My father helped develop the hardware for this phone, it was the final project they did before Nokia started laying off everyone. They closed the operations they were running in Canada around 2008. I still have a prototype version laying in a bin upstairs I inherited from him. It's really cool to see people still talking about something he was passionate about.
You talk like you despise the N95. That phone was literally the king of smartphones back in the day. And probably sold more than the iPhone despite the price. Because it was just better in almost every way. There was nothing like it. Symbian was also so far ahead back then that it would put shame into even desktop operating systems. Even now that OS is way better in some aspects than ios and android os’s. It was a jewel alright but a rough one. It’s a shame that Nokia never truly polished it. Btw both phones had 64mbs of RAM not 128.
The N95 was amazing when it came out in terms of features, nothing else like it. It was just very expensive but it had features that weren't available on other phones for years. I don't think I spoke poorly about the phone at all, always thought it was amazing and never had the chance to try it out when it was first released. It was the phone that did it all. You are right about the RAM on the N95 it was only 64, the iphone however did have 128. Anyway, thanks for watching!
I got an n95 as soon as it was in the shop's back in 2007...I was very impressed by the camera and how well it performed in low light. Also all of the other feature's...it was flawless when using it in hand's free mode while driving(without any fancy optional equipment) something that only the latest 2019 phone's are only catching up with due to better equiped ICE system's not the phone's them sellve's. Another great thing was the GPS which was exellent as you did not have to buy one for your car and it was right there in your pocket/on your belt when ever you need it...Ahh the good old day''s. Such a shame Nokia went belly up thank's to IOS/Android...in fact i was looking for something the other day and there It was in a plastic measuring jug. Oh and one more thing...the battery lasted way longer and you did not need to buy a new memory card every couple of week's. RIP Nokia N series.:(
I have N95 working, N97 working, samsung omnia working. N97 was the beast storage phone 32gb. Big wow was when i found my n97 in a drawer after 3 years and charge it up a little and bang power on( still oem battery in,newer replaced)
@@thealterlion7163 it did not. But dont forget it was Apple’s very first smartphone. N95 was packed with features. The original iPhone did not have all of them but Apple put a great HW and SW together. I still have a working iPhone at home in mint condition. I remember when the first iPhone came out. People complained about its huge display, the lack of memory card slot, mms, bluetooth file transfer, radio. Most of the people believed that Apple will fail because iPhone wont be successful. I remember the endless arguments on tech forums about this phone.. Apple not only became one of the most significant smartphone maker but Nokia was forced out of business because people wanted iPhone or an iPhone like phone... Sad how Nokia was once the biggest company and they completely disappeared within a few years after the iPhone..
Just searching N95 Nokia in 2019 and here I am reminiscing over one of my fav phones I had back in the day when they first came out! It was light years ahead of anything else at the time including the first iPhone, most people still had those awful flip style phones with the tiny screens 😯😊😁👍 I loved the dual flip mechanism, it was so smooth and satisfying to operate, I liked the built in stereo speakers, 3 5mm audio Jack, dedicated multimedia buttons, massive 8gb built in memory. I liked the chunky form factor and how from the back it appeared to look like a compact camera. I remember comparing it to a friends iPhone and he was showing off his new 'superior' more expensive phone but seemed very disappointed that my phone had features that his iPhone lacked, the nokia had a Carl zeiss lens and 5mp camera with LED flash and a dedicated camera shutter button, his iphone only had a 2mp camera that couldn't even record video! 😁😯 Mine had a stereo fm radio the iphone didn't, there was no bluetooth feature or IR port on his, mine had both, the nokia had a good gps map system built in, his iphone had no gps or map! The Nokia had far superior stereo sound compared to his iphone and a removable battery! It was clear the Nokia was a far better phone and half the price of the iphone! 👍😎 Missing my N95 8gb 🙁
@@BlissinthemiX Yeah it had so many features that took it above and beyond the iphone at the time. Nokia were definitely a driving force in the mobile world back then👍😎
I’m a user of an iPhone, but I have to be honest, Nokia n95 was better than the first iPhone. It’s true, n95 worked in a traditional way instead of using the innovation of touchscreen, but anyway, you were able to do more things with n95. Apple improved their iPhones during the next years and these devices became incredible smartphones, but Nokia N95 was the king of 2007. In my opinion, the iPhones became relevant until 2010 with iPhone 4. It was a Good video by the way
1st iphone was just an expensive toy. So many things it couldn't do that N95 and other pda devices could at the time. Iphone 4 was when they finally caught up in capabilities.
