Nokia N97 Touchscreen 3G mobile phone reviews

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Score 7.8/10 Read 1090
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+ This mobile phone has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on ease of use.

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Nokia N97:Smartphone Quad Band Touchscreen See full product description

Ease of use	7.6
Features	8.5
Battery life	6.6
Design	8.4
Value for money	7.6
Overall rating	7.8

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john, celbridge Basic text and chat user

Score 5.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: internet connection is very slow.hard to navigate around the phone apps.only for it was free it not worth buying

Ease of use	4.0
Features	7.0
Battery life	5.0
Design	5.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	5.0

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Confirmed purchase: 25 Apr 2011

Confirmed purchaser Basic text and chat user

Score 5.0/10

Good points:: The Nokia N97 looks really good, and has many useful features. Camera, is clear and excelent.
Bad points:: Battery life is really poor. I charge my phone over night, and without a doubt the same time the next night my battery is flat and needs charging again. This phone goes really slow, and sticks alot. The background on the phone has burnt into the screen so you always see the home page in the background.

Ease of use	9.0
Features	9.0
Battery life	1.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	5.0
Overall rating	5.0

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Confirmed purchase: 23 Mar 2010

Kerry, Cork Basic text and chat user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Phone is easy to use and easy enough to figure out even before reading the instructions. Fantastic for all the things i've needed it for; email, internet, facebook (tho havent figured out how to check my groups yet).
Bad points:: The battery life is fairly short, but once you get used to using it you get to know the 'habits' of the phone and how long you have till it needs to be charged again, but this is the onle problem i can report on! :)

Ease of use	9.0
Features	9.0
Battery life	5.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 23 Apr 2011

Confirmed purchaser Basic text and chat user

Score 2.0/10

Good points:: It is good for texting.
Bad points:: It was fine, then the volume went funny, quickly followed by the phone not responding

Ease of use	8.0
Features	8.0
Battery life	6.0
Design	6.0
Value for money	1.0
Overall rating	2.0

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Confirmed purchase: 18 Nov 2009

Confirmed purchaser I hate Nokias

Score 1.0/10

Good points:: None
Bad points:: Where do l start?
Phone has many software problems, battery problems, user problems, all in all l will never buy another Nokia ever again and I will advise anyone else to do the same.

Ease of use	1.0
Features	1.0
Battery life	1.0
Design	1.0
Value for money	1.0
Overall rating	1.0

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Confirmed purchase: 17 Jun 2009

Marie, Dublin Basic text and chat user

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Easy to use. Good battery life
Bad points:: Not intuitive.. Had to read the manual

Ease of use	7.0
Features	7.0
Battery life	8.0
Design	5.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 08 Apr 2011

Emilia, Ipswich Basic text and chat user

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: It's easy to use has a very nice designe. You've got lots of facilities to use in this phone
Bad points:: the battery life is unfortunatelly not very good. sometimes i have to charge my phone everyday.

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 05 Mar 2010

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Product Features

Operating system	Symbian
Software on which the device runs
Type of phone	Smartphone
Smartphones are phones with mobile computing systems and the ability to perform complex processes such as image and video capture and app downloads.
Shape of phone	Slider
Mobile phones come in a variety of shapes: the most common is the bar (or ‘candy bar’) a rectangular block shape. Other common forms are the ‘slider’, which elongates when one section is slid out from the other and ‘flip’, where the two sections of the phone are hinged.
3G	Yes
3G allows mobile phones and mobile dongles to achieve broadband speeds similar to that of home broadband. This allows users to browse the internet, email and download files and video whilst on the move.
Touchscreen or keypad	Touchscreen
Touchscreen phones do not have physical buttons, instead you can dial numbers and type texts using equivalent numeric and QWERTY keypads on the screen. Numeric and QWERTY keypad phones have buttons to allow you to dial number and write texts.
Connections	WiFi

Connections	Bluetooth

Connections	USB

Extra functions	Email

Extra functions	Satellite navigation

Extra functions	Camera

Extra functions	Instant messaging

Extra functions	Flash

Band	Quad
Different frequency bands are used in different countries. Most phones can be used across Europe as they are Tri Band. You will need a quad band phone if you plan to travel to the USA.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	360

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	640

Camera resolution (MegaPixels)	5
The amount of data that can be captured when taking a photograph or video. A larger number represents a higher quality image, though this is also affected by other factors such as the lens size and quality.
Talk time (Hours)	6.5
Talk time dictates how long your phone’s battery will last if you were to talk continuously on it from a full charge.
Stand-by time (Days)	17.9

Depth in cm	1.59

Height in cm	11.72
The distance from the very top of the product to the very bottom.
Width in cm	5.53

Memory card slot	Yes
Having a memory card slot allows you to save data to a memory card and then transfer it to another device. For example you may put a photo from your camera or mobile phone onto a memory card and then plug it into your printer to print directly. Memory card slots come in many formats: Compact Flash Card Memory Stick Duo Micro SD Card MMC SD Card SDHC Card
Autofocus	Yes
Weight (g)	150
The weight of the product in grams.
EDGE	Yes
A precursor to 3G, this technolgy allows improved data transfer rates allowing features such as video streaming. Read more about EDGE on Wikipedia
FM tuner	Yes
An FM Tuner allows you to listen to FM radio stations on the move. You can see a list of FM radio stations at Ofcom.
MP3 playback capable	Yes

HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)	Yes
Java	Yes
A software platform allowing 3rd party applications such as games to be loaded. Read more about Java on Wikipedia
Release date	2009-01-20
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Nokia

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Manufacturer's Description

ProfileSystem
WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA),EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

User Interface
S60 5th EditionDimensions:117.2 × 55.3 × 15.9 mm*mm (L x W x H) *18.25 mm at camera area

Weight
Approx. 150 gDisplay:3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colorsnHD16:9 widescreen (640×360 pixels)

Battery
Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAhMedia

Memory
Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory,plus 16GB expansion via microSDmemory card slot)

Video playback
MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264,up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution RealVideoup to QCIF @ 30 fps Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fpsFlash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in internet browser

Music playback
MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMAMain

CameraLens
Carl ZeissTessar™

Image capture
Up to 5 megapixels (2584 × 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)

Video capture
MPEG-4 VGA (640 × 480) at up to 30 fps

Aperture
F2.8Focal length:5.4 mm

Flash
Dual LED camera flash and video light

Operating TimesTalk time
Up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)

Standby time
Up to 400 hrs (3G), 430 hrs (GSM)

Video playback
Up to 4,5 hours (offline mode)

Music playback
Up to 37 hours (offline mode)Connectivity & Data Services

•WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support
•Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
•3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC)
•Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR)
•GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)

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