When Phones Were Fun: Nokia N95 (2007)

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It feels like an odd time to bring back “When Phones Were Fun.”
After all, 2020 has been one of the most interesting years in mobile tech history: Motorola finally achieved a proper reboot of its iconic RAZR; Samsung built the best foldable ever with its Galaxy Z Fold 2; and even LG got in on the fun with a radical rehash of its VX9400, the LG Wing. As I said in my review of the latter: "phones are indeed fun again!"
But something tells me that, whatever social feeds might exist thirteen years from now, not many of those phones will inspire the kind of love-fest that 2007's Nokia N95 does. With a bevy of firsts encapsulated within an iconic dual-slider design, the Nokia N95 wasn’t just the ultimate smartphone ... it was also, in many ways, the last of its kind.
Join me for a look back at the Nokia N95-3, and stay tuned to the end of the video for an exclusive look at HMD Global's Nokia N95 reboot ... that never was! MrMobile's "When Phones Were Fun" is back in business.
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This is the ninth in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.
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@simranvirdi123 3 жыл бұрын

Today, even buy Iphone 12, but the level of happiness when buying N95 can never be met.

@FelArtful 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah now you only pay for a better looking or more power but the old phones gave you magic

@simranvirdi123 3 жыл бұрын

@@FelArtful very true. Most amazing thing is, at that time every upcoming phone used to have different look, design, and features. That's not the case now.

@Apurv22able 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely...I remember buying this phone in 2007 for 27000rs

@udhaypartap1351 3 жыл бұрын

Same me bro i have 4 nokia n95

@simranvirdi123 3 жыл бұрын

@@udhaypartap1351 4 nokia n95. 😂 That is amazing!!!

@peterthepanda 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, the days when the battle for the best smartphone camera was only between Nokia and Sony Ericsson.

@ebridgewater 3 жыл бұрын

The N95 was better than the K850i in almost every way. However, the K850i had a Xenon flash, which was really useful during university times (going out at night etc.).

@rowdful 3 жыл бұрын

sony ericsson....now that's a name i haven't heard in many years

@harshvaghela47 3 жыл бұрын

Sony Ericsson is my first love. 😊

@KoenMiseur 3 жыл бұрын

@@ebridgewater not really if u search reviews from back than the k850i wins the photobattle, the n95 wins the videobattle.

@ebridgewater 3 жыл бұрын

@@KoenMiseur Depends on the situation. The N95 came out stronger in many ways.

@hyuseinyashar9137 3 жыл бұрын

As a kid All I wanted was n95, now I am 25 and still I want a n95 ...

@itachiuchiha9773 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@brigingthemap 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Sir

@cheekymescalito3249 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1995 too. As I kid I couldn't even dream of N95. Siemens M65 or Nokia N73 or even Nokia N70 were top my dreams

@redjoker07 2 жыл бұрын

It's now a cheap phone tho, you can buy a SEALED ONE on eBay or Amazon for just a cheap price

@KaiserAllen 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted an N93i, and I still do. Even the N90.

@akshayavhad5286 3 жыл бұрын

N95 was a legend at its time. It had Wifi, light sensor, always on display, accelerometer sensor, tv connectivity feature, stereo speakers, front facing camera, continuous auto focus, inbuilt gps tracking and many more things which I can't even remember now. Seriously, N95 was way ahead of its time.

@ivan_off 3 жыл бұрын

People who aren't old enough to remember when Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson were the top phones manufacturers - I feel sorry for you. That era was epic.

@danieliroh 3 жыл бұрын

Sony Ericsson phones from that era were like gold growing up, so highly coveted because they always packed so many cool features! And Symbian on Nokia phones was what got me into modding and going on tech forums

@ChemicalCorpse91 3 жыл бұрын

We get it your old get over it

@danieliroh 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChemicalCorpse91 awww, someone's mad for no bloody reason.

@krizzyfire3760 3 жыл бұрын

And when Sony Ericsson was just Ericsson

@arivindharanbalakrishnan418 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChemicalCorpse91 butthurt baby.. Hahahahaha 😂 😂 😂

@cerealkiller5599 3 жыл бұрын

My brother gave me his N95 after he got his iPhone. I used to stream anime and play games on the N95. It was a beast!

@mohamedsamir363 3 жыл бұрын

i have one nokia n95 rally 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@largol33t1 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but I don't see an iPhone as an upgrade over an N95. Give me the N95 and I'd still have fun with it.

@wintermelon4020 Жыл бұрын

@@largol33t1 If u don’t see it as an upgrade then you’re just delusional

@bogdangaliceanu6326 Жыл бұрын

proud owner of an N95 here. It was awesome. First phone I ever wrote Python code for, which basically got me into a career as a software developer. Thank you for the video!

