Nokia 7250i Review

Overall Rating

- Colour screen
- New camera features such as 'Night-Mode'
- Has a radio
- Has a camera
- Can send/receive multimedia messages!

- No 'zoom' while taking pictures using the camera
- Radio reception can get a little 'fuzzy'
- No 'Bluetooth'

The Nokia 7250i is an upgrade made by Nokia from the Nokia 7250 mobile phone. With the Nokia 7250i many new features have been added, however the main new feature of this mobile phone is the inclusion of the 'Night Mode' and 'Self-Timer' mode on the camera.

The Nokia 7250i is made by the company 'Nokia' and uses the same principles and styles as the other Nokia mobile phones. I feel that this phone is good value for money, as Nokia has kept some 'original' features such as the 'address book', however has updated it to include features such as 'Caller Groups'. The message system on this phone is very much the same. The 'predict-a-text' is still on this phone and all of the other same features on other Nokia mobile phones. With the 7250i, multimedia messages can be sent - this means that you can send the photos and pictures that you take with the camera to other mobile phone users that have the multimedia message system enabled on their own SIM card/mobile phone.

I particularly like the 'Gallery' feature on this phone. The Nokia 7250i contains many different folders filled with clip-art, pictures and even the familiar 'Nokia Ringtone'. This phone is a bundle of joy and enables you to edit your photos which you have taken with the camera to add frames, borders and even clip-art to make those people that you do/don't like to have funny features such as glasses, beards, party hats and even cat faces! Nokia has really gone one better with this phone and added humorous clip-art for you to use at your own peril!

The 7250i has a radio which is very good for a 'phone-radio'. The reception is not that bad for a phone, however I do feel that sometimes the reception can get 'fuzzy'. The radio is used with the special 'Nokia Headphones' that come with the phone (however if you get your phone from a second-hand shop like me - I presume that you will have to buy the headphones separate like I did! Grrr !) The radio on this phone works like a normal radio - you can search through the stations using your key-pad buttons, while you can even save your favorite stations in your 'My Favorites' folder. Overall, the radio on this phone is a very good 'side-addition' to have!

The buttons on this phone are very unique. You have the normal green and red 'call' buttons on this mobile, however the new addition to this phone would have to be the 'menu' buttons. This phone comes with a very unique button system. There are four buttons (up, down, left-up and right-up) which can be used to enable a more 'hands-on' approach when creating text-messages etc: opposed to just using the 'up' and 'down' buttons. You might need a little practice using these buttons as they are a tad difficult to use at first - but like any new phone after a while you get familiar with it! Furthermore, the buttons to dial numbers/create text messages are in three rows of four columns. The buttons are quite spaced out (yes - even on this little phone!) and are very unique opposed to the buttons on any other Nokia phone. All in all you should buy this phone and try the button system out for yourself.

This phone has great connectivity, even though it does not have 'Bluetooth' this phone does have 'Infrared' and 'GPRS' options. A very worth-while option if someone you know has an Infrared option on their mobile phone!

The camera on this phone is situated on the back and is very small. This does not mean to say that the pictures are small as there are many different options to change the size of your picture ranging from 'Portrait' mode to 'Standard' mode. The camera is very special and has been updated to be more productive. You can now even take photos at night-time by using the 'Night-Mode' - a huge update from the 7250 model. I feel that the camera is a good addition to this phone, solemnly on the price of this phone; however the main downfall of the camera is that there is no 'Zoom' option when taking the actual photo. You can only zoom in on the photo after you have taken it! (Silly - huh?!?)

All in all this phone has got what you need - a camera, a colour screen, Infrared and GRPS connectivity, photos, clip-art, ringtones and much more! A definite bargain is this phone!