They are very similar but there are some important differences.

The N97 has both 32 gigabytes built-in and a memory card slot, whereas the 5800 only has the memory card slot (plus a small amount of internal flash memory). Officially you could expand the N97's memory to 48 gigabytes, but unofficially (if the 32 gigabyte card works) then it could go up to 64 gigabytes in total.

I haven't used the N97 (and the final version isn't out anyway) but I'm going to guess that the N97's camera is a lot better than the 5800's. The 5800's camera aperture is smaller than on Nseries devices so its pictures tend to be darker, especially if taken by artificial light.


The N97's screen is the same resolution but physically bigger, 3.5 inches compared to the 5800's 3.2 inches.

The N97 processor will probably be faster, but no one is totally sure though as the confirmed production model processor specs haven't been released yet.

The features should be broadly similar, but the N97 will probably have better multimedia apps bundled with it as it's an Nseries device. Nseries phones generally have much better photo galleries for example.


Yeah, the Omnia HD looks really good, it's the first mainstream phone to shoot video in high definition. It's the same platform as the 5800 but with a better screen (same res but physically larger, brighter and more sensitive). On top of that the Omnia HD uses (I think!) OMAP3 and has graphics hardware.

However, this hardware comes at a price of course, and the Omnia HD is likely to be very expensive.

Also, you probably won't be able to use Ovi Store on the Omnia HD, at least not officially, because it's not a Nokia device.