Nokia N97 Hands-On

[vgwfhuqcdxuicdewx8]

WHO are these cunts talking to ?? cant understand shit..

[HLLover14]

ALL HAIL NOKIA!!!

[Cachalesco]

Que ruido tan horrible de voces!

[BeckyyyyJ]

I hate these vids with all the talking in the background! Grr!

[eskoliini]

Oh i forgot to say to some1 who said something bout HTC. I have htc touch pro... what a piece of shit! Win Mobile is even worse crap than Symbian. I still have difficulties to find or to remember where the hell are all settings and some another functions. They are somewhere under something what is under something what is under something what is.....

[maniek133]

do yo have a problem to find something on your computer? WM is organized similar to old windows and there everything is somewhere under something what is under something what is under something what is..... Why you blame HTC for microsoft product????

[eskoliini]

N97 is messy jungle of everything of s60 + it's partly annoying slow+ it doesnt obey all the touches. Xperia and iPhone are good examples of great organized and ez to use UI's. Nokia has much to do to get even close to Ericsson and iPhone. Say what u say but that's the truth.

[sciffy2k7]

love nokia phones defo upgrading to this when its out

[Dtetris]

sonyerickson Xpiperia or whatta fuck it is is ugly, nokia only knows how to made cool phone

[TheAshutosh11]

I think Sony Ericson Xperia has better look than this...........

[dorka900]

i love NOKIA phones, this is the best phone wich u can find i have n96 and its great but they can put 8 mpx or more in n97 because its high end s60 phone anyway its greeeeeeeaatttttt

[SkullMorgue]

this phone looks badass I had a Nokia N81 and loved it until it dropped in some water, I hated the Iphone but wanted a touchscreen phone so i bought a Samsung Eternity which is a pretty damn nice touchscreen but now that i see the Nseries is coming out with a touchscreen im deffinetly upgrading to the N97 first touchscreen smartphone I have seen that looks amazing. Apple got just about all of its tech from HP so the Iphone is technically an HP phone with the shitty overpriced apple name haha

[lonewolf604]

why is this the only video that shows the querty lighting up

[BigAussieBloke69]

I know eh!

[mashpotatomax]

Rcadden were did you buy that phone?

im looking every were but cant find one for sale

[Hoz2001]

it might be because of the fact its not out yet.

[sphere08]

im terribly dissappointed with this n97, why?? because its run on a single processor ARM11 434MHz and 128 MB ram. this is 2 years behind already. now its out of my shortlist. For now my shorlist are Palm pre , and HTC touch Diamond2

[jimbob150555]

Pls stop spamming the N97 video's pls. The phones you are listing are not up to the N-series standard in my eyes.

For example - Blackberry Bold has Terrible streaming issues and a God-awful camera rated 4/5 stars.

N97 is so far rated 5/5 stars, pls people ignore this retard, he is just pissed coz he got his dick stuck in his iphone headphone socket !!

[chrys4usa]

I love Nokia N97, more love again if you buy from zkforce09 (ONUR ACKA). He fucking good seller phone from Romania. If you buy from him, you pay but not get phone. Maybe Romania style. Anyway, I love this ONUR ACKA. Go to hell man.

[lonewolf604]

man, this phone is awesome but i wonder if 800 bucks is worth it when i can get the iphone for around 400?

[arsalan1491]

This phone is way better than I-phone. Just compare the features.

[aonixer6]

the iphone is old man just go for something new...

[The8800GTX]

I just bought a Bold, but im defenetly going to buy this one when it comes out !

[Taluct]

can someone tell me if it has a backlight in the qwerty???

[udissinbladers]

yes each button has a tiny light from what i have seen

[lowxfx]

hate the background noise

[yneshAshanti]

when will it be out in asia? although i could barely afford even the battery : /

[Billaaaaaaaaa]

june 14th in nokia sores UAE

[teasermaniac]

in my opinion this phone is a 5800 XpressMusic but modified! there absolutely no difference in the software, its the same but slightly modified for its business use. Busy people's mega dream phone! cheers Nokia

[Rcadden]

Actually, the N97 features several software enhancements that the 5800XM won't have, such as kinetic scrolling native in the browser, the widget-ized homescreen, and a few other niceties buried within.