@anujkalra6145 3 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@Scampi95 2 жыл бұрын

The N95 was a game changer, when it came out it was the coolest phone on the market. My neighbour had one and I was so jealous of him. Now I'm seriously considering getting one as a backup phone

@drygnfyre 9 ай бұрын

I doubt it would work anymore. 3G networks have been shut down by all major carriers in the past few years. You would need 4G at a minimum. There is no way the N95 can do anything more than work as a secondary music player or something else that doesn't require phone calling.

@donjunal 3 ай бұрын

@@drygnfyreno i have it and it can still run many sites

@Shapershift 3 жыл бұрын

Nokia N95 was a phone that I dreamed of having when I was a kid, but I couldn't afford it.

@raycon921 3 жыл бұрын

same, when I got older I bought a used one just to have it although it's time has long passed

@TheMrMobile 3 жыл бұрын

I only saw one in the wild: on my college campus sometime in '07/'08. If I'd known all its capabilities I would have found the money for one!

@AyazHB 3 жыл бұрын

How much did it retail for at that time?

@jimboro7 3 жыл бұрын

@@raycon921 haha i did the same, bought a lot of the n-series phones when they were second hand and cheap

@ChrisBeard 3 жыл бұрын

I never realised how badly carriers hobbled manufacturers in the US. Pricing and competition was really high in the UK back then. Everyone I knew had a n95. Really miss the life log app too.

@josephspectre8810 3 жыл бұрын

Showing us The new N95 is EVIL!!!!!! i want one SO BAD 💔💔💔

@Xfade81 3 жыл бұрын

Uhm it's a non working prototype, with only 2 similarities.

@adamno176 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@josephspectre8810 3 жыл бұрын

@@Xfade81 Looks SO Cool

@MadisOtenurm 3 жыл бұрын

Ehh, there are plenty of phones with stereo speakers. If you really want that part of it, maybe the Razer Phone 2 could be for you.

@ahmadhussain27 3 жыл бұрын

I... NEEEED.... IT

@Yaniv.C 3 жыл бұрын

The N95 was amazing! It was so powerful and allowed me to use mobile hotspot when I was traveling for work. Ironically I was READING your articles back then versus watching! Oh how the times have changed.

@largol33t1 2 жыл бұрын

I want the N95 and Sidekick back in modernized form so badly. Fuck Apple. There's nothing special about their overpriced phones.

@Yaniv.C 2 жыл бұрын

@@largol33t1 lol I loved the 95 but I have to admit I love my iPhone too ;)

@JamesLawner 3 жыл бұрын

That Spider-Man 3 edition looked so dope, even back then.

@hammouminator 3 жыл бұрын

I filmed an over 2 hours family reunion with that beast and the battery was still kicking it man this phone was so badass

@louisvilletech7765 3 жыл бұрын

never owned one when i was younger 19 now but how good was the headphone jack i heard it had a decent dac and amp in it the LG V60 is my daily driver and i love it

@hammouminator 3 жыл бұрын

@@louisvilletech7765 It was amazing , i still own the phone it's somewhere in my house but can't find it lol , beside i was living in a hot desert town and that beast never gets hot or any thing it was built like a tank

@mohanbalajip8507 3 жыл бұрын

In the past the battery life of these beasts were around 4days... With good usage and now a days all we can see is around 1-1.5 days( except a few)

@gunjanthagria 3 жыл бұрын

This phone hit some real hard nostalgia, I'm from India and this was THE phone back when I was in school....

@nasa1231000 3 жыл бұрын

Same I'm originally from Sri Lanka. When I was schooling there it was the 5800 the 5323 the C5, C6, and all them amazing xpress music phones. All the cool kids had em. Not to forget the E series.

@danieliroh 3 жыл бұрын

@@nasa1231000 I'm from Nigeria and I coveted all of those phones back in school too! I did end up getting a used 5800 at some point

@Bos_Meong 3 жыл бұрын

You must be crazy rich to have this phone for school

@danieliroh 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bos_Meong nope, bought it used and saved up several months for it

@gunjanthagria 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bos_Meong lol I wish I had one...

@tomasgancahaluska 3 жыл бұрын

I still have my old N95 8GB. This phone is a masterpiece ❤️

@TheWahyuwirawan 3 жыл бұрын

I love my n95 back in the day. Pure happiness for 2 years. The zeiss camera was a thing back then and the loudspeaker is one of the best stereo on a phone

@raulbarsan8582 3 жыл бұрын

I used to be BOSS in high-school with this phone. Thank you for reminding me man!!

