The Nokia N9, that beautiful, Smooth, Elegant beast, it has evaded my grip (not going to lie to you,it is because of monetary constraints,those things are expensive) many times,and even to this day it has, but no other device (in my eyes at least) is as alluring, there is something about the N9 that captivates me every time i see it, i'm not sure what it is,it may be the nearly button less design,it may be the striking, new, elegant UI running on an unloved platform ( hey i love unloved platforms, i own a Palm Pre remember) it may be that great camera ( which somehow the Lumia 900 didn't get) i'm not sure,but i still want one, and not just any one, a specific model, a Cyan Blue 64GB version.
I will first state why i want the Cyan version, and later on why i want the 64GB version. It's Cyan, how many phones have that pure blue colour? (other than other Nokia devices), and its that same striking Cyan blue all the way through thanks to Nokia's production of making the Polycarbonate dyed blue all they way through instead of painting it on and if the device is chipped it reveals a different colour, and though its not technically very thin, being just over 12mm in thickness, the tapered edges really help in making the devices profile seem smaller than it actually is.
The Unibody polycarbonate design is a marvelous thing,seen on this device,and the Lumia 800 and now also the Lumia 900, heck even other companies like HTC are utilizing Polycarbonate in its new device line up (the One X if you didn't already know), it is seamless, the display is gorgeous and curves off the edges,the buttons (if a little loose) fit in with the design aesthetic perfectly, some would argue that even the two/three physical buttons that are there arent even needed,as you can wake the device up with a double tap on the screen, and the volume controls can be found by taping the status bar at the top,sure if they werent there they would still need a power button to power the device on from a full shut down, but they could do that, they could hide it up at the top,under the little door that the MicroUSB port hides under, move it along a few millimeters and place a small power button there, then both sides would be button free, as would the front ,and so would the back, the only places there would be things are the top and bottom, for the speaker (bottom) and 3.5mm audio jack,MicroSIM,MicroUSB and power button (top).
and now my rationalization for why i want the more expensive 64GB variant of the already rare Cyan Blue Nokia N9.
Project Mayhem, these are the Blokes (and gals probably) porting Android 4.0 onto the Nokia N9, and even better, they are developing it as a dual-boot option, so if i buy the 64GB variant, i can partition it 50/50 and give each OS 32GB's each,which is more than enough for both of them, so i can have apps and music and everything i hold dere, on a Lovely 3.9" ClearBlack AMOLED screen.
This is the device (exterior hardware wise) that Android 4.0 deserves,no buttons,clean,fresh design (no worries from apple in the design studio) and a smashing screen (could use a higher res and No PenTile Subpixel arrangement,but that never bothered me anyways) if Nokia Blew it out of the park with the insides (or at least tried to keep up with its android counterparts) this would be the perfect android device,though im pretty sure that once the ROM is up and running, it will be optimized for the OMAP 3630 chipset so much that it will give the dual-core Galaxy Nexus (an OMAP 4460) a run for its money.
So that is why i want a 64GB Cyan Nokia N9, dont get me wrong i would be happy with a 16GB cyan or black or white one (not a massive magenta fan), but in an ideal situation with an unlimited money supply, that would be one of, if not the first device i buy.
what do you think? what are your opinions on the N9, would you not lay a finger on one in a million years? or even just say what your money no object phone would be, please sound of in the comments below.
-Domenico
I will first state why i want the Cyan version, and later on why i want the 64GB version. It's Cyan, how many phones have that pure blue colour? (other than other Nokia devices), and its that same striking Cyan blue all the way through thanks to Nokia's production of making the Polycarbonate dyed blue all they way through instead of painting it on and if the device is chipped it reveals a different colour, and though its not technically very thin, being just over 12mm in thickness, the tapered edges really help in making the devices profile seem smaller than it actually is.
The Unibody polycarbonate design is a marvelous thing,seen on this device,and the Lumia 800 and now also the Lumia 900, heck even other companies like HTC are utilizing Polycarbonate in its new device line up (the One X if you didn't already know), it is seamless, the display is gorgeous and curves off the edges,the buttons (if a little loose) fit in with the design aesthetic perfectly, some would argue that even the two/three physical buttons that are there arent even needed,as you can wake the device up with a double tap on the screen, and the volume controls can be found by taping the status bar at the top,sure if they werent there they would still need a power button to power the device on from a full shut down, but they could do that, they could hide it up at the top,under the little door that the MicroUSB port hides under, move it along a few millimeters and place a small power button there, then both sides would be button free, as would the front ,and so would the back, the only places there would be things are the top and bottom, for the speaker (bottom) and 3.5mm audio jack,MicroSIM,MicroUSB and power button (top).
and now my rationalization for why i want the more expensive 64GB variant of the already rare Cyan Blue Nokia N9.
Project Mayhem, these are the Blokes (and gals probably) porting Android 4.0 onto the Nokia N9, and even better, they are developing it as a dual-boot option, so if i buy the 64GB variant, i can partition it 50/50 and give each OS 32GB's each,which is more than enough for both of them, so i can have apps and music and everything i hold dere, on a Lovely 3.9" ClearBlack AMOLED screen.
This is the device (exterior hardware wise) that Android 4.0 deserves,no buttons,clean,fresh design (no worries from apple in the design studio) and a smashing screen (could use a higher res and No PenTile Subpixel arrangement,but that never bothered me anyways) if Nokia Blew it out of the park with the insides (or at least tried to keep up with its android counterparts) this would be the perfect android device,though im pretty sure that once the ROM is up and running, it will be optimized for the OMAP 3630 chipset so much that it will give the dual-core Galaxy Nexus (an OMAP 4460) a run for its money.
So that is why i want a 64GB Cyan Nokia N9, dont get me wrong i would be happy with a 16GB cyan or black or white one (not a massive magenta fan), but in an ideal situation with an unlimited money supply, that would be one of, if not the first device i buy.
what do you think? what are your opinions on the N9, would you not lay a finger on one in a million years? or even just say what your money no object phone would be, please sound of in the comments below.
-Domenico



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