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Prizefight: Apple iPhone vs. Nokia N95



Round 5: Call quality



Cell phones aren't worth much if they don't make good calls. And though both handsets run on the same carrier, audio quality differences may remain.


Kent
4

The iPhone's call quality was good but not dependable. The volume is often too low, and it has a sensitive sweet spot. AT&T's network was mostly static-free, however.
5

The Nokia N95 is the winner here. Even with a slight background hiss, its call quality was quite admirable. And that's when using both T-Mobile and Cingular.
     

Donald
3

I'm not a connoisseur of call quality, but the iPhone seems acceptable. The included earbud and microphone system seems like a nice touch.
3

I couldn't discern much of a difference between these two. The same slight hiss I heard during music playback was also present during phone calls, but I have no real complaints.
     

Nicole
4

The iPhone has pretty good call quality. Incoming calls sounded decent, and callers said our voice sounded natural, with little static or background noise.
4

There wasn't much of a difference in call quality with the N95 either. There were slight hisses and pops every once in awhile, but it wasn't that bad.
     

Total

11

12

 

 

    Talkback
riclim76 says...
I actually agree with the judges call on this, having owned N95 8GB before having the iphone now for a month. Both are good handsets but iphone just is a little better even its not 3G. It just works well enough. A N95 is like having a alienware gaming laptop but all you do is to use word on it all the time. How much of its functions you actually use. So not having 3G loses nothing on the experience. The maps works, the stocks works the safari works. I also suspect that some people who does not like iphone do not have the full experience of it, may it be they have a hacked model or on a expensive network that does not fully support all its functions because its not officially launched in that country??? Alas it has an ipod in it.

 
 
wildy says...
Actually there's a very comprehensive Viewty and Secret blog, at viewty-resource.blogspot.com

There are several tips on optimizing the screen resolution for the viewty screen, as well as some other application downloads and game downloads as well. In fact, when I first received my viewty, I wasn't able to connect to Google Maps. A visit to the blog got it up and running.
For the phone manual download, try www.lostmymanual.org which is another free site that lists all the user guides and manuals of all phone models you can possibly conceive. Impressive, I must say.

 
 
MatrixMaxx says...
I would prefer N95, cuz of the amazing camera vs the mediocre one and lots more features and 3G support

 
 
ninjaboy says...
I'm no fanboy of Apple or nokia. N95 is quite a different phone from the touchscreen iPhone. iPhone should be pitted against those from HTC or Omnia. And to some of the responses, I'm pretty sure for those 'non-iPhones', their "maps, stocks and browser" work too. And there's no need to hack those phones. To some people, the phone is their essential PDA, PIM, workhorse, whatever, and yes they need their alienware.

 
 
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