Phone Comparison - Nokia N9 vs Nokia N97 vs Nokia N900

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Nokia
Announced June 2011 November 2008 August 2009
Status Available - September 2011 Available - June 2009 Available - November 2009
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white White, Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Side-Slider
Dimension 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 2.99 cc )
117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc
(4.61 x 2.18 x 0.63 in, 3.46 cc )
110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
(4.37 x 2.35 x 0.71 in, 4.45 cc)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz) 181 g (6.38 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Maemo 5
Processor 1 GHz Cortex A8, TI OMAP 3630 434 MHz ARM 11 600 MHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX530 PowerVR SGX530
RAM 1 GB 128 MB 256 MB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB storage 32 GB storage 32 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 16GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT resistive touchscreen TFT resistive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 65K colors
Size 3.9 inches 3.5 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (251 ppi) 360 x 640 pixels (210 ppi) 800 x 480 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.88% 52.01% 52.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visu Stereo FM radio (via third par
Games Angry Birds Magic (NFC), Galax Yes + downloadable Yes + downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2576x1936 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics Carl Zeiss optics Carl Zeiss optics
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch-focus Geo-tagging Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, VGA@15fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Class 32 Class 32
Edge Class 33 Class 32 Class 32
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 16GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 1500 mAh (BP-4L) 1320 mAh (BL-5J)
Stand by Up to 380 h (2G)
Up to 450 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
408 h (3G)
Up to 278 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 9 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h (3G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)