Phone Comparison - Nokia N900 vs Nokia N9

Nokia N900
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Nokia N9
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced August 2009 June 2011
Status Available - November 2009 Available - September 2011
Colors Black Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white
Form Factor Side-Slider Candybar
Dimension 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
(4.37 x 2.35 x 0.71 in, 4.45 cc)
116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 2.99 cc )
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Maemo 5 MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] 1 GHz Cortex A8, TI OMAP 3630 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] PowerVR SGX530 [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB No

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 3.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 480 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (251 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.40% 58.88%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio (via third par No
Games Yes + downloadable Angry Birds Magic (NFC), Galax
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2576x1936 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash Carl Zeiss optics Carl Zeiss optics
Features Geo-tagging Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch-focus
Video Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Class 33
Edge Class 32 Class 33
3G HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps
Browser xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds

memory User Memory

Call Records Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 1450 mAh (BV-5JW)
Stand by Up to 278 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Up to 380 h (2G)
Up to 450 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)