iPhone 3GS VS Nokia N97: A Detailed Comparison

Tech | Saturday September 12 2009 11:20 am |
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June was a huge month for smartphones. Apple released their new iPhone 3GS and Nokia began shipping their N97 to the North America. Both phones are GSM models and therefore compete with each other in the eyes of the consumer. From price to features, the app store to the camera this video highlights the differences between the two devices allowing you to decide which phone is right for you. Just a heads up, in terms of voice quality the phones both are very good and therefore didn’t merit a …

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  1. Comment by q8qatar — September 15, 2009 @ 8:51 pm

    the iphone has alot of problems mostly its with a contract and its expensive also its not strong its not easy complicated the n97 is nice easy cool cheap price perfect with good warnty no problems and unlocked al ready

  2. Comment by oliviasnell — September 18, 2009 @ 9:23 pm

    iPhone 3GS way better than nokia n97

  3. Comment by zitianaki — September 20, 2009 @ 8:11 pm

    the iphone was a gift.. i liked some things about it. and i even want to buy a apple mac now but the phone just wasent what i hoped it would be…

  4. Comment by zitianaki — September 21, 2009 @ 10:23 pm

    its the same rubbish as the 3g they left the design the same aswell on the 2g there was no point upograding to the 3g on the 3g thers no point upgrading if u have a 3g.. i saw a fake pic of the iphone on ijustines website i was ready to go buy it… when the specs catch up with the nokia and they change the design completely then ill rush out and get one and not care if the bluetooth is disabled and other such features

  5. Comment by turner6002 — September 22, 2009 @ 12:20 am

    most annoying voice and accent ive ever heard!

  6. Comment by zitianaki — September 22, 2009 @ 6:37 am

    because its a good phone i dont use the touch screen… the n96 was like a brick… and the specs of the n97 are really good and i like the qwerty keyboard.. i dont care how many of each phone was sold.. the nokia is better for me…i have a 3gs also and when the specs catch up with the nokia id probably like the iphone more

  7. Comment by brooped — September 22, 2009 @ 8:11 pm

    And also, iPhone to date is the most accessorized phone in this planet, billions of bargain accessories, cases and such you know. If you need some sort of an application, no matter how specified, somebody has probably already done it for you. Just take your iPhone, open AppStore and download it for some 0,99$ / 0,79€. With the price difference of those two phones you’ll get quite a hunch of those apps n games. :D

  8. Comment by brooped — September 24, 2009 @ 4:03 pm

    Not quite, why would iPhone 3GS sell one million units in it’s first weekend if Apple got it wrong.. ;) And that against Nokia’s 500000 units since June! Wonder why you ever bought an iPhone if you don’t like touch screens?! :D And why N97 with a touch screen, why not E90 or some? N96?

  9. Comment by zitianaki — September 25, 2009 @ 12:54 am

    each to their own… the iphone is good but not as good.. apple just got it wrong when it comes to cell phones

  10. Comment by zitianaki — September 27, 2009 @ 2:58 pm

    yeah but the nokia u dont have to use the touch screen i hate touch screen…. and u get a little pen which makes it easy to use if u rather touch screen.. the nokia an diphone are both easy to use.. but double the ram on the iphone 3gs.. i care about all the features apple cripple themes on my phone bluetooth send recieve file.. is that why the guy selling ibluetooth made over 30 thousand because people dont want it?

  11. Comment by brooped — September 28, 2009 @ 12:36 am

    And iPhone is the very original, many have tried to build some kind of iPhone-killers, and only Android has made it even to close.

  12. Comment by brooped — October 1, 2009 @ 8:03 am

    iPhone competes with ease of use and has a very fast iPhone OS, unlike Nokia which doesn’t seem to care about lagging and is pretty uncomfortable to use because of that. Take a look at the satisfaction surveys, iPhone’s taking them all, for a reason.. :P even though it was the SLOWER iphone 3g.. ;) Also take a look at some iPhone 3GS versus N97 tests, not videos but text versions and you’ll see people don’t care about video calls or such.

  13. Comment by zitianaki — October 3, 2009 @ 2:41 pm

    yeah i agree ovi store SUCKs but the good thing is i can download from websites games and apps and send them with BLUETOOTH and install them.. nto like shitty iphone i have to go through cydia or app store and itunes,,… ;)

  14. Comment by zitianaki — October 3, 2009 @ 2:50 pm

    and most people are to scared to jailbreak for some stupid reason… backgrounder for the background apps u can have emulators snes nes and all the other great apps cydia provides… but nokia has all that and MORE without a jailbreak.. winterboard which why the h wouldent apple allow a simple THEME?!?! or changing sms tones or making video calls… its 3GS where is the fron camera?

  15. Comment by zitianaki — October 5, 2009 @ 12:12 am

    the 3gs is shit i have both and the only thing thats better on the iphone is the more sensative touch screen and double the ram it has

  16. Comment by zitianaki — October 6, 2009 @ 7:31 am

    nokia wins every time plus u can remove the batter plus u can put more space up to 48GB of space cyda has some good apps so dies icy but why would i pay for apps the phone should already have?!?! ibluetooth the guy wants 4 euros which u can get cracked but then u have to start cracking apps the phone should already have…. the nokia wins hands down

  17. Comment by circa666 — October 7, 2009 @ 11:25 am

    N97 is lagging ;) and boring
    Jailbreak the iphone and then download Cydia to install backgrounding…

    What a fake app store from nokia ;)
    the keyboard from the n97 is weird

  18. Comment by brooped — October 7, 2009 @ 8:58 pm

    Lol nokia truly fails with this one, even though I’m Finnish :D Gotta upgrade my iPhone 3G once I get a change, kinda sold out in Finland those 3GS.. :(

  19. Comment by Pwnage5 — October 8, 2009 @ 9:34 am

    oh wow… DEFINITELY worth the extra 500$…..not. and im saying that he has and ipod touch so it would be better to have iphone,,, seriously for an extra 500$ for a not more better phone, you could buy an hdtv with that…

  20. Comment by fareselnasr — October 8, 2009 @ 12:43 pm

    okay actually it is good to have auto correct.

  21. Comment by Zero2naked — October 10, 2009 @ 3:03 am

    The nokia almost looks like a PSP

  22. Comment by MIKEYK11284 — October 11, 2009 @ 10:56 pm

    auto CORRECT, CORRECT lol not creeect

  23. Comment by zitianaki — October 11, 2009 @ 11:59 pm

    the nokia speakers are much louder and u can add all the music u want… the iphone u can bearly hear it ring on full volume

  24. Comment by zitianaki — October 13, 2009 @ 7:23 pm

    email client is fine… os is good.. iphone has crippled bluetooth no flash on the camera u cant put a simple theme withotu jailbreaking they sell u a phone and then tell u how to use it.. the iphone is usless withotu jailbreak everythign has to go through itunes where the nokia u ca use as a external drive easily add files and assign tones and make video calls a qwerty keyboard making using the net easy… the nokia wins easily… though iphone has more ram nearly double

  25. Comment by TravvyG — October 15, 2009 @ 1:26 am

    ……. all I want them to do is put a Video calling camera in cause theirs not point in a Celluar 7.2Megabits connection if you can’t use it in other ways then YouTubeing and a Removable Battery and theirs a lot of Software improvements that would be nice such as Multi tasking, File Transferr via Bluetooth etc

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