Nokia N97 Mini Review
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In a nutshell: The N97 Mini is a "lite" version of
the N97 smartphone. The phone is very easy to use, with the twin benefits
of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a large ultra-hi-res touchscreen.
The use of the word "Mini" is relative, as the N97 is still
an extremely powerful multimedia device, with a 5 megapixel camera with
Carl Zeiss optics, music, video, email, facebook and other apps, and
GPS. Connectivity includes WiFi, HSDPA, Bluetooth & USB, plus the
bonus of a 3.5mm audio jack. Slimmer and lighter than its big brother,
the N97 Mini also seems to have more stable firmware, and feels like
a more polished product.
Review: November 2009. Last updated March 2010.
The N97 Mini does what it says on the tin. It's a slimmed-down version
of the Nokia N97. The N97 is Nokia's
flagship phone, so it can afford to have a few features shaved off in
order to cut down on the size and the cost. There is no such thing as
the perfect phone, but the N97 Mini acknowledges the compromises that
have been made in cutting it down to a more manageable size, and the
design is intelligent and very usable.
The N97 Mini looks almost exactly the same as the N97, except that
it's smaller. The sliding QWERTY keyboard is just the same as on the
N97, except that the 4-way navigation button has been removed to shave
a few millimetres off the size. Even the funnily-positioned space bar
is in exactly the same space, but the strange thing is we've got used
it completely and it feels quite natural now. The screen is smaller,
but at 3.2 inches it's in no way a small screen, and is perfectly big
enough for the job it has to do. It has the same ultra-high resolution
as the N97 (640 x 360 pixels and 16 million colours) and is a superb
display for watching videos, browsing the web or editing documents.
Having the benefit of a physical keyboard makes the requirement for
screen real estate less pressing, and the format works very well indeed.
We'd prefer the N97 Mini's keyboard plus touchscreen combination to
a pure virtual touchscreen setup any day.
Like its big brother, the N97 Mini has an information-packed and customisable
home screen, packed with widgets streaming live information such as
facebook, email, texts, the date & time, weather forecasts and RSS
feeds. Yes, we know it's not an iPhone, but with the mature Symbian
operating system backing it up, there are more than enough apps to keep
most people happy. We love the way the home screen gives one-touch access
to most of the features that you'll use regularly, and the integration
seems to work well.
Browsing web pages works very well. The screen is slightly smaller
than the N97 of course, so the font can sometimes be rather small, but
there are easy controls to scroll and zoom, and the web browsing experience
is generally very good. The always-on 3G internet connection helps,
and with HSDPA giving download speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps and WiFi offering
54 Mbps, you can almost imagine that your using a laptop rather than
a souped-up mobile phone.
The camera is the same as the one on the N97, which in turn is essentially
the same as the camera in the old N96. But
it's an excellent camera nevertheless, and outperforms most smartphones.
The sensor is a respectable 5 megapixels, but it's the quality of the
Carl Zeiss optics that makes it perform so well. The dual LED flash
isn't as powerful as the xenon flash on the Sony
Ericsson Satio, but it's more than a match for most camera phones.
Video recording is excellent too, with the ability to record at VGA
format and 30 frames/second. A secondary front-facing camera is available
for video calling too.
There's a powerful Nseries music player included, and an FM radio with
RDS too. As you'd expect, the music quality is top-notch, and not only
is a good quality set of stereo headphones supplied, but the 3.5mm AV
connection lets you plug in your own headphones too. The memory isn't
as large as in the N97, but still, with 8GB of built-in memory and the
ability to add a 16GB microSD card, you can hardly say that the memory
is small. The maximum storage capacity would give you enough space for
between 6,000 and 10,000 music tracks or a couple of dozen full length
movies!
The N97 Mini also has built-in GPS and a-GPS receivers, and you can
use these to find your location, to geo-tag photos and to navigate.
Nokia Maps is included, as well as a digital compass, and a 10-day trial
licence of a Walk-and-Drive navigation system.
One compromise that the designers have made to reduce the overall size
and weight of the device is to reduce the capacity of the battery. The
battery is a 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery, instead of the 1500 mAh one supplied
with the N97. Despite having a smaller LCD display, the N97 does suffer
as a consequence, although the battery performance is no worse than
comparable touchscreen smartphones.
The big bugbear with the N97 was probably the lumbering old Symbian
operating system under the hood. Symbian phones often have a tendency
to freeze or reboot at the most annoying times, and the N97 was no exception.
The Symbian OS is still present in the N97 Mini of course, but it seems
that Nokia have tweaked and polished it and the whole system feels more
robust and stable. But it's still prone to crash from time to time.
Frankly, it's about time that Nokia started making phones that just
work.
To wrap up, we feel that the N97 Mini is a good example of an intelligent
compromise. Yes, the screen is smaller than the original N97, and yes,
the battery life is shorter. But the phone is significantly slimmer,
lighter and quite a bit cheaper too, bringing the power of the N97 within
reach of a whole new market segment.
Features of the Nokia N97 Mini include:
- S60 5th edition Symbian interface
- 5 megapixel camera (2592 x 1944 pixels) with Carl Zeiss optics,
autofocus, dual LED flash, 4x digital zoom and geo-tagging
- Video camera: MPEG4/3GP VGA video capture at 640 x 480 pixels and
30 frames/second, 4x digital zoom and video light
- Front camera for video calling: 176 x 144 pixels
- Display: Resistive touchscreen, 16 million colours, 640 x 360 pixels
(3.2 inches) with orientation sensor, proximity sensor and light sensor
- Digital music player (supports MP3/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA formats) with
playlists and equalizer
- Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz), RDS
- Built-in GPS navigation with Nokia Maps application and digital
compass
- Speaker independent name dialing
- Voice commands
- Voice recorder
- Integrated hands-free speaker
- Speed dialing
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3, Mail for Exchange)
- Viewing of email attachments – .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf
- Java games (DJ Club Tour included)
- Advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail
details per entry
- Memory: 8 GB plus microSD memory card slot (up to 16GB)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, USB 2.0, TV-Out, (WLAN 802.11
b/g), 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
- Internet: Full web browser with Flash video support, RSS reader,
WAP, GPRS class A, WCDMA/HSDPA (3.6Mb/s download), WLAN (up to 11Mbps/54Mbps)
- Quadband plus 3G
- Size: 113 x 53 x 14 mm
- Weight: 138g
- Talktime: 240 minutes (3G) - 430 minutes (2G)
- Battery standby: 320 hours
Nokia N97 Mini User Reviews
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Average rating from 101 reviews: 
Reviewed by Dj from UAE on 4th Dec 2011
aaah...!! Rubbish fone, no security,Nuthin secure, even cant lock the
keypad also,no battery backup, its just the waste my money at all, i
wish go for Android....
