Nokia N9 review: Once in a lifetime

14 October 2011
When the first touch-only OS debuts on one of the hottest pieces of hardware this year, you can bet we want a piece of the action. Windows Phone is where Nokia want your attention, but it might turn out that MeeGo is the place you want to be. Not shown much love by its own maker...

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  • AnonD-22393
  • PMT
  • 17 Oct 2011

[deleted post]Read the news properly before calling N9 death on arrival you droid.http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n9_preorders_through_the_roof_64gb_batch_all_reserved_-news-3143.php

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    • AnonD-22393
    • PMT
    • 17 Oct 2011

    anonymouse, 17 Oct 2011no FM radio is ok; but battery non replaceable?? what is No... morePoor camera( are u kidding me),no fm radio,must be talking about iphone.

    On a serious note,non of them are a dealbraker.iphone never had a good camera,photo editor,video editor,free gps,facebook integration and many more.Was it a deal braker.no.because people liked its ease of use.N9 simplifies iphone's ease odf use as well.Hence its UI is perfect example of a fluid smartphone UI.Deal done.right.

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      • anonymouse
      • t}B
      • 17 Oct 2011

      no FM radio is ok; but battery non replaceable?? what is Nokia is thinking these days? N8? No office document editing? poor camera? no smart dialling? lil disappointed

      anonymouse

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        • Anonymous
        • svk
        • 17 Oct 2011

        Sails, 16 Oct 2011I chose N9 over SGS II even though it cost significantly mo... moreI agree. But i stick to symbian 3 and continue to buy Nokia Symbian 3 phones for my employees. Never ever a employee will have their email on android or apple. never!

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          • AnonD-22393
          • utH
          • 17 Oct 2011

          AnonD-397, 17 Oct 20113GS have Power VR SGX-535, N9 have 530! - Same like Omnia H... moreThat is such a crap way to spread rumors via macrumors.You are quoting a apple fanboy's forum for proving your point.Ironically even it says probably 3gs has got a gpu.Crap.Iphones before iphone4 were mostly crap devices with npthing much tooffer in any department.(Even now bangs for bucks is too less for any iof the iphones) compared to Nokia phones.

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            • AnonD-22393
            • utH
            • 17 Oct 2011

            Great news N9 fans.Not only one but two upgrades are coming for N9 in near future.PR 1.1 and PR 1.2.Amazing support for N9.Bravo Nokia.good support.

            http://konttoristhoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/n9-on-sale-in-finland-and-few-other.html#comments

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              • AnonD-397
              • srp
              • 17 Oct 2011

              Anonymous, 17 Oct 20113GS GPU is twice as slow.3GS have Power VR SGX-535, N9 have 530! - Same like Omnia HD!
              Just visit this links:
              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3GS
              http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=732299

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                • Sun Down
                • PF5
                • 17 Oct 2011

                Anonymous, 17 Oct 2011You are delusional if you think MeeGo Harmattan is a crap O... moreBoth are awesome in my opinion.

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                  • Sun Down
                  • PF5
                  • 17 Oct 2011

                  AnonD-16809, 16 Oct 2011this a great phone but what it lacks is a proper os and i d... moreI'm sure Belle would change that image

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                    • Anonymous
                    • ptR
                    • 17 Oct 2011

                    AnonD-397, 16 Oct 2011Bravo for Nokia! Finally FAST UI and usable! But... MeGo ... more3GS GPU is twice as slow.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • ptR
                      • 17 Oct 2011

                      AnonD-16809, 16 Oct 2011this a great phone but what it lacks is a proper os and i d... moreYou are delusional if you think MeeGo Harmattan is a crap OS and WP7 is godly. Let the weed go dude!!!

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                        • AnonD-16394
                        • 00r
                        • 16 Oct 2011

                        The review itself is well written and describes most n9 features. While I'm fairly pleased with that, I would like to have read some things regarding battery life among others, which I haven't.

                        You clearly mention it is a 3.0 BT device, unlike what's written in the full specifications. I think it would be nice of you to correct it because there is a lot of people who only check the specification page and thus get the wrong specs.

                        Thank you for your time.

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                          • AnonD-16809
                          • gLa
                          • 16 Oct 2011

                          this a great phone but what it lacks is a proper os and i dont mean android..wp7 would feel very good on this device like than nokia 800 but the thing is can nokia engineers pull it off??i mean nokia used to have gread hardware but their software was the worst..if u are a ios or a wp7 user im sure u would kill urself if u were forced to use a symbian...hope they can do etter with wp7 devices

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                            • Sails
                            • pVm
                            • 16 Oct 2011

                            I chose N9 over SGS II even though it cost significantly more. I'm still very happy with my choice :)

                            Here is one more plus for N9 and MeeGo: It is most likely the only top of the line smartphone where you still have decent privacy. I really hate to think what kind of database Google is accumulating from its users.

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                              • Setamies
                              • pWP
                              • 16 Oct 2011

                              I'd like to see some quote where Nokia is saying that theyre ditching meego. Afaik this whole buzz is based on ELop's comment in HS where he says: "Even if N9 is success Nokia wont change smartphine strategy. WP will stay main smart phone platform". Or something like that. I ahvent heard anywhere them saying "there won be any more meego phone", yet every one's saying Nokia wont deliver more mego phones.

                              For those who are complaingin about price. It's design phone so it costs more than basic phones naturally and its by far the best phone ive used so far (including sgs2 & IP4). After using this phone just couple days i felt like i got suddenly severe brain damage and using other OS's seems to be riciculously complicated.

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                                • AnonD-20247
                                • rAN
                                • 16 Oct 2011

                                Sgs2 is superior than n9. Meego is dead.

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                                  • nx}
                                  • 16 Oct 2011

                                  AnonD-22666, 16 Oct 2011How much does this phone cost In uk?!!!theres no denying th... moreIt won't be officially available in the UK, we get the WP Sea Ray instead. You should se tgem on ebay soon though.

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                                    • AnonD-397
                                    • sr3
                                    • 16 Oct 2011

                                    Bravo for Nokia!
                                    Finally FAST UI and usable!
                                    But... MeGo is dead (why Nokia?) and N9 have still bad benchmarks for 3D games VS competitions... because, old GPU and single core...
                                    (3GS have faster GPU, 2 years ago)

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                                      • j6j
                                      • 16 Oct 2011

                                      Not everyone wants a smartphone dumbed down for a 2-year-old. They get rid of physical buttons, get rid of numerous customization options, adopt Apple-like flat organization structure and retarded micro-SIM, a pentile screen, and gsmarena raves about it? Even the included earphones are cheap, just like the fruit phone's. I'll keep my N8, and you can go rave about "magical button-less simplicity" to someone looking for a toy instead of a smartphone.

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                                        • Dr fajardo
                                        • LB9
                                        • 16 Oct 2011

                                        Azu_icHi, 16 Oct 2011Nokia has gone the really wrong way by ditching this platfo... more100% true