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Video : Nokia N97 Review
February 5th, 2009Nokia N97 Battery
February 3rd, 2009The Nokia N97 utilizes a 1500 mAh Li-Pol battery (BP-4L). The N97 is rated for 6 hours of talk time (GSM) and 20 days of standby. Music time – up to 37 hours.
The handset’s battery life averaged 3 days , when the N97 was used for about two hours of calls, a dozen or two snaps, several minutes of video, and around an hour of music/radio. It takes the N97 around 1.5 hours to charge from empty to full.
If you can do without EDGE/GPRS data completely, the N97 will offer you even longer hours. With average use you will squeeze at least 4 days out of the battery. Nokia N97 has the best battery for a mobile phone.
Design, Size, Controls : Nokia N97
January 28th, 2009Size-wise, the N97 is a typical QWERTY-equipped side-slider at 117.2×55.3×15.9 mm (though around the camera module its thickness reaches 18.2 mm). Thanks to its increased length, the N97 doesn’t feel all that chubby and seems well-proportioned when compared to the 5800.
At 150 grams the N97 is a pretty large smartphone, although its nearest competition isn’t that far ahead at 140 grams or so.
There are two choices of colors – white and dark-brown. White would be the ideal choice for women. Both look great though.
Running along the N97’s front fascia is a metallic strip that isn’t as tall as that found on the Nokia 5800, so its display isn’t sunk so far into the casing, plus the physical size of the N97’s screen allows for more comfortable operation. Sitting above the display are the forward-facing video camera and ambient light sensor.
One thing of note about the N97’s casing is that it’s made entirely of velvety plastic. The handset’s front fascia is glossy and is prone to smudges. All in all, the N97’s build quality is fine, even though it doesn’t utilize any metal parts like many o2 mobile phones.
Memory and its performance : Nokia N97
January 17th, 2009The device comes equipped with 128 Mb of RAM, after first launch you will get around 70 Mb of free memory at your disposal, which is enough for running a dozen applications and browsing “heavy” web-pages.
The user almost has 32 Gb of storage available, where any data can be stored.
The N97 deals with microSD memory cards (hot-swappable), although the phone doesn’t come packaged with one. There are no restrictions as far as memory card’s size is concerned – our handset easily identified a 32Gb card.
Increased RAM size, 369 MHz ARM11 CPU and, as it appears, TI OMAP chipset (we haven’t looked inside the N97 yet) – all these things make it even speedier compared to the Nokia 5800. I don’t think the N97’s CPU has much to do with its blazing-fast menus, though, probably it’s more due to RAM.
Video : N97 at Nokia World ‘08
January 15th, 2009