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Reviewed by beefy39 from uk on 16th Dec 2010
My worst phone ever. I have had it for 3 months, and in that period
has been for repairs at least 4 times.... constantly freezing....very
very slow....constantly getting software errors....dropped calls....etc.etc.etc
And don't ever attempt to use the navigation system unless you have
at least an hour to kill, it's absolutely useless. THE WORST PART ABOUT
IT IS THAT I'M ON A 2 YEAR CONTRACT SO I'M STUCK WITH THIS PIECE OF
RUBBISH!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Ben from new zealand on 14th Dec 2010
Worst phone I have ever had. Given to me free by Nokia and I wish that
i could give it back to them. Software freezes, slow, apps go missing,
dropped calls, turns off, drops calls, poor wifi scanner. Nokia you
will go the way of Motorola if you keep producing things like this.
You guys need to pull your finger our and start going back to quality!!!
I would not even give this phone to a homeless person.
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Reviewed by Chopper from UK on 9th Dec 2010
Absolutely hopeless......should never have been allowed to wear the
Nokia badge.Worst phone I've ever had and always had Nokia. Constantly
freezing....apps wont download, screen packed in....had it replaced
twice.....dare I go on
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Reviewed by Marto from Hong Kong on 22nd Nov 2010
Terrible terrible phone. It crashes at an average of twice a week (non
application related). Lock key doesn't work at times, screen freezes
after phone call. Don't buy it. All my friends had problems with N95
to begin with, N97 mini is not any better. Stay away at all costs!!!
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Reviewed by nicola from england on 11th Nov 2010
this is the worst phone i have ever got. the lock button has fell off
so u have to slide it open to use it not very good for web searching
very slow don't open most pages just so disappointed with it. stuck
with it now for the next year and a half so not good
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Reviewed by Alex from England on 7th Nov 2010
This phone is absolutely rubbish......... DO NOT BUY! Thats all
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Reviewed by Bater from UK on 5th Nov 2010
WORST PHONE EVER! Had to have this phone replaced four times before
vodafone before they realised how awful it was and would replace it
with a different model all together. To anyone considering this phone,
DO NOT BUY IT! It's been nothing but hassle for me and I wish I never
bought it!
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Reviewed by gargoyleprotected from England on
30th Oct 2010
On the whole this is a good phone. However, for me the bad points outweigh
the good. Good points... -Looks good, Compact & light -Easy to use Bad
points.... -Slow -Standard nokia ringtone kicks in more often than any
personal ringtone that you set on the phone (embarrassing) -Music player
slow to respond & sounds tinny -Battery life poor... Wish I had opted
for the Sony Ericsson Xperia!
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Reviewed by Colin Earl from U.K. on 25th Oct 2010
Easily the worst phone I've ever owned. I wish I read all these reviews
before taking it on a 24 month contract. The phone is absolutely terrible
as a phone, poor reception calls dropping out (1 in every 4). It regularly
crashes. been back to vodafone. I don't know about it's techy features
but if you are considering this phone and want to make the occasional
phone call my advice is don't, don't, don't buy this piece of rubbish
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Reviewed by guyv from fhvc h on 15th Oct 2010
very goooooooooooooooox
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Reviewed by Fahid from England on 8th Oct 2010
Good phone overall, the performance slows down alot after a while :(
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Reviewed by Ranil Seneviratne from Sri Lanka on
1st Oct 2010
I must begin by saying this was my 1st Smart Phone now using for 3 months.
I find that the phone is packed with features but to do simple tasks
sometimes it is rather complicated. For instance the when you go to
contacts & dial a phone no. you have to select whether you want to do
a voice call or video call. Once you select & call next time when you
go back to the contacts it will only list the last dialed phone no.
You have exit to get to the full contact list. Believe me, I thought
these features are quite annoying & defeats the purpose of ease of use.
I also notice that the phone can get stuck at odd times as much as once
a week – possibly a limitation of the Symbian OS. One other horrendous
thing is that my battery life lasts no more than a day. I have taken
it to the service center on 3 occasions as it is still under warranty
& they tell me that the battery is fine. The Camera at 5Mpx, I thought
takes poor pictures indoors. Perhaps as with other phones the flasher
lights up only your arms length. Outdoor pictures are of great quality.
I downloaded the GoogleMaps and with GPS navigation it works well. Just
that you feel having a bigger screen would be better but understandably
you will be carrying a bigger gadget on your hand as well. So be wise
when selecting a phone with the right screen size for your self. My
assessment is that this phone demonstrates why Nokia is running at the
Lower End of the Smart phone business. Wake-up Nokia we want you to
do well !!!
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Reviewed by kees from nl on 1st Oct 2010
Piece of junk. It does everything though, but the phone is slow, memory
is full when using multiple applications. It crashes, reboots etc. Symbian
software is really bad, illogical and difficult to use. You can't rely
on this phone at all. Go for a phone with good software on it like android.
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Reviewed by Ron Morse from U.K on 26th Sep 2010
I feel that the nokia 97 mini is probably the worst phone I have ever
bought! I have had trouble from day one, it has been returned to be
repaired three times now with the same faults. It locks up for no reason,displays
memory full when it is not,the keyboard sometimes flashes when touched
and does nothing,and it drops out of calls.
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Reviewed by Paul from Northern Ireland on 23rd
Sep 2010
Has the potential to be a good phone but unless you live in an area
where reception is full all of the time then avoid this phone like the
plague. Some years ago I changed from Nokia to Sony Ericsson and just
recently decided to creep back to Nokia as I quite fancied the N97 mini
over Sony's new Xperia Mini. My main reason was that the touch screen
looked more user friendly (I've quite big fingers) and I quite liked
the idea of the slide out keyboard function but little did I know of
the troubles which followed. I read these same reviews before buying
but I can only let you know of my experience so others may not make
a similar mistake. In a nutshell the phone is a great concept and could
be potentially excellent but has fallen short due to poor design flaws....see
below: 1. Battery life is poor. Charge required every day even for light
use. 2. Symibian operating system is much slower (frustratingly so at
times) than android used by Sony and Apple. 3. Auto rotate function
causes issues over answering calls. Buttons are disabled while the screen
rotates after lifting out of your pocket and by the time it has rotated
the call is lost. 4. Reception is bad compared to my previous Sony handsets.
(I discovered that provided you hold the phone by pinching it in the
middle then this can make the difference between no reception and 4
bars. There are antenna's at the top and bottom with which your hand
will interfere if touching the phone. Hardly much use for something
designed to be hand-held!!!) Please people don't forget this is a phone....not
a computer with the benefit of calling people bolted on as an extra.
Nokia....."disconnecting people" should be your new logo!
