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Falling In Love With My Nokia N95 Again

October 19th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

I cracked the screen on my Nokia N95 a few weeks ago when i stupidly slammed my car door on it. Whilst my phone was being repaired a few friends loaned me their old handsets. They were so awful, that when I finally got my Nokia N95 back yesterday I nearly cried. Well, not quite, but it was amazing how better my Nokia N95 felt in my hand, even before I started using it again. It really reinforced my belief that the Nokia N95 is the best phone on the market.

The first phone I tried to use was the Blackberry Pearl. I have a real dislike of Blackberry’s which probably isn’t justified, as I’ve never actually used one. I’ve never even picked one up I hate them so much. Why? Well, I hate Blackberries because I don’t like the typical Blackberry user, who only have one because of the corporate image, and not because they genuinely believe it is the best mobile email device. In fact, most of them have never even tried another smartphone.

After trying to use the Blackberry Pearl for about 10 mins I gave up and took my sim card out. I found the rollerball so difficult and frustrating to use, I didn’t even get around to setting up my email accounts. The final straw was when I tried to send an SMS and I just couldn’t get my heard around the QWERTY keyboard. For the life of me I couldn’t get my brain to adjust to a QWERTY keyboard on a phone, so I gave up and switched to a Sony Ericsson P990i that had been loaned by another friend.

The P990i was slightly better than the Blackberry Pearl, and was actually quite efficient apart from having to use the stylus i.e. two hands to access some functions. This was the main reason I switched from my P900 to Series 60 handsets, and I’ve never regretted the move.

My main beef with the P990i was the size. It was too big to put in my trouser pockets, and I hated carrying it to meetings as it was soo big it drew too much attention for the wrong reasons.

I’m just so glad to have my Nokia N95 back. It’s such a great handset that it’s going to be hard for Nokia to improve it. For me it’s one of Nokia’s best ever handsets, alongside greats like the Nokia 7110 (’Matrix’ phone).

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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#1

Comment by keikun17 on 19 October 2007:

feel lucky, a nokia 5110 would have survived that car door slam incident and break your car door beyond repair instead :p kidding aside, have fun with your n95 and be careful with it next time
#2

Comment by Serg V on 19 October 2007:

Congradulation that your phone was repair. I like my old phone too, and don’t want change it for new fashion model. Main feature for me it convenience of using. Be careful with your Nokia in future
#3

Comment by Harishankar on 19 October 2007:

I am hearing a lots of reviews from my friends on N95 saying its ultimate, awesome etc etc. Here in this blog, I often see Everton screaming too. Non of my friends were able to tell me what exactly is there on the phone more than my N70, to make it such awesome phone. I am still waiting for a right answer from someone to switch to N95. Meanwhile, does this phone have a good email client like in MS phones?
#4

Comment by Kline on 19 October 2007:

yea, nokia puts out some cool stuff.. i have a n800, which isnt a phone, but its the coolest gadget around.. ipod touch killer.. so much better.

i even like it a bit more than my vaio UX
#5

Comment by Everton on 19 October 2007:

the nokia email client is good.

Beware of the MS email service if you don’t have an unlimited data plan as it is very inefficient - up to 3x data usage
#6

Comment by Tom on 19 October 2007:

Congradulation that your phone was repair.
#7

Comment by Zath on 21 October 2007:

I’m pleased you’ve got your beloved N95 back mate, I’m still tempted to get one myself and reading things like this doesn’t do a great deal for my wallet!

My Orange E650 with it’s slide-out QWERTY keyboard is very handy, however it does seem a bit slow to respond alot of the time and has no 3G.

But then I’m not in a 3G network area most of the time, so I suppose it’s not such a big deal, but perhaps I may switch over to the N95 (or it’s replacement) when my contract comes to an end in April.
#8

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