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

+ Everything you need in a phone! i have been using nokias for a while now, although my last phone was a samsung and i hated it! the features on this phone are excellent! internet, camera, videophone, mp3 player, even gps! you name it, this has got it!

- The only bad things I can think of are of little importance. The battery life isn't that good, only a few days, but you can charge it every night if needs be! Another thing is that it is a difficult phone to operate when first bought, unless you have used a nokia smartphone before! although you will get used to it eventually.

+ Great phone looks good loads of features top notch camera and video

- Size and battery life

+ A great feature packed phone.

- Poor build quality, Wobbly slider!

+ I like the camera, the MP3 Player, The Sat Nav, The Blue Tooth Headset is good, You can play your videos or view your photos through your TV, The storage memory size is brilliant On a whole it is better than the previous N95 and i would say its one of the best phones i have used.

- The Sat Nav Isnt quite up to date, The MP3 player does freeze from time to time. The internet access could be better, i find it easier to use my home wireless network connection than the phone's built in modem. If You use your phone Often like i do, the chrome wears off the buttons. With all the features it has the battery has to be charged every night if you use them a lot.

+ Packed with features, I sold my Pocket PC PDA (which I had for many years) after getting this phone. I use the phone for navigation, internet browsing, games, mp3 player, sms and of course as a phone. The phone has a decent sized screen.

- Slightly bulky, battery can go down quickly if yo use the phone a lot (thats to be expected though).

+ Great camera quality. Great sound quality for the music.

- Insanely unintuative to use. Extremely disappointing as Nokia have always done so well in this area. I will probably not buy a Nokia again after this and that's as a life long Nokia devotee. The thing that kepy me coming back to Nokia was that they were always so easy to use, even with increasing amounts of functionality. In my view this reason has completely vanished which blows the market wide open for me in the future. Bad show Nokia, very disappointed.

+ Camera and display are both excellent. The availability of software is great. Light weight for its size. Very good looking phone. Speakers are brilliant.

- Battery life.

+ The Nokia N95 is a fab phone, it has an excellent camera and video recorder. Not to mention the music player and my ability to connect via wireless internet and built in sat nav. I was a fan of sony ericssons for years but now i have been converted, I strongly recommend anyone to buy this phone. Well done Nokia!!

- The only bad point about this phone is the rather poor battery life, mind you the phone is jam packed with features so its hardly surprising.

+ well in my opinion there are couple of things that i would say are good about the Nokia N95. First i would have to say the camera has great quality and image with an amazing 5.0 megapixels, second i would have to say the GPS. if anyone that travels quite alot and doesnt know where places are then i would recommend this phone for you. The GPS on this phones always seems to help me, it onnce helped to get to my mums friend house. without the phone i don't think i would ever get there. the third thing is the looks of the phone. i really like the looks because it can slide upwards or downwards. upwards for the number buttons and downwards for the play and stop buttons. Another thing i like about it is the sound quality and how loud it can get, and it can get pretty loud. I dnt know but i think it could be one of the loudest phones out there, but thats just me saying, i really don't know if it is true. This is the last thing that i would say something good about the phone but believe me, there is much more, but i would just have to stay here writing and writing for quite a long time. Anyway one last thing, i also really like some of the feature on this phone, its just the phone that beats all other phones on features. i will recomend it for anyone out there. excellent phone!!

- now for the bad. i dnt think theres too many bad things about the phone but theres one that stands out to me is the battery of the phone. it wastes quite quickly, and for people who use a phone quite alot u will need to charge it quite alot. and thats my opinion on this phone. there could be some other bad stuff about the phone to some people but not to me. so yeah. its a really good phone!

+ The phone itself is a brilliant phone the sound and video quality is amazing.

- The only bad point it the battery life it only last about 2 days from a full battery but i do keep my phone on constantly so thats probably my own fault.

+ It was new when I bought it.

- it's software problems - I want a new phone.

+ The camera is brilliant, and amazing quality, even when put onto a bigger screen. Connectivity is very good as you can link it up to your TV by the included cable and watch everything on a bigger screen. The screen is very clear, even in the bright sunlight and can be seen very easily in all conditions. The speakers on the phone (one on either side) are very clear, and more importantly are very loud! So you can use it in conditions where a stereo can't be used. The memory on the phone, which is the main selling point, is one of the best aspects of the phone. I have had it for little over 3 months now, have taken about 200 photo's and video's, have about 2 films on the phone, including numerous scrubs episodes, and around 500 songs on board, and the memory is only about half full!! i HIGHLY recommend this phone.

