As mentioned above, it's a true beaty. It weighs 120 g and measures 99x53x21 mm (90 cc). Matt silver front and plum back really match each other. The back side is made of a plastic so soft that it feels as if it was a rubber. And it's a VERY PLEASANT feel. The front side of the device is dominated by a huge 2.6" QVGA (320x240) screen, only a tad smaller than E61 and E61i displays - 55x41 mm. It's the same size as in the Sony Ericsson M600 and W950 phones. The screen provides exceptional quality, vivid colors and high brightness controlled by ambient light detector. Below the screen you can find shiny silver buttons (two softkeys, Send and End button, Menu and Multimedia button, Edit and C keys) and slightly above the display there is a small, secondary camera used for video calls.
Nokia N95 is powered by the fastest processor currently used in Symbian OS devices: ARM11-based Texas Instruments OMAP2420 running at 330 MHz. It's the same processor (and the same clock speed) as used in the Nokia N93/N93i, Linux-based Nokia N800 Internet Tablet and the recently announced (and already reviewed by us) Nokia E90 Communicator. What does it mean? Great performance, additionally boosted by hardware 2D/3D graphics and imaging/video acceleration. Unlike the Nokia E90 Communicator and the N800 Tablet, both equipped with 128 MB RAM, the N95 still stays in the smartphones camp with its traditional 64 MB total RAM and about ~22 MB RAM free (E90 offers almost 80 MB of free operating memory). I haven't, however, experienced any memory related problems or 'No memory' errors. The N95 has about 160 MB internal storage memory (disk C:) and can be expanded with microSD cards up to 2 GB.
Camera
The N95 should be code named "Multimedia Beast". Its 5 Megapixel (2592x1944) autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar optics (f/2.8, 5.6 mm, 10 cm ~ infinity focusing range) and 1/1000th ~ 1/3rd s mechanical shutter provide the best quality you can get from a camera phone. The 5 Mpix resolution is sufficient for even 28x36 cm (11x14") sized prints. The mechanical shutter and Zeiss optics put the N95's camera on par with simpler standalone digicams and the only thing that's missing is optical zoom a la N93 / N93i. The flash is a white LED diode working within a range of about 3-4 meters.
Performance
The N95 is fast. It uses the same hardware platform as the Nokia N93. However, GLBenchmark results are currently about 10-20% worse than N93's, most probably due to early unoptimized firmware as there are no reasons for the retail N95 to be slower than N93. Let's wait for final firmware and then compare the two. Menu operations, image processing, video recording and playback, 3D graphics in games (e.g. System Rush), web browsing - everything works very fast. Memory limitations are the same as of all the remaining S60 3rd Edition smartphones (except for the Nokia E90 Communicator), so if you have previously owned any other S60 3rd Edition phone then you can expect the N95 to offer you the same capabilities when it comes to number of programs you can run simultaneously or size of documents you can open.
Software
The N95 is a Symbian OS 9.2 S60 3.1 (3rd Edition Feature Pack 1) phone. As with other S60 phones, firmware can be updated at home using the Phone Software Update service. N95 is fully compatible with all existing S60 3rd Edition software.
The N95 supports landscape mode for the full UI, which means that every menu and application can work in both the portrait and landscape mode. UI customization has been extended with possibility to select one of three font sizes, although I'd still warmly welcome yet another size, an even smaller one. As already mentioned, the N95 supports automatic keylock, which kicks in after configured time out or when you close the keypad. The tested unit with beta firmware only had QuickOffice 3 viewers. It is unclear whether the retail version will have the newest QuickOffice 4 and if it'll also include document editors. Being based on the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, the N95 contains the new 2.0 version of the Nokia OSS web browser. It's now faster and less memory hungry. Even the first version was very good at rendering web pages the same way as you can see them on your desktop PC, but v2 goes even further and provides almost perfect accuracy. Moreover, it now supports both WWW and WAP, so it is now the only browser preinstalled in the phone. New features in the 2.0 version also include auto-completion for form data fields, video plug-in, support for favicons, Flash Lite 2.0, RSS and Atom feeds with automatic update, password manager, support for landscape orientation, toolbar, background sounds, saving images and whole pages for offline browsing, operator cache, visual windows manager and user agent profile. Wow, it's now a fully mature browser. The only thing I miss is Opera-like small screen rendering mode.
