Well overall I am very impressed with this phone after having it for just over 24 hours. It is still basicly a pimped up N95 though. If you are looking for a 'wow, sexy phone' type of phone then get an iphone or omnia. If you are looking to impress your geeky mates with a phone then go for this one as it is specced up to death.
The build quality is great, no slider wobble on the screen at all. Battery life is also a lot lot better than the original N95. I have hammered WiFi, internet, text messages, bluetooth x-fers and used GPS over the last 24 hours and still have 2 bars of battery left. It is also a nice weight and feel in your palm.
The screen is out of this world, just loaded a DivX on to it and it is stunningly good. Very watchable in fact and 16 Million colours and the glossy finish really makes a difference. The added integration of DLNA is a really nice touch, however I cannot get it to work with my Tversity server just yet.
Youtube works on the built in browser via Real Player but I can't seem to get it to work with Opera mobile or Opera mini at present. Another gripe I have with the opera browsers is I can't seem to enable the mouse pointer, it just shunts around the screen from link to link which is less than ideal. Talking of mouse pointers, the 'optical mouse' is really good once you tweak its sensitivity as it is very sluggish at the default settings.
The camera, well it is literally superb. Loads of funky features like face and smile detection- if you don't smile it doesn't snap a pic. Multi shot mode, many iso levels and so on. The only stupid thing is the lack of a Xenon flash which is pretty unforgiveable Here is a sample image taken earlier today at The Trafford Center:
I haven't tested it out as a 'walkman' just yet but the built in media player seems to have the usual functionality and the sound out of the speakers is great, not tinny at all. A bundled set of in ear headphones comes with the package along with several different sized ear plug adapters which is nice. A 3.5mm jack sits on the side of the phone so any cans can be used. Also the hands free mic is not part of the regular earphones, allowing you to use hands free with any phones you like.
The travel charger is of a reasonable size and the phone happily charges off the bundled micro usb lead which is another huge bonus.
Overall, this is everything the N95 should have been. My only niggling gripe is that I now feel like I have had the same phone for the last year and a half after owning one of the very first N95. Samsung have done a great deal to disguise the symbian interface but if you have had a N73 or N95 you will feel like you are still on the same handset. Some people might like that though! I just don't get on with the touch screen interfaces so will be keeping this for the next 9 months at least.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask away
