Nokia
N93i

The N93i was an upgrade to the Nokia N93 and used the Symbian operating system with Nokia’s S60 3rd Edition software user interface. It was slightly lighter, at 163 grams versus 180 grams, and its dimensions were trimmed from 118 x 56 x 28mm on the original N93 to 108 x 58 x 25mm on the N93i. The screen was also improved with a 16 million colour OLED display being supported. The phone had a metallic keypad and a mirror effect cover. The 2.4-inch 16 million colour main display had a 160° viewing angle. There was a joystick on the side of the device that enabled smooth video control. In addition, there were dedicated camera keys to capture images, switch shooting mode and operate the flash. Nokia described the N93i as a “compact and stylish digital camcorder and multimedia computer in one.” The head of Nokia’s Nseries cameras category, Satu Ehrnrooth, correctly predicted that “video could become a similar kind of mass-market phenomenon as mobile photography” and stated that the N93i was “a connected digital camcorder that was always with you making perfect for creating user-created video content.” The 3.2-megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixels) camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 3x optical zoom, autofocus and close-up mode could record DVD-like quality videos thanks to its MPEG-4 VGA video capture at up to 30 frames per second, stereo audio recording and digital stabilization. A 1 GB miniSD card was included in the standard Nokia N93i sales pack allowing users to capture up to 45 minutes of DVD-like quality video or up to 1250 high-quality photos. Users could also share content to a compatible TV using a video-out cable that was supplied with the phone. The Nokia N93i cost approximately €600 when it was launched. Notably, the Nokia N93i was used by Agent Sim­mons (John Tur­tur­ro) in the 2007 Transformers movie.