N95-1 to N95 8gb upgrade? — Nokia N95 and N95 8GB — All About Symbian Forum Archive

gavinglasgow 10 Dec 2008, 18:42

Is there any advantage to this upgrade?

I was offered this upgrade earlier today but to me its a kind of pointless upgrade because I could easily fling a 16GB card into my current phone (I currently use an 8GB anyway) whereas the N95 8GB is restricted.

Can anyone talk me around to the advantage?

Love & Moistness

GavinGlasgow

zxon 11 Dec 2008, 00:27

Get it, sell it, and keep your N95-1. Have some money in your pocket. 😊

gavinglasgow 11 Dec 2008, 13:18

Oooh now there's a thought! Why did that not occur to me?

(rushes off to ebay to see what the N95 8GB goes for...)

Cheers for the tip matie

N/A 11 Dec 2008, 13:22

The N95 8GB has a slightly bigger screen, and double amount of RAM, if it those things are worth anything.

RogerPodacter 12 Dec 2008, 00:38

the n95 8GB is better cause it has like 4 times the amount of RAM that the n95-1 has. plus the bigger screen.

zxon 13 Dec 2008, 01:27

Don't forget, you've already got an 8Gb card and as you rightly say you can easily get a 16Gb card to replace it... possibly from the money you get from selling the N95 8Gb.

RogerPodacter wrote:the n95 8GB is better cause it has like 4 times the amount of RAM that the n95-1 has. plus the bigger screen.

The RAM is only double in the N95 8Gb, and people have reported that the introduction of Demand Paging on the N95 Classic has made this less of an issue. The N95 8Gb's screen is only 0.2" bigger and yet the screen resolution is exactly the same so I don't personally see it as much of an advantage. Not enough to go through the hassle of transferring everything over from the old phone anyway.

The N95 8Gb also has a larger capacity battery (1200 mAh as opposed to 950 mAh) but if you've had your N95 long enough you've probably already bought a second battery for it. If not, you could get an official battery as well as a 16Gb card and still have plenty of money left over for a couple of rounds at the pub 😉