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Overview:

The Nokia N95 8GB is an updated version of the best-selling original N95, there are a few serious changes to it that make it a significantly better mobile phone than its predecessor.

Strengths
Packing a larger screen than the original N95, we really enjoyed viewing content on the N95 8GB, particularly watching videos and browsing the Web. The navigation keys at the bottom of the screen, although smaller, seemed easier to press too.

Nokia's got rid of the somewhat pointless media menu that appears when you slide the original N95 down and you can navigate the 8GB's start page normally. Overall, the interface felt snappier to use and the N95 8GB's boot-up time was far quicker.

At the back of the N95 8GB, the fiddly camera cover is gone. The advantage of not having a cover is that you no longer have to worry about the camera accidentally being activated in your pocket, which regularly happened on the original N95.

A minor but noteworthy feature is the N95 8GB's black casing. It's amazing how a change of colour can bring out a phone's sexy side and we think Nokia may have sold even more original N95s if it had come in black.

But the N95 8GB's greatest improvement over its predecessor is, obviously, the 8GB of on-board storage for all your music and photos -- or any other data you want to tote around. The extra space makes it a multimedia mammoth, and importantly, lets you install many more applications.

Weaknesses
It might be a convergence king, but the N95 8GB is still as big as its predecessor and not a good choice if you value your pocket space. It is 'many things', as the N95 adverts suggest, but it's also rather a chunky monkey.

At first we thought the double slider was a cool feature, but it's worn off now and we would prefer not to have it. When you're pulling it in and out of your pocket the slider mechanism can move up and down, activating the phone.

Similar to the iPhone, the 8GB of on-board memory is non-expandable, which has its limitations. The main issue is that unlike a removable memory card, you have to use the USB cable and can't use a card reader, which may annoy some people.

Nokia N95 8GB Full Specification

General
Form factor : Slider
Size (W x H x D) : 53 x 99 x 21 mm
Weight : 128 g
Battery type : Li-ion
Talk time (mfr) : 240 min
Standby time (mfr) : 215 hours
GSM frequencies : 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G : Yes
HDSPA : Yes
Available colours Black

Phone
Ringtones : Polyphonic, Real music
Vibrating alert : Yes
Calendar : Yes
Alarm clock : Yes
Speakerphone : Yes
Voice recording : Yes

Display
Main screen (W x H) : 43 x 58 mm
Resolution : 240x320 pixels
Colour depth : 24 bits (16,777,216 colours)

Camera
Camera resolution : 5 megapixels
LED photo light : Yes
Video recording : Yes

Music/radio
Music playback : Yes
Supported formats : MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, M4A
FM radio : Yes
Headphone : socket 3.5mm

Messaging and data
Short Messaging Service (SMS) : Yes
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) : Yes
Internet browser : Yes
WAP protocol supported : 2.0
E-mail client : Yes
Java : Yes

Memory
On-board memory : 8100 MB
Memory card type : microSD
Memory expansion : Yes

Connectivity
Infrared : Yes
Bluetooth : Yes
WiFi : Yes
USB : Yes
GPS receiver : Yes

Nokia N95 8GB

What users like:
Looks, camera, music player and display, Very easy to use, large screen, keypad operation, speakers, music player, voice command, on-board 8GB memory, menu layout, 5MP camera, etc., perfect multimedia device

What users don't like:
some apllications like quick office you have to buy, size, LED flash, no available Nokia carrying case, volume malfunctions

Review:
(a) Negative
- For a PDA type phone I cant beleive you have to pay extra for the office suite, but they give you a movie.

- Tried to upgrade the software from Nokia site, it hasn't gone well.

- Also the maps are not easy to get.

- GPS sensor on the bottom of the phone makes it diificult when in the car.

(b) Positive
- Camera is very good and the picture display and slide show work well.

- Music plays well even with the built in speakers.

- Battery is not too bad.

- Very easy to use. The menu layout is very straight forward.

- Voice command is also very useful especially when making a call while driving.

- The screen is stunning. Audio quality of calls is excellent. Video and picture quality are also great, although the LED flash is not as good as the xenon flash found in Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot phones. But video & picture processing is faster than any phones

- Internet browsing is fun on this phone.