Thinking of getting an N95

JohnK · 21-05-2007 11:21pm

You do have a point there; do I really want to risk a cheap knockoff in such an expensive phone :eek:

drdre · 21-05-2007 11:36pm

JohnK wrote:

You do have a point there; do I really want to risk a cheap knockoff in such an expensive phone :eek:

Here is a genuine battery in uk, Just bid on this instead of buying a hong kong one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-New-Genuine-Nokia-N95-E65-N93i-Battery-BL-5F_W0QQitemZ160119478389QQihZ006QQcategoryZ20365QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

JohnK · 22-05-2007 12:02am

I like the price of that but it'll be too long before the auction finishes. I'll be off to London again for the June weekend so need to have any spare batteries for then at that will be my real test for the phone.

drdre · 23-05-2007 1:17am

JohnK wrote:

I like the price of that but it'll be too long before the auction finishes. I'll be off to London again for the June weekend so need to have any spare batteries for then at that will be my real test for the phone.

Just ask the seller to end it early.He might and you should have it early next week.

JohnK · 23-05-2007 1:21am

I ended up buying 2 from a different guy (UK) and delivered should come to £20 or about €30.

drdre · 23-05-2007 1:24am

JohnK wrote:

I ended up buying 2 from a different guy (UK) and delivered should come to £20 or about €30.

Thats alright for 2 batteries.Does he have any more.Can you pm me his username if has more.

foobar · 23-05-2007 11:20am

drdre wrote:

Thats alright for 2 batteries.Does he have any more.Can you pm me his username if has more.

Me too. Did you bother get an external charger in the end ?

JohnK · 23-05-2007 11:35am

PM's sent to you both

foobar, I got a dual charger which will charge the phone & spare battery at the same time (or either one)

drdre · 23-05-2007 12:22pm

JohnK wrote:

PM's sent to you both

foobar, I got a dual charger which will charge the phone & spare battery at the same time (or either one)

Thanks

foobar · 23-05-2007 1:24pm

JohnK wrote:

foobar, I got a dual charger which will charge the phone & spare battery at the same time (or either one)

Thats pretty neat. Might get one of them as well.

drdre · 23-05-2007 1:27pm

foobar wrote:

Thats pretty neat. Might get one of them as well.

Yeah its a good idea then you will never run out of battery again

JohnK · 23-05-2007 1:42pm

The one I got comes with the Hong Kong battery and the total cost including shipping was €7.19

They've got a good few still for sale with the auctions ending in between 5 minutes from this post to 22 hours from now

http://cgi.ebay.ie/DUAL-CHARGER-Free-Battery-for-NOKIA-N95-E65-N93-BL-5F_W0QQitemZ300114005662QQihZ020QQcategoryZ35155QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.ie/DUAL-CHARGER-Free-Battery-for-NOKIA-N95-E65-N93-BL-5F_W0QQitemZ300114018888QQihZ020QQcategoryZ35155QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.ie/DUAL-CHARGER-Free-Battery-for-NOKIA-N95-E65-N93-BL-5F_W0QQitemZ300113854905QQihZ020QQcategoryZ35155QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

JohnK · 24-05-2007 3:20pm

The phone's here

I dont know what to look at first!!!

jrey1981 · 24-05-2007 3:23pm

Glad you got it ok John!

JohnK · 24-05-2007 4:09pm

As Professor Farnsworth would say Sweet Zombie Jesus! I've had it on for about 2.5 hours and its giving a low battery warning :eek:

Those spare batteries better arrive quick

jrey1981 · 24-05-2007 5:15pm

You need to fully charge it and run it down several times before you get the best life out of it

JohnK · 24-05-2007 5:25pm

Something tells me I wont have any problem running it down

How long does it take to recharge?

jimmycrackcorm · 24-05-2007 7:26pm

JohnK wrote:

Something tells me I wont have any problem running it down
How long does it take to recharge?

Longer than it takes to run down. I use a charger at night and a charger all day in the office. Oh and a car charger for the GPS.

jrey1981 · 24-05-2007 9:20pm

Nokia used to recommend you charge new phones overnight for the first few charges

smemon · 24-05-2007 11:41pm

my n95 has lasted for 24 hours, if i leave it alone now.. (it will show 1/2 bars then).

The very first time i charge it, it lasted for 4 hours, but i was literally playing with it for 4 hours with bluetooth, wi-fi, gps all on

It easily lasts from morning to night now.. i just charge it overnight. it's showing a full battery now - it was charged about 18 hours ago and i've made about 30mins phone calls, a few texts, and taken a few pics/video..

