Comments on: Why Nokia N97 Sucks

By: cookiestacked

cookiestacked — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:08:24 +0000

I got this “phone” last year it is sh!t!!! I live on a farm and the sales person said its perfect for farm life etc. ….. WTF was he on it? It looks cool but its a pain. Sure it has lasted me a year but i have to put up with it for another one …. it wont last. Nokia you dropped the ball on this one.

overall-
buy at your own risk.

By: ihatemyphone

ihatemyphone — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:45:42 +0000

Hi Im Shai. Im 15 and im using this crappy n97 that i thought it would be really great. actually my mom bought this and she decided to gave this as her present for my b-day. (Now she has the iphone4.. =( soo want it.) At first i thought it was cool. But it just totally sucks. I would tell my mom that she should regret for buying this expensive shitty so called smart phone. Like really, why would it sucks?

Okay.. Im gonna tell you..

I dont like its photo gallery. I mean, it doesnt let make any sub folders and browsing for 1 photo in 500 photos in a folder? Yes, including some of your videos.. It is just making me depress. Just want it to throw on the wall.

The music player also sucks and the speaker. I never thought that nokia would make such phone.

The touch screen sucks. If you are a user then you would already know why..

The contacts. I just hate it..

The camera was okay. The only thing that i dont like is the flash.. Because when u put the flash on the picture was like really blurred.. I totally hate it.

Oh btw, before my mom gave this phone she asked me what phone i liked better. N95 or n97.. Of course. I was still innocent for knowing how this phone sucks so i chose n97 since i dreamed of having a touch screen phone but now i just want the n95 more. In my opinion n95 is way better than this.

But.. For me iphone4 is still the best.. Haha i want one.

By: Abhishake

Abhishake — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:17:28 +0000

Its is the worst phone I have ever bought.

Hangs everytime
touch screen is not sensistive
price too high
not even 1 percent compare to quality of iphone

I have both Iphone and n97.. I think with regards to 5th generation smart phone IPhone is too good

I feel to be have wasted my money on nokia n97

By: someone2

someone2 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:31:15 +0000

…nokia n97…
gps works fine. atleast better than a samsung phone
fm transmitter also works fine.
i have used it in my car and it worked well there.
n tell me guys, has any other brand even launched an fm transmitter in any of there phones??
and if u dont have a stylus stick cant u buy 1.
it hardly costs 5$.
nokia is the best brand…better than apple

By: your GOD

your GOD — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:48:36 +0000

um NO

with the new upgrade to the firmware most of the bugs are worked out and honestly i’d rather have this phone over the iphone with all the lovely limitations and security glitches.

resistive touch works just fine and is more sturdy than capacitive if you compared the specs and components for each

keyboard is actually real and not a soft pad that allows for more errors – i wonder how many people don’t buy an iphone since it has no keyboard at all

ui animations? gripe over that? fine i’d rather have a phone capable of mms and video with less security problems and a nicer cam. ui’s historically eat memory so any true power-user would turn that off anyway. and with a firmware upgrade they are just like the fondle vids!

and you say its expensive? and any other phones of this caliber are cheap?

By: someone

someone — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:52:39 +0000

i’ve got a n97 and its a wonderful phone best damn thing i’ve bought. it sounds like some of you got a crap version of a n97. fm works perfect i use it daily!, got the apps i need too read the news and listen to radio and it works perfect. cam is not the best but you can see wtf is on the picture. and what else…. someone wrote
– The Phone does NOT come with a stylus, even though it has the option for on-screen handwriting. But write with what ???
Try using the pencil you nut it comes with the phone!
And someone wrote its just ~50mb phonememory it comes with no memorycard. and i say to you, did you own a nokia n97? if you had you would noticed it has 32gb of memory i dont understand what you need a memory card for???? and the GPS Works excellent never had a problem. n97 is a very good phone i recomend it very much. ps im from sweden so the english is not very good:)

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:05:51 +0000

Most the arguments here are from people who don’t own an N97.

but lets all get something striate. The N97 does suck as a modern day smart phone.

However resistive vs. capacitive is a weak argument. The phones touchcreen is fine. its very responsive.

The reasons this phone suck is its CPU speed, pathetic amount of RAM, lack of 3D acceleration, poorly engineered camera, poorly engineered GPS antenna, weak FM transmitter, the fact that Nokia stuck a bunch of 3rd party apps in the RAM that are not free & you cannot erase, certificates that need to be signed all the time, video playback is poor and ROM Images cannot be customized.

All this adds up to a device that gets bogged down easily,

is not user friendly, any shots taken with its flash are useless,

gaming is very unimpressive, video is pretty much restricted to one format & because its unhackable tweaking it for speed or customizing the OS are out of the question.

its way overpriced crap..

I HATE THIS PHONE! NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT I DON’T THINK ABOUT THROWING IT INTO A WALL. if you ever owned a Palm treo you will not like this.

Truth is I can go on for days about real things that are wrong with this phone & matter. But I want anybody considering this device to pay close attention to the fact that Nokia installs 3rd party applications directly on the C drive which is also the ram that are not free & cannot be erased. That’s the one that breaks this camels back. performance is bad enough as it is with its 433Mhz CPU (lowest clock speed in its class) but it suffers even more because of Nokia’s greed. I really hate Nokia & this device because of this and all who like it are stupid or just naive to how a modern day device should be.

I loath this thing. I never hated a device before But when you con me out of $1000.00, to be an Alfa tester. I tend to hate.

I will never buy so much as a pencil from Nokia again & I would suggest you follow my lead.

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:36:53 +0000

The phone is pretty damn cool the only thing it doesnt beat the iphone with is app store but their app store has been around for much longer. and i have this phone and i havent had a problem with it once it is a great phone and it comes with everything i need. mine came with a stylus im not sure why some of your’s didnt. my fm transmitter works fine. the memory that it has 32gb (well really 29 once all the programs and that have been preloaded in it)is great fits movies and lots of music on it. GPS works fine no problems at all. only problem is it has shitty reception but i think thats just where i live.
So, in the end i find this phone very good and im happy i got it!

By: Xuggs

Xuggs — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:18:58 +0000

I dont know where to start from. The phone is not all that bad but it’s not that great either. After mixed feelings I let my N95 8GB go to make way for the N97 but what a grave mistake. I would love to revert back to my N95 anyday.

Things that don’t work for me:
- GPS: Tried everything. No I am not sitting in a dark room. I am not sitting in a room at all. I am standing in a clear ground with bright sunny conditions for over 20 minutes with A-GPS and a valid ISP access point. I must have spent 30$ just paying for data to test the crap GPS. Sent for repairs twice but still no GPS connection. Maps show my position 6KM from where I am. Horrible.

- FM Transmitter: Seriously what a joke. Never worked after trying everything from changing car antennas and a 2 dozen unused frequencies.

- Camera: Although not all that bad but compared to the N95 8GB, the camera is a joke. The dual LED position exposes a lot of brightness on the picture’s left hand side. I can live with it though. I use a Nikon D3000 for moments not a silly Nokia camera.

- Phone Memory: ~50MB and that should explain everything.

Bottom line.. the faith I had in a brand called Nokia has been lost. No more Nokia. For those who already bought an N97.. I sympathize with you and for those who are planning to, please consider something else. You’ve been warned.

/Xuggs

By: Mario

Mario — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:37:28 +0000

Sorry to hear you guys had a bad experience with the phone. I on the other hand, cannot say anything bad about it. It works flawlwssly and I´m really happy with it. It does everything it should and it does it right. All in a very classy and elegant form. Hope you guys can fix the flaws with SW updates, after all, the thing does not come cheap!