OK, so we weren't actually planning to do a formal unboxing, but the packaging is very different from previous Nseries smartphones, plus there was a surprise in the N95's box. Read on...
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Unboxing the production Nokia N95
Glad to see they're including hefty 2gb memory cards now! More of this please Nokia, you know they're not that expensive to manufacture.
It's crazy when phone manufacturers advertise a phone's memory capacity ("store up to 1000 music tracks!"😉 and then add in brackets "requires separate memory card purchase". It's like selling a PC without a HDD.
Incidentally Steve, I think the slogans are upside down because that bit of the box is upside down, from the photo it looks like it's meant to cover the phone. That or the packaging designer messed up... 😊
Yes, I think you're right - I think my box had been packed wrongly, with the box top cradling rather than cupping the main accessory box. Will amend main text.
Incidentally, have you noticed how the packaging emphasises using the N95 horizontally? The manual covers all have it being used horizontally, and the phone itself is packaged so you see it horizontally when you first open the box. (And of course the multimedia controls are designed to work when you hold the phone sideways.)
Also, I think FP2 or FP1 allow you to switch to horizontal mode, so you could use all future S60 models horizontally?
It's a small detail, but it might be one of those important ones that changes the way people think of the device. If it has a wide screen they might see it more like a computer than if it has a vertical one.
Apart from the obvious advantages horizontal displays have in video and web browsing, they're also excellent for games, and hopefully Nokia's next gen gaming platform will try to use horizontal modes as extensively as possible.
I loathe you intensely right now!!! 😡
Brilliant. I received Nokia's press release this morning advising that shipment has started. Will be waiting for the handset at my local Nokia shop.
It is a shame that the handset still has the red tint on the images as you mentioned. Looking foward to your review in the coming week.
Just to note that the 2GB card is not necessarily standard. These things vary by market and operator. The size of the memory card is one of the things operators can choose and I imagine some will try and save money...
"Just to note that the 2GB card is not necessarily standard."
Darn.
Hi. Are tere any piece of plastic on the screen, to protect it when you unbox it? I cant really see it on the pictures...
as long as this red tint wont be fixed by a firmware update, i wont buy this N95, i'm not ready to sell my N80IE to get a "bad coloured" pictures...comme on Nokia, it's a 5Mpix camera! power without control is nothing right?
"Hi. Are tere any piece of plastic on the screen, to protect it when you unbox it? I cant really see it on the pictures..."
All Nokia phones come with a protective plastic film on the screen to protect it during shipping. Come to think of it, all phones from all manufacturers come with a plastic screen protector don't they?
Nice that inside is 2Gb memroy card, but to bad is that this phone supports maximum 2 gb. So you can not purchase bigger...
krisse wrote:"Hi. Are tere any piece of plastic on the screen, to protect it when you unbox it? I cant really see it on the pictures..."All Nokia phones come with a protective plastic film on the screen to protect it during shipping. Come to think of it, all phones from all manufacturers come with a plastic screen protector don't they?
Ok, thanks. i just can't see it on the pictures. Did you take it of before taking the pictures? :? Your right that all phones comes with the plastic protective film, but some manufacturers has printet a picture on it. Which you cant use as a screen protecter then...
The box is enormous...Why:con? Well, the wait is over for some.
Andybill23 wrote:Ok, thanks. i just can't see it on the pictures. Did you take it of before taking the pictures? :? Your right that all phones comes with the plastic protective film, but some manufacturers has printet a picture on it. Which you cant use as a screen protecter then...Some of the N-Series (N73 for instance) devices do have a BIG NSERIES printed on the protective plastic, so it's indeed useless.
The bad news is that camera images still have that rose-tinted glow that has been much remarked upon. Let's hope that Nokia fixes this in a firmware update very, very soon!
I'm still waiting for the blue tint on the N73 camera to be sorted...
Tom
Story has been edited to indicate that this is limited edition packaging. The standard Nseries packaging will be used as seen in the earlier N95 photos. Sorry for any confusion caused.
TBH, exept for some reddish moiree-like noise between the smallest branches of the tree i can't say that i find the mars effect noticable. concerning the other picture: the white balance on the window framing seems ok, i can't make out any red!😊
I don't see a red tint in the sample photos. Is it just a problem under certain circumstances, like low light?
I can't understand why they have removed the anti-alaising on the text in the menu screens, it makes it look cheap and nasty. Yet the text within apps looks fine.
Compare screenshots of the N90 and the N95, the menus actually look better on the N90 and that is a lower res phone.
Does the N95 have the full quickoffice editors built in?
