Product Review
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Just by looking at the price of Nokia N97, I am sure you know what to anticipate. The latest offspring of Nokia N-series is a what-you-would-see-in-the-hand-of-James-Bond device powered by Symbian S60 OS. Heavily loaded with latest features, Nokia N97 makes sure what you pay is what you get.
The package is loaded as well, beside the phone, you get a battery, a stereo headset, a travel charger, a data cable, an audio controller, an external stylus, a cleaning cloth, a user’s guide and three-month subscription of Nokia Maps.
If you are fans of widescreen phones, you are destined to love N97. The 3.5-inch touchscreen is dominating the front of the phone, leaving only the call, end call and menu buttons lying on the edge. The phone feels hefty. (It seems that the touchscreen phone with QWERTY keyboard nowadays cannot avoid heftiness, just look at HTC Touch Pro2). It may not please those who are looking for a slim and light phone.
I love the home screen which accommodates widgets that you can customize to fit your taste. The accelerator is responsive. When you slide open the phone, the screen changes to horizontal view without any hitch.
The D-pad is relocated to accompany the keypad. The d-pad is made rubberish material which makes it not as intuitive and thumb-friendly.
The keys are satisfactorily spaced which allows accurate typing with big thumbs like mine
The tilted screen is smooth for sliding but the hinge feels kind of wearable and flimsy. Let’s finger cross it is only my paranoia.
On the hinge you will see a list showing off the highlights of the phone, quoted, “32GB/AF 5MP Carl Zeiss/ nHD3.5”/ A-GPS/ Bluetooth 2.0/ WLAN/ 3G HSDPA/ USB2.0/ FM RDS”.
On the other side, you will find the USB 2.0 socket for recharging and data transfer.
The back looks sophisticated with a sanded surface that makes it less slippery.
The camera is a Carl Zeiss endorsed 5 megapixeller with auto focus, Dual LED flash, 4x Digital Zoom and tones of adjustments that you can explore.
The phone comes with a 32GB in-built memory and an expandable 16GB by MicroSD
The nylon pouch looks cheap period.
This is the grid view of the menu. Makes sure you check out the application, there’s a whole world in there.
Every phone now has gotta have Facebook application. I mean, it is Facebook for everyone sake!!!!
GPS and Nokia Maps are a combo. The phone comes with a 3-month subscription of Nokia Maps for you to get a taste of the power.
All in all, Nokia N97 is superb function-wise. The operation is sinfully smooth, the connection is guiltily fast. It delivers just like the Nokia brand promises. However, the design and build is not at Nokia’s best
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