Nokia N93

The Nokia N93 is a mobile phone from Nokia, part of the multimedia Nseries. It was introduced on 25 April 2006 and released in July 2006.^[1] It runs on Symbian OS v9.1 and the S60 3rd Edition interface. It was the most advanced camera phone from Nokia at the time of its release, and was particularly marketed for its swivel design like its predecessor Nokia N90, which mimics the appearance of a conventional camcorder.

Nokia N93

Nokia N93
Manufacturer	Nokia
Availability by region	2006
Predecessor	Nokia N90
Successor	Nokia N93i Nokia N95
Related	Nokia N92
Compatible networks	HSCSD, UMTS, Tri band GSM / GPRS / EDGE, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
Dimensions	118 × 55.5 × 28.2 mm
Weight	180 g (0.40 lb)
Operating system	Symbian OS v9.1, S60 3rd Edition
Memory	50 MB
Removable storage	MiniSD
Battery	Li-Po 1100 mAh (BL – 6M)
Rear camera	3.2 Megapixels
Display	320 × 240 pixels; 262,144 colors
Connectivity	Bluetooth 2.0, Infrared, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, USB 2.0
Data inputs	Keypad

The N93 improved upon camera capabilities over the N90. The phone has a 3.2-megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics and 3x optical zoom (the first Nokia phone to have it) as well as a 30 fps 640×480 (VGA) MPEG-4 video recording capability.

It was succeeded by the Nokia N93i.

Features

The Nokia N93 supports 3G (WCDMA 2100 MHz), EDGE and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) networks.^[2] It also has Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC), Wi-Fi (802.11b and g),^[3] an infrared port (for IrDA) and Bluetooth.

Nokia N93 mounted on an official tripod

The Nokia N93's 3.2-megapixel camera has Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar optics and flash,^[4][2][5] 3x optical zoom / 20x digital zoom,^[2] digital image stabilization,^[2] close up mode, and DVD-like video capture at 30 fps in the MPEG-4 format at VGA resolution.^[4] It was also advertised for "easy" video creation and burning to DVD with Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0.^[4]

Other than the camera, Nokia N93 has a 320×240 pixels; 262,144 colors 2.4" display^[5] and direct TV out connectivity.^[4] It has a Dual ARM 11 332 MHz CPU, 50 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, and up to 2 GB mini SD card storage (90 minutes of "DVD-like" video).^[2] Fully hardware accelerated PowerVR 3D graphics from Imagination Technologies (including OpenGL ES 1.1 and M3G, according to JBenchmark^[6]) is included. However despite Nokia having planned to support N-Gage 2.0 for N93 (alongside N73 and N93i), it never made it due to memory issues. Other features are a web browser,^[7] Adobe Flash Lite 1.1 preinstalled (supports Flash Lite 2.1 and Flash Lite 3.0 developer editions), Visual Radio, UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) support,^[3] Symbian application support,^[5] Java MIDP 2.0.^[5]

Versions

As well as coming in 2 colors, pearl black and silver, there was also a Nokia N93 Golf Edition which had been preloaded with Pro Session Golf software to help improve golf skills. There was also a Mission: Impossible III edition which included a memory card preloaded with the movie and a Mission: Impossible III theme.^[8]

In popular culture

The Nokia N93's likeness is used in the video game Tony Hawk's Project 8 as the way for players to view their in-game messages and videos.

Reviews

• All About Symbian N93 Review (part 1) – Covers multimedia aspects of the phone
• All About Symbian N93 Review (part 2) – Covers smartphone aspects, and summary
• All About Symbian N90 vs N93
• Mobile-review N93 review
• N93 reviews and specifications round up Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine