Nokia N96 in 2022 | Nostalgia & Features Rediscovered!

[@shekharswarnakar5592]

I still have mine lying around inside my cupboard. It was a legend of it's time instead I must say it still is a legend. I mean really how many phones could we mention these days have such an amazing build quality, although it's made entirely up of plastic but it's solidly built like a tank, however N95 had a better build quality than this one for sure I totally agree with you. And the camera performance maybe a little bit behind N95 but still was ahead of it's time. I really want to see Nokia become the pioneer in smartphone industry again like it once was.

[@AbdullaZaki]

Nokia used to be the masters of plastic. Even their N9 / Lumia line up had the amazing build quality :)

[@shekharswarnakar5592]

@@AbdullaZaki 100% strongly agreed.

[@bhatisourav]

@@AbdullaZaki where do you find these brand new old nokia phones?? I'd like to buy one.

[@shekar8999]

I want to buy this mobile now any idea for selling

[@gouravhaldar3012]

I would love to buy your phone if you want to?

[@CLSMAG]

This one was my real dream that I can't afford back then.

[@VietboyGamerUSA]

you're not the only one my friend it's still my dream phone but im not going to buy one as today

[@CLSMAG]

@@VietboyGamerUSA ❤❤❤

[@MrMayankAcharya]

Same here bro

[@susovanmajumdar3156]

Same bro

[@r4zr699]

Now we can afford it but cant find it xDdddd

[@mgkole]

I have the impression that these old Nokia phones had much bigger "wow factor" when they were introduced to the market than the phones nowadays.

[@AbdullaZaki]

Of course! Back then every phone would try and introduce a new and cool feature.

[@Tvv1SteR]

Yep, I agree. Nowadays phones are more of the same.

[@Absynthe23]

oh definitely. And mostly because of the new quirky aesthetics and bodykit designs that each new model comes with.

[@fahrizalannas1841]

I have crush on Nokia N96 when i was teen. Back in those days, I really wanted to have one. But I don't have money to earn. Now I can buy any smartphone I want, but none of them make me obsessed with getting them like the Nokia N96 did.

[@milandimovski5279]

i still use mine to this day...12 years...16GB,5MP camera

[@DeepteshLovesTECH]

Please cover the Samsung Innov8, even though you are a nokia channel. It was my dream phone, it cost a whopping 40000 INR in India, when it launched! My favorite Nokia phones are the 5800 XpressMusic, N95, E72, 2700C (S40). I also liked the Nokia C7.

[@AbdullaZaki]

I will try :)

[@imranahmed8205]

Love u bro...🥰❤️ Form Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@mohammadnadeem5853]

Please do N92. There's hardly any comprehensive review of that device.

[@AbdullaZaki]

It's very hard to find but I will try

[@champipoy]

Nokia made the cpu downgrade compared to the N95 because it was consuming too much power. The N95 was very powerful at it's time but people were complaining that the battery is bad! 💯✅😛

[@AbdullaZaki]

Yes but they fixed the problem with the N95 8GB which had a bigger battery... Then went back to the smaller battery on the N96 haha

[@curious_Bot]

The biggest disaster was certainly Nokia N97 but for all it’s fault I loved that device and envied whoever had it.

[@ibj3]

Loved mine but was sluggish compared to the n97 mini. I had both and i don't know why nokia made the mini better then the original.

[@THESOCIALCADETS]

😌😌 Pure nostalgia feels so heavenly love Nokia from the core of my Heart still love the N96 only if the 9 pureview was worked out with the processing of the photo

[@AbdullaZaki]

If only :(

[@MrKoNtI1]

6 years of happiness with N96, loved the 3rd party apps basicly matching android phones till 2013 features, 16gb was humongous, internet radio...good times

[@aasimahmedkhan8062]

Unbox nokia 6300 4g and Nokia 8000 4g

[@champipoy]

Nokia made the cpu downgrade compared to the N95 because it was consuming too much power. The N95 was very powerful at it's time but people were complaining that the battery is bad! 💯✅😛

[@AbdullaZaki]

the N95 8Gb came with a bigger battery which fixed the problem haha

[@spazjackrabbit61]

not only the cpu n95 also have a powervr mbx gpu as well

[@shueibdahir]

You forgot to mention it lacked a GPU which the N95 had. Same one as the iPhone 3G. Sadly nokia decided to never put it to use. There was a demo called system rush that used its full capability but the release version on n-gage was a software rendered version. I managed to put it to use by installing quake 3 on the phone and play using a bluetooth keyboard and a mouse at school.

[@01detroit13]

Please make video about downloading Android apps in Lumia 930

[@urosgorjan9527]

Hello Sir. Do you have any information about upcoming flagship Nokia phones with Snapdragon 700 series chipset?

[@AbdullaZaki]

No news

[@dragondev2617]

the background music Man, it's absolutely horrible, and worst thing is that it's in all of your video, please Delete that mp3 File and stop using it

[@romeobayogjr.6652]

It's a good thing I preserved my N96. Except for the SD card cover ( which it's plastic attachment tend to break after the passage of time), mine works perfectly. I like its form factor, making it a great music player for me. Just to prove that Nokia phones are very durable.

[@powerstar1146]

16 gb internal storage in 2008??? Wow ... Even during the android era i used Samsung 8 gb internal storage till 2018..

[@AbdullaZaki]

Nokia was always pushing ahead with built in storage! The N9 had 64Gb back in 2011

[@thedarkknight1971]

You know, while I had my black N95 8Gb, I looked upon this as it was supposed to be = a replacement to the the N95, however, when I looked more into it, even having a quick play on it in the local mobile phone shop, I wasn't impressed, so.... I did what I did with my old Nokia egg shaped 6600, N80 (and other phones), just ordered a full case/cover replacement kit, and rebuilt my N95 8Gb so it looked new again, and, stayed happy with it... Another fine video there fella. 😊😎🇬🇧 Oh, PS - Still awaiting a response to my email to HMD/Nokia re some questions about physical QWERTY keyboard phones and other questions... Will let you know when I do and what the response is.. 🤔😏

[@AbdullaZaki]

Thank you! I think you definitely made the right choice back then. I have both side by side and the N95 8Gb is notably quicker even when browsing the menu. Nokia really messed up this one, although in a vacuum, it wasn't a terrible device.

[@abhijitnair08]

Next video is gonna be N97, right? 😁

[@AbdullaZaki]

Soon :)

[@abhijitnair08]

@@AbdullaZaki nice 😁

[@Aleksaa944]

N96 was my best Phone in 2008, i enjoyed surfing internet before emartphones, watchijg videos listening music. It was epic time. Now we are old 😢😮

[@ArabianKnight1996]

Where can i buy new one ?

[@fadih6696]

Hey Abdullah, If you can put your hands on an iMate Jasjar or any other model for us and creat some content about those imaculat windows mobile phones from that golden era, it would be such a wonderful video to watch ! 😂👍🏼

[@AbdullaZaki]

iMate... Jasjar... brings back many memories :) I will try!

[@brucekent7442]

I owned N958GB at the time it was better as this used to Hang.

[@dhuwdhuwdhuw]

I remember my buddy was flexing his n96 over my n95, I knew it, mine is still better. Anw, I'm pretty sure Nokia demise started with their touch screen devices. Symbian is simply not built for touch, But, I still think 5800 Xpress music is the coolest thing in 2008, so I'll go with Nokia N97.

[@h.t.creatction5321]

so currently which devices you and your buddy are using

[@AbdullaZaki]

Very good guess :)

[@AbdullaZaki]

Best comment describing the N96 will be pinned!

[@shivkumar-sh5tk]

Hey bro can you give me nokia n 95

[@shivkumar-sh5tk]

I will sent you money

[@docyagamikiko]

Only OG Nokia fanboys can recognize a Nokia phone just by looking at its back. I remember doing that to everyone i see on the streets! 🤓👌

[@AbdullaZaki]

Back when we used to chat to random strangers because they had cool phones :)

[@notircm]

That was my last Nokia phone I used....I bought it second hand......I really hope it wasn't the last one The best thing I remember it was the headphones with all controls in it and if I remember correctly you didn't need internet connection for nowadays BS voice control, for basic things it was always available

[@yesanime21]

Where can i buy these phones? I never got to own them before. Also, loved your reviews.

[@AbdullaZaki]

Thanks! You can find them refurbished from Ebay but only go for them for fun, not as a main phone

[@كنزالمسلم-ت1ع]

I had this phone about 15 years ago, buying it was a big mistake, the reason why I bought it is because I tested a N95 of a friend and I liked it, thought the N96 will be better and I can't go wrong with it, turned out, for some reason, Nokia decided to make it slower than n95, was lagy and freezes all the times

[@Nemo_neemz]

I'd still rock this phone today 😏

[@jamesgu1755]

Cant wait until you cover that “disastrous” flagship which I guess to be The N97.

