Nokia N96

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Nokia N96
Nokia N96 screen landscape.jpg
Manufacturer Nokia
Compatible networks Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Dual band UMTS / HSDPA: UMTS 900 / 2100 or UMTS 850 / 1900
Availability by region
  • EU: 24 September 2008
  • NA: 15 October 2008
Predecessor Nokia N82
Nokia N95
Successor Nokia N86 8MP
Nokia N97
Related Nokia N78
Nokia N79
Nokia N85
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Form factor Dual slider
Dimensions103 x 55 x 18 mm
Mass125 g
Operating system Symbian OS 9.3 (S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2)
CPU Nomadik dual ARM9 CPU (264 MHz) without video accelerator
Memory128 MB SDRAM
Storage16 GB flash
Removable storage microSDHC 16 GB max (32 GB max available in 2009, microSDXC 64 GB max available in 2011)
SIM miniSIM
BatteryBL-5F (950 mAh)
Display2.8" TFT QVGA (320x240 px
Rear camera5 MP autofocus, dual-LED flash, 8x image digital zoom, 4x video digital zoom, 480p video
Front camera VGA (0.3 MP)
Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, microUSB (USB 2.0), DVB-H class C, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP, EDR), GPS w/A-GPS
Data inputs Keypad, d-pad, mutimedia keys, navigation wheel

The Nokia N96 is a discontinued high-end mobile phone announced by Nokia on 11 February 2008 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as part of the Nseries line. [1] [2] The N96 runs Symbian OS v9.3 (S60 3rd Edition, FP2). It is compatible with the N-Gage 2.0 gaming platform and has a DVB-H TV tuner and AV output.

Contents

Compared to the popular Nokia N95 8 GB, the N96 has a doubled flash storage capacity (16 GB), dual LED flashes and a slimmer design. [3] However, critics had negative views on the N96's battery life and user-unfriendliness [4] and its downgraded CPU clock speed raised questions. [5] It was one of 2008's most anticipated mobile phones, but its launch was delayed and it was only widely available from October 2008. [6] [7] It is thus considered a commercial failure. [8] Critics stated that the Nokia N85 provided more new features at a significantly lower price. [9]

Release

Shipments for the N96 began in September 2008. [10] Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific were the first locations to provide the phone to consumers. The American and Chinese versions were expected shortly thereafter. [11] In the US, the phone was sold for $900, which was seen as being too expensive. The general UK release date for the N96 was 1 October, although London had a separate date of 24 September, where the phone went on sale exclusively at Nokia's flagship stores on Regent Street and at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. [12]

Differences from N95 8 GB

Additions:

Removals:

In 2008, a video commercial advertising Nokia N96 Limited Edition Bruce Lee, became viral in the internet. The video, produced by the Beijing office of the J. Walter Thompson (JWT) agency and targeting a Chinese market, shows what looks like archival footage of Bruce Lee doing various tricks with nunchaku (playing table tennis, lighting a cigarette in another person's mouth and extinguishing thrown lighted matches mid-air). The video was specifically made like a never-seen-before footage of Bruce Lee (particularly, the ball in the video was digitally added in post-production [13] ), which was later admitted by the JWT chief creative officer Polly Chu. [13] The associated website shown in the commercial, nokia-lee.com.cn, has since then been taken over by pornographic content.

The N96 also appears in Katy Perry's "Hot n Cold" music video.

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References

  1. ↑ "Nokia N96: The one to watch". Nokia. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  2. ↑ "ShowPressRelease". Nokia. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Nokia N96". November 2008.
  4. ↑ "Nokia N96 review: King's new clothes".
  5. ↑ "Nokia N96 review: King's new clothes".
  6. ↑ "N96 launch delayed until October". The Register .
  7. ↑ "Nokia N96 review | S21". Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Nokia 5800 Vs IPhone 3G". Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Nokia's N85 reviewed, called better than N96".
  10. ↑ "Highly anticipated Nokia N96 begins shipping". Nokia. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  11. ↑ "ShowPressRelease". Nokia. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Nokia UK - Flagship - Nokia N96 - All phones - Find products". Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
  13. 1 2 David Mikkelson (27 November 2012). "Did Bruce Lee Play Ping-Pong with Nunchaku?". Snopes . Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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