Phone Comparison - Nokia N97 vs Nokia N900

Nokia N97
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Nokia N900
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced November 2008 August 2009
Status Available - June 2009 Available - November 2009
Colors White, Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Side-Slider
Dimension 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 150 g (5.29 oz) 181 g (6.38 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Maemo 5
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 [Similar] 600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX530 [Similar]
RAM 128 MB [Browse Similar] 256 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 16GB

display Display

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

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visu Stereo FM radio (via third par
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

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

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB 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-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1500 mAh (BP-4L) 1320 mAh (BL-5J)
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
408 h (3G)
Up to 278 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Talk Time 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)