Nokia N97 White Unlocked GSM Cellular Phone

The new Nokia N97 is here. The new phone is set to take the world by storm. People are calling this the iPhone killer. Before we can even begin to call it an iPhone killer we have to see the differences between the two phones.

On a recent posting on the Scobleizer blog, Robert Scoble made some comparisons between the iPhone and the N97

1. It does 16:9 video. The iPhone doesn’t even do video. So, how can you go to a Daft Punk concert and record it to taunt your friends?
2. It has a 5 megapixel camera. The iPhone only has 2, and the quality isn’t even close. The camera also has a dual LED flash, so you can take pictures in the dark where the iPhone can’t.
3. I can type three Facebook status messages on the N97’s nice QWERTY keybord in the time that I can type two on the iPhone.
4. It does copy and paste, so you can copy URLs to send to your friends. The iPhone can’t do that.
5. It has replaceable batteries so you can charge up three batteries and Facebook for days, while the iPhone needs to be hooked back up to the wall for recharging after a few hours.
6. The GPS device does turn-by-turn and has a built in compass, so you’ll get to your parties faster than with the iPhone, which doesn’t have a compass and doesn’t do turn-by-turn.

After some testing and usage of the phone all the reviewers can't help but sing the praise. They can't get enough of the N97 which is not only going to be a good looking phone it will also stand out with the high-end build

Allaboutsymbian.com wrote that the the high-end build needed to be experienced to be full appreciated

...first few hand-ons impressions: In the hand the N97 feels pleasingly solid, with an extremely impressive slide mechanism - it is obvious a lot of testing has gone into the hinge mechanism. In slide closed mode it is equally solid, with no give. The keyboard, while limited by design constraints, feels good, though as ever it's difficult to come to any final conclusions with prototypes. Subjectively, the 'feel' and the design of the handset screams high end with materials that can not be fully appreciated in pictures (it has that caress-ability x-factor).

Even Joel Evans over at geek.com couldn't stop talking about the phone and how Nokia is billing this phone as a mobile computer rather then a phone

...Nokia is billing it as an always connected “mobile computer”, so you can bet that the company will take full advantage of 3G, WiFi, social networking, GPS, and just about anything else. The big question is whether or not it can steal some of the limelight from the iPhone and others when it finally hits the shelves.

For a full review go over to ZDNet or Engadget for a hands on video