@@FelArtful very true. Most amazing thing is, at that time every upcoming phone used to have different look, design, and features. That's not the case now.
The N95 was better than the K850i in almost every way. However, the K850i had a Xenon flash, which was really useful during university times (going out at night etc.).
People who aren't old enough to remember when Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson were the top phones manufacturers - I feel sorry for you. That era was epic.
Sony Ericsson phones from that era were like gold growing up, so highly coveted because they always packed so many cool features! And Symbian on Nokia phones was what got me into modding and going on tech forums
I never realised how badly carriers hobbled manufacturers in the US. Pricing and competition was really high in the UK back then. Everyone I knew had a n95. Really miss the life log app too.
Same I'm originally from Sri Lanka. When I was schooling there it was the 5800 the 5323 the C5, C6, and all them amazing xpress music phones. All the cool kids had em. Not to forget the E series.
proud owner of an N95 here. It was awesome. First phone I ever wrote Python code for, which basically got me into a career as a software developer. Thank you for the video!
never owned one when i was younger 19 now but how good was the headphone jack i heard it had a decent dac and amp in it the LG V60 is my daily driver and i love it
@@louisvilletech7765 It was amazing , i still own the phone it's somewhere in my house but can't find it lol , beside i was living in a hot desert town and that beast never gets hot or any thing it was built like a tank
I just LOVE these old school devices. They had something unique, everything was just different, they tried to follow an own path instead of following a path that is already set. Another really good video!!! (and I am still jealous of your scripting talent, but of course also your voice!)
They had a love factor.. surely today's phone are prettier but in mid 2000s it was rare to see people with same phone.. nokia just had a bonkers catalogue, moto was there, samsung , ericsson. So, the feeling of your phone was the only phone in your circle was a kicker. And bluetooth sharing was also the reason why i loved my phones, it gave me a sense of freedom that is very normal in today's time.
The phones from 00-10 were a very fun time, many wierd and unique phones, designes etc. I had Sony Ericsson P1i, that phone had a pretty large modding scene and remember modding mine to have the Walkman software, and custom UI the phone also had wifi and "wasd" keyboard, which were pretty cool back then. HTC had some slide phones with wasd keys to name another one. Today every phone feels the same, its an android or an apple, and its pretty much the same thing over and over again.
The N95 was a game changer, when it came out it was the coolest phone on the market. My neighbour had one and I was so jealous of him. Now I'm seriously considering getting one as a backup phone
I doubt it would work anymore. 3G networks have been shut down by all major carriers in the past few years. You would need 4G at a minimum. There is no way the N95 can do anything more than work as a secondary music player or something else that doesn't require phone calling.
The Nokia N95 was genuinely a mind blowing device back before smartphones became a common thing! I got mine as a hand me down from my dad which was his work phone and the screen, the sliding motion, the camera, the media controls... It all seemed so futuristic to me at the time 😅
When people were losing their minds over the first iPhone I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. The Nokia N-Series had been doing all it did for years already.
@@Lahiss I remember thinking the exact same thing 😆 Although I didn't have any of the other N series devices, I can speak for the N95 when I say it was most definitely ahead of its time. I used to love the MP3 player and the camera to death. It was the first phone that really showed me that you could have a portable, digital, 'smart camera' in your pocket.
I had this epic phone! I still remember sitting in my couch watching TV on this tiny screen. It was pointless, as i could just turn on the real thing, but i didn't care cause it was awesome being able to do that.
The N95 was amazing! It was so powerful and allowed me to use mobile hotspot when I was traveling for work. Ironically I was READING your articles back then versus watching! Oh how the times have changed.
Ahhh!!! I remember wanting this phone so bad! Watching the ads over and over. "A computer in your pocket" being their catch-phrase from what I can remember. Good times! Great video btw, Michael! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was waiting for this phone to appear in this series. I believe no phone even got close to match all the things Nokia N95 had. It was a huge brick but we all loved our brick. It was awesome, unique and it really pushed the limits. I was fresh out of high school when it came out
N95 was a legend at its time. It had Wifi, light sensor, always on display, accelerometer sensor, tv connectivity feature, stereo speakers, front facing camera, continuous auto focus, inbuilt gps tracking and many more things which I can't even remember now. Seriously, N95 was way ahead of its time.
The N95 (or in my particular case: The N95 8GB) will always remain my favorite smartphone of all time. I was 19 years old when it came out, and on the day of its release here in Austria, it cost a whopping 799€! I decided to buy it anyway, and even though the rest of the month was pretty much me eating nothing but plain noodles and rice 😅, I never regretted buying it. Unfortunately, I sold my original device a few years ago, but I managed to get a hold of a very cheap, used one in decent condition. As a collector of vintage phones, this device will always hold a special place in my heart.
Remember the time before appstores when you could find apps and games from special sites around the internet, then transfer them to your phone via usb lr memory card, sometimes youd need to change date to get it to install etc. .jar .sis apps
@@danilodistefanis5990 I would look at *willhaben* first and foremost. People tend to set prices too high at first, but most of them are willing to negotiate and there's a good chance you'll find a bargain there. Then of course, *eBay* is also a good place to find old phones, although most sellers don't offer the bidding option anymore and only sell their stuff with the "Buy Now" button.
At the time, I went travelling for 3 months, when roaming was impossibly expensive. Its internal storage, camera and offline maps with GPS and Wifi made it the ultimate device. The ultimate smartphone. Nothing in the market came close to this phone. Not even WM phones. Also the Nokia E71. Not as exciting, but my goodness was it a beautiful metal device.
I had the n95 8gb, it was just amazing. Its camera however was incredible. "The N95 is another reminder" that since Nokia left, innovation has been slowing.
