Nokia N950

Nokia N950

Nokia N950 phone running MeeGo Harmattan 1.2
Manufacturer	Nokia
Series	Nseries
Compatible networks	GSM850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GPRS/EDGEclass B, multislot class 33 UMTS850 / 900 / 1700/2100 / 1900 / 2100
Predecessor	Nokia N900
Operating system	MeeGo1.2 "Harmattan"
CPU	1GHzARMCortex-A8SoCprocessor;TIOMAP3630 3D GraphicsPowerVRSGX530GPU 430MHzTITMS320C64xDigital signal processor
Memory	1GBMobile DDR
Storage	16GBeMMC
Removable storage	none
Battery	BL-4D (1200 mAh) or BV-4D (1400 mAh) Li-Ion battery (removable by unscrewing a back cover) micro-USB charging
Display	TFT LCD 854×480px(FWVGA), 4.0 in (100 mm), 16.7 million colors (24-bit)
Rear camera	12-megapixel,720pat 30FPS,Digital zoom 4× for camera and video
Front camera	VGA
Connectivity	WLAN IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz) Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR micro-USB2.0 GPSandA-GPS 3.5 mm AV connector (audio in/out, video in/out, TV-set out) Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) mini-SIMcard FM receiver
Data inputs	Capacitivemulti-touchdisplay 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 status	Released in limited edition

TheNokia N950is a developers-onlysmartphoneaimed towardLinux-basedMeeGoOS andNokia N9developers. About 5,000 units were producedand sent to developers throughout July 2011.Nokia exclusively distributed the device to developers as it was not offered for sale to the public.

The phone exists in several variations. The final device issued to developers is black with 1 GB of main memory and 16 GBeMMCinternal storage, whilst some prototypes, known by the model number N9-00 (not to be confused with theN9-01) are silver with 512 MB main memory and 64 GB eMMC. Although they are marked "NOT FOR SALE", some were sold oneBayfor more than €2,000.

The device received an unofficialAndroidportfrom the NITDroid community and also a port of NemoMobile andFirefox OS.

Hardware specifications

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

• N950 is physically larger and is made out of aluminum, whereas the Nokia N9 has apolycarbonateunibody.
• N950 has a physical slide-outQWERTYkeyboard. The Nokia N9 is atouchscreen-only device.
• N950 has partial support forlandscape mode.Nokia N9 were mostly used inportrait modeat the beginning, but this was changed after N9 display keyboard improvements withMeeGoHarmattanupdates.
• N950 has a 4.0 in (100 mm)TFT LCDdisplay whereas the Nokia N9 has a 3.9 in (99 mm)AMOLEDdisplay.Display resolutionandaspect ratioare 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 Zeissbranding 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 forNear Field Communication(NFC)
• The Nokia N9 has a slightly more sensitivemagnetometerandambient 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 updatedover-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 theQt SDK,or HarmattanPythonfor software development.