N95 in my hand!

When heading to Bossini yesterday (a clothes shop) I came across Georges. Georges used to have a cell phone shop a couple of blocks down the building where I live. He was the one who sold me the used 3250, and frankly he's one of the best phone shop salesmen. A couple of months ago, after coming back from my summer vacation, I didn't see him at his shop and when I asked about him, they told me he sold the shop and left the country. After the war that had been going on in Lebanon during the summer, I wasn't much surprised but I was sad to know he left. He was one of the rare honest guys in this business.

To cut the crap, Georges didn't leave the country, he just had a problem with his landlord, sold his shop and bought a new one at Galaxy Mall, which isn't that far away either. Good for him (and me).

I asked about the N95 price, he told me it was 1100$. Remember? Less than 3 weeks ago it was 1800$! A 700$ drop in a couple of days. Fool is the one who bought it at that time, and fool is the one who will buy it now! Anyway, it's always this way with new phones in Lebanon... nothing surprising. To tell you the truth, I expect if I go ask about the price in 3 weeks, it'll sure have dropped below 800$, that's a bet I'm willing to make. Who's up?

So Georges gave me the N95 to hold in my hand, but I didn't have the right to turn it on, which I totally understand. Holding the 3250 in my left hand, and the N95 in my right hand, I can't deny that my heart was on the right side, for once ;) Although the N95 has a lot more to offer than the 3250, it still was a little bit smaller, which I liked. But I still am reserved toward using a slider phone. Twisters are a lot cooler. The other 2 things I noticed are the following:

- I read a review, I don't remember where, that stated that when the keypad is open and u slide it back up, if u do put a little bit more strength than asked for, it opens the multimedia keys. I tried sliding it, didn't have that problem. The middle position seemed quite clear and not that sensitive. Good point for the N95!

- the multimedia keys aren't that intuitively pressed. Bad point for the N95 :( I tried to press the play / pause / FF / RW buttons while the phone was still in portrait mode and it seemed hard to get the buttosns pressed right. I know in landscape mode, this won't be a problem, but I suspect if the music player is running in the background, and you're browsing through ur phone in portrait mode, it would be a problem to control ur music.

Round up: I'm sticking with my 3250, again. The N95 isn't the right phone for me. Too bad, it was such a near-to-be-perfect device.