Introduction
We’re always passionate about handsets that are known to be flagship models of the manufacturer and that are awaited by thousands of users and enthusiasts. Not that long ago we had Samsung Omnia, then there was Sony Ericsson X1, but Nokia N95 would have been the same deal as well. The current lead model of the largest mobile phone manufacturer should theoretically be the non plus ultra, with the latest and most features and an exemplary usability.
The guys at Nokia have learned a lot from the failure of N96. The low-performance processor, the menu system with barely any new features and the functionality were not saved by the Finnish company’s logo on the case as that didn’t sell the new handset. Many have bought it after N95 but had to choose something else disappointedly, in a more fortunate case they have opted for N85. This meant that the Finnish guys didn’t want to rush N97 at all, due to the more powerful rivals (Samsung i8910, HTC devices) they needed something that restores the normal world order (at least from Nokia’s point of view): the best smartphones are made in Finland.
N97 was first announced publicly in last December, we’ve been waiting since then for its launch. They have been sitting on it for half a year, refining and fine-tuning the phone, and now we have received a final version (the one that hit stores) from MGSM.hu. This is the one a customer gets after paying the price of about 620 euros, so the eventual bugs and problems are not due to a beta version, they are still present on the final version. And there are some problems, but let’s wait with the conclusion until the end of the review.
More and more handsets are being launched in this price range (over 600 euros) nowadays. Besides Touch Pro2, Samsung i8910 and Palm Pré, we also have the SIM-free version of iPhone 3GS, so we have some serious rivalry. Nokia knows this very well, so they have created a handset from E90 and N95 that cannot only compete with the others, but tries to offer a number of features that make the Finnish product unique. Did they manage to do this? Well, yes they did.
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