Nokia N97 hits FCC with glorious photography

by Chris Ziegler posted Apr 6th 2009 at 1:46AM

We're not sure if these are false color images, weird lighting, a Finnish sense of humor, or an actual production color scheme for the N97, but regardless, we like it. Nay, love it. Ship it, Nokia. Anyhow, the FCC has published full submitted details of one of the non-North American varieties of Nokia's halo device for the year, putting GSM / EDGE 850 / 1900 and WCDMA band II (1900MHz, if you're curious) through their paces along with the FM transmitter, Bluetooth, and WiFi. We've also got a manual to peruse -- unfortunately, details on the Ovi Store are missing, but at least we can brush up on our phone basics before we get our hands on a device. Anyone else totally forget that it's got an internal magnetic compass, or was that just us?

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: fcc, n97, nokia

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Sohip @ Apr 6th 2009 4:07AM

Welcome to the US...N97.

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teej @ Apr 6th 2009 10:06AM

anyone know if any major US carrier is going to pick it up sooner than later? AT&T is the prime Nokie proponent, but they have the flagship iPhone.

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Nelagster @ Apr 6th 2009 10:44AM

i doubt it...Nokia is just now getting rebuilding its relationships with US carriers. But i'm still gonna cross my fingers...

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mrcashes @ Apr 6th 2009 4:00AM

this phone is soooo amazing! def picking one up when it comes out

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Kei @ Apr 6th 2009 4:01AM

A shiny reflective screen? Does that possibly mean that the white one will have a chrome screen?

Perhaps thats just a special variation.

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marsromangod @ Apr 6th 2009 8:56AM

feel like a little girl at hannah montana concert ... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!

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marsromangod @ Apr 6th 2009 8:58AM

feel like a little girl at a hannah montana concert ... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!

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marsromangod @ Apr 6th 2009 8:59AM

yo this commenting system is alll screwed up !!! do something about it brilliant minds (sarcasm) of engadget.

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Reece @ Apr 6th 2009 10:48AM

You know your sarcasm is abysmal when you have to point it out like that.

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yayankee @ Apr 6th 2009 10:42AM

Does anyone know now long from FCC application to selling?

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Matt @ Apr 6th 2009 12:36PM

I've been a loyal Nokia customer, but my last one (N91) absolutely sucked but I'm really hyped up for this one. Although, I'm wondering about apps on this phone. For me it comes down to N97 and iPhone 3.0.

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The truth @ Apr 6th 2009 1:05PM

I was able to play with N97. It's awesome but price difference to 5800 is too much. You just get qwerty for paying $400.

Has nobody noticed that this is first triple band WCDMA phone from Nokia? NAM version is same as EURO.

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Tor Slettnes @ Apr 6th 2009 5:53PM

No, it is NOT the first Nokia phone with tri-band WCDMA -- see the N85.

Yes, there are still differences between the "standard" and "NAM" versions:
* "Standard" supports WCDMA over 900, 1900, and 2100 MHz
* "NAM" supports WCDMA over 850, 1900 and 2100 MHz.

Basically, the former is suitable for both WCDMA bands in Europe, and one for roaming in North America; whereas the latter is suitable for use with AT&T Wireless & Rogers, with a roaming frequency for the rest of the world.

None of these will work on T-Mobile USA's 3G network (1700 MHz).

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Unknown @ Apr 6th 2009 3:45PM

Non-North American version because of 1900MHz WCDMA? Well here in Canada we use that 1900 MHz for 3G, thank you very much. It's only in some parts of the US that 1700 or 2100 MHz are used.

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Tor Slettnes @ Apr 6th 2009 5:57PM

No, non-NAM because there will be a NAM version with support for another WCDMA band, 850 MHz. (850/1900/2100).

Not so fast about Canada -- a UMTS network over the 1700 MHz (AWS) band is being deployed by Telus.

Not so fast about 2100 MHz in the USA either - it does not exist. (True, the "downstream" frequency for T-Mobile's network is 2100 MHz, but this network is usually referred to as 1700 MHz, since it is incompatible with the international 2100 MHz standard).

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Duwenbasden @ Apr 7th 2009 2:13AM

I believe only downtowns have some 1900, the rest of the country is 850.

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Zapp @ Apr 7th 2009 4:18AM

"... [the] FCC has published full submitted details of one of the non-North American varieties."

Feel free to flame me back if I'm wrong here, but why the hell would the Federal Communications Commission of the United States of America have or publish data on a phone that is not being certified to operate in the U.S.A.? Is the assumption that Nokia has axed its PR department and now pays $20k to submit photos and documents to the FCC instead of issuing press releases?

From the SAR filing:

"Outside of USA and Canada, the transmitter of the device is capable of operating also in GSM/GPRS/EGPRS900, GSM/GPRS/EGPRS1800, WCDMA900 and WCDMA2100 bands which are not part of this filing."

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