So now it’s clear why Nokia went for WP7 instead of Android — because they’re still banking on the Meego OS and the Nokia N9 is a testament that they can still kick ass.
The Nokia N9 is an impressive handset — both inside and out. The design is similar to what they did with the Nokia N8 but this time, there are no buttons on the screen. The AMOLED display is brilliant and the 3.9-inch glass somewhat curves towards the edge to give it a continuous feel.
The unibody is made up of polycarbonate which makes it light but tough at the same time. The material is already colored from production so it’s not just coated by inherent to the body (if you scratch it, the inherent color remains). You still feel that heft, probably due to the massive glass display and it’s relatively thin too — starts at 7.6 on the edges going to 12.1mm in the center.
The specs is the best one Nokia has pushed out their doors:
Nokia N9
3.9-inch AMOLED screen @ 854×480 pixels
ARM Cortex-A8 OMAP3630 1.0 GHz
PowerVR SGX530
1024MB RAM
16GB and 64GB internal storage
Bluetooth 2.1
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
3G/HSDPA 14.4Mbps
Near Field Communication (NFC)
8MP autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics (f/2.2 aperture)
720p HD video recording @ 30fps with stereo sound
2 x LED flash
2nd front-facing camera for video calls
1450mAh battery
Meego 1.2 Harmattan
The Meego 1.2 OS has been re-built to give it a fresh UI. I tried it on the N900 before and didn’t liked it very much. However, the Meego 1.2 OS on the Nokia N9 showed a whole lot of improvements. With the ARM Cortex-A8 processor and generous 1GB of internal RAM, the UI is very snappy and has a lot of tricks and nice, smooth transition effects up its sleeve.
In it’s true multi-tasking capability, you can switch between applications in a single swipe or load pages and pages on the browser at the background while doing something else. You can download thousands of apps and games straight from Ovi store and use them with the N9.
The Near Field Communication (NFC) works flawlessly when we tested it out with Nokia’s portable speakers and headsets (both have NFC support as well) so you ca use the technology right off the bat.
The handset comes in 3 colors — black, blue and pink. One thing that people might find as a bit of a disadvantage is that the 1450mAh Li-Ion battery is built-in and not user-replaceable, just like what they did with the N8.
Nokia has not specified the exact date nor the suggested retail price but promises the N9 will be out before end of the year. I’m guessing it will be the same SRP as the N90 when it first came out or probably near the 23k price of the N8.
Update: A Nokia rep indicated in one of the interviews after the event that the Nokia N9 will have a suggested retail price of $660PHP 38,732INR 55,935EUR 629CNY 4,804 (Php29k) for the 16GB and $749PHP 43,955INR 63,478EUR 713CNY 5,451 (Php33k) for the 64GB.
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mahoro says:
Wow that’s a nice phone :) looks kinda big pero pwede na :)
knee loat says:
sir youga i think your referring to n900 hindi yung n90… kasi ung n90 symbian and yung n900 yung meego device… paki update nalang nito kasi para sa mga babasa pa nito… =)
anyways hats off sa N9… medjo nakakakilig xa…
Zo says:
Looks like a really yummy phone. (literally) haha!
Kidding aside, if the price is close to what Yuga’s projecting i’d call this phone soundly competitive :) what a way to amp up the mobile arms race nokia!
jonski22 says:
but it has Nokia tune?
i miss the old Nokia tune!!!
Christopher Borja says:
Now just put in android with that design and it will be a bestseller. It is not easy to develop applications in Qt which is what you need to develop with this phone. :) If only Adobe would also include Meego in their Flex mobile target then that would be great.
Nokia>> says:
There are people who buy phones, because of their hardware, and I mean not just the specs, but the reliability of the phone to withstand the daily wear and tear. N9’s hardware is quite impressive, although it’s just made of polycarbonate material, still I’m impressed because it’s not coated.
There are three things that I always consider when buying a phone: telephony (Nokia’s well-known for this), battery life, and hardware. So far, this phone has met the requirements. Plus, it runs on Meego which gives you the feeling that you’re using a different or unique device compared to the dominant iOS and Android phones.