[LAWAGO]

Samsung Omnia HD i8910 has a bigger screen with longer battery life! AND an 8 MPixel Camera to boot!

[UNIX1234567890]

omnia hd oled screen ftw :) better colours and brighter , lower energy use = longer battery life, epic camera resolution... i dont have a omnia hd but i have a xperia x1 :) the n97 can go and fuck off xD

[rick664ath]

this will come out the 9th of april, and it will cost 800, the US version will cost 900

[griesbachergold]

wow this handy is nice

i think i will buy it

i hope the menu is fast enough . -.- like the iphone menu

[linhaiyue]

说实在的真的挺不错的

[rprx]

i have no idea.. i just read it on softpedia.. i heard sumtime this month its coming out in america.. so pretty soon...

[rprx]

wow, luv it, cant wait for it com out, i read around march 31st its released :x

[parekoy54321]

a how much is it?

where can u buy it?

[RegisCartoons]

WTF with with all the food in the background ? :D LOLz

[SaintsHelper]

Got an n97 last day , and i say its a very good mobile,BUT since Apple and htc and SN and samsung realeased their newly products i got disapointed at the design, all nokia phones look the same

[mnn2k]

eh, u dont have an n97 and if u do its the alpha version.

[ESN06]

Damn, you got caught in a bold face lie. SMH!!

[iamsamson]

Does anyone know if this is the final version opf the OS? navigation seems clunky and doesnt really seem to follow through from the demo videos releaseed earlier with those smooth transitional animations , like when moving the phone to landscape mode

[Rcadden]

As mentioned before, this was an early alpha unit, nowhere near ready for primetime. In fact, you might be able to notice that, even on the front of the phone, it's labeled as Nxx, rather than N97, showing how not-final it really is.

[iamsamson]

Thanks man. Appretiate it =)

[nalitenime]

great phone but the way it slide sideways is a turn off.

It spoils the phone

[lara012499]

cute nga un eh...

[UNIX1234567890]

so true. i mean cmon its not like its a laptop or something. its ugly as hell lol

[drmr85]

why is the d-pad on the left?

[REALSLIK]

for gaming, n-gage. But it would make it practical to.

[Billaaaaaaaaa]

because its a touch phone

[sami098]

when will it release?

[avcomth]

It appears slow because the device was loaded with beta firmware. This is not the final version of the software which is going on sales. Also he's not suppose to show it to the public like that.

[Rcadden]

Correct it is beta firmware. However, I was given permission to record and post this video - in fact, half of Nokia's COMMs team was in the room with us, and 4 of the people who worked on this phone were there, as well.

[sjdean]

Mmm. I want one. Im due for an upgrade soon. Im very tempted by the 5800. Currently I have an N95. People seem to be slating the 5800 for being too focussed on music. What else is there I wonder? Then I see the specs for N97!

[nicejace]

.............

[h1samet]

look like too slow and too fat

[nicejace]

yes i think so

[AdmiralValdemar]

Because clearly how sexy a phone looks is more important than how capable it is, which explains why the iPhone is so popular.

And what's "slow" about this unit?

[SharurottoJjang]

Hahahaha. Ditto.

It looks rather amazing.

I want it so badly...

[qatarqatarqatarqatar]

why do i feel that its slow :S

[mircea2oo9]

lol .... we are talking about phones, who the f**k said anything about the mp3 player's iPod i was talking of that overcomercialed iPhone good for nothing (when it came out i said ... wow nice phone but when i baught it i wouldn't even wipe my a*s with it sold it ain't gonna make that mistake again) what i ment to say with that remark was that nokia is original in ideas .... that's it ... all coments made further from now are in vain :)) admint it iPhone will DIE

[SharurottoJjang]

I am not a fan of Apple. At all.

[Laluna350z]

ya rat basterd

[mircea2oo9]

nokia has been making phones for years .... apple just discovered the SIM .... shut up dude u're embaresing yourself :))) rolf ... apple ... phuahahahah kick nokia's ass phuahahahah get a life ... get a NOKIA

[Laluna350z]

lol look whos talking about making an ass out of himself. Dream on

[fiftyfourj]

???

