Nokia unveiled the successor to the N95, and that is the new 16Gb N96 phone. Yes, you read it right! 16Gb on board memory. The Nokia N96 is the latest in Nokia’s Nseries line up and although the N95 is it predecessor, it is not a replacement for the N95.
The N95 and N96 does share many of their attributes and features, but the N96 has a better processor, and maybe a bit more RAM, but the changes on the N96 goes a lot deeper than that.
The N96 also has followed on in the design from the N81. With the dark gloss front face and aluminum side panels, it does indeed look rather nice. It has the two-way slide just like the N95, the multimedia controls easy to use via the downwards slide, and the expected T9 style keypad from the upwards slide.
I must say, I’m not overly keen on the amount of buttons placed around the dial pad, because this usually means lots of erroneous key presses like on the N81. However because the N96 is a physically bigger device, the keypad has enough space, making no room for error. Notice the 16Gb on board memory of the N96, that memory is enough to store 40 hours of video. WOW! That’s long! Beside that is the option of adding 8Gb memory cards or higher as well. Another lead feature for the N96 is the inclusion of DVB-H for receiving mobile TV. DVB-H is the specification for bringing broadcast services to battery-powered handheld receivers, was formally adopted as an ETSI standard in November 2004. A mobile TV on the N96 is an advantage designed for those people on the go, while sitting on the train, waiting for a colleague, at a bus stop or in a traffic jam, and the list is endless.
Now let us take a quick browse through the specifications list:

* 3G, HSDPA
* Symbian OS 9.3 S60 v3 Feature Pack 2
* 103mm x 55mm x 18mm
* 125g in weight
* 2.8 inch QVGA screen (240 x 320 resolution)
* BL-5F (950mAh) battery
* 16Gb on board memory, plus microSD memory card slot for expandability and flexibility
* 5MP Carl Zeiss Optics Camera with Dual LED Flash and with secondary VGA videocall camera
* VGA Video recording at 30FPS
* WiFi
* USB 2.0
* DVB-H (Mobile TV)
* 3.5mm headphone jack/TV out
* Bluetooth
* GPS

I tell you, this Nokia N96 16Gb really rock!