Nokia N9 specs leak
A tipster on the NokNok site gave some information for the specs for Nokia’s monster running Meego:
- 4 inch OLED screen (resolution of 800 x 480 pixels)
- 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 processor
- 512 MB of RAM
- 1 GB of system storage
- 64 GB internal memory
- 720p HD video recording
- 802.11 b/g/n, HSPA+
- A-GPS
- Bluetooth 2.1
Now I don’t know about you guys but if these specs are true my money is reserved for Nokia for the supposesd December release date 
via ZomgitsCj.com
Nice! Good to see 512 ram in device. Hope we will see this amount of ram in other Nokia devices.
Specs are fake. BT 2.1? Come on – N8 has 3.0, no reason for a higher spec device to have an older BT version. So if that’s fake, the rest is too. Processor is also wrong as Andre says below.
This spec list is nothing more than a fanboy dream. I think the real specs will be BETTER.
What’s more, I’d MUCH rather have an N8 running Symbian than an N9 running Meego. Why? Better camera, better media processing, WAY more mature and stable OS that’s far more suited to mobile phones.
Symbian really is the best mobile OS out there by a long way. Fanboy? Nope, I’m a professional mobile software developer who’s done professional studies of the iPhone and Android, and I can tell you they are inferior by quite some way to Symbian.
Yes, you are right about BT. It makes no sense to be 2.1. And also processor is not that good anyway. Even N8 has better 3D capabilities.
kauppalehti, “vahava osta nokialle” post
nothing exciting, at least the CPU is not great.. However, this is just a prototype and wild guess. let’s hope it is going to be better.
I HIGHLY doubt they’ll use a Snapdragon.
In fact, I’d be willing to bet against that CPU spec being false.
I doubt it too. The co-owner of Meego, Intel, would not view using a competitor’s chips too kindly.
That said, if it wants to get into the mobile game, Intel better gets its rear in high gear and make its chips more power efficient. Right now, they’re unusable. You’d only get, like, 2 hours of battery life.
AFAIK Nokia said they’d be using ARM for MeeGo in 2010/11 and Intel from 2011 onwards.
Exactly, I hears they had a contract with ARM so they’ll have ARM processors in their devices until they start making Moorestown processors for MeeGo phones. I highly doubt these are real specs.
Heard*
Nokia announced earlier this year a partnership which involved releasing a high end device using a Snapdragon processor at the end of the year and if the rumours of the release date are correct, this isn’t a a false CPU spec.
i am afraid so
There is still a chance they can use Snapdragon.
Remember, Qualcomm CEO announced early this year, that we will see atleast 1 Nokia phone with 1GHz snapdragon processor. So it is very likely that it is this N9 running Meego. Reason: This is just the first phone on Meego, and Nokia doesn’t need to have the best spec’d phone on the market with this phone. It has to be good enough to raise momentum for Meego. I think Nokia will use Qualcomm’s processor in few handsets, since they announced partnership with Qualcomm this year or last year?, which is a major step for Nokia in US.
Google it and you will find this info that i gave above.
The CPU miight not be snapdragon but apart from that I sort of expect it to be those specs I cant see Nokia going any higher in either CPU or RAM just too much demand on the CPU just look at other manufacturer’s their devices, they don’t last a day in fact some of Nokia’s don’t even and none of them have the specs the supposed leaked for the N9
Now since that nokia has lost its ground in high end smartphone market, i think to regain it again nokia should have come up with a ground breaking specs such as 1.2 dual core processor, 1 GB ram and a higher screen resolutuon than 960 x 640 but as usual nokia believes in following the competition rather than beating it. Nokia! You are dead! Completely dead!
dual core CPU won’t be available until 2011. however they might use a 1.2 Ghz. we shall see. As about the ram I also think a good idea is to have 1 GB.
