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The Nokia N97 is Nokia's flagship handset and, on cardboard at least, it has an enviable set of specs that advance the boundaries of smartphone tech. But Apple's iPhone is still the touchscreen handset to beat. How does the N97 bout up adjoin the latest iPhone 3GS?
- admeasurement & weight
The iPhone 3GS and the N97 are almost the aforementioned admeasurement back you authority them in the approach of your duke (give or booty a millimetre). But the N97 carries a little added artificial fat about the waist - the 3GS is 4mm thinner and 15g lighter than Nokia's phone.
Nokia N97 0 - 1 iPhone 3GS
- Talk time & array life
Ok, so barometer talktime and array activity isn't an exact science... But Apple boasts 12 hours of talktime for the iPhone 3GS, compared to 10 hours for the N97. In agreement of standby time, the roles are antipodal and the 3GS loses out to the N97 by 432 hours to 300 hours. A point each.
Nokia N97 1 - 2 iPhone 3GS
- Connectivity
Both phones affection fast 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity as standard. The iPhone ambit did abridgement the A2DP agreement as allotment of its Bluetooth package, but this has back been remedied with the iPhone 3.0 software upgrade. Another tie.
Nokia N97 2 - 3 iPhone 3GS
- agenda camera
Although Apple has upgraded the agenda camera in the 3GS, it wasn't as adventurous an advance as abounding bodies hoped for. The iPhone's 3 Megapixel lens (with autofocus) is appropriate abundant and is additionally able of capturing VGA-quality video at speeds up to 30 fps. In comparison, the N97 appearance a 5MP Carl Zeiss lens with autofocus and LED flash. Video resolution is additionally maxed out at a 640×480 VGA resolution.
Nokia N97 3 - 3 iPhone 3GS
- Storage
The Nokia N97 matches the top-of-the-range iPhone Gigabyte for Gigabyte - both backpack 32GB of centralized storage. But the N97 additionally appearance a microSD amplification slot, enabling users to addition the all-embracing anamnesis by up to 16GB. This gives the N97 a best accumulator accommodation of 48GB. Nice.
Nokia N97 4 - 3 iPhone 3GS
- Screen/Keyboard
Both the N97 and the 3GS affection 3.5-inch touch-sensitive displays with accelerometer technology. The N97 boasts a college resolution affectation too - 640×360 pixels compared to the 480×320 pixels on the 3GS. And let's not balloon the N97's QWERTY keyboard. But, as nice as the N97's awning is, it uses aged 'resistive' technology and lacks the admiration of the 'capacative' multi-touch affectation on the iPhone.
Nokia N97 5 - 4 iPhone 3GS
- Other features
The N97 appearance a customisable homescreen (with user-definable web widgetry), a congenital FM radio, N-Gage affability and the Symbian OS supports downloadable apps and games. But the iPhone is apparently the best customisable smartphone currently available, acknowledgment to the bags of apps, amateur and utilities accessible on the iTunes App Store. The 3GS additionally appearance PowerVR SGX cartoon technology for added multimedia speed.
Nokia N97 5 - 5 iPhone 3GS
- Verdict: Draw
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