There are three buttons below the display, the silver key in the corner takes us to the menu, the other two have green and red backlights, these are of course used for accepting/rejecting calls. This second one is used for locking the screen so we won’t activate any functions while talking on the phone. Above the large, 3.5” screen there are three small holes, the one on the left side is the secondary camera, while the other two are the light and distance sensors. On the front the whole thing looks much better, even when it’s closed. Regarding the back panel I can see that the designers were having some issues, as besides the camera’s lock there isn’t anything else to break the mass of plastic. ![]() But it’s made of plastic, only the display’s frame is metal. It’s surprising that although the gadget isn’t small, knowing its features and that it can be opened, it’s still not too large. We had a white one (it’s harder to take pictures of it, but I think it looks better than the black) and although I had an N97 in my hands a couple of times before, it still looks differently when taken out of the package. I would have been happier with a TV-out cable instead. ![]() Besides the phone we get a stylus with a small string (we won’t need this at all), a data cable, charger, a headset made of two parts, a cleaning cloth and some kind of cable that confused me at first but then it turned out that it’s a converter for the two types of Nokia charger connectors (the thick and the small one), so that the microUSB connector won’t cause any problems. After opening the package I was a bit stunned as the contents were worthy of a top model, barely any accessory was left out from the pack. Did they manage to do this? Well, yes they did. Nokia knows this very well, so they have created a handset from E90 and N95 that cannot only compete with the others, but tries to offer a number of features that make the Finnish product unique. Besides Touch Pro2, Samsung i8910 and Palm Pré, we also have the SIM-free version of iPhone 3GS, so we have some serious rivalry. More and more handsets are being launched in this price range (over 600 euros) nowadays. And there are some problems, but let’s wait with the conclusion until the end of the review. ![]() This is the one a customer gets after paying the price of about 620 euros, so the eventual bugs and problems are not due to a beta version, they are still present on the final version. They have been sitting on it for half a year, refining and fine-tuning the phone, and now we have received a final version (the one that hit stores) from MGSM.hu. N97 was first announced publicly in last December, we’ve been waiting since then for its launch. This meant that the Finnish guys didn’t want to rush N97 at all, due to the more powerful rivals (Samsung i8910, HTC devices) they needed something that restores the normal world order (at least from Nokia’s point of view): the best smartphones are made in Finland. Many have bought it after N95 but had to choose something else disappointedly, in a more fortunate case they have opted for N85. The low-performance processor, the menu system with barely any new features and the functionality were not saved by the Finnish company’s logo on the case as that didn’t sell the new handset. The guys at Nokia have learned a lot from the failure of N96. The current lead model of the largest mobile phone manufacturer should theoretically be the non plus ultra, with the latest and most features and an exemplary usability. Not that long ago we had Samsung Omnia, then there was Sony Ericsson X1, but Nokia N95 would have been the same deal as well. We’re always passionate about handsets that are known to be flagship models of the manufacturer and that are awaited by thousands of users and enthusiasts.
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