- Not many bad points really. The build quality on the phone seems to be a bit shabby though. When i first got the phone it was fine, but over the past few months the slide has come a bit loose, which can be annoying when your using the navigation buttons. Also to software on the phone has a tendency to crash. NOT OFTEN, i'm just saying it HAS happened. It is easily sorted by a restart of the phone. This apparently happens on most of the Nokia 'N' range so its nothing to worry about too much.

+ NICE LOOKING PHONE WITH GREAT VIDEO PLAYBACK, GOOD ONLINE FEATURES, SAT NAV , GPS , ETC.....BUT YOU`LL HAVE TO PAY A FAIR BIT FOR IT. HUGE MEMORY ALSO.

- BATTERY IS THE WORST I`VE EVER SEEN ON A MOBILE AND I`VE HAD A FEW. GOING FROM FOLDER TO FOLDER IS SOOOO S L O W, IT ALSO TOOK ABOUT 7 MINUTES TO DELETE ONLY 5 SONGS FROM THE MEMORY, BUT MAYBE THAT WAS DUE TO THE VERY POOR SOFTWARE, HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THIS MOBILE-ONLY TO BE LEFT VERY DISAPPOINTED.

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- didn't sync completely with the bluetooth in my BMW

+ Sreen quality is excellent, and it does everything you could possibly want.

- Software frozen a few times, and supplied wallpapers a bit bland.
Keypad on the small side, but I realise due to larger screen.
Would also have been nice to have had the option of silver Like standard N95.

+ very good camera and internet browsing

- poor battery life, to big, not many phone options for settings

+ fantastic camera and music sounds! very easy to use!

- phone is wide! cant live in your back pocket! Sometimes you have o be patient as the phone is opening applications.

+ i have to say that the phone is easy to use, pretty good looking, and as for everyone saying it's the size of a house brick, um no iput it up against my old w800i and it isn't that much bigger. i like the fact you can use the internet and connect it to my home hub, thats cool. ow and the av leads is a good idea so you can watch your phone on tv

- sorry nokia but please sort the battery life out, it is very poor, i downloaded n-gage and if you play say fifa 2008 for not even and hour it goes dead, so you have to play it with the charger in if you are near a point. the other thing is the screen scratchs very easierly so BUY A SCREEN PROTECTOR.

+ All Good! very Simple to use. Propper Headhone Jack. MP3 Controls. Many many apps to download. Sat Nav. Excellent Screen quality.

- These are not realy BAD points, just observations in a Phone which I see as the first of its kind. MP3 controls although good, should be mounted externally and not have to open the slide. Headphone jack on the side, would be much better on top or bottom when using as an MP3 Player it can be tricky sometimes in smaller pockets with the jack protruding out the side. Acceleromiter functionality should be utilized more, something like shake lock / unlock should come with standard firmware updates, as should MP3 Gesture Control.

+ Really good phone overall. Easy to use and set up features like bluetooth and the camera/video.

- Needs charging at least everyday, just through being switched on. Using the features more in a day means it needs to be on charge for what feels like all the time!!!

+ it has a good camra and vidoe

- the bad point is that the battary doesnt last long

+ The best Symbian device on the marker (atm). Great memory, speed and 3d accelleration (hey Quake plays great). In addition to that lot's of third party applications makes this phone great for any task. I personaly use it for ebook reading and it's a great companion

- The worst thing about this phone is the 8gb flash memory speed. It's so slow that you can forget about quick music synchronisation a'la ipod. The transfer is horribly slow and Nokia really should spent a little more money on a quality flash and not a cheap and slow implementation like it is now.

+ Great phone, easy to use - well its a nokia at the end of the day. Excellent camera and web browsing.

- Battery is ok if your just texting or talking then its fine you start playing with the toys i.e camera / video / web / gps etc then it burns that battery out super quick.

+ Fabulous - with all the add ons available there is just no end to what this devise can do. My handbag has certainly got lighter :-) Love it!

- The battery life is the only downside - but then it's not just a phone anymore, it's more of a pocket pc with programs/applications running in the background. Something that can easily be sorted though.

+ its a really good overall phone

- the battery is a problem it does not keep its charge well

+ amazing phone! well done nokia! this phone is my first ever smart phone and despite alot of bad press i think the phone is fantastic.its got a brilliant 5MP camera,wifi,3G,satnav,and a whole load of other cool features,i recently did a update on mine and its now running on v20 software and its so cool,even the screen rotates automaticly when u turn the phone,i could continue all day but al i can say is buy this phone!

- the only bad thing about the phone is battery life,on a full charge just using the phone for calls and texts its not too bad and lasts about 2 days,but on a full charge and using,camera,web,games etc its lucky to last 1 day.however this is a small price to pay,and al the features of this outstanding phone make up for this by miles!

