Apple iPhone Vs Nokia N97 Comparison Review

A new smartphone in the Nokia N-series will be coming out in January '09, the Nokia N97, and already all the buzz is whether or not this will be the iPhone Killer that's been prophesied for so long. Here is a heads-up on how the two devices stack up.

On the face of it, the Nokia N97 looks more like the iPhone than any other Nokia to date. It's got the slender candybar shape (more slender than the iPhone's, in fact) the minimalist buttons (two instead of one) and the 3.5" touchscreen occupying the bulk of the face. In the hand, you come to realize that, while slimmer, the N97 is also thicker and heavier than the iPhone.

While possessing the same size touchscreen as the iPhone, the N97's screen resolution puts the iPhone's to shame, with 16:9 true widescreen (640 x 360 pixels) to the iPhone's 3:2 (320 x 480). So for multimedia and video playback, gaming, and photo managing, the N97 comes out well on top of the iPhone.

And whereas both the iPhone and the N97 support most audio and video formats, the N97 has the added advantage of supporting Flash Lite, Flash Video and Windows Media 9. This Flash support is not to be undervalued, as it will allow N97 users to render web pages a lot more completely than the iPhone 3G is currently able. The iPhone also lacks browser-based Java support; the N97 may or may not, it is still unclear.

The digital camera on the Nokia N97 is also far superior to the iPhone's (and to those of most other smartphones currently on the market) with 5-megapixels, Carl Zeiss optics, an LED flash, and DVD-quality video recording with built-in video lighting. The iPhone still has that meager 2-megapixel relic with neither a built-in flash nor manual focus.

The N97 also beats the iPhone in memory - both in the way of onboard storage (32 GB vs. 8 GB or 16 GB) and expandable memory (up to the 16 GB extra vs. none at all).

The most noticeable difference between the N97 and the iPhone is that the Nokia has a slideout QWERTY keyboard in addition to its Apple-comparable touchscreen keypad.

Both the iPhone and the Nokia N97 have built-in GPSs (the iPhone's including 3rd party geo-location apps and GoogleMaps, the N97's including an electronic compass and NokiaMaps). Both have HSDPA, Bluetooth, and WiFi connectivity.

No one can expect, however, that the Nokia store will ever be able to offer N97 users the range and variety of smartphone apps that the iTunes App Store offer iPhone users.

Though prices have yet to be released, particularly in US dollars, it seems clear at least that the Nokia N97, with all its advantages over the iPhone, will also cost more to purchase than the iPhone.

Corey Bruhn is the owner of iPhone Mobile Mob, http://www.iphonemobilemob.com, who specializes in reporting news, updates and unique features of the Apple iPhone. Download our FREE iPhone Ebook to find out more about your iPhone.

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A Comparison of iPhone And iPhone 3G

The movement that iPhone came into market brought a technical revolution in the cell phone market. People found some imperfections while loving it. So based on the weakness of iPhone, Apple Inc. launched the second generation of iPhone, iPhone 3G in 9th June, 2008 which had been improved in many parts. So we will make a comparison of the two generations to see what had been changed in iPhone 3G.

1. Outlines.

As we can see from the pictures that the colors of iPhone is part black and part white. But iPhone 3G is totally black or totally white. The covering of iPhone was metal while the 3G's was plastic so the 3G is a little lighter than iPhone. And about the size of two cell phones, 3G is a little bigger than iPhone which is hard to been found by eyes.

2. Main Body

Comparing with iPhone, iPhone 3G took lessons from the design of MacBook Air, so the arc on the back of cell phone made the phone looks much more beautiful. The other point was that the headphone connector that was a big problem in the past Apple products was improved. The 3.5 mm headphone jack was designed on the side of the cell phone and it makes every kind of headphones possible to be applied.

3. Networks

The difference of networks was most obvious difference of the two cell phones. iPhone did not support the 3G networks that made it a target to be criticized by the medias. This time, iPhone 3G had stepped up to 3.5G level and support WCDMA/HSDPA networks. According to Jobs' saying the speed is much faster than Nokia N95.

4. Built-in functions

Another advantage of iPhone 3G was that GPS module was added which supports the mobile navigation and location search. The camera was the same as iPhone, but for the GPS, it could provide the geographic grid of the pictures. The cell phone could record the latitude, longitude and altitude of the shooting locations. And the picture element per inch (ppi) of iPhone 3G increased to 163 ppi from 160 ppi of iPhone without any improvement of the screen and distinguishability.

5. Battery

The battery of iPhone 3G was still designed as fixed as iPhone. The standby time and speaking time of iPhone 3G had increased much by comparing with iPhone. The speaking time in 2 G networks increased from 8 hours to 10 hours and the standby time increased from 250 hours to 300 hours. But the online time, music and video playing time did not changed comparing from the past. Besides, there is a tool in the sales package of iPhone 3G to help the customers take out the SIM card easily.

6. Software

The improvement of iPhone 3G in software was effective. It could support many languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other Asian languages. And it support gesture recognition. The iPhone 2.0 firmware could support AppStore software store that the developer all over the world could discharge by free or sell iPhone software through the store.

7. Price

The last difference that the customers could experience themselves was the price of the two cell phones. iPhone 3G was only 199 dollars when it first come into the market. So it was cheaper than iPhone.

All these differences put together, we could find the difference of iPhone and iPhone 3G clearly. But in all they are cell phones, though they have differences, but they would not change very much. They are Apple's cell phones.

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