Nokia 7900 Prism: Features, Comparison with Analogues and Reviews

Style and image are the main differences between the Nokia 7900 Prism. Although nothing unusual in the selection of the phone in appearance, the possession of a mobile device with a special brand design is certainly a loud claim to adherence to fashion.

Nokia 7900: Description

The entire front panel of the model is made of a single piece of smoky glass with anti-reflective coating. The same glass is used in another high-end design phone Nokia 8600 Luna. The display beneath it and a black inactive keyboard contribute to the visualization of a simple and pleasant design. Unfortunately, according to the owners, the glass is constantly covered with fingerprints, so it often has to be wiped.

Sharp corners and patterns of the model will not suit everyone. This is definitely one of those phones that cause some to hate, and others have love. Its high-quality glossy black body reflects the theme of Prism. Front symmetrical digital unit is endowed with triangular buttons, above which is a diamond-shaped central navigation panel, and a pattern of triangles decorates the back surface. The original design of Prism continues inside the phone, thanks to the unusual manipulation of light. The backlight of the keyboard can have one of 49 colors of the screen palette. The effect is achieved with the help of RGB-LEDs. The selected color is also used to highlight the top of the phone. In addition, subjects can be selected from a set of abstract patterns that merge with the black body.

In addition to the phone, the kit includes:

• Micro-USB cable CA-101;
• Leather case;
• User's Manual;
• Headphones HS82;
• Standard AC-6 charger.

Looking at the stylish look of the 7900 Prism, you can not help wondering if the design of the phone is more important than its functionality?

Ease of use

Nokia 7900 is an advanced model 7500 Prism, which also features characteristic angular buttons. Specification and assembly of the 7900-th model of a higher class, it supports 3G-connection for high-speed data transfer, has 1 GB of internal memory. There is also a 2 megapixel camera with flash, although there is no front camera for video calls. However, it does not matter much for a phone aimed at fashion lovers. Naturally, there is an audio and video player, it is possible to fully view the web pages thanks to the staff browser Nokia and the additional Opera Mini.

The rear cover can be removed easily. It moves along the guides located on both sides of the device. Behind it lies the battery and SIM card slot. The possibility of installing a memory card, alas, is absent.

The 7900 Prism user interface is based on the familiar Series 40 platform, so there is no Nseries smartphone functionality. The Nokia 7900 features, in addition to lighting effects, the 6500 Classic. The thin aluminum case with dimensions 11x112x45 mm is slightly elongated, and the weight of 101 g provides a feeling of weight and reliability of the device.

Controls

The manufacturer has cost a minimum set of connectors and buttons. No side swing volume control, a single micro-USB port simultaneously serves to charge, transfer data and connect headphones. On both sides of it at the top of the phone is a thin pulsating light strip, complementing the color effects of the button illumination.

Display

The 2-inch OLED screen displays 16 million colors and has a resolution of QVGA (240x320 pixels). The Nokia 7900 display is bright enough to display content in daylight, although many themes differ in dark tones, which allows them to fit into the color scheme of the phone.

Keyboard

Minimalistic chic extends to the buttons. The inscriptions are not visible until the phone is activated - the selected color will begin to highlight letters and numbers.

The plastic panel with the keys is part of the Nokia 7900, which squeaks a little. Ten triangular alphanumeric keys fit snugly against the body and are separated by thin grooves. The panel looks geometrically very neatly, but when it comes to dialing, the user begins to understand why such models are produced so little.

First, there is a problem with the backlighting of the keys. When the keypad is activated, the numbers are highlighted in a special way, depending on the selected hue. The trouble is that for most colors this highlight is not enough. Buttons are difficult to recognize both in bright lighting conditions and in darkness.

On any other conventional keyboard, most users type the text intuitively, but the unique shape of the buttons of this phone makes the set problematic. Triangles inevitably reduce their size, which at certain points is not enough for an exact set of SMS messages. The finger easily touches the adjacent buttons. There are many original handset layouts that require time to get used to them, but in this case the style, of course, takes precedence over functionality. Use the device is inconvenient.

