# Nokia N95

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Nokia N95 and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for solid hardware, early hardware-accelerated graphics and a capable Symbian feature set. Common caveat: weak software and few apps.

## Why people recommend it

- Solid hardware and internals (2 comments): "the internals were superb, but the software was just so poorly conceived" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49828844)) "The phone itself was great. The problem was the dearth of apps." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46445685))
- Popular phone of its era (3 comments): "The N95 was the phone to have." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49829314)) "N95 was quite good as well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501509)) "it was great for it's time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49829267))
- Capable Symbian feature set (3 comments): "3G, better camera, native Spotify, and still had navigation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49831336)) "The N95 and other Symbian phones did this for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503479)) "Symbian was a really nice system." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48495906))

## What people warn about

- Clunky, button-heavy design (2 comments): "The number of buttons on N95 is a hint to why it didn't see as wide adoption as the iPhone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49830247)) "In practice, it was clunky and annoying to use." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645079))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple iPhone](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iphone.md): 706 recommend
- [Fairphone](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fairphone.md): 168 recommend
- [Apple iPhone Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iphone-17-pro.md): 144 recommend
- [iPhone 13 mini](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iphone-13-mini.md): 141 recommend
- [Jolla Phone](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jolla-phone.md): 88 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Nokia+N95+unlocked+phone&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Nokia N95", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nokia-n95/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).