So on an impulse I went out and bought the Nokia N95, not a bad impulse buy in my opinion, I’ve done worse!
First impressions were yes this is fantastic, and 3 weeks on has my opinion changed? No. Simply put. There are a few things that could be improved but there always is, nothing is perfect. Although N95 is very close to being perfect. Not everyone will agree with me, but each to their own. Two things that do come to mind always are the RAM and Battery Life.
Battery Life:
The main point which I do agree with many users out there is the battery life. Yes Nokia should realise that with the beast the N95 is, it would be drinking the life out of the battery like an alcoholic at a bar. But even so it doesn’t do too bad. I can compare it to my LG Kg800 Chocolate, it’s got the same sort of battery life. Compare both phones features to see that the battery life isn’t so bad.
RAM:
The main thing that annoys me is the RAM. I’ve read an article by Steve Litchfield posted on AllAboutSymbian and have to say I agree with him. He has more or less hit the nail on the head. It needs more RAM and loads of it. Take this example fore instance:
I just shot a 30 second clip on my N95 at the highest setting, I click stop and try to review it and see if it is any good, and oops “not enough memory…blah blah”, it means I’ve got to close the camera down (exit), then browse to my gallery and check out the clip to see if it is any good. That is very annoying.
I hope Nokia can sort it out soon with some sort of Firmware upgrade, if not the whole hullabaloo about almost DVD quality video capture is not such a big deal.
But on a positive note, the video editing on the N95 itself is awesome, simple, extensive and great fun. Check out Steve Litchfield’s video review.
Those two are probably the only negatives I’ve found on the N95 so far, let’s hope it stays at 2 or decreases to one.