Well done Nokia! I know you’ve been written off, but still I have high hopes for you. ;-)
Nonoy says:
Great! But does the 8Mp autofocus have a camera pixels same with digi cams? I wonder if it can capture like that of SOny cybershot or Panasonic Lumix?
justme says:
I’m an n900 user. there’s not much apps available for maemo os. the phone lacks so much feature that are standards on other os/phone.
i hope nokia will release an update soon and not leave us (maemo users) in the dark.
i’m moving to an android os soon, primarily because of the applications i need the most at this moment is not available on maemo.
Jeric says:
they need to release it as soon as possible.. kasi if end of the year pa, im sure iphone 5 will come out, then probably htc, samsung, at SE meron namang new product that will make this one obsolete.. honestly i was waiting for a nokia wp7 but ang tagal, so i settled for the fruity phone muna while wala pa.. but still i want nokia to come back to the game.
1001 says:
sweet… here are some more of the features of the phone:
http://thenokiablog.com/2011/06/21/nokia-n9-ui/
heto naman yung bagong N950:
http://thenokiablog.com/2011/06/21/nokia-n950-photos/
sa may gusto ng dual sim na nokia heto ang bago:
http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-c2-03;JSESSIONID_NCOM=ngq8TQyPvvBSFfNLy2GYhb27ScDVgssTWdyLYnD9vQMtz0wR5DTJ!-1302767280?cid=nokiacom-fw-scl-na-bsm-na-facebook-g0-en-na
George says:
Meron po ba tong web flash player? gaya ng n900 dati.
Nokia>> says:
From CNET Asia:
Update: Colin Giles, Nokia’s Executive VP of Sales, has disclosed that the Nokia N9 will be retailing at US$660 (S$815) and US$749 (S$925) for the 16GB and 64GB models respectively. He revealed this information in a meeting with Malaysian journalists.
Messie says:
I’m betting that this is the make or break phone for the Meego platform. If this phone makes it good, then there will be high hopes on Nokia’s own OS, however, if this fails, then i’m guessing it will be goodbye Meego for Nokia.
Having that in mind, then Nokia should shove everything it can onto it. Hindi na pwede iyung lumang style nila na limited and tingi-tingi features lang on the phone regardless if the phone can handle more than it currently has.
Having more options will always benefit the consumers. Making the mobile OS industry into a two side battle (iOS vs Android) will limit it’s growth. The more players this industry has, the better products and services mobile costumers can expect. So, because of that, I’m hoping Nokia do well on this particular phone and the Meego platform.
danz gonzales says:
magpaparaffle ka po niyan? :))
Wakocoke says:
whatta sexy phone! sayang late sa party ang nokia with their meego pero i hope maging hit to para madaming choices ang mga consumers!
OH NO says:
Oh No! the front facing camera is lost? tsk tsk sayang wala tuloy support ng videocall… ganda pa naman sana!
lawrence says:
good comeback for nokia! atlast may 1ghz na phone na sila and its not the lame symbian.
late na sa party ang phone na to, pero sa daming sleeping nokia fanboys, alam ko magigising sila. haha.. this has the potential to bring nokia back to the top. sana lang maupdate nila at lagyan na ng adobe flash. yun nga ang panglaban ng n900 dati. the apps, well kung maganda ang outcome susunod ang growth ng apps.
maganda sana kung full focus ang nokia dito. sa android kasi sa sobrang dami ng oem, nagkakafragmentation. atleast sa nokia they have the ability to make the OS optimized for the hardware. And sana may midrange nito. I’m quite excited for this venture of nokia!!
meyo says:
late na to dapat las year pa to nilabas dual core na labanan ngayon… sayang to…,
Air21 says:
Is that a front facing camera?
tae says:
dapat yun pinfeatured dito yun mga gadget na magiging available lang sa pinas. para kasing copy cat lang sa engadget.com yung news
Abe Olandres says:
@tae – the Nokia N9 will be available in the Philippines by end of 2011. Besides, YugaTech is here in Singapore covering the Nokia event , live.
