Nokia 6700 classic

Nokia 6700 classic is a serious-looking cell phone aimed at businessmen who do not care about full QWERTY keyboard, or a touchscreen technology. The phone features excellent connectivity, bright display and built-in GPS receiver. Moreover, the phone supports microSD memory card expansion and it ships with a 1GB included. Features such as push notifications, stylish design and durable construction prove that it would be best for businesspeople.

Nokia 6700 classic pros:
+ Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
+ Tri-band 3G with 10Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA
+ Bluetooth (with A2DP) and microUSB port
+ 2.2″ 16M-color QVGA display with excellent sunlight legibility
+ S40 user interface, 6th edition
+ Built-in accelerometer sensor
+ Tap-for-time and turn-to-mute
+ 5 megapixel camera, autofocus and LED flash
+ VGA video recording at 15fps
+ Stereo FM radio with RDS

Nokia 6700 classic cons:
- No 3.5 audio jack
- No office document viewer
- No smart dialing, multi-tasking
- S40 interface feels clunky and out of date
- Poor image gallery
- No videocalling

The design:

Nokia 6700 classic measures 109.8 x 45 x 11.2 mm and weighs 113 grams which might seems quite a lot for such a phone. The phone is made of high quality stainless steel and it is not only shiny, but also fingerprint-resistant. The front of the phone features the 2.2” display with good image quality and more than decent contrast and brightens. Below the display there are four keys surrounding the D-pad and below them the alphanumeric keypad. All the buttons feel comfortable and provide nice feedback making typing quite pleasant and error free. Above the screen is the loudspeaker grill neighbored by the ambient light sensor. The right side of Nokia 6700 classic features the volume rocker and the shutter release button, whereas the left side has no buttons at all. On the bottom of the cell phone you can see the microUSB jack, the microphone pinhole and the charger plug. The top of the Nokia 6700 classic is completely plain. The back houses the 5 megapixel camera lens, LED flash and the loudspeaker grill.

Performance:

As always with Nokia there are no issues with signal reception. Also the sound is always loud and clear.
The Nokia 6700 classic uses the Series 40 6th edition user interface. Nokia has been using it for a long, long time and there are only a few novelties in this edition. Apart from the most apparent ones like the new menu icons and colors there are also some under the hood changes which improve the overall performance. There are 7 ringing profiles in the Nokia 6700 classic and you also get the flight mode. All in all, everything works very well, although the lack of multitasking is noticeable.
The phonebook in Nokia 6700 classic can store up to 2000 contacts with multiple fields for a custom ringtone, address, email and up to 5 phone numbers. You can also assign a called id photo, or short video.
Nokia 6700 classic easily handles al the most popular message types and thanks to the comfortable keypad there is little room for making mistakes. Also writing emails is very versatile and simple.

Multimedia:

As with the entire user interface, also the photo gallery is quite standard, but functional. Thanks to the built-in accelerometer the photos get rotates automatically.
The music player n the Nokia 6700 classic supports multiple file formats and provides very good sound quality. Although there is only one music player theme we can forgive that as there are 5 equalizer presets and the ability to create new ones and the sound is more important function if a music player. The FM radio has RDS but not the loudspeaker which is not that bad.
The video player in Nokia 6700 classic offers basic functionality and, unfortunately, it lacks DivX/XviD support.
The camera in the Nokia 6700 classic can shoot up to 5 megapixel photos (2592 x 1944 pixels) in very good quality. The camera might not be the fastest one around, but as you get many functions and interesting effects and, above all, great image quality this should not be a big issue. The colors are rendered very well, the sharpness is almost excellent and the noise levels are quite decent too.

Unfortunately, the Nokia 6700 classic has quite poor video recording capability, but what can you expect at VGA resolution at 15fps?
The web browser in the Nokia 6700 classic does the job. Although there is no flash support the pages are rendered quite well and thanks to some hardware and software tweaks scrolling s quite fast (although not iPhone fast). Unfortunately you can only browse website in the portrait mode.

Selected Nokia 6700 features and specifications:

• Keys and input method

Numeric keypad
Dedicated camera and volume keys
Voice commands and voice recording
Volume up and down
Camera

• Colours and covers

Available in-box colours:
- Chrome
- Matt steel
- Black

• Connectors

Micro-USB for charging, audio and data
DC charger

• Memory

microSD memory card slot, max. 8 GB
170 MB internal user memory

• Power

BL-6Q 970 mAh battery
Talk time (maximum): Up to 4 h on 3G GSM, Up to 5 h on 2G GSM
Standby time (maximum): Up to 414 h on 3G GSM, Up to 416 h on 2G GSM

• Communication and navigation

Operating frequency
Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Automatic switching
Flight mode

• Data network

GPRS MSC 32 (RX+TX 4+3, maximum 6 slots)
EDGE (EGPRS) MSC 32 (RX+TX 4+3, maximum 6 slots)
Triple band WCDMA Band I, II and VIII (2100/1900/900)
HSDPA 10Mbps
HSUPA 2Mbps
TCP/IP support
Support for MS Outlook synchronization of contacts, calendar and notes

• Local connectivity and synchronisation

Bluetooth version 2.1 including stereo support for headsets
Support for PictBridge
SyncML (local and remote)
Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia PC Suite

• Call features

Integrated hands-free speakerphone
Automatic answer with headset or car kit
Any key answer
Call waiting, call hold, call divert
Call timer
Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
Speed dialling
Enhanced voice dialling
Vibrating alert (internal)
Side volume keys
Mute/unmute
Contacts with images
Conference calling with up to 3 participants

• Messaging

SMS with support for concatenated SMS for long messages
List of recently used numbers in message editor
Multiple SMS deletion
OMA MMS v1.3
Automatic resizing of images for MMS
Nokia Xpress audio messaging
Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
Distribution lists for messaging
Windows Live
Instant messaging

• E-mail

Supported protocols: IMAP4, POP3, SMTP
Support for e-mail attachments

• Web browsing

Nokia Web Browser (OSS)
Opera Mini Web Browser
Nokia Mobile Search

• GPS and navigation

Integrated A-GPS

• Image and sound

Photography
5 megapixel camera (2992 x 1944)
Autofocus
Focal length: 4.6 mm
Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
LED flash
Flash modes: On, off, automatic
Flash operating range: 1 m
White balance modes: automatic, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent
Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
Colour tone modes: normal, greyscale, sepia, negative
Full-screen viewfinder
Active toolbar
Dedicated camera key
Landscape (horizontal) orientation
Photo editor on device
Direct printing to compatible picture printers

• Music and audio playback

Nokia Media player
- Playlists
- Equalizer
- Selection by artist, album and genre
- Album graphics display
Music playback file formats: .amr, .mid, .mp3, .mp4, .m4a, .aac, .wma
Dedicated music keys: No
Supported via inbox Headset
Visual Radio: No
Audio through µUSB support
Nokia Music Manager
Ring tones: Up to 64 polyphonic MIDI ringing tones, Nokia ringing tones, NB-AMR audio clips, MP3/MP4 and AAC files, and video ringing tones
Uplink noise cancellation

• Voice and audio recording

Voice commands
Voice dialling
Voice recorder
Audio recording formats: AMR-NB
Speech codecs: NB-AMR, HR, FR, EFR
2 microphones for uplink noise cancellation

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