However I don;t believe this specs. and also if they come to be true they might change by the time they will release the phone.
i think nokia should use “nvidia tegra 2″ its a dull core CPU/GPU…
and LG is the first Phone to have Nvidia tegra 2…
I think you are being a little unfair there Battery technology is moving FAR to slow for Nokia to consider specs like that. Telling a customer to buy a phone because it has a 1.2 dual core processor does not work. Just ask Steve Jobs. At then end of the day people are buying iPhones not because of its CPU but because of its overall experience. Android phone makers are putting those ridiculous specs on their phone because they are having difficulty differentiating among the other android device makers, they all look the same. If the N9 provides an experience as good as or close to an iPhone people will not care about the specs.
Besides that, I’m convinced Android needs those kind of specs just to be able to run smooth. Just the whole set-up of it seems wrong with that Virtual Machine business. (Not an android basher here btw.)
The specs are fine, but really, the most important thing about this device is going to be Meego. Once you turn it on, it’ll be all about the user experience.
Having the biggest bazooka doesn’t mean anything if you can’t find the trigger.
Not really impress with Spec. Was expecting more ram and proccesor. But hey this is just prototype. Lets Hope for better.
Why on God’s green earth would you need more?
If you’re talking about the processor then fine although I highly doubt they’ll be using any Qualcomm chips in their handsets for the time being.
I thought that Nokia made deal with Qualcomm, so first Meego phone uses Qualcommm chips. And so next Meego phone, after N9, have Intel chip.
Dont hold your breath on more CPU or RAM battery technology is moving too slow for Nokia to even consider more other manufacturers are going into dual core because they are struggling to make their devices unique among all the Android devices. Offering more CPU and RAM is not making your device unique just ask Steve jobs…..
Like I said dual core won’t be available until 2011. if they postpone th release until 2011 we might see a dual core. else a 1.2 GHz cpu will be nice. people who buy this devices are more interested in power than battery life. Also 1Ghz CPU and 512 MB ram phones are already out so they need to come with something better.
I think he would tell you to use proper punctuation to stop you looking like a 5 year old and avoid making people read your post 5 or 6 times for it to make sense.
wrong, that will encourage people to make sloppy and shitty software
I don’t understand all the fuss about the big specs. What do you use a 1,2Ghz proc. for anyway? If the OS doesn’t require one then why use it? All is does is drain battery life. For me personally I hate to charge my phone every day.
true words spoken. for me is the same thing, however as a marketing strategy it is better to not play the catch up role. There are already 1Ghz CPU and 512 ram so.. they need to come with something better and set a new standard event if it’s useless at this moment.
Catch up or not, I believe it is the total package that counts. Simply put, good looking device (check) well built (check) and has a couple of very interesting features that set it apart (check)
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WTF do you guys all care so much about the cpu and ram?? if you want a dualcore and 1gb ram, buy a NETBOOK, remeber this is a smartphone! I’am going to buy the n8 i think symbian is the best OS for batterylife..! I dont think that they will use a snapdragon either! beating each other with more ram and better cpus is the game of HTC,SAMSUNG,MOTOROLA & co! NOKIA is better than that! they’re not giving up like everyone else and put on android on their phones! I am not waiting for meego, albeit i think its gonna be great, but ill buy the N8! i think in a few years the batterys will be better but as for now, only the symbian devices have a accepteble battery life!
Let’s all face the truth and forget about the slower CPU with efficient OS to saving battery arguement. I think the technology is mature enough for Nokia to adapt better hardware. Apple’s A4 and Samsung’s hummingbird are proven to be power efficient and fast. It is time for Nokia to make a move instead of being left behind. I think the problem for Nokia is that it is reacting very slow. Why not work with Samsung or TI, or even Qualcomm to make a Nokia 1.2 GHz ultra low volt, 45nm CPU?
I think the game Nokia is playing is to provide ultimate functionality and freedom for mobile users on so so hardware. It is a trade off, like always.
You should ask yourself, how many consumers actually care about awesome jaw dropping specs? It’s trua that is may seem that everyone wants that, but it’s only the people on these kind of blogs that want it. Ask a random person about what phone they have, which OS it has or even what kind of proc. is in their phone. I usually get some blank face that says WTF.
