Two weeks ago, I was in Greenbelt 1 to watch 'Fame'. The battery of the company-issued Nokia phone died so I decided to go to the Nokia store and charge it. While waiting, I watched the N97 ads on the monitor. I instantly fell in love with it! To cut the story short, I sold my iPhone 3G to my good friend Elmer and got myself an N97.


I have to say, I don't like the touchscreen feature - it's nothing like the iPhone but still better than its predecessors like the Nokia 5800. It responds well but the old Nokia flaw of freezing is still there. The icons are also a little bit mediocre. I read online that critics slammed its Symbian OS which is nothing compared to the Android and iPhone OS.

I don't think this phone will kill anything other than the previous Nokia releases. The steep price doesn't really offer much other than it's 32GB internal memory, nice set of accessories (a Nokia tradition) and 3G capabilities (fast internet, apps, video calling, etc). There's still a lot of reasons to love this phone and I don't think I'll be missing my iPhone that much. I just wish they will give more options on their Ovi store which is their version of the App store.

And oh, even the Ovi site needs improvement Nokia! The interface is much like the phone which is bad. I wonder when it will reach the Apple standard - even the icons on the N97 look a bit funny.

Again, the best thing about this is its memory - as much as 32 movies on your phone!

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