@zinussan50 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. But I'm the one who watched others look so cool with this phone. 😃

@darek4488 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. So much so that a year later two other people bought N95 8GB

@raulbarsan8582 3 жыл бұрын

@@darek4488 great times. Had the N97 as well. Felt like a Nasa employee when you opened the hinge

@LewysC 3 жыл бұрын

The Nokia N95 was genuinely a mind blowing device back before smartphones became a common thing! I got mine as a hand me down from my dad which was his work phone and the screen, the sliding motion, the camera, the media controls... It all seemed so futuristic to me at the time 😅

@Lahiss 3 жыл бұрын

When people were losing their minds over the first iPhone I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. The Nokia N-Series had been doing all it did for years already.

@LewysC 3 жыл бұрын

@@Lahiss I remember thinking the exact same thing 😆 Although I didn't have any of the other N series devices, I can speak for the N95 when I say it was most definitely ahead of its time. I used to love the MP3 player and the camera to death. It was the first phone that really showed me that you could have a portable, digital, 'smart camera' in your pocket.

@TheSkcube 3 жыл бұрын

I got it as a hand me down from my dad too, what a coincidence. I felt so awesome having a high-end smartphone.

@LewysC 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkcube I guess we were the cool N95 kids then 😎 Some of my earliest photos were taken on this thing actually

@SGoswami41 3 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@Movie_Games 2 жыл бұрын

I had this and remember laughing at how little the first iPhone could do compared to it. Also, why the fuck did AT&T want Nokia to remove WiFi but not Apple?

@stephengnb 2 жыл бұрын

AT&T and other carriers could force Nokia and other manufacturers to do what they want, but Apple gets to make its own rules that the carriers must follow.

@fiddle_n 2 жыл бұрын

Steve Jobs refused to sign a deal with a carrier unless he had complete control over the design of the phone. Verizon disagreed. AT&T agreed but the price was a multi-year exclusivity deal. They realised just how much of a competitive advantage it would give them to carry a phone from Apple, and they were right.

@KazyEXE 2 жыл бұрын

@@fiddle_n also he signed it with Cingular, which was then bought out by AT&T

@sorryi6685 Жыл бұрын

Try saying no to Steve Jobs.

@beingbeckham Жыл бұрын

Yeah this had symbian & apple was so basic

@jaspm 3 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel, having some solid nostalgia from these amazing thick devices, great content ❤️🙏

@itxofficial8281 3 жыл бұрын

The N95 (or in my particular case: The N95 8GB) will always remain my favorite smartphone of all time. I was 19 years old when it came out, and on the day of its release here in Austria, it cost a whopping 799€! I decided to buy it anyway, and even though the rest of the month was pretty much me eating nothing but plain noodles and rice 😅, I never regretted buying it. Unfortunately, I sold my original device a few years ago, but I managed to get a hold of a very cheap, used one in decent condition. As a collector of vintage phones, this device will always hold a special place in my heart.

@Emppu_T. 3 жыл бұрын

Remember the time before appstores when you could find apps and games from special sites around the internet, then transfer them to your phone via usb lr memory card, sometimes youd need to change date to get it to install etc. .jar .sis apps

@danyahsan3958 3 жыл бұрын

S60v3... I was 13 year old... Gold memories

@danilodistefanis5990 3 жыл бұрын

ITX Official where do you recommend buying well priced vintage phones in Austria ?

@itxofficial8281 3 жыл бұрын

@@danilodistefanis5990 I would look at *willhaben* first and foremost. People tend to set prices too high at first, but most of them are willing to negotiate and there's a good chance you'll find a bargain there. Then of course, *eBay* is also a good place to find old phones, although most sellers don't offer the bidding option anymore and only sell their stuff with the "Buy Now" button.

@Josephbabajide 2 жыл бұрын

I envy you.

@Conceptcreator 3 жыл бұрын

I just LOVE these old school devices. They had something unique, everything was just different, they tried to follow an own path instead of following a path that is already set. Another really good video!!! (and I am still jealous of your scripting talent, but of course also your voice!)

@jattvolume3 3 жыл бұрын

They had a love factor.. surely today's phone are prettier but in mid 2000s it was rare to see people with same phone.. nokia just had a bonkers catalogue, moto was there, samsung , ericsson. So, the feeling of your phone was the only phone in your circle was a kicker. And bluetooth sharing was also the reason why i loved my phones, it gave me a sense of freedom that is very normal in today's time.

@karmveer240 3 жыл бұрын

I ALSO LOVED MY UNCLES N97 MINI WELL I AM JUST A KID

@mass5904 3 жыл бұрын

Try saying that with your Morgan Freeman voice

@glitchypranks2852 3 жыл бұрын

@@karmveer240 I never heard of a mini version. Gotta collect that too!

@Zesserie 3 жыл бұрын

The phones from 00-10 were a very fun time, many wierd and unique phones, designes etc. I had Sony Ericsson P1i, that phone had a pretty large modding scene and remember modding mine to have the Walkman software, and custom UI the phone also had wifi and "wasd" keyboard, which were pretty cool back then. HTC had some slide phones with wasd keys to name another one. Today every phone feels the same, its an android or an apple, and its pretty much the same thing over and over again.