I admit that this device is aimed at different people that described above, but still I believe that my point stands.
A company like Nokia, or even Apple for that matter see a picture that says Profit/Turnover/Market Share etc. They don’t see what we the consumer see, they aren’t blinded by simple specs. They do market analyses and long term planning instead of short term looking like we consumers do.
Guess my chosen name here is coming in to it’s own.
Well, people would not care about the specs, but they do care how fast the UI runs and how long the battery last. If better hardware can be ignored, we would all still be in stone age. People like it to be faster and better.
I agree that Nokia and Apple have their own big piture strategy, yet none of them can ignore what the customer sees. In fact, see through customer’s eyes might be the very thing they are trying to do.
I interpreted your post as Nokia should go for the biggest proc. etc. But if the N9 doesn’t need 1,2Ghz to run smooth than that can be sacrificied for better battery life thus improving the overall perception of the device. And perhaps even make it a little cheaper. What I meant with my previous post was that the best specs don’t mean that the device is going to be great. I think you share that point of view?
yes, it is not necessary, yet why not be better if it is possible.
Hm… I’m not sure about the apple A4 but I can tell you that Samsung hummingbird is anything but power efficient. I know because I bought the galaxy S for my girlfriend and she’s pissed off because every night she needs to charge the device. it can hardly stay on for more than 1 day. And I bought the device for almost 1 week.
it depends on how she is using it. Galaxy S is rated 7.5 hours HD play back, while HTC HD2 gets only 4.5. IPhone4 gets 9.5 hours of HD video playback. These numbers are certaining impressive.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/iphone-4-battery-life-test-is-over-%E2%80%93-turns-out-undisputed-video-playback-champ/
yea but her phone is almost all day in standby. 3-4 phone calls per day, and sometimes watches some pictures, and checks her email a 2-3 times per day.
probably one reason is that android runs some programs in background like the browser so when you open the browser this opens instant , anyway I will study the device more properly this weekend and see if I can make it more power efficient.
Linux based OS are great and have a lot of features but power efficiency is not one of them. and I can tell you the same thing about maemo.
Symbian was build to be more power efficient , however I’m afraid that starting with S4 will loose some of his power efficiency. higher resolutions, more effects require more power.
I think the battle in the next years will be on power consumption which for the moment people don’t see it as important or they’re willing to not make much fuss about it. I like N900 but I have to use a second 40$ feature phone as my main phone just for phone calls.
Agree. I have to lower the screen brightness and shut down all radios to get the N900 to last.
However, no matter what system it is on, the hardware is just as important.
Cheers.
Oh man….if that case is made of a strong aluminum (like the macbook pros) that would be AWESOME!!! I’m tired of plastic phones, I loved the e71 casing.
Didn’t one Qualcomm exec mention a Nokia coming out this year with a Qualcomm cpu? The GPU in the snapdragon isn’t as fast as the one in the N8 though, is it?
Also I think the specs are false and just a simple talked on a forum where everyone gave his opinion. for example Bluetooth 2.1?? well N8 already has bluetooth 3 so if the specs are real N9 is more a downgrade on this.
My opinion is that we’ll never see any N9 this year. probably february 2011 and it will probably have a dual core. The reason I’m saying this is because I watch the meego progress and so far they have a huge list of bugs to take care and on 26 meego was supposed to enter in beta stage and it was delayed until 2 September, and who know how many delays will follow in the beta stage. However we might see major improvements in september compared with july and august because the last 2 month most of the people are on holidays.
As far as I know, it’s Harmattan not Meego 1.1 that’s going to be put on the N9 and that’s been in development for quite a while.
actually is maemo 6 re-branded as meego. from what I know harmattan was the code name for maemo 6 , like fremantle was the code name for maemo 5. the only difference is that the linux kernel will be build for x86 architecture beside arm and it will use rpm package instead of deb.
