I was not at home the day when the N95 came last December. As soon as I got home, I immediately made the unboxing while my family was watching television. I pulled out the device and they were like "whoa!" and "cool" and "nice" and stuff. They instantly loved its design, by the way they look at it and their praising words.
The device was a Spider Man 3 edition, and watching the movie on the N95 8gb's glorious screen was the first thing
After several minutes, a few cousins and friends came, and them as well had their eyes glowing on the N95, while ignoring the presence of my N82 which is lying quietly on the table.
Almost all the people whom I showed both devices with, the treatment was like, the N95 8gb as a high-end device, and the N82 as just your average regular mobile phone. The N82 was easily ignored while with the N95 8gb, they will at once recognize it as a "powerful" device and instinctively ask about the on-board features. After I recite the list, they will not be amazed that the N95 can do all of this and that but will rather be amazed whenever I say, "The N82 can do the same things". Wha? Proves that the N82 really is a wolf in sheep's clothing. You'll never be able to appreciate it as a beast until its secrets are exposed.
My brother admired the gaming experience on the N95 but reckons it has a plasticky and cheap feel as oppose to my N82 being solid and firm. Also "The screen is more vivid and the N95's speakers are louder. The dual sliding mechanism is damn Cool!".
While the N95 8gb is definitely an apple in the eye for most people, the case was different for some of my friends. During our christmas party, sort of a college reunion, the major reaction was that the N95 is too bulky. One of them even frankly informed me that she would never be attracted to an N95. She does know what it is capable of but the device's size turns her off. She was like "Never!".
A black N82 owner told me that the most remarkable for her was the N95 8gb's screen. "If only the N82's screen was as good as this..". She added that considering it being bulky, its nice that the device was lighter than she expected it to be. Furthermore, she conveyed that she feels more comfortable holding her N82 especially when it comes to usage of both devices' keypads.
As for me, it's really worthy being called a "multimedia computer". But I say the size of this stunning slider is one of the major deal breakers for me I guess. One would prefer putting it inside his/her bag or carrying pouch for much convenience. But if you are like me, who loves mp3s while walking or on the bus, and who's pockets are enough for everything I bring with, it's utterly annoying pulling out a Nokia N95 8gb from my jeans whenever I receive calls or text messages. Add the fact that the audio port is on the side, it's a pain in the neck to pull it out when listening to music, even more when in sitting position. Before riding the bus, I set my preferred music volume so that I don't need to adjust it anymore during the ride, and I try to ignore text messages until I'm at my office (bummer).
Hands down, the N95 8gb wins the heart of most of my family and friends, maybe even most of all the users in the world. Its design is one of the key factors why the majority of nokia fans ditches out the N82's Xenon Flash for a gorgeous slider.
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I agree with you that most people just go for the look or appearance and forget about the balance in performance. I'm a N82 owner and really liked my N82 so much for it's camera since i don't like to buy and carry another digital camera around.
If appearance design is still the main marketing element for electronic device, in the future we will have electronic gadgets which sells because of 80% appearance and only 20% features/performance that is just enough to preview the eye candy.
I cannot agree more. I bought the N82 mainly because of its imaging capabilities.