Nokia N95 8GB BNIB: “Alderaan”.The Multimedia Powerhouse That Defined a Generation

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  • Nokia N95 8GB BNIB: “Alderaan”.The Multimedia Powerhouse That Defined a Generation

    💎 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

    💎 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 THR850

    💎 Rarity Index: A (Rare)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Good – 8/10

    ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2007 | 💰 Release Price: 1050 €

    📊 Units Sold: ~100k


    📰 Why this phone matters: The new Nokia THR850 is the most advanced TETRA handportable on the market – Perfect for businesses who need to rapidly manage their mobile work force.
    Whatever the situation, your Nokia THR850 will keep you at the center of things. Simply press-to-talk and you can be connected to your team easily and instantly, just like with a two-way radio anywhere the counry. The advanced group communication features let you manage co-operation with other groups. Activate scanning for monitoring communications of essential groups. Make use of group priorities and dynamic groups for fast and flexible teamwork.

    📝 Reviews when released: OpperMann 🔗

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  • NTT Docomo Mitsubishi Foma D800iDS

    💎 Rarity Index: S (Ultra Rare)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.5/10

    ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2007 | 💰 Release Price: N/A

    📊 Units Sold: ~120k


    📰 Why this phone matters: With the NTT DoCoMo FOMA D800iDS, Mitsubishi has succeeded in converting the folded mobile phone keypad into a touch panel. The 2.2-inch QVGA liquid crystal screen is divided above and below the fold in the phone frame, and the lower half features a touch panel with touch feedback function. This panel allows users to operate the phone using three, six, or ten keys, as well as to select 2-touch, 5-touch or handwritten text input. When the phone is folded closed, the time and newly received data are displayed in large format on a 144 LED screen. Lined on the back in rubber, the phone can be placed on any hard surface without risk of sliding. The phone also features a scan mode operated with external switches to enable those who do not have full use of their hands to operate the functions easily. In addition to games and paint applications operated via the touch panel, the FOMA D800iDS also features telephone, email, camera, TV-phone, Internet surfing, and JAVA application functions.

    📝 Reviews when released: G Mark 🔗

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  • Samsung Serene B&O

    💎 Rarity Index: A (Rare)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Worn – 7.5/10

    ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: YES

    📅 Release Year: 2007 | 💰 Release Price: ~1200 $

    📊 Units Sold: ~20k


    📰 Why this phone matters: Serene is a mobile phone produced as a joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Bang & Olufsen. It was released in the last quarter of 2005 in eur;ope. It was available in select stores throughout the world and cost $1275 (~&eur;o;1000).A successor to the Serene called the Serenata was announced and released in October 2007. It features a slide out speaker and has a heavy

    📝 Reviews when released: Cnet.com 🔗 | BeoWorld 🔗

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  • Sharp 770SH: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Fan Edition

    💎 Rarity Index: A (Rare)

    ⭐ WOW Factor: Rare co-branded F1 team phone: A Sharp 770SH with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes branding – unique and tied to a major F1 partnership

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9/10

    ⏱ Life timer: 0m | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2007 | 💰 Release Price: N/A

    📊 Units Sold: ~500k


    📰 Why this phone matters: This Sharp 770SH Vodafone McLaren Mercedes edition is a rare blend of mobile tech and Formula 1 identity, created at the height of the Vodafone and McLaren Mercedes partnership. The phone carries the official team branding directly on its polished metallic shell, making it instantly recognizable as part of the visual universe that surrounded the McLaren team in the late 2000s. It reflects the era when the team was front and center in the sport, with Vodafone leading its global marketing push and the car wearing the famous chrome and red livery seen on the grid.

    The 770SH itself comes from Sharp’s premium clamshell series used heavily by Vodafone across eur;ope and Asia. Known for its sharp internal display, clean hinge engineering and reliable hardware, the model was often used for carrier-specific special editions. This McLaren variant stands out through its unique exterior design, making it part of a very small group of officially branded motorsport phones.

    What elevates this set even further is the addition of the FanVision McLaren Mercedes accessory, a special fan device that delivered race related content directly to spectators during live events. FanVision units were used at racing venues to provide exclusive video, audio, timing data or team information that regular spectators could not access. Branded in the same McLaren Mercedes style, the accessory completes a racing oriented package that represents a moment in time when mobile phones, live motorsport data and fan engagement started merging into a single experience.

    Together, the phone and the FanVision device form a unique collectible that captures the feeling of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes era. The chrome look, the red team accents, the matching strap and the coordinated branding all reflect the style and energy of one of Formula 1’s most iconic sponsorship periods. As a combined set, it stands as a remarkable piece of racing culture and mobile history.

    📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔

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  • Sony Ericsson P1i

    💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.5/10

    Sony Ericsson Code Name: SE Elena

    ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2007 | 💰 Release Price: 130 €

    📊 Units Sold: ~1M


    📰 Why this phone matters: he Sony Ericsson P1 is a smartphone and the successor of the P990. It was the last of the Sony Ericsson “P” Smartphone series, introduced in 2002 with the Sony Ericsson P800 and it integrates many of the hardware features of its predecessor the P990 in the form factor of the M600. It was announced on 8 May 2007. There is a Chinese version of P1 called P1c. Compare with P1/ P1i, P1c lacks of 3G, thereby using EDGE which is much slower but more available especially in the US and parts of eur;ope.

    The phone uses the UIQ 3.0 software platform, which is based upon Symbian OS 9.1. It is slightly thicker than the M600 as a result of the new hardware features, but this is reportedly largely indiscernible. It is nonetheless considerably thinner than the P990 (25% smaller – as the official press review states).

    📝 Reviews when released:

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  • Sony Ericsson T650i

    💎 Rarity Index: B (Uncommon)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9/10

    ⏱ Life timer: N/A | 📦 Boxed: YES

    📅 Release Year: 2007 | 💰 Release Price: ~420 €

    📊 Units Sold: ~500k


    📰 Why this phone matters: The Sony Ericsson T650i is a mobile phone that was announced in May 2007. The T650i, along with the T250i, were a revival of the T series Sony Ericsson phones. The T series marked the debut of Sony and Ericsson’s partnership with the Sony Ericsson T68i.

    The T650i was available in four different colour schemes; “Growing Green”, “Midnight Blue”, “Eclipse Black” and “Precious Gold”. There was also a version of the phone for China Mainland; the Sony Ericsson T650c.

    The T650 features a 3.2 megapixel camera (with autofocus & flash) and a secondary VGA camera located on the front which can be used for 3G video conferencing. The phone also features a MP3/AAC music player, a MP4/3GP/3GPP video player, and an FM radio. The phone comes with 16 MB of internal memory and a 256 MB Memory Stick Micro, but can be expanded to 2 GB via the Memory Stick Micro slot. The phone features flash themes which change depending on the time of day. Other features include multitasking, photo/video editing, picture blogging and web gallery uploading, QCIF video recording, stereo Bluetooth, and 3G data transferring capabilities of up to 384 kbit/s.

    The retail box of the T650i includes various accessories: a desk stand, a stereo headset, a pouch, a USB cable, a 256MB Memory Stick Micro, and PC software, along with a charge cable and the battery.

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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