If the opinions of
two star-crossed bloggers weren't enough to sway you firmly into either the "yea" or "nay" column regarding a
Nokia N97 purchase, perhaps seeing how it fares after being dunked into a bowl of corn flakes will help you make up your mind.
N97Geeks.com has gone the 'ol torture test route, including of a series of scratch attempts for the screen and the body as well, plus the aforementioned test where it became a part of This Complete Breakfast. The result was an
almost fully functional if slightly scuffed up handset that now has a non-working menu key and a wee bit of internal condensation, meaning you can probably get by without a screen protector or case if you hate buying accessories. But, for best results, keep this one clear of your Kellogg's.
posted Jun 24th 2009 12:19PM
But will it blend?
Probably.
But can it take a bullet?
The saddest part is that these videos only have 12K views, but if some dumb chick showing cleavage and talking about how she LOLs and hates things with some horrid fake accent she gets 1 million views in an hour.
I mean like most men I am obsessed with cleavage but come on! This is the abuse of a high end cell phone. Its like Dominatrix electronic pron (if you are into that sort of thing)
I actually do kind of want one now...
Yeah, but maybe with FruitLoops.
That is what you call tough.
That is what I call clumsy.
Once you see this N97 review, all others pale into significance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMvtWQcvbKU
Best video review ever!!! I'm still laughing hard!
I like Oreos in milk a lot better than cell phones... Plus you get more for your money!
The price for getting peoples attention is pretty low these days.
including yours, apparently.
For the price you pay for that phone you would hope that it would survive all this.
I think the breakfast test failed more due to sugar than with moisture..
I used to have Nokia 6800 and drop over hundred time and it finally crack the antenna. Damn me and my slip fingers.
the test is stupid because none of the recently released phones are waterproofed. thats like throwing the iphone in a blender and hope it'll survive the blades.
In my personal experience, N series are prone to condensation.
E series are tougher.
i'm a bit surprised about how the battery fell out when the phone got dropped on concrete.
I have dropped my N95 on concrete quite a few times (especially when drunk) and it always stayed in one piece.
Really? I have the N95 8GB. I've managed to drop it only once (and the last!). It was dropped on a tile floor, and the battery came right off. Thankfully, not a single scratch, chip, damage, etc. to the device. Nokia devices are built to last I'll tell you that.
mine has a few visible dents on the edges, but it still works perfectly nevertheless
did anybody notice the Ultraviolet light (??) flickering on the lower left edge of the phone during the scratch tests?
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stupid engadget comment system cropped my text. I drew a phone with text...
I find that flicker thingy weird as it's not supposed to have an infrared port. If anybody would care to explain what that is, I would greatly appreciate it
AFAIK that's supposed to be the proximity sensor.
but i have no idea how it works and why it needs to flash like that. i'm guessing that if something is really close to it that light gets reflected into the sensor which activates it.
but i really don't know
It is the proximity sensor. One IR LED and one photo diode. when the phone is near something, the photo diode picks up the reflection of the IR LES in what ever is near the phone. This is a more advanced version of the proximity sensor on the Nokia 7650 (first Nokia symbian phone) that would turn off the loud speaker/hands free when you put the phone next to your head so you wouldn't deafen yourself. I'm guessing it runs all the time (flickering to save power like some optical mice) so it can tell when your next to your phone..
What I found interesting is that other than once or twice, the screen didn't respond to the pressure from the stylus. Shouldn't apps and pages and all matter of s#%t been popping up?
No because he put it down and then dragged it across, instead of tapping on each icon like you normally would if wanted to open the apps. Do you open your apps by rubbing your finger all over the screen?!
Thats not how you use the key you tool! Use the sharp edges of the key, not the dull flat surface!
You know it would have been fun to see him do the same side by side with an iPhone. I'm sure the coin would have gotten him down to the LCD panel on the iPhone.
Wow that is one tough screen. What the heck is it made out of?
One of the big plusses of a resistive screen is that it can be made out of strong scratch resistant plastics like those you get on good glasses/ sun glasses. Capacitive screen = glass or amorpheous polymer = brittle as hell. No Capacitive screen can compare in durability right now.
Cool, i'm loving more this cellphone, sure i'll buy it.