Nokia 7900 Prism
Discontinued 7th August 2007
Closely related to the Nokia
7500, the Nokia 7900 Prism is a 3G fashion phone
with a radical design that some people will love, and
others will probably loath. The 7900 uses a lot of metal
in its construction, including an aluminium back cover
and laser etched detailing.
The Nokia 7900 Prism is a dual-band UMTS/quad-band
GSM phone, giving it useful worldwide capabilities when
it comes to wireless communications. On the back is
a 2 megapixel camera with flash, and inside is an impressive
1GB of memory, although this is not expandable.
The
screen on the Nokia 7900 is a little different from
most, as it uses an 240x320 pixel OLED display rather
than the traditional TFT LCD. OLED gives much lower
power consumption (which always useful) but in the past
this type of display has been criticised for its short
lifespan, particularly with blue colours which typically
last for only around 5000 hours (200 days) of continuous
use. A fuller explanation of the pros and cons of OLED
can be found here.
There are plenty of lighting effects with the Nokia
7900 Prism - the display changes colours according to
the time of day, battery life and signal strength. The
7900 also has an illuminated keypad that coordinates
with the display. Whether or not people will stare at
the phone muttering "it's-so-beautiful"
remains to be seen.
The Nokia 7900 Prism is quite a slim 3G phone at
11.3mm thick, it's slightly taller than average at 112
mm too. The 7900 weighs 101 grams and has up to 3 hours
talktime with a maximum of 10 days standby time. The
Nokia 7900 has Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE plus of course
a multimedia player, web browser and email client.
Nokia say that the 7900 Prism is slated to be
available sometime during Q3 2007 at a price of around
€400 before tax and subsidy.
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Nokia
7900 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
850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA
850/2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G)
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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 112 x 45 x
11.3mm / 101 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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No
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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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3 hours talk / 10 days standby
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