Nokia 5610 Xpress Music

Nokia 5610 Xpress Music

Product summary

+ve's: The Nokia 5610 Xpress Music offers a satisfying music-centric feature set and admirable performance. The design is well-constructed and easy to use, and it offers a brilliant display.

-ve's: The Nokia 5610 Xpress Music's navigation toggle was stiff and its keypad was slippery. Its memory card slot is in an inconvenient location, and the camera's functionality is limited when using the flash.

conclusion: The Nokia 5610 Xpress Music offers a nice higher-end alternative to the Nokia 5310 with a flashier design and upgraded features. It's a good performer, too.

Specifications: Band / mode: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900 ; Talk time: Up to 360 min ; Combined with: With two digital cameras / digital player / FM radio ;

Apple i-Phone 3GS

Apple i-Phone 3GS

Product summary

+ve's: The i-Phone 3GS finally adds common cell phone features like multimedia messaging, video recording, and voice dialing. It runs faster; its promised battery life is longer; and the multimedia quality continues to shine.

-ve's: The i-Phone 3GS call quality shows no improvements and the 3G signal reception remains uneven. We still don't get Flash Lite, USB transfer and storage, or multitasking.

Conclusion: The i-Phone 3GS doesn't make the same grand leap that the iPhone 3G made from the first-generation model, but the latest Apple handset is still a compelling upgrade for some users. The i-Phone 3GS is faster and we appreciate the new features and extended battery life, but call quality and 3G reception still need improvement.

Specifications:
Band / mode: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900 ;
Talk time: Up to 600 min ;
Combined with: With digital camera / digital player / GPS receiver ;

Nokia N-97

Nokia N-97

Product summary

+ve's: The Nokia N-97 features a touch screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, and 32GB of internal flash memory. The smartphone also offers 3G support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS and comes equipped with a 5-megapixel camera.

-ve's: The N-97's touch user interface isn't well integrated and can be inconsistent and confusing, especially compared with the competition. We would have preferred a capacitive touch screen instead of resistive.

Conclusion: While the Nokia N-97 is packed with features and offers the freedom of an unlocked phone, its clunky touch interface, sky-high price tag, and outdated operating system make it hard to recommend when there are better touch-screen smartphones on the market.

Specifications:
Band / mode: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900 ;
Talk time: Up to 400 min ;
Combined with: With two digital cameras / digital player ;