Nokia N95 8GB Slide Phone 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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Score: 8.3/10

1020 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This mobile phone scores very high on features. - It scores poorly on battery life. “I have had this phone for over a month now and am still learning how to use some…” sandie , herne bay View all 1020 real customer reviews

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1020 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
85% of people recommend it.

Reevoo's summary of reviews:

The N95 has become remarkably popular for its features, such as SatNav, and especially the picture and video quality, which 27% of people say are the best thing about it.

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All purchasers (1013)
Battery life6.2
Design8.3
Ease of use8.1
Features9.0
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.4
Overall rating8.3
Basic text and chat user (7)
Gadget lover (1)
Style and looks come first (1)
Business or web user (1)
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dominic, london , “stage crew”

Score 10.0/10

+ The structure of the menus flow, both in and between applications, you don't have to think where things are...it's idiot proof.

- Battery and a few more codecs for real player real player is good but there are a fair few .mp4 files that will not play.

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purchased 06 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ looks good.........and has plenty of features

- low battery life when surfing the net !!

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purchased 01 Aug 2008

Garrie, Gillingham, Dorset

Score 10.0/10

+ Very good WLAN connectivity, the camera is spot on quality well worth buying this model of phone.
what else can i say... all-round good phone i'm really happy

- none

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purchased 26 Oct 2008

Kyle, Caerphilly

Score 7.0/10

+ excellent web access and compatibility with mobile applications and nearly all types of downloads. The addition of Flash player and Adobe pdf reader was a stroke of genius

- low battery life and quite a heavy chunky handset. Could be difficult to use for the non technically minded

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purchased 22 Feb 2008

Wil, Southampton

Score 9.0/10

+ full of features, its a powerful piece of kit

- keys on keypad is quite small for man's fingers in my opinion

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

Paul, Billingham

Score 9.0/10

+ Good alround fone
Screen is good size
Easy as any Nokia

- Battery life
Using internet after few sites it slows right down on downloading

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purchased 29 Jan 2008

barry , london

Score 2.0/10

+ looks good, nice camera

- very hard to use and terrible navigation through the menu

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purchased 07 Feb 2008

claire , Arbroath/ kirkwall/ moving to jersey , “The best”

Score 10.0/10

+ The camera and video is brilliant.The texting is easy to work.
The music player is great and is loud.
The calls go's loud.
Very good phone

- The battery life is the only problem if you are using your phone alot and will say the battery is full and the next minute will just cut out.

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purchased 25 Feb 2008

Chantel, LLanberis

Score 9.0/10

+ it has practilly everything you need. its an ace phone

- broken already.

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purchased 19 Nov 2007

gary, bristol

Score 10.0/10

+ great looking phone with lots of great features

- freezes sometimes due to software

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purchased 04 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ 8gb storage

- Short battery life

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purchased 18 Dec 2007

Dave, Manchester

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent features and screen, easy to navigate.
Looks COOL

- Battery did not seems to last very well. A bit on the bulky side. N96 should be better??

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purchased 22 Jan 2008

mike, ellesmere port , “gadget freak”

Score 6.0/10

+ 8gb of memory.cood camera and built in gps.

- battery life.also quite chucky.

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purchased 17 Jan 2008

jeremy, oxford , “i like sony better”

Score 4.0/10

+ camera very good

- battery life not long, not the easiest phone to use, sony alot easier,

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purchased 27 Nov 2007

Tweed, Leeds , “mad”

Score 7.0/10

+ camera

- slow

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purchased 18 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Looks really good, application support through symbian and MOSH is awesome, big screen and 2 speakers means its great for multimedia.

- Battery life as always, and wobbly slider.

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purchased 12 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Battery Life, not even getting 24 hrs out of the battery

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purchased 03 Jun 2008

David, Eastleigh

Score 8.0/10

+ The phone has some great features and has a fantastic camera and video capability!

- Although it has great features, sometimes it freezes and turns off..although this doesnt happen often!

