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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
Clearer sound on video recordings
Better stereo separation on video recordings
More legible and tactile numeric keypad
Much clearer display in sunlight

Slimmer, sleeker, shorter
Better on-board optical noise reduction on still images
Faster auto-focus
Option of continuous focus in video recordings
16 million colour display
Better Pop port and card covers
Better side joystick

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

In camera mode

Categories: Hardware, Editorial Thoughts
Platforms: S60 3rd Edition

News Discussion

Hardeep1singh
This article sure puts me in a state of dilemma, looking at the differences between n93 and n93i, the older beast n93 clearly stands out as a winner out of the two. (you know, looks never mattered for s60 enthusiasts, otherwise they wouldn't be with s60 in the first place) N93 is a better choice but as it seems Nokia would favour the new n93i and stop n93's production sometime soon, reducing its market value, making mass market think this phone is Obsolete when its actually not.
Dogmann
Hi all,
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

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