Nokia N97 or iPhone 3GS?

[fresh prince of sactown]

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
[table][tr][th="row"]General[/th] [td]2G Network[/td] [td]GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900[/td] [/tr][tr][td]3G Network[/td] [td]HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Announced[/td] [td]2008, November[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Status[/td] [td]Available. Released 2009, June[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Size[/th] [td]Dimensions[/td] [td]117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Weight[/td] [td]150 g[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Display[/th] [td]Type[/td] [td]TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Size[/td] [td]360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Handwriting recognition[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Sound[/th] [td]Alert types[/td] [td]Vibration; MP3 ringtones[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Speakerphone[/td] [td]Yes, with stereo speakers[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]- 3.5 mm audio jack[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Memory[/th] [td]Phonebook[/td] [td]Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Call records[/td] [td]Detailed, max 30 days[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Internal[/td] [td]32 GB storage, 128 MB RAM[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Card slot[/td] [td]microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, buy memory[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Data[/th] [td]GPRS[/td] [td]Class 32[/td] [/tr][tr][td]HSCSD[/td] [td]Yes[/td] [/tr][tr][td]EDGE[/td] [td]Class 32[/td] [/tr][tr][td]3G[/td] [td]HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps[/td] [/tr][tr][td]WLAN[/td] [td]Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bluetooth[/td] [td]Yes, v2.0 with A2DP[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Infrared port[/td] [td]No[/td] [/tr][tr][td]USB[/td] [td]Yes, v2.0 microUSB[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Camera[/th] [td]Primary[/td] [td]5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash, video light[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Features[/td] [td]Geo-tagging[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Video[/td] [td]Yes, VGA@30fps[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Secondary[/td] [td]Yes, VGA@15fps[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Features[/th] [td]OS[/td] [td]Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CPU[/td] [td]ARM 11 434 MHz processor[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Messaging[/td] [td]SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Browser[/td] [td]WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Radio[/td] [td]Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio; FM transmitter[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Games[/td] [td]Yes, N-gage + downloadable[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Colors[/td] [td]White, Black[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GPS[/td] [td]Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Java[/td] [td]Yes, MIDP 2.1[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]- 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[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Battery[/th] [td] [/td] [td]Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BP-4L)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Stand-by[/td] [td]Up to 432 h (2G) / 408 h (3G)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Talk time[/td] [td]Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Music play[/td] [td]Up to 40 h[/td] [/tr][/table]

iPhone 3GS Specs:
[table][tr][th="row"]General[/th] [td]2G Network[/td] [td]GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900[/td] [/tr][tr][td]3G Network[/td] [td]HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Announced[/td] [td]2009, June[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Status[/td] [td]Available. Released 2009, June[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Size[/th] [td]Dimensions[/td] [td]115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Weight[/td] [td]135 g[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Display[/th] [td]Type[/td] [td]TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Size[/td] [td]320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Scratch-resistant surface[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Sound[/th] [td]Alert types[/td] [td]Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Speakerphone[/td] [td]Yes[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]- 3.5 mm headset jack[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Memory[/th] [td]Phonebook[/td] [td]Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Call records[/td] [td]100 received, dialed and missed calls[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Internal[/td] [td]16 GB/ 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Card slot[/td] [td]No[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Data[/th] [td]GPRS[/td] [td]Yes[/td] [/tr][tr][td]HSCSD[/td] [td]No[/td] [/tr][tr][td]EDGE[/td] [td]Yes[/td] [/tr][tr][td]3G[/td] [td]HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps[/td] [/tr][tr][td]WLAN[/td] [td]Wi-Fi 802.11b/g[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bluetooth[/td] [td]Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Infrared port[/td] [td]No[/td] [/tr][tr][td]USB[/td] [td]Yes, v2.0[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Camera[/th] [td]Primary[/td] [td]3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Features[/td] [td]Touch focus, geo-tagging[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Video[/td] [td]Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Secondary[/td] [td]No[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Features[/th] [td]OS[/td] [td]iPhone OS (based on Mac OS)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]CPU[/td] [td]ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Messaging[/td] [td]SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Browser[/td] [td]HTML (Safari)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Radio[/td] [td]No[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Games[/td] [td]Downloadable, incl. motion-based[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Colors[/td] [td]Black, White[/td] [/tr][tr][td]GPS[/td] [td]Yes, with A-GPS support[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Java[/td] [td]No[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [/td] [td]- Digital compass
- Google Maps
- Audio/video player
- TV-out
- Voice command/dial[/td] [/tr][/table][table][tr][th="row"]Battery[/th] [td] [/td] [td]Standard battery, Li-Ion[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Stand-by[/td] [td]Up to 300 h[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Talk time[/td] [td]Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Music play[/td] [td]Up to 30 h[/td] [/tr][/table]
[color= rgb(0, 0, 0)]I am kinda biased to the iPhone because I own the 3G and... iPhone+ Jailbreak + Installous =[/color]

[color= rgb(0, 0, 0)]. I used to swear by Nokias before the iPhone dropped... sohelp me decide..[/color]

 

[jt air jt]

iPhone c'mn.

