Nokia N97 - silver (unlocked)

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• 10 stars

  Best Phone ever

  by littlerocker33 on June 19, 2009

  Pros: Very sexy, luser friendly, lots of features, loaded with nice applications, excellent camera and video recording

  Cons: none if you can afford the price, but you need to pay for Adobe and microsoft office!!!.. Had 2 incidence of dropped calls over 2 days.

  Summary: After owning an Iphone 3G, a HTC fuze, I realized that the Nokia N97 is a much better phone. Very sexy looking phone ( have the white). Feels great in the ...

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  Summary: After owning an Iphone 3G, a HTC fuze, I realized that the Nokia N97 is a much better phone. Very sexy looking phone ( have the white). Feels great in the hand. Apllications like facebook, yout ube , etc.. work great. Loaded with feautres and applications. You have only 15 days of Adobe and you have to pay to edit and make new office document ( which is very rediculous for such an expensive phone). Ovi needs more applications to compete with Apple. In my opnion much more elegant and relaible than the iphone 3GS. I had the phone of 3 days, and i had 2 unexpected drop calls..i am not sure, might a software glitch. I hope it will not happen often.

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  4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  The Best Device Out there along....

  by sonisoe on April 5, 2009

  Pros: Looks perfect - powerful multi-media features, savvy/sexy looking, and it's a smart-phone. Arguably the best device out there.

  Cons: How do I choose between this one and Palm Pre. Pre doesn't have these powerful multi-media features, but Pre seems to have the best user-friendliness, or "life-organizing" capability.

  Summary: Its merely a personal preference, don't get me wrong N97 is arguably going to be the best device out there (at least until Sony Err Idou is out), but ...

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  Summary: Its merely a personal preference, don't get me wrong N97 is arguably going to be the best device out there (at least until Sony Err Idou is out), but in the end , you communicate and organize more than listening to music or watching TV on your mobilephone. This is where Pre trumps everything else out there.

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  3 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 8 stars

  ditching the iphone for this when it comes out!

  by jpoirier587 on March 27, 2009

  Pros: full qwerty
  widgetized home screen
  flash
  tilting slide out
  removable battery
  5 mp camera
  30 fps vi

  Cons: resistive touch screens are hard to type on but i dont really think i'll care because of the qwerty

  Summary: the iphone might have a super smooth UI and a ton of apps but a UI only goes so far and most of the apps are trash. other than apps ...

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  Summary: the iphone might have a super smooth UI and a ton of apps but a UI only goes so far and most of the apps are trash. other than apps an UI the iphone lacks in every category which is where the n97 comes in. i'm in the u.s. so i'll have to wait a little longer for our version to be released but after researching smartphones for weeks and this is the only one to really give me everything i want. omnia HD comes close but i want some physical keys for a change.

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  3 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 1 stars

  I dont call it as a Mobile or Phone, its a toy

  by SharathKemthur on February 5, 2010

  Pros: Only pros i find in N97 is stylish Pouch

  Cons: It has got all the problem , like getting hang ,swith off in every second hour, worst software .

  Summary: This is the most worst handset i used in past ten years. Nokia once again proved that they are only good in making basic handset. For eye wash they sugest ...

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  Summary: This is the most worst handset i used in past ten years. Nokia once again proved that they are only good in making basic handset. For eye wash they sugest software upgradation, its a utter waste. Only request to Nokia work more on R& D before commercialising such a expensive Mobiles.

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  2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 3 stars

  company is impassive to customer complaints

  by neeradd on January 25, 2010

  Pros: COMPANY SHOULD INTERACT ON ONE TO ONE BASIS IF THEY WISH TO WIN INDIAN CUSTOMERS. Nokia is pathetic in addressing customer greviences.

  Cons: NOKIA SERVICE CENTRES ARE PATHETIC AND VERY ARROGANT.

  Summary: Dear All,
  Please help me with the contact details of anyone from Nokia who can help me out in the below querry.
  I am one of those highly dissatisfied users ...

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  Summary: Dear All,
  Please help me with the contact details of anyone from Nokia who can help me out in the below querry.
  I am one of those highly dissatisfied users of nokia who are suffering due to poor quality of materials of noka N82. I am using N82 from last 1.5 years and I am faced with dielima of either spend hugely on repair or buy a new phone. The LCD screen has started developing lines, the panel got scratcehd with 10-15 days of purchase. I took it to the nearby service centre who was very BLUNT in telling me that Nokia does not replace panel covers etc.
  
  Please help me so that my next phone remains to be NOkia..
  
  I was using a Sony K750i before this phone for 1.5 years- which my wife is still using witout any problems, for that matter even battery is the same...
  
  
  regards,
  Neerad

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 1 stars

  Bad choice for a smart phone

  by rigferna on January 15, 2010

  Pros: the only pros I find on the phone is the large internal storage for music and clear display

  Cons: Constant resets, constant restarts, low ram constantly, firmware updates do not resolve issues, make phone worese, bad customer support, needs constant factory reset to get the unit stable for a while.
  Slow to respond, very slow processor

  Summary: Overall I find this phone to be a complete rip off, it is not worth the money. It is a very slow phone with limited Ram. ]running a couple of ...

