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Finally, the most awaited N97 Nokia cell phone has been launched. Being one of the principal rivals of iPhone, it has a lot of high-end technology features and a great aspect. The N97 Nokia has a resistant plastic slide-out case and it’s available in two classic colors: black and white. Similar with first HTC Pocket smartphones launched in 2006, the Nokia N97 has a full-QWERTY keyboard.



The case measures 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm in dimensions and has 150 grams in weight. It is not very slim and light, but having a lot of features, these dimensions will not be a problem for you.  When you slide the phone, the screen becomes almost perpendicular to the keyboard, making it very easy to read, exactly like a book. Nokia N97 doesn’t have many external buttons, so you will find only the usual keys which you can find on other Nokia models.

On the top-left of the screen you will find a secondary camera for video calls which can be also used to take photos at a low resolution. On the top-right of the screen you will find an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor which adjusts the screen light when it detect that you put the ear. At the bottom of the screen you will find a special metal key placed diagonally which opens the phone’s main menu. There are also the usual Accept and Reject call keys, both showing and operating as touch keys. On the sides you will find a miniUSB port (which allows you to charge the phone or synchronize it with a PC), a volume rocker, a camera shutter, a 3.5 mm jack and the Power On/off button.

The QWERTY keyboard has 33 keys and it is very receptive. The keys are large, flat, with enough space between them so you can write easily on them. If you feel more comfortable, there also is a stylus pen which will give you more accuracy. The 3.5 inch touch screen is very impressive. Having a native resolution of 360 x 640 pixels and supporting 16 million colors, you will receive excellent images with a great quality and contrast. Like a high end smartphone, The Nokia N97 has several features like accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, proximity sensor for auto turn-off and handwriting recognition which make this cell phone easy to use.

On the back, it has a 5 Megapixel camera which can take photos at a maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels and record clips at a speed of 30 fps. Even if it lacks smile detection, face recognition, it has many other features like Carl Zeiss lens, auto-focus, Bi-LED flash, supplementary light for video mode and geotagging which will help you take excellent quality photos.

The Nokia N97 is a Quad-Band (GSM / HSDPA / GPRS / 3G 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100) device powered by an ARM 11 434 MHz processor, so you will not find any lag when you use it. For connectivity it also has Wi-Fi, USB, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS and TV-Out. The internal memory capacity is huge: 32 GB of free space. This amount of space will be enough for you to store your music, photo and movies but if you want more, you can extend it with a maximum 16 GB with a microSD card. The external speaker and the media player (which supports many music and video formats) has a loud volume and produces a clear sound.

The N97 Nokia cell phone has a Li-Ion 1500 mAh standard battery which is capable of keeping it on for 6 hours of conversation and up to 408 hours in standby mode. These values are excellent for a smartphone with a lot of high-end features like the Nokia N97. With all these, this cell phone certainly is a strong rival for iPhone. With a price of $607 (a price which seems to cover all the technology used on it) the Nokia N97 is one of the best smartphones on the market.