 

[mrmeeh2]

I'm going to be honest and say iPhone 3G S. The asian cellular mobile phones are falling behind in terms of technology thats including all N series againstthe 3GS, i've got to give it up to Apple for setting the bar high. Although any Japanese phone > iPhone.

 

[chicagokid23]

iphone brah

 

[k2theablam]

Originally Posted by Mrmeeh2

I'm going to be honest and say iPhone 3G S. The asian cellular mobile phones are falling behind in terms of technology thats including all N series against the 3GS, i've got to give it up to Apple for setting the bar high. Although any Japanese phone > iPhone.

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[kevl7]

Originally Posted by K2theAblaM

Originally Posted by Mrmeeh2

I'm going to be honest and say iPhone 3G S. The asian cellular mobile phones are falling behind in terms of technology thats including all N series against the 3GS, i've got to give it up to Apple for setting the bar high. Although any Japanese phone > iPhone.

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[mrmeeh2]

whoops! forgot to say excluding japanese phones in that same sentence.

 

[stack bundless]

Originally Posted by Mrmeeh2

I'm going to be honest and say iPhone 3G S. The asian cellular mobile phones are falling behind in terms of technology thats including all N series against the 3GS, i've got to give it up to Apple for setting the bar high. Although any Japanese phone > iPhone.

You do know that Nokia is from Finland, right?

 

[mrmeeh2]

Originally Posted by Stack Bundless

Originally Posted by Mrmeeh2

I'm going to be honest and say iPhone 3G S. The asian cellular mobile phones are falling behind in terms of technology thats including all N series against the 3GS, i've got to give it up to Apple for setting the bar high. Although any Japanese phone > iPhone.

You do know that Nokia is from Finland, right?

"The asian international cellular mobile phones" Happy?

 

[18key]

So how much is the N97? I've been considering one for my new phone (pending I like how it handles if I can ever get to play with one), and it's betweenthe iPhone and this pretty much.

 

[mrmeeh2]

Originally Posted by 18key

So how much is the N97? I've been considering one for my new phone (pending I like how it handles if I can ever get to play with one), and it's between the iPhone and this pretty much.

I see them on the average around $600-650, but if you see anything lower then that's a deal.

 

[goldmember]

Originally Posted by Stack Bundless

Originally Posted by Mrmeeh2

I'm going to be honest and say iPhone 3G S. The asian cellular mobile phones are falling behind in terms of technology thats including all N series against the 3GS, i've got to give it up to Apple for setting the bar high. Although any Japanese phone > iPhone.

You do know that Nokia is from Finland, right?

Reminds me of that scene from Transformer where the leader of S7 was saying the japanese were genius for creating Nokia..

 

[seniosoul]

If you had money you'd buy both... if you had hustlin capabilities you'd sell the one you don't like

 

[nash]

Originally Posted by Mrmeeh2

Originally Posted by 18key

So how much is the N97? I've been considering one for my new phone (pending I like how it handles if I can ever get to play with one), and it's between the iPhone and this pretty much.

I see them on the average around $600-650, but if you see anything lower then that's a deal.

get the iphone

 

[tooeasy891]

Iphone, the touch screen on the nokia sucks

 

[kdawg]

I was planning on getting an iphone next month when my contract is up - but I could get the N97 now and stick with the same company.

The only thing I see that is better is that it has a radio - it's a shame the iphone doesn't.

Half the speed on 3G though.

Can you get a document viewer for the iphone?

 

[ballin 2k3]

wait for the N900

 

[fresh prince of sactown]

that N900 looks like its gonna be hella pricey though... 500-600 seems about right price for the N97, and if I do get the 3gs i'd be on contract so thatwould be a cheaper route too..... but damn that n900 looks sick, but if price tag is >600 that its a no go..

 

[shaolin]

Originally Posted by Stack Bundless

Originally Posted by Mrmeeh2

I'm going to be honest and say iPhone 3G S. The asian cellular mobile phones are falling behind in terms of technology thats including all N series against the 3GS, i've got to give it up to Apple for setting the bar high. Although any Japanese phone > iPhone.

You do know that Nokia is from Finland, right?

whole time reading Mrmeeh's post i was

"what?"

Nokia btw.

Nseries >>> ____