Nokia rolls out streamlined N97, calls it the N97 mini

by Parm Mann on 2 September 2009, 11:17

Tags: N97 mini, Nokia (NYSE:NOK)

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Late last year, Nokia announced its N97 smartphone and quickly branded it as the world's most advanced mobile computer.

Today, it's launching a refreshed version in the form of the N97 mini. As the name suggests, it's the N97 of old packaged in a smaller, sleeker frame, measuring 113mm x 52.5mm x 14.2mm - making it more pocket friendly than the 117.2mm x 55.3mm x 15.9mm original.

Unfortunately, that shrink in dimensions isn't without its drawbacks and the N97 mini sports a smaller 3.2in resistive touchscreen - down from 3.5in on the full-fat N97 - and built-in storage capacity drops all the way from 32GB to 8GB.

Elsewhere, however, users can look forward to the same 640x340 resolution, a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard (now without D-pad) and the fifth-edition of Symbian's S60 operating system.

What's new to the handset is Lifecasting with Ovi, an application that allows users to publish their location and status updated directly to Facebook. Nokia reckons it's all "about building deeper and closer connections between people", adding that the N97 mini will "trigger new kinds of communication patterns, such as sending messages or status updates or even navigating to a friend or a place".

We reckon it's an N97 trimmed of a few extras to make it smaller and cheaper. If you're interested, though, it'll begin shipping in October priced at around €450.



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Very neat and nice but still the price - $450 - really…

Smaller screen is still big enough and memory can still be upgraded so I see no draw backs.
Brewster0101
Very neat and nice but still the price - $450 - really…

Smaller screen is still big enough and memory can still be upgraded so I see no draw backs.

The €450 price is SIM free without a contract. Bear in mind that the old full fat N97 cost €900 at launch if you wanted it without a contract. With a 2 year, £30 per month contract the price of either looks a lot more palatable, just as it will with the new N97 Mini.
So might be alot cheaper on contract then… Good. Look forward to it.
chrestomanci
Bear in mind that the old full fat N97 cost €900 at launch if you wanted it without a contract.
wow. Makes my Touch Diamond 2 sound cheap!