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Nokia N95 8GB review: Return of the king

23 November 2007 | Read the review | Post your comment
Nokia N95 8GB review: Return of the king - read the full textAbout a year ago Nokia released a tech-freak's dream of a handset offering a mouthwatering horde of features in a fairly compact size. The omnipresent N95 spawned a successor and now the question is how much better can it get. Nokia N95 8GB sure has good...

 

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No charging while using USB to a notebook, is that true? Can I charge the phone wif my charger while using USB at the same time?

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  • 2007-11-30 13:40
  • PGHG

"Return of the King" comment makes an interesting point re the number of returns of nokia's he gets. Maybe some focus on the reliability or clients' satisfaction (with all phobes) would be good. B4 I buy a phone - considering N95-3, Sony K850i or LG KU990 - I call up mobile repairers to ask how many repairs they get for a certain model. This can be more useful than most reviews. Does anyone know the differences between the N95-1 and the N95-3?
I am surprised by the number of comments made by those who are 'so excited' about a particular phone, when they have not even used it??
Regrds
Greg

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  • 2007-11-30 01:55
  • UYnm

the "return of the king". Sure it is. my customers keep on returning these phone on my shop! I don't understand it but they're switching phones (especially the old n95) Samsung and Sony Ericsson sure sells well.

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  • 2007-11-29 22:36
  • w0QQ

like @kam said the internal gps is supported by all those third party apps and besides its up to the developers to provide compatibility not nokias. nokia has provided sdk as the should. so that statement in the review is just wrong. also whoever said you cant assign tones to individual contacts just doesnt know s60.

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  • 2007-11-29 20:50
  • QxmP

I had the Old Nokia N95 (old ! ) and i had problems with it's limited internal working ram. Love the 8 gb, have two seasons of robot chicken on it and watch them in my spare time. What i think lacking in this version is the ability to asssign ringtones to individual contacts (it's wrongly stated in the review imo). Besides that the camera is fast, more responsive, overall the whole phone is a big step up from the old one . One of my best toys :D

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  • 2007-11-29 15:45
  • P@Sx

Talk about third time lucky!!!...I started with the K850i...not happy then moved to the G800...wow!!! that was a BIG mistake and yesterday took delivery of the N95 8GB, and boy am I happy!!!!!

What a phone...was watching the preinstalled Spiderman 3 movie on the fone on the way home....what a screen...Superb!!!!....other fones are simply kicked into touch!!!! can't say anymore. Still haven't finished messing with it. It's my first Nokia in ages so really very happy :)

The changes made over the old N95 really make this fone so worth getting!!!...wholeheartedly agree with GSM Arena's review :):)

Enjoy this fone...it demands the attention!!! :)

Cheers for listening :)

Kam.

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  • 2007-11-27 16:37
  • MJTi

FYI...
The internal GPS works with the following programs:
Garmin Mobile XT
Wayfinder 7
Route 66 Vers. 7.3.468
Google Maps
Navigon Mobile
Nav4All

The only biggie still missing is TomTom (I prefer Garmin personally)!

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  • 2007-11-27 16:05
  • pp9%

To Rony, the battery life doesn't depends on the screen and also it's processor. n95 is using 332mhz. nokia need this kind of speed to load their software. unless nokia wana follow sony by using 208mhz(which is the fastests in sony) then they cant have so many software in it. btw, if sony loads 3rd party software, i think there will be a great problem. lols.

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  • 2007-11-27 11:58
  • F4pr

Yes THIS IS REALLY THE RETURN OF THE KING.......ALLL that user says about slim set like samsung but they have only slimness.... not good features and not good quality camera result...and dudes NOKIA soon release sets with Xenon Flash ...soon and with more MP....

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  • 2007-11-27 11:18
  • PxKj

I actually work in a phone store and get to use, test and handle pretty much all the handsets that are posted here on GSM.

Being able to do this means that I have the both of all worlds and can use the handsets over long periods of time and give proper opinions of things unlike all the other people here, who seem to walk instore look at it, maybe test it for a few minutes, and then walk out again.

Seriously, the quality of Nokias premium handsets are just that... Premium. They have the features that customer want, with the looks and construction to go with it. If you want something with more features, then get something dedicated to that purpose and don't complain when someone tries something new to see how it works and could function for them in the future.

Basically, by all means recommend a handset that you've been able to use and benefit from, but don't judge something by looks, previous bad experiences or just to be cynical if a few too many people like it.

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  • 2007-11-27 08:03
  • TIAT

Sharma - do you want this phone to cook your dinner too? ffs what do you want... sure there might be other phones with one feature better than the other in certain aspects but few phone round it all up into a decent package.

xenon flash is overrated... whats the point of having such a feature when phone cams are always rubbish no matter what lens or MP they have.

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  • 2007-11-26 14:31
  • vkMx

@rony,
u r some what right but games and other thing are not designed by Nokia and why u r so worried as soon as Nokia releases N-gage games u will find on many free mobile sites for free and games costs only 10 euros to 20 euros how much money they can make from this

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  • 2007-11-26 04:07
  • M@T2

OK, I have a couple of questions ONLY FOR N95 8GB USERS:

1.- the photos in the dark (in a discotheca, for example) are the

same/better quality as the N73 ME?

