Just came to think about it... The only true novelty on the N9 is the Swipe UX, which is really fluid on the rather "old" 1 GHz OMAP3 and SGX530. No stunning photos, lacking many features from other high-end (even older Nokia) devices, such as FMTX, USB-OTG, HDMI out... Maybe we shouldn't see the N9 as the last MeeGo phone by Nokia, but as the first phone for the next billion? What do you think of this?
with regards to the picture quality on the N9 Take a look at some pics already posted. Thanks to Slai for taking those pics, my personal fav is the bottom 1. the thing to ask yourself is: Was the camera on the n900 good enough for the pictures you wanted to take? if yes then the n9 camera is more then enough. if you find you need an amazing camera then the n8 is for you. for me i was able to take some decent pics on the n900 and the n9 will be good enough for me. but i'm more into the phone side of things and instant messaging.
Is anything delivered in full for the Nokia N9? No flasher yet, no Swype keyboard, not even stock seems to be coming out in sizeable measures. Nokia has not learned a thing from the N900 launch. Have that **** in place before you launch.
IIRC SE_Arc has very impressive campera specs. More so than the SGSII
We all know there's no such thing as the "uber perfect" phone... SGSII (& some if it's android ilk) is the only one likely to get close to that, & maybe the N9