What does the N9 offer above the N900
 

Reading through all the various threads & posts,

I'm yet to find a compelling reason to move from my N900 to the N9?
It just doesn't seem to offer anything new or better in my opinion.

Yes it has a better screen res, more built in storage and a marginally better camera.
............ but lacks a hw keyboard, fm radio, replaceable battery

I just can't see how it's worth getting one when you already have an N900?

Or have I missed something here?
Not saying it's better or worse, just don't see how it offers me anything to get excited about.

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1GB of Ram

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I'll keep my N900 for the keybard and the I.R. transmitter!

For me, if Nokia do a N950, i'll earn a N950.

I the N9 is the last MeeGo's Nokia phone, I'll earn a N9 but keep my N900 again: my N900 to use it at home, the N9 to use it away...

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Free maps and navigation straight out of the box

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What does the N9 offer above the N900?

Tens of threads asking what does the device offer above it's predecessor.

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Alas it'll be the rubbish that is Ovi Maps...........

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I have and love my N900 but will be getting an N9 because…

bigger and better screen
better camera (8MP)
free maps & navigation
faster processer
more Ram (1024mb)
more Memory (64gb)
bigger battery

IMHO a sleeker and modern design…

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- The N900 can be overclocked to 1GHz so I hope N9 can do more!
And the N9 have only one processor.
- For the internal memory, i'm OK, but the N9 will have a Micro SD slot?
- For the battery, OK, but you can't change the battery (so, if your N9 bug or if you would change your N9 battery...)
- For RAM, OK, very good!

For me, the N900 have that in more:
- Keyboard :-).
- IR transmitter.
- F.M. transmitter.
...

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1 Gb of RAM.

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Got to agree with all that however surely the big one is the meego os and I assume access to more apps/games?

If the meego CE os ever gets a viable os then there seems no compeling reason to buy a N9 as having no Flash support is disappointing.

As matters stand a SGS2 seems a better long term purchase, should I ever get bored with my N900.

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There's fm transmitter built in but no software as was in the case of n900 initially.

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n9 will be last device of its kind even if meego is super hit == no apps

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I agree.. the way elop is going, seems like another dead end as far as apps are concerned.
That being said, apps are not the be all and end all of a look at the n900!

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Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't AMOLED use less battery if there's a black background? If so, my battery life is gonna be awesome because I will use a special "n900 theme."

So, in answer to the question:

Excellent battery life.

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Going by the stated battery life in the nokia developer site's device comparison tool, N9 has tremendously better battery life than N900.

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The screen is bigger, thus likely to consume more power, so your point only compensates that.

The screen size is positive thing.
The more powerful battery as well.

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Bigger screen, navigation maps, no hardware keyboard!

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It costs more.

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Tried to set up a comparison N9/N8/N900 here
Google translation from German

I found NFC, better voice quality because of 2 mics and a compass as the main features that the N9 has over the N900. (And the 1GB RAM, of course :) ...)

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What does the N9 offer above the N900 (that i really care about)

Meego/QT compliant environment
Easy access to KDE/QT apps like marble
1GB Ram
90% more GPU power
60% more CPU power
30% more MEM speed
bigger+better screen
tough (unibody-polycard + gorilla-glass)

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don't 4get about the NFC .

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What is NFC?

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Are u serious ? Oo

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NFC is Near Field Communication. You can use it for example to touch bluetooth devices and pair/unpair them (well, if the BT device is also NFC enabled). This was demonstrated in one of the N9 hands-on videos.

-sc

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+1 more RAM
+1 not that thick as N900/N8
+1 car navigation (which would probably not crash every few minutes as Sygic solution does on my N900)

Off topic:
-10 no replaceable battery (makes the device unreliable)
-1 different SIM card size (unable easily to swap SIM cards to other phone as N9 dies, again does not allow to recover from unreliability)
-1 no hw keyboard
-1 no cover for the camera lens
-1 no SD card support (for memory hungry apps as offline wikipedia, additional offline maps,...)

Off off topic: I want one, even if it is expensive, stupid and unreasonable idea.

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Can I assume that NFC is refering to "Near Field Communication"?

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pros:
- slim
- stylish
- big screen
- gorilla glass
- capacitive

cons:
- capacitive
- no hw keyboard
- no replaceable battery

i'm not putting hw-power in the list, because thats obvious.

i'm not sure... i will not buy it as soon as it comes out. i'll wait for some reviews and stuff.

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sim cutter for sim => micro sim: 1$
plastic bit for micro sim => sim adapter: 10 cents.

and 64 gb is already a lot of space (just, less reliable for backups, extreme recovery, other OS, etc...)

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Is Google is going to support google maps for me
ego?? as i miss google maps on N900...

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1. Alien Dalvik to run android apps.
2. No more choppy skype/sip calls (hopefully) :D

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Where did you get these percents? When I checked N9 had the same SGX530 GPU as N900 has and the CPU was pretty much the same, 45nm thought. Resolution is almost the same also. 4x RAM is great :)

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Neither are confirmed.

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And Alien Dalvik will probably run on N900 also, if it gets released.

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What does the N9 offer above the N900….

MULTI TOUCH….

its going to be awesome 8-)

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Nobody mentioned anything yet which justifys spending £500/$600 on the N9.

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Its an overall user experience in a compact phone, where you can use one hand to communicate. N900 is a clumsy daddy compared to the athleticism of N9. N900 will be a tablet at home and N9 will be a workhorse during the day.

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The N9 is what I wished the N800 would have become. The extra screen real estate and thinner profile should make up for other shortcomings.

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What extra screen real estate? It's hardly bigger than N900 screen, just a tad wider. And you lose it all because of the vkb....

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Non-detachable microUSB port. :D

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My friends won't make fun of me anymore. Everytime I take the N900 out of my pocket I lay myself open to ridicule.."Ah you got your laptop with you..haha!".

If I show them the N9 they will stand if awe! ;)

And its special, its important to be different these days ;)