[Lalune350z]

lol Nokia better than apple? Nokia will wish to come a little close to apple but apple will knock his ass down. Coping is not the way. Well unless if your a loser and don't have your won mind. Apple rules. My whole house is full of apples so shut up with your nobody company. Thats the same thing as comparing Windows Movie Maker to Final Cut Pro, or a Wild Cat against Tiger. Not a chance loser

[Fallen1522]

Are you 5? Just because Apple came out with one phone doesn't mean their going to stay the best. They were never the best. There are 3 times more PC users then MAC at least. The iphone does have some good features but your saying their one phone can beat Nokia the whole company? Nokia have been making phones since forever. Your whole house is full of Apple is because you don't try new stuff. Try playing games on MAC. Then try a PC. Tell me which is better when your done.

[Lalune350z]

Man if you don't know something don't talk. I used PC 15 years and it was crap. I switched to mac and now I will never ever buy a PC cuz its bullshit. I'm playing allot of games on my mac without any problems. And i have PS3 for games. Apple is the best. With computers and with phones and with mp3 players. My whole house is all apples because i chose it to be cuz apple proved itself to me. I don't want to deal with the problems that windows gives cuz its a pain in the ass. Windows sucks

[Lalune350z]

I play the same games on my mac that i could play on pc and guess what its much better and much faster. I don't have to buy a new Graphic Card each time i buy a new game. Just cuz i have a mac that dosn't mean I dont have windows i have both on my mac. It works better than it worked on pc. Doesn't meter if nokia made phones for a long time. You can make 1 phone that is better than the whole Nokias history and thats iphone. Its Nokia copying apple not apple copying nokia, history my ass

[joabrey]

dude, just give it up, we now know youre an apple freak, youre making an ass of yourself, its competition, just accept it.

[Laluna350z]

compotition my ass. give it up? Give up what ? lol you guys have to accept it not me. You know damn right its a copy but your in a mood to argue even though knowing that your wrong. So who's making an ass out of who. You Nokia freak!

[fiftyfourj]

nokia 7710 came out when the 2nd gen ipod came out or even earlier, stop talking bullshit

[Lalune350z]

you might as well name it iphone damn copy

[joabrey]

whatever loser, just because nokia made a better cell phone, youre crying already

[Lalune350z]

......

[mircea2oo9]

google nokia 7710 (2004 btw) this is like the brick version ... anyhow see the resembelnce ... whick company made the brakethrough of making the vertical display ??? this model the 5800 is the futuristic model of the 7710 not even close to being o copy of that piece of shit iPhone

[mircea2oo9]

google nokia 7710 (2004 btw) this is like the brick version ... anyhow see the resembelnce ... whick company made the brakethrough of making the vertical display ??? this model the 5800 is the futuristic model of the 7710 not even close to being o copy of that piece of shit iPhone

[MHAR4ever]

the n97 black version looks like a psp

it'll be a reat cell phone to play n-gage games with

the cool thing is that you need to press an icon twice so it could open

[sib350z]

im jelouse

[mortdawg111]

i wonder why they are always eating dinner while they review gadgets??

[MHAR4ever]

they weren't reveiwing gadgets

it jus that he happend to see one of his friends with n97 while having dinner

so it was his chance

[Rcadden]

Actually, this was at a pre-briefing dinner the night before the N97 was publicly unveiled at Nokia World in Barcelona. We were the first group of journalists to see the thing, and get to play with it and whatnot.

It's very cool, for sure.

[iversonabc]

Does it support youtube videos online watching?

[xJustPloug]

yes directly from the browser.. So freaking awesome..

[theyearofmobile]

good to know we'll be able to get a great touch screen phone with a keyboard lurking underneath as well. a lot quicker than iphone for typing emails!

[Nosquick]

one question... now did you get the phone before the release date???

[B0nckers]

might work for nokia?

[skam1]

Nokia are known to give out handsets for people to test before it released... i know with the N95 they were giving them out to random nokia mobile user to test.. obvious nokia will give them to people who will promote nokia for them, standard marketing...

[Fontanilla636]

they should add a hint of red in that phone , it would make it look nice.

[davidmao1990]

not very good

sb-system always delay and dang...

