SA welcomes the Nokia N9.

Marko Ahtisaari

I was recently whisked away to Cape Town for the Nokia N9 launch, hosted by Marko Ahtisaari, head of global design at Nokia. And what a speaker! He pulled me into his presentation – which took place in a beautiful roof-top venue facing Table Mountain – with absolute awe. There’s someone who’s passionate about his trade. The phone is described as a “work-of-art” smartphone, with unique swipe technology and cutting-edge design.

Now, I’m no techy geek. I had to consciously hide my phone – a repertoire from the Ark – whenever someone called or SMSed (the only functions my beloved has) in fear that I’d be found out.  But I managed to negotiate my way around the N9 quite easily when given the chance to play with it, so I redeemed myself to any of the techno journalists who caught a glimpse of my personal museum piece. 

The event began with a beautifully choreographed dance group, who represented the similarities between dance and the ease of the phone. The champagne flowed like the easy conversation, and I had a blast.

The Nokia N9 is being launched in SA in November, and retails for around R6 000.
So, start saving.   Some of the features include:

• 8MP autofocus camera with high performance Carl Zeiss optics 
• Facebook and Twitter
• Bold all-screen design
• Body made of one piece with smooth shapes 
• Free turn-by-turn drive and walk navigation with voice guidance 
• Vivid 3.9” AMOLED screen brings brilliant colours and content right to the surface