[@grabthecat]

I own N95 at that time, and i also see the first Iphone to a friend. To be honest, beside software was a obsolete device with terrible battery life

[@champipoy]

I have the N95, N95 8GB, N8, N82, N90, N85, N70, N73 sold all of it.. i can't keep it lying around. I have to eat too you know. 😛😀✅💯

[@AbdullaZaki]

Nice history of phones :)

[@champipoy]

The N95 was a flagship, N96 was targeted for the teenagers who focuses on music hence the 16 GB ROM of the N96 compared to 4GB on the N95. The successor to the N95 was the N82 which had Xenon flash and a superior 5MP camera. 💯✅😛

[@abhijitnair08]

Ahaha nice

[@keuriseutopoe]

N82 have a shitty keypad, the screen brightness is dimmer than other nokia phones.

[@keyblade5916]

Really wanted to have any Flagship Nokia Phone before. But damn I just noticed that N96 is really not so 2008 during that time and Nokia is really slowing down with the competition. Especially Apple released iPhone. Nokia OS feels so outdated and sluggish. Even the Sony PSP has better fluidity in Ui and OS. and 3yrs from 2008, 2011 really had an Android Boom! Got my first Samsung Budget Android and it was worth every penny. It's fast, can download apps, decent camera and can access the Web easily like a PC.

[@alihejazi2060]

I had one back in 2008, everyone was hyping the iphone 3g... But when I looked at the specs, it was a no brainer for me... The cameras on the N96 were way, way ahead, the video capture was phenomenal and nothing comes close to it... While the iphone 3g couldn't even capture videos 😂 I still have one of my favorite moments captured on this device, and when I look back into it, I'm so amazed this quality came from a 2008 phone... Other than the camera, the phone ui was so fluid... Stereo speakers were so loud albeit not having best quality X-plore app was the best file manager put on a phone, and the software was a joy for nerdy people who love to tweak and every little bit of their phone... Durability of the slider was amazingly everlasting and nothing can break it For me it was the best phone till the N8 was released

[@AbdullaZaki]

The biggest problem for the N96 was the N95 :) it's a good phone on its own. The innov8 from Samsung was also a really nice phone running on symbian

[@alihejazi2060]

@@AbdullaZaki true, especially if we're talking about the n95 8gb version

[@abcun17]

Great review! Will you do a nostalgia review of the Nokia 8110 aka the Nokia Matrix phone, the one Keanu Reeves used in the movie (if you already did ignore my comment). If I'm not mistaken Nokia re-released a new upgraded version of that phone...👍👍✌️ Nokia Mobile/HMD Global owe you a lot of gratitude because of how you review and promote their products! I'm glad they invited you to their official event. Long overdue!

[@AbdullaZaki]

Thanks! I'll try and find a functioning 8110 haha

[@saqib123ali]

Yo boii please do nokia e63 and C5

[@lawrencejb6829]

Oh!! so I guessed it right🙂 I stayed away from this model then, as I was not a big fan of glossy phone designs.

[@AbdullaZaki]

You did, good job :) Yeah glossy can be hit and miss. Here it was a miss.

[@daviesmusonda9329]

Man where do you find these good Nokia phones,I want to buy one this time please

[@AbdullaZaki]

Ebay with a bit of luck!

[@joel1xmobile]

no he visto otra mejor manera de empezar un Umboxing. Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia N86 (supongo), Nokia N73, nokia N93i, Nokia n82. Tuve un N8 en 2011 y aun lo conservo

[@itchy.tasty.]

Ν95 & Ν95-2 are equipped with 3D hardware accelerator. A graphics card! Later flagships (N86/N96/N97 etc) lacked it. What were they thinking?! Those phones's 3d capabilities in games and apps as well as general snapiness was downgraded by a mile.

[@Dr.AbyPJohnson]

Good old days😍😍😍

[@fumochabalala6284]

Reminds me of the N81 my dad gave me

[@AbdullaZaki]

Similar design language :) I had the N81 8GB back in the day

[@the_winged_helm]

Can't get enough of the Nokia feature phone vids! However, the N96 feels like a successor to the N86 rather than the N95. In that perspective, it is a slight upgrade. By the way, do you know any reliable sites where I can get my hands on an N900 communicator, N95 8gb (preferably the model with the sliding lens cover) and a Moto RAZR V3i with shipping to India? The sites I find on Google search page do not inspire confidence that the received product would be genuine. I tried getting an N86 via Amazon India, but it didn't even turn on. Was thankfully able to return it and get the refund.

[@danijelujcic8644]

N96 was a high-end N81. Same design.

