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Reviews of the Nokia N79 (unlocked)

  • 8.3

    allaboutsymbian.com

    By Steve Litchfield | November 30, -1

    Review Summary: Another interesting comparison is putting the new N79 up against the year old N82 - as two of Nokia's leading 'candy bar' form factor smartphones, both still in production, it makes for an obvious 'which one to buy' moment. However, referring back to ...

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  • 6.0

    3g.co.uk

    Review Summary: The N79's impressive functionality is overshadowed by a poor user experience Full Review and Specification for the Nokia N79 Review Nokia has now released over 20 Nseries phones since the genre-launching N70 first wowed us with its beefed-up ...

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  • No Rating

    cgena.com

    Review Summary: There's also a lot of other fun stuff you can do like play N-Gage games. Only problem here is that, just like the music store, you'd have to pay to download games

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  • No Rating

    tech-faq.com

    Review Summary: The Nokia N79 is sure to be a hit for both the young and old generations. Nokia phones are known to be user-friendly despite being high-tech, and the N79 seems to fit the bill perfectly.

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  • No Rating

    naaptol.com

    Review Summary: This 97 grams phone has a Lithium Ion battery type, which provides talk time of 330 minutes and standby time of 372 hours. It comes with features like 16m colour TFT display with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, inbuilt memory of 50 MB which can be ...

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Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.

Part number: N79WHITEGSM

General

  • Product Type Smartphone
  • Service Provider Unlocked
  • Width 1.9 in
  • Depth 0.6 in
  • Height 4.3 in
  • Weight 3.4 oz
  • Body Color ( The image of the product displayed may be of a different color )

Cellular

  • Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
  • Band WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900
  • Phone Design Candy bar
  • Changeable Covers / Faceplates Yes
  • Antenna Internal
  • Vibrating Alert Yes
  • Polyphonic Ringer Yes
  • Voice Dialing Yes
  • Call Timer Yes
  • Conference Call Capability 6-way
  • Voice Recorder Yes
  • Speakerphone Yes
  • Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
  • Speech Codec FR, AMR, EFR
  • Additional Features aGPS, TV Link, Push-to-talk mode, Built-in FM transmitter, Built-in stereo speakers, Radio Data Service (RDS), Text-to-Speech (text recognition)

Communicator Features

  • Operating System Symbian OS 9.3 / Series 60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2
  • Synchronization With PC Yes
  • Synchronization With SyncML
  • User Memory 50 MB

Messaging & Data Services

  • Mobile Email Yes
  • Supported Email Protocols POP3, SMTP, IMAP4
  • GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Yes - Class 11
  • EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates For Global Evolution) Yes - Class 32
  • Internet Browser Yes
  • Platforms Supported CLDC 1.1, Java MIDP 2.0
  • Included Services Video Call
  • JAVA applications Yes
  • HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) Yes
  • Messaging / Data Features PDF support, VoIP client, XHTML Browser, Zip Manager support, Macromedia Flash support

Ring Tones

  • Polyphonic Ring Tone Voice Qty 64

Multimedia Features

  • Playback Digital Video Formats 3gp, H.264, MPEG-4, H.263 video and AMR audio, RealVideo and RealAudio (RealMedia)
  • Downloadable Content Games, Themes, Ring tones, Wallpapers, Audio files, Video files, Screensavers

Digital Camera

  • Camera highlights With a resolution of 5 megapixels, this model will give you higher quality pictures than other phones.
  • Sensor Resolution 5 megapixels
  • Optical Sensor Type CMOS
  • Still Image Formats EXIF, JPEG
  • Min Focal Length 5.2 mm
  • Focus Adjustment Automatic
  • Digital Zoom 20
  • Self Timer Delay Yes
  • Special Effects Sepia, Vivid, Negative, Black & White
  • White Balance Presets, Automatic
  • Camera Light Source LED light
  • Video Recorder Resolutions 640 x 480 (VGA)
  • Digital Video Formats 3gp, H.264, MPEG-4, H.263 video and AMR audio
  • Features Self timer, Picture stabilizer

Organizer

  • Alarm Clock Yes
  • Calendar Yes
  • Reminder Yes
  • Calculator Basic

Display

  • Type LCD display
  • Display Resolution 320 x 240 pixels
  • Diagonal Size 2.4 in
  • Color Support Color
  • Color Depth 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
  • Display Illumination Color White
  • Features Wallpaper, Screensaver

Digital Player (Recorder)

  • Supported Digital Audio Standards AAC, MP3, WMA

Memory

  • Internal Shared Memory Yes
  • Flash Memory 4 GB - microSD

Connections

  • Connector Type 1 x Micro-USB, 1 x Headset jack - Mini-phone 3.5 mm

Miscellaneous

  • Included Accessories Faceplate(s), Hands-free headset
  • Cables Included USB cable

Power

  • Type Power adapter

Battery

  • Capacity 1200 mAh
  • Talk Time Up to 330 min

Product Video

Product Photos

  • OVR
  • FT
  • PALM
  • BUTTON

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