Nokia N9 is a superbly beautiful handset with a polycarbonate unibody that made me feel fantastic and without doubt Nokia has this time ensured that we could use each side of the N9 screen to navigate between open windows. I was able to Swipe from right to left on the home and app screen to see all of the windows you have open and left to right to see a feed of Twitter and news updates.The 1GHz processor might seem underpowered when contrasted with other phones on the market but that does not bother me at all.Nokia N9 is available in 3 colors namely; Cyan, Black and Magenta and for me Cyan was my choice. While reviewing this phone,I was using the phone on a 3G network and the battery lasted for 2 days in which I played music from 7pm to 2am while i browsed the internet, attended calls for around 92 minutes and sent and received around 30 texts messages.
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| Nokia N9 Back and Front |
While pressing the top,it filled one third of the screen with a menu bar that allowed me to change the sound profile and adjust the volume and look at what wireless access point am connected to and can change them when necessary. Swiping from the bottom to the top hides whatever screen you have open so that you can come back to it later, which is great, as you can multitask between apps without having to close them.The N9 weighs in at 135 grams and is 1.21-centimetres thick at its thickest point, has a 3.9-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display that makes icons appear as though they are popping out from the screen, a single-core 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU with a PowerVR SGX530 GPU and has 1GB of RAM.
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| Nokia N9 as it looked while i was browsing |
This time Nokia dumps Symbian and comes up with the all new updated MeeGo but I wonder why didn’t Nokia stick with this in favour of Windows Mobile.Whatever the reason this is a superb piece of hardware and the MeeGo and Harmattan OS is simple and elegant.Nokia N9 was developed by Nokia and Intel and it’s an Open source operating system that I wish was taken seriously. The interface of the phone is really very nice. The thing which I loved very much about the phone was its Swipe feature.Also,the 3.9” Display is on the front and is packed inside the shell of the phone which makes the phone more attractive.With Nokia N9 you get a camera located at the backside of the phone and there’s also dual LED Flash while the speaker is located at the bottom of the phone.Overall build quality of Nokia N9 is awesome. Phone has got great visuals as well as the quality of the product is sturdy.
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| Nokia N9 screen as it looked while i calling |
Battery life was also impressive, with 29 percent remaining after my one-day tests according to the N9 booklet that is enough for another full day of stand-by power. The phone has got a standard lithium ion battery of 1450 mAh.N9 has no slots for upgrading memory just like iPhone and comes in 16GB or 64GB formats and unusually it actually uses micro SIM cards.Nokia N9 has NFC functionality, although this is mainly used for device pairing and will not support transactions or payments. While there’s nothing wrong with the quality, the number of MeeGo apps is relatively small and unlikely to receive any significant boosts without more phones entering the OS ecosystem and certainly Nokia’s high profile commitment to Windows Phone isn’t likely to help with this.
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| Nokia N9 app screen |
If it sounds a little less than intuitive, it is, but it’s also not difficult to adjust to. Closing or reopening apps from the Open Apps screen is simply a matter of tapping on one to bring it back to full screen or holding a finger down on the screen to open the option to close multiple applications.There are no widgets, but there is an inbuilt weather application that runs off the events screen.All control within an application or screen is via the touchscreen. I did also learn that to move a running application to the Open Application screen, I had to swipe upwards from the edge of the bezel.To close the app directly swipe down, again from the edge of the bezel,this distinguishes it from a standard in-app finger swipe. It takes a little getting used to, but quickly feels natural. The credit goes to the OS as well as the display. Both were giving quick response to make this Swipe feature a success
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| Nokia N9 as they appear in three different versions |
In Contador Harrison court, I judge a phone by the quality and number of its apps. While there’s nothing wrong with the quality, the number of MeeGo apps is relatively small and unlikely to receive any significant boosts without more phones entering the OS ecosystem and certainly Nokia’s high profile commitment to Windows Phone isn’t likely to help with this. There is no doubt that Nokia has came up with some hopes of gaining the lost reputation in the Smart Phone Sector with this phone. For the last two days I've had the chance to review the N9, which I believe is Nokia's best effort with a smart phone to date. My favorite feature is the fact it has no buttons.
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| Multi tasking is exceptional as seen from this right angled picture |
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