Exterior – case, buttons
There is only the thick door of the memory card on the left side of the phone, but this seems thick only until we want to open it as then it turns out that there is a really thin band connecting it to the case. On the right there is much more stuff, as this is where we can see the volume control keys and the camera’s hotkey. On the top and the bottom there are speakers trying to create a stereo effect.
On top of N96 there are three, well-separated features. In the center there is the 3.5 mm jack output, on the right we can see the peg of the keypad lock, this isn’t activated easily, but given its function this is no problem. On the left we can see the usual power and profile switcher key. There is nothing special on the bottom, N96 has a microUSB connector with the usual charger input near it. Ha-ha, yeah it needs a charger as N96 cannot be charged via microUSB either.
The back might be the lowest quality part of the whole phone. On one hand the plastic used is really low-quality, it’s quite slim and the process of taking it off is not worthy of such a top model. There is a kind of unfastener, but the whole thing still cracks and pops. I had some problems with the design too, as the camera’s lens is embossed and there’s nothing to protect it from getting dirty.
The cover can be slid in two directions, just like on N95. When pushing it upwards we can see the bit wide, but logical keypad, which has two defects. On one hand the keys are in the same plane, there is no embossment, and on the other hand our fingers might hit the bottom of the cover when using the top row of keys. It turns out that there is a light sensor somewhere, as the backlight of the keypad is controlled by the software, based on some kind of data.
When pushing the cover down we get music and video control buttons. The software doesn’t react to this movement, so it won’t take us to the multimedia menu, it doesn’t even rotate the screen. The four black buttons doesn’t have a crucial role, they can be accessed by pushing the rim of the navigation ring, they are here probably to conserve traditions.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
