We’ve known for some time that the Nokia N97 mini would be launching in October but no one was quite sure when it would actually arrive. However, it seems those wishing to head down to the Nokia Flagship store in London later this month will be able to get their hands on the new smartphone from the 23rd October. Find out more about the Nokia N97 mini launch after the jump…

The Nokia N97 mini takes all the goodness of the Nokia N97 and squeezes it into a tighter and more compact package. So, we get a 3.2-inch screen instead of a 3.5-inch screen but you’ll still find 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth is present.

Nokia has taken the change in screen size to tweak the keyboard, so that’s a little smaller. However, the big change is the drop in memory size from 32GB on the Nokia N97 to 8GB on the Nokia N97 mini.

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So, how do we know the Nokia N97 mini is shipping on the 23rd October? Well, in true social networking style, the Nokia Flagship store in London posted it on their Twitter page! You can check out the Nokia N97 mini tweet for yourself. Now, there is little more information at this stage, so we can only assume that the price will be the same as Nokia Online store price, which at the moment is just £429 (inc. VAT) SIM free.