Nokia N97 Mini to Hit the Indian Shores [Today]

November 16, 2009

By manish

Nokia N97 Mini is all set for India launch and is expected to be announced very shortly (as early as November 16th).

Nokia N97 mini

N97 Mini offers 8GB of storage (expandable upto 24GB), 3.2-inch touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard into its 14.2mm thin frame, supports Lifecasting (partnership with Facebook) and will be priced around Rs. 20,000-25,000.

Significant Difference between Nokia N97 Mini and Nokia N97

Compact (113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm, 75 cc vs 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc)
Lighter (138g vs 150g)
Display Size (3.2″ vs 3.5″)
internal memory (8GB vs 32GB)

The N-Dilemma

N97, N97 Mini and the next big bet, i.e. N900 are all available (N900 will soon be available) in the market; and Nokia, it seems is too confused about the product launch,feature differentiation and ofcourse, pricing.
So far, Nokia hasn’t yet perfected the smartphone market and the attempt to aggressively launch product hasn’t done any good to the company (N97, after a shoddy start saw real improvement with the latest 2.0 upgrade).

What’s your take? Will you go for N97 Mini or wait for N900?

Read: Review of N97.

Tags: N97, n97 mini

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Sidharth on November 16, 2009 at 10:49 am

Nokia has failed big time in the smartphone market . It is the best only for low end phones . If I have to spend so much money its either iPhone or Android for me . I am typing this on a HTC Hero and it rocks . Apple , RIM and Android are the main fighters and Nokia has already lost it . They introduce a mini version of a phone that has bombed . Go figure it out