Nokia 7250

The Nokia 7250 mobile phone is overall, a good phone with more good points than bad ones.

When it came out, the camera and general quality of the phone was state-of-the-art, unfortunately, Nokia forgot the connectivity.

The Nokia 7250 is a good looking mobile phone but lacks voice dial & bluetooth which are most important to me, also the picture screen quality is very poor, this was supposed to be top of the range when i had it, but i was very disappointed, soon after the 7250i came out (also not bluetooth) why do nokia bring these phone out with bluetooth, i've been trying to get rid of it but am having to wait for my contract to end with orange, i would not recommend this phone

Nokia needs to stop putting on misleading ads for all its camera mobile phones. All the ads you see about Nokia camera phones are this crisp digital camera quality photos put on the screen... Nokia 7250 AND 7250i NOTHING like the advertisement.

Photo qualities are infact like the old web cams where you see all the pixels that forms your face or the picture on screen. It's quite dissappointing as the advertisement is DEFINATELY misleading and false. Do not buy this phone expecting the crisp digital camera like quality photos.

Also another thing that bugged me is the polyphonic sound. Firstly Nokia never tells you whether this 'polyphonic' ringtones are 16 chord or 40 chord (We are talking about the sound quality here..) The reason being is...Nokia Polyphonics are MIDI format files!!

It's not even 16 polyphonic when there are phones out there that has 40 polyphonic sound quality! And obviously the result is very noticable...

Another misleading problem is..The screen quality.. Ok..This is a camera phone with 4096 color display....No wonder the ads just says "Full color display." It NEVER talks about whether screen quality is 65k or not. It's obvious why Nokia cannot tell the consumers what the quality of the screen is like.

I believe Nokia's advertisement should be in more detail and consumers has the rights to know this. Very dissappointed. Greating persuasive misleading marketing tehnique you've got their though.

The Nokia 7250 is a reasonable mobile phone for the masses. It has a camera, easy navigation and exchangable covers.

Good points

Nobody can deny that Nokias are very easy to use. They menu system is quite inituitive compared to some phones.

For those that have the energy, the covers can be changed to suit your mood and there is now a wide range of colours and designs to choose from.

As an added bonus, there is an FM radio which can be kept running even after you exit the radio function.

Bad Points

Games are okay but not that great when compared to other phones. The 7250's main let down is the screen. It is only able to display 4096 colours. Most of the phones that are on market, even at the time of releasing the 7250 are able to display 65000 which looks more true to life. Images on the 7250 look pixelated.

With only few colours to play with, images are low res 4096 colour 352x288 pictures compared to it's competitors 110,000 colour 640 x 480 pictures.

Quality is another problem that alot of Nokia's seem to experience and the 7250 is no exception. My phone experienced freezing, reboots and reception problems.

Conclusion

If you use your phone to play games, download ringtones and send text messages, then maybe the 7250 is for you.

In my humble opinion, there are much better phones on the market with alot more features and better quality for either the same price or just a few quid more.

This Nokia 7250 mobile phone is by far the best i have had. This is the second one i have had with a colour screen as previously i had a 7210 but wanted a camera built in. The screen is good as in the past i have had a demo on the T86i and the Samsung T100 and the T300 there screens didnt compare to this one. The polyphonic ringtones are cool and origanal. There are a few many will recognize from classical music. Also there are monophonic tones too for those who hate poly!!. The games are good and will keep you going for hours. Although snake isn't on this i can see why. It's not very challenging compared to the games now on this. The battery on this 7250 doesnt last very long (6days without charging) where as my 7210 lasted about 10days! The radio though is by far my favourate. The reception too for it is good. I love the head set required to listen to it becuase they fit in your ears perfectly. Also you may if you wish have it on loud speaker if your mates want to listen to the radio too. But with all the good points there are bad points. I don't like the covers on this phone. Its not the styleing i love that, it's just they are too fragile. Within too days of careful handleing my phones cover > screen was cracked. This had never happend before on my previous nokias. (5110 3310 5210) All in all it's a good phone. No bluetooth as well. This is now a must have with the new goverment laws! I definitely recommend it. One other thing to mention. When the screen goes dark to save battery, a clock pops up! Good idea Nokia!

Was not impressed with this phone's screen quality and lack of bluetooth. Don't know why Nokia do not put all the latest features into one phone instead of letting their phones having some but not all, like so called "top of the range" Nokias' boast having colour screen, camera, etc. but no bluetooth. Do what Sony Ericsson does and cram as many decent features as possible into one phone that will sure enhance desirability.

I have had it for 3 months & great phone, easy use. Cool looking. Camera lots of fun. Now its kaput as i had it in my jacket pocket during rain storm & it got damp. Tried drying but nope its blown main display..boohoo. Off to buy new one.(and plastic bag to keep dry)

The Nokia 7250 is a stylish mobile phone which unfortunately is behind all it's rivals when you are talking about the latest technology...