[Murissokah]

Would buy that one over an Iphone anytime.

[iaintno420]

in wich country?????

[Destr0yer4ever]

Its very cool, I think the black one looks a bit lika a PSP:)

[aaaarrroo]

this nokia is the best,betta then the 5800

[mse369]

Only downside is the LED flash instead of a Xenon one, other than that i can see this is going to be amazing

[Billaaaaaaaaa]

its led generation 2 so its almost like the xenon lflash...

[stalker94mcr]

huh black n97??

i thought it only come in white??

[muhammadali999]

simler to nokia music express and there no external memory port i think and how many internl memory it have ^????

[BerkeProductions]

internal 32 gig. maximum external is 16 gig

[samarthmehta87]

the nokia vid shows animated transformation b/w landscape and portrait modes.. how come they arent here ??

[tomcrammy]

The Nokia will launch in H1 2009, and will cost around €550 ($693).

[Redrush111]

damn, fisrt half is a very wide defenition... Does any one know an exact date?!!

[tomcrammy]

i think first half of 2009 is the only date released. They dont want to release much info or else nobody will buy the n96

[ManosOfTerra]

Almost fell into buying a N96. But nope. I'm gonna wait till the N97 comes. I love touchscreen.

[tomcrammy]

i love the way it slides its like a sidekick

[xJustPloug]

No not a date.. But i should come out in april..

[marjan15]

slow menu

[natan929]

there's no fading effects and slow.. am i right?

[watchurmouthyoungman]

where can you buy this??

[razza365]

2 questions 1. when duz this hit the uk 2. anybody know if 02 will be a network buying this phone please reply i wil be very grateful :)

[AquafreshContest]

1. It goes worldwide in the first half of 2009, so it will be anywere from January - June in your country.

2. I'm in Australia, and it is coming out with '3' , 'Optus' and 'Telstra', vodafone hasn't been announced as of yet.

[ahmin1985]

does N97 come with Stylus??? anybody know?

[NixTix98]

iPhone still way better in terms of the touch screen user friendlyness. You can get an iPhone 3g for $450 US dollars and this thing which costs a crazy 800 Euros. I've always loved Nokia phones, but for double the price of an iPhone I expect something that outperforms the iPhone in all aspects.

[triplleOG]

PLEASE stop with the "iPhone is better blah blah blah" This phone will be better than the iPhone, and it has way more features than the iPhone. I currently have the iPhone 3G and will definetly be getting this when it comes out! 32GB plus memory card expansion, 5meg camera with flash, physical keyboard, a customiseble HOMEPAGE, the iPhone doesnt even have a proper homepage! This will whoop the iphones ass big time, just watch!

[NixTix98]

Im no Apple fanboy in fact I hate all Apple things except for their Phones and portable media such as iPod. All the n97 is a mix of the Nokia n95, Nokia e90 communicator and the Nokia n810(not cellphone). Ive had all the mentioned, all they did was make a mix, nothing innovative or new. Re-used junk. They didnt even include xenon flash, total dissapointment.

[triplleOG]

At least it has a flash, does the iphone have one??? Please reserve your judgement on this phone until you actually use it in real life, then make conclusions on it ok!

[rabidstaples]

where are you getting those prices from? stop making bullshit up

[Ereran11221998]

the i phone is all touch screen its really annoying

[xJustPloug]

If you dont like touch screen.. Then but a DIFFERENT PHONE! Like N82-85-95-96 ANYTHING?

[Murissokah]

I'd rather have both. Touch is great for general use, but fails for typing long texts.

[azarbadegan]

You already fucked it.

[Geffen2007]

I love nokia becuse its so simple to use this phone looks compicated. but thats maybe i havent tried it yet. oh it looks like the sony ericsson X1 and iphone combined lol

good phone thanks for the post

[kenakaren]

loads of features which makes it tempting which makes it a great iphone competitor but as usual nokia is about simplicity interface which is boring n this is what it is inferior to iphone which feels like a toy in the hands soooo much fun to use ... i'd say n97 a great device but its not a great gadget simplicity it is.....

