Nokia N95 camera review: High five
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- LEXIE
- PT}
- 16 Aug 2007
I've just bought an N95 with 12.0.013 version/software. I just wanna ask you guys if you also experience these things...about the review key (your shortcut key to your gallery at the right side of the n95), does it really blink twice after using your phone even if you did not activate or use either your camera or review key? how many shots did you have when you chose burst in the sequence mode of the camera? Do you have a same number of shots when you repeat the burst option in your sequence mode? because the maximum number of shots i came up to is 6 but sometimes 2 or 3 and sometimes 1? do u also experience this thing? thanks for those who'll respond with these concerns of mine.
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- AK
- kWB
- 15 Aug 2007
What is the picture size of the reduced sample? (The one that is more clear)
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- N.M.
- in%
- 04 Aug 2007
I just got a N95 this week (in the sand colour - I'm not sure if i like it but hey it came with free JBL speakers:P). I've gotta say this phone is awesome! I also have a K800 and whilst I love it, and thought I'd never go away from Sony Ericssons, the N95 has managed to convince me...
In having both phones I've had a chance to try them out and as for the camera quality, the N95 in normal daylight conditions kicks the K800's ass. In low light or at night time the K800 does do better (a Xenon flash will do that) but even still, the N95 quality isn't that bad.
the one thing that used to annoy me about the K800 was the video quality, so with the N95 it wins here too - quality is heaps better. Even the video call quality is way superior to the K800.
I haven't had any problems with the slide mechanism yet... i had a 6280 and that was a piece of crap with it's mechanism. the slide function on the N95, in my opinion, is fine and I think will last the distance. I tend to answer the phone with the phone closed and only slide it up if i need to use the keypad, so I'm hoping this will help the longevity of the sliding parts as well.
I was a bit worried about the battery life after reading the review, but i have to say i'm really impressed with mine - i'm making and receiving about 20 calls a day, 2 or 3 video calls, about 30 text and a couple of emails and a bit of web browsing (all in one day), and my battery's lasting about 2 and a half days. I think that's quite impressive.
all in all if you're thinking about this phone i would say go for it! I used to be a dedicated sony ericsson gal, but i have to say Nokia's persuaded me otherwise with the N95...
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- faipre
- Tmp
- 05 Jul 2007
Iwant Programs for nokia N95.
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- B. Jones
- PNP
- 23 Jun 2007
I cant resist commenting again. I love my n95
To the lads and lasses at GSM Arena, i always use your site/reviews in judging which mobile i will upgrade to next. You guys and www.mobile-review.com are the most extensive reviewers i have found on the net. Love your work, keep it up
For those of you that have been bagging gsmarena, let me say this. ITS A FREE SERVICE. gsmarena doesnt charge us to view there website/reviews, and they are very extensive in there content. I dare say the people that do the reviews are technology enthusiasts that use there spare time to help us poor saps out by giving us a bucklet load of info about a product that is now in main stream societies everywhere ie mobile phone.
I loved comparison between the n95 and the sony digicam. Of course the Sony digicam would take better images. The point of that review was to see how far mobile phones equipped with digital cameras have come. Well done gsmarena, boo to the people who could not grasp that concept (i refer to other users opinions posted).
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- B. Jones
- PNP
- 23 Jun 2007
I just purchased the n95 earlier in the week and i have nothing but praise...so far.
My major concern before purchasing it was the poor battery life nearly all reviews comment about. I am very happy/surprised The battery lasts me 3 full days until i need to charge it. Thats with an average amount of phone calls, msgs, video and photo capture as well as normal usage exploring all the phones features.
For those who love the se k800's image capture quality, i refer you to its poor video capture quality. Arguements can be made between which camera takes the best photo's but without a doubt i believe the n95 takes the best videos - its audio recording (when recording videos) alone surpasses other phones available (at least in Australia). Therefore in this users opinion, the n95 wins for image/video capture.
Also the camera lense/flash area of the n95 does not protrude as far out from the rear of the phone as the k800 - a much sleeker design if you will.
