Nokia 700 black Review
According to Nokia, the 700 is the world's smallest smartphone. Running
the new Symbian Belle interface, the 700 is indeed small. The sleek
frame features a 3.2 inch AMOLED ClearBlack touchscreen, double cameras
(5 megapixel and VGA) and an external speaker. This compact (just 92g
and 9.7mm thick) is indeed pretty stylish with a sturdy construction
and bright, clear screen. The Nokia 700 runs the latest version of
Symbian, Belle. Belle offers a number of improvements over the previous
versions of Symbian including up to six home screens that you can
personalise with apps and widgets, which then show the live information
that interests you on the homescreen at all times. Belle also supports
NFC (near-field communications) which means that the 700 can connect
with enabled devices much like an Oyster card. Payments using NFC are
not yet common in the UK but are slowly being integrated into Britain's
stores, so, in the near future you'll be able to tap your phone on a
reader to instantly make a payment without using any cash. Right now
though NFC's usefulness is pretty limited.
Despite Nokia embracing other operating systems recently, Symbian Belle
is pretty neat and reminiscent of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. If you're an
Android user, it won't take very long at all to get used to this latest
incarnation of Symbian. The 700 runs on a 1GHz processor, which makes
the handset pretty nippy with no lagging problems when using apps. Even
though the 700 does not use a powerful dual-core processor like the Samsung
Galaxy S2 or HTC
Sensation, it still produces good performance, especially for the
price.
This latest version of Symbian also supports Flash so you can watch
video embedded in websites through the browser. Unfortunately it does
not support tabbed browsing, but it's simple enough to switch between
multiple open pages. Web pages look decent on the screen despite the
modest size and having to type addresses using the miniature keyboard
is a bit tedious after a while. But overall, web browsing is a pleasant
experience.
The 3.2 inch screen offers 360x640 pixel resolution and does a
reasonable job of displaying text on busy Web pages. It's an AMOLED
screen, so it's very bright and pictures and video look very good.
Probably too small to watch full length movies but YouTube clips are
fine and there are no problems viewing the display in direct sunlight..
The 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash on the back of the phone
produces decent photos but this is not a phone for photography
enthusiasts with many handsets on offer with better photo capabilities,
its fine for occasional snaps however and shoots 720p video as well.
You even get a front-facing VGA camera for video-calling.
Nokia has produced a decent all-rounder with the 700 and if you are
looking for a stylish smartphone with all the main features without
spending a fortune the Nokia 700 should definitely be worth a look.