Nokia 7600 Review

Overall Rating

plenty of features, excellent battery life, great camera, crisp display, in-box accessories.

video function is too short, design might be a little too radical for some, width.

I've had the nokia 7600 for a month or so now, and it's a really great phone. it's the only mobile phone i know that has all features rolled into one cute little package.

PROS

this phone has every major feature you would ever use... camera, voice recorder, loudspeaker, bluetooth, infrared, cable/pc connection, mp3 compatibility, gprs (xhtml), a rich display, mp3 ringtones, video camera...

the camera itself is a piece of art, and although there's no zoom feature, once you upload it onto your computer or zoom into it on your phone (once taken,) you'll see that it has incredibly high detail for a mobile phone.

what i like the most about this phone is that nokia finally wisened up and decided to start include accessories inside the box! ok, that's a great start... inside you'll find a stylish headset, a usb connectivity cable, and a carry case. thankyou, nokia. thankyou very much! now i don't need to go around the city hunting for cables which cost 100+ dollars and dont even work! by the way, the connectivity function is incredibly easy to use...

the battery life is what i loved the most about this phone. for something with features of this magnitude, i managed 7 days in one charge. initially, i was only able to do one to two days, but i found out that it was only because 3 network preset the GPRS function to 'always online' rather than 'when needed.'

side note: the 7600's software is VERY STABLE.

CONS

probably the most radical aspect of this phone is the design, which you either love or hate. along with the design comes the modified placement of the keys, which takes a little getting used to, but once that hurdle's been passed, you can use the phone much more efficiently than with those which have standardized keypads.

the width of the phone can be a little irritating with people with small hands, and just like the keypad, it takes a little time to get used to. although it is thin, the width makes it hard to hold at times, which means that the phone must be used with care.

another thing to note that this phone's wap class is different to most others, meaning that you may not be able to view some wap sites you were able to before. this is most likely due to the xhtml browsing component of the phone.

the video camera only lasts for 9 seconds, and is rather poor in quality. it's also recorded in nokia's own video format, which might not be able to be played in windows media player (haven't tested)

SO WRAPPING UP...

i highly reccommend this phone: if i didn't, i wouldn't have bothered to write this review. the cons are really just small unimportant parts which take a little getting used to.

have fun,
Bryan

Members' Comments ontanyangyi's Review

• fikasfook on 31st Aug 2004

  I disagree with it havin short video space, most video phones allow 15/20 seconds at a time, the 7600 gives you around 230secs that's around 3 1/2mins i've got about 15mins of footage on my phone so where's the problem?

• SupaStarLaydee on 29th Nov 2005

  You have to change the settings for the video. If you do you can record 15 minutes worth of video all together! So you could have one 15 minute video if you wanted!