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Reviewed by Hate it from UK on 20th Sep 2010
This is the worst phone I have ever owned. I'm now on my sixth replacement
(luckily I got insurance), it just does absolutely nothing well. The
software is terrible, its design is horrible, the reception is pathetic.
Absolutely hate it.
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Reviewed by legend from legendsville on 14th Sep
2010
this fones aff the hook
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Reviewed by Brian Garcia from UK on 13th Sep 2010
Been using the N97 mini for 3 months and on balance I wish I'd gone
for an Android phone instead. The pluses are the great touch screen,
battery lif, web browsing and sat nav. The minuses are poor signal reception,
poor camera (slow and useless in anything except bright daylight),and
poor radio. But the killer for me is on the software side -it doesn't
work well with Win 7 64bit. Add Nokia's hard to use App store and proprietary
music format and the software side takes all the joy out of using the
phone. Nokia hasn't learnt from Apple at all.
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Reviewed by Viktor from Kosovo on 13th Sep 2010
Great phone, great features, mine is not that slow as others point out,
I bought mine from a third party seller, who apparently HATED THE PHONE
due to the problems it has,... IT REFUSES TO CHARGE, you have to FIND
AN IDEAL POSITION for it to be charged, it will charge for 5 minutes
and then stop charging, Battery Life if POOOOOOR, at first it has 7
bars, 30 minutes later is shows "BATTERY LOW" then if you turn it off
and turn it on again it shows three bars on the battery meter, after
5 minutes it turns off whenever calling somebody or receiving a call.
If I would get one that really works (I mean the battery life and charging
problems) I WOULD KEEP IT FOR EVER. The keypad is great, camera is great
too, WIFI browsing is fast, video quality when watching youtube is great,
sound volume is great, too... All in all its a very good phone of you
get one that really works.
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Reviewed by Dave from UK on 2nd Sep 2010
It's a big shame that this phone suffers from so many bugs. When it
works well it is a good phone, call signal good, call quality excellent,
keyboard really helps when using the internet / gaming and texting.
However, it's (many) bugs begin to annoy after a while - it's constant
freezing, slowing down, sudden loss of battery etc. ruin what could
be a good phone. I'm going to the evil of Apple as soon as can afford
it, but if you get one of these which works and want a simple, easy
to understand smartphone it's worth considering I think.
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Reviewed by tom from U.A.E on 26th Aug 2010
its a great phone but begins to slow down after a while but if ur patient
its fine and i suggest u download spb as well
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Reviewed by shazad prick goo kar from sparkbrook birmingham
on 24th Aug 2010
i really like the fne its my favourite fone, i hope i can make the fone
my buddie
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Reviewed by tt from uk on 19th Aug 2010
Interesting reading others reviews, it appears that if you get a good
one its 5* and if not it's rubbish. I have a good one, never freezes,
it doesn't drop calls, camera's great, web browsing is good (especially
with the Mini Opera browser)and the Sat Nav is an amazing freebie. The
music player is excellent. Watching movies is another feature that is
an amazingly good experience. All in all this is an amazing device and
unlike most smartphones is the right size to be comfortable in use and
to carry in your pocket. And I love the keyboard. There is always a
but, the Symbian operating system shows its age and roots in pre-touch
sceen technology, as such it is somewhat clunky compared to say the
HTC Legend, but get over this and the package is certainly one of the
best phones around, so long as you get a good one. I can honestly say
that I will not give this device up easily.
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Reviewed by Mo from UK on 17th Aug 2010
The only thing going for this phone is that it has a nifty keyboard
built under the screen. That's it. It freezes, restarts on a whim, has
a bad signal and touch screen is so much inferior comapered to some
other phones (BB storm 2, iPhone). DON'T GET THIS PHONE, YOU WILL HATE
IT, JUST AS IT HATES YOU!!!!
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Reviewed by Tonio from UK on 11th Aug 2010
What a total nightmare of a phone (for me anyway) got my 1st one just
before christmas, it had to be master reset various times & had other
problems. Managed to get a new phone of them, because it wasn't a month
old. It too has problem, ranging from 'refusing to connect to internet,
battery goes flat after 2-3 hrs even though i havnt been making calls
or anything. it takes about 2mins to send a txt, cuts out during phone
calls, & other faults like a flashing phone number on the main screen,
where im supposed to select my profile. I read reviews & ignored them
about this piece of junk, wish i had listened!! Now i have upgraded
to a HTC Legend, the difference is unreal, love it. No more stone-age
Nokia for me!!!
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Reviewed by Kasim from Scotland on 6th Aug 2010
Ive had this phone 5 months now, and duran the 5 months it became faulty
and i sent it away to get it repaird and since i got it back its been
good as new the only thing thats annoys me is the battery runs out so
fast other than that the softwares good its like my computer, amazing
phone
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Reviewed by TG from UK on 2nd Aug 2010
Brilliant phone, excellent software, well designed, ergonomic, etc,
etc What a pity it simply doesn't work!!! It freezes all the time, sometimes
during calls. I would have thought that a phone must be reliable whilst
making a phonecall! I've tried everything. Hard resets, soft resets,
even debranding! The latter worked for a while once all the vodafone
software was removed, but it didn't last. At the end, I recycled it
for 150 and bought an HTC Touch Pro 2. Amazing piece of communication.
Still miss the mini's excellent interface but.. STAY AWAY FROM IT!
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Reviewed by Ter from Laos on 31st Jul 2010
I like it
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Reviewed by Afi from UK on 21st Jul 2010
I have had this phone for more than 6 months now. It started off quite
bad as after 3 weeks the phone just started vibrating so i had to take
the battery out to switch it off. But was unable to turn it on again.
Luckily i was within a month of my contract so i got a brand new replacement.
Since i have had the replacement i have had no major problems and i
love the look and feel of the phone. The reception is bad in certain
areas but i put this down to orange as i have tested with an O2 sim
card which shows maximum reception. My main issue with this phone is
the virtual memory which is significantly low compared with other smart
phones. There are various apps available for this phone but due to the
lack of virtual memory the apps cannot be very complex e.g 3D graphics.
There really is no point of comparing apps on this phone to the iphone
as apple are miles ahead. What I love about this phone and all nokias
in general is that unlike the iphone there is a lot of freedom to transfer
files and images without having a software dictate what you can and
cannot transfer. To sum things up I would say this phone does everything
a phone should do e.g calls, messages, email, internet etc and I actually
think it does it really well. Its very stylish and feels very sturdy.
The only downside I see to it is the lack of virtual memory and the
lack of available apps.
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Reviewed by aris77 from greece on 20th Jul 2010
i've had this phone for 6 months or so. never had any of the problems
that other reviewers mention. it is very easy to update the firmware.
battery life is decent, never dropped a call and is a very responsive
phone. i was very reluctant before buying this phone due to some negative
reviews, but after extended use, i can say i am very very happy with
it.
