The Nokia N97 gets a little brother with the new Nokia N97 Mini. This trimming down is emerging to be product strategy that Nokia is adopting for successful upscale mobile phones like coming out with a smaller E63 brother to the E71 and the cheaper 5300 Xpress Music to the 5800. So, how little is Mini compared to the regular N97? Apart from sporting the same set of technical wonders for a slider touchscreen smartphone, here’s how the two compare.
Physical Form
Both handsets sport full QWERTY side slider Touchscreen form with just the following differences.
The Mini’s QWERTY keyboard tilts and slides but takes out the dedicated navigation pad in the regular N97. It’s 113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm size is smaller compared with the 117.2 s 55.3 x 15.9 mm dimensions of the regular N97. It also weighs lighter at 138g compared with the 150 grams of the bigger N97.
The N97 has a larger 3.6” display reduced to 2.9” in the Mini. But with the same VGA resolution at 16 million colors, the N97 Mini comes out with a more brilliant screen.
Memory
It sports an 8 GB internal memory while its bigger brother has a more generous 32 GB. Both gets microSD expansion slot, nevertheless.
Application
Both handsets run on the same latest Symbian S60 operating system, the more recent N97 Mini comes with more screen widgets and a more updated Ovi Maps.
Battery Life
It’s a bit disappointing that the smaller Mini sports a mini powered battery as well. And this accounts for its shorter life. The Nokia N97 Mini uses a smaller 1200 mAh Lithium-Ion battery while the more powerful N97 has 1500 mAh that makes it lasts longer on the same set of features.
Pricing
Priced at €450, the smaller Nokia N97 Mini is €100 cheaper once it gets to its markets during the last quarter of this year.
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