@mohanbalajip8507 3 жыл бұрын

I still have "The N95"... thats a beast of the past and i just cant let i go so i still play the Snakes game...😊🧡

@vedant8002 2 жыл бұрын

It was very expensive when i bought it. But the happiness it gave me was worth it. Surprisingly, it's still working after a decade😎

@mohanbalajip8507 2 жыл бұрын

@@vedant8002 that was the N series from NOKIA... they were a monster...

@donjunal 3 ай бұрын

@@mohanbalajip8507that snake game was the best snake game on any phone i completed all it's levels the last levels with a single lane of tiles were very hard

@thearchive2950 3 жыл бұрын

This phone was not only amazing for its time but also ahead of the curve in so many ways. Thank you bringing us a strong sense of nostalgia, fond memories of this amazing piece of tech and walk down memory lane Mr Mobile !

@viktorkongskov5692 3 жыл бұрын

I had this epic phone! I still remember sitting in my couch watching TV on this tiny screen. It was pointless, as i could just turn on the real thing, but i didn't care cause it was awesome being able to do that.

@gabrielgingras814 3 жыл бұрын

Like me last night not bothering to turn on the TV to cast KZfaq.

@Nutteri 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the tagline: ”Nokia N95 - It’s what computers have become.”

@jmal 3 жыл бұрын

That tagline is prophetic in a way.

@SankoshSaha_01 3 жыл бұрын

Miss those days

@embukun 2 жыл бұрын

I still remember playing a very bad port of asphalt 3 on my father's nokia n95. This just brings back so many memories. Good video!

@mykice29 2 жыл бұрын

I just love the way you reviewed the N95 it makes me go back in time when i used to own it. I just ordered this handset 5 days ago and waiting for it to be delivered. There were a lot of reviews ive watched over at you tube and to be honest it made me laugh all the time. Ugh! kids what do they know.. keep up the good work man.. cheers

@AchrafAchraf-cz2et 3 жыл бұрын

I had the n95 8gb, it was just amazing. Its camera however was incredible. "The N95 is another reminder" that since Nokia left, innovation has been slowing.

@aliafan7357 3 жыл бұрын

For me when nokia dies there’s no unique phone, from the shape to functionality, i remember staring at phone magazines with nokia all over the pages, and now same shaped brick

@sergyuphenom 3 жыл бұрын

in that time, 2007 the camera on n82 was the best, followed by n95. i remember reading about it, n82 best cameraphone in 2007

@RizkhyDestatama 3 жыл бұрын

I think the innovation is advance faster after nokia era, but in functionality and technology.

@altal2993 3 жыл бұрын

I had the N95 8GB also........what an amazing phone that was........

@akapbhan 3 жыл бұрын

2000's is to mobile phone what 1890's to 1920's to handguns. Sure they had a lot of interesting and innovative design and ideas but most of them were not needed.

@Federico_Cahis 3 жыл бұрын

At the time, I went travelling for 3 months, when roaming was impossibly expensive. Its internal storage, camera and offline maps with GPS and Wifi made it the ultimate device. The ultimate smartphone. Nothing in the market came close to this phone. Not even WM phones. Also the Nokia E71. Not as exciting, but my goodness was it a beautiful metal device.

@2007enthusiast 6 ай бұрын

Who else would legit and unironically use this phone in 2023 🙋??

@userremitherat26000 Ай бұрын

@SirNarax Жыл бұрын

5:42 Ah yes, AT&T. Holding back (mobile) phone innovation since 1877.

@zaheedhasib 3 жыл бұрын

"the last of its kind" wrenches my heart out; miss those days.

@mijalakis3 3 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for this phone to appear in this series. I believe no phone even got close to match all the things Nokia N95 had. It was a huge brick but we all loved our brick. It was awesome, unique and it really pushed the limits. I was fresh out of high school when it came out

@RAKSAOFFICIAL 3 жыл бұрын

yes

@hermanmunster3358 Жыл бұрын

My ALL TIME FAVOURITE phone, all things to most men (and women) I owned two, first one for about three years. Then I "up/down graded" to an N97mini, for about 6-8 months, whereby during that relationship, I considered jumping from a bridge because of the despair of ditching my first love. Before going back to said first love, MY sweetheart, MY darling, MY N95, and living a life once again, filled with joy and happiness. I still miss you N95, but will never forget you. ❤️

@fmifu4100 2 жыл бұрын

2007 or 2008 are the years in which I wish technology was capped at. My favorite time

@ZONEofTECH 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh!!! I remember wanting this phone so bad! Watching the ads over and over. "A computer in your pocket" being their catch-phrase from what I can remember. Good times! Great video btw, Michael! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@LeoStaley 3 жыл бұрын

Are you me? I commented, "I remember wanting this phone so bad!" before I even saw your comment.

