Unboxing the Nokia N95 8GB

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Up close and personalIt's here, it's Black and it's very, very 'Bad'. And it's a production Nokia N95 8GB, not a prototype - this is the real deal. Read on for loads of close-up photos, plus screenshots and observations of this new, blisteringly fast stunner (Updated)

We'll be bringing you more coverage in due course, but here's something to whet your appetite. 

Unboxing - initial pics

Unboxing - initial pics

Unboxing - initial pics

Unboxing - initial pics

Here the redesigned (compared to the N95) back of the device.
The camera surround has been changed to accommodate a larger battery
.

Unboxing - initial pics

The multimedia playback controls are now bevelled,
making them easier to find my touch alone, and have better tactile feedback.

Unboxing - initial pics

The main numeric keyboard is unchanged, but the controls keys have changed to make room for the larger screen. 

 

Multitasking Standby screen with search integration

Now that's what you call multitasking - and this was still with 50MB of free RAM left over.
Er.... Nokia, I'm afraid that all this RAM is draining my battery - can I have less of it please?
Only kidding. The second screenshot shows the standby screen, with the new Search integration. More on that later...

 

The extra 8GB is a separate 'disk' Examining mass memory is slow, but here's the summary

The extra 8GB of flash memory appears as an extra disk 'E', just as if you'd popped a microSD
into a standard N95. Examining the 8GB disk takes ages (over 10 seconds), but here's the proof of the capacity.

 

So much RAM and memory. Gulp. Making mincemeat of even huge web pages, with no RAM limits

93MB of free RAM. And this wasn't even after booting, this was after half an hour of use and
with other apps simply closed down. And around 120MB of internal flash memory (disk C),
just as on the original N95. With so much RAM, Web flies, relatively speaking.
Here's the huge BoingBoing site. Any other huge pages you want me to test?

 

N95 8GB unboxing photos

I just LOVE the flat top, with no raised screen bezel.

N95 8GB unboxing photos

The controversial protector-less lens. If this is the main tradeoff for the increased battery life
(due to the new body shape) then so be it. A gorgeous touch is that the Carl Zeiss writing
is properly etched into the surround, not just printed on...

N95 8GB unboxing photos

The N95 8GB is a chunky beast, but you've got to remember what this thing can do.
Now that there's enough RAM and battery power to keep everything chugging along,
this really is a 'multimedia computer' and is everything the original N95 really should have been.

N95 8GB unboxing photos

The (patented!) Steve sunlight test. The new, larger, hard-topped N95 8GB screen performed even
better than that of the original N95, in terms of contrast in really bright light.

N95 8GB unboxing photos

The BL-6F and BL-5F batteries in profile. An extra 25% charge might not sound a lot,
but allied with optimisations in the OS it should easily give a full day of use for
even the most demanding users. Oops, that sounds like me. Watch this space!

 

Aftonbladet? No problem

By popular request, I loaded up the **insanely** huge aftonbladet home page
[go on, you try it - www.aftonbladet.se] - no problems whatsoever on the N95 8GB.
I don't think I'm going to be able to crash this thing... [mutters]

Leave me your questions in the comments and I'll answer them inline in extra comments - the usual deal.

Steve Litchfield, 18th Oct 2007, for AAS and 3-Lib

 

See Also 

Nokia N95 8GB Video Preview (also on YouTube). 

Nokia N95 8GB Image Gallery