Nokia N97
An out of date smart phone!! - Nokia N97 Smartphone

Product Type: Nokia Smartphone

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An out of date smart phone!!
Nokia N97

foreman82

Member Name: foreman82

Product:

Nokia N97

Date: 07/11/11

Rating:

Advantages: Big Storage

Disadvantages: Old Fashioned for a smart phone.

I purchased this phone in October 2009 and was really excited by the design, storage capabilities and the incoporation of touch screen and qwerty in the same handset, unfortunately it never quite lived up to the billing.

Although the phone looks great, so many of it's features let it down.....

Firstly the software was very disappointing constantly freezing and crashing when trying to do most simple tasks. Then there is the un-responsiness of the touch screen which is pressure sensitive unlike an Iphone. Also the Apps available via the OVI store are a joke, there was the occasional useful one like Facebook or Twitter but so many that I downloaded didn't seem to work properly and downloading updates was like trying to crack a safe.

On the plus side it does have a decent screen resolution and 32GB of storage is pretty respectable.

Finally after about 9 months of use the qwerty stopped working.

Summary: Doesn't live up to the billing.