!Air21 – yes, it has a front-facing camera.
papao6 says:
grabe, parang gusto ko na ulit ng nokia… hahaha. ang astig niya… kailangan na mag ipon para dito…
Carl95 says:
hahaha right! Dual cores are overrated. It only makes the price double.
Kudos Nokia! Nokia N9 is worth the wait! Though I love my Iphone and Blackberry, but this baby I can’t wait to be released!
checkmymike says:
just saw the vids of the ui……android is way way advanced compared to meego…..but i have to give it to nokia for the outstanding construction design of the phone!…..haay, kung sana android na lang ang nakalagay sa phone, im sure it will be a bestseller!
this phone will definitely sell, but this is not a phone that will bring nokia back to the top. it will just signify that nokia is not down and out. they should release this asap and not wait for the last quarter. iphone5 is coming and im sure big android oem’s will be coming out with new handsets to counter this.
definitely not my next phone (but im dying for the design!
Wakman says:
Nice phone. I wonder what would happen to Symbian^3? Will Nokia use Meego OS for their future phones?
Momo says:
As mouth-watering as this prospect seems, this is going to be a hard sell for Nokia. As a consumer, it will be difficult for me to purchase a phone with an OS that the manufacturer withdrew support from a few months before. Sure meego will still be around since it’s open source, but now that Nokia has decided to go on a different direction with their phones, I would be wary of purchasing a meego phone from them. The OS may be open, but the hardware drivers aren’t.
Lankku says:
I just earmarked 40k for this beauty!
Come to papa Lankku!!! Panting with tongue out.
inots2pid says:
ill buy this phone when it comes here sa pinas kung around 23k lang halos ka price lang ng N8 nung nirelease ganda ng specs :)
Sinestro says:
N9’s PROBLEM. Its not the hardware but the software. The phone runs on the latest iteration of MeeGo (even though it’s not mentioned anywhere on the promotional site), which Nokia developed as a response to Apple’s iPhone and the Android army. But the problem is MeeGo is obsolete already, even before the N9 goes on sale.
The first Nokia Windows Phone 7 devices are set to arrive later this year, while Symbian and Meego phones will be slowly abandoned over the coming months (or relegated to cheaper feature phones). It makes little sense to buy the N9, with an OS soon to be put to pastures, regardless of Nokia’s excellent craftsmanship when it comes to hardware. If you really want a latest Nokia phone that is worth your money, you are better off waiting until later this year for one of the Nokia models running in Windows 7. Its worth the waiting.
wacko says:
ill buy this phone for sure, yes nokia
Lankku says:
Nokia N9 will be available within a month according to Forbes.
Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/06/21/hands-on-with-nokias-all-screen-meego-phone-the-n9/2/
Control+F na lang ang month.
weh says:
nadala nako because of nokia n900. i promise di na ko bibili ng nokia products. puro lang sila promises, they even promise us to upgrade adobe flash but til now wala parin, abandoned na ang device. baka mangyari din sa n9, baka konti lang availbale apps. pero pag makita ko maraming apps, bibili ako neto.
Lankku says:
This is a work of art in Qt. Qt is a geek thing that makes OS irrelevant to the application. It is the universal plug. Android, S^3, S40, Maemo, Meego and after the N9 blows the market, WP7.
There. Not buying this over some laggy dual-core crapdroid or some multi-pausing iOS is pure stupidity.
piolo says:
parang makapal na para sa akin yung 12mm
hey says:
This is Nokia’s saving grace! Welcome back Nokia to the business :))
JM says:
Wow! PowerVR SGX530?? Samsung Wave is much powerful than this graphically.
Justin says:
Though N9 is just 8mp unlike the N8, but it now holds as the “World’s Fastest Camera Phone”
“The Nokia N9 has the fastest camera on any phone – from launch to focus to capture. It’s even faster than one of best point-n-shoot cameras out there, the Canon Powershot S95!”
For full details, visit the links below:
http://thenokiablog.com/2011/06/22/nokia-n9-camera/
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2011/06/22/nokia-n9-camera-faster-than-iphone-4-and-galaxy-s2/
Carl95 says:
Definitely buying this baby! It is now the “World’s Fastest Camera Phone”!