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Reviewed by Dale from UK on 19th Jul 2010
The N97 mini has a decent camera, is good for music and videos, and
the keypad was useful. On the other hand tho it has the worst signal
(around half the signal my 6020 gets) and comes with a few bad common
faults. The first big problem I had was the phone would say close applications
to start an application even tho there was none running, to get round
this i found taking the memory card out worked an annoying fix. The
second big problem was the screen colours getting got mixed up, and
a fuzzy display, this would sometimes go for a while when opening or
closing the keypad, eventually nothing helped and I had to use the pc
suite just to be able to get my numbers off there before sending it
for repair. The only question is do I sell to get a different phone
as soon as its repaired or put up with the poor signal and hope the
problems don't happen after the repair/replacement as I'm on a 24 month
contract.
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Reviewed by Paul from UK on 18th Jul 2010
I got the N97 mini six months ago, thinking it would be the perfect
upgrade from my brilliant older N82. I was wrong. And there lies one
the main problems. The Symbian OS is perfect for Nokia's non-touch phones
such as the previous N and E series. But it simply can't cut it to compete
with the current generation of touch phones. It's clunky, slow and messy
eg do I single or double click here? Nokia then also underpowered the
N97 mini (and maxi) with a slow processor and low RAM especially. Meaning
that it slows down (even further) or crashes when just running 3 or
4 apps. It even crashes or 'memory full' occasionally without multi-tasking.
Firmware updates improves things (such as touchscreen responsiveness),
but still doesn't completely solve the problems and I don't think they
ever will. The inbuilt web browser and email are just as clunky too.
The good points about the phone are the solid build, the good slide
keyboard (which what drew me to the phone), decent camera (N82 was better
though with Xenon flash), and the free Ovi Maps with navigation which
was useful. But I'm afraid the bad points outweighed the good. As a
flagship device, this is a failure for Nokia, especially compared to
the competition now. I'm now using a HTC Desire, a truely fast, powerful
smartphone that makes the N97 mini feel dumb.
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Reviewed by venu from india on 15th Jul 2010
This will be a good choice in touchscreen phones.
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Reviewed by Mogadonen from Norway on 13th Jul
2010
- Update service not in function - Freezes when you pick up a call -
Update of firmware can only be performed by sending it in for service
- All in all a buggy telephone which make you loose calls. Avoid this
phone
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Reviewed by Mike osborne from UK on 7th Jul 2010
Do not buy this phone ,not worth 1 star also contracted for 24 month
. Will buy new sim free asap
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Reviewed by Sandy from England on 6th Jul 2010
Worst phone I have ever had...Its bulky, it constantly freezes and I
have to turn it off all the time, texts disapear, its sticks on vibrate
and again I have to turn it off to get it working again, it blocks messages
coming through due to memory when I have nothing on it? I have had it
for a month on a 24 month contract...Gutted.
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Reviewed by Stelwalker from UK on 4th Jul 2010
worst phone ever. buzzing ear piece, creaking screen, constantly freezing
up and even when showing full strength signal I was unable to make or
recieve calls or connect to the internet. symbian os slow. avoid at
all costs and go Android...
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Reviewed by Tage from Norway on 18th Jun 2010
When I first bought this phone I was sure I had hit the jack pot...
that this phone would blow my mind and give me everything I needed in
one package. Then, after some weeks I discovered that the phone would
freeze and start playing the Nokia tune at the highest volume, no matter
if I had chosen another on low volume. Make no mistake, this was not
popular among my colleagues during meetings. I waited impatiently for
an update of the firmware, which is a promised feature for this phone,
but nothing happened. I delivered the phone for repair and got it back
14 days later with firmware version 11.0.100 (or something like that).
Obviously they had fixed some issues and the phone felt more responsive
and stable... at first... until I discovered that it began restarting
when i received incoming calls... which is not popular among my customers
and colleagues. So, now I have delivered it once again for repair and
still waiting. As several has commented, the reception is poor for this
phone and the browser is slow. It looks like a million dollars, but
that is all, unfortunately. I hope Nokia has been able to fix the issues
with this phone because it look great, it's sturdy and has a great keyboard.
There are no competitors out there when it comes to the physical build
quality, but that doesn't help when the phone sucks.
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Reviewed by gargoyleprotected from England on
6th Jun 2010
When I first got this phone I thought it was amazing. It has some wicked
features & is generally easy to use. However, it is slow to respond
& freezes often. It also has a major fault with assigned ringtones.
I have several caller groups & like to have specific ringtones/songs
set for each so I know who is calling me. Unfortunately, wherever the
songs are stored in the phone or on the memory stick, 80% of the time
the phone reverts to the default nokia tune when someone from a caller
group rings me. Not just annoying but embarrasing. I have had sony ericssons
& motorolas in the past that have cost me a fraction of the cost of
the N97 mini & have never come across this problem before!! The Battery
life is also very disappointing & lasts about a day at a time. I have
noticed that the handset gets very hot when in use too which is quite
worrying. Certainly not worth its current price tag.
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Reviewed by jj from LT on 28th May 2010
awful phone. constantly looses the connection in medium reception area
when you are holding it in hand, where other headsets have no problem.
and if you browse internet with opera mini you have to restart browser
every time n97mini looses the connection.
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Reviewed by t from uk on 26th May 2010
awful phone, poor battery life (less than a day), terrible email client,
slow web browser, freezing half the time, bad signal, calls disappear
in the middle of a conversation, vodafone branded is even worse so I
had to debrand. stay away from the n97 mini!
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Reviewed by neal wareing from great britain on
23rd May 2010
yes it an amazing phone for text messages but in my opinion it is extreamly
slow and hard to use phone
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Reviewed by Cris from UK on 22nd May 2010
I've had the the N97 mini since November 2009 and it is an excellent
smart phone. OK, so it isn't as slick as some of the competition, but
generally these 'better' smart phones are much bigger and heavier. The
camera is better than most (much better than iphone 3GS) and the guidance
satnav (ie it's like a dedicated in car satnav system) is brilliant
- and its free for worldwide maps (the phone's worth buying for this
feature alone). The only thing that has been an annoyance is that the
branded Vodafone UK handset that I have still does not have the software
update released by Nokia in February. So I've de-branded the phone to
a UK vanilla product (Google 'de-brand n97 mini' if you want more info)
and with the update the annoying lock ups have gone.
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Reviewed by msf from UK on 21st May 2010
I bought this N97 mini two months ago. Find the features good and keyboard
very handy. Battery life is rubbish. nokia couldnt come up with a proper
application for facebook. you just cant upload the photos.
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Reviewed by nilufer from india on 18th May 2010
The N97 mini is a fantastic phone except for a few drawbacks like it
does not have an edit label when u want to enter the contacts and it
does not have a full qwerty keypad on the touchscreen otherwise its
gooood.
