Nokia N95 Review

The headline features of the eagerly-awaited Nokia N95 are mouth-wateringly amazing:

• Built-in GPS navigation
• 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss & Tessar optics
• Wi-Fi wireless internet connection
• 2.6 inch display with 16 million colours
• Ultra-fast HSDPA data transfer

Features of the Nokia N95 include:

• Series 60 Symbian interface (version 3.1)
• 5 megapixel camera (2592 x 1944 pixels) with Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens, autofocus, flash (auto redeye reduction), 20x digital zoom
• Video camera: MPEG4/3GP VGA video capture at 640 x 480 pixels and 30 frames/second with digital stereo microphone (AAC format) and 10x digital zoom
• Front camera for video calling: CIF resolution (352 x 288 pixels)
• Video and still image editors
• Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels (2.6 inches)
• Digital music player (supports MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA/M4A formats) with playlists and equalizer
• Stereo FM radio with Visual Radio support
• Built-in GPS navigation
• Speaker independent name dialing
• Voice commands
• Voice recorder
• Talking ringtone
• Integrated hands-free speaker
• Speed dialing
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email (support for attachments)
• Push to talk (PoC)
• Java games
• Memory: 160 Mbytes plus microSD memory card slot (4 Gbytes or 8 Gbytes)
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, Infrared, TV-Out, WLAN (802.11 b/g), 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
• Advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry
• Logs: dialed, received, and missed calls
• WAP, EGPRS class B, WCDMA/HSDPA (3.6Mb/s download)
• Quadband plus 3G
• Size: 99 x 53 x 21 mm
• Weight: 120g
• Talktime: 160 minutes (3G) - 240 minutes (2G)
• Battery standby: 215 hours

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Nokia 6300 Mobile Phone Review (Camera, MP3 Player, Radio, Organiser) - Series 40

Great Features

• Beautiful TFT screen: 16 million true colors, 240 width x 320 pixels height (31 x 41 mm)
• 5 pin Mini usb port - so you can add custom ringtones, games, wallpaper and move photos off the microSD card quickly and easily.
• Includes Opera web browser for WAP 2.0/xHTML
• 2 Megapixel (1600×1200 pixels) camera that can also take video (176×144 QCIF format) onto the included 128 microSD card.
• FM stereo radio (bundled Nokia Stereo Headset HS-47 brushed black metal look) and MP3/MP4/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ player
• Easy to use Organiser for meetings & todo items and Java MIDP 2.0 applications like: Calculator, World Clock, Nokia Sensor, Bluetooth Presenter, Converter II
• Bonuses: Flashing blue LED light on each side of the phone if you’ve received an SMS, missed a call or have an overdue ToDo item, Built-in hands free speakerphone, Reliable Nokia Series 40 3rd edition operating system, Customisable Alarm and Reminder ringtone/MP3

Annoying Problems

• You have to immediately stick on a screen protector otherwise you will really regret it when the brilliant quality screen gets scratched after a few weeks
• USB Port cover is difficult to open - It was so frustrating that I ended up cutting it off
• If used really heavily the BL4C 860mAh battery can go flat within 1 day, with normal use it lasts me 3 days maximum.

  If you read old reviews complaining that the battery lasts only 1 day with light use ignore them because the new Nokia 6300 firmware fixes that problem

• The vibrate feature isn’t as powerful as my old Nokia 1600 so it’s sometimes possible to not notice incoming SMS or calls when the phone is set to silent vibrate only
• You need a miniUSB data cable to use Nokia PC suite, add your own MP3 ringtones, wallpapers and themes etc but it’s not included in the 6300 package. You’ll have to go to a computer store and buy it there (less than $10)