This is from nokia blog:
“The Nokia N9 has the fastest camera on any phone – from launch to focus to capture. It’s even faster than one of best point-n-shoot cameras out there, the Canon Powershot S95!
One thing that wasn’t mentioned on the interview was the wide-open F/2.2 lens on the Nokia N9. It’s the largest aperture on any mobile phone as far as I’m aware (let me know if you can find one with wider aperture). That means it should perform well in low-light conditions. In comparison, the Nokia N8 has F/2.8 and the Nokia N86 with F/2.4. The lower aperture number allows more light to reach the image sensor. Nokia’s imaging expert Damian Dinning can explain this better and I believe he has a post coming up soon at Nokia Conversations.
I’m geeking out on the Nokia N9′s camera. Are the photography lovers excited over this device?”
checkmymike says:
epic fail!
EspayderMan says:
It doesn’t make sense launching this phone when Nokia will shift to WP7 unless they plan on making more phones that runs on Meego.
Lankku says:
Nokia just leaked the Windows Phone brother of the N9. Here: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/23/nokias-first-windows-phone-images-and-video/
damo says:
help me decide pls..planning to buy a phone..
pero na.lilito ako..iphone 4/5/4s or nokia n9?
may ipad na ako madaming apps kaso nd ko naman
masyado ginagamit.minsan nkakatamad na…should i go for nokia n9.?
or iphone with the upcoming iOS 5?
thanks in advance.. :D
turboglendz says:
To all Nokia haters out there, please give credit where it is due. GSMarena and Engadget has nothing but praises for this phone. And the one saying that SE phones have better image sensors than Nokia? Can you please provide the source of that nonsense? There was even a blind test in GSMarena where the N8 beat a dedicated digicam – a Sony Cybershot. I personally did not like the 5800 but Nokia is learning from its mistakes.
russ says:
this is my next phone, the Blue one..im so AWED!! video pa lng ah..haha
goodha says:
as much for the drools over this phone, sad to say….
http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-will-not-return-to-meego-even-if-n9-turns-out-to-be-a-hit-says-stephen-elop/
Blog Ng Ina Mo says:
It’s just a phone. Get a life, people.
FrostyM says:
Who said this smart phone is useless and it can beat by SGS2. no wonder why these people doesn’t know Nokia. the specs of Nokia N9 is delicious it has a 1GHz. TI OMAP3630 CPU matched with PowerVRSGX530 GPU and 1GB of RAM, powers the platform. On the back, there is an 8-megapixel Carl Zeiss wide-angly auto-focus camera capable of capturing 720p videos. not just 720p look at the quality of the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZCOn_1KdF0&feature=player_embedded it’s like 1080p recording! this is insane! and watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJxj_GhZ3Js the camera UI. is Perfect!
FrostyM says:
If Nokia N9 will release soon! i will buy it for sure! keep going Nokia!
I’m not fanboy i just want to buy a smartphone that i choose. best quality and best performance.
maecel says:
hi, just wanna know ,when the nokia n9 release in philippines? how much ?
jas says:
why does this phone have no micro sd slot? Dang!
superboink16 says:
it doesn’t have a radio too.
hater! says:
and has only 8mp!
rainbow_brite says:
and it doesn’t come in ‘menstrual red’ or ‘phlegm yellow-green-grey spot’ color. :(
jaja,,,,,, says:
how mmuch is nokia n9?
sgt rave says:
1gb ram 1gb power whew 100 apps running at the same time whew whew whew…
pricey hahaha
still dunno what to buy
Edivaldo says:
where i can buy in the philippines??
Zeus says:
finally appearing on nokia philippines
http://www.nokia.com.ph/find-products/products/nokia-n9
release date not yet announced.
laine says:
haha ang pinapangarap kong phone n9 hehe
Kathy says:
Gotta have this for Christmas. ;D
ronald says:
I bought mine yesterday in sm city annex bldg. I got the white 64GB for P27,700.