I received this in my inbox recently, and had to wait a few days to share. This is the official sales flyer for the US 3G Nokia N95. There’s several really HOT parts about it that I’m really excited about.
The first is that the thing finally has US 3G – HSDPA even. It’s 850/1900, so you’re cruising on AT&T’s HSDPA network at speeds up to 3.6mbps. That’s f-ing fast. Too bad it won’t work with T-mobile’s planned 3G network. Of course, you can still fall back to EDGE, if you’re out of area. Worldwide travelers should know that they did remove the 2100 HSDPA.
Second, the battery. Oh, that glorious battery. It’s been upped to a whopping 1200 mAh!! The Nokia BL-6F fits in there all snug and gives the N95 the power it so desperately needs. Compare that to the previous N-series Battery Overlord, the N73, with 1100 mAh.
Third, apparently it will ship with a 1GB MicroSD card in the box, which is double what my Euro shipped with.
Also, it’s black. Well, the back of it, anyways. Which I think is still hot. It is NOT the rumored 8GB version (my sources say that one will still be Euro 3G) but obviously since it supports MicroSDHC, you could simply toss an 8GB MicroSDHC in there and be on your merry way.
No word on if they increased the RAM, Darla Mack got the scoop that it’s been increased to 128MB of RAM!! I wonder how much will be available to users?! Also no word on pricing. Finally they’re throwing the US a bone and giving us a leg up over the European market. Also no word on if this will be a carrier release, but given their track record with AT&T, I’d hope to goodness guess that they told AT&T they wouldn’t be getting this bad boy. Full page scan after the link.
Oh no! What about those of us that already have a European 3G model! I hope my slightly used N95 still has some resale value on eBay. I ‘m disappointed that Nokia would do this to their early adopters. There goes my theory that buying direct from Nokia instead of from a grey-market importer would protect my investment. Good news on Slingplayer, though.
This is such excellent news, my wife already agreed to get me the N95 for Christmas this year. I don’t really care if it gets a carrier or not, I’d probably get the direct from Nokia version anyway.
Ricky, feel free to email me directly about the juicy news you cannot tell yet.. ;)
Like you Ricky, I am looking forward to a US-spec N95. My only hope is that it is not neutered and includes a few fixes from the Euro-spec one.
After that release, the question is to get the N95, or wait for the N9-next w/touchscreen fun…decsions decsions.
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