Living here in the states the N95-4 is a welcome addition to the Nseries lineup and has many improvements over the N95 Classic versions.

Thanks to the kind folks at Wom World I have my hands on the brand new device. I don't have any unboxing pics yet cuz but they'll be added to the bottom of this article tonight. Before I start I just wanted to say that this is the first time I've gotten my hands on a N95 8GB and I wasn't really expected to be that impressed especially since I'm a happy N82 user. I've reviewed the original N95-1 a few months back and while I was amazed by the technology and the build quality was solid. But after becoming a N82 owner I realized how weak and cheap the original N95 really felt compared to the solid feel of the one-piece, no moving parts N82.

But now I have the N95 8GB in my hands and it feels like a completely differenet phone than the N95-1. The bigger screen is the first thing I noticed. In reality its only a .2" inch difference, but when you look at it the screen seems so much bigger. The all black is also a lot more attractive than the silver on the original N95. Believe me I've only had this beauty for about 12 hours and its gotten so many looks. The raised music playback buttons are also a welcome addition making them much more useable.

And The Slider
Lots of people have complained about the wobbly slider on this phone but I guess got a good one. The slider is tight and doesn't wobble. But that still doesn't negate the fact that the slider sucks compared to other phones. My girlfriend's Sony Erriccson that AT&T sells for $29.99 still has a more sturdy slider. Yeah I know the N95 is a double slider but it still can be a lot better. Just the fact that the slider is weak is one of the reasons I'm hesistant to purchase one of these - especially for the price. But luckily for Nokia all the rest of the features tip the scales and make this thing well worth buying.

The Insides
The internal 8GB mass storage is plenty of space for literally hundreds of songs, dozens of movies and videos, close to a thousand pictures, and whatever else you want on your phone. I haven't fully loaded it up yet but right now I have 237 mp3s, the movie "300", about 30 pictures and a Southpark Episode loaded up on the N95. I still have 5.9 gigabytes free space. This is most memory I've ever had on a phone. On the N82 I have a 4GB which I'm always pushing to the limit. When I get off work tonight I'm gonna load this puppy up to the brim and report back with my thoughts on all this storage space.

There is plenty of RAM to keep all my applications open and running in the background. Right now I'm running the music player, location tagger, and the web browser and still have 79mb remaining. I'm going to put this to a real test in another article. So far the whole experience with the UI has been great. It's snappy and has almost no lag. I've had a few problems with some websites and the browser shutting down but nothing major.

Like I said at the beginning this phone is near perfect. There are a few things that are lacking like the xenon flash that I'll go into more later. For now I need to get some more use out of the phone and keep putting it to the real test. Being the first time I've experience 3g speeds on an Nseries device I'm extremely impressed. It completely changes the way I use the phone.

Keep checking back over the next few days for more articles and thoughts on the Nokia N95-4. I will be comparing it to the N82 and talk more about the 3g speeds, camera, memory, and GPS.

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