Nokia N97 Review and Specs

Nokia’s N97, a new smartphone that is capable of capturing “DVD-quality” video. The Nokia N97’s 5-megapixel camera can capture 640-by-480 video at 30 frames per second. A dedicated button on the side of the phone activates the camera, so you don’t have to dig through menus to find it. And the N97 has a nice, big 3.5-inch touchscreen, which allows you to really see the video as you’re capturing it. It makes the 2-inch screen on the Kodak Zx1 look miniscule.

Controls for starting, stopping, pausing and zooming the video run along the sides of the N97’s screen, and are nicely spaced so as not to look too crowded. The touchscreen is responsive, so the controls are easy to use. Videos looked great on the N97’s screen, and even looked equally good when I transferred them to my computer via USB. There is a noticeable degradation in quality when using the camera’s digital zoom. Also the zoom mechanism a bit hard to use; the on-screen slider is small, and it jumped from one extreme to the other, rather than letting it zoom in subtly. Also the N97 seemed to have difficulty picking up audio. When playing back clips on the phone itself, the sound was dim, and much of the audio seemed almost nonexistent. The Nokia N97 is a pretty slick phone, but it’s expensive.

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
		HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version

Size	Dimensions				117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc
	Weight				150 g

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 - Handwriting recognition

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3 ringtones
	Speakerphone	Yes, with stereo speakers
		- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Detailed, max 30 days
	Internal	32 GB storage, 128 MB RAM
	Card slot	microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB

Data	GPRS	Class 32
	HSCSD	Yes
	EDGE	Class 32
	3G	HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash, video light
	Video	Yes, VGA@30fps
	Secondary	Yes, VGA@15fps

Features	OS	Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
	CPU	ARM 11 434 MHz processor
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio; FM transmitter
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	White, Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps
	Java	Yes, MIDP 2.1
		- Digital compass - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+/MP4/M4V player - MPEG4/WMV/3gp/Flash video player - TV-out - Voice command/dial - Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer) - Video and photo editor - Flash Lite 3 - T9

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
	Stand By	Up to 432 h (2G) / 408 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)
	Music play	Up to 40 h