Flashback: the Nokia N95 was a high point for Symbian but also the beginning of the end

12 April 2020
This phone seemed to have everything but it came out only months before the iPhone, which changed the mobile world forever.

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  • Anonymous
  • ypc
  • 02 Mar 2023

Smartarse, 09 Oct 2021I guess all you need now is a time machine back to 2007...Nokia Symbian OS 👌👍❤️❤️ good

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    • Smartarse
    • nxx
    • 09 Oct 2021

    Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020Just ordered a refurbished N95 8GB on eBay!I guess all you need now is a time machine back to 2007...

      I think its interesting the comparison between iphone and the N95 - regardless of the fact that the iphone couldn't MMS and couldn't record video - everyone forgets the iphone was only available on AT&T.

      This is what made the N95 an extremely popular phone. I had one back then. I also had an iphone that was jailbroken with a spoof SIM card so that I could use it in another country lol... TBH hands down preferred the N95

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        • Habib wardak
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        • 09 Nov 2020

        Such a great time we all had with Nokia and this was the best Nokia could offer I have used this phone for many years then shifted to Nokia c7 and used it for 7 years until hmd showed up and brought android to Nokia and I ordered from China the first Nokia android phone Nokia 6 which is still with me as my daily driver, fell many times over 6 feet but still working. It's not just the phone but the era was also without tensions like these days so we loved many things created then and there was no one to compete

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          • Anonymous
          • kgN
          • 15 Sep 2020

          Just ordered a refurbished N95 8GB on eBay!

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            • Fvd
            • 14 Sep 2020

            I've had N95 8GB and it truly is one of my all time favs. Well-rounded unit with great capabilities for that time. I was crushed when Android won, same as Americans were crushed when Coca Cola changed it's formula.

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              • Andrei88
              • nDy
              • 13 Sep 2020

              I still own a N95 and is working perfectly. I am using it sometimes just to remember the old times and is always a pleasure!

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                • AnonD-785804
                • D02
                • 30 Apr 2020

                msharif77, 12 Apr 2020Wow, I am always checking your website every other hour and... moreI disagree. They even produce hallmark designs as original Nokia does and the feature phone segment too. I still could relate Nokia 1100 with Nokia 105.

                  how many times will you be saying this

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                    • AlienKiss
                    • 3RM
                    • 16 Apr 2020

                    Paul, 15 Apr 2020The Windows phones Nokia made were far better than the Andr... moreI used to provide software support for windows mobile for 2 mobile brands. It had more bugs and glitches than a sloth! Battery problems, heating problems, freezing problems, not to mention that almost every caller complained about the lack of apps and demanded a refund. Also, most of the apps that were available were not optimized at all.
                    The fact that you couldn't disable the tile view was one of the things that I hated the most. No customizations = I'm better off with a crapple phone.
                    If things would have been the way you said, there would be no android now. Even Microsoft migrated to Android! Need I say more?
                    And Meego was a complete failure! Symbian was the best Nokia ever seen before jumping to Android, but too late. Now it's just another china replica brand. It will soon join HTC and LG. Just watch.

                      AlienKiss, 14 Apr 2020Meego was the worst os Nokia had, right after windows mobil... moreMegoo was the ahead of its time.. Did even use any particular phones? I did.. Today's all UI has minimum common usabilities as Megoo or Plam os or symbian or fire os.. That's why today android is my favourite (Raw desktop fan specially linux and windows along with os x).. Just compare because symbian had similar UI as we use in android..

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                        • Paul
                        • pwx
                        • 15 Apr 2020

                        AlienKiss, 14 Apr 2020Meego was the worst os Nokia had, right after windows mobil... moreThe Windows phones Nokia made were far better than the Android ones.
                        I found the Windows mobile platform far more stable than the Nokia Android phone I am using today.

                          Used to be a dream phone of mine. That five megapixels camera was amazing at the time. The accelerometer sensors were futuristic by then and playing asphalt with them was kind of cool. Though that is no match for today's technology, I think the dedicated music controls were something useful. I really miss them and wish new devices would have them.

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                            • adi
                            • HKy
                            • 14 Apr 2020

                            AlienKiss, 14 Apr 2020Meego was the worst os Nokia had, right after windows mobil... moreWhat a nonsense!

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                              • AlienKiss
                              • 3RM
                              • 14 Apr 2020

                              SP3r3 Leader, 13 Apr 2020Bless me. I wanna remake the original Nokia with symbian wi... moreMeego was the worst os Nokia had, right after windows mobile.
                              If they only adopted Android when it first appeared, Nokia would still be king now, instead of a china brand that makes bad phones and slaps the logo on them in the hope that the majority don't realize it. Face it. They're history now.

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                                • GharF
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                                • 13 Apr 2020

                                Jhnu brasco, 12 Apr 2020Nokia E72 used it 3 years. The best ever.Haha, I tossed the E72 to the wall because I was so immensely frustrated with it. The E71 was a lot better.

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                                  • Chandan911
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                                  • 13 Apr 2020

                                  Relived the moment.
                                  I hv used the n 95 and i thought that was the best os and best camera phone with gaming.
                                  You remember the ngage platform for asphalt and the video.
                                  Put a flash on the n8 next time as i m missing that too, best camera phone with carl zeiss and xenon flash.

                                    Bobby, 13 Apr 2020Symbian was the best ever made OS. I'm really sorry that ap... moreBless me. I wanna remake the original Nokia with symbian with meego coating

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                                      • Bobby
                                      • jE6
                                      • 13 Apr 2020

                                      Symbian was the best ever made OS. I'm really sorry that apple came with that piece of sh!t and wiped symbian off. Symbian could do multitasking with only 128mg of ram better than android with 12 gigs of ram and ios (the wrost ever made os) with 6 gigs of ram

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                                        • Arup
                                        • utg
                                        • 13 Apr 2020

                                        My Lumia 808 Pureview was beast at that time....