$800? I love nokia phones but that just seems a little rediculous...I'll be honest, I don't know much about this phone, so what makes it worth this much?
Some of my friends have it and quite honestly its way over priced, nothing new does that thing bring to the table. Only thing it has over the iphone are 3g, and a higher mp camera. Other than that its nothing great. One reason why i didn't even consider this phone was the lack of touch screen, it does have a nice gui, but compared to the iphone its nothing close. It was great when it first was introduced......what a year and a half ago, but now it kind of seem outdated.
I would agree the device is expensive, but it's not really an ... apple to apples comparison. The iphone has a more polished ui, and apple supports apps with upgrades as long as they can be supported, while the n95 has a good quality camera (too many devices have a high megapixel camera that is horrible) and many other features the iphone doesn't have, such as GPS, that are interesting in theory. Though to be honest I find the n95 to be a jack of all trades, master of none, except maybe the camera. And since they have a large number of product lines and don't provide comprehensive upgrades for any, except maybe their tablet series, there's little hope any of it will ever become excellent; they'll just keep promising the world for each new version, but you might as well buy from another manufacturer because your current Nokia just became obsolete.
Well places where Nokia actually is present(everywhere exept NA) you can have N95 8GB free or almost free with 2 years contract, but price for states is of course really high because any of the carriers dont have Nokia's(something i dont get world biggest mobile phone manufacturer isnt present even if Europe and Asia are bigger markets for them ) + europe vs dollar currently and Nokia's smartphones being niche in states wont probally do much good for the priceys.
You can multi task 3rd party apps, like Garmin or Quickoffice. You can do torrents or broadcast live video in 640x480 resolution over 3G. You can download podcasts over 3G, listen to them on the stereo speakers and delete them when you are done. You can share your 3G connection. The bluetooth can connect to computers, other phones, keyboards and stereo headsets. The camera can geotag pictures and upload them to flickr. The web browser has flash support, so you can watch video content beyond just youtube.
@Cozy, no, in the USA, all the good Nokia phones are unsubsidized. There are a few high-end phones that Nokia has played with customizing for the American carriers like the N75 on AT&T, but I heard AT&T made enough of a mess to it to cram in their own services that it may not even be running S60 anymore.
Nokia doesn't want to commit to mucking up their major phones to suit carriers (Verizon & BREW, anyone?) but that puts them in the bad position of selling those models without contract at full price. That's why Nokia has such a weird image in the States because people know the brand name from their mid- to low-end phones like the 6263 which the carriers do carry.
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Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 5:37PM
$800? I love nokia phones but that just seems a little rediculous...I'll be honest, I don't know much about this phone, so what makes it worth this much?
Alijah @ Mar 6th 2008 5:44PM
Everything.
Totalfixation @ Mar 6th 2008 5:47PM
Some of my friends have it and quite honestly its way over priced, nothing new does that thing bring to the table. Only thing it has over the iphone are 3g, and a higher mp camera. Other than that its nothing great. One reason why i didn't even consider this phone was the lack of touch screen, it does have a nice gui, but compared to the iphone its nothing close. It was great when it first was introduced......what a year and a half ago, but now it kind of seem outdated.
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 6:19PM
"Everything"
Um...nice try, your as bad as the Apple fanboys.
huh @ Mar 6th 2008 11:24PM
I would agree the device is expensive, but it's not really an ... apple to apples comparison. The iphone has a more polished ui, and apple supports apps with upgrades as long as they can be supported, while the n95 has a good quality camera (too many devices have a high megapixel camera that is horrible) and many other features the iphone doesn't have, such as GPS, that are interesting in theory. Though to be honest I find the n95 to be a jack of all trades, master of none, except maybe the camera. And since they have a large number of product lines and don't provide comprehensive upgrades for any, except maybe their tablet series, there's little hope any of it will ever become excellent; they'll just keep promising the world for each new version, but you might as well buy from another manufacturer because your current Nokia just became obsolete.
Cozy @ Mar 7th 2008 9:46AM
? Cant you get Nokia phones via contract in states?? No wonder iphone had impact in states.
Doze @ Mar 7th 2008 9:55AM
Well places where Nokia actually is present(everywhere exept NA) you can have N95 8GB free or almost free with 2 years contract, but price for states is of course really high because any of the carriers dont have Nokia's(something i dont get world biggest mobile phone manufacturer isnt present even if Europe and Asia are bigger markets for them ) + europe vs dollar currently and Nokia's smartphones being niche in states wont probally do much good for the priceys.
Al @ Mar 9th 2008 2:18PM
You can multi task 3rd party apps, like Garmin or Quickoffice.
You can do torrents or broadcast live video in 640x480 resolution over 3G.
You can download podcasts over 3G, listen to them on the stereo speakers and delete them when you are done.
You can share your 3G connection.
The bluetooth can connect to computers, other phones, keyboards and stereo headsets.
The camera can geotag pictures and upload them to flickr.
The web browser has flash support, so you can watch video content beyond just youtube.
Is there anything else that can do all that?
namtastic @ Mar 11th 2008 11:21AM
@Cozy, no, in the USA, all the good Nokia phones are unsubsidized. There are a few high-end phones that Nokia has played with customizing for the American carriers like the N75 on AT&T, but I heard AT&T made enough of a mess to it to cram in their own services that it may not even be running S60 anymore.
Nokia doesn't want to commit to mucking up their major phones to suit carriers (Verizon & BREW, anyone?) but that puts them in the bad position of selling those models without contract at full price. That's why Nokia has such a weird image in the States because people know the brand name from their mid- to low-end phones like the 6263 which the carriers do carry.