Nokia N9 Officially Announced

June 20th, 2011 • • 21 comments

As expected, the Nokia N9 was officially announced today at Nokia Connection in Singapore. The MeeGo device features a 3.9-inch AMOLED Gorilla Glass screen, 8MP Carl Zeiss wide-angle camera with dual LED flash, 16GB or 64GB storage, and more. Photos and video after the jump.

Nokia n9 1

Nokia n9 angry

The body of the Nokia N9 is made from unibody polycarbonate material. There are no front-facing buttons at all. You unlock the phone by just double-tapping the screen. The Nokia N9 has the latest Nokia Maps with free, voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation for walking and driving. It will also be NFC-enabled. You can go and experience the Nokia N9 for yourself at swipe.nokia.com.

The full specifications are listed here.

“With the Nokia N9, we wanted to design a better way to use a phone. To do this we innovated in the design of the hardware and software together. We reinvented the home key with a simple gesture: a swipe from the edge of the screen. The experience sets a new bar for how natural technology can feel,” said Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia’s head of Design in the press release. “And this is just the beginning. The details that make the Nokia N9 unique – the industrial design, the all-screen user experience, and the expressive Qt framework for developers – will evolve in future Nokia products.”

No specifics yet on pricing and availability, but Stephen Elop says it will come out later this year. It will come in three colors – black, cyan, and magenta. I’m liking the Cyan blue. What do you think so far?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=875530011 Taciturn Toad

    Eventually the N900 became quite a powerhouse phone for those who prefer freedom over jail.
    If the N9 does as much as the N900 does then I will gladly fork over the cash to get one even if it won’t be a mass market darling.
    N900 may have been lacking in looks but the N9 has far exceeded any expectations in that arena and the build looks to be on par with my N8.
    c’mon Nokia… you finally appear to have some momentum…
    don’t stop!

    • http://thingsatrexdoes.tumblr.com Mike Birtwistle

      I do love my n900 only thing stopping MeeGo-ing ga-ga over the n9.  Where’s the keyboard?

  • Anonymous

    No US in the availability announcement list :(  

    Well, gives me more time to save up for the 64gb Black version. 

  • http://dliao.org dliao

    looks like the supersized ipod nano, but still looks fun 

  • http://dliao.org dliao

    Just watched the promotional video, i can see what they are trying to show there (NFC, social capability, etc) but honestly I don’t think they did a good job delivering the messages. I’m pretty sure to regular consumer this just look like another touch-capable phone commercial. 

  • http://dliao.org dliao

    Just watched the promotional video, i can see what they are trying to show there (NFC, social capability, etc) but honestly I don’t think they did a good job delivering the messages. I’m pretty sure to regular consumer this just look like another touch-capable phone commercial. 

  • http://twitter.com/aj35nla Aj Warren

    This phone looks so awesome. That was a very impressive demo. I only with this had been Nokia’s presentation last fall. I’m so excited by what I saw today. I can’t wait to see what they do with WP7, but I can’t imagine it being more impressive than the N9. Were they holding back? Are they gonna blow our minds with the new WP7 devices later this year? I can’t wait to see what’s next. Nokia is definitely not dead!

  • http://twitter.com/aj35nla Aj Warren

    This phone looks so awesome. That was a very impressive demo. I only with this had been Nokia’s presentation last fall. I’m so excited by what I saw today. I can’t wait to see what they do with WP7, but I can’t imagine it being more impressive than the N9. Were they holding back? Are they gonna blow our minds with the new WP7 devices later this year? I can’t wait to see what’s next. Nokia is definitely not dead!

  • http://www.shop2020.in/nokia Tarita

    Nokia N9 is a powerhouse of technologies. Its look is awesome. It looks very sleek. When the phone will be announced in India.

  • Theanuragest

    what about processor there is no mention in the news…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1818946560 Rap Casalla

    is it true?? is it really gonna be using micro SIM?

    • http://thenokiablog.com Mark Guim

      it’s true, according to the specs

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1818946560 Rap Casalla

        alright thanks! really looking forward to this handset! :)

  • Amq5

    Why have something like the iPhone, when you can have the iPhone itself. I have been with Nokia for 10 years and recently I decided to move to iPhone, the iPhone in comparison does not do as much as Nokia can, but it lets you do things properly.
    I thought with the n9 I might go back to Nokia but I have been disappointed, why would I use Meego, when Nokia has already ditched the platform, you need a platform which is alive so that you get updates and apps. Nokia should get there head in the right place, they have lost too much to make another mistake.
    My advice is to get an iPhone and jail break it, install tom-tom, Celeste, Skype and Facebook and you have a phone you can live with comfortably.

    • Tim

      Because the iPhone isn’t for everyone. See, I’d never even consider it. It’s just far too simplistic. Not everyone wants something that strips out all power and functionality.
      As for jailbreaking, do you really expect people to break the law (DMCA in the US) and void their warranty, etc, just to be able to use their phone to an acceptable level? Some of us want security too and can’t trust critical business information, passwords, emails, etc, to some people who put some software out on the internet. The fact that the iPhone can be jailbroken at all shows that it is vulnerable.
      So please, stop it with your “just get the iPhone” rubbish. Not everyone suits it and not everyone agrees with it.

    • Rex

      My advice is to get an iPhone and jail break it,

      Sure, spend shitloads of cash on an alleged super premium phone, only to have to void its warranty to let it do what others can do out of the box. Then watch as it gets bricked with the next update.
      I’ll stick with my dual core Galaxy S2, and keep an eye on Nokia in the meantime for what they have next.

  • Anonymous

    Oh yes its finally here, We can thank Elop for this one. Its  time for me to come back home. How I’ve missed you Nokia.

  • Anonymous

    I want to pre-order already

  • Dr.Tek

    You may want to change your N9 specs.  It is NOT BT 4.0, but 2.1+.

  • I Meek1965

    trying to find out about nokia x-series phone

  • http://www.nokian9blog.nl N9

    Can’t wait until the Nokia N9 will be released. This summer? Hope so

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