Nokia N95 Unlocked Cell Phone with 5 MP Camera, International 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, MP3/Video Player, MicroSD Slot--International Version with Warranty (Silver/Plum)

First of all The N95 is an excellent Phone!! The antenna is Great! Signal strength is excellent (the best I have seen) Battery life is ok, power users may need a spare BL-5F (which can be easily carried around in a wallet). Other great features with the v21 firmware include: 0) The 5MP camera provides excellent pictures vis-a-vis phone cameras. Wont be embarrassed when you share your pics with your colleagues, they may never know it was taken with a phone cam :D. 1) Native youtube support using the web browser 2) GPS / Maps applications like Google maps, Nokia sport tracker (which tracks your speed/ altitude/ location in real time while bicycling, and the map can be dumped in Google Earth) 3) The stereo speakers are excellent and have great clarity and nice volume. 4) The screen can be set to be very bright. 5) 8GB microsd card can be used :D 6) Great bluetooth support! almost all protocols possible 7) Good for reading e-mails etc. supports push IMAP mails 8) Can be used as a wireless bluetooth webcam :-) 9) Compatible with almost any wired headphones / ear plugs 10) NGAGE games are very nice and engaging :D 11) Can be connected to a TV to playback video / slide show 12) Can be used as a radio tuner :) 13) Can change orientation landscape to portrait etc with rotateme application or by sliding in opposite direction 14) T9 input is fast! especially when driving / using one hand. 15) Light weight and compact package 16) The 5MPixel lens is protected by a shutter The bads 1) WiFi is ok. It is incompatible with Cisco Access Points :(( 2) The user interface is not eye-candy type and has a reasonable learning curve. 3) Wired headset picks up a lot of noise 4) Many applications are power hungry like GPS, Camera, Video, Youtube vide, streaming video, Battery life is marginal with very heavy use of these features. 4) The TV out resolution is low! Things appear slightly pixelated

Ok, here's the deal: The phone, overall, is the best in the cell phone market so far. I had the Sony Ericcson P990i and it was absolutly great, but the N95 really exceeded all my expectations. The interface is really fast, it comes with all the gadgets you need if you are a obsesive compulsive worker who never really gets the office out of mind like me. The camera is so great I put the digital one I had away and now I take all my pics and videos with the phone. The desing, OMG!!! It is so so sleek, so elegant, your friends and co-workers will turn their heads around with envy, I can assure you that. It's operating system is very friendly and complete, helping and guiding you all the way when you first use the phone. IM has never been so fun and fast and as always. The screen is very bright and large and you can see in the most defiant sun light who's calling. If your hesitating, please dont, go, buy the phone, my final word is: YOU WONT REGRET IT!!!! IS MONEY WELL SPENT!!!

Just impressive. This phone will provide everything you need and more. I've been using it to record my golf practice and the video quality is excelent!! Used the camera on night events and the flash will a good job..calendar, alarm settings, Office documents, movie device and music jukebox...just have in mind that if you use a heavily your multimedia options(video specially) the battery will only last for a day if not it will last for 2 days...wich was pretty much the same as my old Nokia e50. Yeah...the iPhone surely looks nice, but you don't have all the stuff that comes with this one. It's a must for every user thats wants to have it all in one device.

I had high expectations of this phone because it had so many features and Nokia is renown for it's usability. But after a few weeks of persistance I am frustrated, dissappointed and am going to sell it. Until now I had a low end Nokia phone and separate ipod, camera, & GPS. My old phone could make calls & txt and the battery lasted over a week. The battery on the N95 does not last very long - especially if you are using WiFi. I find I have to charge it most days. I had to buy an extra charger for work and for the car. I text regularly - but find I've got to do more key presses to initiate a text than I did on my old phone - only a small point but slightly annoying. The GPS is fustrating - it's nice that you can get maps from anywhere in the world - but you do have to remeber to download them via the wifi before you go anywhere because here in NZ the network charges are to high ($10/MB from Vodafone!!!) to use the 3G network. I tried getting it to navigate to a couple of addresses - but it didn't find them. My Garmin Nuvi is so much better and easier to use. I couldn't see myself using this GPS unless I was lost and desperate. I downloaded the sports tracker application - but in the 3 runs I've been on it's never managed to find the satellites. I did get it working when I went on a boat. It's nice having a good camera in your pocket - I know I'm being picky but it's slower than my little Cannon IXUS and I miss the zoom. I also find that the camera shutter often opens in my pocket. The MP3 player is OK. I was eventually able to copy a selection of my music onto the phone. I had trouble making playlists on my PC - but did work out how to make them on the phone. I downloaded a podcasting application (I mainly listen to podcasts on my ipod). I was dissappointed I couldn't download the podcasts to my PC then sync them with the phone like I can with my iPod. This meant I had to download them using the wifi networks at home or work (which chewed through the battery) and I had to manually get them to update - I couldn't get it to automatically update from one of two networks. I tried video calling with my wife once and it didn't work - I don't know why and couldn't be bothered trying to troubleshoot. The browser was OK. I found it useful to access the web remotely in some cases - but it is painful to type in URLs. I couldn't access my web based exchange email - they URL just didn't open - no explanation. I was surprised there wasn't inbuilt support for email through exchange - you could buy something but I never got round to that. It did sync with my address book and contacts on exchange which was great - however I couldn't work out how to change the volume of the alarms that happened to remind me that I had an appointment. The final straw was a memory problem. If I try to open my contacts or send a text message I get an error saying that the memor is full and I need to close some applications - even though I have no applications open. This has made the phone all but unusable. From what I've read on the web it looks like this is a known memory problem that Nokia are working on but I'm not patient enough for them to fix it or to spend any more time trying to find a work around (I've already upgraded the firmware - which didn't work and is more than your average users should have to do).

