Phone Comparison - Nokia N9 vs Nokia N97

Nokia N9
nokia n9
Nokia N97
nokia n97
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced June 2011 November 2008
Status Available - September 2011 Available - June 2009
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
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 )
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network 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
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

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

display Display

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

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

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

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
Stand by Up to 380 h (2G)
Up to 450 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
408 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)