@SdKfz173 3 жыл бұрын

I still have mine (black) in a drawer :) Watched spiderman on the phone itself :)

@tsimeone 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted this over the iPhone. It just never wooed me, but the n95 did.. Still 14 years later I've never owned an iPhone 😂

@tharalalnun4364 2 жыл бұрын

My uncle had it, referred it to a pocket computer

@randomly_random_0 2 жыл бұрын

Same. But it was N96. It was so expensive at that time that i knew I will never own that phone.

@snapverse 3 жыл бұрын

HMD should totally have released this new iteration! The kickstand & a slide in speaker would be amazing on those mid-range Nokia’s.

@BenJamin-jc4jm 3 жыл бұрын

Partner up with Netflix, $299 with a year of Netflix included and 3 years of Android updates and they would certainly move a few. Feels like a teenagers phone.

@faeinthebay 3 жыл бұрын

The speaker array would have been awesome. With KZfaq consumption not slowing down and apps like TikTok emphasizing music and voice playback, we need better audio more than ever.

@Infinite_Jester 3 жыл бұрын

@@faeinthebay Nokia has proprietary audio systems in their phones already (OZO Audio), so they could really capitalize on that with this kind of multimedia phone.

@Brucetiki1 3 жыл бұрын

The original N95 was a disastrous lemon. I shudder to think what the remake would’ve been

@pruett89 2 ай бұрын

This is the highest form of historical technology cataloging! I love seeing these videos of what we used to aspire to in a phone and how it’s changed so much

@Davey_bfg71 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved these, bomb proof build quality, and playing your tunes through those great speakers, was best sounding phone for your music then, in fact you could probably make a strong case best sounding phone ever as everything that followed was so slim decent speakers weren’t really possible

@muertolamento 3 жыл бұрын

This phone looks totally usable now to be honest, I can only imagine how beastly it was back then.

@jeff4362 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's usable indeed, for music, email, calling and texting (SMS or open standards like IRC/XMPP) it's well, but also very much so for camera. The camera is still brilliant even today, it takes great shots. Remember 5 megapixels is basically like a still of 1080p+ video, it's much better quality than we'd think judging by that number. And it's not just about megapixels, the flash and (slow) focus on this thing works great, and the sensor they designed was great. It's just super chunky for 2020 (or even 2010!).

@vladavram9209 3 жыл бұрын

5 MP camera! Not long ago, my selfie camera was 5 MP and those were decent photos.

@Derfderk 3 жыл бұрын

Had one in 2008, it took a Galaxy S4 for me to leave it behind in 2013. 5 years. 5 frigging years with the thing and it was still kicking, I switched purely because the 3.5mm jack was, well, not working anymore and it's BT antenna was so fucked it barely had 1.5m of range anymore for my headphones at the time. I doubt any phone I get today will get the same mileage or arrive as intact as the N95 did at its 5 years mark. It was, indeed, the pinnacle of the pre-glass-slab era of smartphones, and I miss it (prolly nostalgia but still).

@blitzer25blitz62 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeff4362 for email, no.. tried that on my N86 and N93i, didnt work.. on my friend's E72 also.

@jeff4362 3 жыл бұрын

@@blitzer25blitz62 Yeah that's because the Nokia email app connected to Nokia servers that have died years ago. You need to download and install Mailbox Creator on your device and then you can get IMAP email again.

@cheetachug 3 жыл бұрын

When I saw that old Asphalt 3 logo, it brought back so much memories

@paulwinkfield6560 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I was just looking at my Amazon Fire phone, and while looking for videos, yours popped up! I miss the various creative designs, and specially miss using a real keyboard! Thank you for the memories!

@ebencipe 3 жыл бұрын

Omg that exclsuive n95 prototype... Your channel is just lit... much love from the philippines

@MVK_GS 3 жыл бұрын

Military Anecdote: Way back between 2007 and 2008, this phone formed part of an urban surveillance kit (i.e., surveillance in a city environment) at the time I was deployed with a small team for a year. Well, for some reason, the logistics personnel felt fit to include the Spider-Man DVD as part of the itemized kit supply list. So, for a couple of years, every time one of our teams took over the surveillance mission from a previous team, it had to account for the Spider-Man movie. Go figure.

@TheMrMobile 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly the kind of unique anecdote I love to see on episodes of this series. Thanks for sharing!

@eliseoembrador1733 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, the days when the battle for the best smartphone camera was only between Nokia and Sony Ericsson.

