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Nokia N95 - The Chinese Version

Coming in a candybar form factor

By Iohana Georgescu, Communications News Editor

16th of April 2007, 14:46 GMT

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A rather blurry photo of the N95 clone
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Not long ago, Nokia's latest multimedia computer, the N95 started shipping in stores, and now, the Chinese have already come up
with a clone for it. This time, not only did they not bother to change the design, but they didn't even bother to change the name and thus the handset is still dubbed the Nokia-N95.

Well, there's a dash between the Nokia and the N95 if that counts for anything. What's very surprising and pleasing is the fact that even though the original Nokia N95 is one of the best and most advanced mobiles available on the market today, the Chinese manufacturers still managed to pull off a worthy clone. However, the Chinese N95 is in this case not a slider, as Nokia's original is, but a candybar, looking more like the N73.

While it's not clear what the phone's specs are, as in the case of this type of handset, they probably include a 2 megapixel camera (or close to that), a touchscreen with a QVGA resolution and most likely handwriting recognition. Also, from what you can tell from the photos, the handset seems to sport a second camera on the front side, which means it most likely has 3G capabilities.

What's to be seen is how much time it will take Nokia now to sue them over their clone, and in this case, as opposed to the Nokir 828, it's pretty clear that the Chinese manufacturers have borrowed at least the name, if anything from Nokia's multimedia computer. While there's no information on this phone's availability, it's a sure thing that it comes with a very low price tag.

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Comment #1 by: flyinghawk on 16 Sep 2007, 13:06 GMT reply to this comment

the second camera on the front side is just a sticker :D
by the way it has 4 boosted speakers located at back side around 40watts in total. with a built in fm radio
this is the only hybrid device which I saw so far, has such powerful sound system.
beside of it, it is just a useless thing.
if someone knows where to download themes games and wallpapers for this "thing", please post a comment.


Comment #2 by: stephen pascall on 21 Jul 2008, 12:15 GMT reply to this comment

the best looking mobile


Comment #3 by: Jeremy on 21 Sep 2008, 12:14 GMT reply to this comment

Hi i just buy N95 from china ! No wifi ! Nokia pc suite not working ! At first i was able to use the mass storage but when i format it via my pc i loses the mass storage ! Can someone help.please.


Comment #4 by: david on 28 Oct 2008, 01:50 GMT reply to this comment

i bought a china n95 since i have had it it keeps saying out of service cant get nothing out of it can anyone help me thanks


Comment #5 by: Omer on 10 Nov 2008, 02:42 GMT reply to this comment

Dear Jeremy, What I have learnt from experience is never to format cell phone or its mmc through pc. Every mmc should be formatted in its own respective device. I think this is the problem. Try formatting it again through N95's inner command and then check if the PC detects its mass storage. thanx.


Comment #6 by: Alex on 10 Dec 2008, 10:42 GMT reply to this comment

I have that phone))
A friend gave it to me.
The 3G camera is NOT a sticker, it actually works!!
Although the picture quality leaves to be desired, it is not actually a bad phone.
Still fake, though.

I dont use it.


Comment #7 by: jon on 14 Apr 2009, 18:06 GMT reply to this comment

THE Nokia N95 is crap it does not even have smilies.

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