i was looking to get a n97 on the weekend, then noticed there is a "mini" version coming out in october

so though i would hold off and hope the "mini" reduced the normal one for me

just wondering if anyone has seen/used the mini and comapred it to the normal one

 

No but my N97 is going back tomorrow for repair!..

 

whats up with it?

 

Didnt know about these until i saw your post.

I know it doesnt help with this particular phone but as an N-series user id get another tomorrow if mine broke(n95 8GB)

 

Internet wont load up you just get the screen of white death...

It seems there are a few doing this, so the girl in Phones 4U told me.

Easy fix BUT still frustrating!

 

I'm going to get the N97 in October when my upgrade is due so I'd be interested to hear how you get on with either the normal one or the mini one.

I went to Phones4u at the weekend to try one out & was pleasantly surprised how easy the touchscreen was to use whilst txting.

 

mine was due 16th oct,

but hoping the new mini will reduce the deals for normal one so i get better deal, unless the new mini comes out for the same deal then i will get the mini, but cant see it

so for now, i will just stick with my n95 8gb unill vodafonme release the mini

 

BEST PHONE i have ever owned and glad I kept it tbh rather than chopping in

 

Just found a small clip on Youtube, looks good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v51BeqqCPY

 

yeah. Im thinking of not selling in case i dont like the n97 or it breaks lol

 

Same here mate, does everything apart from brush my teeth in the morning

Just de-branded and updated the firmware last week, now an even better phone

 

link to debranding ?

 

link to debranding ?

 

Everything you need to know http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum...ad.php?t=67122

If you decide to do it you will need the code which you can get from the same site http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum...ad.php?t=58225

You need the Euro code but make sure its the n95 8gb code, NOT anything else or you could screw your phone up!

 

Really, you've got an N95 8Gb, never knew that

 

This is a Nokia thread is it not? i dont see you contributing to it anyway

 

Ive got the N95 and tbh its been great. Few frustrating things like it wont charge from the USB cable and other minor oversights but otherwise awesome.

im due an upgrade mid january so the N97 sounds ideal, shall look forward to hearing how people get on with it.

 

Thing is, is the size going to make that much difference to it really...its hardly that much smaller is it?! Depth - 15.9mm vs 14.2mm (1.7mm diff) Width - 55.3mm vs 52.5mm (2.8mm diff) Height - 117.2mm vs 113mm (4.2mm diff) Weight - 150g vs 138g (12g diff)

 

I have had an N97 since it arrived!

First one had a fault with the camera and was replaced eventually!

The phone is very good but does need some work to get is running correctly!

The main issue it has is that everything is pre installed on to the C drive which only has around 75mb. You need to uninstall all the apps, format the mass memory, update the firmware, do a hard reset and install all apps back on the mass memory. You then need to make sure any future apps you install also go on to the mass memory.

Here are one of the many article which talk about this:

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/TheBartender/6672

The next thing to consider is what else should you put on the mass memory. Photos and videos are by default saved here. Sounds good but then what happens if the phone becomes faulty. You stand a chance of loosing it all and/or some fooker at the nokia repair centre looking through the naked pics of your bint .

Hence why I got a 16GB (class 6) micro sd card and have configured all my photos, videos and text messages to be saved on that instead. Unfortunately contact info is saved to the c drive by default and currently cannot be changed.

16GB Class 6 card can be got from here:

http://www.allmemorycards.co.uk/acat...ANSCEND_2d0308

Also the N97 has an issue with the camera lense being scrathed by the sliding cover. Both of mine have scrathed - a stupid design fault Nokia ignored....

http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2009/0...-revealed.html

Dan

 

wow dann, thanks for all the great info and advice

some very handy info there

 

 

ROFL

I thought he had an LG or something.

 

debranded my n95 8 gig at the weekend .. very very easy to do ....
had my 97 for around a month now, really nice to use, not fond any real issues with it, came as a unbranded fone with an orange sim so might be the reason why orange couldnt get their firmware to work with it