Exterior

Judging the exterior is something very subjective, this is why it’s not a very good thing to use such big words in an article as I will, but I think that the 7900 is quite ugly. Somehow I liked the 7500 much more and it addition that had the magic of novelty with this whole prism thing. But here this magic disappears; furthermore usability suffered a lot because of the extravagant design. Anyway it’s a fact that this new design gives a much more demanding exterior than in the case of the 7500.

On top of the front cover, near the Nokia label we can find the phone’s speaker and a bit lower the OLED display is placed with a diagonal of two inches and QVGA resolution. These types of displays have a smaller maximum light intensity than TFT panels but their consume less and are easily readable. The display’s picture is good, the colors are all right too, we have no reason to complain – life span is a different question, but problems connected with it only arise later, in long-term usage. It is important to note that the Nokia 7900 is the first massively produced phone with a QVGA resolution OLED display; we have seen such a display with a lower resolution in the Samsung E420. The OLED technology has another huge advantage: it has a view angle of almost 180 degrees, so it is readable form the sides too.

A bit lower we find the keypad. The joystick has been replaced with a d-pad, which would be really pleasing by default, but this has been "overdesigned" too, so it doesn’t really bear the marks of comfortable usage. The four function keys found near it have a normal shape, there is no problem with them, not like with the numeric keypad. The strange shaped buttons are extremely tiny, although there had been place for a larger keypad. To add to the difficulties the 2/5, 4/7, 6/9 and 8/0 keys are very close to each other, I have pressed the wrong button a lots of times, but ladies will probably have less problems with this. It’s a jolly feature however that the color of the backlight can be set manually, more exactly we can choose from 49 different colors. Some of these don’t resemble in reality with the one appearing on-screen and the lights’ intensity depends on the color.

The “coloring game” doesn’t end here though, as there are two light sources on the top of the phone, which also blink in the color chosen by us in case of a missed event. Between the two rows of LED is the microUSB connector which is used for charging too. It isn’t covered with anything, looks quite lame and moreover hardens making a call when the phone is being charged.

The lateral sides are part of the removable back cover; there is nothing of interest here just the prism pattern. The bottom part is also empty.

The back cover has a fairly pleasant look, and in addition it’s made of metal. In the upper part we can find the 2 megapixel camera with fixed focus near the LED flashlight, near them is the loudspeaker for the built-in hands free and in the center part there is the Nokia logo. The camera’s resolution is not displayed near it, which is in part a joyful thing, as I think this would be an unnecessary kitsch, but in the same time makes me think why couldn’t our Finnish friends put at least an automatic focus on a phone costing almost 100.000 Ft.

A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!