@hassaanahmed5784 3 жыл бұрын

@@eliseoembrador1733 stop copying other people's comments

@deviantuk1978 3 жыл бұрын

Had the black 8gb version of this phone, brilliant device

@decoseftenggo7441 3 жыл бұрын

U must be rich :D

@4900dk 3 жыл бұрын

I had the N96, I was the coolest kid I school at that time 😏

@delves32 3 жыл бұрын

Spider-Man 3 version

@juanzelonlopez8079 3 жыл бұрын

I do have it to, i think i was the only person in my town to own one

@bernardpullon4632 3 жыл бұрын

I still have mine but I managed to wipe out Spider Man

@juanvictorpayanlujan2373 Жыл бұрын

I used to have that N95 as well as the black 8Gb here in Mexico and they were amazing. I also had the N91, N97 and N98, but this last one was a big mistake and made me lost tons of information and I switch to iPhone 4. Actually, from the N95 was the first time that I was able to send an e-mail and that was mind blowing in that time. Keep it going with this video and thank you for making remeber great times.

@vionamic 7 ай бұрын

I still have a fully working purple n95 in my drawer! i bought it in 2011, and even though iphones (which had a more modern design) existed, i still felt like the n95 was new, even though it had a numeric keypad, it felt so modern but so nostalgic at the same time. i used as a backup phone until verizon shut down their 3g networks a few months ago. i really loved it, this phone will always have a soft spot in my heart

@zainalrahiman1532 3 жыл бұрын

This was everyone’s dream phone including mine.

@dusandobranic2746 3 жыл бұрын

And i couldnt get it but eventualy got the n96

@Vlad-rf3tu 3 жыл бұрын

@@dusandobranic2746 I got the N86, which was amazing, was the last and best non Android/iOS phone that I had.

@madarasoun3018 3 жыл бұрын

N95 was the best in its time. Back then I was so happy. My father bought me one when I entered college.

@sinoguera 3 жыл бұрын

Love this series. Please keep it up.

@amolrautamravati8500 2 жыл бұрын

Hey,I had that same phone and i think I might still have it lying around in my chest still. Thank you for reviving the good old memories of Nokia N95 8GB.😊

@Billzloveschelsea 3 жыл бұрын

I remember having the N95 Black and watching a full movie on it! Everyone was so amazed and speechless. Memories.

@alexm566 2 жыл бұрын

now we only do it on long flights 😐

@donjunal 3 ай бұрын

The spider man one right

@ruatb7551 3 жыл бұрын

My dad had this phone at the time.I showed him this video just now.His reaction was "Man it was a great phone."

@francissantiago4228 2 жыл бұрын

How old are you now

@al3x452 2 жыл бұрын

@@francissantiago4228 why do you ask? looking for victims or something?

@varinder8788 2 жыл бұрын

Rich dad

@Casal0x 2 жыл бұрын

i have mines here to as relique, i love until today my n95 and n95 black

@EnglishELS 2 жыл бұрын

@@Casal0x i love until today my beautiful Nokia n70

@kagameen 2 жыл бұрын

had to re watch bro this series is awesome

@tombernaljr 3 жыл бұрын

Love your video my friend, I love the Nokia brand and my last N phone was the windows phone but the one I enjoyed the most and hope you do a video of it is the N900; that phone was like having a table with a keyboard on it, it was amazing! Best regards!

@ThierryTiramisu 3 жыл бұрын

8:46 "if you'd like to hear me refer to myself in the third-person some more..." He actually almost chuckled. Say no more, Michael Fisher! :)

@zednotdead 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, this was my favourite phone of all time. I wish HMD did that N95 redo, I would buy that in a heartbeat..

@jimboro7 3 жыл бұрын

HMD?

@jozefbrodala5318 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimboro7 They own Nokia now

@rips93 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@SirFaceFone 3 жыл бұрын

@@jozefbrodala5318 Nokia phones*

@Sheikah92 2 жыл бұрын

10 minutes fly when watching your videos. Thanks for uploading

@sonicstagee 2 жыл бұрын

Nice vid my man, oh how I remember my N95 what a phone and what a time :)

@TheCapedCoconut 3 жыл бұрын

The writing in these videos is so good. Thanks for the trip on memory lane.

@pricetilghman2217 3 жыл бұрын

I still have mine sitting in my desk. One of the best phones i've ever had.

@BradAckerman 3 жыл бұрын

I just took mine out. The battery wasn't a spicy pillow, but I appear to have wiped the phone when I stopped using it. (And for some reason it's got a Fido SIM card even though I bought it from Vodafone UK and didn't move back to the US until 2010.)

@72mardy 2 жыл бұрын

I've still got mine. It still works too. And I've still got my Nokia N900 as well.

@Opensourcerer12 3 жыл бұрын

Had this version and the matte black 8GB one, still have them in my drawers and they still work!!! Awesome device from an awesome manufacturer. Fun videos bro good watch

@bebediavolo 2 жыл бұрын

i am still looking to buy one just for the nostalgia. I , as you , wanted one so bad but never had the money for it, so now that i can afford one i will not hesitate. Thanks for the video and reminding everyone how cool it was to have one of these back in the days.