For me when nokia dies there’s no unique phone, from the shape to functionality, i remember staring at phone magazines with nokia all over the pages, and now same shaped brick
2000's is to mobile phone what 1890's to 1920's to handguns. Sure they had a lot of interesting and innovative design and ideas but most of them were not needed.
I love my n95 back in the day. Pure happiness for 2 years. The zeiss camera was a thing back then and the loudspeaker is one of the best stereo on a phone
I had this and remember laughing at how little the first iPhone could do compared to it. Also, why the fuck did AT&T want Nokia to remove WiFi but not Apple?
AT&T and other carriers could force Nokia and other manufacturers to do what they want, but Apple gets to make its own rules that the carriers must follow.
Steve Jobs refused to sign a deal with a carrier unless he had complete control over the design of the phone. Verizon disagreed. AT&T agreed but the price was a multi-year exclusivity deal. They realised just how much of a competitive advantage it would give them to carry a phone from Apple, and they were right.
Military Anecdote: Way back between 2007 and 2008, this phone formed part of an urban surveillance kit (i.e., surveillance in a city environment) at the time I was deployed with a small team for a year. Well, for some reason, the logistics personnel felt fit to include the Spider-Man DVD as part of the itemized kit supply list. So, for a couple of years, every time one of our teams took over the surveillance mission from a previous team, it had to account for the Spider-Man movie. Go figure.
I think it's usable indeed, for music, email, calling and texting (SMS or open standards like IRC/XMPP) it's well, but also very much so for camera. The camera is still brilliant even today, it takes great shots. Remember 5 megapixels is basically like a still of 1080p+ video, it's much better quality than we'd think judging by that number. And it's not just about megapixels, the flash and (slow) focus on this thing works great, and the sensor they designed was great. It's just super chunky for 2020 (or even 2010!).
Had one in 2008, it took a Galaxy S4 for me to leave it behind in 2013. 5 years. 5 frigging years with the thing and it was still kicking, I switched purely because the 3.5mm jack was, well, not working anymore and it's BT antenna was so fucked it barely had 1.5m of range anymore for my headphones at the time. I doubt any phone I get today will get the same mileage or arrive as intact as the N95 did at its 5 years mark. It was, indeed, the pinnacle of the pre-glass-slab era of smartphones, and I miss it (prolly nostalgia but still).
@@blitzer25blitz62 Yeah that's because the Nokia email app connected to Nokia servers that have died years ago. You need to download and install Mailbox Creator on your device and then you can get IMAP email again.
Partner up with Netflix, $299 with a year of Netflix included and 3 years of Android updates and they would certainly move a few. Feels like a teenagers phone.
The speaker array would have been awesome. With TH-cam consumption not slowing down and apps like TikTok emphasizing music and voice playback, we need better audio more than ever.
@@faeinthebay Nokia has proprietary audio systems in their phones already (OZO Audio), so they could really capitalize on that with this kind of multimedia phone.
Your voice, your thoughtful but entertaining reviews are the making of a legend, reminding us of the past we may have missed, to show us what the future or now can be. Thank you, sir.
This phone was not only amazing for its time but also ahead of the curve in so many ways. Thank you bringing us a strong sense of nostalgia, fond memories of this amazing piece of tech and walk down memory lane Mr Mobile !
I just took mine out. The battery wasn't a spicy pillow, but I appear to have wiped the phone when I stopped using it. (And for some reason it's got a Fido SIM card even though I bought it from Vodafone UK and didn't move back to the US until 2010.)
I remember this absolute beast being the best phone ever made! Everybody desired the N95! Thank you for this another throwback! I hope to see plenty more!
I still have a fully working purple n95 in my drawer! i bought it in 2011, and even though iphones (which had a more modern design) existed, i still felt like the n95 was new, even though it had a numeric keypad, it felt so modern but so nostalgic at the same time. i used as a backup phone until verizon shut down their 3g networks a few months ago. i really loved it, this phone will always have a soft spot in my heart
So many fond memories of this beast, actually the whole Nokia N Series, so many legendary, fun and crazy devices. I had the N90, N91 and the N82, I really miss them. I was surprised to see that the camera still does a decent job, both stills and video. Hope you can bring more of them and also the legendary beast E90 Communicator, it will be fun to compare a foldable phone from the past to the current models. Oh and try to find the 8800 luxury series, these were amazing back in their day, although the s40 OS was horrible.
This is the one I've been waiting for. I rocked this phone for so long! My favourite ever phone. Then I gave it to my Dad and he did the same too. That HMD N95 reboot/homage looked pretty interesting.
I've waited for this vídeo for sooooo long. Thanks Michael for bringing that for us! I still have my N95. It was the phone that brought me here today, loving and always into tech and phone. Even part of my university degree was bound on that phone. Next could bê the N900! Take Care mate!
i'm not crying, it's just nostalgia pouring out of my eyes. i owned this phone and daaaamn, i could not be happier. it was indestructible. dropped it a few times, details scattered everywhere, including a battery falling into snow - not a big deal, collect them all together, put them in place - and here you go, good as new. Miss that beyond words.
"It was also in many way, the last of it's kind." I can't explain the feeling when I hear this. missing the old days when nokia is on its prime (When phones were fun)
Nokoa really were KING at that time, nobody could touch them. I temember browsing theid lineup, and they must have had about 30 different models to choose from, to suit all budgets. And so many customizeable options for some of em, such as "Ex-press-on" covers, so you could change the look of your phone to suit your mood. Nokia were true innovators.
This was the phone that literally jaw-dropping at the time of its launch, both in features and its price tag. That double side slider is iconic, people will always reminded of that double slider everytime they hear the Nokia N95
I used to own N82 and by that time I was thinking it would not get any better than that. GPS, 5MPX auto-focus camera, N-Gage, gyro, accelerometer, Xenon flash ... oh boy it brings back memories
This is one of the legendary devices in UK mobile phone history. This was when Nokia was at its peak. I owned a Nokia n93i at this time and it will always go down as my favourite ever ❤️ Phones were fun fun fun and every device you got was so different and so exciting to open for the first time.