Ratkat wrote:I can't understand why they have removed the anti-alaising on the text in the menu screens, it makes it look cheap and nasty. Yet the text within apps looks fine.Compare screenshots of the N90 and the N95, the menus actually look better on the N90 and that is a lower res phone.
not true, n90 has a 352x416 pixel screen and the screensize is smaller ( 2 inch if i am correct), N95 has a 240x320 screen on 2.6 inch. So the pixel density on a n90 is much higher making it look better.
Regardless, a large amount of UI text on the S60 devices with QVGA screens is not anti-aliased making it look extremely ugly and inconsistent.
Compared to the devices with 352x416 screens where everything is anti aliased coupled with screens being smaller and having a much higher pixel density, this looks dated and ill fitting on a high end product like the N95.
This, along with the N95's mundane appearance and disappointing camera quality, will make sure I skip it and wait for S60 V3 FP2 devices with VGA screens... although I am a self confessed sucker for eye candy.
Will buyers be aware that the N95 music-player will only play 4 out of every 5 tracks selected, every fifth track being silent unless you purchase the key to fully enable the music-player, at around a fiver a month?
aaah... No... I may have got that wrong... It COULD be the much-vaunted built-in GPS facility that's crippled unless you subscribe... Yes! That's it... One of the N95's major selling-points, the GPS system, is the utility that remains silent until you pay the subscription... It will THEN give you turn-by-turn voice instructions.
Using silent GPS to navigate whilst driving unaccompanied, is positively dangerous, as without audible directions, the driver is forced to constantly look at the map-screen... I wonder who'll be the first GPS-navigating non-subscriber to depart this earth, leaving a blood-spattered N95 to their nearest and dearest.
Nokia, by leaving one of the main selling-points of your flagship device only Partially-Functional, you plummet in my estimation... Shame on you for squeezing extra cash out of your customers in order for them to fully-enable all the features of their handset!
Uh.... don't you mean... GPS, not GPRS?
I don't see it as such a safety concern. If you can't glance at your navigation software every now and then without becoming entirely consumed, maybe you should just concentrate on keeping two hands on the wheel while you drive around out there. Please.
Scary.
Hmm, this could be the one to lure me away from WM5. That video review was exceptional; although i hate the way the phone looks (it seems like they've released the N80's predeccessor after it in terms of the styling of the N95), those specifications really are pretty incredible.
If i can tack on as many widgets and apps as i can with my treo to this bad boy, i reckon it could well be time to head on back into the Nokia corral.
Unregistered wrote:Will buyers be aware that the N95 music-player will only play 4 out of every 5 tracks selected, every fifth track being silent unless you purchase the key to fully enable the music-player, at around a fiver a month?
Eh? What ARE you talking about? The music player on the N95 is fabulous. Doesn't miss any tracks.
And your rant about GPRS rather than GPS rather confirms that you don't really know what you're talking about.
Although for the record I agree that Nokia should have enabled the full voice navigation on the N95 by default. If you've just paid �500 for a device you shouldn't really have to pay extra to get something you probably thought you were getting built-in.
Having said that, I've just forked out for a navigation license for the built-in Maps and wil do lots of tests over the next couple of weeks.
Steve
Steve
pseudofinn wrote:Uh.... don't you mean... GPS, not GPRS?
I sure did... and it's not the first time that I've made that error! ... Corrected now, thanks. 😊
I don't see it as such a safety concern. If you can't glance at your navigation software every now and then without becoming entirely consumed, maybe you should just concentrate on keeping two hands on the wheel while you drive around out there. Please.Scary.
Unlike a quick glance in your mirrors or at the speedo, checking navigation on a tiny, detailed screen will on many occasions require considerably more than a brief look in order to establish your position and forewarn yourself of any signed deviation from your current route.
If you see no possible danger in this prolonged diversion of your attention whilst driving, then perhaps you're the one who should be concentrating solely on keeping both hands on the wheel at all times... Assuming you drive an automatic, of course! 😉
slitchfield wrote:Eh? What ARE you talking about? The music player on the N95 is fabulous. Doesn't miss any tracks.
Don't skim-read... My first paragraph is what is known as an attention-getter... and it worked! 😉
And your rant about GPRS rather than GPS rather confirms that you don't really know what you're talking about.
Nope, that's the way it may appear to a techno-head, granted... but to the average reader, hopefully it appears as what it is, an honest error in naming the satellite navigation system...
Although for the record I agree that Nokia should have enabled the full voice navigation on the N95 by default. If you've just paid £500 for a device you shouldn't really have to pay extra to get something you probably thought you were getting built-in. >snip<
EXACTLY!
Having said that, I've just forked out for a navigation license for the built-in Maps and wil do lots of tests over the next couple of weeks.
Had I spent as much on an N95 as yourself, I'd have little hesitation in subscribing to make my device fully-functional too! 😉
Can you give us what's the difference with Proto and Prod N95. Someone here is selling here and I'm not sure if it is Proto or Prod.