From Nokia N93 To Nokia N95: Upgrade or Not?

March 2nd, 2007 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

The Nokia N95 is just around the corner and after reading a few articles, there are a few things that make me think twice before doing an upgrade. I’ll list down what’s important to me and conclude whether or not it is recommended for other N93 owners with similar interests upgrade to the Nokia N95.

Thanks to Paul Whitaker, I noticed that the Nokia N95 only supports mono audio. While this is not a dealbreaker for me, going to the N95 from the N93, I will be losing the stereo recording. Since I upload most of my videos on YouTube, the audio are converted to mono anyway so other YouTube users will not be affected. However, watching the original videos on a computer with 2 speakers, or a TV, we lose audio depth. You can find out more about mono vs. stereo by BCAE.

Nokia N95 Video
Nokia N95 with Mono Audio

Nokia N93 Video
Nokia N93 with Stereo Audio

Sample Nokia N95 photos have been showing up with purple hue. They say that firmware updates will fix this, but after hearing the same thing about how Nokia will fix the noise on Nokia N93 pictures, I will not get my hopes up. Fortunately, the pictures can be fixed with software on our computers.

Nokia N95 Photo Corrected
Color Corrected Nokia N95 Photo

Nokia N95 Sample Photo
Original Nokia N95 Photo

Nokia N95 has GPS… the Nokia N93 doesn’t. However, My-Symbian revealed in their Nokia N95 review that the built-in GPS receiver will initially only work with the included Nokia Maps. This is disappointing to me because I think TomTom is better, faster, and more usable than Nokia Maps.

Unfortunately, no other existing S60 3rd Edition GPS software is able to take advantage of the built-in receiver because all of them are ‘hardcoded’ to communicate with Bluetooth GPS devices via the Serial Port Profile.

Conclusion. So should I still upgrade to the Nokia N95? While the 3 factors above mention a few negative things, they are not that bad. Mono and Stereo are hardly noticeable through basic speakers, picture colors can be easily fixed, and I can stick with Nokia Maps until TomTom ports their software to use the GPS receiver on the Nokia N95. Nevertheless, I will be checking Fonegrabber or the Nokia N95 Price Check page for a trusted seller to have it in stock and still be one of the first few to buy it.

I’m sure I’m not the only Nokia N93 user feeling this way. Do you have a Nokia N93 and plan to upgrade to the Nokia N95? Let me know the reasons why or why you won’t upgrade.

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    hi guys,, i owned a nokia n93, after 8 months of using it, while im playing one of the games that i downloaded(spiderman) after i killed the venom, the my phone started to hung and i dont know what to do so i removed the battery. but it wouldnt turn on again. i consulted it at the nokia care and it took 1 week to repair it, and also the flash about 6 months since i bought it, the flash is already no functional. what would be those factors that can destroy this phoe. please reply please pleasde. thank you very much,.. arigato
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  • ironE
    I'll definately stick with my n93 so I can zoom optically, especially while in video mode. Also, I like having the choice of sat. receiver placement independent of phone location for better tracking while using Sport Tracker, for example.

    ALSO, the sat.nav. has its own power so it won't drain phone battery when navigating on foot.

    I imagine that video quality is no better with n95...?

    I would be delighted to see Nokia take the camera/computer/phone concept to the next level - to me it's fantastic to leave cameras at home and still be able to get quality video or still images that can be uploaded easily. Oh - by the way, the microphones on the n93 do a pretty #*%?! good job as well. That's my rave for today...thanks!
  • ironE
    Hello! I definately like the possibility of optical zooming, especially in video mode. Also, I like being able to place the separate sat. receiver anywhere I like AND that it has its own battery and therefore doesn't eat up extra phone power during navigation(when there's no plug-in power available-think hiking&biking).
  • andy
    I know this is going to make people laugh, as I really did an 'upgrade'act but, well, its in reverse order -I traded in my N95 in order to get the N93. So I have experienced both models. In fact I even have used an N93i before. If you ask me which one I like better, well, I have to admit from the bottom of my heart that the N93 is a more adorable phone to me.
  • Carlos
    HI! I'm not too good at posting stuff, but I just wanted to say I'm already at the 6th (going to the 7th) N95 and I always have to return them for the same reason: dead pixels, in video and photo mode, but each time they are different. Sometimes more than 7... I suppose it isn't a display problem, I guess it's something wrong with the photoreceivers or smth like it.
    I'm from Spain, dunno if they've brought the worse N95 here or if it's an universal problem.
    If someone else has some similar problem, could u let me know?
    carlosmaxpayne@hotmail.com
    Thanks
    And, btw, I thing N93 it's better.
  • Rakesh Rai
    ...
  • termenator, no the 5MP does not make up for the optical zoom in the N93. There is something magical about having optical zoom.

    Taking the same subject wide angled, and then zoomed in but further back, changed the proportion and distortion of the picture. this can be seen most clearly from the ears in relation to the face. On a wide angle, ones portrait ears will appear to be pushed back. Zooming in a little, will make it fit more in place, and more natural. Wides have their purposes for landscapes, more tele , for portraits, and for photographing animals, 3x zoom is needed so as not to get too close to animals to scare them.

    Anyhow, N93's 3MP is shown up 5MP n95 at times, where N95 has turned detail into mush.

    mazor
  • janver22
    I think the title "It's What Computers Have Become" should be for the E90 Communicator. Indeed it fails one factor of mini-computers, the amount of RAM (About only 20 MB Available for user). So, you can't do Multitasking on this Phone! This makes that Fast AMR CPU and an innovative Video CPU to shame!
  • termenator
    first i want to ask if 5mp camera in n95 compensates the optical zoom in n93?
    second,please upload images and sample clip( in sun light) by n95 and/or n93
    to see its quality.
  • @Shun thanks.... the n95 is now out... I'm still waiting for the call from the Nokia Flagship Store.
  • Shun
    PS.

    Bye the way, colors and imaging services has been improved on the retail version. making it the most 'must have' gadget of 2007 for work and multimedia purposes.
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