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ladies and gentlemen boys and girls and the millions watching all over the world are you ready let's get ready to rumble hey this is LP from TechnoBuffalo today we have something a little different 12 rounds of heavy weights smartphone action welcome to our smartphone Smackdown in the white corner weighing in at 150 grams Nokia's new n series device the n97 in the black corner HCC's very own flagship device weighing in at 178 point 5 grams that is the touch pro2 ok let's stop kidding around I gotta mention I'm a fan of both HTC and Nokia I've had at least a dozen Nokia phones in the past and I'm going on my 3rd HTC device right now so I have absolutely no reason to play favorites round 1 fight design is pretty much always a factor when buying cell phones because you definitely want to have a flashy device to show off to your business buddies and friends the n97 has a very distinct Nokia quality about it it's pretty much in line with the previous nco devices the only gripe about the device is that it resembles the 5800 xpressmusic quite a lot you can get the xpressmusic device for under 300 bucks while this device cost more than double the Touch pro2 is also a very good-looking device it's sleek and streamlined but the times people have confuses for an iPhone I've already lost count but these are small complaints because both devices are very good-looking and when it comes down to looks and design it's pretty much always a matter of taste anyways some people like coffee and some people prefer cocoa that's the way it goes so this round is a tie decide for yourself round 2 fight when talking about device that are in constant use build quality is definitely important I mean it can get annoying to wake up after a night on the town and finding your cell phone in your pocket and pieces it's happened to me a couple of times I wonder if tequila had anything to do with it anyways both devices are made out of titanium well not really but it would be kind of cool to have a phone that can handle an entry into the Earth's atmosphere but these devices are made out of plastic despite this they both feel solid in the hand both have a good slide-out mechanism but the tilting screen on the touch pro2 has a slight jiggle to it while the mechanism on the n97 is very solid so the slight edge goes to nokia in this round round three fight this round may be a very important deciding factor for most because this part relates to the unique selling proposals of both devices the QWERTY keyboards looking at the keyboards it's quite obvious how this Run will turn out the tilting screen on the n97 is taking a hell a lot of space away from the keyboard itself leaving space for only the three rows of keys even though I like typing with n97 the touch pro2 keyboard is definitely in a league of its own the keys are bigger more elevated and spaced out comfortably and the rows are misaligned like on regular keyboard and the touch pro2 also sports a dedicated row of keys for the numbers and I would say the typing is about 30% faster on the touch pro2 the n97 gets owned pretty badly in this round round for fight when comparing the screen spec wise both have their advantages the n97 has broader color range but the screen on the touch pro2 has bigger resolution being the kenai resolution whore that I am the advantage in sharpness is somewhat noticeable on the touch pro2 small text and details look slightly sharper on the touch pro2 the touch pro2 seems also to have a slight edge in brightness and contrast looking at the devices side-by-side the advantage in colours is not apparent as you might think and I really can't see the massive difference in color count on the n97 better contrast in higher pixel density gives the touch pro2 the points in this round round 5 fight both devices have resistive touch screens which react to physical pressure while HTC has plenty of touchscreen devices under its belt this is only the second touch screen device for Nokia while I think the firmware update improved touch screen sensitivity on the n97 it still can't compete with the touch pro2 pressing buttons and icons just needs a bit more pressure and I would say that the sensitivity on the n97 is somewhat similar to the last generation of HTC devices the touch pro2 is a clear winner in this round round 6 fight if you watch my n97 review you might remember that I wasn't too impressed with the Symbian s60 5th edition interface they could have customized the interface for the N series device because as it is now it's not quite enough to justify the high price tag the touch pro2 runs on windows mobile 6.1 which can be a bit clunky at times luckily HTC has added their custom user interface on top of the operating system touchflo 3d 2 is very functional and easy to use and you don't have to be MacGyver to operate the main functions although it would be kind of cool to be MacGyver though anyways when comparing the two you is the test for 22 stands out it's look sleeker and run smoother although the symbian has its pros as well if you've used a Nokia device before you'll probably find yourself at home using the s60 5th edition interface also a very good feature on