Nokia N95/E90 Converts?

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ahanda korama

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I'm looking for some honest opinions. I am still going sell the n95 to get an e90 b/c the features and it's standalone usability when i'm out of the country, but for going out at night and for a backup/pretty phone I am looking to get an iphone (not to mention im a apple fanboy and just want one). anyone who has made the switch? Any user comments that could steer me the right way My mind in not totally made up...so suggestions welcome.
 
I had an N95 and I love my iPhone. I find the RF much better on the iPhone and the internet usability much better, I am glad I made the switch. Why do you need another phone for international, the iPhone is quadband?
 
While I haven't used the phones you mention above, I have owned the N80ie, 6682, N70, N73, and one who's keypad butterflies out which I can't remember the name of, I would comment that the reasons for leaving were primarily these factors:

1. General slowness of OS. Clicking the Menu button left me hanging, but once it got the the menu I could shoot around pretty easily.
2. Slowness of applications. For example, wanting to record a voice-note, I couldn't just push a button and start talking; I had to watch the phone and wait for the recording indicator to come on.
3. Frustration on lack of apps from S60v2 to v3. Really not relevant to this, but really left me very frustrated and angry with Nokia.

This is not to say that the Nokia's are super slow; it's just that the "pause" when doing things was noticeable, and that kind of thing added up. I traded over to a WM phone, and that was just simply a complete disaster. If the iPhone was banished from the earth, I would go back to a Nokia phone.

The iPhone is much faster to use "overall", which is a nice change. The web browsing on the iPhone is so much easier than the Nokia because I touch where I want to go; I don't have to angle around the little pointer to click the link I want, then use a number pad for text entry on logins or url's. I guess there are other browsers out for Nokia now, but I haven't used them.

Another biggee for me is the battery life, which easily out-performs any other smartphone I've used. Really, really spectacular. I see others are having trouble, and just hope that's a minority - mine's freakin fantastic.

Whatever you choose - good luck!
 
quadband but i cannot put an int'l sim card in mine ( have intl numbers). What if I need GPS to get around the place? I dont want ot lug around another camera...and no...2mp will not cut it w/o flas and AF (or video). I want to be able to tether via bluetooth and use OBEX file transfers and stream music via BT...not just use a headet.
 
I hear you on that one. Nokia has made a HUGE improvement with this year's devicesw/ a processor that makes sense. Remember...N80 was the first S60v3 device and s60v2 is old in terms of tech. that said..the basics are sooooo nice on the iphone

i hate decisions that cost mt money
 
The E90's web browsing capabilities are far superior to any other S60's. In the s60 -forums I think you will find quite a few iphone>E90 converts that are very happy with the browser. I for one find it to be nearly as good as my old 770 Internet Tablet and in many cases superior with the built in qwerty.
 
I too had the N95 a few months back.
Great little phone, but the Battery was so bad that I sold it about a week or two later.
I mean whats the point if you use A2DP to listen to MP3's for an hour or so to have 1/2 the battery life left. WiFi was good, but even with the nice Nokia browser it didn't cut it.
The camera was the best deal out of it all. I loved the 5mp and upload to Flickr.
But being a Apple guy, the iPhone is the best all around phone I've come across. I guess I wanted all my other phone to work as well as the iPhone does with all my Apple stuff, ie email, iCal and iTunes.
The camera part doesn't even come close to the N95's and forget about video.
The iPhone's UI is good enough right now, I'll be upset if I can't change to MP3 ringtones soon, or customize the UI a bit, but if I have to live with it as it is, I will. Until iPhone 2.0 comes out.
 
I will say again its what do you want in a phone,i get 5 hrs of a2dp playback with the n95 and although the battery by far isnt the best, it only takes an hr to fully charge, also from the looks of these boards it seems it might be on par with the iphone, with the n95 im not happy with the ram on it, and again reading these threads it dont seem like the iphone handles it to well also, many threads on safari crashing or when using ipod then browsing phone crashing, i know without a doubt the ui on the iphone has to be so much nicer and smoother, but even that after a while will lose its luster, when u come to realize how much u are actually losing, there is no question and im sure no one can deny the e90 and the n95 are much more powerful devices overall, and they both sync to a mac and both use itunes for music transfer, and as for the ui on the e90 or n95 they both are leaps and bounds above the former s60 speed, im not saying its as smooth as the iphone again, Thats where i say its what you want in a phone.
 
I don't have neither phone, but, i'm very interested in getting 1 of the 2(N95 or iPhone)

I believe it's not nice to lie about fact(phone sizes) when stating your opinion, you can easily mislead people who are gathering information from these forum.

So far, i've read many pro and cons of both phone, and it really helps me understand what i'm getting myself into.

Please don't get upset when people catch you stating false information.
 
Had the n95 for 2 weeks. Sold it long before the iphone came out for a number of reasons;

-worst battery life ive experienced in a phone, wouldn't last an entire day of the use i needed out of it.
-browser, although the best of a mobile i had used, still not up to my standards
-the camera's great quality was useless when it took 5 minutes to snap a photo
-the keyboard was not as comfortable to type on as my w810
-NO QWERTY on a phone that desperately needs it
-it was bigger and thicker then I needed
-build quality was sub par (creaking/groaning), although generally this is not the case with nokia or n95's
-The ugliest UI i have used yet, aside from my old nokia 8801. Custimizable, sure, but still ugly and poorly transitioned
-buggy, poor ram (cannot open applications because too many open/being used?) slow and choppy
-Way tooo expensive considering an extra 200 bucks on the iphone
-GPS took too long to connect where I am, which made it far from usefull. As well, would often not be able to calculate a route.