HMM something tells me……… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qKcJF4fOPs
OH NO! terrible error by nokia, qualcomm snapdragon cpu is great but its built in gpu is VERY bad against the duo powerVR SGX + Cortex A8!!
see android devices like nexus one and desire with snapdragon their gpu isn’t competitive as devices like galaxy s with powerVR SGX540 DEDICATED gpu
BAD for me
There will not be any qualcomm based processors in Meego devices any time soon.
i very hope!
intel atom z6xx aka moorestown shall be a must for nokia meego devices
moorestown CPU/GPU is incredible damn 5x faster against the already faster Hummingbird (galaxy s platform)
the z600 is not too great with regards to battery life.
IF z600 still not available this year i hope almost in a cortex A9 dual core cpu with the support of a great power vr dedicated gpu!
well cortex A9 will be available around Q1 2011 from what I know. snapdragon will be ok if they put a dedicated GPU like N8 look at the specs on graphical part n* is superior to samsung galaxy s: http://img412.imageshack.us/i/47982663.jpg/
My opinion is that they won’t be using snapdragon. they will probably use some TI CPU + a dedicated GPU.
Most likely it will be TI OMAP. Meamo/Meego was optimized for such a proc I have been told. Going with Snapdragon would be madness since it would require rewriting core parts of the OS.
Plus TI CPUs are more power efficient from what I know. Since I graduated electronics my specialization was not micro-electronics( which is more about cpus) but I have friends who work in domain( Motorola ) and they told me that TI are one of the best CPUs for handled devices. Snapdragon and tegra just look good when they are mention is blogs because they have cool names and people things that there must be something good and powerfull, compared to TI OMAP( Open Multimedia Application Platform) which is false.
so probably the already available TI OMAP3640 ( Cortex A8 1ghz + PowerVR SGX530) could be ,almost for now, a good choice
I hope nokia keep using thecortex processor
hate snapdragon
I take a piece of information on the original site coming from a chinese forum where noknok take her, and after I translate it I will say it’s fake, even the others on this forum don’t trust him and say it’s fake too
I have a speculation about the resolution: 854×480 or 960×540 . I think it will be the first one, also I wish it will be the second one. We shall see. but remember my comment about the resolution. it will not be 800×480 and 600×320 . or could be 1024×576 ( i know I like to dream).
What do you think about my speculation?
Don’t over speculate and just chill. Time will tell the true story!!
well I like to dream a lot. helps me relax
http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/08/24/launch-nokia-5250-as-seen-on-ovi-store/
Nokia 5250 is now official!
just the SE X8 competitors…
64Go is a good capacity storage. I cross my fingers theses specs are true.
no GPU? or no GPU info leaked?
specs seem pretty good the n900 runs fine so i dont see the n9 neeeding more than they’ve given it if those specs are real
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Specs updated, still more like a wishlist
Perhaps the big addition to this Nokia N9 list is that it is reportedly coming with a 12-Megapixel camera, the same as the Nokia N8.
Is this the Nokia N9 Tech Spec?
Operating System: MeeGo^1
Screen Resolution: 1280×720
Screen Color Depth: 24 bit
Screen Size: 4.0 inch
Display Technology: AMOLED (RGB)
Thickness: 14.2 mm
Weight: 150 g
Input Method: Touch Screen and Slide-out QWERTY Keyboard
Data Bearers: WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g/n, HSPA+, WCDMA, EGPRS, EDGE
CPU Type: ARM Cortex-A8
CPU Clock Rate: 1 GHz
Graphics Processor: SGX540
Flash Technology: Adobe Flash 10.1
Camera Resolution: 4000×3000
CMOS Sensor: 1/1.7 inch
Camera Focal length: 28 mm
Video Recording Resolution: 1280*720
Video Recording Frame Rate: 30 fps
Mass Storage Memory: 64 GB
NAND Memory: 1 GB
SDRAM Memory: 512 MB
Maximum Memory Card Size: 32 GB
Connectivity: Bluetooth 3.0, HDMI mini C Connector, Micro-USB(OTG), etc
Battery: 1320 mAh
Via NokNok
this can’t be right and is more likely to be a wish list
i know Nokia’s devices aren’t power hungry but 1320 mAh on this unit, no way
some things are more believable such as ARM Cortex-A8 and AMOLED but 1280*720, 1/1.7 inch CMOS Sensor with 12mp camera is unlikely
Would love to have the N8′s cam on the N9 but with a hardware QWERTY that’s hardly achievable. 1280×720 is insane… Doubling the resolution of current devices made sense for the iPhone to make existing apps easily scalable, but for a rather new OS that doesn’t make to much sense. WVGA for 4″ is enough during every day use, even engadget admits that when comparing it to the Retina display.
