Eguchi Shunjiro, designer for the N97

[MiAkount]

ok who ever did the UI design and the hardware design screwed up..

[asianhawwy]

2:15. "I really like the 'f..c' ...the way it sits on the table"

[aserta]

so he's the one that i must kill for making such crappy phones lately?>

[vaqar001]

Bastard im 100% sure his personal n97 has also got scratches on his camera lens bcoze of the lens cover.

[michaelkitselaar]

What a champ. The only challenge for him will be what to do next, I can't think of anything that this phone doesn't have that I would want

[dubtafoo]

things they can improve:

1. higher resolution display

2. second touchscreen with swappable OLED keyboard/gamepad that fits on top of the second display.

3. Faster CPU

[Armixs]

hot phone~!~!~!~!

[leonfrog2108]

He's my idol :D

[Insane06STi]

Agreed! This man has more brain cells than these morons who probably cant even use the right English pronounciation ! Can you spell that? Spell pprrroo nnoouunnnn cccccccc ationnnn, get it little kkk`s?

[Shmyea]

I wonder what your accent in Japanese is like.

[noir41]

To people who intend or making fun of his accent: He probably has more brains / money than your entire family!

If you have an American or English accent and maintain your current attitude, you'll most probably end up having a career as a salesperson. And guess what? You'll be selling this very phone! Ironic, isn't it?

[lonewolf604]

considering english is (one of) the hardest languages to learn, he does a great job

[firelordf16]

It would be cool it it had a Xenon Flash like my N82. But anyways for what they have done...Still gona buy it!

[Solarsun21]

I'm hoping they'll make a last minute change and put a Xenon flash in it instead of the Dual Led.

The N82 made great pictures with the Xenon Flash. Also terrific in the dark. Let's cross our fingers.

With or without, I still want the N97 ;)

[firelordf16]

Stop discussing the way how he speaks and listen to what he is speaking about that is the N97! u should be proud of him that he designed such a flagship phone!

[Solarsun21]

Awesome design! I hope the QWERTY feels good when you're touching it. And I hope Nokia actually listens to its users.

Btw, my first language is Dutch and I think he's very understandable in English. Use your ears;)

[denizg6]

sony xperia x1 similarity equals not innoviative not the best design

[save12279]

his english is quite undestandable and accent is no problem cause he is not american and not british he is japanese.

[daniaadam]

He is so handsome!!! hu..hu... :-)

[noir41]

Ask him out ;)

[BertieWatsonMusic]

This guy is so calm he can send you to sleep, in A GOOD WAY!!! haha :)

[noir41]

Agree! lol! But i guess that's the case with almost every technical designer. They tend to be chilled out and calm. As if their mind is in a world of its' own!

[jihongfei119]

the n97 use the omap3 cpu??? if not i think it is out of time!

the ti omap3 is so powerful! it the new touch phones of nokia not use the omap3 it is not so excellent! and can not bate the iphone and htc touch pro adn so many smartphones!

maybe nokia is really out of time!

[wiz3rg]

this phone is awesome and NOKIA rullz.

[0129175195]

those who say his english very bad lack of IQ

[NIkeAir26]

yashrg, you cant even spell english! i dont say im good.

[marcowilli]

I want this phone today. I don't undestand why Nokia have postpone its sell till the first trimester.

[yashrg]

his engrish is so bad!

[0129175195]

he is japanese

[khuctinh]

no it's not..it's his accent..he learned British English not American English that's why u have a hard time listening...but his English is understandable..and adequately fair ...

[yashrg]

you're trying to justify bad grammar and poor, slow sentence construction with 'british english' ? If he was competent at speaking even british english fluently, it wouldn't make him look so dumb.

[Mephisteus]

Yes, imagine learning a language that is completely different to the one you grew up with and try to overcome years upon years of specific movements of the mouth that happen automatically when you start making certain sounds.

That's called accent. It's called natural. And there is a reason it's considered special if you truly have no accent when speaking a foreign language.

And it's neither British English nor the American bastardisation. He's speaking polite English, neither Cockney nor Yank.

[Mephisteus]

I'm a language nut, can you tell? :P

On a different note. It's entertaining to see a bit of the thought process :)

[carlossilva1]

This phone is very cool!

It looks so CHANEL! I just love it!

[ralax3]

sry my mistake

[ralax3]

it has no sound

[NsOSnipSU]

I-WANT-THIS-PHONE!!!!!

[tvat1]

5@@@@@!

[GLeNss]

This be my first phone with a qwerty keyboard, i was going to get the iphone but the camera is only 2mp and is SHITE!

Can't wait to buy this yummmm tastes like consumerism

[endlessmidnite]

Very thoughtful design concept it is indeed..

It doesn't matter if Apple Iphone has got their hands on the market first, followed by Omnia, Touch Diamond and so on.

Nokia tends to wait and analyze the market, what consumers really need to make their life easier. And guess what? This is the outcome of all those ideas combine together!

3.5" screen just like the Iphone, with Qwerty keyboard, it's just too awesome! lastly but not least is the 32GB internal memory included!

[rayofla]

Great design Eguchi. Very Impressive. Coming from a DieHard Apple product user for many, many years, I want to let you know that your N97 will be my next phone. I like companies that are in tuned with what customers really want. Much respect and thank you. I think you "hit the nail on the head" with this product.