LONDON – At Nokia World 2011, I won myself a Nokia 701 from the Nokia Vending Machine. I checked in regulating a Nokia 603 by regulating the on-board NFC duty and a couple of clunks after a white blood vessel appeared from the container in the bottom of the machine. Much to my disbelief, this blood vessel contained a Nokia 701 and the common accessories you’d design to find with a ultimate phone. I’ve been regulating it for multiform weeks on and off, and here’s what I consider of it.
Hardware
Let’s speak about the elephant in the room here. Hardware wise, it’s unequivocally identical to the Nokia C7 which we’ve seen before. It’s the same distance and figure with all the same tools in the same place. However, there is a slight difference.
The coloring of the Nokia 701 is most improved. Rather than carrying the glossy chrome finish, this is a most some-more composed knowledge on the eyes. The matt black finish on the behind rolls simply right around to the front of the phone until it meets the potion touchscreen.
The shade is done of Corning® Gorilla® Glass, the box surrounding the shade and battery cover is done of steel and the rest of the phone is done out of plastic. This leaves the device feeling unequivocally stout and plain weighing in at 131 grams.
It’s surprisingly slim at 11mm, only a single millimetre incomparable than a valuables CD case, so it sits in my slot simply when I’m out and about. When I lift it out of my slot to have a call it sits in the palm simply with the unlocking pass ideally situated on the right on the phone. Handy, since I’m right handed. With a crack of my thumb, the Nokia 701 springs in to action.
Software
The Nokia 701 runs the ultimate chronicle of Symbian, Symbian Belle. Having used a Nokia N8 for about a year, which I still operate currently when I go out receiving photos, I’ve been unequivocally happy with Symbian Anna. Symbian Belle on the Nokia 701 runs unequivocally uniformly and that’s down to a multiple of the 1 GHz processor and the altogether improvements which Symbian Belle brings.
The initial alleviation I adore with the Nokia 701, and thus Symbian Belle is the capability to add some-more homescreens – up to six. This equates to I can squeeze as most apps, games or anything else I find utilitarian on the front screen, simply permitted with a crack of the finger left or right.
The ultimate email widget is something I admire, too. I operate email a lot for work, so being means to keep up to date with what’s critical is an comprehensive must, for me. With a ultimate white credentials and the increasing space to review the theme lines some-more clearly, I can corkscrew by twenty of the prior emails from inside of the homescreen widget. This creates it so easy to find something applicable and review it most some-more quickly.
Another thing I’m in to at the impulse is NFC. I unequivocally similar to the thought of being means to hold my phone to something and have it send a little information, embrace it or to turn on something and the Nokia 701 is an NFC-enable phone. While there’s not most I can do with it at the moment, alternative than span up a headset or two, or check-in to my bureau on Foursquare.
Conclusion
Overall, this is a good phone. If I didn’t have easy entrance to the ultimate Nokia Lumia 800 I’d have no concerns about regulating the Nokia 701 as my categorical phone. I do adore to own the ultimate phone if possible. The Nokia 701 is a sturdy, well-spoken running, high-featured smartphone which does all I’d presumably wish it too.