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Reviewed by Tom from UK on 23rd Apr 2010
Had two of these and they were great phones until they froze. sent back
to virgin and got a htc hd2 which is a better phone, but i miss the
slide out keyboard. would get 5 stars but unreliable, if you get one
that works you'll love it.
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Reviewed by david from USA on 10th Apr 2010
It sucks,and it keeps restarting!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Mac from England on 8th Apr 2010
Bought the N97 mini direct from Nokia and what can i say except its
absolutely perfect ive had no problems with it and the touch screen
is brilliant and easy to use (ok i admit it is my first touch screen
phone) the only downside ive found is that the phone manual could explain
things more but saying that the phone is quite easy to use i even use
for reading ebooks which is a big bonus
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Reviewed by John from Philippines on 6th Apr 2010
Best all-arounder phone available + its built quality is superb!!!!
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Reviewed by s from UK on 6th Apr 2010
Second review, the screen is not responsive as iphone, turns it self
off, slow, satnav does not work and very boring to use. I will consider
getting the iphone when the contract finishes and will never buy nokia
again.
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Reviewed by garry from uk on 3rd Apr 2010
utterly, excellent, great features, fast, best phone i have ever owned,
far superior to my old iphone 3gs, iphone had far fewer features and
the sale of it easily paid for a new one of these :) Its a no-brainer
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Reviewed by John Craig from England on 19th Mar
2010
Last week I wrote a review on the N97 Mini, saying that for me the jury
was out on the performance of this phone. Sure, it had its problems,
and yes, this was my second one in 2 months, but hey, benefit of the
doubt and all that. Let's face it, how often does technology (Laptops,
TV's, coffee makers, etc) actually live up to the gold seal of consumer
approval? We buy something and expect it to be nothing short of brilliant,
yet quite often we end up with a gormless expression of "why the hell
did it just do that!" on our faces. Ladies and gents, in this past week
the jury has returned on the N97 Mini. I'm going to be as diplomatic
as possible here: It's rubbish, total and utter rubbish, without a doubt
one of the worst smartphones on the market. To name but a few problems:
screen feezes all the time, calls drop and web browsing is painfully
slow. These problems are annoying in their own right, however now the
thing has decided to kill calls whenever it so chooses, which has elevated
my frustrations to new levels. Now all of this is bad enough, it's a
rubbish phone and that's that. But now I seem to have a new problem,
my mobile phone provider! I called them this afternoon and suggested
that I need help ASAP with my mobile phone. The response from Vodafone
has been less that helpful. The best way to summarise the response is
this: "Dear Sir, thanks for your call. Now put up or shut up!" Not the
response I was looking for, given the hundred quid plus I spend with
them on a monthly basis. To be fair to them, they have given me the
option of either taking a third N97 (no thanks!), sending the existing
one in for repair 9for how long....) or opting out of my contract, assuming
I pay them nearly £1400! So, in summary: Nokia, the N97 Mini doesn't
work! Attempt to salvage your reputation by removing it from the market
as soon as possible. Vodafone: You may want to consider your customer
approach. You have punted a completely terrible product in the N97 Mini
and should take account for selling rubbish. Your "deal with it or pay
us a fortune" approch has won you no favour. When I cancel my standing
order this month and you call up wondering where your £130 is, I'll
be sure to pass this message onto your accounts department: "put up
or shut up!"
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Reviewed by barry smith from uk on 18th Mar 2010
This is the worst phone i have owned so far, the first was replaced
within the 30 day time period because of defective bluetooth and it
wouldn't always display who was calling or their assigned ringtone,
so along came the second phone and all was fine for 2 weeks and then
the bluetooth started to play up again and the email system would delete
old messages whether they had been read or not and now it has started
sometimes to not display who is calling or their assigned ringtone and
occassionaly the phone doesn't even ring and then i get a text message
to tell me i have a new answerphone message, So it went away to be repaired
and all was fine for another couple of weeks and now it has developed
the same faults again and one rather more annoying one in that when
it is synced with my parrot kit it will mute the stereo for about 30
seconds and then allow the music to play for about 5 seconds and then
mute the stereo again until you turn the bluetooth off and on (just
what you ne ed to be doing whilst you are driving) so it is going back
again. Other than the faults i have mentioned the music player is rather
poor and with the headphones on and the volume turned to full it is
not loud enough unless you put it on the most basic setting and then
you lose what sound quality you had. The keyboard is good as is the
display and the camera takes an excellent picture and the battery life
for this sort of phone is acceptable, the operating system is notchy
to say the least and it just does not work smoothly, other than that
i would not recommend this phone to anyone. To say i am disappointed
with this phone is putting it mildly as i had waited for it to come
out for quite a while, so now i have purchased a iphone 3gs 16gb. Nokia
had a good oppurtunity to make a great phone but they ruined it again.
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Reviewed by john craig from uk on 14th Mar 2010
The jury is still out for me with this phone. I've had it about three
months now (this is my second one, I hasten to add. The first kept freezing
and had to be replaced) and I'm generally quite happy with it. It's
reasonably fast, has more than enough memory and does pretty much what
you expect from a smart phone. The pull out keyboard is awesome (in
fact I'm writing this review using the QWERTY keyboard). What is pretty
annoying is how slowly it is when using the internet. The phone really
seems to struggle on the proccessor front. Compared with the Iphone
3GS the N97 is not half as fast when your online. Overall, not a bad
phone but Nokia really need to research faster proccessing capabilty
and make the user interface less complex.. Finding stuff can be a nightmare
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Reviewed by drdave from uk on 26th Feb 2010
had many problems when i first got the phone but since the software
update it has been a dream. not one issue with it since. a very capable
phone.
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Reviewed by iangriff from uk on 25th Feb 2010
great mobile, one simple flaw though so be warned.the signal antena
is placed at the bottom right of the phone, so when you hold it, the
signal will disappear. many many reports of this on many forum sites.
try putting both hands over the bottom and watch your signal bars go
out. very poor design fault in my opinion. whats the point of a mobile
if you cant make or receive calls??
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Reviewed by Sonia from England on 23rd Feb 2010
I love this phone i really do, but i have to say it is awful. i have
already sent it back once i got a new one but am now sending it back
again it's even worse that the first. everything on the phone is all
you could ever need its such a shame that it freezes and isnt very quick.
I am 16 and all my friends at school think its obviously an amazing
phone until they take it off me and use it and realise it just isnt
fast enough. I would understand freezing etc from a cheaper phone but
these are selling for around £300-£400 its crazy. Thats a lot of money
and i just do not believe it is worth it. fab fab fab! design however
absolutely love the design really original and is so different to other
phones out there. What a shame. but anyway i still love it :)
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Reviewed by Max from England on 21st Feb 2010
I have had this phone for just under a month now and it has completely
gone. I can no longer use the phone due to all of the touch functions
are dead. The phone switches on alright but cant use the thing. I think
all N97 Mini's have problems with them. A couple of my friends have
had then not that long ago and they have all broken. The phone is excellent
in all other ways except the fact that they will brake in 1 way or another.
