14 DAY TRIAL // Nokia N95 was until now officially available only in two colors, silver and red. Well, the red one is not for sale world-wide, but it can still be called "available". As of April 2008, the Nseries handset will also come in white and blue, but unfortunately these new versions can only be bought in Japan, from Softbank, the third largest mobile operator in the country.
However, knowing that Nokia doesn't want to lose any chance of boosting the sales of its phones, we can hope the white and blue N95 will also be released in the rest of the world sometimes soon. On the other hand, the Finnish company might not want to do this, since N95's successor, N95 8GB, was also launched, and Nokia probably wants to keep it into the spotlight. Even more, the N96 the "ultimate Nseries" that everyone waits for, is close to being released - another reason for Nokia to forget about N95.
Of course, as the N95 8GB, the yet to come N96 will be more expensive than the original N95 (about $850 or 550 Euro), so users who can't afford to pay that kind of money for a handset, however good it might be, will probably still consider getting a N95. Which is, after all, a very good mobile phone.
The new white and blue N95 model keeps the same specs as the silver and the red ones, meaning that users get the same advanced features, including the excellent 5 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, flash, auto focus and video recording (VGA at 30fps), GPS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi and so on. Plus, a new firmware update for the N95 has just been released by Nokia, bringing Flash Lite 3 compatibility (hence the ability to watch YouTube videos), Widgets support and many other enhancements. So, in the end, the N95 might still be around for many years to come.
