Reviews of the Nokia N79 (unlocked)
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allaboutsymbian.com
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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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 ...
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
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