Nokia N95 Starts Shipping, Not Yet Available in USA

Published on Friday, March 23, 2007 by N@

In a press release, Nokia has announced that they have started shipping the long awaited N95 to selected countries in Europe, Asia and Middle East. The sleek and powerful N95 is the grand daddy of all multimedia phones. Some key features include dual slide mechanism, 5 megapixel camera which shoots DVD quality video, WiFi and GPS.

Strangely, there is no word on its availability in US. While comparing with Apple iPhone, It can do whatever iPhone could do, but no touch screen. According to Engadget, the N95 sells for €550 ($736 or 32040 INR). I’ve seen a prototype of N95 while I was in Chennai last month. Nothing to brag about this cellphone, the dual slide mechanism looks pretty cool, but it’s bulky at the same time (Dimensions: 99 x 53 x 21 mm, weighs around 120g). Comes in a typical Nseries packaging, you might also be interested to see the Applish limited edition packaging of N95.

I think the N95 is a bit pricy and that might lure consumers towards Apple’s iPhone. To be honest, N95 was on my wishlist, until iPhone was announced.