. When you add that to the fact that the RAM seems to be on the low end AND there is no dedicated 3D chip AND the fact that S60v5 is pretty much the same as the 5800 (minus the widgets and a few small tweaks), the dissapointments add up for a $700 dollar device.

That being said, I am going to wait for the reviews because specifications on paper and real world usage are two different things. That being said, I'm not holding my breath, that the N97 is going to magically overcome all the noted dissapointments, esp. when it comes to the software.

This phone is still on my list, because the other two competitors in this segment also have their own on paper dissapoinments (Touch Pro 2, Acer M900). I'll wait for the first round of reviews/complaints, evaluate the pros and cons and then make my purchase.

I am hoping that the rumoured OMnia Pro and SE Xperia X2 are the phones that will hit this form factor out of the ballpark.
 
It's all but assured we'll see an even closer iphone competitor from Nokia, with just solely a touchscreen and no physical keys. This looks like an X1 killer rather. Which isn't a bad thing!
 
Nope, it was Ericsson, It was also used to identify finger-prints, and to pick locks. Also contained a 20,000 volt stun gun!

That time Ericsson was not merged with Sony.
 
i'm in the same boat. i can't use a touchscreen keyboard (previous attempts with iphone failed) so any new iphone is out for me. n97 still fits what i need. hopefully some generous individuals on this forum sell their n97s close to the glitch price :)
 
let's not wake up anybody now, lol. Man this phone is sexy! I can't wait to have it in my hands! I might leave my friends and my gf on the side for a while, lol, my first smartphone and what a first!
 
Sorry if this has been asked, but where is the microSD slot!?!?

Also I hope they stop putting microUSB on the left and put it up/down instead.
 
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