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purchased 08 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Massive memory
great sound
brill camera

- nothing

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purchased 15 May 2008

Warinder, London

Score 6.0/10

+ Good for web browsing and software

- Way too chunky

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purchased 01 May 2008

trish, coleraine , “love music texting talking”

Score 9.0/10

+ everything you need in a phone and more!!!!!!!

- none

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purchased 21 May 2008

Gemma, East Kilbride

Score 10.0/10

+ having internet options ie email and having 8 GB

- the slider does let the phone down a little bit,but not enough to put me off a great phone.

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purchased 10 Jun 2008

william, london , “happy with my phone”

Score 10.0/10

+ battery last longer

- navigation

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purchased 04 Jul 2008

Stewart , Bournemouth , “I am superb”

Score 10.0/10

+ Wifi - Camera

- None

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purchased 09 Jul 2008

allen, bournemouth , “good fun ”

Score 10.0/10

+ the phone is good over all

- battery life does not last for long

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purchased 09 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ easy to use

- slide activation does not end calls

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purchased 11 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ It has a great memory size, good camera and looks stylish.
it also has a normal sized headphone jack so you can use any headphones with it.

- It's a bit slow at opening music and pictures if you have quite a few on there. It also opens easily so i had to put a code on it to stop it texting and calling people.

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purchased 16 Sep 2008

Emma, Wilkinson

Score 10.0/10

+ great phone, easy to use, fab quality music and great camera

- battery life not fantastic but with such a big memory thats to be expected

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purchased 13 Oct 2008

kenny, boston , “im 19”

Score 9.0/10

+ very good phone has everything a phone should

- dies whay to quick and very hard to get used to, but once you have got used to it its perfect

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purchased 17 Oct 2008

Georgina, London

Score 10.0/10

+ easy to use

- should come with case/screen cover as i am cleaning it alot

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purchased 29 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 5.0/10

+ the phone itself is very good and practicle

- its a pity its on t -mobile the signa quality is rubbish!

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purchased 08 Sep 2008

Mairead, Hounslow

Score 8.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The handset is quite bulky and heavy

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purchased 09 Sep 2008

nad, banbury , “chiled”

Score 10.0/10

+ very good phone internet music desighn

- only the battery

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purchased 13 Sep 2008

Skanca, Shepherds Bush, London , “I am a winner!”

Score 8.0/10

+ Sat-Nav

- Rubbish battery life

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purchased 11 Sep 2008

Nick, Manchester , “outgoing smart generous handy”

Score 10.0/10

+ There's nothing bad really about this phone i have always had the nseries nokia's and i find them to be the best phone i ever had. The best thing about the nokia n95 is the barcode reader i like that feature. Even though there's not much out there you can use it for.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 24 Sep 2008

Caroline, Northampton

Score 8.0/10

+ Compact but not too small. Very good features and easy to use once familiar with menus. Good camera. Overall very pleased with phone.

- Battery life very poor - 2 or 3 days max after overnight charge.

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purchased 29 Oct 2008

sian , newark , “hardworking fun adventurous ”

Score 8.0/10

+ after a week of owning the phone i learnt how to use it properly and love the phone completly and would recomend it to anyone.

- the battery life doesn't last as long as it should do i use my phone alot and find i have to charge it up alot in the car

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purchased 18 Nov 2008

steven, barrhead

Score 3.0/10

+ camera ok to start with

- really rubbish battery
camera goes out of focus really easy

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purchased 11 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “female teacher 27”

Score 8.0/10

+ memory

- battery

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purchased 18 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Music library software is rubbish, its sometimes impossible to delete a song from the library.

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purchased 27 Nov 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 6.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Pin inside phone for charging breaks easily.

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purchased 28 Nov 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Great camera
Good web browsing

- GPS not usable
Memory not expandable
Could be slimmer

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purchased 28 Dec 2007

Graham, Brentwood , “Vodafone Customer”

Score 6.0/10

+ it's a Nokia

- Size

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purchased 17 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ great phone with a film goood screen functunal

- battery life poor

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purchased 09 Jan 2008

Carl, Hertfordshire

Score 8.0/10

+ Phone looks great, easy to use, lots of features.