Fortunately, the strangeness of the keyboard does not apply to the navigation bar. This diamond-shaped key has an adequate form and functionality, so it's not difficult to navigate the system menu, especially in the active standby mode. For the inactive mode of the navigation bar, you can assign the functions of the shortcut buttons. Without separate buttons for controlling the music player and camera, this is welcome.

Multimedia

Music player Nokia 7900 user reviews are positive - they immediately have a desire to fill the entire gigabyte of internal memory with your favorite tunes. However, the data storage expansion cards are not here, which at a low cost micro-SD is a significant drawback. To record music on the 7900 Prism, you can use the bundled USB cable and Nokia PC Suite software or simply drag and drop files into the data store. The user interface of the music player is simple and similar to the applications of other models of the manufacturer, albeit with an updated elegant design. Of course, a 3G phone can download video or audio at high speed directly over the network.

The supplied headphones music reproduces well, providing a fairly pleasant and balanced sound. They connect to the Micro-USB connector, so if you want to replace them with higher-quality ones, you will need to purchase an optional adapter. Another option to upgrade headphones is to purchase a Bluetooth headset. In addition, you can play songs through the speakers, but the sound is too "metallic."

The only thing that the 7500 Prism has and is missing from the Nokia 7900 is the FM radio. Like the 6500 Classic, the standard for the Finnish manufacturer features here for some reason no.

Nokia 7900: Camera Overview

The image sensor of the 7900 Prism is typical for phones of the average price range of 2007 release and has a resolution of 2 MP (1600х1200 pixels). It has a limited set of automatic exposure metering settings, and its performance is also qualitatively too limited. The activation time is 3 seconds, which is 2 seconds faster than the 7500 Prism.

In conditions of sufficient coverage, the Nokia 7900 Prism photo does good. The camera software does not work very fast when there is a lack of light, and the color rendition should be checked when the automatic white balance should compensate for the changing conditions.

White balance can be selected from a set of presets and add a limited number of color effects. The filter "Fake Colors", for example, changes the natural coloring of the objects of shooting. LED flash can illuminate nearby objects, although not bright enough. According to user feedback, the preservation of images lasts for ages. In general, this is not the best achievement of Nokia in the field of photography.

The video quality here is also very weak - the maximum resolution is only 176x144 pixels.

Software

As already mentioned, the Nokia 7900 offers two browsers, giving users the ability to use a neat, browser-optimized Opera Mini browser instead of the manufacturer's proprietary software. They really should take advantage.

Nokia also provided the phone with other web applications. Preinstalled programs Yahoo! Go mobile, a utility for downloading WidSets widgets. The Nokia Search search tool allows you to conduct web searches directly from the application, and Download offers links to the catalog of applications and services available for download.

Another standard program of Nokia is Sensor, which uses Bluetooth to create social micro-networks. The usual set of tools for working and personal information management, e-mail, calendar, notepad, to-do lists, calculator, voice recorder, world clock and timer are installed. Gamers can be entertained with four built-in games - Golf Tour, Snake III, "Guess the Melody", using established compositions, and Sudoku.

Battery life

A battery charge of 850 mAh provides 300 hours of standby time without recharging or 3 hours of talk time. According to user feedback, the 3G phone is not energy-intensive, despite all the lighting effects. With an average intensity of camera functions, you can easily hold out for a day or two. Of course, if you constantly use a music player, then the battery life will decrease.

Advantages and disadvantages

For fashion and prestige, sometimes you have to pay dearly. The owner of the device must put up with an inconvenient keyboard. Unusual and difficult to use buttons are unlikely to someone like how long they would not get used to. This and many other functional limitations are small sacrifices for the ability to have an eye-catching Nokia 7900 phone. The photos and videos are unsatisfactory, the headphone jack is non-standard, there is no possibility of installing a memory card, but these drawbacks probably do not deter stylish things. On the other hand, it's a thin, but rugged phone with 1 GB of memory, which is quite enough, if you do not use it as the main music player, which is not the worst here. In addition, the model provides excellent sound quality when making calls, both in terms of adequate frequency transmission, and in terms of volume.

Conclusion

The phone has the functionality of the Nokia 6500 Classic, except for changing the color of the backlight, so in the end the user pays extra for his design, which users find uncomfortable and unsuitable for everyday use. But when was fashion considered practical?