the advantage is that apps can easily be made for Symbian and ported to MeeGo or vice versa
also a WVGA resolution (854*480) isn’t completely 16:9 which is the resolution used on most Nokia smartphones
a good choice in my opinion would have been 960*540 which is exactly 2.25 times the size of nHD but for ease of use, they may decide to use 1280*720, 4x nHD
agree…
uhmmm very intersting
HD720P RESOLUTION (FUCK IPHONE4 RETINAZZ!)
AND HUMMINGBIRD GREAT PROCESSOR (1GHZ+SGX540)
BUT CRAPPY 1300 ONLY BATTERY
It’s actually impossible. If Nokia were to put in.a camera same as the N8, then N8 itself would be useless. It’s a very multimedia centric phone and so, it will be GREAT for multimedia and no other phone would beat it in that category. Like the N82 was and the N86 is right now. N86-like camera has not been seen on other phones till now. N8 will be like that too. So 8MP would sound more real for something like N9 which is really not a media sentric phone.
About the 1280×720 resolution, it’s just impossible.
It also MIGHT weigh more than 150 g. MIGHT
Battery size sounds really low for a 4″ touchscreen which is actually a Mobile Computer. So I’d expect something like a 1500 mAh battery.
Other than that, I think the other specs sound ok. We’ll have to wait till November when the MeeGo conference is to take place or until official specs are leaked somehow.
I bet what you are saying are just a fan’s dream specs. We all know that it’s just impossible to all that in one 14.1mm device with a price tag of only around €550
Any reasoning why 720p on 4″ is impossible?
I never heard of it in a phone as well, but Sony’s dsc-tx7 (digtial camera with touch control) has a 3.5″ screen with 921.600 Pixels abd there are a couple of others with these Pixel counts as well. Thats exactly 1280 multiplied with 720. Just by chance? Or do the digital camera guys count pixels differently?
Whether it makes sense is a different story…
It actually is impossible, at least at this point in time. I mean, iphone’s so called “retina display” coasts about $200 alone. Now think how much a 1280×720 4″ screen would cost. Easily about $300-350. And I don’t think Nokia would like to make their phones that expensive. By impossible, I meant impossible to implement at an affordable price. Coz that’s like super high res screen. And I personally wouldn’t set my expectations that high.
Like the other guy said, it might be something like 960×540. That makes more sense to me. That would be a little more affordable and easier to produce.
So how comes Sony sells the dsc-tx7 for 300€? According to your points the display should be worth that without all the other things it need to build the cam. Or am I wrong that 921.600 pixels on a cam are a 1280*720 resolution?
Don’t get me wrong, i don’t really think that the N9 will have a 1280*720 display. I would just be interested in what is wrong with either the sony cam or my calculation
> I mean, iphone’s so called “retina display” coasts about $200 alone
Not correct. The whole iPhone 4 costs Apple $187 to make, this has been proven. That’s why they have such huge profits and why the iPhone is a TOTAL rip off compared to Nokia who have much smaller margins but make their technology available to many more people as a result.
@wes
I researched on the Sony DSC-TX7 and found out that the actual resolution is 640×480 pixels. I don’t know how that works. But yeah, it’s definitely not 720p coz that’d be just crazy
After some googling i found the same information. These Camera guys count every pixel (so one red, one green, one blue), so 640*480*3 = 921.600 as well…
Isn’t that stupid.
