Versatile and great value
Written: Dec 16 '00
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Pros: Superb features and versatility
Cons: slightly weak cover
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| ccn158's Full Review: Nokia 7110 GSM Cellular Phone |
After the releases of the 8210 and the 6210 (also 3310 if you are in the UK), the Nokia 7110 has now dropped into third place in the priority list of the company; a bonus if you ask me, as now you can pick these phones up cheaply - even for free if you are willing to sign to a contract.
And that's good, because all-round, it's the best phone out at the moment.
Ok, so it's not the prettiest, it's not as small as the tiny 8210 or Ericsson T28, but it's definately more useful. Who wants a small phone anyway? I'm perfectly content with mine.
Possibly the most catchiest feature about the phone is the 'flip-down' answer panel, activated by the little button on the back, or just sliding it down. It does look cool when tyour phone rings to press the button on the back and - swoosh! - the panel comes down.
But there's other reasons why you should get the phone too.
Take the names menu for instance. Not only can you store around 1000 yes one thousand names, you can store more than one number per name. So, if someone's got both a landline and a mobile, just put them under the same name. Did I mention you can save addresses, email addresses and even write comments about people? Now there's what I call usefulness.
Then there's the messages. I haven't got a clue how many SMS messages you can store, but I'm pretty sure it's close to a thousand as well. And if you've got that many - how about this - you can create folders for your messages, so you can have a folder for each person. Simple, yet very effective - a touch that I like.
There's more ringtones and a cool vibrate mode on the phone, which come under the 'Profiles' menu. Everything here is customisable - you can have your pager mode, which just makes the phone vibrate, or you can even make your own. By arranging the people in your phone book into caller groups like 'VIP', 'Family', 'Friends' and the like, you can block out calls from certain people at certain times of the day! You can even rename the whole profile, so it's name appears on the main screen. Now that's cool.
There's now a choice of four games on the 7110. First of all theres a sequel to the massively popular Snake, called imaginatively, Snake II. It's a bit of an improvement, there's now walls to negotiate and little bonuses which increase your score. Also you can now see your score on screen - very useful if you're about to beat your top score. The game can be played 2-player via the infra-red option. Racket is a version of Pong and is very addictive, possibly even better than Snake. Just hit the ball backwards and forth over the net - it's more addictive than it sounds. The there's Opposite, which is a board game called Othello in disguise. If you don't know Othello, I won't explain the rules to you here, but it's a sort of mix between chess and checkers. Last but not least is Rotation, which is exactly the same as the version on the 3310.
And I'm still not finished yet! The Calender is a superb addition to the phone, and almost takes the place of a complete PDA. View you schedule by weeks or by day to plan ahead. You can enter a note for any time, be it a meeting, call, a birthday, or simply a reminder and the phone will keep track of it all, even buzzing it's alarm to remind you 5, 10, 15 or even 30 minutes before. The calender is great and will save you a lot of time.
Best of all, is the WAP capability. One of the main reasons why I got this phone was for WAP and I'm pleased to say I'm not disappointed. The roller-bar makes Web-surfing almost effortless. It's almost as if they were designed for each other. And if you add the usefulness of all the resources of the Web to the advantages of the phone, you can see you've got a superb product.
The battery life is fantastic - up to 260 hours stand-by according to Nokia but realistically I've found that I can make the phone last about three days without a charge - then I do make a lot of phone calls. Perhaps it would be better to compare to my 3210 which only lasted two days on a charge.
Call quality is superb - as good as a land line - the extra reception indicators along the left hand side of the display reassure you somewhat.
So if you've got mates who have got the latest, or smallest phone out, then just ask them if it can do everything that the 7110 does. And show them this review. They'll go quiet pretty quickly. As it stands, this is the best-value phone on the market - and this time next year it'll be everywhere.
There's only one drawback to this phone which I can think of at the moment and that's the flip-down cover, which feels a bit weak, and probably will fall off after a year or two. But I hear that they are easily replaced, so it's only really a minor fault.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): Free on contract
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Member: Simon Liau
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