A closer look at the new Nseries handsets

Aug 27, 2008 11:20 GMT  ·  By

N85 and N79, the latest and greatest Nseries handsets that Nokia unveiled just yesterday, can be seen now in two video presentations that allow users to get a better clue on how the devices look in real life.

 

Both the N85 and N79 are running on Symbian S60 3rd Edition and will bring lots of high-end features.

 

Sporting a dual-slider design, the N85 seems to be N96's little brother, as it offers similar capabilities: a 2.6 inch TFT OLED screen with 16.7 million colors and 240 x 320 pixels, GPS and A-GPS, quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, a 5 Megapixel camera with auto focus, Carl Zeiss lens, dual LED flash and video recording, dedicated music and gaming keys and an 8GB memory card included in the package.

 

Coming as the smallest and lightest Nseries smartphone to date (110 x 49 x 15 millimeters and 97 grams), Nokia N79 can also be seen as the most fashion-oriented one. This is because the Finnish manufacturer will offer the candybar in two color versions (white and silver) each coming with 3 changeable back cases of different colors. Moreover, when you put on any of the cases, the handset automatically changes its home screen so as to match its color (this can be seen in the video below).

 

As for the features of N79, these are slightly less advanced than the ones of N85, the main differences being represented by its display (2.4 inches) and the fact that it comes with a memory card of only 4GB.

 

The new Nokia smartphones should hit the market sometime in the fourth quarter of this year, so if you're an Nseries fan and want to get yourself a present for Christmas, the N85 and N79 might be good choices for that. Just make sure you prepare 450 and 350 Euros respectively, because these are the retail prices the phones will come for.   

Nokia N85 demo video:

 

Nokia N79 demo video: