Nokia fans and style gadgets lovers will adore this cellphone, which includes many of the most wanted features for any phone device, but also a fine gold design: Nokia N97 Mini Gold Edition.
The N97 model represented, and still does, a worthy competitor with some high tech cellphones like iPhone or Motorola Milestone. Here are some of the features that the Mini Gold Edition will include:
- 3.2” Touchscreen with a 320×640 resolution.
- 8GB memory.
- QWERTY keyboard.
- microSD slot.
- 5MP Zeiss camera.
- WiFi and Bluetooth.
- USB 2.0
- Support Ovi services.
The release date is estimated in the second half of this year, but the bad news is that it will be only available in Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Pricing will be around U$S850.
I’m liking where this new trend of watered-down smart phones is going. Let’s face it. Not all of us want to or indeed can spend a week’s pay on a new smart phone such as the new Nokia N97. Yet many of us still want the cool features such as the touch-screen, 3G and entertainment. Now, many phone makers are slimming down their flagship models to make more affordable compromises for the average Joe.
Samsung did a great job slimming the Tocco down to the Tocco Lite. Now, there are rumours buzzing around the Nokia may have done the same with their new N97 Smartphone.
Pictures, which were nabbed by Engadget show what is being called the N97 Mini. The Picture shows a smaller N97(perhaps around 20-25% smaller) next to its bigger brother. It appears as through the D-Pad has been moved, along with smaller keys grouped closer together.
I’d much prefer to have the Mini rather than the original as long as it still had 3G. Sure I’d be making a cut back in performance and screen size but hey, it’s a recession out there!
Nokia haven’t said much except for just hmm and ahh at these pictures. These rumours were reportedly first uttered by a Vodafone employee on a forum earlier this week. If they are true, we’re in for one heck of a cool phone. But then, this could just be some cheap Chinese knock-off that looks like the N97.
