Nokia N95 With US 3G Support Cell Phone Review - Connectivity
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Richard Baguley Published on December 17, 2007 Comment on this |
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Cellular Bands (8.0)
The Nokia N95 with US 3G is a is a quad-band (850/900/1900/1800) GSM phone. This means that it will work on Cingular and T-Mobile's networks in the U.S. as well as any GSM network worldwide; the phone is sold unlocked, so you can use it with any GSM network you choose. It will not function on CDMA networks like those run by Sprint and Verizon. Our score for cellular bands is standardized based on how many bands are supported.
Data Support Score (7.0)
The Nokia N95 supports both GPRS and EDGE on all four of its GSM bands, as well as UMTS and HSDPA on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. This means that it will work on AT&T's high speed 3G data network in the US, but not on the european 3G data networks (which run on the 2100Mhz band). This is a definite step up from the old N95, which only supported the european 3G frequencies.
Bluetooth (9.0)
The Nokia N95 supports Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR (Enhanced Data Rate). It includes the following profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, DUN, hands free, headset, imaging, PC Suite, OBEX file transfer, SDP server, SynchML. We were able to easily pair it with a bluetooth headset and bluetooth headphones for listening to music wirelessly.
Wi-Fi (7.0)
The Nokia N95 supports 802.11 b and g Wi-Fi connections. Wi-Fi is well implemented with a plugin on the active standby screen that allows you to easily turn Wi-Fi scanning on and off. You can also link Wi-Fi access points to specific applications, for example you can tell the web browser to always use a single access point. Use of Wi-Fi has a major detrimental effect on battery life though, so be careful. The Nokia N95 also support UPNP, a protocal that allows easy sharing of multimedia over Wi-Fi networks. For example you could stream the music on your N95 to a UPNP enabled stereo. Support for UPNP is still not widespread, though, so this is of limited utility, however we like to see it on board. Overall we were very pleased both with the presence of Wi-Fi on the N95 and its implementation.
Infrared (0.0)
The Nokia N95 does not have an infrared connection, which is used on many older laptops and other devices.
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