Instead of the highly anticipated "iPhone-a-like" that I truly believed Nokia would unleash at the Mobile World Congress, the Finnish giant unveiled the N96 and N78. But all is not lost, because these handsets are much more than mere upgrades.
The Nokia N96 is a step up from the N95 8gb and offers some truly mouth-watering features. There's 16GB of on-board memory and the option to expand via a microSDHC slot, which puts the new iPhone to shame.
Picking it up you immediately take to the large colour screen, which pushes all of your digital content right in your face and almost takes up the entire front of the N96. Everything feels well laid out and its keys are relatively easy to press.
Unlike the N95, there's a 3.5mm jack on the top of the phone instead of the side, which is much more practical and means it's less likely to get in the way when you put it in your pocket.
All the connectivity options that you got on the Nokia N95 are also available on the N96, including GPS, HSDPA (3.5G) and Wi-Fi.
One of our favourite features, and probably the N96's most modest one, is the kick stand on the back of the handset that allows you to rest your phone upright on a table -- useful if you're trying to watch a full-length film and don't fancy holding it for an hour.
It comes with 16 gb of inbuilt memory and can be expanded with a 16 gb card...do the maths guys, thats 32 gb ...so much for the iPhone.It has the same 5-megapixel camera that's on the Nokia N95? Yes, it is, but there are now two, apparently more powerful, LED photo lights that will illuminate your subjects much better in the dark
I am a huge fan of the N95 8GB, and this is definitely a cool bit of kit -- but i can't help feeling a little underwhelmed that there isn't more on offer. Call me greedy but i definately expected something a touch more exciting from the Finns, something more ground breaking(read iPhone smashing!!!).
At the moment prices and other specs aren't clear to me...but will try and get updates ASAP...till then i leave you with the mouth watering pics of this amazing toy
cheers!!!
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