Nokia N93

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Nokia N93
Nokia n93-1.jpg
Manufacturer Nokia
Compatible networks HSCSD, UMTS, Tri band GSM / GPRS / EDGE, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
Availability by region2006
Predecessor Nokia N90
Successor Nokia N93i
Nokia N95
Related Nokia N92
Dimensions118 × 55.5 × 28.2 mm
Mass180 g (0.40 lb)
Operating system Symbian OS v9.1, S60 3rd Edition
Memory50 MB
Removable storage MiniSD
BatteryLi-Po 1100 mAh (BL – 6M)
Display320 × 240 pixels; 262,144 colors
Rear camera3.2 Megapixels
ConnectivityBluetooth 2.0, Infrared, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, USB 2.0
Data inputs Keypad

The Nokia N93 is a mobile phone from Nokia, part of the multimedia Nseries. It was introduced on 25 April 2006 and released in July 2006. [1] It runs on Symbian OS v9.1 and the S60 3rd Edition interface. It was the most advanced camera phone from Nokia at the time of its release, and was particularly marketed for its swivel design like its predecessor Nokia N90, which mimics the appearance of a conventional camcorder.

Contents

The N93 improved upon camera capabilities over the N90. The phone has a 3.2-megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics and 3x optical zoom (the first Nokia phone to have it) as well as a 30 fps 640×480 (VGA) MPEG-4 video recording capability.

It was succeeded by the Nokia N93i.

Features

Versions

As well as coming in 2 colors, pearl black and silver, there was also a Nokia N93 Golf Edition which had been preloaded with Pro Session Golf software to help improve golf skills. There was also a Mission: Impossible III edition which included a memory card preloaded with the movie and a Mission: Impossible III theme. [7]

N-Gage

Although Nokia planned to release an N-Gage application for N93 (alongside N73 and N93i), it never made it due to memory issues.

The Nokia N93's likeness is used in the video game Tony Hawk's Project 8 as the way for players to view their in-game messages and videos.

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