+ I love the many features of this phone and the choice of having more than one applicationopen at the same time. This is the first nokia that i have owned and I'm loving. The layout of the different features is also good and the screen size fits well with all the information that you can get from the internet. A very good smatphone.

- The battery life is not impressive, i charged the phone the first time for about 10 hurs and now that I am in the third week i seem to have to chargeu p every two days even though i am not using all the features at the same time. Having always owned a Sony Ericsson, I'm not impressed with the MP3 quality and think this could be improved also whilst I love the phone, Nokia should be able to put all the features into something that is not so bulky. Also it would be good if yu could create as well as edit word & excel documents. At least 2 full pre installed games would be a bonus instead of trials.

+ This phone has every thing you need, I no longer have to take out a camera and my i pod because i can take fab pics on my phone and all my music on there it really is great and all you need.

- There are none for me !

+ Excellent camera and video even at night, extensive feature list ang a great gaming phone. Good graphics, wi-fi enabled and clear reception when making calls.

- The main thing would be the battery, but if you don't mind charging it every other night then you'll be fine. I found that if you turn it off at night then that helps too. The only other thing would be the size, but considering what the thing can you I can well live with that.

+ its fab and looks cool

- batt life aint all that

+ It has everything you could ever want from your mobile phone and the design is really cool - especially with the seperate slide-action just for media, it makes listening to music quick and easy. internet browsing is easy and really good quality, and the sound and image quality is stunning. Watching videos on the phone is also amazing quality.

- The battery life is really poor - if you forget to plug it in to charge every night it will die half way through the next day. You can't set the menu on the main screen to features you want there, they come pre-set. When you set a picture to be your wallpaper, it doesn't fill the screen and instead looks odd and out of place.

+ Excellent phone. Best I have bought. Well made. Great screen. Super sound. Good email capabilities and 2nd best browser available in a phone. Camera first rate.

- Keypad mediocre. No Mac synchronization. Sat Nav OK but not intuitive

+ Its hard to say the good points as there is so many, over all id say if it isnt listed in the bad points then its already brillient!! Although, i must say, i love the idea of getting software like free stuff people make and installing, enhancing the possibilites of the phone beyond its standard capabilities.

- Battery Life - but this can be an issue with all phones so its a case of once new Battery Technology is better then i guess this wont change much. Slide Feature Design Fault! - as the N95 slides both ways (which is a good idea especially with portrait ability) there is a design fault with it when you put it in your pocket. If you are not waring baggy jeans then when u bend your knees (even with say sitting down) the phone can slide one way or the other accidently, which also Unlockes the keypad resulting in possible accidental dialing. To make the phone PERFECT! 10 out of 10.... The possible addition of a card reader aswell would of been the Iceing on the cake with the N95v2. Might seem pointless but since software can be install it would come in handy. Instead of a Hard Drive in the unit, some HIGH SPEED flash memory (like whats used with Windows ReadyBoost technology) would improve USB data transfer. (not sure about anyone else but it seems sluggish) Nokia Software sometimes seems a rather large intense program.

+ A phone that does everything! Great music player, good camera, excellent GPS (see below). The best gadget I own.
GPS combined with viewranger mapping software (bought seperately) and the free nokia sportstracker software. Now got all of the UK Landranger Ordnance Survey Maps for the UK on my phone. Great for mountain biking, walking and all cycling!

- Battery life when using GPS can be a bit limiting. Normally runs out after 6 to 7hrs if using it in these circumstances.
Camera has a long delay between each photograph. Therefore easy to miss the 'action' in any action shots.
The phones operating system and menus etc are not totally intuiative to use. Although I have got use to it now.

+ its a nice phone with lots of features

- what s the point in having features if you cant use them because youre battery lasts less than 24 hours on a full charge
very dissapointed

+ Big screen, camera and music player are perfect. Internet browser is ok but can be improved by using opera mini. Wifi access. Watch video's. N-gage has raised the bar for mobile gaming it is now as good as PS1. GPS is also a handy tool when your in unfamiliar surroundings.

- A few bugs here and there but not too problematic, should be solved with the next firmware update. battery life could be improved, however it still does last quite a while for a phone with a screen of its size. Without a screen protector screen tends to get a lot of smudges but nothing that can't be wiped off.

+ The good points is the memory on the camera, the sound of the music, and the camera which is pretty awesome.

- The battery doesn't last long at all, and with built in wii-fi you have to pay for the internet use, considerin its connected to your own internet

+ wi-fi is brilliant

- battery life could be better, but good improvement on the original n95.

