Nokia N95 is a two-way sliding Symbian smartphone with a 5 MP autofocus camera, built-in GPS, Wi-Fi and HSDPA. It has a 2.6-inch screen, dedicated media keys, stereo speakers and a standard headphone socket.
All About Symbian and GSMArena praise the unusually broad feature set, compact size, music connectivity and still/video quality for a 2007 phone. Both criticise slow camera operation and heavy image processing. They differ on construction: All About Symbian likes its slide and keypad, while GSMArena finds play and clicking in its test unit. Battery life also divides them: All About Symbian gets through its mixed-use day with little power left, while GSMArena sometimes needs two charges during intensive testing. Early GPS acquisition, routing quirks and memory-full errors remain qualified launch-firmware criticisms.
2.6-inch QVGA TFT, 240 × 320 pixels, up to 16 million colours and ambient-light sensor; original maker consumer specifications. Brightness in nits and native refresh not published.
Performance
Storage
160 MB
Memory
Up to 160 MB dynamic shared internal storage for applications and personal files. Installed physical RAM and chip model are not inferred from available working-memory figures or unspecified review references.
Storage type
Hot-swappable microSD slot; original maker consumer specification supports cards up to 2 GB. Bundled cards vary by regional sales package; no universal included card assumed.
Cameras
Main camera
5 MP
Ultra wide camera
None
Telephoto camera
None
Optical zoom
None
Front camera
0.1 MP
Main camera
5 MP CMOS, up to 2592 × 1944 pixels, autofocus Carl Zeiss optics, called Vario-Tessar by the original consumer table. Physical focal length 5.6 mm; focus 10 cm to infinity, macro 10–50 cm. Mechanical shutter 1/1000–1/3 second and integrated flash. Active sliding lens cover and two-stage shutter key.
Front camera
Maker consumer table specifies a CIF 352 × 288-pixel front sensor; headline 0.1 MP rounds that pixel count. GSMArena reports 640 × 480 output; sensor format and processed output are not treated as equivalent.
Zoom
No optical zoom. Maker consumer table gives up to 20× digital still zoom, up to 6× at 5 MP; video up to 10×, up to 4× at VGA. Earlier launch datasheet gives 8× video zoom; preserve mode/source distinction.
Video recording
MPEG-4 VGA 640 × 480 at up to 30 fps, digital stabilisation; MP4 default and 3GP sharing modes. Consumer table claims AAC stereo and a digital stereo microphone, but All About Symbian’s original production test identifies one recording microphone and mono audio; the stereo claim is not treated as verified recording hardware. Clip length depends on available storage.
Camera features
Automatic/user/close-up/sport/landscape/night/night-portrait scenes, white balance, colour effects, exposure compensation ±2 EV in 0.5 steps, flash settings, self-timer and sequence shooting. On-device still/video editing and compatible PictBridge, Bluetooth or UPnP printing.
Battery and charging
Battery
950 mAh
Wireless charging
None
Battery life detail
Removable BL-5F 950 mAh. Original consumer claims up to 160 minutes WCDMA or 240 minutes GSM talk, 200/225 hours standby respectively. Earlier launch datasheet gives 210 minutes GSM talk and 215 hours standby; runtime conditions and source date matter. Datasheet claims up to 7 hours music playback.
Wired charging
Dedicated small Nokia charger connector with supplied AC-5 in the Danish package. mini-USB is for data, not charging, independently tested by GSMArena. Charging wattage not published.
Design
Type
Standard
Weight
120 g
Thickness
21 mm
Height × width
99 × 53 mm
Buttons
Numeric keypad slides out one way; dedicated media controls slide out the other and switch to landscape use. Five-way navigation/soft/menu keys, side volume/zoom, shutter and Gallery controls. This is a slider, not a hinged folding screen.
Speakers
Integrated stereo loudspeakers, 3.5 mm stereo headphone/TV-out connector with PAL/NTSC support and stereo FM/Visual Radio. Compatible wired headset provides the radio antenna; optional Bluetooth audio uses A2DP.
Software
Operating system
Symbian
Software at launch
Symbian OS 9.2 with S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, independently verified in the original GSMArena full test. Launch datasheet’s unusual “Feature Pack 3.1” wording is not copied as a separate OS version.
Software features
Contacts/calendar/tasks/notes, email with attachments, Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map, music/video player, image/video editing, Quickoffice and PDF document viewers, and PC Suite synchronisation. The 2008 owner guide covers later software; retired online services are not promised current functionality.
Release detail
Announced 26 September 2006. Maker announces first regional shipments on 22 March 2007; contemporary March/April production tests establish 2007 retail presence, but no exact worldwide first-sale date is confirmed, so year precision is retained. This record is the original N95-1/RM-159, not the later N95 8GB or American/Chinese variants.
In the box
Original Danish consumer package: N95, CA-75U video cable, DKE-2 data cable, HS-45/AD-43 stereo headset/adapter, BL-5F battery and AC-5 charger. Region/operator bundles can differ.
Connectivity
Mobile network
Original N95-1/RM-159: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA/HSDPA 2100 MHz. Consumer overview specifies 3.6 Mbps downlink/384 kbps uplink; its later packet-data row reverses the labels. The overview ordering is retained with that discrepancy explicit. Regional N95 variants are not silently combined.
Wi-Fi
IEEE 802.11b/g, 2.4 GHz; infrastructure and ad-hoc modes, WEP/WPA/802.1x and compatible UPnP home-network sharing, exact English owner guide. Actual network and service compatibility applies.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 2.0; English N95-1 guide lists A2DP, audio/video remote control, imaging/printing, dial-up networking, file transfer, hands-free/headset, HID, object push, SIM access and synchronisation profiles.
USB
mini-USB, USB 2.0 full-speed and USB mass storage, maker datasheet and tested physical connector. The Danish consumer table incorrectly labels it Pop-Port. Guide documents PC Suite, Media player, Data transfer and Image print modes; infrared is also provided.
Positioning
Built-in GPS and Nokia Maps at launch. The 2008 issue-3 exact owner guide additionally documents network-assisted A-GPS; this later software feature is not assigned to initial firmware. Launch mapping/route planning and paid navigation packages are historical services, not promised to operate today.