Sorry for stealing your time Keith
I researched on the Sony DSC-TX7 and found out that the actual resolution is 640×480 pixels. I don’t know how that works. But yeah, it’s definitely not 720p coz that’d be just crazy
Eh, no biggie buddy, at least we got some info on the cam’s screen resolution.
Btw, it’s a great cam IMHO. One of the best point and shoots out there
I own an DSC-W350 but I’ll be buying the TX7 for really good videos and great low light pics for special occasions and I’ll have the N8 for most of the day-to-day camera uses.
the resolution of 1280×720 is not imposible, but I think it will be something like 854*480 or 960*540. about the battery I hope it will be something big. 1600+ cause linux is not optimized to be power efficient.
nothing is impossible
you MUST remember it….
just only 2years ago nothing of us think about a 1 ghz cpu inside a smartphone…and today? 1ghz is the min for a great smart!
so 720P resolution in a 4inch display is not a fable…if you think apple can put a super retina res in a 3,5 only display…u must think so nothing is impossible!
I know that. I’m just saying that it would be super expensive to put in that res in a smartphone. May be that will be a standard res in a couple years but right now, it just sounds too good to be true. I mean the pixel density itself would be about 367 ppi! Now that’s just crazy. That kinda specs make you scream that it’s not real. But IF, by chance, it is real, then Nokia will beat it’s competition without a sweat.
> 1ghz is the min for a great smart!
What TOTAL bullshit.
yes today is it
desire, nexus1, hd2, iphone 4 and others GREAT HI-END smartphone has 1 ghz
offcourse MIDDLErange devices like n8 are inferior at 1 ghz….not happy now? right roger?
Mate, if you even had the smallest clue what you are talking about you wouldn’t make half the posts on this blog that you do. I am wasting my breath, and you no doubt are wasting your money, but good luck to you
you must connect the mouth to the brain before talk with me
“expensive” is not an important word for nokia HI-END meego devices this says nokia. nokia meego devices are for rich man can take out 600/700EUR without problem, others can go to symbian middlerange devices like n8
nokia meego devices are built for the best hardware without ANY compromises
indeed just only 1/2 nokia meego super devices shall be showed for year!
May be. But then you know how other blogs would complaint about it being too pricey, right? If it’s about the same price as the iPhone 4 unlocked, then yeah, that’d be cool. But I still highly doubt they will put in a 720p res screen. Time shall reveal the truth
N9 spec from a Finnish forum
- 12MP/Dual LED
- 64GB
- Capacitive touch
- Qwerty
- RM-690 (I’m not 100% sure, but fairly certain it’s 690)
- quad-band/penta-band (so it will support every 3G band like the N8)
- 720p HD recording
- Anyway… first prototypes of MeeGo device is out, but unstable. The CPU is ARM Cortex A8, but targeted at 1Ghz. The prototypes are currently running at 800Mhz. I’m hoping to get to check it out next month.
- 4″ 16:9 capacitive multi-touch screen
- about 0.5-1.0 centimeters thinner than N900 (I forgot if he said 0.5 or 1.0, LOL)
- 13×0 mAh battery (I forget to check, but I suspect the display to be OLED and I was told battery life is expected to be better than N900)
- Slightly off-note, I saw an interesting blurb about 64GB Samsung flash and 64GB Toshiba flash. Apparently, one was faster than the other, but was more expensive (I’ll let you guys guess ). Also saw an interesting blurb on one of the MeeGo devices passing 100,000 chassis flexes and almost surviving a drop. And yet another one about a phone passing a heat test, but the screws turning brown afterwards
- Now, shockingly (or not shockingly) there will be another MeeGo device, known as “Lankku.” I was not able to see specs, much less get much info on it.
lankku = tablet
Yep, I still don’t believe these specs either. Next!
What was the forum you were referring here?