[@AbdullaZaki]

The N86 came out after the N96, and it was a better phone :). The design of the N96 was a continuation of the design language from the N81 Regarding buying old phones, I use eBay. They are refurbished so would only recommend for fun, not to get something reliable

[@the_winged_helm]

@@AbdullaZaki Ah ok, my bad! I thought the N86 came earlier. Regarding the used Nokias, I just want them for fun, but in working condition. I don't trust the sellers on ebay India site either 😔

[@AbdullaZaki]

If you can find a US or China based seller with a high rating and many reviews, you should be okay. That's what I usually do!

[@the_winged_helm]

@@AbdullaZaki Thanks for the tip mate! Cheers!

[@vxrdrummer]

I went from the 95 to 95 8Gb to the 96. I remember not quite liking the 96 as much as the 95 8Gb, and seem to remember the camera not being quite as good and it was laggy off the top off my head. I don't think I kept it very long.

[@cata2181]

Hello there! Big Fan of you. Where can I buy such nostalgic models like this one or Lumia ones, 6700 etc? Please, help me!

[@AbdullaZaki]

Hi, thanks :D You can find them refurbished on ebay, just choose a seller with a high rating and a high number of reviews. They aren't always flawless, but its the closest thing we have sadly.

[@cata2181]

@@AbdullaZaki I see. Thank you so much🙏 Keep up the good work🙏

[@abdalkareem1855]

👍👍👍💯

[@mustafayasiranwar635]

It was launched with the first iphone and damn i crazily wanted to buy this phone to impress my crush.....things didnt go well back then....😅😅😅

[@A.Nihang]

Can any one guide me to choose mobile to buy Nokia 5.4 or Nokia G20 or Samsung a32 thanks

[@navaneeth.p.uunnikrishnan2231]

I PREFER NOKIA G20

[@A.Nihang]

@@navaneeth.p.uunnikrishnan2231 thanks

[@Amdecreations.]

I used to have a N96, I got it because back then, I couldn't afford an N95. I used to work in a phone/cell store and knew of the downgrade in some aspects of the N96, still, I was happy to have a great multimedia phone, which I used mostly for music and gaming.

[@aliey9330]

How the hell did nokia camera be that good in 2008?, i cant believe that picture show is the quality of the 2008 camera unless you have a movie set up camera, yet alone a phone camera.

[@johnnywatson4629]

This phone, in the video, is not intactly original. It must have been assembled with parts removed from other phones.

[@moonlight0903]

The design really good camera much better than my jio phone 😂 Love from india ❤🎉

[@MartinLuetzelberger]

I had the Nokia N96 and the N97. The N96 had a disgusting problem that I never had with any other phone. Dust collected between the display and the glass. I had to take it apart sometimes and then to remove the dust. You can imagine that this completely destroys the fun on the phone. After that I had the N97. Unfortunately, that was a short pleasure, as green stripes flickered across the display after a short time. After a certain time, the display was no longer usable and the repair was too expensive. It's a shame, I thought the N97 was beautiful. In any case, my Nokia experience ended there. But for some reason I've always liked the Nokia brand and I hope the brand will grow strong again. I like your channel and immediately subscribed.

[@pranjalkkabtiyal7287]

Now a days phone look similar to one another but nokia was the company which used to diliver uniqness

[@MiaMia-px5xo]

I still have a N95 8GB, N96, 6600 black version, 6310i Gold/silver lightening and last but not least the golden Nokia 6700. Love them all :) Collectors item.

[@mohamedmostafa-qj5mx]

I don't remember this device at all I don't know if it was released in my country back then

[@foreveralone4015]

N97 for me was the turning point from symbian to android in galaxy s Even after i brought n8, for me symbian was already finished

[@edwardmusa2201]

the 16gb and expandable memory made me acquire one, despite the flak for it being an n95 downgrade i stiil love this model .

[@cattuchtuch833]

This is the best phone in my dream that i could not afford at the time, love❤❤😢😢😢

[@asifqadeer6074]

N96 was slightly slow... and some kind of in accuracy. I step back to n95 8gb. N 86 8gb was also a best phone but screen was small compare to this.

[@missionphangcho276]

I will still buy it an use it as my primary phone in 2024 ❤️ was my dream phone once 😍

[@mekabirb]

No talk about all that retro gaming it can do or other things that might be useful today, just documentary stuff. Title should be: Nokia N96 2022 review and history.

[@anotheran]

N96 was a cost effective N95 replacement when they were focused on the 5800 and N97. That’s why the cpu, battery, and cameras were downgraded.

[@itskebiksons]

Aint no way those pictures were from that phone RAW. I had this phone, it was freaking awesome! Before that one I had a n-gage QD also a cool phone.

[@ProfWereW]

You got the processor specs all wrong, there were no dual core phone processors at that time. It's "dual processor" is called today a SoC. It has a general compute core and an other "core" which handles cell connectivity and such things.

