We all know that Nokia has been testing this handset for a while now to make sure it is up to scratch and must say this could be the next best selling phone on the market since the iPhone.

The all new Nokia N96 will be releasing in the UK with various carriers on October 1st, the carriers will include Phones4U, Carphone Warehouse, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange and 3.

Many customers will be happy on Wednesday October 1st because they have been waiting for this mobile phone for a while now, some of the main features to look out for will have to be the likes of a TV tuner, 16GB memory, 3G speeds, A-GPS and 5-megapixel camera.

Will we expect to see this handset topping the iPhone? Well considering the specs which are shown below we cannot see why not, 3G, GPS, and even a 5 megapixel camera which the iPhone does not have.

Recap of the Nokia N96 main Specs —

– Vibration
– Call records Detailed, max 30 days
– Unlimited entries and fields plus Photocall (Phonebook)
– 16 GB built in memory plus microSD (TransFlash) Card slot
– GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – 2G Network
– HSDPA 850 / 2100 – 3G Network
– 2.8 Inch TFT Display – 16M colors/240 x 320 pixels
– Monophonic, Polyphonic (64 channels), True Tones & MP3 Ringtones plus Customization Download
– 128MB RAM, 256MB storage memory
– EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps
– GPRS Class 32, 107 / 64.2 kbps
– HSCSD
– WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
– Symbian OS 9.3, S60 rel. 3.2 OS
– Instant Messaging, SMS, MMS & Email
– Games
– 5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, video(VGA 30fps), flash; secondary VGA videocall camera
– A-GPS function
– Built-in GPS receiver
– Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
– 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
– Infrared port
– v2.0 microUSB
– HTML, WAP 2.0/xHTML & RSS reader Browser
– DVB-H TV broadcast receiver
– 3.5 mm audio output jack
– MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player
– Dual slide design
– TV out, Java MIDP 2.0, Stereo FM Radio with RDS
– Organizer, Office document viewer, Push to talk, Voice dial/memo, Built-in handsfree & T9
– Up to 220 hours standby time
– Up to 3 hours 40 minutes talk time
– 103 x 55 x 18 mm
– 125 grams

Will you be buying the Nokia N96?