It varies from company to company but sometimes it is the attitude of the shop. Malaysia has weak consumer laws which make them bolder.

As soon as you open the box, you will fall in love with the N9. This is one of the most gorgeous pieces of smartphone hardware I've ever seen, and it feels excellent in your hand. The device is made out of polycarbonate (which feels like brushed aluminum in your hand) that is slightly curved to sit in your hand, with an edge-to-edge Gorilla Glass display on the front (which is also slightly curved).

It's a big statement to make, but the build quality on this device is on par with the iPhone. There are no seams, no harsh edges; almost no buttons. It's almost impossible to resist touching it.



The screen is actually an edge to edge touchscreen, and the lack of buttons is made up by MeeGo's love for gestures. If you want to wake up the phone, you double tap the screen. To unlock it, just swipe from the black bezel to the top of the screen. Simple, and elegant.



The back of the device is just as stunning. The matte aluminum is fantastic from any angle, and the simple Nokia logo and camera don't detract from it's overall looks.

On the very top of the device (pictured below), is the 3.5mm audio jack, a well hidden micro-USB port and the MicroSIM slot. To open it, you have to press lightly on the slight bump, which pops up the door. If you want to get at the SIM, you then pull the edge of the second door towards the audio jack and it will pop up.





It's this attention to detail that makes the N9 so stunning: everything is tidy, and hidden away. There are no exposed ports (other than the audio jack) and even the front facing camera (pictured below) blends in with the screen nicely.



It's worth noting that if black isn't your favorite color, Nokia's got you covered there too. The N9 ships in blue, pink, black and glossy white (by December).

Software is what it all comes down to at the end of it all. Nokia, a company that has a large Symbian following saw itself floundering, becoming old and irrelevant. Initially, Nokia started working on MeeGo, which ships on the N9, but at some point along their journey, they decided to make an even riskier move to an old friend that they think could save them. Microsoft.

This meant the N9's version of Meego -- Harmattan -- wasn't the spotlight anymore. It's still getting love from Nokia, and the company claims it'll be updated for "years to come," but perhaps not as fast as many would like.

Coming from my point of view, I am a very big fan of Windows Phone. I've been a user since the very first Windows Phone shipped last year, and am still a big fan, so went into this review expecting to be disappointed. What I discovered when using MeeGo was that it's almost everything Windows Phone isn't.



MeeGo is bright, fun and beautiful (for lack of better buzzwords). It's stunning. The home screen isn't exactly the most innovative thing we've seen yet, it could almost be compared to the iPhone on first glance, but there's a lot more going on under the hood.

The N9 is fully gesture oriented. If you love buttons and hate gestures this is not the phone for you. To unlock, double tap the screen, then swipe from the very bottom edge of the bezel (or from the right / left bezels) to the top. To close an app, swipe from the top bezel (or bottom / left / right bezel) down. This approach is something that I almost don't want to live without now. I almost wasn't convinced that Nokia could get me to do away with those hideous capacitive buttons, but... this works.

The OS took the homescreen approach as a "three screens" design. You swipe left of the apps and you get a "feeds" view that shows your latest Facebook feed, Tweets, RSS feeds, News and more. You swipe to the right of the app screen and you get the multitasking drawer, where your apps run in the background. This simplicity really makes the N9 shine. You can get news from the media, as well as your social media friends in one place. It's the ultimate way to read what's happening in the world as it happens.

Any service you add to your N9 will show up here (you can turn them off, though). Some of the default ones include Facebook, Twitter, AP, Picasa, and a few basic RSS feeds (you can customize these to your hearts desire).



Multitasking is performed using cards, slightly similar to the way WebOS rocks them. Press and hold on an application to close, or, just close all. Simple.



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Smartphone global market share in Oct 2011. ios climbs to top spot, Android down to No. 2. WP7 + WinMobile a paltry 0.2% (meaning WP7 may be 0.1% or less). Elop said a new dawn of Nokia. Maybe a new sunset for Nokia for embracing the loser WP7?
Source: http://www.bgr.com/2011/11/01/ios-market-s...no-2-mobile-os/

If Meego is prematurely announced as dead then WP7 is dying from lack of consumer interest. Who knows maybe Meego may overtake WP7 in market share and give Elop a slap in the face?

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Added on November 1, 2011, 10:04 pmYo, Andy! Any comments on why WP7 is facing such consumer resistance? Too many Microsoft haters? No Whatsapp until Mango? Nobody wants Windows on their PC and Windows on their phones?

thats why customers like us should make noise. its not like we are dealers taking advantage of the pricing error and its not as if the pricing error is Rm 1. More we stay quiet, the more they step over us.

Dell Msia have made countless pricing errors on their website and they have ALWAYS honour the errors.

So you decided to get an N9 instead of a Lumia? Congrats!

Regarding the screen protector I heard there are some selling at RM59.90 and they leave 2-3mm of the edges uncovered so it's better and cheaper for you to buy a bigger screen protector for another device like 7" Galaxy Tab and cut your own. Just make sure there is absolutely no dust on the screen before you install it.

Motorola RAZR launched in Malaysia with RM1,999 price tag. 4.3″ Super AMOLED Advanced display that supports qHD resolution of 960×540. Internally it runs on dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage.

Anybody regret?

Alot of software and hardware except for what you specify consider outdated

Waiting for samsung galaxy note only now