A preliminary review of the Nokia N9

"There is no limit to perfection" - evidently, it is guided by this principle, the developers of Nokia when the first MeeGo-smartphone Nokia N9 . Design new products is very simple, it really is absolutely nothing more, but thanks to a minimalist device is perceived as something amazing and extremely easy-to-minute use. "Stuffing" an entirely new and unfamiliar to the modern user, but perfected, is fascinating thought-out, easy to grasp interface, as well as incredible opportunities. In short, the Finnish manufacturer is responsible work toward the establishment of its new flagship model, embodying in it a lot of modern developments are not used in any phone on the market. Unique features of the Nokia N9 really allow him to rise above the competition by offering new users an unsurpassed experience. Can you call a novelty "explosive" devaysom? Absolutely! This is a breakthrough for the company in many ways, but be patient - all in order.
Appearance

The proverb "Better to see once than hear a hundred times" is the best applicable to the entry for the story about the exterior Nokia N9 . Photos are able to convey the unusual simplicity of design innovations, demonstrating in a better light all the faces of the device, but the feelings that span while just holding the device in hand, to convey in words is extremely difficult.

Nokia N9 harmonious as the weight, and because of their dimensions. Case dimensions are 116.5x61.2x7.6-12.1 mm and weighs 135 g. It is the device comfortably in the palm of your hand and spinning in all directions to consider the details of design. About any backlash, the creaking and so on can be no question - we are Mighty monolith, made of one piece of polycarbonate. The material is pleasant to the touch, does not slide in the hand and the keys are still present on the body, are very well.

Keys, in fact, only three or even two: power, which combines the function of locking / unlocking a smartphone, as well as the volume keys

At the upper end of the phone is 3.5 mm connector for headphones, headsets and video-type cable Nokia CA-75U, and two plugs, one of which is a hidden slot microUSB, and under the other - to slot microSIM-cards. The manufacturer carried out the data plug into the new format is very convenient: microUSB - on a magnetic latch is opened by clicking on a convex surface, followed by moving the lid toward her card reader microSIM.

At the bottom end "settled" in microphone and speaker that I should mention, is very beneficial in providing high-quality sound. We note an important advantage of the dynamics - even if it is tightly cover the palm, the sound is not lost, as in other devices, but loud enough to sound continues. That is, even if the unit will be located in the densest cover, pocket or other similar circumstances, the owner does not miss a call.

Almost the entire front surface of the Nokia N9 is the display, details of which will be revealed shortly. Bottom right, oddly enough, fit the front camera. To say that this design decision is very unfortunate, it is impossible, but very comfortable and not too call. In general, the unusual - yes, but how comfortable is to use a camera with such its location, each decides for himself. Actually, this constituting the front side and an end - Smartphone deprived of keys to control, because it all controlled by gestures.

Almost in the center of the back of the N9 flaunts 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, features which also will be discussed below.

Novelty is presented in three colors: black (black), purple-red (magenta) and blue (cyan). Each option is interesting in its own way and, of course, will find its audience. The colors are bright, saturated and accurately draw the attention of others.

Accessories designed in one style with Nokia N9, incidentally, also made in bold and bright colors blended perfectly with it.
Display

As mentioned above, the front side of the device there is no shortcut, and it is not just beautiful, but also allows to realize the full potential of 3.9-inch AMOLED-display, whose resolution is 854h480 pixels.

Display Nokia N9 boasts stunning color and contrast. Picture a rich and juicy even when the brightness slider, 50-60 percent. A comparative test with competitors such as iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S II, he was brilliant. No, speaking objectively, MeeGo-new product is not brushed rivals on the far background, but it just displays a fuller picture than the product from Apple, and comparable image quality compared to the Super AMOLED Plus a smartphone from Samsung.

Talking about the viewing angles, here Nokia N9 also at altitude. If a picture is beginning to lose the iPhone 4, our device shows a discernible confidently displayed on the display. Super AMOLED Plus on this parameter is also very good.
Food

Responsible for feeding new lithium-ion battery BV-5JW, whose capacity is 1450mAh. According to the manufacturer, the smartphone is capable of working in a call in GSM up to 11 hours, the networks WCDMA - Up to 7 hours, standby time in the networks of GSM - up to 16 days, the networks WCDMA - up to 19 days. You can enjoy listening to music for two days, and watching HD-movies - for four and a half hours. Charging Nokia N9 through connector microUSB.

Supported networks

The model is designed to work in networks GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA Band I (2100), WCDMA Band II (1900), WCDMA Band IV (1700/2100), WCDMA Band V (850), WCDMA Band VIII (900 .) Producer during the show's emphasis on the machine other than the reception signal and a connection at any location in its palms - is achieved through the polycarbonate shell.
The software platform, the memory

Perhaps the most distinguishing feature of Nokia N9 is its operating system, because the novelty is the first smartphone based on OS MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan. It was perfectly realized combination of features such as communication, job applications and multitasking.

The heart of the smartphone is efficient processor ARM Cortex-A8, the clock frequency of 1 GHz. Responsible for the graphics processor and PowerVR SGX530 2D/3D graphics hardware accelerator. Despite the fact that at the moment the smartphone is not submitted in its final, finished version, he shows solid performance, faster processing of assigned tasks. Scrolling in applications menu, scrolling through a switch between running programs and desktops seamlessly and instantaneously: there is no "thoughtfulness" or brake. Nokia is preparing for us two versions of the smartphone in terms of internal memory. You can buy a novelty with 16 or 64 GB of memory on board. The volume of non-volatile memory is 512 MB ​​RAM - 1 GB. At the same time slot for memory cards, unfortunately, there is no Nokia N9. Record this time in the "cons" smartphone, of course, possible, but even 16 GB is enough for the average user, not to mention the 64 GB.

User Interface

The user interface is implemented completely new way. Before us are three types of desktop, thanks to which all available information on the smartphone logically ordered and easy to understand.

The second view - Display the latest events , where you see social networking events, information about the messages, calls, calendar events and so on. This shows the day of the week, date and time, you can also install the weather widget in your area.

Change the format of the application windows by using the familiar actions to increase / decrease the image (pinch-to-zoom): combine two fingers on the screen - windows is becoming more (3x3), divorce fingers - window becomes smaller (2x2). To minimize any application, just quickly, "perelistnut" it, and it will disappear. To close unused applications, detain touch - the picture will darken and the corresponding crosses in each window, clicking on that closes the program. If you want to close all running applications, the developer proposes to use button "Close all".

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