Annoying Software, insensitive touchscreen, poor reception.

The main criticisms first:
1. The touch screen responds slowly, insensitive and inaccurate. This is due to the fact that this is processed on cheapest and the other to the outdated technology (resistive touch screen) that does not allow multi-touch control. It is significant that a stylus as an accessory from Nokia is available, this is my opinion actually needed for many things.

2. The operating system is annoying, messy and slow. The Symbian used is definitely not designed for touch screen operation. It will become sluggish, inconsistent and is at least for me by very many hangers to complete crashes marked. Hindrance is the fact that there is no limit how many programs can be opened, to then actually the memory is full and is nothing more. Multitasking is nice, but not so.

3. The reception is often poor, while other mobile phones in the same network will have no problems. This means that often only GPRS / EDGE is available where actually UMTS / 3G would be possible. Furthermore, there is in the unfolded state the problem that you just can put his fingers so that the reception is almost completely gone.

Equally annoying, but not equally important for all users:
The data connections are difficult to manage. certain programs (WhatsApp, inhouse e-mail software for instance.) have the unpleasant habit permanently to get the data connection alive, so that the battery in particular in the UMTS mode is extremely fast yet. At least diverse applications (eg. Facebook) is the choice between packet data connection or Wi-Fi is not possible, so a Internetflat is required for this mandatory. Only drawback especially when you're abroad.

Most diverse applications and games run slowly or not at all, although they have been downloaded from the official Ovi Store. Especially while striking the DJ game that is already installed and balances with me a pure Ruckelorgie.

The voice quality is not great, which is again reduced when packet data connections were interrupted for the call. This leads to dropouts, hangers and very poor intelligibility.

The quality of the camera is particularly poor, characterized by distortions and false color rendering, they do not particularly sensitive to light is (thus leading to extreme noise in dark areas), is typical of cell phone cameras. Overall, the camera is only suitable for simple snapshots.

The indication of the battery state is extremely imprecise remedy because only one application (Battery Monitor). In 5 of 7 bar of the display, it can happen that after a telephone conversation emanates the phone. Very annoying if you are leaving the house in the morning, the phone displays to be almost fully charged, but in truth the very first conversation before working the machine simply run out.

The display is only moderately well to recognize, almost impossible to read in direct sunlight.

The GPS tracking is unreliable to often not usable for me whether this is due to GPS principle or the N97 mini, I can not judge for lack of comparison. Navigation is for me anyway be restricted on Trianguliationsortung.

Positive:
The mobile phone is robust, makes a stable impression. The folding mechanism works as the day and perfectly.
The QWERTY keyboard is despite the small buttons for me to serve well as a tall and shows with me despite intensive use no wear and tear or fatigue. The labels are always easily recognizable and with a little practice even blind writing is possible.

Conclusion:
Can not recommend the N97 mini. It lacks every nook and cranny and even simple functions are not or poorly met. Anyone who has ever held a device with Android or Apple OS in the hands, the instrument can no longer be taken seriously. Nokia has set the wrong horse with Symbian and has, despite many updates to the software failed to improve the situation. Especially for people who have many applications (Apps) want to have, this is nothing. For me is not important, but one should be also about clear.

I have it thanks to the contract extension soon no longer, until then I think bravely ...