I remember people having the N70 and when the N73 hit the shelves people were so overwhelmed since it had some decent quality speakers (or what we called decent at the time). It was very long till I had something half decent in that regard, but it was amazing how things evolved
I had one of these in the late 2000s. By far the most useful feature to me was the inbuilt GPS. I used it as my in-car navigation device (using a Garmin app) for quite some time. And to think that is a feature everyone takes for granted now!
Ah yes, the amazing N95. My friend had one and the camera was indeed pretty unbelievable at the time. I had a Sony Ericsson K800i and its 3.2MP camera was no match for the Nokias 5 megapixels. Thanks for yet another cool video! I'm really liking this series, brings back a lot of memories from my school days.
This is the highest form of historical technology cataloging! I love seeing these videos of what we used to aspire to in a phone and how it’s changed so much
That HMD re-imagination wasn't bad at all, i wish they would go back to it and make something out of it. Would love to own a Nokia phone again if it were that innovative and creative.
I have 7 plus, bought it 2 years ago and it’s still fine, not even thinking changing it. While my previous devices I was changing them every 1.5-2 years. My first phone was Nokia 6233 in 2006, changed it to N95 8GB (Black one) although the 6233 was still working (and it’s still working until this day, the issue was bad camera and lacking of WiFi and GPS which N95 8GB provided). My N95 however was stolen 2 years later. And I stopped buying Nokia products until the Lumia 1020. Used it also 2 years as main phone but Windows Mobile was going to die and was less and less working apps, although the 1020 is still working today with the 6233. I’m really happy HMD brought Nokia back to life and the quality of product into it with clean android and 2 years of android updates. Waiting now for the 9.3 to get released and get a bit cheaper and buying it. Which will take around a year or so.
A lot of nostalgia is here .. I remember when my nephew bought this phone and start to explain to us it’s amazing features .. we were very excited by it and my nephew was very proud of it 😊❤️ Thank you Michael for reminding us 🌹
@@mohanbalajip8507that snake game was the best snake game on any phone i completed all it's levels the last levels with a single lane of tiles were very hard
8:10 “The nokia n95 is the pinnacle of when phones used to be fun” I absolutely agree. I used to own the less savvy brother - the N81 and it was one of the best ones I had owned to date.
Yes this is the point. It was far superior than rivals in its time. Even the first *revolutionary* iPhone appeared dumb with 2mp fixed focus poor video camera. I never felt superior for that long with any other phone. It had everything that today's smartphone had. I remember downloading movies using UC browser's download accelerator and then playing them on smartmovie + codec all in phone.
@@aritakalo8011 I have worked at both companies. Yes the communicator was developed before BB but was unsuccessful. Even the "Gumby" model developed for the US 1900MHz band flopped. There were PDAs at the time that did the job much better. BB was the first to integrate cellular, text, email successfully along with security and portability.
Wow, I loved this device at the time, many good things I did with it, at that time it seems that things were cooler, life was cooler, really a phone that brings good feelings, life and friends were cooler and interesting, long life at Nokia. Great video.
This was THE phone at the time, and I had one for the longest time out of any other phone I've had in my life--after multiple battery replacements of course. The good ol days when you can have three spare batteries and just go all day with your phone...
I just love the way you reviewed the N95 it makes me go back in time when i used to own it. I just ordered this handset 5 days ago and waiting for it to be delivered. There were a lot of reviews ive watched over at you tube and to be honest it made me laugh all the time. Ugh! kids what do they know.. keep up the good work man.. cheers
My ALL TIME FAVOURITE phone, all things to most men (and women) I owned two, first one for about three years. Then I "up/down graded" to an N97mini, for about 6-8 months, whereby during that relationship, I considered jumping from a bridge because of the despair of ditching my first love. Before going back to said first love, MY sweetheart, MY darling, MY N95, and living a life once again, filled with joy and happiness. I still miss you N95, but will never forget you. ❤️
You should've mentioned that you can cover the lens of the main camera by the slider. It was so cool. I used to have one. And the screen was surprisingly big which made it slightly comfortable to browse. Along with accessories it came it music accessories as well!
I owned an N95 back when i was 8 (because i was brat that time) I flexed my n95 to my classmates when i was in elementary Back in the day, it was the most advanced and the most expensive phone in my time But unfortunately, its fate is I DROPPED IT WHILE RIDING MY BIKE Good old N95 i really miss it
the only damage I got from dropping it was that the battery compartment cover broke, since it's only locked onto the phone body with 4 thin plastic tabs
I used to have that N95 as well as the black 8Gb here in Mexico and they were amazing. I also had the N91, N97 and N98, but this last one was a big mistake and made me lost tons of information and I switch to iPhone 4. Actually, from the N95 was the first time that I was able to send an e-mail and that was mind blowing in that time. Keep it going with this video and thank you for making remeber great times.
This was the best phone I ever owned, it did EVERYTHING.... Since then only the note 2 gave me the same feeling of owning something that could do it all....
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Today, even buy Iphone 12, but the level of happiness when buying N95 can never be met.
Yeah now you only pay for a better looking or more power but the old phones gave you magic
@@FelArtful very true. Most amazing thing is, at that time every upcoming phone used to have different look, design, and features. That's not the case now.
Absolutely...I remember buying this phone in 2007 for 27000rs
Same me bro i have 4 nokia n95
@@udhaypartap1351 4 nokia n95. 😂 That is amazing!!!
Ah, the days when the battle for the best smartphone camera was only between Nokia and Sony Ericsson.
