I am thinking which phone is better, a n95 or a iphone unlocked. The reason I am thinking about this is because I currently own a 8 gig iphone unlocked and i am pretty happy with it. A friend of mine got a N95 and I tried it out and it is pretty sweet too. Right now with the new iphone un-unlockable atm, the unlocked phone is selling on ebay for quite a bit, even a bit more than N95's $550 price tag, so I am thinking about should I sell my iphone and get a n95.
Nokia N95 vs. Iphone unlocked.
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The iPhone will be firmware unlocked very soon. They decrypted the secpack night before last... now they just need to trace the code to figure out where they want to hack it. I will be really surprised if this takes them longer than the end of this weekend to accomplish this.
As far as the N95 vs. the iPhone, they are both very nice phones.
The N95 has a much (much!) better camera, included GPS and 3G support, and 3rd party app support. And it's naturally unlocked. It has stereo bluetooth support and you can use it as a laptop "modem" on the road.
The iPhone has better battery life, a much nicer screen (bigger, brighter and higher resolution), nicer email support (push Email with HTML support), and it's cheaper. It's also, in my humble opinion, more elegant. Lastly, the larger screen on the iPhone means watching movies and surfing the internet is more practical and effective.
I'd say that it depends on what you want, and what your budget is. If you live in a city with 3G, then the N95 suddenly looks much better, but if you commute a fair bit on planes and trains and such, it's really nice to be able to surf the web and watch movies on the much larger/prettier iPhone screen. But if you like using a laptop for these things, then the untethered/modem support of the N95 is very nice. The GPS and 3rd party support of the N95 is very nice. But the N95 is at >$550 right now, while the 8GB iPhone is $400.
For me I really looked at smart phones for quite a while all through August and early Sept. The price was the killer on the N95. I paid $300 for my 4GB iPhone, the N95 was sitting above $600 when I was trying to decide. Even with the N95 at $550... that's well out of my price range. If the N95 had been $300 when I was trying to decide... I'd have probably shrugged and gave up on Apple and bought an N95. The obvious downside of the iPhone is that a lot of the features that I wanted (unlocked, 3rd party apps) are not supported by Apple, and in fact, appear to be actively targeted by Apple. This can either be frustrating and nerve-wracking, or fun, depending on how much you just want to have a cell phone that works, and how much you like messing around hacking things to get them to do things that they weren't intended to do. I'm more in the latter camp than the former, and so I think this whole hacking thing is fun. I'm not sure if I'd trade in my iPhone for an N95 right now even if they were priced the same because I'm actually enjoying the whole cat-n-mouse game.
If you do decide to go for the N95, list your iPhone soon... because I've been hanging out on the dev team channel for the iPhone unlock and they are very close and when it comes out the unlocked iPhone prices will drop back down quickly.
As far as the N95 vs. the iPhone, they are both very nice phones.
The N95 has a much (much!) better camera, included GPS and 3G support, and 3rd party app support. And it's naturally unlocked. It has stereo bluetooth support and you can use it as a laptop "modem" on the road.
The iPhone has better battery life, a much nicer screen (bigger, brighter and higher resolution), nicer email support (push Email with HTML support), and it's cheaper. It's also, in my humble opinion, more elegant. Lastly, the larger screen on the iPhone means watching movies and surfing the internet is more practical and effective.
I'd say that it depends on what you want, and what your budget is. If you live in a city with 3G, then the N95 suddenly looks much better, but if you commute a fair bit on planes and trains and such, it's really nice to be able to surf the web and watch movies on the much larger/prettier iPhone screen. But if you like using a laptop for these things, then the untethered/modem support of the N95 is very nice. The GPS and 3rd party support of the N95 is very nice. But the N95 is at >$550 right now, while the 8GB iPhone is $400.
For me I really looked at smart phones for quite a while all through August and early Sept. The price was the killer on the N95. I paid $300 for my 4GB iPhone, the N95 was sitting above $600 when I was trying to decide. Even with the N95 at $550... that's well out of my price range. If the N95 had been $300 when I was trying to decide... I'd have probably shrugged and gave up on Apple and bought an N95. The obvious downside of the iPhone is that a lot of the features that I wanted (unlocked, 3rd party apps) are not supported by Apple, and in fact, appear to be actively targeted by Apple. This can either be frustrating and nerve-wracking, or fun, depending on how much you just want to have a cell phone that works, and how much you like messing around hacking things to get them to do things that they weren't intended to do. I'm more in the latter camp than the former, and so I think this whole hacking thing is fun. I'm not sure if I'd trade in my iPhone for an N95 right now even if they were priced the same because I'm actually enjoying the whole cat-n-mouse game.
If you do decide to go for the N95, list your iPhone soon... because I've been hanging out on the dev team channel for the iPhone unlock and they are very close and when it comes out the unlocked iPhone prices will drop back down quickly.
another vote for the N95.
take a look at the Nokia E90
One of my friends just got one and that thing is amazing! A bit big but it's features make up for it.
take a look at the Nokia E90
One of my friends just got one and that thing is amazing! A bit big but it's features make up for it.
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