Nokia 6760 slide Review
Nokia 6760 slide is the European version of the Nokia Surge 6790 – a handset available through AT&T in the US. Our review of the handset for North America can be found here.
Introduction and DesignDespite their pretty voluminous product catalogue, Nokia offers just a few handsets equipped with side-sliding keyboards and the Nokia 6760 slide is one of them. Moreover, it´s probably the smallest device with such a form factor.
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The handset display is really fitting for such a compact device and measures 2.4 inches, sports QVGA resolution and supports 16mln colors. Our only gripe relates to the fact that it loves fingerprints and they tend to prevent you from being able to discern what´s on screen easily. Still, if clean, the screen remains usable even in direct sunlight, so it´s definitely a capable one.
As a whole, all buttons of the Nokia 6760 slide are handy. In spite of their size, they are easy to feel with your fingers and feature well-pronounced travel. The keyboard is comfy, unlike the one the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is equipped with. All buttons are raised and trouble-free to press, so it won´t take long until you get used to them and start typing away really fast. We do like the rubberized, slanting section of the front side, because it helps you to open the phone effortlessly.
The sliding mechanism is one of the major issues that plague the Nokia 6760 slide, because it does feel cheap and wobbly. Moreover, the all-round workmanship is average. All materials the phone is made of are pleasing to touch, but the handset itself doesn’t come in solid and reliable, something not typical the manufacturer.
The top side of the Nokia 6760 slide hosts 2.5mm jack and charger port, while the microUSB connector is on the left. The phone comes boxed with the respective accessories – headset, charger, USB cable, user guide and 2GB microSD card that should be inserted into the slot under the back panel.
As a whole, Nokia 6760 slide comes with quite eccentric, asymmetrical design. Aside from black, the phone is also available in red and white and these colors make it look even more extravagant. Whether or not you find the device appealing depends on your aesthetic preference.
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Interface and Functions:
The Nokia 6760 slide is a cell phone based on Symbian S60 3rd Edition – operating system that lags behind the pack in terms of contemporary standards, but still, is really user-friendly and makes you feel as if you had a feature phone. We have already had the chance to review it on several occasions, so we are not going into details here. One of the good things about the interface of the Nokia 6760 slide is the presence of a Talking stand-by screen. It offers shortcuts to several functions - calls, clock, voice control and message reader and the phone will read aloud any option you select. It would have been great if the built-in loudspeaker was of less awful quality and allowed people to understand more than half of the words.
The phone comes with automated email setup for popular service providers and the comfy keyboard makes typing messages a child´s play. Unfortunately, Nokia hasn’t allowed for Nokia Messaging support, so you will have to rely on the integrated email client. It´s good enough and fits the bill, although we would have liked if the application could be installed - if anything, it makes switching between email accounts and reading HTML-formatted letters quite easy.
High-speedinternet connectivity is always a good thing, especially if you need to be able to surf the Web, access various social networks and download software from Ovi Store and do it fast. The Nokia 6760 slide connects over 3G and the maximum download speed is 3.6Mbps. The built-in Symbian browser is really comfy, snappy and allows watching of Flash Videos on YouTube. Despite the manufacturer´s claims the Nokia 6760 slide offers excellent social networking options and chat clients, all we could find on the phone was shortcuts to the mobile versions of Facebook, MySpace and Friendster, with absolutely no dedicated applications preinstalled.
The phone sports a built-in GPS and Ovi Maps version 3. Actually the latter is a pretty capable navigational application that is easy to get used to. You can find out more about it in our review of the Nokia 6710 Navigator.
You shouldn’t expect much in terms of multimedia functionality. The Nokia 6760 slide is equipped with 3.2-megapixel camera without autofocus and flash. The overall image quality is low – colors are thin and unrealistic and pictures lack enough details. The maximum video capture resolution is QVGA, so be prepared for videos with rather bad quality that are only good for MMS messages.
The audio quality through the boxed headset is passable, so you might even find yourself listening to music for prolonged periods of time. As for the loudspeaker, well, we already told you it´s downright appalling. The Nokia 6760 slide plays MP4 videos provided their maximum resolution doesn’t exceed QVGA.
The Nokia 6760 slide is a cell phone based on Symbian S60 3rd Edition – operating system that lags behind the pack in terms of contemporary standards, but still, is really user-friendly and makes you feel as if you had a feature phone. We have already had the chance to review it on several occasions, so we are not going into details here. One of the good things about the interface of the Nokia 6760 slide is the presence of a Talking stand-by screen. It offers shortcuts to several functions - calls, clock, voice control and message reader and the phone will read aloud any option you select. It would have been great if the built-in loudspeaker was of less awful quality and allowed people to understand more than half of the words.
The phone comes with automated email setup for popular service providers and the comfy keyboard makes typing messages a child´s play. Unfortunately, Nokia hasn’t allowed for Nokia Messaging support, so you will have to rely on the integrated email client. It´s good enough and fits the bill, although we would have liked if the application could be installed - if anything, it makes switching between email accounts and reading HTML-formatted letters quite easy.
High-speedinternet connectivity is always a good thing, especially if you need to be able to surf the Web, access various social networks and download software from Ovi Store and do it fast. The Nokia 6760 slide connects over 3G and the maximum download speed is 3.6Mbps. The built-in Symbian browser is really comfy, snappy and allows watching of Flash Videos on YouTube. Despite the manufacturer´s claims the Nokia 6760 slide offers excellent social networking options and chat clients, all we could find on the phone was shortcuts to the mobile versions of Facebook, MySpace and Friendster, with absolutely no dedicated applications preinstalled.
The phone sports a built-in GPS and Ovi Maps version 3. Actually the latter is a pretty capable navigational application that is easy to get used to. You can find out more about it in our review of the Nokia 6710 Navigator.
You shouldn’t expect much in terms of multimedia functionality. The Nokia 6760 slide is equipped with 3.2-megapixel camera without autofocus and flash. The overall image quality is low – colors are thin and unrealistic and pictures lack enough details. The maximum video capture resolution is QVGA, so be prepared for videos with rather bad quality that are only good for MMS messages.
The audio quality through the boxed headset is passable, so you might even find yourself listening to music for prolonged periods of time. As for the loudspeaker, well, we already told you it´s downright appalling. The Nokia 6760 slide plays MP4 videos provided their maximum resolution doesn’t exceed QVGA.
The Nokia 6760 slide is a fast phone and opens most applications in a snap. You will probably find it somewhat annoying that you will have to open the slider in order to search in your phone contacts or dial a number, but you´ll eventually get used to it.
The in-call quality is not the best we have experienced and voices sound somehow surreal and remote. Still, you won´t have any problems catching onto what you´re being told and the overall loudness is proper.
We are really pleased with the battery performance. After three days of moderate use (mostly phone calls and text messages) the battery had more than half of its charge left. According to the manufacturer, the Nokia 6760 slide provides 5 hours of continuous talk time and about 500 hours in standby.
Conclusion:
As a whole, the Nokia 6760 slide is a quirky phone with eccentric, but compact design. The phone is supposed to offer excellent text messaging, chat and social networking functionality, but lacks dedicated applications. Some extra, third-party software will certainly make it more appealing to young people, but on the other hand, its multimedia qualities are far from perfect. We would recommend the Nokia 6760 slide to ordinary people, who tend to text a lot and could use a compact, Symbian smartphone. Business customers would rather go for the E75 that looks more stylish, is handier to use and supports Nokia Messaging. Young people will be better off opting for the LG GW520 or waiting for the release of the Samsung CorbyPRO B5310 - its prototype truly impressed us.
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