Nokia N950

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Nokia N950
Nokia N950 phone running MeeGo Harmattan 1.2
ManufacturerNokia
SeriesNseries
Compatible networks
PredecessorNokia N900
Operating systemMeeGo 1.2 "Harmattan"
CPU
Memory1
eMMC
Removable storagenone
Battery
  • BL-4D (1200 mAh) or BV-4D (1400 mAh) Li-Ion battery (removable by unscrewing a back cover)
  • micro-USB charging
DisplayTFT LCD 854×480
megapixel,[2] 720p at 30 FPS, Digital zoom 4× for camera and video
Front cameraVGA
Connectivity
  • WLAN IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz)
  • Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
  • micro-USB 2.0
  • A-GPS
  • 3.5 mm AV connector (audio in/out, video in/out, TV-set out)
  • Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
  • mini-
    SIM card[3]
  • FM receiver
Data inputs
  • Capacitive multi-touch display
  • Physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard
  • External functional hardware keys
  • Accelerometer (3-axis)
  • Magnetometer (3-axis)
  • Proximity sensor
  • Ambient light detector
  • Stereo microphone + 2nd microphone for active noise cancellation
Development statusReleased in limited edition

The Nokia N950 is a developers-only smartphone aimed toward Linux-based MeeGo OS and Nokia N9 developers. About 5,000 units were produced[4] and sent to developers throughout July 2011.[5] Nokia exclusively distributed the device to developers as it was not offered for sale to the public.[3]

The phone exists in several variations. The final device issued to developers is black with 1 GB of main memory and 16 GB

eMMC internal storage, whilst some prototypes, known by the model number N9-00 (not to be confused with the N9-01) are silver with 512 MB main memory and 64 GB eMMC. Although they are marked "NOT FOR SALE", some were sold on eBay
for more than €2,000.

The device received an unofficial

port from the NITDroid community and also a port of NemoMobile and Firefox OS
.

Hardware specifications

The Nokia N950 phone uses the same hardware components as the Nokia N9 phone with the following exceptions:[6]

  • N950 is physically larger and is made out of aluminum, whereas the Nokia N9 has a polycarbonate unibody.
  • N950 has a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Nokia N9 is a touchscreen-only device.
  • N950 has partial support for
    portrait mode at the beginning, but this was changed after N9 display keyboard improvements with MeeGo Harmattan
    updates.
  • N950 has a 4.0 in (100 mm) TFT LCD display whereas the Nokia N9 has a 3.9 in (99 mm) AMOLED display. Display resolution and aspect ratio are the same on both devices (854×480).
  • The N950's physical camera module is different from the Nokia N9. Both camera modules have similar image quality (Carl Zeiss branding in the Nokia N9) and both modules support 8 Mpix image mode.
  • In the N950, the front-facing camera is in the top right corner, while on the Nokia N9 it is in the bottom right corner. The actual camera module is the same.
  • N950 does not have support for
    Near Field Communication
    (NFC)
  • The Nokia N9 has a slightly more sensitive magnetometer and ambient light sensor (ALS)
  • N950 has a 1320 mAh battery, Nokia N9 has a 1450 mAh battery
  • The Nokia N9's MeeGo Harmattan software can be updated over-the-air (OTA), this feature is not available in the N950 as it is a MeeGo developers' phone.

Development tools

Nokia N950 developers can use tools from Nokia including the

Qt SDK,[7] or Harmattan Python[8]
for software development.

References

  1. ^ "Nokia N950 Developer Kit 16GB Overview". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Nokia N950 teardown revealed". SlashGear. 25 June 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  3. ^
    Nokia Corporation
    . June 24, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "Nokia RM-680". Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  5. ^ http://forum.whatmobile.net/forum/phone-zone/nokia/32057-official-nokia-n950-discussion-thread?p=477660#post477660 [dead link]
  6. Nokia Corporation. Archived from the original
    on June 27, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  7. ^ "Develop for the Nokia N9". Nokia Developer. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  8. ^ "Python/Harmattan". MeeGo wiki. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
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