Nokia N95 : Nokia N95 Review, Nokia N95 Specification

General

Nokia N95 SmartPhone Carries The Following Specification

Operating Frequency

• WCDMA 2100 MHz (HSDPA), EGSM 900 MHz, GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
• Automatic switching between bands and modes

Dimensions

• Volume: 96 cc
• Weight: 128 g
• Length(max): 99 mm
• Width(max): 53 mm
• Thickness(max): 21 mm

Memory Functions

• Up to 100MB internal dynamic memory for messages, ringing tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications
• Up to 8GB internal flash memory for multimedia content such as music, pictures, ringing tones, map data

Power Management

• Battery: Nokia Battery (BL-6F) 1200mAH
• Talk time: up to 3.5 hrs (WCDMA), up to 5 hrs (GSM)*
• Stand-by time: up to 11.5 days (WCDMA and GSM)*

Display

• Large 2.8″ QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT display with ambient light detector and up to 16.7 million colors

User Interface

• Operating system: Symbian OS version 9.2
• User interface: S60 3rd Edition
• Dedicated media keys
• Multimedia menu
• Active standby screen

Call Management

• Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry, also supports thumbnail pictures and groups
• Speed dialing
• Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls
• Automatic redial
• Automatic answer (works with compatible headset or car kit only)
• Supports fixed dialing number, which allows calls only to predefined numbers
• Conference call
• Nokia Push to talk (PoC)

Voice Features

• Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)
• Voice commands
• Voice recorder
• Video ringtones
• Integrated handsfree speaker

Messaging

• Text messaging: supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
• Multimedia messaging: combine image, video, text, and audio clip and send as MMS to a compatible phone or PC; use MMS to tell your story with a multi-slide presentation
• Automatic resizing of your megapixel images to fit MMS (max 300 KB size depending on the network)
• Predictive text input: support for all major languages in Europe and Asia-Pacific

Data Transfer*

• WCDMA 2100 (HSDPA) with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed UL/DL= 384/3.6MB, CS max speed 64kbps)
• Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4 kbits/s
• EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s
• GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 107 / 64.2 kbits/s

*Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network support.

Digital Services

• Java™ and Symbian applications available from Nokia Software Market
• Java™ MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1
• Flash Lite 2.0

Imaging

Imaging and video

• Up to 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
• Direct connection to compatible TV via Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or wireless LAN/UPnP
• Front camera, CIF (352 x 288 ) sensor
• Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
• Integrated flash
• Digital stereo microphone
• Flash modes: on, off, automatic, red-eye reduction
• Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
• Nokia Lifeblog 2.0 support
• Video and still image editors

Mobile Video

• Video resolutions: up to VGA (640×480 pixels) at 30 fps
• Audio recording: AAC mono
• Digital video stabilization
• Video capture: up to 215 min (VGA, 30fps)
• Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
• White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene: automatic, night
• Color tones: normal, sepia, black & white, negative, vivid
• Zoom: digital up to 10x (VGA up to 4x)

Mobile Photography

• Image resolution: up to 5 megapixel: (2592 x 1944 pixels)
• Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
• Auto focus
• Auto exposure - center weighted
• Exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
• White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene: automatic, user, close-up, portrait, landscape, sports, night, night portrait
• Color tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative, vivid
• Zoom: digital up to 20x (5 megapixel up to 6x)
• Viewfinder grid

Camera Specifications

• Sensor: CMOS 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels)
• Carl Zeiss optics: Tessar lens
• Focal length 5.6 mm
• Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
• Macro focus distance 10-50 cm
• Shutter speed: mechanical shutter: 1/1000~1/4 s

Music

Music Features

• Digital music player - supports MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with playlists and equalizer
• Integrated handsfree speaker
• OMA DRM 2.0 & WMDRM support for music
• Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz /76-90MHz)*

Visual Radio*

• Listen to music and interact with your favorite radio stations
• Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other artist information
• Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your favorite songs
• Find out more about Visual Radio

Explore

Navigation

• Built-in GPS with A-GPS support *

E-mail

• Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for most images, videos, music and documents
• Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard (sold separately)

Browsing

• Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map

Digital home

• Play video, music and photos on home media network
  - compatible TV, stereo and PC over WLAN/UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)

