Nokia 7500 Prism
Discontinued 7th August 2007
We got our first
glimpse of the Nokia 7500 Prism last month,
when the handset was announced by Nokia China.
As ever, the Nokia 7000 series are for "fashion
phones", and the Nokia 7500 (and its sibling the
7900)
certainly fit into that category. The unusual angular
design and repeated triangular pattern across the Nokia
7500 may not be to everyone's taste.. but it is certainly
a highly distinctive handset and one that's pretty decently
specified too.
Before we look at the technical specifications, it's
worth taking a closer look at the Nokia 7500's design
detailing. Nokia have gone to some effort to make sure
that the whole phone continues the same theme, including
the 7500's user interface. This overall look is sure
to polarised opinion, but generally speaking these designs
sell well (even the truly awful Nokia
7260).
Unlike
some of Nokia's past fashion phones, the Nokia 7500
is pretty well specified. It has a 240x320 pixel display
in 16 million colours, a 2 megapixel camera with flash,
microSD memory expansion (up to 2GB with 512MB supplied
as standard), Bluetooth, stereo wired headphones in
the box and interchangeable "accent" colours
(basically just a set of plastic inserts).
As you might expect, the Nokia 7500 comes with a
multimedia player, web browser and email client plus
an assortment of other software.
It's quite a lightweight phone - the Nokia 7500 Prism
comes in at 83 grams. Talktime is a little on the short
side at 2.8 hours, with 10 days standby time. This is
a tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 device, and the 7500 Prism
also has GPRS and EDGE data. Overall, the Nokia 7500
measures 109 x 44 x 14mm.
The Nokia 7500 Prism is good value too - at around
€210 before tax and subsidy it should make an attractive
prepay handset as well as a contract one. The Nokia
7500 Prism is already available in certain Asia-Pacific
countries, presumably with other countries to follow
during Q3 2007.
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Nokia
7500 Prism at a glance
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Available:
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Q3
2007
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Network:
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GSM
900/1800/1900
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 16m colours
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Camera:
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2
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
monoblock 109 x 44 x
14mm / 83 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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microSD
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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2.8 hours talk / 10 days standby
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