Beauty and the Beast: The Nokia N73 and N93 S60 smartphones - TechRepublic

Beauty and the Beast: The Nokia N73 and N93 S60 smartphones

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    What's in these two brown boxes?

    Click here to see Matthew Miller’s original blog post.

    The Nokia N73 and Nokia N93 are two high end S60 3rd Edition smartphones that include 3.2 megapixel cameras with Carl Zeiss optics. This image gallery shows the hardware details of the two devices with comparison to their predecessors, the N70 and N90.

  • The Nokia Nseries Blogger Relations packaging

    The Nseries program sends out the devices with cool Nokia packaging

  • N73 and N93 boxes

    The N73 retail box is on the left and the N93 is on the right.

  • N73 retail box

    Close-up of the N73 retail box.

  • Full view of N73

    Frontal view of the N73 out of the box.

  • The N73 keypad

    The keypad, surrounding 9 hardware buttons, and center joystick.

  • N73 back, slider closed

    The back of the metallic red color N73.

  • N73 back, slider open

    The cover is slid down to reveal the 3.2 megapixel camera.

  • N73 camera close-up

    The N73 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics.

  • N73 top

    The power button is centered between the loud stereo speakers.

  • N73 camera zoom

    The zoom button on the right side or top in landscape.

  • Capture and gallery buttons

    Easily take photos in landscape orientation with the N73.

  • Side view of the N73 back

    Here you can see how the slider cover sits on the N73 in closed mode.

  • N73 in hand

    The N73 is a fairly standard candy bar form factor.

  • Open back of the N73

    The back cover open showing the battery and SIM card slot. The battery has to be removed to insert the SIM card.

  • N70 and N73 front

    Frontal comparion of the N70 and N73 devices.

  • Back view of N70 and N73

    The back of the N70 and N73 showing the slider down and camera revealed.

  • N70 and N73 right side

    The N70 on the N73 with the right sides showing.

  • N73 and N70 left sides

    The N73 on the N70 and showing the left sides. See the IR port on the N73 device?

  • Display on the N73

    This is the standby display. The photo looks good, but in real life the display looks even better.

  • Taking a photo with the N73

    Taking a photo in landscape mode with the N73.

  • Nokia N93 retail box

    Retail box of the Nokia N93.

  • Opening N93 box, step 1

    There is the N93 after first opening the top flap.

  • Opening N93 box, step 2

    Under the first flap you will find some of the accessories.

  • N93 stereo headset

    This wired headset is included with the N93.

  • TV-out cable

    This AV cable allows you to connect your N93 to an external monitor.

  • N93 on slip case

    A cloth slip case is provided to protect and carry your N93.

  • Open N93 in hand

    You can see the opened N93 is quite long and this is not a small mobile phone.

  • N93 in viewing mode

    You can watch video, browse photos, surf the internet and more in this landscape, mini-laptop mode.

  • N93 camera lens

    The lens sits on the left of the N93 and is protected by a detachable lens cover. Use the included lanyard so you don’t lose the cover.

  • Open back of the N93

    The cover is off the N93, showing the battery and SIM card slot.

  • N93 compared to N90

    Here the N93 is shown in closed mode with the Nokia N90.

  • Back of N93 and N90

    A back view of the two similar devices.

  • N90 on top of N93

    This photo show the left side of both devices.

  • N93 on N90, right side

    This photo shows the right side of both devices where the camera capture controls are located.

  • N90 and N93 fully open

    Both devices are opened in phone mode.

  • Taking photos with the N90 and N93

    Here both devices are opened and ready to capture photos and video.

  • N93 vs N73 still photo mode

    The N93 photos of London are in the left column and the N73 photos are in the right column.

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