The N95 was better than the K850i in almost every way. However, the K850i had a Xenon flash, which was really useful during university times (going out at night etc.).
sony ericsson....now that's a name i haven't heard in many years
Sony Ericsson is my first love. 😊
@@ebridgewater not really if u search reviews from back than the k850i wins the photobattle, the n95 wins the videobattle.
@@KoenMiseur Depends on the situation. The N95 came out stronger in many ways.
People who aren't old enough to remember when Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson were the top phones manufacturers - I feel sorry for you. That era was epic.
Sony Ericsson phones from that era were like gold growing up, so highly coveted because they always packed so many cool features! And Symbian on Nokia phones was what got me into modding and going on tech forums
We get it your old get over it
@@Mike-t5r9q awww, someone's mad for no bloody reason.
And when Sony Ericsson was just Ericsson
@@Mike-t5r9q butthurt baby.. Hahahahaha 😂 😂 😂
As a kid All I wanted was n95, now I am 25 and still I want a n95 ...
😂
Yes Sir
I was born in 1995 too. As I kid I couldn't even dream of N95. Siemens M65 or Nokia N73 or even Nokia N70 were top my dreams
It's now a cheap phone tho, you can buy a SEALED ONE on eBay or Amazon for just a cheap price
I wanted an N93i, and I still do. Even the N90.
My brother gave me his N95 after he got his iPhone. I used to stream anime and play games on the N95. It was a beast!
i have one nokia n95 rally 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sorry, but I don't see an iPhone as an upgrade over an N95. Give me the N95 and I'd still have fun with it.
@@largol33t1
If u don’t see it as an upgrade then you’re just delusional
Nokia N95 was a phone that I dreamed of having when I was a kid, but I couldn't afford it.
same, when I got older I bought a used one just to have it although it's time has long passed
I only saw one in the wild: on my college campus sometime in '07/'08. If I'd known all its capabilities I would have found the money for one!
How much did it retail for at that time?
@@raycon921 haha i did the same, bought a lot of the n-series phones when they were second hand and cheap
I never realised how badly carriers hobbled manufacturers in the US. Pricing and competition was really high in the UK back then. Everyone I knew had a n95. Really miss the life log app too.
This phone hit some real hard nostalgia, I'm from India and this was THE phone back when I was in school....
Same I'm originally from Sri Lanka. When I was schooling there it was the 5800 the 5323 the C5, C6, and all them amazing xpress music phones. All the cool kids had em. Not to forget the E series.
@@nasa1231000 I'm from Nigeria and I coveted all of those phones back in school too! I did end up getting a used 5800 at some point
You must be crazy rich to have this phone for school
@@Bos_Meong nope, bought it used and saved up several months for it
@@Bos_Meong lol I wish I had one...
proud owner of an N95 here. It was awesome. First phone I ever wrote Python code for, which basically got me into a career as a software developer. Thank you for the video!
Amazing!
I filmed an over 2 hours family reunion with that beast and the battery was still kicking it man this phone was so badass
never owned one when i was younger 19 now but how good was the headphone jack i heard it had a decent dac and amp in it the LG V60 is my daily driver and i love it
@@louisvilletech7765 It was amazing , i still own the phone it's somewhere in my house but can't find it lol , beside i was living in a hot desert town and that beast never gets hot or any thing it was built like a tank
In the past the battery life of these beasts were around 4days... With good usage and now a days all we can see is around 1-1.5 days( except a few)
I just LOVE these old school devices. They had something unique, everything was just different, they tried to follow an own path instead of following a path that is already set. Another really good video!!! (and I am still jealous of your scripting talent, but of course also your voice!)
They had a love factor.. surely today's phone are prettier but in mid 2000s it was rare to see people with same phone.. nokia just had a bonkers catalogue, moto was there, samsung , ericsson. So, the feeling of your phone was the only phone in your circle was a kicker. And bluetooth sharing was also the reason why i loved my phones, it gave me a sense of freedom that is very normal in today's time.
I ALSO LOVED MY UNCLES N97 MINI WELL I AM JUST A KID
Try saying that with your Morgan Freeman voice
@@karmveer240 I never heard of a mini version. Gotta collect that too!
The phones from 00-10 were a very fun time, many wierd and unique phones, designes etc. I had Sony Ericsson P1i, that phone had a pretty large modding scene and remember modding mine to have the Walkman software, and custom UI
the phone also had wifi and "wasd" keyboard, which were pretty cool back then. HTC had some slide phones with wasd keys to name another one.
Today every phone feels the same, its an android or an apple, and its pretty much the same thing over and over again.
"the last of its kind" wrenches my heart out; miss those days.
The N95 was a game changer, when it came out it was the coolest phone on the market. My neighbour had one and I was so jealous of him. Now I'm seriously considering getting one as a backup phone
I doubt it would work anymore. 3G networks have been shut down by all major carriers in the past few years. You would need 4G at a minimum. There is no way the N95 can do anything more than work as a secondary music player or something else that doesn't require phone calling.
@@drygnfyreno i have it and it can still run many sites
The Nokia N95 was genuinely a mind blowing device back before smartphones became a common thing!
I got mine as a hand me down from my dad which was his work phone and the screen, the sliding motion, the camera, the media controls... It all seemed so futuristic to me at the time 😅
When people were losing their minds over the first iPhone I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. The Nokia N-Series had been doing all it did for years already.
@@Lahiss I remember thinking the exact same thing 😆
Although I didn't have any of the other N series devices, I can speak for the N95 when I say it was most definitely ahead of its time.
I used to love the MP3 player and the camera to death. It was the first phone that really showed me that you could have a portable, digital, 'smart camera' in your pocket.
I got it as a hand me down from my dad too, what a coincidence. I felt so awesome having a high-end smartphone.
