Though the new Nokia N97 was released with much hope that it would break all the previous records of the Smart phones in the Nokia line-up, it didn’t end up that well and unfortunately the results weren’t that satisfactory. With the remarkable reputation of S60 touchscreen series, Nokia decided to fill up the gap with a mini version of their existing phone.

The Nokia N97 Mini is a series 60 phone, which comes with a 5 Megapixel camera, assisted GPS, Resistive touchscreen and works on 2G as well as 3G networks. Complete specifications of Nokia N97 mini are given below.

Complete Specifications

Network

• GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

Screen

• TFT resistive touchscreen, 16 million colors
• 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
• Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Handwriting recognition

Weight & Dimension

• 138 g
• (113 x 52.5 x 14.2) mm

Memory & Processor

• Unlimited entries: with multiple contact storage entries
• Internal memory: 8 GB
• RAM: 128 MB
• Expansion slot: microSD (TransFlash) up to 16 GB
• ARM 11 434 MHz processor

Data Service & Connectivity

• GPRS Class 32
• EDGE Class 32
• HSCSD
• HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• microUSB v2.0 with A2DP

Ringtones

• MP3, Polyphonic
• Vibration

Camera

• 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
• Carl Zeiss optics, Auto focus
• Dual LED flash, Video light
• Geo-tagging
• Video recording: VGA@30fps
• Second camera: for video call VGA@15fps

Battery

• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-4D)
• Stand by time up to: 320 h (GSM), 310 h (HSDPA)
• Talk time up to: 7 h 10 min (GSM), 6 h (HSDPA)
• Music play back time up to: 32 h

Others

• SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
• T9 text feature
• Video and photo editor
• Nokia Maps
• Flash Lite 3
• Digital compass
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Voice memo
• Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
• Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio, FM transmitter
• Music player: MP3, WMA, WAV, eAAC+, WMV, RealVideo, MP4

Key features

• Slide-n-tilt 3.2″ 16M-color resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
• 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and VGA@30fps video recording
• Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th edition UI with kinetic scrolling
• Slide-out three-row full QWERTY keyboard
• ARM 11 434MHz CPU and 128 MB of RAM
• Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G with 3.6Mbps HSDPA support
• Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
• Digital compass
• 8GB onboard storage
• microSD card slot with microSDHC support
• Built-in accelerometer
• 3.5 mm audio jack and TV-out
• Stereo FM Radio with RDS
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.0
• Web browser has full Flash and Java support
• Nice audio reproduction quality
• Office document viewer

Main disadvantages

• The S60 touch UI is still inconsistent
• Outdated camera interface and features
• No DivX or XviD video support out-of-the-box
• No smart dialing
• No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
• No camera lens protection
• No FM transmitter (though that may be stretching it too far)

Nokia N97 mini vs Nokia N97

• More compact (113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm, 75 cc vs 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc)
• Lighter (138g vs 150g)
• Smaller display (3.2″ vs 3.5″)
• Less internal memory (8GB vs 32GB)
• Smaller battery (1200 mAh vs 1500 mAh)
• No lens cover
• No FM transmitter
• Arrow keys vs D-pad

Nokia N97 Mini Pictures

Nokia N97 Mini Hands-on Video