N95 A step ahead

The New Nokia N-95 8GB Phone - N95 Reborn
The Nokia N95, the only smartphone to come close to rivaling the iPhone, has called in reinforcements in its battle with the Jesus phone. The new Nokia N95 ($750; Q4 2007) comes in an all-black design with 8GB of built-in storage and a new luminous 2.8-inch QVGA display. Add that to its predecessor's killer features — a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, GPS, Wi-Fi, HSDPA and its 2-way slide keyboard — and you have one hell of a device. And you thought the iPhone was expensive.






General
Network HSDPA / GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2007, August
Status Coming Soon

Size
Dimensions 99 x 53 x 21 mm, 96 cc
Weight 128 g

Display
Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches

Ringtones
Type Polyphonic (64 channels), Monophonic, True Tones, MP3
Customization Download
Vibration Yes

Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot No
- 8 GB internal memory


Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps
3G HSDPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port Yes
USB Yes, v2.0 miniUSB



Features
OS Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Downloadable
Colors Black
Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, video(VGA 30fps), flash; secondary CIF videocall camera
- Built-in GPS navigation
- Installed Maps application covering over 100 countries
- Dual slide design
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player
- 3.5 mm audio output jack
- TV out
- Stereo FM Radio
- Organiser
- Office document viewer
- T9
- Push to talk
- Voice dial/memo
- Built-in handsfree

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200mAH (BL-6F)
Stand-by Up to 280 h
Talk time Up to 6 h




What keeps it on the top is its great calling and messaging performance. Nokia tries to do something about that by introducing an upgraded version, offering 8GB of built-in memory and a 2.8" QVGA display. In our opinion, these minor upgrades aren't enough to keep players such as HTC and Apple on a distance moving forward.