@@TheSkcube I guess we were the cool N95 kids then 😎
Some of my earliest photos were taken on this thing actually
Same here.
I used to be BOSS in high-school with this phone. Thank you for reminding me man!!
Agreed. But I'm the one who watched others look so cool with this phone. 😃
Same here. So much so that a year later two other people bought N95 8GB
@@darek4488 great times. Had the N97 as well. Felt like a Nasa employee when you opened the hinge
I had this epic phone! I still remember sitting in my couch watching TV on this tiny screen. It was pointless, as i could just turn on the real thing, but i didn't care cause it was awesome being able to do that.
Like me last night not bothering to turn on the TV to cast TH-cam.
The N95 was amazing! It was so powerful and allowed me to use mobile hotspot when I was traveling for work. Ironically I was READING your articles back then versus watching! Oh how the times have changed.
I want the N95 and Sidekick back in modernized form so badly. Fuck Apple. There's nothing special about their overpriced phones.
@@largol33t1 lol I loved the 95 but I have to admit I love my iPhone too ;)
Ahhh!!! I remember wanting this phone so bad! Watching the ads over and over. "A computer in your pocket" being their catch-phrase from what I can remember. Good times! Great video btw, Michael! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Are you me? I commented, "I remember wanting this phone so bad!" before I even saw your comment.
I still have mine (black) in a drawer :) Watched spiderman on the phone itself :)
I wanted this over the iPhone.
It just never wooed me, but the n95 did.. Still 14 years later I've never owned an iPhone 😂
My uncle had it, referred it to a pocket computer
Same. But it was N96. It was so expensive at that time that i knew I will never own that phone.
I was waiting for this phone to appear in this series. I believe no phone even got close to match all the things Nokia N95 had. It was a huge brick but we all loved our brick. It was awesome, unique and it really pushed the limits. I was fresh out of high school when it came out
yes
Had the black 8gb version of this phone, brilliant device
U must be rich :D
I had the N96, I was the coolest kid I school at that time 😏
Spider-Man 3 version
I do have it to, i think i was the only person in my town to own one
I still have mine but I managed to wipe out Spider Man
N95 was a legend at its time. It had Wifi, light sensor, always on display, accelerometer sensor, tv connectivity feature, stereo speakers, front facing camera, continuous auto focus, inbuilt gps tracking and many more things which I can't even remember now.
Seriously, N95 was way ahead of its time.
The N95 (or in my particular case: The N95 8GB) will always remain my favorite smartphone of all time. I was 19 years old when it came out, and on the day of its release here in Austria, it cost a whopping 799€! I decided to buy it anyway, and even though the rest of the month was pretty much me eating nothing but plain noodles and rice 😅, I never regretted buying it. Unfortunately, I sold my original device a few years ago, but I managed to get a hold of a very cheap, used one in decent condition. As a collector of vintage phones, this device will always hold a special place in my heart.
Remember the time before appstores when you could find apps and games from special sites around the internet, then transfer them to your phone via usb lr memory card, sometimes youd need to change date to get it to install etc. .jar .sis apps
S60v3... I was 13 year old... Gold memories
ITX Official where do you recommend buying well priced vintage phones in Austria ?
@@danilodistefanis5990 I would look at *willhaben* first and foremost. People tend to set prices too high at first, but most of them are willing to negotiate and there's a good chance you'll find a bargain there. Then of course, *eBay* is also a good place to find old phones, although most sellers don't offer the bidding option anymore and only sell their stuff with the "Buy Now" button.
I envy you.
At the time, I went travelling for 3 months, when roaming was impossibly expensive. Its internal storage, camera and offline maps with GPS and Wifi made it the ultimate device. The ultimate smartphone. Nothing in the market came close to this phone. Not even WM phones. Also the Nokia E71. Not as exciting, but my goodness was it a beautiful metal device.
I had the n95 8gb, it was just amazing.
Its camera however was incredible.
"The N95 is another reminder" that since Nokia left, innovation has been slowing.
For me when nokia dies there’s no unique phone, from the shape to functionality, i remember staring at phone magazines with nokia all over the pages, and now same shaped brick
in that time, 2007 the camera on n82 was the best, followed by n95. i remember reading about it, n82 best cameraphone in 2007
I think the innovation is advance faster after nokia era, but in functionality and technology.
I had the N95 8GB also........what an amazing phone that was........
2000's is to mobile phone what 1890's to 1920's to handguns. Sure they had a lot of interesting and innovative design and ideas but most of them were not needed.
I love my n95 back in the day. Pure happiness for 2 years. The zeiss camera was a thing back then and the loudspeaker is one of the best stereo on a phone
Showing us The new N95 is EVIL!!!!!! i want one SO BAD 💔💔💔
Uhm it's a non working prototype, with only 2 similarities.
Yeah
@@Xfade81 Looks SO Cool
Ehh, there are plenty of phones with stereo speakers. If you really want that part of it, maybe the Razer Phone 2 could be for you.
I... NEEEED.... IT
I remember the tagline: ”Nokia N95 - It’s what computers have become.”
That tagline is prophetic in a way.
Miss those days
I remember having the N95 Black and watching a full movie on it! Everyone was so amazed and speechless. Memories.
now we only do it on long flights 😐
The spider man one right
I had this and remember laughing at how little the first iPhone could do compared to it.
Also, why the fuck did AT&T want Nokia to remove WiFi but not Apple?
AT&T and other carriers could force Nokia and other manufacturers to do what they want, but Apple gets to make its own rules that the carriers must follow.
Steve Jobs refused to sign a deal with a carrier unless he had complete control over the design of the phone. Verizon disagreed. AT&T agreed but the price was a multi-year exclusivity deal. They realised just how much of a competitive advantage it would give them to carry a phone from Apple, and they were right.