GPS on N95 only worked well when the phone had the keypad exposed and had to lay it flat or at an angle of 45 degrees for the app to connect with the stattelite. Also the Nokia maps wasn't great Tom Tom hacked version worked well but the GPS reciever on the phone didn't work well. A huge downfall so an Bluetooth GPS reciever was used to get the TomTom working.
Should have gone with the same year but updated N95 8Gb... Better internals, bigger screen, bigger battery, and a MUCH better version of the N95 model of phone...
The way the iPhone was sold off it was like Apple had reinvented the wheel! I knew back then NOT to opt for iPhone, the only reason why I went for the iPhone 12 Pro Max (my first Apple phone) was due the size and spec, but it took 12 iterations of the iPhone to finally make it attractive, and the 12 Pro Max was not without its faults, I have since gone for the 14 Pro Max and things are getting better. In actual fact, it has taken Apple 14 attempts for their phones to come even close to NOKIA N95, which was way ahead of its time at the time. NOKIA as a brand was far superior to Apple. The touch screen on Apple is a pile, it sticks or is unresponsive - when typing the amount of times I have hit the right letter for it to input the wrong letter is beyond annoying. The only phone I have no tried is Samsung, and the thing that put me off those handsets were the exploding batteries.
Yeah I suspect they were, I am not sure why they came out this way. It is possible that the unit I have the camera hardware was tampered with or changed out.
I think I killed my N95 by addictively sliding the slider back and forth too much, eventually, the screen started to not work and when it finally died I opened it up to see what I could see and found that id snapped the data ribbon that connected the screen to the phone. I was so sad. then after that, I got a Motorolla Atrix.
@@SyedBytes I saw it advertising in Ebay, saying that the units that seller had were brand new and in their original box. What yours? I'd love to get one just for the sake of remembering the one I originally had.
My father helped develop the hardware for this phone, it was the final project they did before Nokia started laying off everyone. They closed the operations they were running in Canada around 2008. I still have a prototype version laying in a bin upstairs I inherited from him.
It's really cool to see people still talking about something he was passionate about.
That's pretty awesome, this phone was really ahead of it's time. Hope he's still working in hardware!
You talk like you despise the N95. That phone was literally the king of smartphones back in the day. And probably sold more than the iPhone despite the price. Because it was just better in almost every way. There was nothing like it. Symbian was also so far ahead back then that it would put shame into even desktop operating systems. Even now that OS is way better in some aspects than ios and android os’s. It was a jewel alright but a rough one. It’s a shame that Nokia never truly polished it.
Btw both phones had 64mbs of RAM not 128.
The N95 was amazing when it came out in terms of features, nothing else like it. It was just very expensive but it had features that weren't available on other phones for years. I don't think I spoke poorly about the phone at all, always thought it was amazing and never had the chance to try it out when it was first released. It was the phone that did it all. You are right about the RAM on the N95 it was only 64, the iphone however did have 128. Anyway, thanks for watching!
America had N95-3 that had 128MB of RAM. Rest was exactly the same as N95-1.
I had one it was amazing way ahead of its time
All apple did right was put things together well in a TOUCH SCREEN
I got an n95 as soon as it was in the shop's back in 2007...I was very impressed by the camera and how well it performed in low light.
Also all of the other feature's...it was flawless when using it in hand's free mode while driving(without any fancy optional equipment) something that only the latest 2019 phone's are only catching up with due to better equiped ICE system's not the phone's them sellve's.