the n97 is the widget based home screen which can be customized to suit your everyday needs the nokia or Restore is a definite advantage to the n97 user experience it's definitely a good idea to have a dedicated store for downloading new features and products onto your device there's not a massive amount of stuff in the OE store yet but I did find this cool ringtone which they use to the newest Star Trek movie while Windows Mobile devices may not have a dedicated store yet the community support for example at XDA forums is amazing weighing in the two interfaces pros and cons I have to reward this round to the touch pro2 round 7 fight in this round I'll be comparing the oppor mobile 9.5 on the HTC device against the Symbian web browser on the n97 the two browsers are very similar in use you can use your finger to flick around on the page and double tap to zoom in although the touch pro2 also has a dedicated zoom bar for zooming in and out of pages the Symbian browser does support some flash out of the box while the browser on the touch pro2 does not loading times on the browser's are about the same the Opera browser loads some pages faster than the Symbian and vice-versa a very cool feature on the touch pro2 is the push internet this feature lets you set your favorite internet pages to load at a predetermined time so you won't have to wait for your favorite sites to load the Symbian browser has its pros as well navigation between open tabs and previous sites is done smartly render quality is decent on both browsers I noticed that when loading bigger sites on the Symbian browser the kinetic scrolling can get a bit choppy but the Opera Mobile browser is not without fault either I had the browser actually crashing one time while making this comparison both brothers are decent but far from perfect I call this one a draw round 8 I mean round 8 fight the touch pro2 sports a 3.2 megapixel camera and no flash now the n97 sports a 5 megapixel camera with a dual LED flash the on the n97 is one of the best I've seen on a mobile device it has all the functions you normally expect to see on a dedicated pocket camera the n97 has dedicated buttons for operating camera which is always a good thing the camera on the touch pro2 is okay but can't compete against that camera on that 97 round 9 fight media playback is always featured in marketing slogans for these type of devices a rock concert in your pocket or a movie theater in the palm of your hand I watch a lot of movies off the big screen and it's not exactly the same as watching it from a 3.5 inch screen surely enough both devices have nice and big screens which are well-suited for watching your favorite content while commuting on a trainer plane for example when it comes down to media playback you definitely want a device that can handle any format you pull off the net neither of these devices support DivX out of the box but this isn't too big of a deal because I would recommend getting a third party player anyway for example core player that handles pretty much every format you throw at it I said pretty much unfortunately the Symbian s60 5th edition does not support core player in fact I could not find a working play for the Symbian that can handle DivX a next vid but the n97 handles the formats it supports with ease and excels over the touch pro2 with 3gb formats but since i have 0 movies in 3gpp I have absolutely no use for 3gb playback I mean I'm not going to sit around for hours converting files another issue I have with a 3gp format is picture quality which can get a big block even the n97 handles some formats leaves the lack of codec and third-party player support is the reason this round goes to test boat 2 round 10 fight both devices have good music playing capabilities the speakers on the touch board too are better than their 97 speakers which also made speaker phone calls better on the touch pro2 but the n97 has a feature that the touch pro2 is dearly missing with 3.5 millimeter headphone jack without the jack you won't be hooking your device up to external speakers to show off your boy George collection and in my books that's a big enough reason to give this round to the n97 round 11 fight ignore the battery life promise on the spec sheets it ain't gonna happen both devices have 1500 milli amp batteries and battery life is about the same if you're a heavy user you will be depleting your battery in two days so keep your charger handy round 12 fight when it comes down to it price may become a deciding factor but rest assured no matter what both devices will be making a hole in your wallet the size of a decent shotgun blast the 32 gigabyte internal storage and superior camera justify the higher price tag on the n97 so I would call this one a draw so that's about it the touch pro2 took down by in 97 with the final score of 94 points I'm probably gonna get some flak from Nokia fans but that's okay I still consider both devices to be good business smart phones and I expect Nokia to be upping the ante next time around the touch pro2 is now the defending champion and I'm gonna need your help to choose the next Challenger post your suggestions on the comments thanks for watching LP signing out finish it fatality