Nokia N98

Overview

Most Anticipated Nokia Smartphone

Since 2007 there is a lot of buzz on internet about Nokia N98. This phone might take direction of Nokia N8 in terms of operating system and design and build quality. The problem with that idea is that there are rumours that the Nokia N98 is to be released before the end of 2010. But till now this phone did not hit the market.

Nokia N98 Design and Build Quality

N98 will come with attractive design and stunning look and phone is expected to equipped with excellent features. Phone is expected to be full QWERTY keyboard with screen which would be measure 3.5 inch and 113.5 X 59 X 12.9 mm and have multi-touch screen.

User Interface and comfort to use Nokia N98

N98 will come with 3.5 inch display screen with AMOLED display technology. It would operate on Symbian OS (Belle, Anna, Symbian^3). The menu system of phone is very simple with full access to applications through tapping icons in the menu. Phone has also supported with Kinetic scrolling and swiping.

Nokia N98 Performance

With its built-in-3D graphics accelerator and the 680 MHz ARM11 processor, it will be great for graphics and audio content. Phone would have high quality of video and audio. Listening to audio and watching video will be very pleasant as the sound and picture quality is bound to be great. Phone would have powered with 16 GB (256 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM) internal memory and will be extend up to 32GB via MicroSD Card. Internet connectivity is very fast as this phone would be capable of high 3G speed.

Nokia N98 Features

Music and video can be listened to on the Nokia N98 using either the external stereo speakers or using the 3.5mm audio jack. FM radio would also be included in the Nokia N98 probably with an FM transmitter. Users would have ability to access the content on the Nokia Ovi Player with a free subscription service that allows the user to download unlimited music from the Nokia Music Store.

Nokia N98 Camera and Video quality

Nokia N98 will come with 7.2MP camera with resolution of 3072X2324 pixels and also equipped with front camera for video calling which is a 0.3 VGA camera with resolution power 640X480 pixels. It supports Geo-tagging and sharing features, face and smile recognition and also powerful photo and video editor. Nokia N98 would also have capability to create movies directly on the phone by merging imaged, video and sound clips into single video file.

Value for Money

It's rumoured/concept phone, it's price is not available.

Verdict

The Nokia N98 will be a great phone to have with features that are expected to be state-of-the-art in all respects. It may be designed to fix the features which are not present in Nokia N97. This is going to be the phone with a personality to fit the user that wants to make a statement. We would recommend getting this smartphone once it hits the market, which is if it will ever hit the market.