Nokia N76 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Nokia N76 seems to have everything that the market likes today: an external display, a row of backlit music buttons on the front, and a metallic finish around the buttons and camera on the back. The thing is; I don't feel like looking at them ...

Review summary: The Nokia N76 was first introduced in January 2007 at the Las Vagas CES 2007 exhibition and then launched on 5th May 2007. It's a 3G Smartphone and is the latest addition to Nokia's Nseries.

Pros: Good music player, large screen, good keypad.

Cons: Headphone jack fouls on opening handset, average camera, no autofocus, battery life could be better, No A2DP profile

Verdict: Powerful 3G smartphone that hits nearly all the hot buttons but not all

Review summary: The super stylish Nokia N76 3G smart phone comes in a sleek & eye catching casing which will certainly cause a stir in the mobile phone market. The handset comes in a choice of two colours which include a stylish red colour & a sleek black colour ...

Pros: Dedicated multimedia playback buttons on the top LCD ; 3.5mm headphone jack ; quadband with 3G ; external microSD card slot ; loud onboard speakers

Cons: When plugged in the 3.5mm audio jack restricts the opening of the clamshell ; requires SIM card tray ; difficult to open clamshell with one hand ; no Bluetooth stereo ; image quality sub-par

Verdict: In terms of features and performance, the Nokia N76 performs decently, but it's mostly let down by a number of design flaws which users should know about before buying the handset.

Review summary: The N76 is not a phone that's loaded down with a million features and applications. Its default setup is quite simple - you have messaging (including email, but not push email), you have web browsing and you have multimedia, including an FM radio ...

Pros: FM radio tuning, excellent multimedia controls, stylin?.

Cons: Controls a little difficult, picks up fingerprints.

Verdict: Those issues aside, if you love your music, it's hard to go past the N76. It does everything just about right. It doesn't have much internal memory of note, but microSD is very cheap now, with 2GB cards readily available for less than $100