+ The N95 8GB is a feature-laden handset which I find invaluable whilst travelling. I can especially recommend the email facility, the camera is amazing for a mobile phone, the web browsing is wonderful and is wireless enabled so I can browse for free when on certain trains and also at home when needed. It is a large handset (compared to others on the market) but I personally like the weighty feeling and it is something I am willing to compromise on when it means I have so much functionality. Highly recommended.

- The battery life of this phone is awful!!! It is not something that I would take into account when thinking about buying it however, you just have to make sure that you charge it frequently which to be honest most people do anyway. A handy tip is to purchase the Nokia car charger and plug the phone in during all your journeys (long or short) which tops up the power nicely.

+ To many to list fantastic phone and so easy to use...

- None at all......

+ Overall the phone is ok

- if you text a lot as i do the edge of the keypad is a little sharp and hurts your hand. The camera is A***** but my video camera freezes whilst recording, i was told an update would fix the issue but the update froze whilst i was doing it. All in all im not to sure, i know people who have this phone aslo and have had them sent off for repair only for it to go wrong 2 weeks later. my video camera started freezing not even 2 weeks after i received the phone.

+ Great phone. In my eyes the best on the market. You will not be disappointed!

- Battery life is very short but that's because it's such a powerful phone

+ A welcome return by nokia to a phone that feels like it will last and perform in build quality as this was a downside to nokia phones a few years ago where the quality of phones slipped

- if you plan on using the phone for over 100 mins of calls or are heavy user on the applicaions during the day battery life can suffer

+ more or less everything a touch screen would be brilliant tho and would wipe the market

- dear internet even with packages mind you it connects pretty well and the sat nav could have more features and be able to wake up quicker apart from that i`m well pleased with the phone maybe battery life could be better as i`m semi deaf i use it instead of house phone so a hearing aid compatibility would be awesome too

+ its small but compact and I get a signal were ever I am the sound quality is very good and i love the camera, also i spilt coffee on it and it still works perfectly.

- the only thing id that the number and letter button are quite small

+ Easy to use, great camera

- Big, heavy, expensive, battery life poor

+ this is a fantastic phone i highley recormend anyone to get one its simply a the best phone avalable

- as with all phones the batery life hasent had any improovments but it still got a good life on stand buy mode

+ extremely powerful phone, camera is amazing, sound quality is great, lots of very useful or pointlessly fun software available such as a spirit level or a 2D water physics simulator, tilt the phone in any direction and the water will fall realisticly that way, its completley useless but fun.

- can be slow sometimes and the battery wont last a day, other than that nothing

+ Email, MP3 player, internet browsing, excellent camera and so many other great features all in one device........can't ask for more than that......and by the way its a phone!

- Battery life isn't brilliant if you leave loads of applications running but that is a small price to pay.

+ The internet in your hand where ever you are with a fast connection! Cool!

- quite fragile.

+ Fantastic picture quality

- keeps trying to connect me to the web

+ ease of use and versatility

- battery life

+ A LOT OF THINGS.

- NOTHING REALLY

+ The screen nice and big, it's not over sized or too small. The GPS is a good idea. The battery has a fairly good good life.

- You have got to pay for it. and it's only on contract.

+ Multitude of features.

- camera lens could have done with a cover.

+ Excellent range of features and applications. Admittedly, the music player isn't quite as slick as on an iPhone, and the GPS isn't quite up to the standard of the best standalone devices but they're not far off, and besides, if you follow that logic you'll end up carrying a dozen devices in your pocket. The camera is as good as any on a mobile phone, the connectivity is excellent and it does the simple stuff like voice calls, text and email perfectly.

- The battery life is fine under normal use (comparable to other phones I've had) but drops significantly when using the GPS, so consider investing in a car charger (there are plenty of cheap ones on ebay).

+ Definitely has lots of features, the camera is particularly good for me quality wise. Large screen.

- internet is OK but some issues connecting to networks. Battery life can be short depending on use, must remember to not use lots of functions and to charge at night. Feels solid but a little flimsy, when using nav pad can accidentally press side buttons as all a little too close together.

+ nice and light

- internet live key, works when keylock is on

+ the use of it is really good great screen to check movies

- the battery doesn't last long

+ Easy to use, excellent for web browsingg and watching movies.

- Battery life is not great and also some browsing cannot be performed on the web browser such as imbedded movies.

+ easy to use and fab camera and memory space

- battery life is really bad

+ What sold me on this phone was it's size, multi media features, GPS & maps and organiser all in one. It's a great all in one device and I really love the sound quality of the music player too! I love the idea of the key pads rather than a touch screen because it means I can text easily too!

