Nokia N97

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maninder
PMT
08 Dec 2008

I believe now apple Iphone need to work out some thing....

Just waiting for the launch...

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Anonymous
n7j
08 Dec 2008

Anonymous, 07 Dec 2008best phone in the world after the iphone 20 Reasons Why Nokia 5800 and N97 is better than Apple Iphone
We get lots of requests to compare in detail Nokia 5800 with Apple Iphone 3G.
Here are some reasons we believe Nokia 5800 is way ahead than Iphone-

1) Size
The iphone is bigger in size and uneasy for one hand grip.
Nokia 5800 is designed to fit well into your hands. Being smaller in width, its easy to operate single handedly.
Iphone size: 115.5 X 62.1 X 12.3 mm
Nokia 5800 size: 111 X 51.7 X 15.5 mm
2) Weight
Iphone is much bulkier than Nokia 5800. Nokia 5800 is 25g lighter than Iphone in weight.
Iphone: 133g
Nokia 5800: 109g
3) Screen Resolution
The Iphone has 3.5” screen while Nokia 5800 has 3.2” but the resolution of 5800 is far more superior to Iphone.
Resolution:
Iphone: 480 by 320
Nokia 5800: 640 by 360
4) Storage
Iphone comes with two options- 8GB & 16GB internal memory.
Nokia has a more flexible option to offer 8GB with micro SD card which is expandable upto 16GB.
Nokia owners can expand memory size according to needs which the Iphone guys can’t do.
5) Input Methods
Iphone: Finger only.
Nokia 5800: Finger, stylus, plectrum, handwriting recognition.
6) Features
Apple Iphone has lots of missing features like cut and paste function, saving email attachments, no support for third party headphones, ringtones, applications, many software bugs and other technical glitches.
Nokia 5800 Tube has no such issues plus many more amazing features included.
7) Colors
Iphone: Black for 8 & 16 GB, White for 16 GB only.
Nokia 5800: Red, Blue and Black.
8 ) Battery
Nokia 5800 provides upto 35 hrs of music playing time against Apple Iphone which claims just 24 hrs.
Overall battery power (talktime/standby) is also about 30% more in Nokia 5800.
What more, 5800 has a removable battery which Iphone lacks.
Iphone: 5 hrs talk-time, 300 hrs standby, not removable.
Nokia 5800: 8.8 hrs talk-time, 406 hrs standby, removable battery.
9) Camera
Iphone: 2 MP, no flash, no zoom, no additional camera.
Nokia 5800: 3.2 MP, Flash, 3x digital zoom with Carl Zeiss lens.
A second camera in front is available for video calling/conferencing.
10) Video Calling
Iphone: No Video calling possible in Iphone.
Nokia 5800: Video calling is possible.
11) Video Recording.
IPhone: No option for video recording.
Nokia 5800: Video recording is included and that DVD video quality.
12) Music Service
Iphone: Paid service with Apple Itunes Store. You pay and download music to your Iphone.
Nokia 5800: “Comes with music” service is bundled with Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic phone by which you can download as much music as you want for 1 year- FREE!!
13) Voice Dialing
Iphone: Not Available
Nokia 5800: Available
14) Voice Recording
IPhone: Not Available
Nokia 5800: Available
15) Web Browser
Iphone: Webkit based Safari browser, no flash available.
Nokia 5800: Webkit based browser, supports flash lite.
16) FM Radio
Iphone: Not Available
Nokia 5800: Available
17) Bluetooth
Iphone: Bluetooth is available for just handsfree, no file sharing possible.
Nokia 5800: Bluetooth available for handsfree and file sharing is possible.
Better audio quality on bluetooth in 5800 with A2DP technology which Iphone lacks.
18) Messaging
Iphone: It does not support message forwarding, multiple SMS deletion, sending SMS to multiple recipients and multimedia messages (MMS).
Nokia 5800: All the above is possible plus it has MMS ver 1.3, message size upto 600kb, and automatic resizing of Images for MMS.
19) Price
Nokia 5800 is hopefully unlocked (without any contract) and will sell much cheaper .
Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic is expected to sell around the world for about $400 or below.
20) Experience
Nokia: Ages of experience, hundreds of success stories and dozens of smart handsets in current portfolio. Nokia has about 40% market share with the No.1 spot with no close competitors. Certainly the king when it comes to brand value, service and experience.
Apple: First phone ever launched by Apple is Iphone, no prior experience in the telecom market. It’s a novice in the market with a very less market share despite having millions of Iphone sold.
Verdict:
Almost all the major brands around the world like Samsung, HTC, LG, etc launched their touchscreen smartphones with a hope to beat Apple’s Iphone. No-one came close to Iphone when it comes to looks, style, feel and features.
This is the first time a tech giant like Nokia has hit it hard with its first true touchscreen smartphone. Nokia 5800 is a real Iphone killer with way ahead features, perfect looks and great price. Bravo Nokia, Well Done!!

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Anonymous
kWZ
08 Dec 2008

TelstraMan, 08 Dec 2008Look out optus! Me and Lukey have insurance "claims" coming... more802.11n is backwards compatible with g

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TelstraMan
yVg
08 Dec 2008

Look out optus! Me and Lukey have insurance "claims" coming at ya to get this phone when it is out! This is the most awesome phone ever! Cant wait! Does anyone know if the wifi is "N" compatible though?