2.- the quality of the sound USING EARPHONES is as good as the N73 ME, AND has it got the same stereo widening?

Could you please reply my mail.
Thanks in advance.

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  • 2007-11-25 20:41
  • P3j1

@ me
what i meant was the person below implied that the only reason Nokia did not implement vga resolution was bcoz it drained battery life.That is a whole lot of hogwash.If it were so nokia would never have implemented 800 by 352 internal screen in addition to the external screen on e90.Yes e90 has larger battery but it also has a very large internal screen in addition to the external screen.plus its battery supplies power to the huge internal qwerty keypad backlighting. I think 1200mAH battery will be sufficient to power n95 8gb's smaller [relatively] 2.8 inch screen and keypad. Plus I very much doubt if people would mind if nokia kept the original 2.6 inch screen of the n95 and equipped it with vga resolution. As for the ngage gaming nokia has crippled that too...u can play the soccer demo only 10 times b4 u have to download the full game [with a fee of course].lol...so nokia earns money if u wish to engage voice activated gps....it earns money if u want to enjoy gaming...clever eh? Maybe Steve Jobs comes down for coffee at Nokia and gives it pointers on how to suck the last drops of blood from the customer.

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  • 2007-11-25 17:46
  • 2SVe

ouch... come on.!!
n-gage users already waiting more than 3 years, and nokia only launch this phone??

next n gage must:
edge, gprs/hsdpa, wlan, hscsd, bluetooth,usb port,hot swap,5mp cam,SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging,WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML(NetFront), RSS feeds,mp3,mpeg4,3gp,fm radio,screen saver,16m color, dont forget "pencil" button,and other same classic n gage features,. 5 nav key at left side.

NOKIA.. CAN YOU??

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  • 2007-11-25 15:57
  • PSPa

@rony
i don't get what r u trying to say. As far E90 concern it has 1500mAh battery hence its battery life is good

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  • 2007-11-25 14:35
  • M@T2

to the the person below me.....oh yeah? nokia's e90 has 800 by 352 internal screen...bet nokia does not care about e90's battery life huh?....lol

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  • 2007-11-25 09:41
  • 2SVe

I don't know what you people get by showing fault in Nokia after listening complaint about N95 8GB i'm sure they don't own this phone first of all this phone is not slow as people here said and if the man own this phone than why he don't that Nokia web browser is based on safari web browser that is same as iphone second thing N95 is smaller in size compared to iphone and weight of iphone is 140gm and wt of N95 is 127gm although N95 8GB is not slim as far as GPS concern N95 8GB is Not for every day GPS use if you have car better buy car GPS system N95 8GB is already heavily loaded but still rivals want more features as far display concern Display is very good adding VGA resolution will make display 4 times more power hungry for eg O2 flame has VGA display and has 1650mAH battery still it don't last more than two days so please stop posting crap.

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  • 2007-11-25 07:53
  • M@T2

Features are great, but GPS is useless actually if u really need it , better buy dedicated receivers and put in ur car. construction and buttons design are very suck. 6500 slider looks alot more better. so , i hope nokia will use better material to build such a high tech phone.

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  • 2007-11-24 12:59
  • TIE7

Let me put it down this way.....FIRST DISADVANTAGE-outdated gps...other companies like asus use sirf star3 chipset...N95 uses star2. SECOND DISADVANTAGE-incompatibility with 3rd party software like tomtom,etc.THIRD DISADVANTAGE-nokia has intentionally crippled the voice assist and other features to suck more money just after it has made you pay through the nose for the phone. Voice assisted navigation is free on other phones like the htc touch cruise and all other gps enabled phones other than nokia.4TH DISADVANTAGE-just put an old n80 display next to a n958gb and compare the two screens.....you will understand what washed out means.Nokia reverted to qvga displays just because they are a whole lot less expensive to produce.It had started on the right path with the n80 but then realised that since the other manufacturers were still dishing out qvga...they thought "hey why bother we can still get good money for these crappy screens".FIFTH DISADVANTAGE-hold an n95 8gb in your hand,feel it,roll it about in your hand...forget its a nokia....now compare it to a samsung slider...tell me very honestly which sliding mechanism you prefer...the smooth crisp motion of the samsung or the wobbly movement of the n95.but dont let me influence you...just close your eyes and feel them both in your hand. And before I get flamed I hate samsung for their hopeless battery life...im just talking about the construction here.....tell me in all honesty which one feels better to open and close.LASTLY after six months you will have forgotten all about n95 8gb and will be wondering what price you will get for the phone which you bought for nearly a thousand dollars and will be grateful if someone offers you a couple of hundred dollars for it which you will use along with 600 to 700 dollars more of your hard earned money to buy another hot phone of the moment. Would you accept such a drastic reduction in resale value in less than a year for your home audio system or even an expensive watch? Its all in the marketing and kudos to the mobile manufacturers for creating the image that you are horribly outdated if you use the same mobile for more than a year so that you keep buying their stuff. just my two cents worth. btw I use the original n95 and a n80....and i still prefer to view images on my n80. my black n80 looks newer than my n95 whose cheap silver paint has flaked away after less than 5 months....and i dont even think of using its gps .....what a joke....ull be an old man by the time it logs on and good luck trying it in a car.

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  • 2007-11-24 09:27
  • 2SVi
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