Nokia 6700 Classic

Like other classic Nokia, Nokia 6700 Classic with typical values of simplicity through minimalist physique. But when in the grip, you will be nodding in agreement that the classic this one is hape that has upscale tastes.

Actually, one year ago, Nokia had launched one of his classic weapons to fill this premium, the 6220c. Now the price has touched USD 2.8 million. But that also phone candy-bar shape is less successfully penetrate the market. Though already has the features and systems the most complete software than other classic Nokia family. Similarly, 6700c sold a little more expensive but still not as complete facility equipped 6220c.

So where 6700c good if not also more sophisticated? This question also appears on the head signal when first encountered this phone. Even if we consider the price factor, with capital of Rp.3 million could have glanced at one of the E63 or maybe Nseries mobile phone or other brands that also offer more sophisticated features.

But when the packets are parsed and 6700c body in direct contact with the palm of the hand, then signal will realize the classic figure of this one. Dimension which was small enough so solid. The design was not drafted but elegant with luxurious elegance. And a signal to wake the curiosity of his material which casing was of metal. While the body behind the engraved inscription: 5 megapixels.

Design and Buttons
Because the casing is made of metal material, the weight of this become quite heavy (116.5 grams). But precisely on the physical side is the value of fresh seeded 6700c. Metal shell instead of the standard, 6700c apparently choose the type of stainless steel that is believed to be immune to changes in temperature and stainless. From this we can conclude that some of this will have extra durability in aesthetic matters.

Nokia 6700c that we are testing is a full-black, almost entire body is polished black exterior. Dimensions small enough and thin, almost the size of the type 6300 but is more compact and very sturdy. While not a smooth surface to make it slippery so firmly in the grasp.

Overall, this phone is minimalist design with the buttons arranged very neatly. Acquired an aura is calm and mature with black bandage here and there. Impression of premium small silver rose through the line along the body side and the navigation D-pad on the bottom of the screen.

Menu buttons and the numbers below the screen using plastic materials in a convenient squeezes affairs. In addition body was found only the camera button and volume. These buttons using aluminum materials. We were a little disappointed with the volume button which is quite hard.

While the additional memory hole inserted under the back cover is supported hotswap, and fortunately not blocked the battery, so to replace the microSD can directly without the need deadly phone.

But wait, where the front camera? Apparently 6700c only has a camera on the back. This means that the video call function was trimmed.

Screen and Software
Phone is not aligned with smartphones because they do not have a strong operating system. And as can be seen in the table specification, 6700c only platform S40. As we know, this system still leaves a weakness in terms of multitasking, although on the other hand has the advantage of speed and stability.

S40 is embedded in the 6700c is the sixth edition. This is the most recent version which is also used by 6303c. There are some improvements that we feel the features on this platform, such as browsers already support Minimap, flaslite 3, homescreen menu, and the facilities 'finds on maps' location coordinates to find friends through the phonebook address.

In terms of interface, which adopted 6700c TFT display 24-bit (16 million colors) at 240x320 pixels so comfortable on the eyes because the screen surface and presented with sharp detail. But unfortunately forced her small screen size should be satisfied with just 2.2 inches diagonally.

Multimedia
There is a camera facility, music, FM radio and GPS are included in this category. Because it's 5 megapixel camera, photographing the facility became the most important element. Unlike other Nokia 5 megapixel camera equipped with the usual type of Carl Zeiss optics, 6700c armed only with a standard type of optical type of LED flash lights.

On the afternoon with the lighting supports, images shot on above-average standard phone cameras general. We prefer photos take results from short distances. In this position the quality is not lost by phones with prominent optic. Meanwhile, although still light LED type was capable of producing a flash which is also quite a lot.

In the music business we can not get your hopes up on this stem motif phone. No 3.5 mm audio jack or 2.5 mm. So the headset microUSB to the hole. The speakers are attached to the rear body able to make a sound loud enough but of course not as good as the series Xpress Music.

Through the headset audio quality is getting better, but still not as good as phone music genre. This was the treble and bass in his bear. While the radio feature is supported RDS and stereo, but strangely could not be heard without a headset.

GPS has been equipped Nokia Maps so you can immediately use. Besides relying on satellite, navigation function is supported also assisted-GPS method, the search location using signals from the operator. But of course the latter is not free. Through several experiments we did to get the coordinates of the location, 6700c may take 2 to 3 minutes.

Internet and E-mail
You can expect a lot of these online services. There is a wide path with HSDPA bandwidth 10 / 2 Mbps (uplink / downlink). Then the application's WebKit browser supports HTML format and Minimap, Ovi service, facebook, myspace, youtube, flickr, and a number of other applications online support. We also praise the e-mail that has been supported by the e-mail client is quite capable. With the capital just a username and password we can activate an e-mail with ease.

Back again on the diagonal screen only 2.2 inches. With this measure to open the HTML page it becomes less comfortable. We had to scrape the cursor to view all content pages.

But in matters of access, this phone already feels pretty fast, although still a 10Mbps future investment because they have to wait for the ability of the operator.

Conclusion
The classic is still a minimalist concept with physical dimensions small enough and slim. Because the wrapped casing of stainless steel, weighs a fairly significant. On the positive side, this metal will not be whole by the time since the stainless and resistant to temperature changes. The absence of video call facility was very unfortunate, but whether this function you really need?

PLUS: Bonus 1GB microSD; casing of stainless steel; applications for online
MINUS: Can not video call; price is relatively expensive; not smartphone (no tougher operating system)

Rival:
LG KF750
Hape slider has a more premium design. He weighs almost the same as 6700c because some of his casing wrapped metal and carbon materials to the body behind. KF750 supports HSDPA but has also equipped the front camera for video calls, while the main camera is also capable of magnitude 5 megapixel video recording at 120fps velocity.

Samsung U900-Soul
Samsung U900 is also conceptualized favor physical design with an elegant aura. Hape this shift but also supports HSDPA with 7.2 Mbps bandwidth capacity. 5 megapixel camera has, unfortunately video record function was limited to the size of QVGA.

SPECIFICATIONS Nokia 6700 Classic
Dimensions: 109.8 x45x11, 2 mm
Weight: 116.5 grams
Battery: Li-ion 970 mAh
Talk time: 5 hours
Standby time: 300 hours
Internal Memory: 170MB
Additional Memory: microSD max. 8GB (hotswappable)
Form Factor: candy-bar
Ringtones: polyphonic 64 channels
Phonebook: memory sharing
Network: triband HSDPA, GPRS / EDGE class 32, quadband GSM
Screen: TFT 16 million colors, 2.2 inches, 240x320 pixels
Connectivity between devices: Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP; USB 2.0
Internet connectivity: WebKit Browser, WAP 2.0, email (POP / IMAP / SMTP)
Camera: 5 megapixels; LED flash; autofocus; timer; multishot; brightness; effect; white balance; video 15 fps @ VGA; PictBridge;
Applications: S40 edition 6; photo editor; music player; voice recorder; Nokia Maps; alarm; calendar; to-do-list; notes; calculator; countdown timer; stopwatch; games (bounce tales, brain champ, seasweeper, snake III) ; Facebook; myspace; youtube; converter; flikr; Windows live; opera mini; Ovi; world clock.
Package Contents: Nokia 6700 classic, batteries, CD driver, manual, 1GB microSD, charger
Other: GPS; A-GPS; FM radio; ambient light sensor; the volume; the camera button; synchronization with Outlook