Nokia N96
Product Features:
| 3G: Yes | Wifi: Yes | Camera: 5 MP with flash |
| Display: 2.8 inches | Memory Card: upto 32 GB | Music Player: Yes |
| OS: Symbian | FM Radio: Yes | Bluetooth: Yes |
Product Review:
- 5 megapixel camera
- A-GPS Sat Nav capability
- 16GB memory, microSD slot, FM radio
- HSDPA
- Wi-Fi
- Inadequate battery life
- No camera lens protection
- The @$$
- % N81-inspired design
- No office document editing out of the box
Quick Specifications
See Full Specifications- General:
- Symbian, v9.3
- Display:
- 2.8 inches
- 240 x 320 pixels
- Camera:
- 5 MP
- AutoFocus
- Flash
- Video Recording
- QVGA Front Camera
- Video Calling
- Technical:
- 16 GB Inbuilt Memory
- Memory Card Support, upto 32 GB
- 128 MB RAM
- 264 MHz Processor
- Connectivity:
- 3G
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- DLNA
- Extra:
- Music Player
- Video Player
- FM Radio
- 3.5 mm Headphone
Advantages
Display In Groups| Camera | |
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Has Flash For Camera
Dual LED
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Having a camera flash allows you to take photos in low light. |
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Has Front Camera
QVGA (0.07 MP) with videocalling
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Front Camera enables you to take your own photos and also you can use videocalling feature because videocalling is supported in this phone. |
| Technical | |
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Supports Memory Card
upto 32 GB
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Memory cards give your device more storage capacity. So you can store more songs, photos and videos. |
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Lots Of Storage Capacity
16 GB
(Average: 16 GB)
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More storage allows you to store more songs, videos, photos and install more applications. |
| Connectivity | |
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Supports 3G
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3G Enabled Handsets give you more download speed and a faster internet experience. |
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Supports WiFi
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You can connect to wifi hotspots in your area to experience a superior internet experience. |
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Supports Bluetooth v2.0
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Bluetooth enables you to wirelessly listen to music and calls using bluetooth headsets. |
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Supports GPS
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GPS is used for determining your location. You can get directions to a place with the help of GPS. |
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Supports DLNA
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DLNA standard enables easy sharing of music, photos, and videos over wifi. You can stream video from your DLNA phone to your DLNA TV via WiFi. |
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Can Output To TV
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Allows users to connect the smartphone, to a TV or any other composite video input to show photos and videos on a large screen. |
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Has A 3.5mm Headphone Jack
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Having 3.5mm Jack enables you to connect to large number of other devices (such as speakers) having 3.5mm Port. |
| Extra | |
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Has Accelerometer
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Detects motion as well as the orientation of a device (horizontally or vertically). |
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Supports Video Player
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Watch your favourite video songs and movies in video player. It supports MPEG4, H.264, WMV, RealVideo file types. |
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Supports Music Player
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Listen to your favourite songs in music player. It supports MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, RA, M4A (Apple lossless), MP4 etc. file types. |
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Supports FM Radio
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Listen to your favourite radio stations on your phone. Enjoy music on the go with FM Radio. |
Disadvantages
Display In Groups| General | |
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Thick
18 mm
(Average: 18 mm)
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Slider phones are generally thick. |
| Camera | |
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Low Resloution Camera
5 MP with AutoFocus
(Average: 5 MP)
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Considering this phone's price, it should have come with a higher resolution camera. |
| Technical | |
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Fewer Processing Cores
1 Core
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More cores result in better parallelism, meaning more tasks can be processed in parallel without slowing down the User Interface. |
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Slower CPU
264 MHz
(Average: 264 MHz)
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Slower CPU has trouble in running graphics rich applications. |
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Limited Amount Of RAM
128 MB
(Average: 128 MB)
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Small RAM has trouble in running more applications at the same time, which makes the phone little slower. |