@@fiddle_n also he signed it with Cingular, which was then bought out by AT&T
Try saying no to Steve Jobs.
Yeah this had symbian & apple was so basic
Military Anecdote: Way back between 2007 and 2008, this phone formed part of an urban surveillance kit (i.e., surveillance in a city environment) at the time I was deployed with a small team for a year. Well, for some reason, the logistics personnel felt fit to include the Spider-Man DVD as part of the itemized kit supply list. So, for a couple of years, every time one of our teams took over the surveillance mission from a previous team, it had to account for the Spider-Man movie. Go figure.
This is exactly the kind of unique anecdote I love to see on episodes of this series. Thanks for sharing!
Ah, the days when the battle for the best smartphone camera was only between Nokia and Sony Ericsson.
@@eliseoembrador1733 stop copying other people's comments
This phone looks totally usable now to be honest, I can only imagine how beastly it was back then.
I think it's usable indeed, for music, email, calling and texting (SMS or open standards like IRC/XMPP) it's well, but also very much so for camera. The camera is still brilliant even today, it takes great shots. Remember 5 megapixels is basically like a still of 1080p+ video, it's much better quality than we'd think judging by that number. And it's not just about megapixels, the flash and (slow) focus on this thing works great, and the sensor they designed was great. It's just super chunky for 2020 (or even 2010!).
5 MP camera! Not long ago, my selfie camera was 5 MP and those were decent photos.
Had one in 2008, it took a Galaxy S4 for me to leave it behind in 2013. 5 years.
5 frigging years with the thing and it was still kicking, I switched purely because the 3.5mm jack was, well, not working anymore and it's BT antenna was so fucked it barely had 1.5m of range anymore for my headphones at the time.
I doubt any phone I get today will get the same mileage or arrive as intact as the N95 did at its 5 years mark. It was, indeed, the pinnacle of the pre-glass-slab era of smartphones, and I miss it (prolly nostalgia but still).
@@jeff4362 for email, no.. tried that on my N86 and N93i, didnt work.. on my friend's E72 also.
@@blitzer25blitz62 Yeah that's because the Nokia email app connected to Nokia servers that have died years ago. You need to download and install Mailbox Creator on your device and then you can get IMAP email again.
N95 was the best in its time. Back then I was so happy. My father bought me one when I entered college.
That Spider-Man 3 edition looked so dope, even back then.
HMD should totally have released this new iteration! The kickstand & a slide in speaker would be amazing on those mid-range Nokia’s.
Partner up with Netflix, $299 with a year of Netflix included and 3 years of Android updates and they would certainly move a few. Feels like a teenagers phone.
The speaker array would have been awesome. With TH-cam consumption not slowing down and apps like TikTok emphasizing music and voice playback, we need better audio more than ever.
@@faeinthebay Nokia has proprietary audio systems in their phones already (OZO Audio), so they could really capitalize on that with this kind of multimedia phone.
The original N95 was a disastrous lemon. I shudder to think what the remake would’ve been
8:46 "if you'd like to hear me refer to myself in the third-person some more..." He actually almost chuckled. Say no more, Michael Fisher! :)
Your voice, your thoughtful but entertaining reviews are the making of a legend, reminding us of the past we may have missed, to show us what the future or now can be. Thank you, sir.
This phone was not only amazing for its time but also ahead of the curve in so many ways. Thank you bringing us a strong sense of nostalgia, fond memories of this amazing piece of tech and walk down memory lane Mr Mobile !
When I saw that old Asphalt 3 logo, it brought back so much memories
My dad had this phone at the time.I showed him this video just now.His reaction was "Man it was a great phone."
How old are you now
@@francissantiago4228 why do you ask? looking for victims or something?
Rich dad
i have mines here to as relique, i love until today my n95 and n95 black
@@Casal0x i love until today my beautiful Nokia n70
The writing in these videos is so good. Thanks for the trip on memory lane.
I still have my old N95 8GB. This phone is a masterpiece ❤️
I still have mine sitting in my desk. One of the best phones i've ever had.
I just took mine out. The battery wasn't a spicy pillow, but I appear to have wiped the phone when I stopped using it. (And for some reason it's got a Fido SIM card even though I bought it from Vodafone UK and didn't move back to the US until 2010.)
I've still got mine. It still works too.
And I've still got my Nokia N900 as well.
Hooooo boy! I have a lot of memories with this phone. Back in the day, when you had a N95, you really felt like you were the boss.
Year 2040:
son:dad,wat was this keypad phones
dad:let me tell u a story.(nokia intro music in background)
true and t28s I have both so I was 2 time boss :)
Loved my n95
i think buying a decent phone was much easier back in those days. Now you have to spend more than 500 dollars/euros.
I remember this absolute beast being the best phone ever made! Everybody desired the N95! Thank you for this another throwback! I hope to see plenty more!
I still have a fully working purple n95 in my drawer! i bought it in 2011, and even though iphones (which had a more modern design) existed, i still felt like the n95 was new, even though it had a numeric keypad, it felt so modern but so nostalgic at the same time. i used as a backup phone until verizon shut down their 3g networks a few months ago. i really loved it, this phone will always have a soft spot in my heart
So many fond memories of this beast, actually the whole Nokia N Series, so many legendary, fun and crazy devices. I had the N90, N91 and the N82, I really miss them. I was surprised to see that the camera still does a decent job, both stills and video.
Hope you can bring more of them and also the legendary beast E90 Communicator, it will be fun to compare a foldable phone from the past to the current models. Oh and try to find the 8800 luxury series, these were amazing back in their day, although the s40 OS was horrible.
I hope HMD retro’s the 8800 series. I had the 8890, 8801, and the Luna 8600.