- Battery isn't great, but for what is in this phone it can't really be faulted. It's a little on the bulky side also, but it's solid enough to prevent damage.

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purchased 16 May 2008

glen, bristol , “honest ”

Score 9.0/10

+ you can easily access the mp3

- i found it difficult to bluetooth

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purchased 14 Apr 2008

Gherto, London , “Honest and smart”

Score 8.0/10

+ I can do everthing with one product. Like internet

- Battery life is bad

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purchased 22 May 2008

tony, burnham

Score 9.0/10

+ fantastic phone, will only stay with N series from now on.

- battery life is a bit poor, apart from that everything is ok.

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purchased 25 Apr 2008

phil, wirral

Score 9.0/10

+ this is an excellent phone easy to get round an has excellent memory

- the only thing wrong is if u use the phone alot the battery will drain quiet qiuckly.

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purchased 08 Jun 2008

kent, rebecca page

Score 9.0/10

+ camera, web brower, design

- none

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purchased 10 Sep 2008

dominic, holsworthy

Score 10.0/10

+ its perfect apart from the battery doesnt last that long

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 24 Sep 2008

Ross, Northampton , “Always had Nokias”

Score 8.0/10

+ Looks great, works great, brilliant camera, easy to do simple things like texts, pictures, calling people

- Difficult to know how to use everything else on the phone, what it all does, how it works, how it can help etc

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purchased 14 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Student studying Media ”

Score 9.0/10

+ The camera is great quality and the pictures when put on a PC still remain to be very good quality.
The 8Gb internal memory is fantastic as you don't need to worry about memory usage really.
It looks nice and the menu is easy to take on to.
The internet and GPS are amazing, very quick with good signal or in a Wi-Fi zone.

- Sometimes it can be slightly slow when loading applications and menus.
The Battery life is not very good at all if you are a heavy phone user.

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purchased 21 Oct 2008

Tom, Leicester , “I Like Eating Pasta”

Score 10.0/10

+ Very nice camera quality, decent web browsing, great GPS features.

- Battery doesnt last long, but what do you expect from a phone with so many features?

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purchased 17 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use and very efficient. Stylish and functional.

- When online I sometimes press the wrong navigational key as it isn't clear.

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purchased 28 Oct 2008

Rhian, Pontypridd

Score 9.0/10

+ extremely fast connection on the internet

- can be slow at times when on applications.

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purchased 03 Nov 2008

samantha , tredegar

Score 10.0/10

+ the N95 has an excellent memory 8gb..great camera quality with the 5 mega pixel camera. I love the look of the handset and the design the menu is easy to navigate. Meets all expectations

- the ony bad point with the N95 8gb mem is that you always have to go into the contacts to choose who you want to send a sms too.... there is no options to go to recently used.. apart from this i love the handset..

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purchased 27 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Ease of use, good size screen, picture quality, sound, memory

- Battery life although the N95 8GB is better than the N95.

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purchased 05 Feb 2009

Lee, Esher , “worker footballer”

Score 9.0/10

+ east to use, lost of features,

- battery doesn't last to long

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purchased 08 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ great software,good features

- slide unpredictable

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purchased 09 Sep 2008

jamie, lincoln , “amazing”

Score 10.0/10

+ the cmaera is good for starters becasue its a really clear picture and the music is good because you can listen to through your tv and stereo system.

- it doesn't have games

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purchased 22 Sep 2008

nathaniel, lincoln , “hardworking gsoh”

Score 9.0/10

+ compact design with the usual nokia ease of use and up to date features

- battery life is not as good as i thought it would be

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purchased 08 Sep 2008

Ryan, Rochdale

Score 7.0/10

+ Good little gadget

- Battery life is very short have to charge it up every day

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purchased 23 Sep 2008

mike, st.albans

Score 7.0/10

+ great internet

- charges when u answer the answer phone
disgusting charges

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purchased 01 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “fun, loving, laugh, cheeky”

Score 8.0/10

+ This phone has excellent camera, it takes great pictures and you can upload them to your computer at ease.
It has good music facilities too.

- The battery does not last that long, but depends on how much you use it, me i use it alot.

