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Nokia N95 review: Nokia’s crown jewel

01 May 2007 | Read the review | Post your comment
Nokia N95 review: Nokia’s crown jewel - read the full textThis is the our detailed test of Nokia N95, the best equipped phone on today’s mobile market. Nokia N95 is among first mobiles to have a built-in camera with a 5 megapixel resolution. Among its lures are also an integrated GPS module, HSDPA support, two-way sliding construction, and a very handy 3.5 mm jack connector for earphones.

 

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its nice nokia is leading the market with new inivations once again but, will nokia ever make a phone that doesnt hang? ive had over 20 nokia phones and their earlier models with the black and white screens were good. when they started with all these functions and what nots the phones got worst and worst. dont get me wrong the design and the general ideas they have for their phones are very good but, having a phone that actually works well without having to restart or pulling out the battery everyday cause of the phone hanging is a lot more important. my last experience with nokia that i actually bought was the n80. a phone that had wifi 3.+ mega pixel camera and other bells and whistles that was just pure garbage! no i didnt have a bad unit cause 3 of my other friends had the same phone that would always hang. another model that had that same problem was the n73. my phone was purchased for an authorized nokia dealer and i took my phone 2 times to the service center for software upgrades that just didnt work. i think they should concentrate more in improving the way their phones work instead of releasing new models every so often that in reality are not improvements of their old units. since then ive switched to sony ericsson. i currently own a p990, k610, and a z520. the p990 still has a few problems but nothing as bad as my experiences with nokia but the z520 and the k610 have never ever had to be restarted nor have they ever hung. nokia should come out with reliable devices if they want to keep their customer loyalty. they already lost one.

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  • 2007-05-05 03:02
  • PT5v

and and E61 download speed for 1mb is like 1min plus, n95 takes only less then 10sec using thesame connection.. k800i worst. no wifi -.- you can imagine. awww.
you love sony, go back to your sony page la.
k800i, micro is sucks la. i cant even get then words clearly.
n95, the camera is as smooth as a camera.. and video recording is good as well. just that some noobs come and say their own coments to spoil other people's thinking about this phone.
gsm wont say this phone deserve best of all if it's that worst like you said. dont know why some people dont think before they talk. zzz

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  • 2007-05-04 16:02
  • F4pr

ive had two now, this one feels better put together I think the first one was faulty... The annoying thing is the Red LED when trying to film in the dark!!!! WHY??????? How do I get normal flash???????????

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  • 2007-05-04 16:00
  • nFfx

matt, dont act as you have already use n95..
it's wont hang and faster then normal other time.
and k800i? if k800i is better, sony's digi cam sucks la? cause using the same lens. lmao.. k800i good? walao, no wifi, mp4 is like wtf? only good in flash? hmm.. and video recording is sucks still dare to say cybershot? omg.
and as for battery life, laptops can it last for a long day?
this phone have laptop function, of course have weak battery life la. as for k800i, have nothing to compare. aiyo..
only thing, that is cheap! that phone can label, "cheap" cause toyphone, kid's usage.. lmao.

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  • 2007-05-04 15:43
  • F4pr

nothing is prefect la.. what do you expect? everything has the weak point what. this phone battery life not good, so?
if you have got the money to buy this phone, you could get a 2nd battery.. it will be enough to use... and i'm doing that now..

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  • 2007-05-04 15:37
  • F4pr

ugly phone..

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  • 2007-05-04 14:43
  • PGHG

when viewed in pics the n95 doesn't seem to be all that great when I personally saw it I was breathless! Its really superb!

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  • 2007-05-04 12:51
  • w0QN

This phone ROCKS !!!!
DAMZ IT IS SOWW COOL
it isnt that thick.
The nokia n73 is larger than the n95
Sow do not believe those misleading pictures

A true nokia fan

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  • 2007-05-03 19:52
  • Sd2s

I seriously doubt it will be a success.. nokia N93 has a very poor battery .. what else can be a drawback . .my nokia n93's battery last one and half day ..if i switch the 3g on ... think aobut GPS then in Nokia n95 even when its battery is weaker than N93.

www.tecfre.com

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  • 2007-05-03 17:23
  • M{3N

Working for a mobile company i can firmly say that the N95 isnt all its cracked up to be. The battery is very poor, the software has a lot of bugs and the camera is not really that good. the sony ericsson k800i has a lot better flash and has a better auto focus. stick with sony ericsson, they dont break as much, the batterys are brilliant and the cameras are untouchable. Nokia have sunk so low recently. Everyone i have sold one too comes back saying they prefered their k800i.

Dont buy one

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  • 2007-05-03 16:47
  • BwVH

his phone is too thick and it keeps on hangin' y is it so??? juz bought it march '07...

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  • 2007-05-03 14:48
  • PSkR

funny how the N95 package that you guys had didn't come with a memory card.. when i bought mine it came with a 1GB card and a Nokia leather case. Weird how this world works.

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  • 2007-05-03 14:14
  • RNJC

For VOIP, i used Fring for the N95 last night via a wifi connection to another skype user. It works great!!

Also, the review is incorrect when it states the GPS unit doesnt work with 3rd party apps. It actually does work with 2 apps - Navfone Pro and Wayfinder 7! Tomtom will release a patch shortly to use it. I'm not sure about the other GPS apps for S60 tho.

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  • 2007-05-03 09:51
  • PG$W

this review was what I needed to make my choice. Comes N95 :)

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  • 2007-05-03 00:09
  • P4m@

that was amazing review from gsmarena really thanks but i am still not sure about the quality of sound through headphoney( i mean any headphone not the nokia one ) i have my nokia n93 it s bit big for me and i wana change to n95 i just like to listen to music most of the time with a good base any can tell me is it as good as n91 or not becasue i love the quality of nokia n91
cheers every one
messy

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  • 2007-05-02 16:22
  • xJeh

Anyone use this phone for VoIP yet? I need a world phone and wifi is an absolute must as is the ability to use VoIP. I know skype doesn't put out software for anything but windows, but has anyone used wifi on this with any other software to make VoIP calls? Thanks.

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  • 2007-05-02 14:47
  • 4qPk

very good phone. but without long lasting battery life all of the features and functions are useless. come on Nokia...we need a phone with similar function of N95 but the battery life should at least last for 2 to 3 days.

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  • 2007-05-02 12:57
  • ibiK

strong JPEG compression

what do they mean?

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  • 2007-05-02 06:27
  • q}Xm

When i first heard of the price of the N95 sim free of £500 i could not believe a company like Nokia would produce a phone to expensive i tried an early upgrade but failed then went on Ebay an won one an its just amazed me what a superb phone it is,it looks as though its going to be heavy but its so light an a lovely size ,Nokias done a cock- up with the battery but i hope soon there will be some software to improve the battery life an its a top phone by Nokia

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  • 2007-05-01 21:55
  • pTCE

The N95 is an amazing phone an its features are top class But like the review always says the Battery life is a truely great cock-up by Nokia an hope theres some software soon to try to improve the battery life,people think its heavy when you first see the N95 but its really light an just right for putting in your trouser or jeans pocket,just seen a pink on on you tube an ope the will be some changeable fascias soon on ebay as i changed my N73 to Black an would like the N95 in Black as well

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  • 2007-05-01 19:13
  • pTCE
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