- initial games are only trial / demos, battery life could be improved and it would be good if I could sync the phone calendar and contacts with my hotmail calendar / contacts, etc. Although the phone has many features (which is great) sometimes it is difficult to remember how to access some of them. For instance, when I first got the phone I found out how to set up the quick menu (i.e. saving my favourite applications onto the phone's display so I could just scroll through them as needed), however I can't remember how I did this and can't seem to remember how I did it. Logically to me I should be able to set them up by going to Tools > Settings > General > display or personalisation ... but it isn't there and I don't know what the functionality is called so can't find it via 'Help' either

+ easy to use

- sometimes navigation button flicks you to another page

+ easy to use and good size screen and quality pictures and graghics

- battery life

+ great camera and internet, wifi is brilliant. GPS is fab, no problems connecting to it,

- One thing that let the phone down for me was that the slider kept sliding and unlocking itself whilst in my pocket, this is the only thing that let the phone down for me. I sent the phone back after a week

+ everything is good

- i created diffrent playlist and amend song names according to my choice but when i add few more songs in play list
all previous amendments changes to orignal one.

+ Much better than the original N95, don't let the downfalls of that put you off buying this phone. It has everything you need and more.

- The way in which the keys are inset can make it difficult to use.

+ endless memory, great sound quality, great picture quality, zoom not so good at a distance but over wise great, looks great, easy to use, great features

- battery dies within 24 hours and if your lucky 36 hours, slider not amazing, feels slightley loose, quite big and slightley heavey

+ Overall a very good phone, providing that you just keep the applications on it that you need.

- Battery life and the fact that you cant extend the snooze interval on the alarm clock!

+ camera and software

- a little bit flimsy

+ It has enough capacity to not need flash memory cards and the sat nav is awesome

- The battery lasts 24 hours in normal use just...use the sat nav and you need to have a couple of spares with you.

+ Its very easy to use, especially for web content and podcasts, it is lightweight and the camera/video is of an amazing quality and sharpness.

- Easy to press the buttons on side by accident, the hands free kit is clumsy to use

+ It has so many features

- It lacks the facility to send text message to frequently used contacts

+ good phone, cant really fault it.

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+ looks nice

- always run out of battery life within a few hours,
u always have to delete 1 message per time you cant just go to messages n delete all of them in one go

+ Huge memory and great camera, I have 10 movies, converted from DVD and still loads of memory left, I can email my buddies and family easily as well, you really do have so much in one small(ish) device. Surf the web or use the included satnav and find your way to the nearest pub. FANTASTIC!!!

- Battery is rather a challenge although I do watch lots of converted DVD's so I guess I challenge it as well!!! Menu is extensive and it takes time to find things and store the most used programs in the right place for easy access, can be a bit of a pain if you dont!! Read the manual early on, you will need it!!

+ this phone is awesome ,i would recommend it to anyone ,its the best i 've ever had.. If you need a phone buy the 8gig its amazing .

- women might find it difficult to text if the have long fingernails . because of the small key pad but thats about all i could say on bad points

+ Nice big screen and easy to navigate around features.

- Battery is poor and sat nav is useless.

+ The MP3's sound great. Being able to watch some TV live is also good, but I used to be able to get BBC 1 and now I it has been removed, yet I still pay the same monthly fee.

- The video keeps freezing when recording, I have returned it to be fixed, but still it freezes when it feels like. Also it keeps telling me I cannot recieve TV because I am not in the right area. Then the next night it's OK in exactly the same place. ie my living room. This is a nightmare when I have to miss the Cricket! Also when you have the TV on the battery will only last about an hour and a half.

+ the camera

- the size

+ having all features

- everything good, but key pad is little bit harder

+ design and handling

- battery not too good

+ .Looks alright and the sound quality is OK. The camera is good

- I don't like the fact that you spend a fortune on this phone and then have to buy the games on top of that expense. Most phones usually come with a couple of free games. The monthly web rental is expensive and the navigation is confusing to say the least

+ the quality of the camera itself is the best i have seen on a camera phone in a long time the flash is extremely bright and you can take decent pictures even in a dark place. The sound quality of the music player is brilliant especially when someone is calling you.

- The only bad point about this phone is the battery life it just doesnt seem to last very long.

+ It's like the original N95, only without the problems! It's mostly the same phone, but it works that little bit quicker, and to date hasn't randomly rebooted itself like the old one used to.

- I never had a problem with battery life on the original N95, but all the reviews etc say the battery life on the 8GB is better. It's not. It's no worse, but I was expecting better. Other than that I don't really have any complaints about this phone.