Nokia needs to drop that 4096 colors and catch up to the competitors standard 65,000 color display...

People would mainly buy this phone for the nice exterior looks. I can strongly say it looks slim and sexy but thats all..

The features inside the phone is low in comparison with other rival phones.

Also myself being a Vodafone dealer, just in this week we had 4 customers asking for a customer service with 7250. All 4 customer's stated the same problem of the phone not allowing you to accept incoming calls occassionally.. That is quite a serious problem. A phone which sometimes don't allow you to answer..

Hopefully the new 7250i should fix up these problems before it's release.

Getting back with the quality topic, Nokia still hasn't produced 65k color display.. 4096 colors were stunning when it was released on non camera nokia phones but 7250 being a new Nokia Camera Phone on the market, 4096 color is not good enough. Nokia has no excuse on not being able to produce better color quality on camera phones..In comparison, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Sharp and Panasonic ALL created new camera phones with 65,000 color display bringing excellent digital camera quality photos.

So unfortunately though it being the sexy slim phone it lacks in quality compared to other digital camera phones available on the market.

Had this Nokia 7250 for a few weeks now having already got a samsung V200 which i've also done a review on. I hope anyone considering buying either of these phones finds this review helpful.

The first thing I noticed when I turned on the Nokia was the colour screen. Like I said I already own a Samsung V200 which I consider to have the best screen at the moment. The resolution was well below par and the colour contrast was poor in comparison too. The screen is also smaller than it's rivals to (v200, gx10, gd87). Having said that the screen does do it's job. For the most part it's easy to read in most light conditions and at most angles. Some of the wallpapers supplied with the phone make it impossible read the screen because of the poor contrast so I found it better not to use a wallpaper at all. overall I find the screen acceptable after all it is a phone and not a tv and screens on the other phones are well known to consume the battery life anyway. My Samsung v200 needs charging every night with only minor use during the day.

The battery life on this phone is something that I like. It easily lasts for five days. That is with a few 5-10 min calls a day plus sending a couple of text messages. I do prefer phones with longer battery life as it can be really inconvienient to keep charging your phone every night especially as I work away sometimes and for long hours so it's not always possible to find the time.

Another area where this phone falls behind the v200 is the ringtones. Just your bog standard polyphonic instead of the 40 poly on the samsung. Again though I find they do the job nicely. They are perfectly loud and clear enough. After all they are only supposed to alert you of an inco ing call. If you don't like the ringtones themselves at least there are plenty of places to download them from unlike the samsung at the moment.

I have owned a lot of Nokia's in my time and the one thing that I've always like is the operating system. It in my opinion has always been the easiest and most logical to use and this phone is no exeption. Everything in the menu's is where you would expect to find it. There are the usual features you now expect like calendar, organiser, stopwatch, alarm. This phone also supports sms and mms. Also it supports downloadable java applications, something the v200 doesn't. It also has the radio now standard and also wap. The phone also comes with a converter application which you can use for converting measurements (i.e. MPH>KPH, Celcius>Farenhiet) which I find quite useful. The two games that it comes with Triple pop and Bounce are ok but nothing to write home about.

The last major feature of this phone is obviously the camera. Like I said before the screen is no match for it's rivals and so the picture quality from the camera suffers too. If you transfer the pictures to you PC then the quality is very much improved. Unfortunately with this phone its costs around £30-£40 for the data cable to transfer these over and with the samsung this cable comes free. You can send the pictures via e-mail to your Pc but this could prove expensive. This phone however does make up for the camera's shortcomings in the fact that there is loads of memory built into the phone. 4.9mb is what you have when you buy this phone. 5mb if you delete the games etc. And you can adjust the quality of the pictures. On the v200 around 100 pictures is the limit but depending on the pictures themselves this phone can hold far more. Infact i'm yet to fill it up. with this phone the camera is more of a bonus but with the v200 it's the main selling point.

Overall I've found this phone really good the use. At the begining of this review it might sound like I don't like it that much but overall I prefer it to the v200. It fits in your pocket better (no arial sticking out) and overall feels a bit tougher. I've always been worried about the hinge on my v200. After only a few months it feels a little worn and out of alignment. The battery life also wins it over for me. Everything else seems fine, excellent reception. This phone gets reception (1-2 bars) where my other doesn't get any.

My conclusion... If you've always had Nokia's in the past then you shouldn't be dissapointed. Everything will be familiar and overall one of the best nokia's ever. If camera and screen quality are your main requirements then stay clear and fo for the Samsung V200.

There is now a differnt Nokia 7250 out. And I should have waited for it. Its the newer 7250i and it does so much more than my 7250 .But I love this phone just the same. I bought mine in manila for 350.00 US dollars. Here in the states its about 500 unlocked. Its easy to use just takes time to get used to it. I love it.