The N95 supports landscape mode for the full UI, which means that every menu and application can work in both the portrait and landscape mode. UI customization has been extended with possibility to select one of three font sizes, although I'd still warmly welcome yet another size, an even smaller one. As already mentioned, the N95 supports automatic keylock, which kicks in after configured time out or when you close the keypad. The tested unit with beta firmware only had QuickOffice 3 viewers. It is unclear whether the retail version will have the newest QuickOffice 4 and if it'll also include document editors. Being based on the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, the N95 contains the new 2.0 version of the Nokia OSS web browser. It's now faster and less memory hungry. Even the first version was very good at rendering web pages the same way as you can see them on your desktop PC, but v2 goes even further and provides almost perfect accuracy. Moreover, it now supports both WWW and WAP, so it is now the only browser preinstalled in the phone. New features in the 2.0 version also include auto-completion for form data fields, video plug-in, support for favicons, Flash Lite 2.0, RSS and Atom feeds with automatic update, password manager, support for landscape orientation, toolbar, background sounds, saving images and whole pages for offline browsing, operator cache, visual windows manager and user agent profile. Wow, it's now a fully mature browser. The only thing I miss is Opera-like small screen rendering mode.
The N95 has the same Music Player with equalizer (supporting MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA/M4A) and Real Player as all S60 phones. Full screen video playback is 100% smooth and movies look great on N95's huge screen. Supported video formats include: MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.263/3GPP and RealVideo 8/9/10. Video editor and Movie director let you edit and enhance recorded videos.
Nokia N95 Specifications & Features
Screen :
- 16 Million Colour TFT Screen (240 x 320 Pixels)
Imaging :
5 Megapixel Camera
Digital Zoom
Autofocus
Flash
Camera
KeyCarl Zeiss Optics Tessar™ Lens
Scenes Settings (Automatic, User Defined, Close Up, Portrait, Landscape & Night)
White Balance (Automatic, Sunny, Cloudy, Incandescent & Fluorescent)
Colour Tone (Normal, Black & White, Sepia & Negative)
Video Player
Video Recorder
Video Streaming
Video Modes
Video Calling
Second CIF Camera
GPS Navigation (100 Countries Maps)
Messaging
- SMS (Text Messaging)
- MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
- Email (SMTP, IMAP4 & POP3)
- Email with Attachments
- Picture Messaging
- Instant Messaging
- SMS Distribution ListPredictive Text
Sound
- Music Player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ & WMA)
- Stereo FM Radio
- Visual Radio
- MP3 & Polyphonic Ringtones
- Stereo Headset
- Nokia Music Manager
- Voice Commands
- Voice Recorder
- Voice Dialling
- Handsfree Speaker
- Vibration Alert
Entertainment
- Java™ GamesJ
- ava™ Applications
- Embedded Games
- Downloadable Games
Organiser
- Phonebook
- Contacts
- Calendar
- Notes
- ClockTo Do List
- Calculator
- Converter
- Conference Call
- Push To Talk
- Document Viewer
- OS Symbian Operating System
- S60 Software
Connectivity
- 3G
- Bluetooth™
- USB 2.0
- Pop Port™
- EDGE
- HSCSD
- WLAN Wi-Fi
Network
- Quad Band (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
- HSDPA
Internet
- WAP
- XHTML
- HTML
Memory & Talk Time
- 160 Mbytes Memory Plus 128 Mbyte MicroSD™ Memory Card
- 6.5 Hours Talk Time
- 220 Hours Standby
Weight & Size
- 120 g
- 99 x 53 x 21 mm