I really did expect more from Nokia.
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Reviewed by mark from uk on 20th Feb 2010
To be fair to this phone I do really like it except for a few annoying
issues. The first is the low hardware specs - there's just too little
ram which does slow the system down a bit and often when using the browser
it will suddenly exit, a problem I haven't had since my old n73. The
processor could also do with a big boost. A dedicated 3d graphics chip
would have been excellent as found in the n95 8gb and my last phone
the n82. The device is still OK though all in all, it looks beautiful
and definitely feels expensive. It handles all features although you
may want to upgrade to opera mini as the built in browser REALLY annoys
me with its text size that can only be changed on mobile sites for some
reason. Photography is excellent and music quality is impressive. Overall
a good phone but it could have been so much better!
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Reviewed by dan from england on 17th Feb 2010
Brilliant functions, no problems with software, satnav is now completely
free for this phone with ovi maps, with a cheap satnav mount it can
be used as an excellent satnav system and is far better and quicker
at finding any location than my friend's navicon satnav! Brilliant camera,
wifi, qwerty, and the apps.... wow great apps to be honest, far better
than the iphone and feels like a solid build in the hand and runs like
a dream, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Reviewed by hamza from uk on 17th Feb 2010
very good... but a bit to slow
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Reviewed by Fish from UK on 15th Feb 2010
This is a nice phone that should rate highly but I second the remarks
from another poster about a serious problem with holding onto a signal.
Breaking up and dropped connections have proved a real hassle with the
N97 mini. I guess this is a good example of why paying too much attention
to internet review sites is a mistake. After a month of owning hte N97
mini on Vodafone, I find this website's review of it to be woefully
misleading.
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Reviewed by Pesmi from England on 14th Feb 2010
Seems great to start, but I had 2 and they both broke, now I have a
htc hd2 which is much better
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Reviewed by scoobydoobydoo from england on 5th
Feb 2010
i was really looking forward to this phone as an upgrade from n96 which
has been a fantastic phone, but sadly, very disappointed. the thing
just constantly freezes requiring the removal of the battery to get
it going again. this happened mostly after a call ended with the screen
still saying incoming call. looks great but just doesnt work! sent back
to vodafone and sticking with n96 for now :(
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Reviewed by Brian from England on 4th Feb 2010
All the reviewers here must spend their lives within 20 yards of a phone
mast! If you read the user forums over on Voda or Nokia you will see
that there is a serious problem with this phone (and with the N97) -
it's ability to hold on to a signal is appalling. Even picking the thing
up to use it invariably loses you 2 bars signal strength at least, not
good when you are in a medium reception area. On the plus side it looks
good, the screen is great (although I do have quite thin fingers, and
unchewed nails, which helps!), and if you are in the city centre it
all works fine. Just don't expect anything out in the sticks Only 2*
I'm afraid - it is after all supposed to be a phone. If they can fix
the signal problem it would be 5*
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Reviewed by sam from england on 28th Jan 2010
Josh from the UK, i have also had this problem with the phone, i researched
it on the internet and found that it was a problem with one of the applications
from OVI store itself, i noticed that messenger had been deleted for
the nokia n97 mini due to it being incompatible, this may have been
the case for you, if anyone has this same problem, do a google search
for Nokia N97 mini hard factory reset. This will reset the whole phone
taking the applications back to how it was when you got the phone new,
took a few attempts for me to get all the keys pressed at the same time
for the reset, however my phone is working perfectly now, as earlier
reviewed, this is the best phone out on the market, a must buy, despite
this minor problem!
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Reviewed by Bruce Henderson from England on 27th
Jan 2010
I have owned the N97 Mini for a while now and I am delighted with the
overall performance. I use the internet access all day everyday for
email and Facebook and I find the GPS very useful for locating the nearest
petrol station as I ride motorbikes most days. If I had to pick a problem,
the only let down I have had has been answering calls, the swipe the
phone to answer does not always work immediately which can mean some
calls have gone to answer phone. Overall I am delighted with the phone.
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Reviewed by josh from united kingdom on 21st Jan
2010
please listen to this review i got a conrac out on he 30th of december
with a n97 mini, awesome phone great software really easy after 6 days
i turned it off woke up in the morning to turn it on and it freezes
at the nokia screen, go to phones for you they give me a complete replacement
phone, take it home i drain he battery so o give it a full charge phone
turns off yet again wont turn on past the nokia screen, i take it back
i demend a completely different phone but store policy is 3 phones then
a non like for like can be arranged, so i take another one home i let
it drain but this time ahaa i charge it just before it dies, the charger
got so hot the plastic outer casing started to go soft, i have now taken
this phone back and i am using a samsung H1 with the 360 software and
after getting used to it it is by far the best phone on the market.
as for the n97 mini software and list of stuff it CAN do brilliant,
as for it actually doing it you might as well not have a phone.
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Reviewed by Jude from UK on 15th Jan 2010
Am sorry but i find this hard to accept, this website rated the satio
for having very buggy firmware but the same holds for this phone as
well. Orange UK even stopped selling it because it was unusable yet
it gets 5 stars and the satio gets 2 stars despite it being a 5 star
phone this is very biased. Lets be hones upgrading your satios firmware
fixes its issues then y were u so hard on it??? This N97 mini is no
better
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Reviewed by nicholas from england on 13th Jan
2010
had this phone for two days now at first hard to get used to but now
got used to it this phone is amazing great sound and picture quality
good camera easy to install applications and a very stylish and sleek
looking phone.i would recomend this phone to anyone.
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Reviewed by Benson from UK on 13th Jan 2010
The review didn't mention the missed feature of VoIP. On E63, N95 and
etc, VoIP is a fascinating feature that enables you to make call as
usual but over the Internet and at lower price. N97 mini and N97 has
sadly removed the feature. It is said new firmware will add it and there
is also an official patch in SIS format. But, from this, you can see
the design of N97 mini and N97 is not flawless. So, I'll only give them
4 stars.
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Reviewed by qwertyuiop from ireland on 12th Jan
2010
I have this phone and think it is excellent. My only concern is if I
see the n900 I may regret getting this one. I love how small and solid
it is though, it just feels great and looks beautiful. I definitely
recommend it.
