Nokia N95 Cell Phone Review - Intro
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Alfredo Padilla Published on May 08, 2007 Comment on this |
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The Nokia N95 is the latest flagship for Nokia's consumer oriented N-Series smart phones. Running an updated version of Symbian Series 60, the Nokian N95 offers all of the flexibility and power that people have come to expect from Series 60 phones. Nokia's approach with the N95 seems to be to pack every feature imaginable. As such the N95 is one of the first phones with a 5 megapixel camera, has built in GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and supports high speed data via HSDPA, albeit not in the U.S. Of course all this doesn't come free as the Nokia N95 retails for $750 and is currently only available in the U.S. from Nokia's flagship stores in New York and Chicago. Despite its incredible specs, the N95 doesn't address some of our biggest beefs with the Series 60 platform, including a sub par video player in Realplayer and limited RAM. Still, there are some nice updates on board, for example the web browser now supports WAP pages, and to be fair Realplayer was now able to playback H.264 encoded files. Battery life on the N95 was average, and we won't vouch for how long it will last if you use all of its advanced features intensly. We also found the controls, especially the D-Pad and keypad to be difficult to use and prone to errors.
Despite the drawbacks theres a lot to like on the N95. The camera on the N95 is outstanding for a phone, despite being slow to load, the photos you take with it will rival some low end point and shoot cameras. As always we are fans of Nokia's music software, and we like the updates to the controls and the inclusion of dedicated music buttons. We also like the inclusion of GPS and built in software for navigating, although you will need to shell out a little more to get turn by turn directions. Overall the N95 is a worthy flagship for Nokia's N-Series lineup.
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