Nokia N95 due March 20th according to eXpansys

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

• James @ The Creative Life

  Wow! That is rather eXpansis, . . . err, I mean, expensive!

• The Fixer

  Ok, help me out here, what am I missing? Yes, a dual-slide phone is cool. The camera looks awesome (Even the with the Red). Yes, It looks like a rocking phone… But what is the big deal about the N95? Maybe it is just the epitome of a lot of different features that people want? I really want to know what the appeal is, because I’m just missing something if people are willing to spend $1200 bucks on this phone.

  I want an E90 so bad I can taste it, but I WILL NOT spend $1200 bucks on it, and it’s a phone that appeals to me big time. I’m really not trying to be snide or snippy, I want to know if I’m missing something about the N95 that I haven’t noticed. I’m also not a typical American who wants a contract rate subsidized phone either (I still have that crappy 3595 in a drawer around here somewhere) as I’m a E61 addict and expect to NEVER buy another phone from a carrier unless I need a new SIM.

  I really am genuinely interested in the appeal.

• Stefan Constantinescu

  Why buy a Porsche when the speed limit is 55 mph?

  Why buy $1000 Grado headphones when many Nokia’s come with their own earbuds?

  Do you get where I’m going with this?

  Just because you don’t get it, doesn’t mean there aren’t people out there who do.

  The N95 is more of a “this is what we can accomplish with our best engineering” king of thing. In less than 5 years we will be able to pick up a phone with the same specs for less than $300.

  It is the technology industry mate. It doesn’t stop for anyone.

  Anyone.

• Henrikki

  Mayby it doesn’t pay (pun intented) to be one of the early buyers. Price will drop after few months. In the mean time you can decide to try a N73 or another quite new device which somebody will sell, because they want the N95 as soon as it’s released.

• Henrikki

  Mayby it doesn’t pay (pun intented) to be one of the early buyers. Price will drop after few months. In the mean time you can decide to try a N73 or another quite new device which somebody will sell, because they want the N95 as soon as it’s released.