N96 Killer

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Nokia's iPhone killer, N96




Nokia is all set to steal Apple's iPhone thunder. In a first global launch in India, the world's largest cell phone maker, Nokia is unveiling its 'killer product' N96. Touted to be an iPhone killer, the high-end Nokia N96 will be launched two days before the official launch of Apple iPhone (August 22). Nokia N96 is the successor of Nokia N95. The phone which was tipped to see its global launch in October will be available in the market from the first week of September. Here's looking inside Nokia's iPhone rival.

Here's a phone sans touch screen, however, still billed as the toughest iPhone rival. Nokia's N96 is seen as a hot competition to iPhone, though the company is also reported to be working on a touch screen rival reportedly called Tube. With a large 2.8-inch screen display, the phone packs 16GB of internal memory, expandable up to 24GB. According to Nokia, the phone can store up to 40 hours of video. The phone supports talk time of up to 3 hours and 40 minutes. Nokia N96 offers support for Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 Operating System.

Nokia N96 boasts of a 5 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, flash and video light. The video camera captures at 30 frames per second. The images can be stored in both JPEG and EXIF format. With the integrated A-GPS, users can geotag their pictures with location data.

The phone is expected to be priced around Rs 35,000.