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Reviewed by Ponduri from Singapore on 12th Jan
2010
This is supposed to be the best from Nokia. Good Things- The touch screen
is the best among all other phones out there. Very stylish phone in
the market. Decent Photo quality with 5 MP CarlZesis lens mini Views
are new concept and makes the usage of phone very easy. Overall Very
Good Phone to get addicted to. The Bad: The quality of the build is
poor. The QWERTY Key board skin is coming out. Phone will hang in booting
if phone was unplugged from the system without checking the saferemoval.
This happens majorly if you are usig a memory card (External).
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Reviewed by Tom from England on 11th Jan 2010
Amazing phone, great keyboard, great music player, great homescreen
and fantastic messaging capabilities. Ovi store could do with more apps
but otherwise brilliant.
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Reviewed by sam from england on 3rd Jan 2010
Wow. I searched for a while looking for a phone with all the features
i wanted. I first went for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, however problems
with a company meant that i did not receive it, this sent me looking
for better. The Nokia N97 mini had a much better camera, better design,
better keyboard, it basically has everything that all other smartphones
have to compromise on. I managed to get mine for £300 brand new from
Ebay making it a very competitive price for the features gained. The
phone out the box is particularly easy to use, the wireless is excellent
and the ovi store at nokia enables a web browser to be downloaded, opera
mini, this allows all webpages to run out of mobile mode and as normal,
which is great for a mobile phone. The GPS is brilliant and will locate
your position for free and 10 days directional navigation is included
with purchase of the phone with extra days costing £1.50 per day, or
a cheaper subscription fee. The Nokia ovi store i think is brilliant
and allows a very wide range of applications to be downloaded for free
with more to buy. The best ones so far for me have been Youtube, iplayer
and msn messenger which is great with the wifi. The iplayer application
on a wifi connection allows hour long programs to be downloaded in a
few minutes. Nothing much else can be said apart from, BUY ONE. Best
phone i have ever used or owned, in every way better than the iphone
and with an epic amount of apps to be downloaded, excellent.
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Reviewed by JoshuaDinoTan from Singapore on 30th
Dec 2009
OUTSTANDING, but disappointing for a flagship device. Especially from
Nokia.
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Reviewed by Cristiano Ronaldo from Spain on 29th
Dec 2009
Dis pone is really is goad. i have one today in conntract. must is be
a 5 star.
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Reviewed by kukisan from uk on 29th Dec 2009
having used the mini for a month now all i can say is wow! after sending
back two satio's i was realy worried about the symbian os but its faultless
compared to the satio's sony take a leaf out of nokia and build your's
a bit better next time.
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Reviewed by jude r anderson from united kingdom on
28th Dec 2009
got this phone as an upgrade,i thought i would give nokia another chance
after having loads of problems with other n series phones before,well
after having phone an hour it began to freeze after calls so had to
turn phone off and on to remove freeze screen and battery would"nt last
a day,really hard to use i would not recommend this phone to anyone,nokia
has lost its way,same old problems as with all nokia n series phones,i
now have sony w995 brilliant phone with no problems
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Reviewed by S from UK on 27th Dec 2009
Excellent phone*****
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Reviewed by ? from USA on 23rd Dec 2009
It is a really good phone i'm glad i brought it. Thx nokia
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Reviewed by Ahmed Jama from England on 17th Dec
2009
the best phone ive had so far. words cannot describe this phone..was
considerinng getting N900 but this is almost as handfful nd slightly
cheaper.amasing A must get phonne for christmas..
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Reviewed by Darren from UK on 16th Dec 2009
hate it.got it has a upgrade and it went back the following day. some
good features but not easy to use
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Reviewed by Michael from UK on 15th Dec 2009
I received this phone from Vodafone as an upgrade to my contract. I
like the ringtone, which is a normal bell sound and business like. I
also like the camera which focuses on the subject and then allows you
to take a photo with one tap on the screen. The home screen is also
good, with widgets that give access to favourite contacts and direct
access to some features. The touch screen makes texting the easiest
yet. However, after a few days I noticed that when I put the phone on
to charge it would keep charging itself. The phone will charge itself
in the normal manner when connected by a USB to my laptop ie stopping
charging after a while. The headset supplied has a 3.5mm jack pin, although
the bezel at the base of the pin is too large and therefore the pin
will not push fully home. As a result I found the headset suffered some
interference and the quality of sound was poor.
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Reviewed by Oyvind from Norway on 13th Dec 2009
At last I found "My phone". The n97 mini does a great job, it's sleek
and performs excellent. Even the headset that follows the package outperforms
many of the expensive headsets you thought you had to buy to make the
mp3 player work optimal. Just remember to change the equalizer settings
to pop or something other than the standard settings. After I had downloaded
a free weather-program, currency converter, Merriam-Websters English/English
and some other small stuff, I fell in love with the phone. It connects
perfectly to my bluetooth in the car and it fits right into the standard
phone care holder. I couldn't hope for more. I just hope it is sturdy
and will keep for some years. The way it's built gives the impression
that this never will be an issue.
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Reviewed by simon from uk on 13th Dec 2009
I've been using this phone for about a week now and I cannot find any
major dislikes. I have never liked Nokia handsets before this one and
i have not gotten on well with many touchscreen devices; omnia, iphone
or lg. My last Nokia was years ago, it was the 6820, I believe - it
had a fold across keyboard (correct me if i am wrong) and as I was someone
that was constantly messaging; I had felt this was the way forward.
Since then it was replaced by a Sony ericsson for a loyal 4 years, in
this duration I had attempted to use up-to-date touchscreens but i felt
the omnia was let down by its OS and the iphone novelty was not for
me - that and messaging was tricky. The Nokia N97 mini is fantastic,
the physical keyboard is great and makes e-mail and texting ever so
fast. Infact, I am using it right now to write this very review! The
Nokia ovi app store has some great apps, however I only needed the one,
a countdown timer, which was free. Bonus. I havent found a copy and
paste command yet on the device, battery life cannot be faulted, it
lasts the day on heavy messaging and moderate wifi internet browsing.
Connecting mailboxes and to wifi is very straight forward. Using the
device is very easy and navigating through menus is a synch! I absolutely
love this device. If you are someone that texts alot and are not patient
enough with doing all those texts on a touchscreen only based phone
- this is the device to get! Great job nokia.
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Reviewed by Ali from England on 10th Dec 2009
This phone is one of Nokia best phones yet and I can see them competing
against the Iphone in the future. The look, style, slide open keyboard,
battery life, etc is outstanding and very impressive. The operating
system is similar to the N95 and could have done with abit of improvement
but I have to say I am really happy with it. If you are used to Nokia's
and there operating systems or Menu's, then don't look no further. Its
surprisingly stable and it has that unique style to it that's made me
glad to have bought it. I would love to see this Nokia with a Android
operating system, I can then see it competing against the Iphone quite
easily and over taking it. I have tested the Motorola Blur, Samsung
HD8910i and I have preffered the N97 mini over both of them. Nokia have
made some good phones and this, is one of their best phones yet. Nokia
should consider integrating with the Android operating system on their
phones and they could easily over take the iphone with their eyes closed.
