Nokia N97

Nokia N97 is a touch screen mobile phone in the Nseries of smartphones by Nokia, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard (an AZERTY one is available in France).

Announced on 2 December 2008, the N97 is Nokia's second touchscreen phone (after the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic) based on the Symbian OS S60 5th edition platform.

The Nokia N97 was released in US flagship stores on 9 June 2009 and on 26 June 2009 was released worldwide. In September 2009 it was reported that two million N97 handsets had been sold in three months following its release.

The N97 ships with trial versions of Quick Office, Adobe reader, Boingo and JoikuSpot Premium as well as Nokia's own Ovi Maps and Ovi store.

The initial software had mixed reception, prompting the release of new firmware in October 2009. Nokia released the new firmware with kinetic scrolling for the N97 to address the major issues present in the firmware the device launched with.

Since October 2009 the N97 Mini is available which is a downsized version of the original N97. The N97 Mini was generally seen as an improvement over the original N97.

Manufacturer 

Nokia

Series 

Nseries

Compatible networks

HSDPA (3.5G), Quad band GSM /GPRS / EDGE GSM 850, GSM 900,GSM 1800, GSM 1900

Availability by country 

9 June 2009

Predecessor

N96

Successor 

Nokia N8

Form factor

Tilt slider

Dimensions 

117.2 × 55.3 × 15.9* mm

*18.25 mm at camera area for original (113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm for mini)

Weight

150 g for original (138 g for mini)

Operating system

Symbian OS 9.4 with Nokia S60Fifth Edition UI. Current firmware22.0.110 (RM-505) / 22.1.112 (RM-506) / 22.2.110 (RM-507)

CPU

Single CPU, 434 MHz ARM11

Memory 

128 MB SDRAM

Storage  

32 GB on-board (about 29.8 GB user available) for original, (8 GB for mini)

Removable storage

microSD 16 GB max (16 GB Max MicroSDHC available in 2009)

Battery

BP-4L (1500 mAh, Li-polymer) for original, (BL-4D 3.7 V 1200 mAh for mini)

Data inputs

QWERTY keyboard, resistive touchscreen, proximity andambient light sensors,accelerometer, digital compass

Display

640×360 px (16:9 aspect ratio), 3.5 in for original (3.2 in for mini), sliding tilt TFT LCD display, up to 16.7 million colours

Rear camera

5.0 megapixels

f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Tessar lens

Ringtones & notifications

MP3

Connectivity

WLAN 802.11b/g, USB 2.0,Bluetooth 2.0, TV-out (PAL/NTSC),FM transmitter only for original

Hearing aid compatibility 

M3

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