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Experts rate this product 77/100 and users 76/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Nokia N97 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 93/100 = Excellent quality.

The Nokia N97 is the flagship device of the manufacturer at the moment and Nokia vaunts it as being not only a top of the range device, but a 'mobile computer” as well. This certainly gets things ......

Large, beautiful screen with high sensitivity, GPS is fast and trouble free, Good audio quality, Reliable, high quality sliding mechanism

In-call quality is not good enough, Lack of full Office support, Limited support of video formats

With the Nokia N97, the manufacturer brings their top range N-series into the realm of smart phone fashion that is called touch sensitive screens. The phone is also being introduced as a mobile computer, although it is far from being one. Computers ...

Nokia produced yesteryear's smart phones of choice with the N series, and now it's upping the ante with the N97, which sports both a touchscreen and a full Qwerty keyboard. With the power of the Symbian operating system and a groovy angled screen, ...

Well laid-out Qwerty keyboard ; access to Ovi Store ; customisable homescreen ; widgets with live updates ; angled screen ; epic 32GB of memory with room for 16GB more

Bland user interface not the easiest to use ; unimpressive-looking display ; resistive touchscreen ; still some bugs ; no multitouch ; poor battery life

The Nokia N97 is another feature-packed N-series powerhouse that somewhat neglects design and usability considerations. With a great Qwerty keyboard but a disappointing resistive touchscreen, we're ultimately underwhelmed by the whole package

Has the N97 hit a sweet spot by bringing together Nokia's Communicator heritage and latest N-series technology?

Phonearena offers an indepth 10 minute review of the Nokia N97. The iPhone killer from Finland is stated to be Nokia's most advanced phone yet. It packs in 32 gigs of memory, 5 megapixel camera, 3.5 inch screen and all the usual features you would ...

On paper, the Nokia N97 ($700; unlocked as of 6/16/09) looks as if it could rival the other big phones of this summer, the Palm Pre, the Apple iPhone 3G S, and T-Mobile's follow-up to the Android-based G1. It has more memory than the other three, ...

Useful widgets update in real-time 32 gigabytes of on-board memory

Keyboard and navigation pad can be difficult to us Symbian S60 feels out of date

The 5-megapixel camera has a Carl Zeiss lens (and a cover), a dual LED flash, and a handful of advanced features. It also comes preloaded with photo/video editing software. Picture quality disappointed me, though; indoor shots came out grainy and dark ...

We grill Nokia's long awaited handset

Full of features, more storage than you can shake a stick at, excellent media playback functionality

Clunky and outdated Symbian operating system, slightly odd QWERTY keyboard

Fantastic piece of hardware, but a missed opportunity to make a great touchscreen variant of Symbian

Makes something of a mockery of those O2 iPhone 3GS tariffs...

It's no secret that we had our issues with Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, but has the Nokia N97 changed our minds? It is, after all, their flagship device and is packed to the rim with goodies. We already said the Touch Pro2 was the best Windows Mobile ...

Nokia tried really hard here, but to be honest, speaking from my personal opinion, the second I saw the N97 announcement I skipped right over it in my head. I'm the biggest N95-4 fan you'll find — but S60 5th Edition with a resistive screen, horrible ...

They don't get any bigger than that. A launch of this caliber can aptly be called inauguration day. The release of Nokia N97 is the N-series counter-move that geeks have been waiting for since November. Easily one of the most...

Slide-n-tilt 3.5" 16M-color resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution ; 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and lens cover (VGA@30fps video recording) ; Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th edition UI ; Slide-out three-row full QWERTY ...

The S60 5th edition UI still has poor ergonomics and is not as thumbable as expected ; Camera features are so two-thousand-and-late ; No DivX or XviD support out-of-the-box ; No smart dialing ; Somewhat limited 3rd party software availability ; No ...

We're about to see if this feature-loaded son of a gun is the stuff dreams are made of and if it has the gut to stand up to the best on the market. The 5800 XpressMusic was cheap enough to easily be forgiven a couple of shortcomings but the N97 is not ...

Going to face some very stiff competition...