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Anonymous
P%n
08 Dec 2008

Anonymous, 08 Dec 2008if you americans didnt know china bailed you out with trill... more3G a decade ago???

The 5110 wasn't 3G that's what was around a decade ago.

I think the 3210 was still coming and most phone's were mono-band.

There was no bluetooth Ericsson was still working on it, Sharp hadn't even released the first camera phone.

14.4k WAP was new and SMS was pretty new too, support between networks wasn't very good back then.

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Vincent
uEy
08 Dec 2008

sunnysran, 07 Dec 2008looks like an experia killer to me... looks way better tha... moreyep ... looks like an experia killer but for me, windows mobile is way much better than symbian

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iolo003
PT}
08 Dec 2008

no holds bard, im buying ds phon wen it cums out!! even f it cost a milion dolar c",

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Anonymous
SHe
08 Dec 2008

if you americans didnt know china bailed you out with trillions of dollard. carrying thinking america is no1 and you country will go down the drain hole. Its european and asia who spends money on the latedt inlocked phones not those cheapo americans. they buy garbage free phones provided by there carriers. america is about 5 years behind in mobile tech. Dif you know many parts dont have 3g. and 3g is fairly new to them. most parts of the world deployed 3g a decade ago. sorry for any typos from my phone

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microbliss
TST
08 Dec 2008

unkown, 07 Dec 2008microbliss-.. if u use a phone juz onli the camera. then ... moreunknown buddy,nowadays mobile phone should come with superb specs not only camera.if we want a phone.we shall want a camera with a superb megapixels.may you answer me,if you buy a camera,would you ever think to make a phone call from a camera?do we have to buy a digital slr camera for every snapshots?are we a professional photographer?if that was the case for every snapshots,its better for nokia to release n97 with a specs the same as the primitive nokia 3310(just for purpose of talking n messaging)..the fact is nokia is still stand at 5mp camera!! sony n samsung n lg are going forward with 8mp..actually, im a nokia user(n82)..when youre living in the technology of 8mp mobile phone camera,you shall demand for eighttt!! not fiveee!!

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ian
i8w
08 Dec 2008

have not tried a touch phone from nokia--at least they tried to do some units now--but i think touchflo from WINMO is much better.

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Anonymous
n7j
08 Dec 2008

Default ringtone, 08 Dec 2008 Why all Symbian OS cant change default ringtone for unk... moreYes it can very well, you have to add in contact list the name "unknown caller" and no phone number or just put a "0" or "unknown caller id" then assign the ringing tone for it!
That's easy to fix the symbians, how about this WinMo secret apps is running in the background and connecting time after time on internet, are they spyware or wot, specially when you week up in morning and all your prepaid call voucher is goon!
Does iphone connects to internet itself to?
Wheel symbians does not this things, only if you install junk explicit java apps your self and if you let running in the background!

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Anonymous
q}i
08 Dec 2008

I wonder why lately the phone companies first release their phones with HSDPA for Europe and Asia and months later for North America- good example is N97(Doesn't have northamerican specs even). Does somebody know why the most affluent consumers are neglected. I would never buy a phone once is already old as a model even though is new for the american market.

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Default ringtone
nTp
08 Dec 2008

Why all Symbian OS cant change default ringtone for unknown caller or unknown sender, while Windows Mobile can?!

(Hmmmm???)

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Anonymous
xi1
08 Dec 2008

I love when SE fans comes here and write bad comments about a phone they would dream of...JEALOUS SE fans gay boy, vote the N97 down and write negative comments, i don't care, cause i know this phone kill the X1, the 5800 kill the X1, almost every phone on this planet is better than your crappy X1!

Hahaha, SE fan are the worst of all! Me myself and I!

Voting results would be, without SE fan boy:

Design
8.9
Features
9.0
Performance
8.9

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Aloha
43$
08 Dec 2008

hey i like dis fone..........
i would get it from cells4u.com

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j0nes
vC$
08 Dec 2008

Why so serious??? After all if u gonna get this phone u have to pay for it... n ur paying for that company.. after all this arguements and promoting the n97 u stil have to pay for the phone if u want them lol.. its funny how u guys arguing bout this

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John Wesley
jW$
08 Dec 2008

Karim, 08 Dec 2008They put the d pad on the left for a logical reason!!! w... moreI agree

nice comment!

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Karim
pTK
08 Dec 2008

Anonymous, 07 Dec 2008MASSIVE FAIL. Having the D-Pad on the left side of the Q... moreThey put the d pad on the left for a logical reason!!!

when you use two hands the left hand can operate the d-pad while the right hand can use the touch screen because most of the options come on the right side of the screen!

also for gaming this is a true masterpiece due to the fact that all 'successful' gaming devices have the d pad on the left hand side i.e. Sony PSP, Nintendo DS,

so think FIRST before you make an 'stupid' comment!!

whoops forget my name ☺

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Anonymous
1w}
07 Dec 2008

MASSIVE FAIL.

Having the D-Pad on the left side of the QWERTY???

What were you thinking, nokia!???

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N78Fans_from_Jakarta
uE5
07 Dec 2008

Anonymous, 07 Dec 2008best phone in the world after the iphone no, this one win over iphone

but must thank iphone for set the bar so so high for new released phone. it makin this industry grow to be more smarter, more competitive.

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