I've had this phone a few weeks now and I'm not particularly impressed overall. The good: - Reception is good where I currently live; - Functions well as an MP3 player; - Display is nice, but certainly dwarfed by iPhone; - You're not stuck with AT&T/Cingular; - Great PC interface; - 3.5G is nice (they have it where I currently live); - Overall very functional for day-to-day use. The bad: - GPS is almost completely worthless. You have to be standing still at least 10 ft outside of a building or car to get it to lock on to enough satellites to locate you, and even then, it'll take 2-10 minutes to do so. And if you get in a car and start moving or are walking in a big city (i.e., where you might actually need the GPS), it has a really hard time tracking you; - Battery life is good for 1-2 days depending on use; - It's not a very convenient size; - Camera, though 5mp, takes pretty unimpressive pictures under most lighting conditions; - Enormous price tag. I probably would not buy this phone again, but mostly on account of the GPS functionality. That was the main reason I bought the phone, and the GPS has also been my biggest disappointment. You're better off buying a cheaper phone and buying a separate GPS unit that actually works.

Some pros, cons and advices Pros: - Good sound quality for voice calls and for media player - Good picture and video quality (but not at dark places or at night) - Built in VoIP software took some time to make it work with a brazilian service provider. Now, it's working fine - Supports high capacity microSD memory cards (not only 2 GB chips as mentioned at Nokia website) Cons: - If you use other resources such as media player, camera, GPS, etc, your battery will last no longer than 1 or 2 days - GPS takes too long to lock to sattelites - Pictures and videos are low quality if you shot at dark places (led is no good; flash would be better for pictures) Advices: - Buy a car charger if you intend to use the GPS resources in your travels - Buy one or more high capacity microSD if you intend to shot many movies - PLEASE, avoid buying from DBRoth. The package was clearly opened in advance and DBRoth did confirm that they did open the box to check if everything was ok in the package. The problem is 3 cables were missing in the package: The data cable (USB), the video cable and the headset cable (only the controller part). For the USB cable, I solved the issue buying a new one from Radio Shack. The problem is the video cable, which is not sold as an accessory.

