Nokia N76 — You dare to miss this

The target customers of Nokia N76 are obviously the fashion conscious people as Nokia has given more attention to the looks in the phone then anything else. It does not mean that N76 is totally on the loosing side where the features are concerned. It is fitted with decent and some very good features but don't expect to be super phone which will have every quality you want. As we said that the phone is made for fashion conscious people not only for fashion conscious men or only fashion conscious women. Its sleek black metallic cum plastic casing will be proffered by men and the women will love to hold that red slim casing in their hand. Obviously there is always scope for exceptions. It seems Nokia has launched the N76 as an answer to Motorola RAZR, at least it design indicates that.

The Nokia N76 measures 106.5 x 52 millimetres and weighs 115 grams. Although it is comparatively larger then the other flat flip- open phones but its slimness makes up for its size, as it is only 13.7 millimetre thick. But one question we want to ask Nokia is why they used plastic in the casing instead of steel when they were making a good looking phone. The plastic casing in the handset doesn't deserve the cost Nokia is charging for the phone, that is $500. Also the casing is so shiny that the user had to carry a handset in one phone and a peace of cloth in other to clean the fingerprints every now and then. The Nokia N75 features a TFT external display but it's close to useless under the sunlight. It also displays 262K colours on a resolution of 128X160 pixels. The phone also features an FM radio for the music lovers which is controlled by the three keys below the external display so you don't have to open your phone to control the Fm every now and then. The phone runs on a 700 mAH battery of moderate capacity which provides 165 minutes of talk time and 204 hours of talk time.

It is laced with a 2 megapixel camera but its lens are un-protected lens. It also has a flash LED for a better picture taking experience. It is situated above the battery cover. The keypad is little uncomfortable because of its flat keys. It is made for the people who have all the time in the world to type a message or dial a number from the phone. If the user is in a hurry and will want to dial a number in a hurry it is quite a possibility that he will dial wring numbers, as is finger will also hit the adjoining keys as well. The flat key pad also makes it difficult to play games on the phone. The phone features a 1GB memory cards with a slot for microSD card, Nokia has also thrown in an additional 256MB card with the package. The Nokia N75 has only 26 MB internal memory. The phone is extremely susceptible to fingerprints and its joint toughness makes opening a bit difficult and unstylish.

Its switch-off button is unreachable when the phone is open also the phone does not open full if earphones or data cable is plugged in. It does not feature Wi-Fi or HSDPA.

Also its camera image quality is below average. Its music player constantly runs in background which is not satisfying at all and on top of that its Bluetooth does not support A2DP profile.

Following are Key features of Nokia N76

• Its has attractive slim design in flat flip form
• It has two excellent displays
• It has OS Symbian 9.2 with S60 3rd Edition user interface
• It has "improved" Feature Pack 1
• It makes it possible download of additional applications
• It offers microSD memory slot
• 2 megapixel camera with diode flash makes picture taking a good experience
• It records video in QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) resolution
• It features UMTS and video calls
• It has multi-item repeated alarm clock
• Its functionally rich music player with external controls
• It also has FM radio
• The voice recorder with a 60 minutes limit
• In addition great web browser
• It also features Standard 3.5mm jack and a miniUSB connector
• It has 256MB memory card, data cable and stereo handsfree in the package