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  Summary: Overall I find this phone to be a complete rip off, it is not worth the money. It is a very slow phone with limited Ram. ]running a couple of programs at the same time and you start running into the issue of aplication shutdown and that is in the best of cases since normaly it just blocks off. The firmware updates is another issue, the phone came out and had one update ready, installed it with some improvement on the unit, second update made the phone relatively stable but the last update V20 just turned the phone to a brick. Even while the updates I performed with begining with a complete hard reset of the unit, errasing all data on the internal memory to avoid any issues, well I guess the update is just not up to speed since it just made the unit very impractical for use. As a novelty I would say it is nice but as a real phone it lack stability and usability. it is very frustrating to have to take out the battery every 5 or 6 phone call you receive to get the unit to work. There are a lot of other units out there that work a lot better then this phone and are resonably priced.
  Overall I highly do not recommend unless you are willing to live with constants phone problems/issues.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 2 stars

  I Pity The Fool Who Buys!

  by MrTMilleniumEdition on October 1, 2009

  Pros: Video camera is very good. Nice to use 16:9 ratio. Good playback, albeit a bit of a battery muncher. Making it a bit impractical.

  Cons: This is phone is a total car crash. It doesn't work. It isn't reliable. They should never have released it. The Ovi suite is a shocker too.
  
  I should have bought an iPhone.

  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 4 stars

  Slow phone, hangs all the time, interface not intuitive

  by anitarajendran on September 28, 2009

  Pros: Slow response time, hangs all the time, and texting is also not so userfriendly as iphone. Handwriting option is a unique feature but again not user friendly.

  Cons: Pictures are very nice, having a separate keyboard is good too

  Summary: As a hardcore Nokia fan, severely disappointed in the phone.

  Summary: As a hardcore Nokia fan, severely disappointed in the phone.

  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 7 stars

  Nokia N97 is a Mini-Computer

  by jchew1125 on July 11, 2009

  Pros: Form Factor, 32G of onboard memory, Multi-Media feature (excellent video playback, music functionality), radio, S60 community, fully-loaded with Joiku-Spot, Bloomberg, Qik and other productivity apps, beautiful large screen.

  Cons: Space bar off to the right, symbol shift key to the far right, not enough tactile feedback when typing

  Summary: I went to the Nokia flagship store in New York City six days ago, and picked myself up a N97 for $699. With tax it was over $750, so this ...

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  Summary: I went to the Nokia flagship store in New York City six days ago, and picked myself up a N97 for $699. With tax it was over $750, so this phone wasn't cheap. I am a a Nokia fanboy, and heavily involved in the S60 user community here in NYC, so my purchase was motivated by wanting to own Nokia's latest and greatest flagship phone. There's an incredible amount of buzz in the blogosphere about this phone, and Nokia through WOM World is promoting the N97 big time. I also attended the N97 Launch party in NYC, so I felt I should commit by giving this phone a shot. The phone looks great. At first I was set on buying a black N97, but I walked out of the store with a white N97. The salesman told me I made a right choice, and showed me his white N97. In fact, most of the sales associates @ the Nokia store opted for the white model. Interestingly, I was at the store on launch day, and all they had were the black models, but it seems the white models are selling better.
  
  First impressions..the phone is a looker. It looks very sexy, and is one of those phones that will get you looks in public places. Especially as Nokia phones get more exposure in North America. I always get excited when I see Nokia phones (esp. E71s, and now the N97 )in the wild. I am a Blackberry user, and one of the questions I wondered to myself was whether or not the N97 could replicate the Blackberry experience. I know it wouldn't be an equivalent experience. At first I was disappointed. The messenging app on phone isn't that great. There's no push-email, and it felt inefficient. I was used to Blackberry's ease of use. However, after I took the time to set up the mail application, and then also installed "Seven" to provide me push-email funcitionality, it was better. I'm still trying to figure out email, because blogs report there are a number of free services that will make the email experience great on the N97, e.g., Emoze. Second, the keyboard isn't awesome. I love the keyboard on my Curve. The N97's keyboard should be awesome, but its keys don't feel great, and the weird location of the space bar really cut into my typing speed. I can normally type a long email quickly on most full qwerty devices. But, I do have to say that after five days with the N97 I am getting more used to the keyboard, and now can type long emails with fewer hiccups. I still think Nokia could have done a better job with this keyboard, but it is not as bad as some people make it out to be especially after a few days of use.
  
  I like the screen. It is big, and bright. It is resistive, but I have found it very responsive. It would have been better if it was capacitive, with multi-touch. Nokia has a good track record with manufacturing phones, and somehow, I'm not going to really hold it against them that they didn't absolutely nail this touch screen thing. It's pretty good, and I am able to flip through apps, and scroll using one hand. That's the ultimate test.
  
  There's still much to learn, because this phone is a microcomputer. It has 32G of memory. I probably won't have to buy a micro-SD.
  
  One thing that was easy to do and great was transferring Amazon Video on Demand content to my N97. I bought a movie and transferred it to my N97, and it was easy, and the movie looked great on the large screen of the N97.
  
  The phone is a little expensive. It might be a better buy if you wait until the price drops to around $550. Then I say this phone would be worth it. But wanting to have the latest and great Nokia phone first, I did pay the full $699. The phone is growing on me, and I'll probably keep it.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Good Camera, Fast respond and Long battery life

  by andymaine on July 4, 2009

  Pros: Size, Camera, Qw keypad, Touch screen, Wifi, Bluetooth, battery Life

  Cons: Got to purchase the Microsoft product for full version, S60.

  Summary: Good respond on the touch screen, Answer phone call with just a slide, stable Wifi connection, setting up email is a breeze, Good camera focus in its class, application is ...

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  Summary: Good respond on the touch screen, Answer phone call with just a slide, stable Wifi connection, setting up email is a breeze, Good camera focus in its class, application is so far acceptable, music and ringing tone is clear and loud, setup of syn using bluetooth is also easy and sending large data and retrieving is fast with good respond too. It has been 1week (24/7 On) with me and so far no error and working great beside calling, Messaging, E-mailing, Web surfing, gaming and using the bluetooth. GREAT PHONE.

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