What the N97 should’ve had

Nokia’s next big thing is their recently announced N97. Nokia said that this phone will revolutionize how people interact and communicate to each other through this new live widget based homescreen. By live I mean that the widgets will automatically update themselves. They see it as the next N95 which was a very popular device when it came out 2 years or so ago. But Nokia didn’t take in mind that technology has evolved and that companies are making chips smaller and more power efficient these days. Nokia has almost done nothing to the N97 that is considered an upgrade. The camera is the same as the N95, which is a 5 mega pixel camera. It’s a good camera but phones now have 8 mega pixel (Samsung Omnia HD). Another disapiontment Nokia announced was the processor and RAM or the phone. Same as the Nokia 5800, we wont see any difference in performance, were as the price will be twice as much (599 euros-$700). The processor is said to be clocked at some low value of 423 MHz. The RAM is also very low at 128 mb. You won’t be able to run more then 3 applications at the same time. That’s a downer, Nokia should really consider upgrading that if they want users to enjoy their music while having sports tracker running at the same time.

Another point i want to make is the ability to conserve battery.

Now those numbers are decent and are definitely better then the N95. But it seems that Nokia has just replaced the battery with a more powerful one (1500 mAh). But that’s pretty much it. They could of saved power by giving the phone an OLED screen or an AMOLED for that matter, which is what the Omnia HD has. The technology behind AMOLED is definitely a huge plus because instead of spreading the energy through rows of pixels, AMOLED goes directly to the pixel that needs energy to light up, creating darker blacks and higher contrast. Now this is great if you have a dark theme on your phone, it will save you some battery time. Nokia is still using TFT LED technology which has been used forever, and doesn’t give you the chance to save some juice.

There I hope you reconsider if you were going to buy an N97 as your next phone. It’s not that I’m a Nokia hatter (I am using my N95 right now). But I prefer that people make the best choice for their buck. Omnia HD all the way