However, if you are a frequent reader of PhoneNews.com, you will see that we have lead the way in prepaid pricing coverage, even showing how to use iPhone on prepaid plans. As such, prepaid pricing is really exogenous to our review… you can use iPhone on prepaid too, if you want.

iPhone 3G carries a $30 price-point for data as it is considered a PDA Phone. All AT&T PDAs are charged at $30/month. However, once iPhone 3G works on prepaid, there shouldn’t be anything stopping it from being used at the $20/month rate as well.

And again, we do not consider the N95-4 a viable worldwide phone for use. It lacks UMTS 2100, and as such, the fact that it is unlocked really is diminished. A $760 phone should be able to take advantage of 3G abroad.

We did not compare Nokia Maps to Google Maps. Nor did we compare it to Apple Maps for that matter. We simply pointed out that Nokia Maps on the N95-4 had a few cumbersome limitations that make it sub-par compared to a GPS navigation application.

Second, most of the S60 user base has never heard of third-party sites like the one you mentioned. In fact, most S60 users have yet to install a single third-party app. Saying “just go here” doesn’t work… Nokia has yet to provide a way for S60 software to be easily distributed to the entire platform, and the third-party community cannot fill that void.

Finally, iPhone does have video capture ability, you simply need to download a third party app. Quite a few will be available tomorrow, in fact.

Please don’t get into our heads and assert that we hate Nokia. We get a small minority of comments that, when added up, would argue that we hate everyone in the wireless industry. The industry will not improve if we don’t point out the problems in each device. Glossing over them would be a disservice to our readers.

Steve, regarding PAYG use in the US, since I’m assuming you’re posting from another country, AT&T offers unlimited PAYG data and messaging for $19.99 each per month, but even it doesn’t address the fact that the normal consumer in the US isn’t willing to even consider paying so much for a phone, much less one with glaring issues, which is why Chris stated it was grossly overpriced considering its poorly implemented non-voice features.

A majority of enthusiasts such as myself won’t even bat an eyelash at spending up to $1000 for a phone, but I’m not willing to fork out the money for this phone, and I didn’t even pay for mine, since it was given to me as a gift from another enthusiast.

I have to echo Chris’s sentiments because these are problems that simply should not be present in a modern smart device whatsoever, especially one from a company that positions it’s high-end products as being the pinnacle of its expertise in mobile devices.

N95 8GB
$600
$40 voice + $15 data
Total cost for 2 years of use: (40+15)x24+600=1920

Not much of a difference.

And touchscreen is not better than buttons, they are two different input methods. The user has to decide that, not you

AHH… and the N95-4 has bigger screen, do some research before writing this please

And I cant believe you compared Nokia Maps with Gmaps, Gmaps is NOT navigation, while Nokia Maps will tell you exactly how to arrive where you want to go, activating Night Mode is extremely easy, while navigating options>night mode. If you dont like Nokia Maps install Gmaps!! and you are done,But can you install navigation on IPHONE, (2.0 too) I think NOT

About Apps, S60 kicks Iphone OS just go to Symbian-freak and will find millions of the best apps ever.

It is like you are not open minded to a new phone, or you hate Nokia