Nokia Blogged, Nokia news, reviews information and more

It has been quite a week for Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia as sales results have been released, the upcoming Nokia N8 gets delayed once more and the folks at Espoo react to Apple’s statements last week regarding antenna issues with mobile phones.

The financial reports for Nokia show that sales are actually up compared to last year. Nokia’s devices are still very much in demand, however, prices for mobile phones are going down and the report also showed that despite selling more devices, Nokia actually made less in terms of profits. Since Nokia manufactures large volumes of mid to low end devices, it is not surprising that they are making less money now. Of course, Nokia will eventually be shifting most of its production capabilities to smart phones.

Smart phones such as the Symbian^3 N8 handset which was supposed to come out last April; the device has been delayed and while Nokia says it will be out ‘soon’, no one has yet to give out specific details. Earlier reports hinted at a possible launch next week -though judging from the fact that network operators are only offering pre-registrations for the handset instead of pre-orders, it is possible that the device might not be released until next month.

In the meanwhile, Nokia is ignoring Apple’s recently uploaded video of the N97 Mini which showed symptoms similar to the antenna issue that the iPhone 4 is suffering from. Nokia has already given a public statement regarding Apple’s emergency conference last week and stated that their mobile phones’ antenna technology is both stable and reliable.

Considering that the N97 Mini has already been out for a while and it has not had any complaints about dropped calls, then there is no need for Nokia to make a further statement regarding the issue.

Nokia antenna, Apple, Nokia, Nokia-N8, Nokia-n97-mini, Symbian-3

Most of our regular readers, as well as those at Nokia Conversations, weren’t too sure as to whether to believe the 2 sets of leaks of pictures and details of the Nokia N97 Mini but a live preview of the phone, which is available online, put all these to rest, along with the official announcement by Nokia at Nokia World ’09. The Mini is a slightly downgraded version of the Nokia N97, which is the flagship of Nokia. Nokia N97 Mini Reviews haven’t been too bad, so let’s have a look at it.

As a pared – down version of the original Nokia N97, the phone will come with about 8 GB of inbuilt memory, rather than the 32 GB of its big brother. The D-pad is absent in the phone and the size of the keypad has been reduced, which makes it a tad uncomfortable for people with bigger fingers to use it. Though the camera module has remained the same, the Mini doesn’t have a cover for the camera, thereby exposing it to fingerprints, dust and scratches.

However, if you look at the positive side of things, the Mini has a nice metal battery cover rather than the plastic one used in its big brother. The phone also has a more solid feel to it. Kinetic scrolling is also present in the phone, just like in the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, thereby enabling you to go through the menu with ease.

However, some reviews have a problem with the pricing, saying that the fact that it is only 100 euro less isn’t enough. However, we can’t agree with this. Admittedly, the Nokia N97 is a bit more expensive than we would have liked, but we just can’t help but feel that the price difference isn’t so bad. The original handset is nearly 400 euro, so it would be quite daft to expect its younger sibling to retail at less than 300 euro, in our opinion.

Expect it to be released in October, so make sure you have your cash ready! At that time there will be plenty of great Nokia N97 deals on offer.

N-series Nokia-n97-mini

Rarely has a phone’s title (especially one from the notoriously bland-naming Nokia) done such a good job of summing up a phone that it actually leaves us slightly lost for words. Us! Lost for words! Amazing, isn’t it.

But what the fudge are we supposed to do with the Nokia N97 Mini. Because… well… that’s it. It’s an n97, but smaller. More mini. Less maxi.

It does all the things the n97 does, but in a more miniature way. Just as the normal n97 does all the things the n97 mini does, but in a more maximum zoom kind of way. Not that that makes any sense.

Well, they’re not completely identical, we hear some pedants at the back arguing. The mini Nokia N97 comes with only 8GB of internal storage, whereas the big boned original had a whopping 32GB. But then you can buy a 16GB microSD card for about £25 if you shop around, so that’s not really an issue. And there’s all sort of hoo-haa about how the mini is more connected, and allows people to update their status on Facebook even quicker than ever. However, try as we might, we can’t find a £25 solution to this travesty.

There’s a bunch more actual opinion in this Nokia N97 mini review, but we’ve simply, honestly, got nothing to say. Apart from: go look at these Nokia N97 Mini deals, and ooohhh, shiny, look at that (in relation to perhaps the only good video Nokia have made about one of their products in the last five years that you can find below):

Nokia, X-series mobile, mobile-contract, mobile-contracts, mobile-phone, mobile-phone-contract, mobile-phone-contracts, mobile-phone-deal, mobile-phone-deals, mobile-phones, mobilephone, mobilephones, mobiles, N97, N97-contract, N97-contracts, N97-deal, N97-deals, n97-mini, n97-mini-contract, n97-mini-contracts, n97-mini-deal, n97-mini-deals, n97-mini-offer, n97-mini-offers, N97-offer, N97-offers, Nokia, Nokia-mobile, nokia-mobile-phones, Nokia-N97, Nokia-N97-Contract, Nokia-N97-deals, Nokia-n97-mini, Nokia-n97-mini-deals, NokiaN97, phone, phones