UK iPhone versus Nokia N95 8GB

slitchfield · #1 18-09-2007, 09:35 AM

I've spent plenty of hands-on time with both the Apple iPhone (now announced in the UK) and the Nokia N95 8GB (announced at Go:Play last month). These two 'black beauties' are the smartphone flagships for Christmas, but how do they fare against each other? Where are their strengths and which one comes out on top? Here's my rundown - iPhone versus N95 8GB.

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Jay3gsm · #2 18-09-2007, 10:10 AM

Feature wise the N95 is streets ahead of the iPhone. As it stands, with the announcements on iPhone pricing today, I'd quite happily take the Sony Ericsson W960i over the iPhone too.

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Ratkat · #4 18-09-2007, 11:24 AM

On a Mac...using the Nokia Multimedia Transfer you can also sync music with iTunes and pictures with iPhoto.

And it works great too!!!!

And you forgot to mention the SIP VOIP Intergration as well

jah · #5 18-09-2007, 12:27 PM

I've been using Core Player on my E90 and I love OGG format music. With the iPhone you are stuck with what Apple lets you do! In technology and flexibility the £900 iPhone really looks like a poor proposition. I suggest people wait 6 months for the 3G iPhone with 16GB of flash - but even this will not be worth nearly £900!

Tzer2 · #6 18-09-2007, 12:55 PM

It's funny... considering how primitive its hardware is I bet Apple could afford to sell the iPhone at a real mass market price ($300 to $400 sim-free, nothing on contract), and they could really grab market share, but they're not doing that.

Apple seem to prefer very high profits from a relatively small share of the market, rather than low margins on mass market products.

"Paired with a Bluetooth keyboard, the N95 8GB can, for short periods, replace phone, camera, camcorder, music player, navigation device, laptop, games console and Blackberry, among others."

...and paired with a TV too it's even better!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bbU35ybA3Ow

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hWek4jmkYnQ

Sergey Zak · #7 18-09-2007, 03:27 PM

Those are quite fair judgements by you, gentlemen.
Let's now consider how fast it took Apple to create a real contender for the 1st place in the smartphone arena.
Nokia was there 10 or more years or what?
Why did not think of usability real seriously

mattrad · #8 18-09-2007, 03:30 PM

(not intending to troll or start a flame war BTW)

I've been using S60 since the 7560, but I'm still toying with getting an iPhone rather than an N95. Why? Well in most regards the N95 easily outclasses the iPhone, but not in terms of:

* being an iPod - the N95 isn't, and nor does it interact quite so cleanly with iTunes

* being a read/write web device. In my next <ahem> internet communicator, I want to be able to interact with the web, do my banking etc. and generally have more of a desktop experience. From all the reviews I can see, the N95 is a great web browser, but only if you're not looking to fully interact with web sites when mobile. If this is wrong and you can, for example, bank successfully using the N95 browser, please clue me in.

Cheers
Matt

Ratkat · #9 18-09-2007, 05:05 PM

Matt

On my N95 I can logon to my HSBC bank account and make payments, transfer money etc etc with no problems.

Funnily enough the Nokia Web Browser is based on Apples Safari browser, but unlike the iPhone the Nokia browser also has limited flash support.

The N95 does give reasonable performance as a music player, but as you say it isn't an 'iPod', personally I prefer to have a seperate iPod anyway so I will get a iPod Touch instead of an iPhone.

Tzer2 · #10 18-09-2007, 05:19 PM

I've just realised what Steve's article photo reminds me of:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/image...a958gbtiny.jpg

http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/image...PL._AA280_.jpg

Which phone is which villain? :-)

#11 18-09-2007, 06:41 PM

Music is very slick on the N95? Well, the Music Player is a p.o.s., there's no even gapless playback.

slitchfield · #12 18-09-2007, 06:48 PM

@mattrad: Yep, S60 Web is fine for online banking. Never had a problem, other than with screen size and having to scroll a lot. That's why I now have the E90... [smirk] 8-)

Tzer2 · #13 18-09-2007, 07:14 PM

"Music is very slick on the N95? Well, the Music Player is a p.o.s., there's no even gapless playback."

Steady on now, apart from gapless playback there's not really any major problems with the N95's music player.

I don't think most people would notice gapless playback anyway, the vast majority of music tracks are mixed to end with some silence anyway. The N95 just extends that silence by a second or so.