| Battery | |
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Short Battery Talk Time
3.7 hours
(Average: 3.7 hours)
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With short battery talk time, you won't be able to talk continously on the phone for a long period of time without charging. |
Full Specifications
Report An Error| General | |
| Sim Type: | GSM |
| Dual Sim: | No |
| Device Type: | Smartphone |
| Release Date: | February, 2008 |
| Design | |
| Dimensions: | 103 x 55 x 18 mm |
| Weight: | 125 g |
| Form Factor: | Slider |
| Display | |
| Type: | Color TFT screen, 16M colors |
| Touch: | No |
| Size: | 2.8 inches, 240 x 320 pixels |
| Memory | |
| Phonebook: | Unlimited |
| Internal: | 16 GB inbuilt, 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM |
| Card Slot: | Yes, upto 32 GB |
| Connectivity | |
| GPRS: | Yes |
| EDGE: | Yes |
| 3G: | Yes, 3.6 Mbps Download |
| Wifi: | Yes |
| Bluetooth: | Yes, v2.0 |
| USB: | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
| USB Features: | Mass Storage |
| Extra | |
| GPS: | Yes, with A-GPS Support |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer |
| 3.5mm Headphone Jack: | Yes |
| Extra: | DLNA, TV-Out |
| Camera | |
| Camera: | Yes, 5 MP with autofocus |
| Video Recording: | Yes, 480p @ 30fps |
| Flash: | 2 Flash |
| Front Camera: | Yes, QVGA (0.07 MP), supports video calling |
| Technical | |
| OS: | Symbian, v9.3 |
| CPU: | 264 MHz, ARM 9 Processor |
| Java: | Yes, MIDP v2.1 |
| Browser: | Yes, supports HTML/Flash |
| Multimedia | |
| Supports: | MMS, Instant Messanging, Voice Recording, Voice Commands, Calendar |
| Email: | Yes |
| Music: | MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, RA, M4A (Apple lossless), MP4 |
| Video: | MPEG4, H.264, WMV, RealVideo |
| FM Radio: | Yes |
| Document Reader: | Yes |
| Battery | |
| Size: | 950 mAH, Li-ion Battery |
| Standby time: | 220 hours, 192 hours on 3G |
| Talk time: | 220 minutes, 156 minutes on 3G |
| Music Playback time: | 840 minutes |
Maybe Nokia N96 wasn't really intended to take the market by storm and turn the world around. Maybe it was meant to quietly update the top multimedia gadget of the house and continue to cash in.
Tempted though we are to say that failure is looming over Nokia N96, we know better than that. There will be quite a lot of diehard Symbian fans (and even a few individuals that do actually need DVB-H support) that will go against their aesthetic sense and get the N96. read more →
- 2.8" 16M-color TFT LCD display of QVGA resolution
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and AF assist light
- Built-in DVB-H TV tuner
- Symbian OS 9.3 with S60 3.2 UI
- Dual ARM 9 264 MHz CPU and 128 MB of RAM
- Inadequate battery life
- No camera lens protection
- The @$$
- % N81-inspired design
- No office document editing out of the box
The N96, like both flavours of N95, is a great multimedia phone, but it's a fairly straightforward upgrade on its predecessor, with increased memory as well as the thinner and lighter casing the main advantages.
If you haven't already got an N95, it's definitely worth a look, but if you have, and are thinking of upgrading, your decision will largely depend on how much you need the extra memory. read more →
- 5 megapixel camera
- A-GPS Sat Nav capability
- 16GB memory, microSD slot, FM radio
- HSDPA
- Wi-Fi
- Plasticky bodywork
- Not a huge upgrade from the N95
- No touchscreen control
On the whole we are impressed with the N96. It offers noteworthy upgrades to its forerunner, such as the DVB-H tuner (not usable in the States) and 16GB of internal memory with further expansion, and the design is also greatly refined. Running S60 Feature Pack 3 gives the N96 the flexibility to handle most anything the user throws at it. With an overall capacity of 28GB of memory (and theoretical capacity for 48GB) and a large screen it serves as a worthy PMP replacement. read more →
- One of the best converged devices on the market
- Music player is well laid out and sounds great
- Camera and especially video are very good
- Outgoing sound quality was top notch
- Its design is blah; the device is big and the materials are only ok
- Keypad is pretty lousy
- Side buttons can be hard to operate
Though the Nokia N96 is a powerful all-in-one smartphone with an impressive amount of user storage, it's not a significant upgrade to the N95 and is outdone by new devices coming to market, including the Nokia N97. read more →
- The Nokia N96 features 16GB of storage and advanced multimedia features, including a 5-megapixel camera. The smartphone also has integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3G support.
- The N96 froze on a couple of occasions and can sometimes be sluggish. Nokia's Ovi services aren't fully activated in North America, so you can't take advantage of those extra capabilities. It's also expensive.
The N96 has everything a gadgeteer could want, including vast amounts of memory, a good camera, great video playback quality and built-in GPS. But its build quality is a bit iffy and it's not as easy to use as the iPhone. The N95 was a truly revolutionary product--and the N96 is simply a different evolution of the same thing. It's a still a great phone that's bursting at the seams with top-notch features, but it's not a huge update on the original. Most importantly, it doesn't provide anywhere near as good a user experience as the iPhone. read more →
- 16GB memory with the option to expand
- GPS
- HSDPA
- 5-megapixel camera
- table stand.
- Chunky, plasticky build
- some N95 users may have expected more
- Web browser not as good as Safari.
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