@nebulous962 3 жыл бұрын

The days when n95 meant something other than a mask :D edit:thanks for all the likes :)

@nic7227 3 жыл бұрын

In fact, ppl who went thru SARS knew wt a N95 mask was when the phone came out

@maximumclutch8113 3 жыл бұрын

@@nic7227 you seem fun at parties

@coltonkleins 3 жыл бұрын

@@maximumclutch8113 and i bet he's smart too, he seems educated and knows stuff!!

@chiuuuuuuuuuu 3 жыл бұрын

@@nic7227 Yeah this is exactly true. Th SARS and this phone happened only 4 years apart.

@KanwarAnand 3 жыл бұрын

Whoa

@MrAndreCoutinho 3 жыл бұрын

So many fond memories of this beast, actually the whole Nokia N Series, so many legendary, fun and crazy devices. I had the N90, N91 and the N82, I really miss them. I was surprised to see that the camera still does a decent job, both stills and video. Hope you can bring more of them and also the legendary beast E90 Communicator, it will be fun to compare a foldable phone from the past to the current models. Oh and try to find the 8800 luxury series, these were amazing back in their day, although the s40 OS was horrible.

@Banguhrang07 3 жыл бұрын

I hope HMD retro’s the 8800 series. I had the 8890, 8801, and the Luna 8600.

@diamondaxe4133 7 ай бұрын

I had one. Lots of fun memories with it. And it could use the web better than many other devices of the time. Also lets not forget the amazing sound quality from the speakers and that snake game! Such nostalgia.

@diamondaxe4133 7 ай бұрын

Oh and also the fact that it had infrared. I used that to get old photos from off of my nokia 5140i.

@kelvinjayinzacruz6080 2 жыл бұрын

"It was also in many way, the last of it's kind." I can't explain the feeling when I hear this. missing the old days when nokia is on its prime (When phones were fun)

@hermanmunster3358 Жыл бұрын

Nokoa really were KING at that time, nobody could touch them. I temember browsing theid lineup, and they must have had about 30 different models to choose from, to suit all budgets. And so many customizeable options for some of em, such as "Ex-press-on" covers, so you could change the look of your phone to suit your mood. Nokia were true innovators.

@pijushbhuyan9602 3 жыл бұрын

those were the golden days..i still miss the era when symbian was king

@Alexander_l322 3 жыл бұрын

Symbian was awesome

@user-wn6yv9cu1p 3 жыл бұрын

And blackberry

@Andrei608 3 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia..

@GreatGrandmasterWang 3 жыл бұрын

Hooooo boy! I have a lot of memories with this phone. Back in the day, when you had a N95, you really felt like you were the boss.

@paulantony23 3 жыл бұрын

Year 2040: son:dad,wat was this keypad phones dad:let me tell u a story.(nokia intro music in background)

@bogoljubdjordjevic7528 3 жыл бұрын

true and t28s I have both so I was 2 time boss :)

@peterhealy545 3 жыл бұрын

Loved my n95

@Futuran123 3 жыл бұрын

i think buying a decent phone was much easier back in those days. Now you have to spend more than 500 dollars/euros.

@leyocappuccino Жыл бұрын

You take some shots in N95 was incredible and still beautiful. 😍

@mohit96mb 3 жыл бұрын

Wow Props to HMD Global for being human. And what a design!

@innoillust 3 жыл бұрын

That HMD Prototype was actually really cool... Shame it's doesn't get into production

@clhs 3 жыл бұрын

When he said "prototype" I died a little on the inside. :(

@Brtt4849 3 жыл бұрын

:( I’m sad I wanted to it to be real ( ཀ͝ ∧ ཀ͝ )

@lyk1gr 6 ай бұрын

My 6year old self back then was IN LOVE with this phone.. Sweet memories!

@rizwanm57 2 жыл бұрын

I remember having N95 along with my N73 music edition.absolutely loved it back then.

@Joshuwaah 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when my dad gave me the n95 8gb, I felt like such a the coolest boy in my school with a phone like this!

@HonestWatchReviewsHWR 3 жыл бұрын

This is the one I've been waiting for. I rocked this phone for so long! My favourite ever phone. Then I gave it to my Dad and he did the same too. That HMD N95 reboot/homage looked pretty interesting.

@ZGreenGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that tv connectivity was amazing!!

@Tapiscadas 2 жыл бұрын

Had 2 of this superb fone...oh good old days... I still have the tv connection cables brand new and work so perfect

@williamregal873 3 жыл бұрын

The N95, N96, 6600 and the N73 were out of this world at the time😍

@manishgant 3 жыл бұрын

8:10 “The nokia n95 is the pinnacle of when phones used to be fun” I absolutely agree. I used to own the less savvy brother - the N81 and it was one of the best ones I had owned to date.