I read gsmarenas reviews of the n95 extensively before purchasing it. One of the comments made was its poor slide mechanism. The reviewer did say to check the mechanism of the unit before purchasing, so far its perfect, much better than my previous nokia 6280. But the reviewer was spot on about the creaking noises between the top and bottom it eminates when the phone is slide up to reveal the numeric keypad. When pressing the menu button (or similar buttons around it) there are slight creaking noises. To me this isnt a major issue, the creaks arent that bad and dont seem like they could get worse. HOWEVER how it fares over time will be an interesting factor.
If you live in Australia, dont expect any GPS maps preloaded on the n95. There are only asian cities on my particular unit, great if i am in Asia, not so great in Perth, Western Australia.
I could go on but this comment is getting tooooo long. To some up
Pro's - This phone has the most features of any phone available in Australia, and those features tend to be at the high end of the sprectrum (eg 5mp camera, auto focus, carl z optics, videos at 640 x 480 @ 30fps, 1gb memory card included, its construction is well thought out (apart from creaking noises when phone is slid up)
Con's - The main LCD screen is exposed - NO hard plastic protecting it from scratches & accidental pressure etc (In Nokia's defence they counter this by including a plastic film to insert over the screen to prevent scratches as well as a very cool leather case, wether thats Austrlia specific i dont know.
Can only VIEW office files, not alter them
Any others cons are outwayed by the phones features, style and construction - BEST PHONE AVAILABLE.....so far
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- Anton
- PTU
- 13 Jun 2007
GREAT review, GSM arena is top-notch for any reviews.
I got a very early N95 and it's fantastic, some software glitches and the camera application could be better.
I chose
Based on scene mode [Auto]
Flash [off]
white balance [auto]
exposure comp [-0.5]
Colour tone [normal]
light sens [auto]
contrast [normal]
Sharpness [soft] This is the important bit as the "sharpness" is just awful, not you will need to reset this each time you change back into camera mode (Software bug)
It takes superb images as nice as my regular (super compact 5MP) camera, especially in good light.
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- Roger
- R0K
- 04 Jun 2007
Well i have not get one yet but i read and dream all the time about mine.....may be some day i will get one
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- 16 year old kid
- RKn
- 29 May 2007
This fones got a great cam. You can never really tell that its from a mobile fone especially in day snaps. Good job Nokia. I love this fone. I now have a real reason not to bring my digicam in simple occassions. Highly recommend to those that can afford. Thanks to my mom.
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- Anonymous
- 46i
- 20 May 2007
This phone takes pictures like my GS500 camcorder!*
* see: BAD.
Seriously, if my 1MP camcorder can do 4MP stills like this, there is something wrong with the sensor.
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- Siddharth Choudhary
- iww
- 18 May 2007
N95 seems to be a good choice for people like me that love to take pictures and want to live with the technology.
The looks of the phone is simply dashing and prices are also affordable for 5MP phone.
Currently I am using the K790i and planning to shift to N95 soon. My brother has just bought N95 and I am happy with the phone performance. The flash is surely not as good as K790i has but the picture and video quality is better than K790i.
Those of you have extra money in their pocket should go for N95 otherwise K790i or K800 is well balanced phone.
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- jEnNiFeR
- j5f
- 15 May 2007
the n95is very good phone...there have any country gps.....the function is very nice...........@!>~
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- Anonymous
- mB$
- 04 May 2007
The combination of sharpening, noisreduction and jpeg compression affect the photo quality severely. They could do much better on such a nifty gadget
Paul
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- michelle rocha
- P0i
- 03 May 2007
and night shots? i'd like to see night shots with N95, this Flash is a Joke!!! nothing compares with K800i camera yet, nothing.
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- jk
- mgL
- 03 May 2007
I have it 2 weeks and:
- battery is totally bad
- navi is like a joke
Don't buy this phone if you would like to use it like a practical unit.
That's all, regards.