This is the one I've been waiting for. I rocked this phone for so long! My favourite ever phone. Then I gave it to my Dad and he did the same too.
That HMD N95 reboot/homage looked pretty interesting.
I've waited for this vídeo for sooooo long. Thanks Michael for bringing that for us! I still have my N95. It was the phone that brought me here today, loving and always into tech and phone. Even part of my university degree was bound on that phone.
Next could bê the N900!
Take Care mate!
i'm not crying, it's just nostalgia pouring out of my eyes. i owned this phone and daaaamn, i could not be happier. it was indestructible. dropped it a few times, details scattered everywhere, including a battery falling into snow - not a big deal, collect them all together, put them in place - and here you go, good as new. Miss that beyond words.
That HMD Prototype was actually really cool...
Shame it's doesn't get into production
The days when n95 meant something other than a mask :D edit:thanks for all the likes :)
In fact, ppl who went thru SARS knew wt a N95 mask was when the phone came out
@@nic7227 you seem fun at parties
@@maximumclutch8113 and i bet he's smart too, he seems educated and knows stuff!!
@@nic7227 Yeah this is exactly true. Th
SARS and this phone happened only 4 years apart.
Whoa
This was everyone’s dream phone including mine.
And i couldnt get it but eventualy got the n96
@@dusandobranic2746 I got the N86, which was amazing, was the last and best non Android/iOS phone that I had.
"It was also in many way, the last of it's kind." I can't explain the feeling when I hear this. missing the old days when nokia is on its prime (When phones were fun)
Nokoa really were KING at that time, nobody could touch them. I temember browsing theid lineup, and they must have had about 30 different models to choose from, to suit all budgets. And so many customizeable options for some of em, such as "Ex-press-on" covers, so you could change the look of your phone to suit your mood. Nokia were true innovators.
those were the golden days..i still miss the era when symbian was king
Symbian was awesome
And blackberry
Nostalgia..
I remember when my dad gave me the n95 8gb, I felt like such a the coolest boy in my school with a phone like this!
This was the phone that literally jaw-dropping at the time of its launch, both in features and its price tag. That double side slider is iconic, people will always reminded of that double slider everytime they hear the Nokia N95
It was my first smartphone Used 3310 and 6100 for ages until this
@@DJNicShogun wow you're so lucky to have it. I only got my first smartphone with Nokia C6-00, the cut-price N97 😂
5:42 Ah yes, AT&T. Holding back (mobile) phone innovation since 1877.
When he said "prototype" I died a little on the inside. :(
:( I’m sad I wanted to it to be real ( ཀ͝ ∧ ཀ͝ )
Oh man, this was my favourite phone of all time. I wish HMD did that N95 redo, I would buy that in a heartbeat..
HMD?
@@jimboro7 They own Nokia now
Me too
@@jozefbrodala5318 Nokia phones*
Dear HMD: Remake the N95 format with a 3" sliding glass display attached to a keypad and I'll buy it.
Same!!
Same
Makes four of us!
same!
SAME! TAKE MY MONEY! 😅
I used to own N82 and by that time I was thinking it would not get any better than that. GPS, 5MPX auto-focus camera, N-Gage, gyro, accelerometer, Xenon flash ... oh boy it brings back memories
The N95, N96, 6600 and the N73 were out of this world at the time😍
This is one of the legendary devices in UK mobile phone history. This was when Nokia was at its peak. I owned a Nokia n93i at this time and it will always go down as my favourite ever ❤️ Phones were fun fun fun and every device you got was so different and so exciting to open for the first time.
I remember getting an email from Nokia back then asking owners if they thought software updates over the internet would be useful. 😂
they are
I remember people having the N70 and when the N73 hit the shelves people were so overwhelmed since it had some decent quality speakers (or what we called decent at the time). It was very long till I had something half decent in that regard, but it was amazing how things evolved
I had n70 & then n95, my bro had n73
The N95 was just so out of this world it's incredible!
I had one of these in the late 2000s. By far the most useful feature to me was the inbuilt GPS. I used it as my in-car navigation device (using a Garmin app) for quite some time. And to think that is a feature everyone takes for granted now!
Ah yes, the amazing N95. My friend had one and the camera was indeed pretty unbelievable at the time. I had a Sony Ericsson K800i and its 3.2MP camera was no match for the Nokias 5 megapixels. Thanks for yet another cool video! I'm really liking this series, brings back a lot of memories from my school days.
This is the highest form of historical technology cataloging! I love seeing these videos of what we used to aspire to in a phone and how it’s changed so much
That HMD re-imagination wasn't bad at all, i wish they would go back to it and make something out of it. Would love to own a Nokia phone again if it were that innovative and creative.
maybe try buying one of their cheap feature phones. support nokia and tell them what you want. with the right feedback they will listen to us
I have 7 plus, bought it 2 years ago and it’s still fine, not even thinking changing it. While my previous devices I was changing them every 1.5-2 years. My first phone was Nokia 6233 in 2006, changed it to N95 8GB (Black one) although the 6233 was still working (and it’s still working until this day, the issue was bad camera and lacking of WiFi and GPS which N95 8GB provided). My N95 however was stolen 2 years later. And I stopped buying Nokia products until the Lumia 1020. Used it also 2 years as main phone but Windows Mobile was going to die and was less and less working apps, although the 1020 is still working today with the 6233.
I’m really happy HMD brought Nokia back to life and the quality of product into it with clean android and 2 years of android updates. Waiting now for the 9.3 to get released and get a bit cheaper and buying it. Which will take around a year or so.