@liftusup9208 3 жыл бұрын

Yes this is the point. It was far superior than rivals in its time. Even the first *revolutionary* iPhone appeared dumb with 2mp fixed focus poor video camera. I never felt superior for that long with any other phone. It had everything that today's smartphone had. I remember downloading movies using UC browser's download accelerator and then playing them on smartmovie + codec all in phone.

@Emppu_T. 3 жыл бұрын

I had an N85, N86 and the N8 ! Lots of eights

@Emppu_T. 3 жыл бұрын

@@liftusup9208 you could literally use torrent on the phone! Incredible. And the wild west of getting apps, remember that.

@manishgant 3 жыл бұрын

Symbian S60 was way ahead of its time! The first mobile phone OS that supported quality 3rd party apps similar to today I think.

@theNomac Жыл бұрын

Dude, awesome video. Thanks.

@Sarganh 2 жыл бұрын

I had this one, then the N96 & N97 mini. Those were crazy. N95, sound recordinng video was super clear !!

@josephnus 3 жыл бұрын

This was the phone that literally jaw-dropping at the time of its launch, both in features and its price tag. That double side slider is iconic, people will always reminded of that double slider everytime they hear the Nokia N95

@DJNicShogun 3 жыл бұрын

It was my first smartphone Used 3310 and 6100 for ages until this

@josephnus 3 жыл бұрын

@@DJNicShogun wow you're so lucky to have it. I only got my first smartphone with Nokia C6-00, the cut-price N97 😂

@scottb721 3 жыл бұрын

I remember getting an email from Nokia back then asking owners if they thought software updates over the internet would be useful. 😂

@inactiveytchannel 3 жыл бұрын

they are

@dylantellez2496 3 жыл бұрын

Not me being nostalgic over late 00s

@Subz182 2 жыл бұрын

I had this phone and absolutely loved it. Here in the UK it was available through most if not all carriers.

@crosenblum 3 жыл бұрын

Your voice, your thoughtful but entertaining reviews are the making of a legend, reminding us of the past we may have missed, to show us what the future or now can be. Thank you, sir.

@Daimo83 3 жыл бұрын

Dear HMD: Remake the N95 format with a 3" sliding glass display attached to a keypad and I'll buy it.

@DanTraa 3 жыл бұрын

Same!!

@thefoodfuzzle9913 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@PerfectlyFreedom 3 жыл бұрын

Makes four of us!

@Anik4Life 3 жыл бұрын

same!

@tonynautajr 3 жыл бұрын

SAME! TAKE MY MONEY! 😅

@julianc.6589 9 ай бұрын

I used an N95 all through high school in the early 2010s. One of my favorite phones of all time.

@IAmAnAlbatross... 3 жыл бұрын

I still have Nokia N79. its 5mp camera still speech out current flagship smartphones. they are much sharper, clear and well exposed. have wifi, 3.5G network, fm transmitter, frontcam, multitasking, 3d games, direct screen cast to tv via AV cable and so much more. Most of all simple and clean os till date. I still love it and will keep it alive as long as I can.❤️

@lourenco_ss 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this absolute beast being the best phone ever made! Everybody desired the N95! Thank you for this another throwback! I hope to see plenty more!

@vinicius18103 3 жыл бұрын

I've waited for this vídeo for sooooo long. Thanks Michael for bringing that for us! I still have my N95. It was the phone that brought me here today, loving and always into tech and phone. Even part of my university degree was bound on that phone. Next could bê the N900! Take Care mate!

@djkelvindee 3 жыл бұрын

Cuando los teléfonos eran divertidos! Excelente video, me transportaste al pasado!

@vladimirdanov9536 2 жыл бұрын

I used to own N82 and by that time I was thinking it would not get any better than that. GPS, 5MPX auto-focus camera, N-Gage, gyro, accelerometer, Xenon flash ... oh boy it brings back memories

@ThierryTiramisu 3 жыл бұрын

6:20 modernized N95 . Love it! Good job, HMD :)

@welshlad6427 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the legendary devices in UK mobile phone history. This was when Nokia was at its peak. I owned a Nokia n93i at this time and it will always go down as my favourite ever ❤️ Phones were fun fun fun and every device you got was so different and so exciting to open for the first time.

@venom74799 3 жыл бұрын

When we bought phones, they were revolutionary and not evolutionary. We got game changing features like cameras that went from fuzzy to HD, going from photos to videos, GPS, exciting phone designs and UI, massive upgrades in processing and a new culture to embrace. Plus we went out and interacted with them at displays. Now just minor upgrades, phone purchases online and not knowing how it feels until it arrives, and massive prices for unproven features.