Lol, i had the same problem as you before, trying to chooce between the two.
Don't ask why but ive found myself sticking a silicone case on my
n95... .
Initially, since the silicone case looked cool on my other nokias before, like the n73 and n80 I thought it would look good on my
n95.
I tried it on and it looked quite...ugly, it made it look HUGE from the sides!.
So after that it tried the crystal case and it never actually changed the look of the
n95 or the size much and also retained its looks which is why i liked it so much. But then, after a few cracks and fear that it would scratch my
n95's housing i then got really annoyed and then thought to myself "let me try on the silicone case again", so i tried it on again...and changed my mind about it, it looked kinda cool actually.
I think i was a bit silly in the beginning about the silicone case and truthfully it doesnt look bad at ALL, also protecting it alot makes it even better.
So now i have the white coloured one and is doing a great job after 2 months.
There is also the black one but i want to flaunt the
n95...not cover it completely! lol; the white one is kinda transparent.