[chipmunkaraoke]

previous nokia n-series already beaten the crap out of the iphone. it's time for apple to make something new to leverage the iphone. n97 and the iphone do not even belong in the same league! iphone is just a phone while n97 is a multimedia computer.

[Shaqdaddy0snapz]

what network is this phone for ATT?

[maxinho81]

where the f. is the XENON FLASH ?

[chipmunkaraoke]

that is the "only" missing part... is there a way to buy a xenon bulb from third parties? so that we can just replace the led flash.?

[lolleri4]

Buy NOKIA support my country: Finland :)

[l0sts0ng]

Nokia has moved the factories to Romania. I guess buying nokia supports both countries.

[Ferny1972oachi]

Nice video man.

[JohnathanShambik]

u guys say its expensive.. any price yet?!

does it even have a release date?

[khalilts]

its $800 unlocked

[easy1355]

looks like Nokia has placed itself ahead of the competition yet again... well done, the phone looks and sounds amazing!!

[DK83pwns]

every1 wants 2 be an iphone

[07liberian]

The IPhone Wanted To Be A Windows Mobile Device. They Came Out First, Plus The N97 Is Crushing The IPhone anyway.

[DK83pwns]

but its not a windows mobile device? and the n97 is crushing it but its like way more expensive

[07liberian]

It's More Expensive Because You Are Paying For More. More Memory, More Megapixels, Bigger Screen, Keyboard, And Most Importantly For That Price...Durability.

The IPhone Is On The Soft Side, Very Easy To Break. It's Worth The Price It Is These Days.

[lleopaullista]

This is the most powerfull and great phone ever!!

Nokia Rules!!

[phyrexes]

This will be a prototype handset running prototype firmware, in general N-series phones get their firmware refined over the first 6 months of release such as for the N95. I cant wait for this in the UK.

[SYYDSP]

HTC copycat haha lol!

[sameer7177]

HTC suckx u jerk get life loser

[hoangvnzx]

HTC sucks,Nokia doesn't have to copy them so anyone who think this one is a HTC copycat,think again

[Finnegani]

this phone needs to run android, that will be awsome

[vastenmielinen]

dunno..

the G1 was quite.. bad

but lets see what this new

s60 5th -does first

[nodobt]

waaaw it will be the great phone

[karzan92]

I love the design but MAN is it slow. How long did it take to get to the menu!

[brummiesteven]

Nokia Symbain phones have always been slow, after having them for a while you get used to it. Although this is most likely a prototype...

[karzan92]

Every symbian i've ever had has never been that slow. Right now I have N958GB and its generally quite fast, but glitchy. I know I'll probably get this next summer if nothing better has come along, I hope its a prototype too!

[vastenmielinen]

they are different

like my two year old n73 compared

to my e90

,sure can see the difference in speed !

and also depending how much stuff u have stored in .like music ,pics ,videos ,apps. and such

[DROFDNAS]

first time ive seen the keypad lite up, thanks i didnt think it was!

[SkillzIn]

i didnt think so either. xDD

[eyoreluver]

Is this phone for at&t?

[salsaqueenb]

Nope, it lacks Att 3g network access (US)

[Fila718]

wtf!! the body looks like something HTC made and the UI looks like a tweak up n810. whats going on with nokia where's the james bond phones looks like the king of phones will die holding an apple..

[xxaznhoboxx]

just gotta love nokia. one question though. is it heat or tap sensored? looks like heat but i cant tell

[AxSVoldsom]

pretty sure its pressure sensitive, so tap basically

[ChiliPeppersFreak2]

the iphone uses hundreds of capacitors to locate the finger gestures. a human touch discharges these capacitors...and the center of the touch is calculated many times a second...similar to the touch pad of a laptop. this phone looks like it uses the same technology...i hate pressure sensitive touch screens.

[xxaznhoboxx]

i dont see why we cant have more technology literate people like here. i think its better to specify what kind of touch rather than companies saying that its a touch interface device. like the samsung behold. its a touchscreen and man do i hate it. its more of a tapscreen. pressure sensitive devices bother me because i dont want to be tapping all day long. plus the tapping sound of my fingers would be irritating to others

[MrGi]

I want it!!!

[weareborg]

Is that Darla I hear in the bg?

[godz1ll4]

how do u get the phone? omg