I have to admit I have been anticipating this phone ever since it was announced in 2006. I have to say overall I am very satisfied with this device. I does have it's faults that will disappoint, but on the other hand it has managed to exceed my expectations in some respects. First, is stability. I have owned my share of phones and the headache that comes with hoping the next firmware will fix some glaring usability problems (e.g. crashes that only pulling the battery will fix). Thankfully, I am pleased to see S60 3rd Edition is better implemented here and I have yet to run into any major application crashes. This is surprising given how complex this device is and Nokia's recent past with releasing devices initially plagued with bugs (e.g. N80 & N93). The OS responds pretty well when opening menus and applications. It is not instantaneous most of the time, but is quite fast and significantly better than on other phones that I had the displeasure to deal with. There are some problems. I wish this phone had more memory. If you end up browsing several complex web pages, you will eventually run into the dreaded memory low situation. That is the problem, the browser is so good at rendering pages as it should that you will get irritated you have to close and reopen the browser to clear out the history of the last several pages you visited which are taking up whatever available memory exists (somewhere like 20 out of 64 MB). Nokia should have went with 128 MB since the browser, multimedia functions, and multitasking capabilities can never have too much memory. Still, it is all still very usable it is just annoying Nokia made a poor decision with such a high end phone. Speaking of the browser, as I mentioned it is amazing. I do wish the screen was slightly higher than 320x240 resolution as Nokia has previous generation phones with smaller screens at a higher resolution. It would simply make browsing even better as you wouldn't have to scale it down or scroll all over the screen as much to take in the entire page. The screen is, however, quite large and it simply looks perfect. Colors are beautifully rendered and picture/video viewing looks excellent on it. Multimedia, as expected, is incredible. Sound quality is good, maybe not as good as my old Sony Ericcson K750, but still good nonetheless. Thank goodness Nokia provided a 3.5 mm jack for standard headphones, it is about time. The N95 will have no problem replacing a flash based MP3 player. Multimedia keys work well, but I am not sure how useful they are since the 4-way pad also provides similar functionality. The radio works well enough and manages to pick up a lot of stations in my area, but unfortunately it mostly defaults to mono while occasionally shifting into stereo. The camera is really good. Bright outdoor shots look, sometimes, just as good as any consumer camera. Like every other camera phone, indoor shots with low light will come out noisy and dark. That is to be expected. The LED flash will help provided whatever it is you are taking is not too far away. Make sure to update the firmware immediately as it fixes an annoying shutter lag problem. Pictures though sometimes come out too processed to hide noise. With the 5 MP sensor, I suppose noise is inevitable but I hope Nokia improves their processing algorithm in future updates. Overall, you cannot expect the N95 to replace your dedicated camera but with some practice you can get some very good results. Video recording is excellent. It is NOT DVD quality and you will clearly see lots of compression artifacts on your computer monitor. It is however the best on a phone and probably by a long shot. So much so, that video recording finally becomes useful when you spontaneously need to record an event. The camera soft is very good. All of necessary settings are here, though not all stick when you close the camera application. It takes some time to set up for the next shot, but you can turn off viewing the shot you just took so you can take the next shot quicker. The phone supports TV out. I haven't had the time to explore the possibilities, but it does appear useful for showing slide shows and video playback to your friends. I haven't found it terribly useful for much else, but YMMV on this. I was a little disappointed by the storage provided by the MicroSD format. Nokia provides a 1 GB card in the box and states the phone phones supports up to 2 GB. It has been confirmed though that the newly released 4 GB SanDisk microSDHC will work in this device. This, IMHO, is an acceptable amount of storage for this device and will be needed given the multimedia possibilities of this phone (e.g. MP3s, video recording). The GPS is very slow to lock onto satellites when first turned on. I wish the software also provided better feedback on what is going on as well. However, a GPS packed into such a device is pretty amazing and as long as you are patient, it does work pretty well. I personally don't have a lot of use for a GPS therefore this unit works well enough for when I need it. I am still getting the hang of it. It will not, however, replace a dedicated GPS unit that is used on daily basis. Construction of the unit is fine. Some complain it feels cheap for such an expensive phone, but I just don't see it as a problem. The slider functionality works well enough and the keyboard feels good to me. It is very tactile though so if you like soft keypads it may not appeal to you. I wish the keys were a little bigger, but I always say that about every phone. They will be large enough for most. Everyone I have shown is impressed by the appearance of the N95. I will admit I considered a qwerty smartphone, but I needed something to fit in my pocket. It amazes me Nokia was able to fit all of the N95's features in such a small form factor. There are much thinner and lighter phones out there, but none will have a fraction of the features of the N95. I won't beat the battery issue to death as it has been widely reported on this device. If you just use this as a phone with texting, e-mail, some web browsing and even MP3 playback, it is quite good. What is the point of getting this phone though if that is all you are going to do with it? If you start using WiFi, bluetooth, GPS, and particularly the camera/video recording the battery drains pretty fast. I suppose given the current technology and the small battery size, there is no way around this. Don't believe it is not manageable though because it is. If you plan on using the maximum capablilities of this phone all of the time on the go, I would suggest a car charger and possibly an extra battery so you don't get caught with a dead phone. I charge mine every night when I go to bed, but then again I have always been in the habit of doing that with my phones. I am quite pleased and despite some concern over my purchase, I feel as if I am going to hold onto this for a long time. It is too bad Nokia priced the unit so high and it will be up to individual if it is really worth it, but right now the N95 is probably the best implemented and featured multimedia phone available.

Shipping fast was very happy this was a birthday present so it came in on time There was a couple of extras which was a charm for the phone and a 8 gig memory card included which the recipient was very excited about The phone works great in excellent new condition very satisfied