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Reviewed by Daoda S. Kamara from Liberia on 8th
Dec 2009
I like this phone. It's nice
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Reviewed by Meri from London on 6th Dec 2009
I purchased N97 mini a week back, but I am really disappointed by the
phone. I was using iphone, I hoped Nokia must have brought a good product
to compete with the market, moreover I read outstanding reviews on the
net. The design is sleek and the phone looks beautiful, but the touch
screen is resistive and not comfortable to use. Web browsing is not
easy, the phone freezes in between. Screen resolution does not look
catchy, and the apps are nothing in comparison to iphone. The best part
of the phone is, the keyboard is very easy to use. Overall the phone
is an average and does not mark to the expectation. After giving it
a try for four days I have sent it back and planning to buy HTC HD2.
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Reviewed by Simon from London from England on
1st Dec 2009
I got this hoping I could replace a Backberry. No chance. Pros: The
sound quality is pretty impressive, even the radio! Screen is good,
camera picture/video quality is excellent for a small devide. Relatively
easy to use. Cons: the menus in my N27 mini was different to what was
wriiten in the manual, even Nokia couldn't resolve that, when texting
or emailing it was difficult to get the input right with touch screen
keypad or handwriting (once you are used to a keypad like B'berry),
difficult to customise the main screen and it keeps changing if you
accidentally hit the screen, and so on. I wish I could keep in just
for sound quality and for the camera. But my email/text more important,
and it is not easy to manage them with this phone. Hence it got to go!
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Reviewed by shrey from UK on 30th Nov 2009
this is awesome phone. i just love it!
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Reviewed by sid stannard from wales on 22nd Nov
2009
excellent unit. Upgraded from an SE c902, and it's far superior, with
all the features one could need; experiencing short battery life though...
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Reviewed by Dave from UK on 22nd Nov 2009
I was due an upgrade from my n95 and wasn't even sure if I wanted to
upgrade as I was happy with it. i had been looking at several phones
for a while and opted for n97mini. Copying contacts, messages etc was
so easy and done via bluetooth in minutes. The new screen is so clear
and slide out keyboard good for longer text, like this review, which
I am doing on my phone. The touch screen took a bit of getting used
to, but so did riding a bike. I am very happy with this phone and think
I made a wise choice. I upgraded at Phones4u who were fab. £50 trade
in on a ve y old phone.
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Reviewed by Raj from UK on 20th Nov 2009
This phone has put my trust back in nokia. I hated all the N series,
until i upgraded to N97 mini. I tried very hard to look for faults in
this phone as i am very fussy and send it back. But after 7 days without
any problems i can honestly say this is a excellent phone, not on the
same par as the iphone, but will give it a good run for its money. A
nice size, good touch screen and battery life is sufficent enough for
a smartphone.
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Reviewed by Harry from England on 19th Nov 2009
I just bought the phone yesterday; and to be honest i was very impressed.
for one the screen quality is amazing and the touch screen response
is instant and i haven't had any faults with the phone so far. my uncle
had the original n97 and to be honest that wasn't as great as it regularly
crashes and you have to take the battery out etc. broadband speeds with
the 3G and accessing emails is so easy and fast. the QUERKY keypad is
an much easier way of typing rather then using a touch screen keypad.
overall i am so impressed with the n97 mini and do not plan on replacing
it for another phone for a long time (partly because i have a 24month
contract ha ha)
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Reviewed by Rob from Uk on 19th Nov 2009
This phone is certainly not an Iphone killer as suggested above. It's
a good phone but just too similar to the original N97. Its almost what
the N97 should have been in the first place. Its more like a 5800 with
a key board and updated home screen...nothing more nothing less...an
overall good phone but certainly not excellent or outstanding.
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Reviewed by - from UK on 12th Nov 2009
Excellent phone, no complaints
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Reviewed by Mick from UK on 11th Nov 2009
First impressions - I've had my N97 Mini for 4 days, a free upgrade
on Orange from an N95 (it's an unbranded phone, I upgraded via Phones
4 U). So far I'm very happy with it. Basic usability - calls are clear
and easy to make and take. A minor issue is when calling automated lines
which request the first or fifth letter of your password (Orange was
the guilty party!) - the dialler in call mode does not have letters
displayed which makes life a bit difficult! Texting is straightforward
and input is easy, both via that onscreen alphanumeric keypad and the
qwerty hardware keypad, I prefer the latter for long messages, the onscreen
keypad is better for a quick reply. The contact list is standard Symbian,
very flexible and easy to use. I find the qwuerty keypad very handy
when browsing the internet, and when onscreen links are too small for
my fat fingers (the keys are quite small, and the top row is slightly
masked by the phone body) the arrow and enter keys work fine. The browser
itself is the standard Nokia offering, adequate if not terribly exciting.
I also installed Opera, which occasionally throws up an out of memory
message (but continues to work normally). On the subject of memory,
I read in reviews and forums that the standard N97 suffers from inadequate
space on the c: drive - reports of between 20 and 40 mb free. Nokia
appear to have addressed this in the Mini, and I have 240 mb free on
my c: drive. The mass memory is 8 Gb which is plenty for me, but you
can add a hot-swappable card up to 16 Gb. I just have an old 2 Gb card
that was in my N95 installed. The camera is on a par with my N95 - fine
for snaps in reasonable light, and can replace a dedicated camera if
you're not too ambitious, if you want to take lots of low light or action
pictures then you need to take a proper camera. Music player will be
familiar to anybody with a recent N-Series - I find it intuitive and
does the job. The headphones are adequate, and there's a standard jack
if you want to use your own. The touchscreen is responsive, and the
menu structure will be familiar to anybody coming from an S60 phone,
but the double touch to open a menu item in a list is slightly counter-intuitive
at first, (icons open on a single touch) however it becomes second nature
very quickly. Some items have moved around, however, and it took me
about half an hour to find the sync settings to synchronise my new mobile
with Google - but once I found it, it all worked seamlessly. The calendar
again is familiar to Symbian users, intuitive but slightly inflexible
- you can't schedule something to repeat on a 4-weekly or 12-weekly
basis, for example, you're stuck with weekly, monthly and annual. The
display is bright, clear and sharp with excellent colour reproduction
- November in the UK sadly does not provide conditions for me to comment
on its performance in bright sunlight, but in normal conditions it is
excellent. The battery lasts the day, but with not much to spare, although
to be fair I have been playing around with the phone a lot. I guess
it's no worse than the N95 battery, but certainly no better. Overall,
and on brief exposure, I'm very happy with my new phone and would recommend
it.
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Reviewed by josh traynor from u k on 9th Nov 2009
best phone ever ipone killer
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