To me it's like downgrade with less features If u go from N95 8GB to N96 for the following reasons:

- No 3D Hardware Acceleration on N96, while N95 8GB has ATI chip
- Zoom is only x10 on N96, while it's x20 on N95 8GB (almost double)
- Longer battery life on N95 8GB (BL-6F vs. BL-5F)
- N96 with cheaper casing and looking

and 8GB is more than enough for me

Stick or go with N95 8GB is my honest personal opinion.
Regards

Nokia N96 is just slightly modified copy from N81,
I think N95 is better, the only adventage is that N96 accept microSDHC cards while N95 dont.