Those who belong to the old school of technology, when the term mobile phone and not smartphone was still used, certainly remember the old Nokia N95, a phone that made the history of the brand and that for the time was quite revolutionary, due to a sled design, which in today's days has been taken up by the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 for example.
Nokia N95 is a mobile phone that dates back to March 2007, the date of its official debut in sales, a period in which, however, nine months later the first iPhone also arrived, but despite this the N95 held sway for a long time, thanks to features (for the time) innovative, such as the presence of a music player, a decent quality camera, GPS navigation, all based on the Symbian operating system, with support for the installation of third-party applications and powered by a battery of 900 mAh.
You know the history of Nokia, so it is not new to know that the brand is managed by the company HMD Global which owns the rights and that has seen fit to create a sequel to the glorious Nokia N95, bringing it back to its former glory, of course. giving it a modern design and hardware. Unfortunately the idea was abandoned, but a prototype was made and you can admire it in the cover image.
Nokia N95 could return to the tech scene, now with a side slider
To show us the beauties of a probable Nokia N95 2.0 is the youtuber Michael Fisher (MrMobile) who managed to put his hand on that prototype, which takes up the idea of a slider, but this time of the lateral type, which once made it scrolling the module, reveals stereo speakers, a dual camera and an LED flash. This would allow the adoption of a fulls creen display without notch or puch hole, as well as safeguarding the integrity of the selfie camera.
The reason for abandoning the development of a Nokia N95 sequel could be hidden behind the fact that the rebirth of the Nokia brand by HMD Global is not proceeding as hoped, also due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which affected the launch. of the new models, postponing them with respect to the fiercest competitors. Despite this, Nokia is still one of the most reliable, as shown by the graph below, which highlights how the company is among the best in terms of updating their devices.
Counterpoint's ranking evaluates four important segments: software update rate, security updates, build quality, and recommended devices for businesses. Indeed, we can say that Nokia is the only company that has really been successful with the Android One program.
