Nokia's N95 gets FCC approval

by Brian White posted Feb 8th 2007 at 5:14PM

The lovingly gracious FCC has yet again spoiled the secret party on another handset, as we spied the Nokia N95 with all its technical and RF detail at the FCC website. This means, umm, the N95 will probably be here in the U.S. by maybe June (or not). With the average delays we see from FCC approval to hitting carrier shelves being months (many months sometimes), the N95 should wash ashore by early summer -- and maybe late Spring. With the N95 being such a high-end handset, though, maybe Nokia is planning to sell it directly from its new retail storefront(s) instead of going straight to a carrier. Both T-Mobile and Cingular (err, at&t) are not that known for carrying manufacturer flagships (and the N95 may be that in some form), so will Nokia shun the carriers this time around with this UMTS / HSDPA unit? Most likely, yes.

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

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Donald Kirker @ Feb 8th 2007 8:12PM

Ah... It does not look like it will have 3G support. :(

I didn't see the test in the SAR report. I could be wrong (please point out that I am wrong, please).

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N95Users @ Feb 9th 2007 12:15AM

The N95 is going to be amazing, if your going to get one check out the N95 forums www.n95users.com

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bobbbio @ Feb 8th 2007 8:53PM

Looks like this is for the non-US-3G version. Here's a quote from one of the white sheets:

"Outside of USA and Canada, the transmitter of the device is capable of operating also in 900 /
1800 / 2100 MHz bands, which are not part of this filing."

It didn't have any mention of testing HSDPA or 3G; just of GSM and GPRS. Sorry. :(

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Randy @ Feb 8th 2007 10:56PM

Woohoo! What?! No 3G?! Well, as long as all of the GPS and Wifi are intact then this is definitely still worth it IMO. w/o 3g this phone is on par w/ the iPhone. I would be (pleasantly) surprised if at&t and/or T-mob picks this up and offers a subsidy.

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jamma @ Feb 10th 2007 10:13AM

I'd be suprised if it isn't 3G, since all the N series are 3G and there's a front facing camera for video calls!

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