The unique, touch smartphone from Nokia is expected to launch in 2011 so we thought we’d take a closer look at all the N9 has to offer.
Finally introduced last month, the Nokia N9 has the vague release date of “later this year”. But never mind, judging by the look of it, it’ll be worth the wait.
Design wise, the N9 would certainly stand out in a huddle of handsets thanks to its “beautiful one-piece, unibody design where the hardware and software fit together seamlessly”, as Nokia puts it. And that’s not all: “The body of the Nokia N9 is made from the best in polycarbonate material engineering today, enabling superior antenna performance over most other competitors’ smartphones.”
The Nokia N9 looks set to make a real splash in the smartphone market when it lands, and it is certainly good looking – in fact, it’s the world’s first “pure touch screen phone” with no physical keys on its front at all. So this is definitely one for swiping and tapping-onscreen fans, and not for those who crave physical buttons and keys.
To bring the N9 alive, you just double-tap the 3.9 inch AMOLED screen; and to move between the home screens, apps and functions, swipe with your fingers. To return from an app back to home, you swipe from the edge of the screen.
The 3 home screens are designed for simple communication, and are based around apps, social networking feeds and notifications, and recently used apps. If you pinch and zoom onscreen you can see all your open apps icons.
Following in the footsteps of other high-end Nokia phones like the N8 and C7 when it comes to capturing quality images and videos, the Nokia N9 comes with an 8-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and HD video.
And the N9 is pretty powerful too. There’s 1GB of RAM onboard and a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor to keep things whizzing along nicely for you. The browser is built on the latest Webkit 2 technology which supports multiple page openings, so you can move between sites easily.
This smartphone runs on MeeGo OS, is NFC-enabled, and comes in a choice of storage options (16GB and 64GB) and colours (black, cyan, magenta).
Are you impressed by the look and sound of the upcoming Nokia N9?
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