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purchased 03 Oct 2008

Julie, Chester , “Working, Female, Busy, Hectic”

Score 8.0/10

+ Ease of Use, Camera

- Battery Life, no memory card

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purchased 15 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “fussy about my phones”

Score 10.0/10

+ it s a good a round phone easy to use and very up to date

- battery only lasts up to max 2 days and it s compleletly dead

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purchased 17 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ very good phone generally. solid design and easy to use.

- very short battery life.

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purchased 17 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to use looks good sound quality

- battery life very poor

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purchased 16 Oct 2008

Amanda, Luton , “not great with phones”

Score 10.0/10

+ great battery life. holds loads of songs, looks good, easy to use

- could be a bit smaller, but for what phone does its great

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purchased 21 Oct 2008

Damion, scunthorpe , “fun lively lovely male”

Score 8.0/10

+ solid design

- battery life very poor need to recharge at some point each day

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purchased 24 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Stylish phone with loads of applications and features. Not for you if you just want a phone to text and ring people on, more for the gadget-heads out there!

- Battery life is poor.

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purchased 24 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Battery lasts no more than 24 hours! constatnly having to charge it!

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purchased 19 Oct 2008

STEVE, STAFFORD

Score 7.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- BATTERY LIFE IS VERY POOR

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purchased 30 Oct 2008

John, Cardigan , “idealistic motivated methodical active”

Score 8.0/10

+ I like the fact that is can just about do anything.

- The battery life is rather bad and is a little chunky for my liking

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purchased 20 Nov 2008

marc , euxton

Score 10.0/10

+ the camera is good

- would like to see nokia bring out a 8mega pixle camera out

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purchased 02 Aug 2008

David , Maidstone Kent , “Radio Presenter”

Score 10.0/10

+ it a very good phone,

- it just the battery life thats letting it down

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purchased 20 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ i think the phone is fantastic, its a very smart lookin phone with many features! the camera quality is excellent.

- i have noticed that if you use the phone for videos and other features the battery life isnt that good and has to be charged quite frequantly.

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purchased 20 Aug 2008

mark, elgin , “work hard play hard”

Score 9.0/10

+ internet

- no BBC I Player for n95

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purchased 01 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ you can get your emails where ever you are

- still learning how to you use it, dont like the fact you need to exit out of everything

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purchased 18 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “student & racehorse groom”

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use straight away, and the pc software is very simple

- not very ergonomic!

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purchased 16 Oct 2008

rachel, tongham

Score 9.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- every time i try to bluetooth something to someone every time the person recieves it it never lets them see it

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purchased 30 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Does everything and more!!!

- Battery life! Nokia you should of checked this one out befor the sale of the phone!!!

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purchased 03 Nov 2008

mikky, wednesbury , “its true an realistic”

Score 8.0/10

+ good design, with easy to use feturs.

- the memory on the phone is questionable, as well as the avrage battery life.

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purchased 09 Sep 2008

patrick, maesteg , “what a guy”

Score 10.0/10

+ brilliant camera,sat nav and gprs eazy to use

- bulky

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purchased 26 Sep 2008

zonia , colchester

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to use same as other noikias and good features

- battery life

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purchased 18 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “hard to please”

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use loads of features on the phone and practable

- battery life is a bit weak.bit heavy

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purchased 22 Oct 2008

Joanne, Edinburgh , “Reasonable phone but chunky!”

Score 7.0/10

+ The camera is fantastic and also the size of the screen on the nokia!! Also how light it is in weight as I have had other nokia's which have been much smaller for example the Nokia 8800 and Nokia 8800 Arte but they were definately heavier phones!!

- I would prefer it to be a bit more compact and it has a plastic kind of look to it!

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purchased 24 Oct 2008

Sam, Warrington , “awesomeness personified”

Score 8.0/10

+ The Camera is really good although does lose some focus when zoom in.

- The battery life barely lasts a day

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purchased 27 Oct 2008

Amanda, Doncaster

Score 9.0/10

+ good all rounder sturdy and internet access very good

- I found it difficult to navigate between different programmes at first as some of the functions were hidden

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purchased 24 Sep 2008

lisa, barnsley , “self employed mum”

Score 9.0/10

+ Its a realy good looking phone with excelent features, all my freinds want one!!

