Nokia N97 mini

As far as the build goes, expect a solid piece of tech. The finishes are high quality and feel solid to handle, and the hinge mechanism is firm and tight, if fact, you might have a hard time getting it open the first few times. The keyboard takes a little getting used to, but it’s one of the better QWERTYs I've used (but not the best, I’ve yet to find a QWERTY keyboard as good as the HipTop/Sidekick 3).

There's plenty of memory on board with room for expansion, and the camera is one of the best I've seen on cell phone, with vivid, crisp shots even in low light.

As for the OS, skin deep it looks great, and you can see where Series 60 has been "optimized" for a touch screen, but once you get into the menus and using the touch interface, it begins to show it's age and reveals some inconsistencies. The menu and options structures are just not as intuitive as they could be, and after iOS and Android, they look pretty drab too. The omission of some feature that I would expect as standards are just frustrating (no threaded sms conversations? Really!?) and expect the phone to get pretty sluggish at times – sometimes it takes more than a few seconds to respond when opening the keyboard or toggling the screen lock slider. The web browser is incredibly clunky, but this is easily remedied by downloading the Opera mobile browser from the Ovi Store. Battery life is also pretty dreadful – it’ll scrape through a day with light to moderate use, but will give up the ghost by mid afternoon by anything more than that.

There are a lot of things to love about this phone – a great keyboard, amazing photos, and crystal clear call quality, and Ovi Maps is pretty phenomenal – so I certainly wouldn’t say I regret my choice (I’d probably hang onto it even if I got another phone just to use as a camera). If these features the boxes at the top of your checklist, or you’re a casual user, or even just want the familiarity of a Nokia then you’ll be a well served, but if you’re looking for an alternative to iOS or Android smart phones in terms of features, apps, and speed, best to look elsewhere.
(Posted on 10/11/10)

The guys at mobicity are awesome. I was skeptic at first, buying a mobile online, so i was full of queries. They were always there to answer all my annoying questions and my e-mails within 2 days. The phone is great and is as described as above. I purchased my phone and within the week it arrived. Cannot describe how nice the staff were at mobicity. Definitely recommend it to other people looking to buy phones online A+++ (Posted on 22/06/10)

Typical Nokia. Brilliant. Loads of space with the big micro SD card. Compatible with Office and Adobe. And Mobipocked reader still works on it, but a bit tricky to navigate. Music player is brilliant. Synchronisation works fine with Outlook.AND a HUGE improvement. The calendar can cope with recurring appointments on, say, the second saturday of the month. THis was a disaster on earlier Nokias. It will be difficult to part with this phone in the future. Nokia can't do much better, but they probably will. (Posted on 24/05/10)

Fantastic customer service personnel chased me to confirmed the order. Great service! Fast shipping. The phone is great, works a treat.
Defiantly referring friends and will be ordering from here again. (Posted on 19/05/10)

The n97 mini is the best phone (Posted on 12/04/10)

These guys and gals at Mobicity are the best service team ever. No problem to big or small and always more than happy to help you in no matter what situation. Very patient caring for customer service which is very hard to find these days. Highly recommended and prices are excellent. Great job guys and will recommend to all. Very happy and satisfied customer and will use again and again.AAAAAAAAAAAAAA++++++++++++++++++ (Posted on 4/03/10)

Hi all, i highly reckomend this store to anyone looking for a new mobile phone. The phone turned up brilliant no scratches, no cracks, basically it was brand new as described. They gave excellent warranty offers. OVERALL VIEW - the store = 5start......the phone = 5start (Posted on 1/02/10)