Nokia’s N95 has made me loathe the iPhone

I’ve recently come across a Nokia N95 North American Edition. Up until this phone, I thought my next phone was going to be an Apple iPhone.

I have a full review coming in the coming weeks, but here are some initial thoughts:

Unlocked: This phone is unlocked, meaning I can use any GSM carrier I want. T-mobile pisses me off? Cya I’m going to AT&T. If I travel to Europe - I can pop in a local SIM and I’m off to the races.

Fully functional GPS: The iPhone has GPS built-in but it’s crippled. With the N95 I can map routes using the onboard navigation software, geocode my photos automatically with ShoZu, and track my workouts with Nokia Sports Tracker.

Video capture: I can take video at 640×480 at 30fps. The iPhone has this capability (with it’s 2.0 MP camera) but again, doesn’t.

VoIP calling: I can make VoIP calls over Wi-Fi or 3G. Gizmo Project, Skype, and Google Talk are now usable on my cell phone.

Yeah the iPhone may be purdy and easier to use. But for me, I want funtionality and the N95, just in the 2.5 days I’ve had it, has eroded my want for an iPhone considerably.

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4 Responses to “Nokia’s N95 has made me loathe the iPhone”

Josh Bancroft October 15th, 2007 at 4:38 pm

Actually, the iPhone doesn’t have any sort of GPS at all. Not even cell triangulation. Nor the ability to pair a Bluetooth GPS receiver.

Thomas Han October 15th, 2007 at 5:08 pm

*gasp* *gasp* *gasp* I’m out of words :-) j/k

Glad that you are liking the N95

jason October 16th, 2007 at 7:03 am

@Josh - (to my knowledge) every mobile phone sold has GPS for e911 purposes.

@thomashan I’m still an apple fanboy…by far. I just think Apple can do better with the iPhone. I believe their partnership with AT&T has perverted them.

Mark Jambas October 16th, 2007 at 8:50 am

Hey there,
Thanks for your inclusion of ShoZu as one of the big reasons why you like the N95. You’ll get a very feature-rich ShoZu experience on the N95 (including personal Flickr feeds in version 3.3 released just a couple of days ago).

But we love the iPhone too and have been working on a solution for iPhone users. Stay tuned :-)

Best,
Mark (ShoZu)

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