@sbcontt YT nice. I have the Nokia 7.1. Software is as usual, android one. But battery is laughable
A lot of nostalgia is here .. I remember when my nephew bought this phone and start to explain to us it’s amazing features .. we were very excited by it and my nephew was very proud of it 😊❤️ Thank you Michael for reminding us 🌹
6:20 modernized N95 . Love it! Good job, HMD :)
I still have "The N95"... thats a beast of the past and i just cant let i go so i still play the Snakes game...😊🧡
It was very expensive when i bought it.
But the happiness it gave me was worth it.
Surprisingly, it's still working after a decade😎
@@vedant8002 that was the N series from NOKIA... they were a monster...
@@mohanbalajip8507that snake game was the best snake game on any phone i completed all it's levels the last levels with a single lane of tiles were very hard
8:10 “The nokia n95 is the pinnacle of when phones used to be fun”
I absolutely agree. I used to own the less savvy brother - the N81 and it was one of the best ones I had owned to date.
Yes this is the point. It was far superior than rivals in its time. Even the first *revolutionary* iPhone appeared dumb with 2mp fixed focus poor video camera. I never felt superior for that long with any other phone. It had everything that today's smartphone had. I remember downloading movies using UC browser's download accelerator and then playing them on smartmovie + codec all in phone.
I had an N85, N86 and the N8 ! Lots of eights
@@liftusup9208 you could literally use torrent on the phone! Incredible. And the wild west of getting apps, remember that.
Symbian S60 was way ahead of its time!
The first mobile phone OS that supported quality 3rd party apps similar to today I think.
I truly love this series. This was one of my favorites as a teen, a lot of good memories.
This phone is so recognisable it hurts, I can't remember if I had one or someone in my family
N95 was a dream of a generation, a proper status symbol. Never seen such a hype and desire to own a device ever since.
Nokia led the foundation of what modern smartphone standing today .
Blackberry did
@@dsvet Nokia communicator smartphones go all the way back to 1996, when RIM was doing two way pagers.
@@dsvet Nokia was the father of modern smartphone.....
@@aritakalo8011 I have worked at both companies. Yes the communicator was developed before BB but was unsuccessful. Even the "Gumby" model developed for the US 1900MHz band flopped. There were PDAs at the time that did the job much better. BB was the first to integrate cellular, text, email successfully along with security and portability.
This was my father's phone and gave it to me after getting his legendary RAZR. It was a satisfying transition from 3310 to N95!
Wow, I loved this device at the time, many good things I did with it, at that time it seems that things were cooler, life was cooler, really a phone that brings good feelings, life and friends were cooler and interesting, long life at Nokia. Great video.
Who else would legit and unironically use this phone in 2023 🙋??
E
No 4g no 5g
I need it now in 2024🎉🎉
I just bought it and stamped on this video lol..This things are expensive now,in 20 years they will be hell
I dreamed of buying this one. Nostalgia.
This video has won my heart, full of nostalgia. subbed.
This was THE phone at the time, and I had one for the longest time out of any other phone I've had in my life--after multiple battery replacements of course. The good ol days when you can have three spare batteries and just go all day with your phone...
I just love the way you reviewed the N95 it makes me go back in time when i used to own it. I just ordered this handset 5 days ago and waiting for it to be delivered. There were a lot of reviews ive watched over at you tube and to be honest it made me laugh all the time. Ugh! kids what do they know.. keep up the good work man.. cheers
It's funny how much our phones have changed over the years, but our college experiences has essentially stayed the same.
I had this in 2010 after my Nokia C3 got stolen while I was on duty. This was the best Nokia out there at the time.💕
n95 rules
C3 really sucked with no internet youtube
I have my Nokia C3
@@yasirurooj8749 youtube worked via opera browswr
I played so many games on this phone that the buttons worn off.
My ALL TIME FAVOURITE phone, all things to most men (and women)
I owned two, first one for about three years. Then I "up/down graded" to an N97mini, for about 6-8 months, whereby during that relationship, I considered jumping from a bridge because of the despair of ditching my first love. Before going back to said first love, MY sweetheart, MY darling, MY N95, and living a life once again, filled with joy and happiness.
I still miss you N95, but will never forget you. ❤️
Great memories with this phone, this phone is in my mind even today, that time when i owned n 95, i felt like i have the best in my pocket.
I had the plum colour. One of the best looking phones ever.
I got my nokia n73 in 2008 and this is the era that i want to go back i miss does days
You should've mentioned that you can cover the lens of the main camera by the slider. It was so cool.
I used to have one. And the screen was surprisingly big which made it slightly comfortable to browse.
Along with accessories it came it music accessories as well!
The US version Nokia N95-3 came without the slider like the N95 8GB
I owned an N95 back when i was 8 (because i was brat that time)
I flexed my n95 to my classmates when i was in elementary
Back in the day, it was the most advanced and the most expensive phone in my time
But unfortunately, its fate is I DROPPED IT WHILE RIDING MY BIKE
Good old N95 i really miss it
If it was a 3315 it wouldn't have broke.
the only damage I got from dropping it was that the battery compartment cover broke, since it's only locked onto the phone body with 4 thin plastic tabs
These phones were fun for real. I still have my old N70.😂
I can forget how envy I was of this phone. Dual slide and that design. Nokia was King in India.
I used to have that N95 as well as the black 8Gb here in Mexico and they were amazing. I also had the N91, N97 and N98, but this last one was a big mistake and made me lost tons of information and I switch to iPhone 4. Actually, from the N95 was the first time that I was able to send an e-mail and that was mind blowing in that time.
Keep it going with this video and thank you for making remeber great times.
This was the best phone I ever owned, it did EVERYTHING.... Since then only the note 2 gave me the same feeling of owning something that could do it all....
Hats off to your production quality! This particular series is "almost" as good as the Nokia phones of the yore.
I remember when I bought N95, my friends were sooo envy of me. Great phone of its time
I remember having N95 along with my N73 music edition.absolutely loved it back then.