Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Compatible networks |
Quad band
GSM /
GPRS /
EDGE:
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 Dual band UMTS / HSDPA: UMTS 900 / 2100 or UMTS 850 / 1900 |
Availability by region |
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Predecessor |
Nokia N82 Nokia N95 |
Successor |
Nokia N86 8MP Nokia N97 |
Related |
Nokia N78 Nokia N79 Nokia N85 Nokia 5800 XpressMusic |
Form factor | Dual slider |
Dimensions | 103 x 55 x 18 mm |
Mass | 125 g |
Operating system | Symbian OS 9.3 ( S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2) |
CPU | Nomadik dual ARM9 CPU (264 MHz) without video accelerator |
Memory | 128 MB SDRAM |
Storage | 16 GB flash |
Removable storage | microSDHC 16 GB max (32 GB max available in 2009, microSDXC 64 GB max available in 2011) |
SIM | miniSIM |
Battery | BL-5F (950 mAh) |
Display | 2.8" TFT QVGA (320x240 px |
Rear camera | 5 MP autofocus, dual- LED flash, 8x image digital zoom, 4x video digital zoom, 480p video |
Front camera | VGA (0.3 MP) |
Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11b/ g, microUSB ( USB 2.0), DVB-H class C, Bluetooth 2.0 ( A2DP, EDR), GPS w/ A-GPS |
Data inputs | Keypad, d-pad, mutimedia keys, navigation wheel |
The Nokia N96 is a discontinued high-end mobile phone announced by Nokia on 11 February 2008 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as part of the Nseries line. [1] [2] The N96 runs Symbian OS v9.3 ( S60 3rd Edition, FP2). It is compatible with the N-Gage 2.0 gaming platform and has a DVB-H TV tuner and AV output.
Compared to the popular Nokia N95 8 GB, the N96 has a doubled flash storage capacity (16 GB), dual LED flashes and a slimmer design. [3] However, critics had negative views on the N96's battery life and user-unfriendliness [4] and its downgraded CPU clock speed raised questions. [5] It was one of 2008's most anticipated mobile phones, but its launch was delayed and it was only widely available from October 2008. [6] [7] It is thus considered a commercial failure. [8] Critics stated that the Nokia N85 provided more new features at a significantly lower price. [9]
Shipments for the N96 began in September 2008. [10] Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific were the first locations to provide the phone to consumers. The American and Chinese versions were expected shortly thereafter. [11] In the US, the phone was sold for $900, which was seen as being too expensive. The general UK release date for the N96 was 1 October, although London had a separate date of 24 September, where the phone went on sale exclusively at Nokia's flagship stores on Regent Street and at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport. [12]
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In 2008, a video commercial advertising Nokia N96 Limited Edition Bruce Lee, became viral in the internet. The video, produced by the Beijing office of the J. Walter Thompson (JWT) agency and targeting a Chinese market, shows what looks like archival footage of Bruce Lee doing various tricks with nunchaku (playing table tennis, lighting a cigarette in another person's mouth and extinguishing thrown lighted matches mid-air). The video was specifically made like a never-seen-before footage of Bruce Lee (particularly, the ball in the video was digitally added in post-production [13]), which was later admitted by the JWT chief creative officer Polly Chu. [13] The associated website shown in the commercial, nokia-lee.com.cn, has since then been taken over by pornographic content.
The N96 also appears in Katy Perry's " Hot n Cold" music video.