Asia Mobile Awards announced, Nokia N97 mini wins best handset

19 November, 2009
GSMA announced the winners of the Asia Mobile Awards and the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Asia Tournament. Uh, they aren't really tournaments. they are Awards that seek out the best products and...

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  • Rbq
  • 21 Nov 2009

Bangladesh!Goooo Green...Go GrameenPhone & Banglalink....Congratulations.

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    • Anonymous
    • Uij
    • 21 Nov 2009

    Anonymous, 21 Nov 2009"resistive 5mp vga recording" Please pardon my ignorance... moreresistive screen
    5mp cam with VGA recording

    the rivals have had D4 recording for over a year, 720p's been out for over 4 months and most of them have 12mp or at least 8mp on their flagships

    nokia's flagship has a resistive touch screen, no matter what you think capacitve is always better when it comes to "Touch"

    the only downside is no stylus, but thats pretty much only for people who need write full emails like every half hour. And the N97/N900 have qwerty keyboards so using a stylus to input text would be pointless when a hardware qwerty is right there

    nokia's not just slightly behind, its way behind.. not a joke anymore

    later man

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      • NvS
      • 9xE
      • 21 Nov 2009

      Anonymous, 21 Nov 2009the camera is very outdated?? just because it is 5 n not 12... moreiPhone 3G with their 2 Mp camera is far better nokia's 2mp,it's even better than samsung omnia 5 mp,they just sticked carl zeiss brand in nokia's and VOILA it's a great camera phone for those ordinary guys who knows nothing of photography..and NO,i'm not counting on Mp.camera phone is more than high Mp to be a good camera phone,it's more complicated.

      As for touchscreen i say it again : Go back to the keypad phones of early 2000 models,nokia can't transform symbian into touchscreen,they are really suck,don't even think of iPhone because even samsung jet is much better than N97 in terms of UI.

      Pity on you who's been the victims of 5800 & n97,wake up..there're plenty of good touchscreen phones out there,but certainly not from nokia.

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        • Anonymous
        • 9xe
        • 21 Nov 2009

        Anonymous, 20 Nov 2009the whole reason there where nokia fanboy's was cause nokia... more"resistive 5mp vga recording"

        Please pardon my ignorance bru', but what does that mean exactly?

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          • adi
          • 0U6
          • 21 Nov 2009

          I had the N97 and was a mess.Omnia HD is better.dvd,divx,xvid and hd standard player and codecs on the phone.

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            • Anonymous
            • ibb
            • 21 Nov 2009

            NvS, 21 Nov 2009Everyone is judging based on n97 mini's functionalities. Ju... morethe camera is very outdated?? just because it is 5 n not 12??
            are u counting megapixels??
            or Nokia didn't joined the MEGAPIXELS RACE so u feel very angry??
            try to critic nokia very suck in touch screen device in N900 section TQ

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              • NvS
              • 9xE
              • 21 Nov 2009

              gam28toronto, 21 Nov 2009Everyone is judging based on n97 mini's functionalities. Ju... moreEveryone is judging based on n97 mini's functionalities. Just look at the phone..It's pieces of art,and totally incomplete in design so fat and bulky like phones from 2001,terrible UI compared to Android & iPhone,outdated camera compared to SE & Samsung.

              Like i said before go back to keypad since nokia really suck in touchscreen devices..!!!

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                • fuN
                • 21 Nov 2009

                i am gettin mine now

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                  • gam28toronto
                  • IDa
                  • 21 Nov 2009

                  Everyone is judging based on n97 mini's functionalities. Just look at the phone.. it's a piece of art! and it came with most functions of a smartphone today! I am using the XM 5800 and am getting the n97 mini... Yes the OS is not perfect.. but honestly... it is very user friendly..... so i know getting the n97 mini will be very good!

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                    • Connie
                    • f4P
                    • 20 Nov 2009

                    Because of the smaller form factor, the N97 mini will be a more convenient phone than its bigger sibling the N97 to carry around. Hopefully awards like these will inspire all phone makers to come up with even better phone designs next year.
                    Although I thought the Blackberry 8520 (which I own) would have been my personal choice for the award, the N97 mini is also like a slice of cool from a cake of awesome.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Mx@
                      • 20 Nov 2009

                      Anonymous, 20 Nov 2009Whoa... less than a month out, n97 is already announced the... morea) n97 is more expensive than both of those

                      b) you think nokia launched the handset just to get that award?


                      'lol'

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                        • Anonymous
                        • tD}
                        • 20 Nov 2009

                        to all N97 haters:
                        have you read the GSMArena review on Nokia N97 mini?
                        the review is positive, so there's nothing wrong with the award.
                        the problem lies within you...
                        :D

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                          • Anonymous
                          • sEA
                          • 20 Nov 2009

                          Whoa... less than a month out, n97 is already announced the champion. Nokia... you are very naughty, launching the phone really close to the award without giving enough time to the REAL JUDGE, the consumers.
                          However for most of us, we don't really care about whatever kind of awards out there. Where I live, which is also in Asia, nokia nowadays, is only good for those who can't afford either blackberry or iphone. But we have no problem pretending that n97 mini is the best though.

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                            • Fardin
                            • u4g
                            • 20 Nov 2009

                            Yaaayyyyy goooo Bangladesh ....go grameenphone :D

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                              • Anonymous
                              • tVn
                              • 20 Nov 2009

                              Etolix, 20 Nov 2009It's not funny, it's smart marketing strategy by Nokia. N97... morewithout this kind of award they also earn a lot
                              they improved the sales of mobile phone as showed from the financial report

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                                • BangalisoundZ
                                • m2V
                                • 20 Nov 2009

                                Well done to all the winners, but specially to Grameen & Banglalink - great to see you guys being recognised..=D

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                                  • Etolix
                                  • 0w7
                                  • 20 Nov 2009

                                  Anonymous, 20 Nov 2009It's so funny. N97 mini is just release to Asia stock for s... moreIt's not funny, it's smart marketing strategy by Nokia. N97 mini is new to asia, asia is place with billions of people that when see something awarded they hump up to buy it before true words get spread out. Good job Nokia, I hope that money you earn will help you build true modern age smartphones.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • t4q
                                    • 20 Nov 2009

                                    It's so funny. N97 mini is just release to Asia stock for some days and gain the best handset. May I ask it is best compare to which ones?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tVn
                                      • 20 Nov 2009

                                      yay N97 mini grab it

                                      i already bought a white N97 mini :D

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                                        • toorop
                                        • T4d
                                        • 20 Nov 2009

                                        Nokia payd lots of money for that marketing for a outdated hardware...