With the iconic iPhone handset pretty much hogging the smartphone limelight since its release in the summer of 2007, it’s perhaps unsurprising that rival handset manufacturers are looking to land the ultimate ‘iPhone killer’ in order to dethrone Apple’s trend-conscious device.
Nokia N96 specifications list mistakenly leaked onto the Internet? Credit: Nokia.
The Nokia N95 exists as a viable -- albeit expensive -- alternative to the iPhone, and fans of Nokia’s heavyweight smartphone will likely be intrigued to learn that specifications for its successor, the N96, appeared online for a brief time today.
VNUNet reports that the N96 specs listing, which was seemingly posted accidentally via Nokia’s German Web site, revealed that the new handset will indeed be equipped to compete with the iPhone thanks to the inclusion of quad-band GSM and HSDPA.
The N96 will apparently operate on the Symbian S60 FP2 OS, while also offering access to an onboard GPS module, DVB-H reception for mobile TV usage, and a TV-out port for the delivery of SD (standard definition) resolutions.
Unsurprisingly, the N96 will also come complete with a 5.0 mega pixel camera with auto focus and a dual-LED flash function. A Geo-tagging feature will combine with the onboard camera and GPS module to provide location-based information to the user’s snaps.
Aesthetics and presentation will be bolstered by a 2.8-inch QVGA display screen and a 16.7 million colour palette, while storage is handled by 16GB of internal memory. That capacity will be open for an increase to as high as 24GB via use of a microSD memory card.
Bundle Bluetooth 2.0 and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi connectivity into the total package -- and then stomach the expected 550 Euro (approximately 410 GBP or 800 USD) -- and Nokia’s N96 Multimedia Computer could well be a worthy competitor against the iPhone when it arrives in Q3 of 2008.
Of course, that’s if the iPhone hasn’t graduated onto the more impressive 3G network by that point.
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