Adam Caitlin asked:

In the last few years, we have seen extraordinary changes in the mobile industry. A massive increase of mobile devices has created a lot of confusion regarding selection of model. The elegant brands Nokia and Apple have seen a monumental growth in the development of their mobiles. Both are doing exceptionally well in the area of mobile phones and one can find very high quality features equipped in their phones. The Nokia N96 and Apple iPhone 3G are handsets are famous all over the world. It is very hard to tell which one is better than other but we can find features at which one model take edge from the other. From the following discussion you can find the areas that differentiate them.

The amazing imaging features of Apple iphone includes 2MP digital camera and the photo setting and photo editor features come with this handset in order to increase the quality of the captured images. This camera phone has a video player that supports H264, MPEG4 and AAC formats. The photos can be rotated and zoomed using the touchscreen.On the other hand, Nokia N96 has an astounding 5 MP camera with Carl Zeiss Optics Tessa lens. The camera setting feature of this mobile include flash, self timer, colour and other features. Its video recorder supports MPEG4 and video stabiliser allows high quality capturing of the moving images.

The messaging features of iPhone are not very satisfactory, as it includes only SMS, email and push email features. On the contrary, you will find various great messaging features in Nokia N96 like SMS, MMS, email, email with attachments, picture messaging, instant messaging and so on.In terms of memory and talktime features, the Apple iphone is simply amazing. It comes with built-in 8 GB memory and 16 GB flash memory. The various talktimes delivered by this gorgeous handset are 5 hour of 3G talktime, 10 hours of 2G talktime, 5 hours 3G Internet use, 7 Hours video playback time, 24 hours music playback time and 300 hours standby time.

As opposed to this, the N96 offers the users 16GB memory and one can expand the memory by using MicroSD card. Furthermore, the mobile comes with 128 MB RAM and 256 MB system memory. The gadget offer you 3 hours of talktime and 220 hours standby time.The connectivity technologies supported by iPhone include 3G HSDPA, Bluetooth, USB, EDGE and WiFi. The N96 also supports similar technologies like 3G HSDPA, Bluetooth with A2DP, USB, EDGE and WLAN Wi-Fi UPnP.

The sound features of both the gadgets are mind blowing. The 3G Apple iPhone has an iPod music player in which you can create your own playlists. One can also perform the touchscreen search on this gadget and you can also pause the playing song by pause feature.The Nokia N96 has a music player supporting MP3, AAC formats and this gadget also comes with Nokia Internet Radio, Stereo FM Radio with RDS and visual radio features. This handset supports MP3 and Polyphonic types of ringtones.So, one can see how difficult is to judge one handset from the other. They give you excellent features and these high quality mobile phones will surely satisfy all your requirements.

Martin Dev asked:


The latest Apple iPhone is a 3G enabled handset and it’s an extension of the earlier iPhone model. It was recently launched and has immediately gained huge popularity all over the world. Both these handsets, the Apple iPhone and Nokia N96 come with several common features, like Bluetooth, media player, high quality camera and web connecting features. In this article we will discuss about both these handsets.

The Apple iPhone is a very sleek and good looking mobile phone that comes with a full touchscreen interface. This is a 2G as well as 3G enabled mobile phone. It is a light-weighted handset in just 133 grams with slim dimensions of 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm that allow the users to carry the handset easily. The phone comes with a vibrant 3.5 inches touchscreen and provides a display resolution of 320 x 480 pixels and supports thousands of colours. The Apple iPhone comes with either 8 or 16 GB of internal memory. The users can store numerous multimedia files such as images, audio songs, video clips and personal data into its massive internal memory. It comes with a 2 mega pixels camera that provides an image resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels. This stunning device available in two different colours, Black and White. The phone supports various connectivity options such as GPRS, EDGE, 3G and WLAN that allow the users to access the Internet from anywhere of the world without any trouble. The integrated standard battery gives approximate 300 hours of standby time and up to 10 hours of talktime, respectively. Now, we are going to talk about the Nokia N96.

On the other hand, the Nokia N96 is also an elegant and good looking mobile phone, which comes with a dual slide opening mechanism. This is a completely multimedia focused mobile phone. The phone has a 5 mega pixels camera that allows to capture sharp and crystal-clear still images. The phone’s high quality camera gives an image resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels with supports of some amazing features, like Carl Zeiss optics, flash and auto-focus. The phone also facilitates video recording option in VGA format at 30 frames per second. The music player of the handset supports various popular formats such as MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA. The N96 comes with 16 GB of internal memory and one can easily expand its external memory upto 8 GB with the help of a micro SD (TransFlash) memory card. The device is powered by Dual ARM 9 264 MHz processor and 128 MB of RAM that make the Nokia N96 an ultra-fast mobile phone.

The Apple iPhone is a high-quality music player in true sense and the users will get ultimate enthusiasm of using a touch-enabled phone. The iPhone does not offer memory expansion, but N96 has expansion capability in spite of its massive memory.

After the above discussion, we can say that both the Apple iPhone and Nokia N96 possess equal parameter. Both the handsets are unique looking and high-performers in term of their quality and durability. The iPhone is completely based on touchscreen navigation and it has just single button for returning back to the main menu. Hence, these handsets are perfect for everyone who loves music, photography and Internet browsing.