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"If this really is the best Nokia can do, the giant is doomed to die a slow death, propped up for a while by the cheap handsets that it sells by the tens of millions."
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Nokia N97
The Nokia N97 is a high-end smartphone introduced on 2 December 2008 by Nokia as part of its Nseries and released in June 2009 as the company's flagship device. The N97 was Nokia's second S60-based touchscreen phone, after the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The device features slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and runs on the Symbian v9.4 operating system. Its design takes cues from the Nokia N79. A smaller and
"If this really is the best Nokia can do, the giant is doomed to die a slow death, propped up for a while by the cheap handsets that it sells by the tens of millions."
"While the Nokia N97 is packed with features and offers the freedom of an unlocked phone, its clunky touch interface, sky-high price tag, and outdated operating system make it hard to recommend when there are better touch-screen smartphones on the market."
"The N97 and many other smartphones uses resistive screens, which require you to push a liiiittle bit harder. It’s trivial and fairly easy to adjust to, but it feels like hot garbage. The stylus is dead, Nokia."
"There are a number of elements we didn’t get into here; the Ovi store, the front-facing camera, the FM transmitter… Thing is, they’re fantastic icing on the cake, but the cake is made of crap. I’m sorry, Nokia – I really, really wanted to love the N97."