Nokia’s premium handset, the N97, has been the talk of the town for some time now. Following up on its success, the company has released a younger sibling to the phone, dubbed the N97 Mini.
Lifecasting will premiere on the new Nokia N97 mini, companion to the successful Nokia N97. Designed with a social and style-conscious consumer in mind, the Nokia N97 mini is a smaller mobile computer with stylish stainless steel cues, featuring a tilting 3.2-inch touch display (16 million colours, 360×640 pixels), QWERTY keyboard and fully customisable homescreen running on the Symbian S60 5th edition operating system.
In terms of features, the N97 Mini is quite similar to the N97 itself. Apart from the smaller screen, the biggest difference is that the new device does not feature a 5-way navigation pad like its predecessor. The N97 Mini also has reduced its memory capacity, carrying 8GB of onboard storage space that can be expanded by a further 16GB via a microSD card.
The camera remains the same, impressive 5-megapixel affair, complete with Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash, autofocus, video light, geo-tagging and VGA video recording at 30 frames per second. There’s also a secondary VGA camera on the front, which allows for video conferencing via the various connectivity options such as 3G, Wi-Fi, EDGE and Bluetooth.
There’s enough in store for the music lover as well, since the N97 Mini packs a standard 3.5mm headphone jack and supports stereo FM radio.
Other features include a digital compass, TV-out, document viewer, Flash Lite 3, video and photo editor, push email and multimedia player.
Boasting of over 7 hours of talk-time on a single charge of its battery, the N97 Mini will be available in three colours: cherry black, garnet and white. Set to start retailing from the end of November for Rs. 30,939, pre-booking for the device will begin on November 23.
But at this price, is it really worth it? Would you buy an N97 Mini? Tell us what you think in the comments section.