[@DADA-ey2ir]

The absolute king of smart phone back in 08 09.😂

[@Hezbollla4583]

Legends never die

[@Pirustae]

My dream phone. Too bad I didn't have money back then. I wanted it so bad. I was in high school still, and wanted it.

[@ruslankammisaroff4485]

Автор не понимает, что свободной конкуренции не бывает, и процессоры сама nokia не делает, а поставляют другие фирмы и если nokia умышленно банкротили, то и поставляли процессоры слабее нежели другим разработчикам смартфонов, а apple iphone не мог конкурировать с nokia n95 так как в первых iphone ничего и небыло особого, вот и задавили нокию

[@NinaLicious89]

that is not the original box for nokia n96!

[@AbdullaZaki]

It's not, I don't have the original boxes for most of the devices that I didn't own

[@ocegoartistadaroca8704]

Olá amigo boa noite me tire uma dúvida por favor o teclado do n96 é igual ao teclado do N95. E o slide dele é igual também é o slide do N95 que empurra para cima para mostrar o teclado. Antônio de Alagoinhas Brasil muito obrigado pela atenção

[@Agumon5]

Yo, Mr. Nokia, I'm watching you on my brand new 8.3. I got it after watching your video. I'm impressed at how premium the device feels. Best part is I only paid $395 😁

[@AbdullaZaki]

Fine choice! 8.3 is a fantastic device. Even the HMD team I met up with recently were all still using it :)

[@marclordpieterson4459]

I paid 135 dollars for my nokia 8.3

[@ANINDYA-001]

2018 😅 or 2008

[@AbdullaZaki]

Corrected it, haha

[@HughesyTech]

Kickstand on mine broke after not too long 😭

[@AbdullaZaki]

It is very plasticy

[@rafflesiaandfriends]

i quite liked the phone although my screen stopped working after a year of use, i think it must have been a wire that had come lose because you could still pug it into a tv and it worked fine

[@nubairiamri956]

looking back and remembering nokia build trash phone with trash o.s.

[@ibj3]

Ugg i hated this build lol when the n96 was relased i did myself a favor and bought the original n95 wich also looked better then the n95 8 gb i had and a nokia n73 both of then were slightly better then the n96 to me cause i owned this phone for a short amound of time cause someone coul'nt pay me so gave me his phone instead. Battery life was'nt great either and the speakers on the larger n95 were better and had more base then the n96.

[@RahulSingh-kr1zr]

I used to own one of these, and for me one of the best things on these smartphones were the games, yes they weren't as high graphics as today's but I don't know they had something, I mean they weren't robbers like today's mobile games

[@jeremycush]

i still own a n96 in 2022 , very slow compared to my fold 2 , tv was great to have and the picture was good sadly the dutch kpn switched of its mobile tv service after just a year leaving a big hole in the phonel, and now unless you download old sis apps it cant do much , still nice to own.

[@Emppu_T.]

I too remember it looking cool but knew it was a downgrade. I think i had the n85 about at this time

[@ProfWereW]

This doesn't look original. It must affect the feel of the device.

[@deshortcut7867]

Imaging if Nokia reborn this phone again it will be great phone. I imaging the phone use android os but it have key too and slide model, may be I will say wow and have it one

[@ahmadsankar1260]

it was my best phone i've ever had from nokia at that time and loved it so much ,you brought back some good memories thank you

[@Rasv-]

You spent 90% of the video talking esthetics 😢 u domt actually use them at all

[@MrMadarauchiha888]

where did you buy this Nokia N96 I want to have one

[@joespeky76]

Look all beautiful phone ever.

[@shekar8999]

I want to buy n95 mobile now I stay in Bangalore India please help me to buy one where can I buy one

[@tanmoymridha5002]

Why do I still want to have these iconic phones?? I don't have any interest on modern phones🥺

[@Tikinatti]

So in real sense the N95 8Gb was better than the N96??

[@jugantakonwar5438]

How can i get one of these at present ..this phone was a dream ! Still coz can't get one now !

[@abaalgahesaabaalgahesa9592]

good job brother. I want to know if n96 support whatsapp or not?

[@youssefvibes]

We're did you get these phones hhhh

[@AbdullaZaki]

Some Ebay, some from local shops, and some from my private collection :)

[@flowermaze___]

Any good way to use this as an actual phone in 2024?

[@SanaUllah-zr7ls]

I was having a N95 once and it was so fun

[@Dreezel]

Carl Zeiss tessar camera but more targeting at MP3 enjoyer.