The battery 'problem' is not a problem - it's the same as any other phone - if you use it non-stop, it will eat battery. Once the novelty wears off, it will last longer

JohnK · 25-05-2007 11:06am

Did any of you lot have trouble trying to update the firmware? All I keep getting is the Phone Recovery screen

Arathorn · 25-05-2007 1:01pm

Few questions for you N95’ers (I’m jealous by the way!)

1. Have any of you paid extra for the voice guided GPS and is it any good
2. Do you worry about losing it? I’d be afraid to take it out for a nite out
3. Do you think it will drop in price anytime soon
4. Can you use the net in landscape style? Is opera mini used or something else
5. Will you be using this as your main camera? E.g. if you go on holidays will this do?
6. What video formats can it play? Avi, mpeg?

I know I could google a lot of this but I like hearing it first hand off you guys so cheers

jesus_thats_gre · 25-05-2007 1:21pm

Anywhere in town doing them for a half reasonable price yet?

foobar · 25-05-2007 2:04pm

JohnK wrote:

Did any of you lot have trouble trying to update the firmware? All I keep getting is the Phone Recovery screen

I got my N95 yesterday.The first thing i did was upgrade Nokia pc software and then i updated the firmware. The firmware went from v10.0.018 to v11.0.026.
The whole process was hassle free.

JohnK · 25-05-2007 2:08pm

I updated all the nokia software too before trying the firmware but still had no luck with it. I'll try on another computer, maybe that'll make a difference. How long did the firmware update take?

foobar · 25-05-2007 2:20pm

JohnK wrote:

How long did the firmware update take?

Around 5 minutes .

JohnK · 25-05-2007 2:21pm

Arathorn wrote:

Few questions for you N95’ers (I’m jealous by the way!)

1. Have any of you paid extra for the voice guided GPS and is it any good
2. Do you worry about losing it? I’d be afraid to take it out for a nite out
3. Do you think it will drop in price anytime soon
4. Can you use the net in landscape style? Is opera mini used or something else
5. Will you be using this as your main camera? E.g. if you go on holidays will this do?
6. What video formats can it play? Avi, mpeg?

I know I could google a lot of this but I like hearing it first hand off you guys so cheers

#1. Only just played with the GPS for the first time a few seconds ago but I dont think I'd pay for voice guided stuff
#2. I'll probably take my old phone if going to the pub (for a while anyway). No point risking a brand new expensive phone when I got an old and crappy one here.
#3. Probably not.
#4. Yes, one of the browser options is to rotate the screen and I just tested it so it does work.
#5. Probably not to be honest. I prefer the fast operation of actual cameras as opposed to the point-shoot-wait-wait-wait-wait of camera phones.
#6. The only format I've tested so far is .mp4 but from reading the net it seems you can get other players that'll play pretty much anything.

AlmightyCushion · 25-05-2007 2:23pm

JohnK wrote:

#1. Only just played with the GPS for the first time a few seconds ago but I dont think I'd pay for voice guided stuff
#2. I'll probably take my old phone if going to the pub (for a while anyway). No point risking a brand new expensive phone when I got an old and crappy one here.
#3. Probably not.
#4. Yes, one of the browser options is to rotate the screen and I just tested it so it does work.
#5. Probably not to be honest. I prefer the fast operation of actual cameras as opposed to the point-shoot-wait-wait-wait-wait of camera phones.
#6. The only format I've tested so far is .mp4 but from reading the net it seems you can get other players that'll play pretty much anything.

I want one of these soooo much:(

JohnK · 25-05-2007 8:35pm

Are any of you lot with N95's on O2 prepay? I cant get my bloody GPRS or MMS working; I'm guessing I have the wrong settings somewhere but I cant figure it out

26-05-2007 8:20pm

yay ! Got mine yesterday! Couldn't wait to buy it off the web so paid the bit
Extra and got it in 3g. I'm ****in delighted its so so so amazin everythings workin
Perfectly no prob's at all. Camera quality its brill and sat nav is great. Have been
Using it non stop since yesterday and only charged it for a while. Once you charge
It overnight or in the car the battery wont be a problem.

The strange thing is that i bought it sim free but it still worked perfectly no
Straight away. All the settings there straight away (o2 bill).

Definately a must have guys would recommend it to anyone
I'd give it 9 outta 10 only down sides are that you dont get a memory card with it
And the settings and options and crap like that are in different than normal nokia
Places. But wont take too long to get used to!
One other thing i love is the full and proper web access and browsing esp over wifi
Like pure example is me putting up this post on it now

Anyway lads trust me. Get it. The price is a minor detail. I now have my mobile, sat nav
Ipod, digital camera and pda all in one ! ! Wow i'm in heaven !

Thinking of getting an N95

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