US 3G version of Nokia N95 gets FCC approval

Busy day for Nokia on the FCC: another version of the N95 just got the nod from the feds. This version is a quad-band GSM phone which includes support for the US 3G bands. This means that it would work with the both the voice and 3G data network of AT&T, removing one of the major issues that we had with it in our review. This means it won't support T-Mobile's 3G network.

Here's what we know:

- This new model (which Nokia calls the N95-3) supports 4 GSM bands: 800Mhz, 850Mhz, 1900Mhz and 1950MHz. That means it'll work with all of the US GSM bands, plus international ones
- It supports the two WCDMA bands that are used for 3G data in the US by AT&T: 850MHz and 1900MHz. T-Mobile are going with the 1700MHz band, so this model won't work with their forthcoming network.
- This model doesn't have the 8GB of flash memory, but it does have a MicroSD card slot.
- There is no indication from the documents if the RAM has been expanded, but we've heard from other sources that it has.
- There's some confusion on the battery: the FCC documents mention the BL-6F battery, which has a 1200mAh charge. But the manual mentions the BL-5F battery, which is the one that was with the original N95 that only holds 950maH of charge. We're looking into this; watch out here for an update soon.

Here's the FCC links:

External photos
Internal photos
User Guide
Test report




The exterior of the phone looks pretty much like the N95 that's available now, except there is no cover for the lens.

You still have to use the seperate charger: we wish that Nokia would start supporting USB charging like the rest of the world.



It also has the redesigned media buttons, which have a raised dome design.


This excerpt from the manual shows that the new N95 supports US 3G networks; it'll run at HSDPA speeds.


This N95 doesn't include the 8GB of flash memory that the earlier model did, but it does include a MicroSD slot.
The manual mentions the BL-5F battery, but the FCC report mentions the Bl-6F battery.