The things that I really loved in the N900 like flash support, FM transmitter, swappable batteries, are all gone. Improvements from the N900? CPU - debatable since we don't know what the N9/N950 will clock to vs the N900 typically running stable at 1.1GHz. Voice navigation - this was promised to N900 users way back from what I can remember, but it never materialized. Sure, there's other nifty things like NFC that are on the N9, but as far as I'm concerned they're all nifty little things that are nice to have but I'd be perfectly fine living without. Based on the information available so far on the N9/N950, IMHO the N9/N950 is a very "almost there" phone at best - which I find really disappointing. I was really looking forward to the N9/N950 to replace my aging N900. At this exact moment in time, I'm 50/50 in deciding whether to get another N900 as a backup to last me another few years. The N9, while being a step forward in some areas, is definitely (for me) a step backwards in just as many, and stagnation in the rest.