Nokia N95 Mobile Phone

Likes - Slim, ease of use, good screen size, lightweight
Dislikes - Crashed once so far, and ... not found another one yet!

Like most people, i waited and waited eagerly for the new Nokia N95. Then on Tuesday morning i received mine. I ripped of the packaging and there it was. A brand new, the eagerly awaited Nokia N95.
Opening the box, the phone sits in a plastic case (nice touch) in all it's glory. Out with the phone, in with the battery and sim card and plugged it in with the neat little Nokia charger.
Flicking briefly thru the many manuals you receive with the phone, you can just tell this phone is going to give you hours upon hours of fun and enjoyment, as well as phone calls of course.
Ok, battery fully charged, time to switch on. As with most Nokia's your greeted with the joining of hands, however this time the clarity is amazing on its larger screen.
Opening the effertless two way slider downwards, gives you the numeric keypad like previous slide phones, however, sliding it upwards opens the gallery and presents you with play, pause, forward and rewind buttons, nice neat touch that.
Time to go and investigate what is on the phone. Well, the first item i wanted to try was the Sat Nav. One the screen you are presented with a map of the world as the phone tries to work out where you are. It takes on average a minute to find at least 3 sattelites to pin point your position. The world then moved slighty and then started to zoom in. Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh, then within seconds it was at street level showing me exactly where i am. And i mean exactly, it even told me my house number!
What i would advise you to do is invest in a decent Micro SD card, so you can download maps on to it, as the way i have just described, you are actually downloading a massive amount of data, therefore costing lots of pennies.
What now i thought to myself, as i wandered thru the rest of the menus, you just know that this is a good phone, there is no pausing switching between menus, the keypad is precise, and the screen lets you read everything with the clarity you would expect on a TFT monitor!
Turning the phone round you see the cover for the camera, now it's time for some serious fun, opening the slider presents you with a 5 million pixel camera. As with my previous phone, the N80, you use the phone in landscape mode just like a proper camera. Moving round my living room, the screen was managing to keep up with every move i made, auto focusing when neccessary. Unfortunately, there is no optical zoom, just 20x digital zoom, so there is a slight loss in quality the further you zoom. With the pressing of a couple of buttons your into video mode. Once again it was able to keep up with most of my movements around the room. At this time i noticed, still sitting in the box was another cable, with yellow, red and white ends and a jack plug on the other, quick plug in to the phone and into the tv, i had myself the ultimate show of gadget. By this time the kids were up and jumping and dancing whilst watching themselves on the TV. Time to sell the digital camera and camcorder now, can't say i'll use them again!
The phone also comes with a host of other smart features which i would love to go into more detail with, but i'm going to run of space, so i covered the main items that you want to know about, and if you are, like me, after a phone with lots of other gadgets and useful toys, this year's smart buy is the new Nokia N95.

I wanted something that could integrate all my ipod, digital camera and mobile phone. Firstly the phone works fine as you'd expect any Nokia. Just slipped in my Vodafone SIM and went from there. Was a little tricky to copy the SIM contacts over.. you have to select them before copying.. Theres lots of information on Blogs to help you get going on N95's. Battery life (seen a lot written about this) is fine so far as I can see. I wanted a spare battery so I got a 1400mAh battery coming so there is no issue. It was way cheaper than a Nokia replacement battery. I was able to copy all my iTunes to the phone with some software (Noteburner).. and I would say audio quality is the same. It used nearly all the remaining of the 1 Gbit memory so I bought a 4Gbit replacement for a few pounds (SDHC cards seem incredibly cheap these days). The phone has normal size headphone socket so could use my iPod headphones. The camera is simple and photos are good. I'm not an expert but pictures are as good as my Sony camera. A lot of the complex functions on top end cameras leave me confused.. I just do snapshots and so the N95 is perfect for me.
I logged it onto my SKY WLAN but frankly I can't understand why you want to browse the internet on a really tiny screen. I will stick to my laptop for that. The whole internet thing on a mobile phone seems a tough way to do some browsing. But anyway, it does work and its easy to set up.
If you plug the phone into the laptop, you get asked if you want to connect the laptop to the internet via GPRS,, which is pretty cool if you were travelling.
I played with the GPS and this does draw a lot from the battery. I would use sparingly. To me its handy just to have the maps and you can dial up a map anytime you want. Seems like it can carry files and pictures, got IR and Bluetooth so would be useful place to store stuff.
Overall VERY happy and buying used from Ebay made the whole thing affordable.

what I like about nokia N95 is its accessibility. It is very easy to use. i will recommend the phone to people, though it is on the big side. i normally like flat and light phones. but i must confess the phone is nice.