- the battery life is poor can be annoyoing to have to keep charging it up

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purchased 17 Oct 2008

jade, berwick upon tweed , “happy friendly bubbly outgoing”

Score 8.0/10

+ looks amazing love using it

- i find it hard to tranfer music from my laptop to my phone

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purchased 30 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ very easy to use.

- Batery life not very good

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purchased 28 Oct 2008

beth, mold

Score 9.0/10

+ everything its easy to use

- the battery doesnt last long when you start playing music or watching videos.

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purchased 10 Nov 2008

Mrs W, Crewe

Score 9.0/10

+ Generally a very good up to date phone

- Poorer battery life compared with last phone, but not really causing any major problems.

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purchased 14 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 5.0/10

+ big screen, plenty of uses,

- screen freezes quite often, quite complicated to use and to set preferences

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purchased 20 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 2.0/10

+ camera excellent, sound good, display colours etc brightt, clear

- really slow to operate takes time doing simple tasks ie texting to many options nothing simple

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purchased 15 Dec 2008

Jade, Plymouth

Score 8.0/10

+ Excelent camera and video. Really easy to use for downloading music and films.

- The bad points are the design as it is similar to a brick and the battery runs down very very quickly.

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purchased 15 Jan 2008

Deborah, Huntly, Aberdeenshire

Score 7.0/10

+ The quality of the camera is really good. It has really useful applications such as sat nav.

- The battery life does nto last very long. Probably due to its mass of extras and quality applications.

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purchased 16 Aug 2008

Dave, Tamworth,Staffs

Score 7.0/10

+ Very easy to navigate around but thats a bonus of buing a Nokia phone,good old Nokia

- Not impressed with the life of the battery

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purchased 20 Aug 2008

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If you want a phone that is good at everything, choosing a top-of-the-range Nokia S60 smartphone has always been a surefire bet. These are phones that tick all the boxes, continually win all the awards, and that allow you to get all the latest technology without compromise.The latest in this prestigious line - the N95 - however, has taken the concept of the do-everything phone to a completely new level. A year ago, the N80 bowled us over with its built-in Wi-Fi connectivity and macro-focusing camera. Now its successor not just builds on the 3G specification, it sets a new benchmark for…

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reviewed 27 Apr 2007

Product Features

3G Yes
Touchscreen No
Type Slide Phone
Band Quad
EDGE Yes
WiFi Yes
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 5
Screen Resolution (pixels) 240x320
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
Email Functionality Yes
SatNav Yes
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Symbian OS 9.2, S60 rel. 3.1
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 120
Talk Time (hours) 6.5
Standby Time (hours) 220
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) Yes
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging Yes
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 99x53x21
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) 0.58
Games Yes
HTML Browser Yes
Phone book capacity (names) Practically unlimited
Colour Black
Networks Orange
Networks O2
Networks 3 Mobile
Networks Vodafone

Also known as: Nokia N95

Mobile Phone Buyers Guide  

Manufacturer's Description

The N95 has become remarkably popular for its features, such as SatNav, and especially the picture and video quality, which 27% of people say are the best thing about it.

Operating Frequency

  • WCDMA 2100 + E850/900/1800/1900MHz
  • 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

*Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.

Power Management

  • Battery: Nokia Battery (BL-6F) 1200mAH
  • Talk time: up to 210 minutes (WCDMA), up to 300 min (GSM)*
  • Stand-by time: up to 280 hours (WCDMA and GSM)*

*Changes to product details are possible without prior notice. Application offering may vary. Dynamic memory means that the available memory is shared between dynamic memory functions. When any of these functions is used, there is less available memory for other functions which are also dependent on dynamic memory.

Display

  • Large 2.8" QVGA (240 × 320 pixels) TFT display with ambient light detector and up to 16 million colours

User Interface

  • S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1
  • 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
  • Talking ringtone
  • Integrated hands-free 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

Digital Services

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

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