Pretty much eveything on the iphone is superior in terms of my needs( esp. battery life). I was maybe expecting too much from the n95 before it finally arrived, but the same could have been said of my iphone. Its smoother, far less bugs, much prettier, smaller, better UI, better browser, and a qwerty type keyboard.
 
The decision will come down to what's most important to you. The n95's strongest point relative to the iPhone is the camera, which sealed the deal for me. The iPhone's strongest points are the UI and iTunes integration. Browsing is similar on both, except that the iPhone has a bigger screen and the touchscreen, which give it the edge. The n95 also has a few more "regular" phone features, such as a physical number keypad, MMS, as well as other touches such as the video out port and GPS. They are pretty similar on other media capabilities (youTube, non-DRM music) and connectivity (EGDE and Wi-Fi in the US). iPhone is a more solid device (no moving parts vs. a slider). World travelers might prefer the N95, since it is sold unlocked, and is thus compatible with local SIM cards that save on roaming chargers, and it's 3G in Europe. Stated battery life is definitely an advantage on the iPhone, although at least the n95 charges pretty quickly and it isn't nearly as bad as what the forums suggest (battery life has gotten a little better with the firmware upgrades).

It's hard to go wrong with either phone. Buy what makes sense for you and don't worry too much about what others think.
 
I had the N95 for about a month. Sold it when I got the iPhone. It was a neat phone but it was cumbersome to use when browsing anything. The UI has greatly improved from the N80 as well as the speed. But, I switched to the iPhone because most of my music were bought from iTunes and to have it play on N95 was a cumbersome process. Now, with the iPhone, I have one device for music and phone.
 
There is truth to what yot say, but new firmware has fixed many of those gripes. It will get better too. That said, the iphone is less stressful to use. However, i dont agree on the UI comment. The interface is very intuitive and more customizable. Not as simple and elegant, but much more powerful since it works more like finder.
 
Some of these iphone owners need to lie to justify their purchase. I had a w800 and the n95 is a little bigger than it. What the iphone has that is better, is the bigger screen. I think the other features it has are far behind. I will like to see the version 2 of the iphone, then I might buy it.

He said the gps didn't work where he lives, he must be using it in the basement.

I used the GPS in his location when I visited Canada last month. No problems!
 
I have the N95 (which I dont use really). Awesome camera and thats about it. Just dont think its worth the price I paid for it and the build quality is poor. I ordered an iPhone on the 29th from Apple.com, big mistake, still waiting to recieve it. The N95 is going up for sale as soon as I get it.
 
Yeah but add in the price of an additional battery so it lasts as long, and extra memory so it can store as much, and the cost is substantially higher.
 
I can understand that someone who is required to run certain software, or may have very specific needs out of their phone would definately love the custimizable and easy to access nature of the symbian. yet, as an average consumer with no such needs, it does not appeal to me to a huge degree. Having said that, I would like to see a fully upfdated n95 just to compare.
 
See, this chap understands what the iPhone is and what the E90 is. The iPhone is perfect for casual/non-work use or as a "style phone" - sorry Nokia (and Vertu ). The E90 is (to steal the GMC tag line) "professional grade." Yes it makes the iPhone look like a toy (as do most S60 phones) but the iPhone is a different sort of device. I still contend that if Jobs did not have his "it is teh b3st smartphon evah11!!!!" statement we would not see this nearly level of contention regarding the Apple device. Personally I never remember hearing from people anything to the extent of "my RAZR has better functionality than your 6630" but only "your phone is so thick!" Basically the same situation all over again.

The E90 is not for everyone. Hell, I would not buy one, the much smaller E61i I own fits my needs much better
 
Steve , you do make some good points, but ill comment on a few also, the gps now takes less than 30 seconds for me to connect, and that said not to get into a war bewtween the 2 the iphone doesnt even have it.You said best browser u had used ona a mobile but not up to your standards,what are your standards, because aside from the touch screen on the iphone, it cant save pictures and rss feeds i think like the n95 can it.the ui, i will agree on the iphone is smooth and nice, but then thats it there is nothing more this is it and u live with it, to me it will get stale. The camera on the iphone isnt worth comparing so i rather not comment, but ide rather wait the 5 seconds instead of 2, for the quality of the pics you get.The iphone is actually bigger and weighs more than the n95, ys thinner but bigger and heavier.To comment on buggy maybe you just have a great working model on the iphone, because looking thru the threads and countless reviews of the safari crashing, battery life not up to par,volume problems, ipod crashing while browsing, signal problems, and lack of standard features thats a hard pill to swallow. the n95 is $100 more for various reasons, while not as pretty its just so much more powerful over all and so many more features. If you are happy with the iphone thats all that matters, im very happy with my n95 and for my needs i need more than a pretty interface to spend $600 on a device.
 
microSD card 2GB is 25 bucks... (i just bought mine last week for my E61i) and i don't know about you but my roomate has been using N95 without extra battery and he can use it a full 1 day... He is just like me, we both have habits to charge phone every night so I don't know about you...
also, i barely filled my 2GB iPod Nano so the 2GB micro SD is fine... if u need extra then meh you can always buy extra memory card...
Again, I'd rather have more features than looks.

I always changed phone every 6-8 months so buying a 600 bucks phone with no feature (or at least I have to wait for firmware updates... so i heard) is just infeasible for me.. i need the feature NOW not later

different people, different needs
 
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