The Nokia N93 and N93i - not a clear cut choice!
Published by Steve Litchfield at 12:34 UTC, February 20th 2007
Now that I've been able to test a production Nokia N93i, along with the continuous focus video I reported on last week, I thought it appropriate to both update the AllAboutSymbian review and also summarise the relative advantages of each device. Read on for text and video.
The N93i is certainly not a head and shoulders upgrade over the N93. Lifted from the review, here's my summary table:
| Nokia N93 | Nokia N93i |
Longer battery life | Slimmer, sleeker, shorter |
The central test, for me, was how the two device compare at shooting video. I set up my tripod and filmed the same scene (of me video blogging) on each device, rendering the clips down to the standard 320 by 240 resolution used on most web pages. Here's the result: n93n93i.mp4, 8.6MB - right click it to save and watch etc. Comments welcome!
And here's the link to the updated review itself, now with many small text changes from my initial review of the N93i pre-production hardware.
Steve Litchfield, 20 Feb 2007
Categories: Hardware, Editorial Thoughts
Platforms: S60 3rd Edition
News Discussion
Well from when it was first announced and i saw the keypad i decided this wasn't a viable upgrade for me and from the pros and cons list the only real advantage i can see is the 16 million colour screen but if its not as clear thats not really worth it anyway. As i am more than happy with the screen in the N93 and also the side D pad control plus IMO the keypad on the N93 is just so good this would not be an upgrade i would consider.
Marc