Another great thing was the GPS which was exellent as you did not have to buy one for your car and it was right there in your pocket/on your belt when ever you need it...Ahh the good old day''s.
Such a shame Nokia went belly up thank's to IOS/Android...in fact i was looking for something the other day and there It was in a plastic measuring jug.
Oh and one more thing...the battery lasted way longer and you did not need to buy a new memory card every couple of week's.
RIP Nokia N series.:(
I have N95 working, N97 working, samsung omnia working. N97 was the beast storage phone 32gb. Big wow was when i found my n97 in a drawer after 3 years and charge it up a little and bang power on( still oem battery in,newer replaced)
I loved and enjoyed that phone more than any other phone.
Nokia was not just a phone. It was a feeling....
And no brand can do that.
I think that although it has a low frame rate the video quality is pretty good for the era even better than the original i-phone
the OG iphone didn't even have video recording
@@thealterlion7163 it did not. But dont forget it was Apple’s very first smartphone.
N95 was packed with features. The original iPhone did not have all of them but Apple put a great HW and SW together. I still have a working iPhone at home in mint condition.
I remember when the first iPhone came out. People complained about its huge display, the lack of memory card slot, mms, bluetooth file transfer, radio. Most of the people believed that Apple will fail because iPhone wont be successful. I remember the endless arguments on tech forums about this phone.. Apple not only became one of the most significant smartphone maker but Nokia was forced out of business because people wanted iPhone or an iPhone like phone...
Sad how Nokia was once the biggest company and they completely disappeared within a few years after the iPhone..
Just searching N95 Nokia in 2019 and here I am reminiscing over one of my fav phones I had back in the day when they first came out! It was light years ahead of anything else at the time including the first iPhone, most people still had those awful flip style phones with the tiny screens 😯😊😁👍
I loved the dual flip mechanism, it was so smooth and satisfying to operate, I liked the built in stereo speakers, 3 5mm audio Jack, dedicated multimedia buttons, massive 8gb built in memory. I liked the chunky form factor and how from the back it appeared to look like a compact camera.
I remember comparing it to a friends iPhone and he was showing off his new 'superior' more expensive phone but seemed very disappointed that my phone had features that his iPhone lacked, the nokia had a Carl zeiss lens and 5mp camera with LED flash and a dedicated camera shutter button, his iphone only had a 2mp camera that couldn't even record video! 😁😯
Mine had a stereo fm radio the iphone didn't, there was no bluetooth feature or IR port on his, mine had both, the nokia had a good gps map system built in, his iphone had no gps or map!
The Nokia had far superior stereo sound compared to his iphone and a removable battery! It was clear the Nokia was a far better phone and half the price of the iphone! 👍😎 Missing my N95 8gb 🙁
Phone was definitely a beast back then, thanks for watching!
It also could plug to you TV plus you had mp4 video ringtones with no app. I still have mine and am looking for a flex cable
@@BlissinthemiX Yeah it had so many features that took it above and beyond the iphone at the time. Nokia were definitely a driving force in the mobile world back then👍😎
I’m a user of an iPhone, but I have to be honest, Nokia n95 was better than the first iPhone. It’s true, n95 worked in a traditional way instead of using the innovation of touchscreen, but anyway, you were able to do more things with n95. Apple improved their iPhones during the next years and these devices became incredible smartphones, but Nokia N95 was the king of 2007. In my opinion, the iPhones became relevant until 2010 with iPhone 4. It was a Good video by the way
Thanks for watching!
The iPhone has always been a few years behind the competition. The first iPhone was no exception.
I had a n95 in 2008, but it got stolen around 2012. pretty sad. I'm still missing today.
Sorry to hear that
My father had that phone in 2008 I wish I had this phone today simply amazing phone , nostalgia 🥰
1st iphone was just an expensive toy. So many things it couldn't do that N95 and other pda devices could at the time. Iphone 4 was when they finally caught up in capabilities.
