New Flagship on the Horizon

After the complete debarcle that was the N96, Nokia had to come up with something a bit more palatable as their next flagship model.

Luckily for all of us, Nokia has pulled a good one out of the bag this time, and the future is already looking bright for the new N97.

A press release by Nokia today tells us that the new king of the hill N97 is going to start shipping this month!

The N97 is the first N-Series device running the 5th Edition version of the popular S60 operating system.  It's also the first N-Series device to feature a Qwerty keypad, which in my opinion is one of the best decisions they could have ever made.

Vodafone is confirmed as a UK stockist of the latest device, abliet it arriving on their network in July, presumably so they can stamp some kind of branding all over the firmware.

Rumours are also rife that 3UK is going to be putting the N97 on their shelves as well, although nothing 100% official by the looks of it just yet.  However, I would proceed with caution before signing into a long contract with that operator.

You can check out some awesome photo's of an N97 vs an E71 here, and you can also check the support pages and user manual.

If that wasn't enough, you can also check out a quick video walkaround of the N97 actually being built in the factory here.

White for me please.  Which colour do you prefer?