| The Nokia N97 is a touchphone with a large 3.5 inch | | | | with autofocus and LED flash features. However the |
| TFT resistive touchscreen display and inbuilt | | | | N97 has an extra video light for recording videos but |
| accelerometer and proximity sensors for UI | | | | lacks the image stabilisation feature of the Arena. |
| auto-rotate and auto turn-off respectively. This is a | | | | The N97 is certainly a bit bulkier with a weight of 150 |
| Symbian S60 5'th edition device with an improved OS | | | | grams than the LG Arena which weighs just 105 |
| which gives easy one touch access to favourite | | | | grams, but with the excellent battery and the full |
| services. Compared to this the LG KM900 Arena | | | | QWERTY keypad that the N97 comes with we can |
| comes with a smaller display of 3 inches capacitive | | | | hardly mind the extra weight. It's battery gives a talk |
| touchscreen with an S-class user interface. The UI | | | | time of about 6 hours in 3G service and music play |
| certainly looks more interesting with 3D menu options | | | | upto 40 hours while that in the Arena supports just 4 |
| presented in the form of a film reel or a cube and it | | | | hours of talk time and 30 hours of music play. But in |
| is also very fast and easy to use with integrated | | | | terms of speaker sound while playing music or video, |
| hardware acceleration for smooth operation. But with | | | | the Arena looks more promising as it comes with a |
| an internal memory of 8 GB, the LG Arena lags | | | | Dolby Mobile sound enhancement. It also looks more |
| behind the 32 GB memory of the N97. However the | | | | stylish and attractive but the N97 is definitely more |
| memory in the Arena can be expanded to 32 GB | | | | versatile with more features and applications. None |
| with the help of microSD cards. | | | | the less there are many features that are commonly |
| The Nokia N97 is loaded with Class32 GPRS and | | | | found in both the devices such as stereo FM radio, |
| EDGE while the LG Arena comes with a lower | | | | Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF), TV-out |
| Class10 GPRS and EDGE. But interestingly all the LG | | | | point, 3.5 mm audio jack, T9 and comparable video |
| mobile phone fans can find a breather as the Arena | | | | and audio players that play different file formats. The |
| has a higher HSDPA available @ 7.2 Mbps as against | | | | Nokia N97 comes with a few extra features like Flash |
| the 3.6 Mbps HSDPA available in the N97. This means | | | | Lite 3, Digital compass, Video and photo editor and |
| faster access and downloading in the Arena. Both the | | | | Voice command /dial. It is available in white and black |
| units are Wi-Fi enabled and also include Bluetooth and | | | | colour schemes but the LG KM900 Arena has more |
| USB for convenient data transfer. GPS is also | | | | attractive colour schemes of Silver, Titan Black and |
| available in both the phones but while the N97 comes | | | | Dusty Pink. In terms of performance both the |
| loaded with the NokiaMaps application, the Arena has | | | | devices are the best among the Nokia mobile phones |
| the GoogleMaps. The cameras are excellent and of | | | | and LG mobile phones respectively. |
| comparable quality with each one having a 5 MP unit | | | | |