Nokia certainly isn’t one for resting on its laurels, and has already announced a successor to the massively popular N95 handset. The original N95, which was subsequently upgraded to a black 8GB version with a handful of other tweaks that included a screen upgrade, is now set to be superseded altogether by the new Nokia N96, displayed recently at the 3GSM World Congress show. After a quick look at the specs it’s not a wildly dissimilar device, but such are the wealth of features packed into the N95 already that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
What you will find is a default 16GB capacity, with a micro-SD card slot capable of upping it to a whopping 24GB, enough for around 60 hours of video content. This is one area you might well want to get busy with as well, since the 2.8” 16 million colour screen should make the most of the phones DVD-quality 30fps recording capabilities. You’ll find support for MPEG-4, Windows Media Video and Flash Video formats, and perhaps the most significant update to the phone’s feature set is that of an integrated DVB-H receiver. This would offer live TV broadcasts direct to the phone, which also includes a programme guide, though the service is subject to availability from the service provider and network coverage.
Other highlights include an upgraded Nokia Maps application that offers more detail along with satellite views and a kick-stand at the back to make for easy viewing of video content. Thankfully Nokia has also retained all of the highlights of the N95, including the 5MP Carl Zeiss optics camera, 3.5mm audio jack and a range of connectivity that includes WLAN and HSDPA. Nokia plans to ship the N96 in the third quarter of 2008 with an estimated price of around 550 euros. You can find the full specs here.
If you’re interested in an independent Nokia N96 Review, check out Mobile-Phones-UK.
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does anybody know when this phone is out because i desperatly need one on a contract and have been waiting ages for this one to come out
Well .. Nokia n96 will be better than nokia n95 8gb , coz of it’s memory and better looking , but i hate Nokia n96 , you know why ?! coz i waited alot of time 2 be released and ’till now it’s not available.
I guess i’ll turn to the New cell phones instead N96
i have got my hands on the NOKIA N96 for 2months now and i would say not to get it as their was really big problem with the speed, i put over 2000pics,100vids,400tracks and then the phone went extreamly slow and to turn on it tuk 5mins befor i could use it but i have been told their is a NOKIA N97 coming out in january 2009 with no delays or it will be in japan in november 2008
hahahaha u all are funni basterds i wont get1 this is my 3rd nokia n-96 and its broke straight away i wuldnt get 1 anyway ccoz they crashh after 6 songs are on the fone
Hello! I would like to know what do I need to do to buy the Nokia N96 unlocked phone. What is the price?
I personally like Nokia phones, but the new N96 will have some tough competition that N65 did not have. I am of course talking about the iPhone, and maybe even more importantly the upcoming Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 which is looking unpercedibly good for business use with both touchscreen AND full QWERTY keyboard and the impressieve 800×480 resolution.
A sense of perfection Nokia N96.
…the perfect phone doesn`t exist..and will probably never be born either…after the N96 there`ll be a N97, N98 etc… I guess what applies to a PC is also valid for a high-end mobile phone : don`t buy the latest, more expensive version, buy the one before..much cheaper and within a year just as outdated as the now-new-one… I only upgrade every two years or thereabouts and can`t seem to be getting anything better but the N95 8GB for my personal needs (camera and internet), as the touchscreen rivals are no serious competition (..ever tried to really use a touchscreen keyboard when working on the net, with text and all that ? .. a truly revealing experience..) – but that doesn`t make the N95 a great high-tec tool….. just the better of two, perhaps three evils
im gutted just got mi new N95 8GB but now ive seen this i dont event want my N95 i want this one. it look and sound so much better.
Its bast phone on the world i loveeeeeeeeeeet
This isn’t fair! i’ve got an upgrade due in the next few days and i want this one! Can’t delay it cos i’m desparate i really really hate my samsung guess i’ll have to settle for the N95 8GB
i think in 2008 it would be very difficult to beat this great handset. As every1 knows Nokia n95 was a great hit. i this will do better business than Nokia n95.