Nokia GM Says N97 Will Beat Out iPhone 3GS

Time to get your lulz in. Recently-appointed UK General Manager for Nokia Mike Loughran apparently isn’t shy about slinging dirt on the new iPhone 3GS.

“The new iPhone is an evolution rather than a revolution and for people trying to decide whether to get a Nokia N97 or an iPhone, it comes down to a decision on performance and value for money… The new iPhone seems to have the same design and colour, upgrading from a sub-standard two-megapixel camera to a still low 3.2-megapixel camera, and is probably a disappointment for many people given the high tariff and lifetime ownership costs.”

In the end, he believes the N97 will actually outperform the iPhone 3GS. While I’m sure in Europe the N97 will put up a better fight than over here, let’s see how it does once/if T-Mobile picks it up. Even though I largely agree with his assessment of the iPhone 3GS, it really doesn’t translate to the N97 doing better than such a popular device.

[via MobileToday]

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Nixxon

What a foolish man, single-handedly making Nokia look stupid.
Lowey

Mikes full of S***TE, that thing looks like a squashed laptop!! the iphone is far superior to anything Nokia might produce or ever have! my opinion anyway
James Falconer

Strong words Lowey… I love it
Lowey

Cheers James, I do mostly get in trouble for speaking my mind!!!
doodoo

FAN BOY ALERT!!!!!
Thomson

Well thats true and when even the 5800 Tube for the half price be much better then iphone 3gS (who burns the balls off and cant be used if it be a sunny day , from Apple > you can only use the iphone 3gS within temprature of
0-35 degree
Tim

So according to Simon, N97′s 434 MHz processor running Symbian gives better performance than iPhone 3 GS with 600 MHz processor? And that iPhone with free annual upgrades has higher lifetime costs than Nokia where you need to buy a new phone if you want newer software?

Well, we’ll see after Q3 who has sold better. 5800 was supposed to sell better than iPhone and it didn’t.
DJ

It’s an evolution of an amazing product that you’re still trying to produce.
LaW

iphone 3GS is SHIT, you iphone fanatics are so nevie and
would believe something that is
shit is the best, IE you all think steve jobs is
the messiah, LOL. Well When apple goes down shit creek
and mr jobs looses his job, im gonna give him a new one,
wiping my ass crack with his iphones

The iphone is a plain old square block with a boring
touch screen that looks like a lump of dog shit that was
shaped into a house brick by accident

Apple brag about it finally having vid recoridng, Well
hello apple that was so 2000 and LATE!.
At least nokia dare to be different and make the
N97 more intuitive having keyboard and touch screen
with a tilt.

All iphone has is a bunch of APPS! thats all you
guys go crazy about,WOW, APPS
I got games on my phone WOW, cant you guys afford
a decent computer and play your games on there instead of
bringing around a shit brick phone with visual brick like games.

Nokia will always rule since they have had and still have the lead
and with that will soon bring the apple iphone down to reality to show
them who they’re really messing with!
John

Note he’s talking about global sales of N97 vs. iPhone 3GS. It’s almost a certainty that N97 will sell millions more.

Don’t believe me? Iphone 3GS is still locked to specific operators and contracts almost everywhere it’s on sale. N97 on the hand hand will be sold in every country on this planet, as SIM-locked version or unlocked, through various operators and dealers.
Travis

depends. both the iPhone 3GS and the Nokia N97 are basically at the same level. Nokia maybe has more features and a quality device that last (Depends how you treat it)and a 5 megapixel camera and a QWERTY Keyboard that slides out and video calling and a SD slot thats supports up-to 16GB but the iPhone has a UI that will bring competition to all companies and it features a 600Mhz processor well you should know that rest but Nokia needs to pick up the game a tad to bet Apple
Carlos

Hahaha I have just found this website after searching “N97 sh**” in Google.

I bet Mike is eating humble pie now that Apple countersued Nokia for copying their technology (i.e. kinetic scrolling).

The sad truth is that the N97 was a failed product, it’s plagued with problems, highly overpriced (I wouldn’t even pay $200 for one) and in general a huge disappointment for Nokia customers. An obsolete OS running on cheap hardware.

The Iphone is not exempt of problems, but it’s a far better product than any phone Nokia will ever produce.

By the way, I do not own an Iphone and never intend to buy one. If Apple ever decided to sell unlocked phones and gave their OS the freedom to run third party apps, they would be the new leaders in the mobile phone market.

Another serious contender to dethrone Symbian as the most popular mobile phone OS is Android.

Right now, Nokia is praying and hoping that Maemo devices will give them some credibility. I doubt that will happen..
That’s very sad, because at some point Nokia produced the finest and most advanced mobile phones on earth, but those early N95 days are long gone!

Just my humble two cents.