I had an iphone, but yesterday I swapped it foe the Nokia N97. Having had the pleasure to play with both the devices, I will not hastate to recommend the Nokia N97 to anybody. The N97 is far more superior and technologically advanced then the iphone.

You\’re also unable to spell \"hesitate\" even with the help of a spell check.

Managing director Mark Loughran is foolish and single-handedly making Nokia look stupid.

\"hastate\" and \"is far more superior\" make me question your opinion.

Nokia is trying to sell their phone based on specs, screen resolution, bashing the iphone camera, etc.

The iPhone offers use friendliness that surpasses any phone. Phones have had calenders/organize for years for example but no one used them because it was an inconvenience.

Nokia is not in a position to compete head to head with the iPhone.

Garmin and Nokia are both desperate and failing.

TomTom on the other hand will successfully gain market by being aware of its current state.

Glad I bumped in to this post as i decided to get an iphone 3gs after years of using the n95gb and recently upgrading to N97.

I was so surprising how much I missed Nokia over the last week, the things that frustrated me with the iphone are below:

· The level of restriction

· Gimped Bluetooth (eg no tethering for free over bluetoth)

· Bad camera and video quality with no flash (it is not just about the nokia 5mp it is the quality of the camera)

· Lack of flash support in the browser

· Quality loud speaker

· Option of physical keys

· Options in map software and current inability for turn by turn although it is coming soon at a price, I had Nokia maps goggle maps and Garmin on my nokias

· When I travel abroad I am restricted to AT&T sim

· Industry-Standard USB Port

· Removable Battery (so annoying when phone crashes)

· User-Configurable Equalizer

· User-Accessible File System

· After cracking screen I missed the durability of Nokia devices.

Luckily I was still able to sell the device and hook back up my N97 on to at&t with a $15 data plan.

I am an apple man as I am a video editor by trade, I own tens of thousands of dollars worth of apple product, I love the software on the I phone but it is too restrictive. If you have used symbian devices for a long time, you just know how to do stuff and you get so much out of your device. It seems weird for first time users but there is just so much you can get out of a top Nokia phone its hard to explain, it is defintley not for those that like idiot prof devices, its more for those that want more from their device.

Its great market competition. I had to see what the I phone was all about, but I just cant justify leaving Nokia.

its gettin a bit silly now all these ‘iphone’ comparisons. in apples defence, they hav pretty much nailed it on their first attempt at making a phone. the iphone is a pleasure to use, no question, in terms of ease of use and how responsive the screen is. people moan about the n97 not bein as responsive – it isnt meant to be. they should get their facts right. its always people wiv iphones in their pocket who mock Nokias – no question that nokia are smart in the way they build up to the release of their devices, but for me i think the majority of people who dont either iphone or N97 would choose nokia. simply because nokia know exactly what to put into a handset for different users – iphone seems to appeal to people wiv wide hands,……………………………………………………………. n97 is beautiful…………

I have had the N97 (well, actually, I’m on my third one) for about three weeks now and I can honestly say: this phone is a piece of crap! I love Nokias. I’ve only ever had Nokias. I was so looking forward to this phone I was actually dreaming about it (I know, I’m a loser). I finally got it on June 29th. I knew there were bugs, but I was prepared to overlook them. By the end of the day on June 30th, the phone was dead. Blue screen, empty widgets, non-functioning lock key. I called Amazon, they sent out a replacement the next day. I decided it must have been the firmware. Good old Nokia, came out with new firmware July 1. I loaded it up before I did anything else. Even made a special trip home at lunch from the office since I couldn’t do the update over the air. (That’s ok, Nokia, you’re worth it). Phone number 2 worked pretty well for about two weeks. I put up with the quirks (double tapping or single tapping (you decide Nokia), reverting to default ringtone (nauseating Brokeback Mountain-Nokia tune), even when I had assigned a different one, FM transmitter that has a range of about 3 inches (that’s ok Nokia, I don’t need to listen to music over my car stereo, I’ll just rest my phone ON TOP of my radio and listen that way). And I love the way kinetic scrolling is available some places but not others, I’ll just make a mental note of where it can and cannot be used, so I don’t feel like a fool when I’m showing off my new phone to my friends. And that compass, wow what a useful tool. I love sitting in my car while driving, waving my new phone in a figure-8 pattern for ten minutes to “calibrate” the compass, only to have it turn red a mnute later. Why bother Nokia, really, if I need a compass I can just stop at REI and pick one up.
Then I woke up yesterday morning and turned my fully charged phone on and presto…nothing. Completely dead! It eventually came back after multiple attempts to charge it. But I had already called Amazon and they already sent out a replacement which I received this morning. And this third one is a real prize. Loaded the new firmware (another special trip home at lunch), tried to set up my email accounts and the phone just hung. I’ve already had to restart the phone about six times just to get the touch screen to respond. Bottom line: it’s going back. I tried, I really tried to love this phone. I actually do love the keyboard and the slick way the screen pops up and tilts. The blue arrow button doesn’t have much travel so it’s almost impossible to tell whehter you’ve pushed it or not. And the camera takes pretty good photos and decent videos. But that’s it. I’ve had several calls disconnect. You actually have to unlock the phone to answer it (great idea Nokia). I GIVE UP. I didn’t want to, had lots of reasons not to, but I’m getting an iphone. I always said I don’t want an iphone because EVERYBODY has an iphone. I wanted to be different. If the N97 worked like it should, I would keep it. I don’t want a contract. I want to be able to go to Europe and pop a sim card in and use it there. I want to have a really cool phone that nobody else has and makes others envious. But the N97 is not that phone. That really cool phone is the iphone. I’m not going to be the only one who has one (by a longshot), but thats just too f-ing bad. I tried really hard, but Nokia let me down. I think this phone will be looked back on as a punchline. It’s that bad. Sorry Nokia.

i ve had both n97 and the iphone i would reccomend the n97 becausethe sounds great on it he sound on the iphone its absolutely shit the camera is the best on n97 if i had all the money in the world i would get millions millions of nokia n97