Nokia - N91 Review Part 2

N91

27th April 2005

Included in the Symbian operating system is an XHTML web browser, email client, Java support and PC synchronisation capabilities. There's a range of PIM functions too, and as the N91 is a Series 60 device you should be able to add third party applications and games easily enough.

Getting back to basics - this is a 3G WCDMA/UMTS phone with tri-band GSM support (900/1800/1900 MHz), GPRS and EDGE data. 3G will give up to 384kbps download speeds, but if you live in an EDGE data area instead then you'll be able to get 236.8kbps which is pretty good too. For this type of handset, high speed data is essential and that lack of it is a key weakness in the N91's competition.

The Nokia N91 also support voice commands, voice dialling, has integrated handsfree, hi-fi ringtones, a bundled stereo headset and downloadable themes. There's even more too, but we can summarise it by saying that the Nokia N91 is an incredibly well-rounded handset in addition to being a great music phone.

It's a large and quite heavy device at 160 grams and 113x51x22mm. Talktime is 3-4 hours with up to 7 days standby. We're not sure how long the battery life is on the N91 when used purely to play music though.

In most respects the Nokia N91 is easily better than the competition. We think that the screen resolution is a little limited and 240x320 pixels is becoming normal on this type of device, plus it's heavy and actually fairly ugly, but at the moment it's the only dedicated music phone that we've seen that combines good multimedia support with 3G data and quite so much storage space. With this phone and also the N90, Nokia have shown that they really can make class-leading handsets.

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