The Nokia N97 Mini is tiny, but it's no small fry. Just touch and tap to put favourite websites, email and more on your homescreen. Go online at breakneck speeds. And marvel at the big, razor sharp display - perfect for showing off shots from the stunning camera.
The Nokia N97 Mini improves on the design of the N97 with a smaller size and a more solid construction. Performance is also better and you now get free voice-guided navigation via Ovi Maps. The smartphone continues to offer a full range of wireless options, e-mail capabilities, and a 5-megapixel camera.
The original N97 measured 117 x 55 x 16mm and weighed 150g while the newbie cuts that down to 113 x 53 x 14mm and 138g. It's still a decent handful, but where the N97 felt bloated and heavy, the mini is comparatively sleek and tactile.
Above the touch screen is a 640 x 480 camera for video calls, while below it are touch-sensitive call start and stop buttons, plus a distinctive, offset, hard menu button. Around the sides are a volume rocker and camera shutter button, plus micro USB power/sync slot, and screen lock switch, with power button and 3.5mm headphone jack on top. At the back is the Carl Zeiss camera lens and dual LED flash, standing slightly proud of the rest of the casing.
The Qwerty keyboard snaps open rather brutishly and flips up on that same angled hinge we saw on the original. We like it, but we would have liked it more if you could adjust the angle. The N97’s five-way navpad is replaced with some direction arrows, which is fine, and there’s now room for the keys to spread out a little, making them easier to find under the thumbs.
The space key is still offset to the side though, which feels a bit strange, especially if you’re left-handed. The rubberised plastic of the keys is nice and tactile but they don’t offer much feedback, and we took to pressing them with our thumbnails to ensure we hit them.
Full Phone Specifications
Network
2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
Available released 2009, November
Size
Dimensions 113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm, 75 cc
Weight 138 g
Display
TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Handwriting recognition
Memory
Practically unlimited phonebook entries and fields, Photocall
Call records detailed, max 30 days
8 GB Internal storage, 128 MB RAM
MicroSD card slot up to 16GB
Data
GPRS Class 32
EDGE Class 32
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
MicroUSB v2.0
Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Dual LED flash, video light, Geo-tagging
Video, VGA @30fps
Secondary, VGA @15fps
Sound
Alert types, Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack audio
Features
Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
CPU 434 MHz ARM 11 processor
Messaging (SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM)
WAP Browser 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio
Games, DJ Club Tour + downloadable
GPS with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps
Java MIDP 2.1
- Digital compass
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ music player
- WMV/RealVideo/MP4 video player
- TV-out
- Voice command/dial
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Video and photo editor
- Flash Lite 3
- Predictive text input
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-4D)
Stand-by Up to 320 h (2G) / 310 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)
Music play Up to 32 h
Available colors : Gold, Cherry Black, Garnet, White
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