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Nokia N95 8GB BNIB: “Alderaan”.The Multimedia Powerhouse That Defined a Generation
Quick View💎 Rarity Index: B (Uncommon)
⭐ WOW Factor: The first Nokia phone with a built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver
👁 Evaluation in my collection: BNIB – 10/10
🕵 Nokia Codename: Aino
⏱ Life timer: 0 | 📦 Boxed: YES
📅 Release Year: 2007 | 💰 Release Price: ~500 €
📊 Units Sold: ~4M
📰 Why this phone matters: The Nokia N95 8GB (RM-320) is widely regarded as the definitive and most perfected version of the original N95. This particular unit is BNIB, untouched since it left Nokia’s factory in Finland, making it one of the most desirable variants ever produced.While the first N95 shocked the world with dual-slide controls, GPS, Wi-Fi and a 5 MP Carl Zeiss autofocus camera, the N95 8GB went far beyond a simple memory upgrade. It is in fact a deep hardware refresh disguised as a cosmetic revision.
Internally, the RM-320 uses a redesigned motherboard with improved power management, a new memory configuration and an integrated 8 GB soldered flash package. According to engineering documentation referenced on LPCWiki, this redesign required new trace routing, a different memory controller setup and a strengthened slider rail structure. This makes the N95 8GB a significantly more advanced device under the hood than the N95-1.
The device also introduced hardware-accelerated 3D graphics via the PowerVR MBX Lite core, working together with the OMAP 2420 platform and its DSP media engine. At the time, this combination created one of the earliest smartphones capable of true console-like graphics and smooth video playback.
Display size also increased to 2.8 inches, giving the phone a more modern look and better multimedia usability. The removal of the microSD slot was not a downgrade but a design restructuring: Nokia shifted to internal storage specifically to improve performance, stability, transfer speed and reliability.
The N95 8GB also benefited from Nokia’s Location Platform 1.0, enabling A-GPS, offline vector maps and early positioning APIs. This was years before modern mobile navigation became standard, making the N95 series one of the earliest pioneers of smartphone location services.
For collectors, the Finland-made RM-320 units are the most desirable. Initial batches were produced in relatively small volumes before manufacturing was relocated. Being BNIB and Finnish-built puts this piece in the highest tier of collectible Nseries devices.
📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗
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Nokia N95-1
Quick View💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)
⭐ WOW Factor: The first Nokia phone with a built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver
👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.5/10
🕵 Nokia Codename: Aino
⏱ Life timer: 165h | 📦 Boxed: NO
📅 Release Year: 2007 | 💰 Release Price: ~500 €
📊 Units Sold: ~8M
📰 Why this phone matters: The N95 was a high-end model that was marketed as a “multimedia computer”, much like other Nseries devices.It featured a then-high 5 megapixel resolution digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics and with a flash, as well as a then-large display measuring 2.6 inches. It was also Nokia’s first device with a built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, used for maps or turn-by-turn navigation, and their first with an accelerometer. It was also one of the earliest devices in the market supporting HSDPA (3.5G) signals.📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗
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Nokia N96
Quick View💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)
👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.7/10
🕵 Nokia Codename: Lumiere
⏱ Life timer: 136h | 📦 Boxed: NO
📅 Release Year: 2008 | 💰 Release Price: ~500 €
📊 Units Sold: ~3M
📰 Why this phone matters: Nokia N96 is a high-end smartphone, announced by Nokia on February 11, 2008 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, part of the Nseries line.The N96 runs on the updated Symbian OS v9.3 (S60 3rd Edition, FP2). It is compatible with the N-Gage 2.0 gaming platform and also has a DVB-H television tuner.
Compared to the popular Nokia N95 8GB, the N96 has a doubled flash storage capacity (16 gigabytes), dual LED flash in the camera, and has a slimmer design. However critics had negative views on the N96’s battery life and user-unfriendlyness and its downgraded CPU clock speed raised questions.It was one of 2008’s most anticipated mobile phones, but its launch was delayed and was only widely available from October 2008.It is thus considered to have been a commercial failure.Critics felt that the Nokia N85 provided more new additions compared to the N96 for much cheaper.📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗
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Nokia N96 Prototype B3.0 | Unreleased N00 label
Quick View💎 Rarity Index: S (Ultra Rare)
👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.7/10
🕵 Nokia Codename: Lumiere
⏱ Life timer: 136h | 📦 Boxed: NO
📅 Release Year: 2008 | 💰 Release Price: ~500 €
📊 Units Sold: ~3M (final units)
📰 Why this phone matters: Nokia N96 is a high-end smartphone, announced by Nokia on February 11, 2008 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, part of the Nseries line.The N96 runs on the updated Symbian OS v9.3 (S60 3rd Edition, FP2). It is compatible with the N-Gage 2.0 gaming platform and also has a DVB-H television tuner.
Compared to the popular Nokia N95 8GB, the N96 has a doubled flash storage capacity (16 gigabytes), dual LED flash in the camera, and has a slimmer design. However critics had negative views on the N96’s battery life and user-unfriendlyness and its downgraded CPU clock speed raised questions.It was one of 2008’s most anticipated mobile phones, but its launch was delayed and was only widely available from October 2008.It is thus considered to have been a commercial failure.Critics felt that the Nokia N85 provided more new additions compared to the N96 for much cheaper.📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