Nokia N76
Expected
Q1 2007 9th January 2007
The Nokia N76 is a radical new design
of clamshell phone.. for Nokia. But there's something
familiar about it..
Of course, there's something of the
Motorola RAZR in the design of the N76. The flat keyboard
with a distinctive kick at the bottom is certainly in
the style of the RAZR, although to be fair, LG have
done this too with handsets such as the P7200.
It's not a copy of the RAZR though, far from it.. the
Nokia N73 has a style all of its own and has a rich
feature set that puts most Motorola handsets to shame.
In technical terms, the Nokia N76 sits
somewhere in the middle of the N-series range. There's
a 2 megapixel camera, 240x320 pixel main display wth
ambient light detector, microSD expandable memory, a
multimedia player with external controls and an
FM radio. It's a quad-band GSM phone with 3G (UMTS 2100)
capabilities, and as with other N-Series devices it
runs the Symbian S60 operating system.
At
115 grams, the Nokia N76 is only average when it comes
to weight, although the overall size of 106x52x13.7mm
makes it one of the slimmest 3G clamshells on the market.
These slim looks seem to come at the expense of battery
life - the Nokia N76 only has 2 hours talktime on 3G
and 2 hours 45 minutes on GSM. Standby time is 8.5 days.
The Nokia N76 isn't a bad device by
any means, but it's a fashion victim. Nokia have released
this just as the interest in RAZR-style handsets in
slumping, and there's nothing particularly outstanding
in the technical specification to make it interesting.
What's worse is that the N76 has almost exactly the
same basic specifications as the cheaper Nokia
6290 - although the N76 has a slightly larger screen
and more bundled applications.. but the 6290 has a longer
battery life).
The Nokia N76 should be available during
Q1 2007 for a price of around €390/£250 before
tax and subsidy.
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Nokia
N76 at a glance
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Available:
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Q1
2007
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Network:
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GSM
850/900/1800/1900 + UMTS
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
clamshell 106x52x14mm
/ 115 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 hours talk / 8 days standby
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