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Nokia's N97 is the latest in their range of high end smart phones. The firstN-Series phone with a touch screen, the N97 also hides a flip-out keyboard. Laden with 32G of storage, a 5 megapixel camera, Nokia Maps, Nokia's Comes withMusic service, and more, this phone is a feature laden treat for mobile phone buffs and a worthy opponent to Apple's newly released iPhone 3GS. In fact,the specifications for the N97 versus the iPhone 3GS are nearly identical, right down to the dimensions. On the N97, you simple touch the screenand swipe in the direction you want to scroll - a la Apple's iPhone. One noticeably absent gesture, however, is the iPhone "pinch" for enlargingand shrinking a screen.
N97 Specs
2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
3G Network | HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version | |
Announced | 2008, November |
Status | Available. Released 2009, June |
Dimensions | 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc |
Weight | 150 g |
Type | TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Size | 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches |
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate - Full QWERTY keyboard - Handwriting recognition |
Alert types | Vibration; MP3 ringtones |
Speakerphone | Yes, with stereo speakers |
- 3.5 mm audio jack |
Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
Call records | Detailed, max 30 days |
Internal | 32 GB storage, 128 MB RAM |
Card slot | microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, buy memory |
GPRS | Class 32 |
HSCSD | Yes |
EDGE | Class 32 |
3G | HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps |
WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology |
Bluetooth | Yes, v2.0 with A2DP |
Infrared port | No |
USB | Yes, v2.0 microUSB |
Primary | 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash, video light |
Features | Geo-tagging |
Video | Yes, VGA@30fps |
Secondary | Yes, VGA@15fps |
OS | Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 |
CPU | ARM 11 434 MHz processor |
Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds |
Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio; FM transmitter |
Games | Yes, N-gage + downloadable |
Colors | White, Black |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps |
Java | Yes, MIDP 2.1 |
- Digital compass - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ music player - WMV/RealVideo/MP4 video player - TV-out - Voice command/dial - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Video and photo editor - Flash Lite 3 - T9 |
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BP-4L) | |
Stand-by | Up to 432 h (2G) / 408 h (3G) |
Talk time | Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G) |
Music play | Up to 40 h |
iPhone 3GS Specs:
2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 |
Announced | 2009, June |
Status | Available. Released 2009, June |
Dimensions | 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm |
Weight | 135 g |
Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Size | 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches |
- Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Scratch-resistant surface |
Alert types | Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones |
Speakerphone | Yes |
- 3.5 mm headset jack |
Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
Call records | 100 received, dialed and missed calls |
Internal | 16 GB/ 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM |
Card slot | No |
GPRS | Yes |
HSCSD | No |
EDGE | Yes |
3G | HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps |
WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11b/g |
Bluetooth | Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only |
Infrared port | No |
USB | Yes, v2.0 |
Primary | 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus |
Features | Touch focus, geo-tagging |
Video | Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging |
Secondary | No |
OS | iPhone OS (based on Mac OS) |
CPU | ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics |
Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email |
Browser | HTML (Safari) |
Radio | No |
Games | Downloadable, incl. motion-based |
Colors | Black, White |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support |
Java | No |
- Digital compass - Google Maps - Audio/video player - TV-out - Voice command/dial |
Standard battery, Li-Ion | |
Stand-by | Up to 300 h |
Talk time | Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G) |
Music play | Up to 30 h |