Nokia N9 Review - Nokia Smartphone Review

2G Network

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100

Announced

2011, June

Status

Available. Released 2011, September

Dimensions

116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc

Weight

135 g

Display Type

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Display Size

480 x 854 pixels, 3.9 inches (~251 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch

Yes

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass
Anti-glare polariser

Sound alert types

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker

Yes

3.5mm jack

Yes
Dolby Mobile sound enhancement
Dolby Headphone support

Card slot

No

Internal memory

16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM

GPRS

Class 33

EDGE

Class 33

Speed

HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps

WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR

NFC

Yes

USB

Yes, microUSB v2.0

Primary Camera

8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, dual LED flash

Camera Features

Geo-tagging, face detection, touch-focus

Video

Yes, 720p @ 30fps

Secondary Camera

Yes

OS

MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan

Chipset

TI OMAP 3630

CPU

1 GHz Cortex A8

GPU

PowerVR SGX530

Sensors

Accelerometer, proximity, compass

Messaging

SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

Browser

WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds

Radio

No

GPS

Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps

Java

Yes, MIDP 2.1

Colors

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white

Other Features

- MicroSIM card support only
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out
- Dolby Digital Plus
- MP3/WAV/eAAC /WMA/FLAC player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Video/photo editor
- Voice memo/command/dial
- Predictive text input (Swype)

Battery

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1450 mAh (BV-5JW)

Stand-by

Up to 380 h (2G) / Up to 450 h (3G)

Talk time

Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)

Music play

Up to 50 h

Nokia N9 16GB 3G Wifi GPS NFC GSM Unlocked MeeGo Touchscreen (Black)
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Nokia introduced this model with great fanfare in June 2011 in Singapore. N9 has a diagonal screen of only 3.9 inches, this segment market being dominated by 4 or 4.3-inch screens.

Resolution of the AMOLED screen is 480 x 854 pixels, thus having a density of 251 dpi (iPhone 4 and 4S have 326 dpi). The display is protected by a layer of Gorilla Glass really strong, official recently test involved scratching this phone with a Stanley knife. The result? No sign of damage on screen. However, I do not know how that every time when a phone passes such a test, it is extremely easy to scratch when you hold it in your pocket next to coins and keys.

More interesting is that the same display has an anti-glare and I recognize that it performs very well in bright sunlight. Its hardware facilities also include an audio system with Dolby Mobile, 16 or 64 GB of internal memory, 1 GB RAM, HSDPA up to 14.4 Mbps, WiFi, WiFi hotspot function and Bluetooth 2.1. The brain of this device is a TI OMAP 3630 processor 1 GHz, a Cortex A8 accompanied by a PowerVR graphics processor which does a great job.

I must admit that the phone's built-in speaker does not really impressed me, especially as it is placed in the bottom of the handset and it doesn't have very many decibels.

About the camera, it has an 8 megapixel sensor, Carl Zeiss optics technology which include auto focus, dual LED flash, geotagging, face detection, touch focus and video capture 720p at 30 fps. Well, I was surprised to learn that this camera takes 8 megapixel photos up, but trust my word, pictures are impeccable. What to say of continuous auto focus while shooting, that even the most unfocused clips and trembling hands will give a sensation of reasonable videos. However, I would have liked the 1080p capture on this model, because I am sure that this camera has high potential.

N9 Nokia's battery is a Li-Ion 1450 mAh, which does its job great and you can have easy two or three days of operation on this model, even with WiFi and 3G turned on.

With a side swipe you unlock the phone, and with a swipe you make the transition between the main menus of the phone. You will not need physical buttons because with a swipe from the bottom to the top you exit from an application. Multitasking system is fantastic and the handset will not hiccups at all, even when multitasking applications is 36. They will close on holding down the icon or thumbnail, then click a little X at the top.

Unfortunately, there aren't too many applications for MeeGo. Fortunately terminal comes with many applications required for navigation, the Angry Birds, Skype, YouTube, NFS, Facebook, Twitter, a feed reader and many more. And note that this phone comes with a MicroSIM slot like iPhone 4.

The phone has advantage that it is something totally different this time, it has fantastic design, efficient multitasking and quality accommodation.

Nokia N9 16GB 3G Wifi GPS NFC GSM Unlocked MeeGo Touchscreen (Black)
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