Not content with giving you just a phone, the chaps at Nokia have crammed in a dedicated music player, 5 megapixel camera, satnav, Wi-Fi, 3G and HSDPA connectivity, Bluetooth, blogging tools, the ability to get your emails on the go and pretty much every other feature you've seen on a phone to date. Is this all too much, or just the next logical step?

Slightly larger than Sony Ericsson's W810i Walkman phone, compared to other slimmer phones on the market this is no size 0 model. The design is dominated by the 2.6-inch screen on the front of the model and this slides both up and down to reveal the controls.

Sliding down reveals the dedicated music buttons; play, stop, fastforward and reverse as well as flipping the display to landscape rather than portrait. The music interface is simple to use and you can search for songs via the usual array of things such as artists, albums, genre and playlists. Disappointingly there is no microSD memory card shipped in the box and with only 160MB of phone memory for all your media assets (pictures are around 700k and music around 3MB) it's something you'll have to invest in from the start.

Back to the music aspects, and the phone has a small speaker built-in so you can listen without headphones. It's not the best speaker in the world, however we were surprised by its performance. Better still the N95 has a 3.5mm jack on the side so you can connect it directly to a speaker or headphones. Unlike Sony Ericsson Walkman range, you don't need to use a specific dongle, however, and you'll love this, we did find that without a cap it had filled with pocket lint by the end of our 1-week trial.

Moving on from the music to the camera, as we've said the Nokia N95 sports a 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels) camera complete with Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens, and MPEG4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps. The camera is turned on via the lens shutter, which is considerably smaller than Sony Ericsson K800 range and like the Cyber-shot models the phone is held landscape.

Controlling and changing camera settings again is easy thanks to a combination of on and off screen buttons however we did find considerable time lag between taking a picture and it actually capturing it. This resulted in fast moving subjects being either blurred or out of frame completely and while the 5 megapixel headline might make you think that you can ditch your compact camera we wouldn't bet on it just yet. Picture quality on the whole is very good (see images compared to the Pentax A30).

Next up is the built-in GPS device insuring that you won't get lost. For this to work you have to have the phone open (i.e., slider out to reveal the keypad) because the GPS receiver has been tucked in underneath. Compared to TomTom or Navman the software isn't the easiest thing to use and requires you at times to pull data from either a wireless connection or 3G/HSDPA.

VERDICT
Trying to achieve so much is always a hard task and there are times when you will struggle with the Nokia N95.

A jack-of-all-trades rather than a master of none this provides the functionality of a GPS, MP3 player, digital camera and of course phone, in one fairly small box.

For the purists out there, none of the individual elements beat a solo offering, but then you wouldn't be able to get all those elements in your pocket without getting suspicious looks.

So should you embrace convergence? The Nokia N95 is a very nice if not muddled at times piece of kit, still bar the lack of a

i like everything on a and signal in everywhere i dont like little bit big very strong phone always nokia is best

Very good item, and very fast delivery. Many Thanks
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i love the camera mand all features of the phone the picture quality is amazing. I think it is also good for using the internet as it is alot clearer to see.

Supposed to be a smart-phone, BUT I.M.H.O. seriously flawed by both the lack of qwerty keyboard and/or touchscreen. Not very smart trying to either surf, or write even sms messages of any length. GPS pretty much a gimmick too.
It fell back to being a gadget with lots of buttons, great for playing with, but of little serious purpose.
Upgraded to HTC Hermes based unit which has both a qwerty keyboard, and touchscreen, and advantage of numerous free PocketPC applications, but interestingly is better priced than the Nokia's on Ebay. A bluetooth GPS receiver completes a very useful package with TomTom, or even for me Aviation mapping!!.. as a backup only ;-)

Just my opinion.