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- MfA
- 29 Apr 2007
This is simply an awsome phone in the market. I am a fan of PDA-phone as PDA-phone able to install lots of software and has full of features. But N95 seems to bit all phone and even surpass the PDA-phone's features. The only lacking is it is using Symbian OS and may have limited software support from third party. Just my opinion!
regards,
hh @ http://howhai.com
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- Anonymous
- M3s
- 29 Apr 2007
ive had the nokia n95 for a month now, and it did take a while for me to get used to it, however i think it is a great handset, im constantly on the phone and the battery life serves me well even after listening to mp3 and using the number of features this phone has been able to pack in, have yet to test the navigation services, its not very clear how if u do pay for the license for the navigaition, does it still require u to pay for downloading the required maps? i have downloaded maps off n-series site but i dont think it really did anythin apart from updating the file version which is on the phone. i think the speaker quality is amazing for playing back my mp3, video capture in nightclub is amazing really high resolution, and i beg to differ about the quality betweeen this handset and the one of the k800i, the carl zeiss 5.0 mp takes great photos and makes the k800i look turd. Also love the Wlan surf the internet for free, but i think thats becomming illegal also cause i heard sum ppl got knicked cause they was using the wifi lappies outside ppl's houses.Snakes is really cool game. the file manager lets u sort out whats saved between ur phone and memory card. The music player features are kinda cool, visualisation, like ur windows media player, album art or visualisations. Screen size is really great. The second menu is really cool, allows u to view individually each application the handset has with personalised background images. It comes with decent headphones and they are better than the n73. The phone has not crashed on me or even become slow, mind u i do have a 2.0gb card. Apart from that im happy with this handset, i cant understand why guys are disliking this phone, it will make the iPhone look ridiculous when it hits stores this year.
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- Anonymous
- D8X
- 27 Apr 2007
The N95 is a rubbish phone. This is nokia symbian at it's worst! The camera's still pictures when imported to a p.c or similar base are directly comparable to the S.E K800i. They are no better! The video capture is in 'mpeg4' format so good for handset playback but when on any screen bigger than 7" pixelates and for a *30* frames per second recording rate isn't good ebough. No where near good enough to be shouting about a direct to t.v out anyway! Just a reminder that Samsungs D900 and U600 both record video in 'mpeg4' aswell.
The GPS is SLOW, VERY SLOW! The cost of £47.08 for a 3 year subscription is fair although serves no purpose unless you'd like the voice prompted navigation, distance traveled/left and current speed (very inacurate)! The fact that the unit was unable to find me in central London and then in 4 seperate cities does nothing for the handset either.
The web broser although seems like a good idea and looks very smart, trying to type sideways with your thumb is difficult and uncomfortable. It's also unable to play the majority of java aplets and and rejects any video of any kind.
The 'Media' mode is painfully slow to load and lags like crazy! The jpeg thumbnails even when theres only 20 pics on the phone refuse to load even remotley quick. It's an all round useless phone! I work as a sales advisor for O2 UK so i have access to the majority of handsets on the market. I will personally never recommend this phone as S.E's k800i has set a bench mark for Handsets now. All in all, don't buy an N95 because they're not very good at all! Simpple.
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- gloria
- Yck
- 25 Apr 2007
The camera itself for this phone is already a good deal. However, I would personally think that they would need some improvement for users taking self portraits --like me. I enjoy snapping pictures with friends, but then it's really difficult to see how your photo will turn out until you've finished taking the picture. Perhaps this can be a new improvement to the n93i. The flipping motion of the phone conisist of two clicks. One for the recorder, and secondly for phone usage. It would be a nice improvement to just have the phone option as primary and recorder as secondary.
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- Vik Mann
- Uqs
- 24 Apr 2007
Phone is ok. For the price it does not offer much.... i was using N73 before and would recommend it over N95. The gallery is much slower then N93. Headphones of N73 were better. N95's Camera is good but i would suggest you to go in for N73 and buy a good digi. cam instead.... nothing beats that.
N95 is great style though.