Pre-order your N97 now! If you dare!

The N97 is finally available for pre-order, for all you Nokia fanatics. But is it worth it? Now that the Omnia HD is set for a end of may release? Which one to choose?

For a price of €599,00 ($800 but it will sell for $700 in the U.S. acording to this). You get a lower-end device compared to Samsung’s Omnia HD. Willing to pay a price that is awfully high for a mobile is known from the Nokia brand but at least they make sure their device is durable and really meant to “connect people” together. But from reviews, the N97 didn’t give such an outperforming performance, and doesn’t have the “next generation” tech inside of it. It seems to have the same camera as the N95 did, which was a 5 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. But that phone came out 2 years ago and I think that technology has evolved a little to at least perform an update in that category. Why not put the same camera as on the N86?

Other features like the processor which is an ARM II running at 423MHz is a great downside. I mean come on Nokia, now a days high end phones run at 600MHz minimum. The Omnia HD will probably run at 800MHz and for a cheaper price compared to the N97. Did you make your decision yet?

Now if you have been using Nokias since your birth, and sticking that way, go pre-order now. But I am suggesting that this time Nokia is not showing a high end phone to the public, but just another touch screen phone that we’ve already seen (5800 cough cough). The only addition is the keyboard which these days can a be a plus for heavy texters. But personally i don’t see a big difference. The Omnia HD doesn’t have a physical keyboard but from reviews and videos, it performed very well for a touch screen. Reviewers said the keyboard was nicely designed and that the huge 3.7 AMOLED screen just made it easier to type on. Even though the Omnia HD runs on the Symbian S60 5th edition like the 5800, I don’t want people comparing it’s keyboard because it has nothing to do. The screen almost gives it away but also the capacitive touch screen make it easier to the touch and better for inputs.

Nokia has made the N97 available for pre-order before the Omnia HD maybe because Nokia sees that they have been beaten and are trying to make the public more aware of their product and trying to divert peoples attention away the Omnia HD.

Final Word: “Just wait untill the Omnia HD comes out” “Don’t get the N97, it’s not worth the money”.

You can pre-order the phone here if you really want

Full comparison can be found on this site if you still are confused on which one to get or just have never seen or heard of these phones.

Omnia HD video review can be found here:

Full spec comparison of N97 vs Omnia HD here