The original iPhone was definitely super limited in its capabilities but with the capacitive touch screen it was also very forward looking
I agree
I had this phone when it came out and don’t remember been able to slide it down to get multimedia buttons. I’ve either just forgotten or never knew
Nokia N series is how you design mobile phones, simply as if you're holding art in your hand.
This was my first ever phone! Loved it!
GPS on N95 only worked well when the phone had the keypad exposed and had to lay it flat or at an angle of 45 degrees for the app to connect with the stattelite. Also the Nokia maps wasn't great Tom Tom hacked version worked well but the GPS reciever on the phone didn't work well. A huge downfall so an Bluetooth GPS reciever was used to get the TomTom working.
The 2 phones are both released in 2007
There is a symbian app that allows you to shoot RAW pictures. I installed it on my N73.
The N95 have 64MB of ram and not 128MB, the model with 128MB is the N95 8GB which released later on, not the one you show in the video.
Dang dude...loved this vid
Thanks for the support!
Basically that was an incredible phone back in 2007-2010 .
I loved that phone, I used to play so much Resident Evil Degeneration on it, was quite nice for its time.
What a camera😍
Iphone also came out in 2007
He said that
Pls do the SONY ERICSSON W880i
This was a credit card sized phone with loads of great stuff in it
I'll look into it! thanks for watching!
Should have gone with the same year but updated N95 8Gb... Better internals, bigger screen, bigger battery, and a MUCH better version of the N95 model of phone...
The way the iPhone was sold off it was like Apple had reinvented the wheel! I knew back then NOT to opt for iPhone, the only reason why I went for the iPhone 12 Pro Max (my first Apple phone) was due the size and spec, but it took 12 iterations of the iPhone to finally make it attractive, and the 12 Pro Max was not without its faults, I have since gone for the 14 Pro Max and things are getting better. In actual fact, it has taken Apple 14 attempts for their phones to come even close to NOKIA N95, which was way ahead of its time at the time. NOKIA as a brand was far superior to Apple. The touch screen on Apple is a pile, it sticks or is unresponsive - when typing the amount of times I have hit the right letter for it to input the wrong letter is beyond annoying. The only phone I have no tried is Samsung, and the thing that put me off those handsets were the exploding batteries.
in 2010 or 2011 i used to have it^^ I loved it
I had the N95 and loved it but I preferred my Sony Walkman w88i phone, didn’t get an iPhone till the iPhone 3GS
Could I still use it as a daily mobile?
Depends on what you use your phone for. If it's just to make calls and SMS message you could but really I would not recommend it.
@@SyedBytes why not?
First very smartphone ever! Had good camera, WIFI, 3G, Bluetooth, irda, FM , everything was in there...
Way ahead of its time
photos and video where much better then in this video
Yeah I suspect they were, I am not sure why they came out this way. It is possible that the unit I have the camera hardware was tampered with or changed out.
@@SyedBytes maybe camera cmos sensor was worn out
Does nokia n95 have front facing flash light ??
No flash on the front
I think both of the phone are great but the most one I liked is the Nokia N95 cause for that time it was so much popular more than the iPhone
Yeah but the iPhone changed all of that since iPhone came in.
My first multimedia phone n95 8gb😊
I think I killed my N95 by addictively sliding the slider back and forth too much, eventually, the screen started to not work and when it finally died I opened it up to see what I could see and found that id snapped the data ribbon that connected the screen to the phone. I was so sad. then after that, I got a Motorolla Atrix.
@Mr MEMé yea I was pretty damn cut about it.
The Samsung omnia i900 cost the same ..
1 dollar for a n95 today
Hah I think I got mine for around 30 or so on eBay
@@SyedBytes I saw it advertising in Ebay, saying that the units that seller had were brand new and in their original box. What yours? I'd love to get one just for the sake of remembering the one I originally had.
64mb ram!! N95-8gb was 128mb
1966-2023
Iphone is better. It changed the landscape of smartphones forever.
The n95 8gb is way better
Nokia siempre fue mejor que iPhone , aún teniéndo menos cosas .
bagus
N95 came 2006
It was announced at the end of 2006 and released in March of 2007