In July I have purchased one Nokia N95 from one of the seller in ebay & i paid money as well, but still I haven't received the product.I Have emailed to seller & ebay, but i didn't get any reply

I have purchased many items from eBay, but my best buy was the Nokia N95 mobile phone. I loved it so much that I even bought the wife one!!!! For a silver-surfer it is the ideal phone, everything is accessable for big fingers and memory lapses and the camera is worth its weight in gold. Our children put us on to this phone as they had all recently purchased one themselves, so we have 5 N95's now, and we use all the trickery it contains to keep in touch and appraised of all the things that are happening in our world.
I have already upgraded my software and purchased extra memory and I'm still playing around with all the gadgets and bells and whistles.
Nokia N95, a dream of a purchase!!!!!!

NOKIA N95, IS A GREAT HANDSET WHICH I WOULD RECOMMEND TO ANYONE ON THE LOOKOUT . IT HAS A BIG SCREEN DEPENDING ON SIZE OF MEMORY CARD YOU GET HOLDS A HELL OF A LOT OF MUSIC AND VIDEOS. YOU CAN GO ONLINE ON IT AND SAVE YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC VIDS. MY SON AND ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS BOTH HAVE AND LOVE. ITS FAB

If you want buy something, don't pay yet. I waiting on my 6 nokia's, now is it 18 days and still nothing, but tomorrow, I will see.... so don't pay now, I tell you tomorrow, what will be... /wrote magnus0202/

just sold a nokia 6500 slide which was junk.ive always liked nokia so thought would try the n95.the feel of this phone is poor,cheap plastic compaired to the 6500.the sound is(very loud)and screen is great.shame they didnt make it stainless steel like the n80 ,6500.

thought i had purchased agood deal. but should have known it was a scam taken my money but still havent recived the goods so i am sayin very bad rating allso could you please find out were my goos are or my money back thanx.

This is brilliant phone, it does all and more than I need it for,I updated my phone, and this one fits the bill,yes a bit complicated at first But once set up you will love this classy phone, all in all a very good buy.Shel

Unable to give feedback, as the product was never dispatched as promised. Despite paying for this item within 5 minutes i never recieved the phone so unable to commentseveral attemots were made at no avail,

i loved the phone the phone is very good has very good things and lots off things to do on it like mp3 very good camera very good games tv films to wacth on it the qualty is excellent have nothing to conplane

I was a little uncertain about spending so much on a mobile and buying especially since it was from a stranger. However I am delighted with it! I love the fact that it is all 4 a quality mp3 player, a quality camera, a mini laptop and of course a phone!

The only thing i dislike about it is...I'm terrified incase i drop it!

As for the seller an A+++ ebayer.

Very misleading advertising. Did not like it. Imples that you are buying a phone but infact it is just asscessories.

great phone loads of gadgets on it. Great camera!!!

the thing i dislike is that it is chunkier compared to other phones out at the moment, but has more on it!!

I like the design, big screen and colours for watching videos and movies. Lots of different functions, for me especially the wireless internet connection. Posibility to use mini SD Card for memory. Really good camera - 5 MP for a phone is one of the best. The only one bad thing about it is the stand by mode - not very long hours of baterry life

Excellent transaction,good communication with the seller,good description and quick delivery.Would highly recomend the seller.

I love all of the features that come with the N95 8GB. It looks very smart, the new 2.8" screen is crystal clear and the images taken by the camera are unbeatable. The phone can be a little slow after you have got applications and images stored but the phone simply offers too much.

The case isn't very hard wearing, mine has got tiny scratch marks all over it from taking the phone in and out of my pocket but it still doesn't ruin the looks of the phone.

The phone was bought for spares as i have broken the screen on my N95. Thanks for the phone call to ensure i would be happy with the phone i feel alot more confident it will provide the parts required im sure when it arrives it will be totally as described, Thanks again John.

Nokia’s new N95 is a tri-band GSM handset with 3G and HSDPA support. Like others in the N series it makes a big noise with its numerous bells and whistles, not the least of which is built-in GPS and a 5-megapixel camera.


I’ve found phones in the N series to be a bit hit and miss both in terms of design and how all the features are managed. Take the superbly designed N73, for example, and compare it with the over complicated N93.


Yes I know, I know, the Carl Zeiss lens in the latter demanded more space, but was all that tilt and swivel really necessary? Maybe not, as Nokia has managed to drop a 5-megapixel camera with some Zeiss optics into the N95 without all that swivelling malarkey.


The N95 is a slider, a format which can cater for quite small phones, but not in this case. One reason is that the phone has to house a fairly large screen measuring 2.6 inches corner to corner. Sadly, Nokia has not crammed in the pixels – you get a fairly standard 320 x 240 resolution.