Java Applications

• Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 (Connected Limited Device Configuration (J2ME))
• Over-the-air download of Java-based applications and games

Other Applications

• Personal Information Management (PIM)
• Advanced S60 PIM features including calendar, contacts, to-do list, and PIM printing
• Settings Wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing
• Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices.
• WLAN wizard

Connectivity

• Integrated wireless LAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
• Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP (Bluetooth stereo audio)
• USB 2.0 via Micro USB interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop functionality
• 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug (Nokia AV Connector) and TV out support (PAL/NTSC)
• Nokia Nseries PC Suite connectivity with USB and Bluetooth wireless technology
• Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using Nokia Nseries PC Suite
• Remote over-the-air synchronization
• Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technology

Video

RealPlayer Media Player

• Full-screen video playback on the device to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips
• Stream media files from compatible media portals
• Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.264, H.263/3GPP, Real Video 8/9/10

Sales Package Contents

Standard Sales Package Contents

• Nokia N95 8GB
• Nokia Battery BL-6F, 1200 mAh
• Nokia Travel Charger AC-5
• Nokia Music Headset HS-45, AD-54
• Nokia Connectivity Cable DKE-2
• Nokia Video Connectivity Cable CA-75U

Looks

Well, I’m sure you’ve seen a few shots of the phone before, but it comes in Silver and Black and is about 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and insanely thick. Like, literal Candy Bar thick, not Candy Bar phone thick, approximately .82 inches thick. That’s no joke, people. The phone’s a slider, which takes a bit off the length, but the huge phone is made up for by a nice 2.5 inch screen. The built-in speakers are quite impressive for a phone, but still aren’t anything amazing. It works in landscape and portrait mode, but you have to actually have to slide the slider one of its two ways to make it change mode. For landscape, slide out the multimedia tab which includes basic media controls, and for portrait, slide out the keypad tab. It includes two cameras, a 5 megapixel camera with flash which takes great pictures which are generally the quality of a point and shoot camera from a few years back. There’s also a front-facing camera which is about 2 mega pixels. Another nice thing is the face that it actually has a 3.5 mm stereo jack included right on the side.

Feel,

The N95 runs Symbian OS, and can use great apps like Qik for live video from your phone, twibble for mobile twitter, or Fring for all of your IM and VOIP on the go. However, I’ve experienced a few problems with the phone. For one, it locks up occasionally. It will freeze and sometimes it just needs to load something, and other times it entirely stops working and forces me to pull out the battery. Overall, the OS looks and feels nice though, and the apps are welcome and work great. The system has a great big 128MB of ram, which definitely packs a punch and aids in it’s impressive gaming section. It comes with integrated GPS; however I haven’t been able to connect to it, because of Rogers’ network. It uses 3G, which definitely makes a huge difference in speed.

Comparison to the iPhone

So, where do we go from here? We’ve found out it’s a nice phone. We’ve found out it has 3G, GPS, multimedia, and downloadable apps. Sounds like a product that’s recently been announced? Yes, as expected, I’ve come to the comparison between it and the iPhone. The iPhone 2 has all of the features and more that the N95 has, and more, at a lower price. The only real reason to get an N95 over the iPhone is if you really care about the camera in your phone, and have some sort of love for really thick objects. I have a digital SLR, if I use the camera in my phone, it’s for quick little action shots at times where I wasn’t carrying around my camera, or was really bored. The N95 isn’t next generation for mobile phones other than the fact that it’s got good specs, 3G, GPS, and a great camera. It doesn’t have something comparable to multi-touch or the amazing web browser of the iPhone. It doesn’t step up it’s game. And now, there’s been a rumored replacement for great camera phones, for instance Sony’s apparent 8 megapixel camera. It’s got custom apps; the iPhone has the App Store, a single place to get all of these apps. It’s got multimedia; the iPhone has the classic and loved iPod interface. It’s got 3G and GPS, so does the iPhone. The iPhone has twice the RAM the N95 has. The iPhone is better in almost every aspect. The iPhone, unfortunately, leaves the N95 in the dust. However, I’m excited to see what Nokia pulls out their sleeves to try and compete with the iPhone now.