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Nokia 8910 Review

Nokia 8910 Review

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Until recently Nokia had only one expensive fashion phone - Nokia 8850, which had the same features as cheaper models, but individual design. It was made of magnesium alloy, which reduced weight of the phone, but remained a metal effect. The second peculiarity of the phone was a sapphire glass. Design of the phone was developed by a famous designer - Frank Nuaro. The handset was successful at that time; prices for 8850 had been slightly reduced and provided good sales during several years.

Nokia 8910 is a successor of 8850. It also has several peculiarities. First of all, an exterior is made of titan. Till this time none of the manufacturers could produce such phones in large quantities. It is too difficult and prime costs are very high. Two years ago Ericsson demonstrated a possibility to produce such kind of phones and introduced a limited edition of Ericsson R320 (50 phones). Some think that Motorola v60 has a titan exterior, but they mistake, it is made of anodized aluminum. So, Nokia 8910 is a unique phone.

Using of titan defines a concept of this phone. For example, one of the available colors is titan and the second one is just black. The phone has compact dimensions (103 - 140.5x46x20 mm); it's handy. But if to compare it with 8850, you could find that a new phone is a little bit larger. Weight of the phone is 110 grams. Of course, it is not typical to the fashion phone, but it is a payment for a titan exterior (there is only one plastic part which is covered an antenna; it is placed on the rear part of the phone). Titan layer is rather large and I doubt that exterior could be broken if the phone falls down. Rather display or electronic parts could be damaged

The other unique solution is an opening system. There are two keys on the sides of the phone. If you press them simultaneously, the phone is automatically slid. It is very effective and attracts attention of other people. Unfortunately, sometimes these external keys can be pressed automatically if the phone is worn in the pocket. In this case keys of the keypad (internal keys) can be also pressed in spite of manual keypad lock. IR-port is placed on the right-hand side, it is almost invisible.

Nokia 8910 has a chromium-plated keypad. Send/reject keys, scroll keys and 2 soft keys are positioned under the display. They are very handy. On the contrary, alphanumerical keys are not so comfortable, especially low row of keys. It's not a problem as you'll need it only if there is "0" in a dialed phone number. Small characters drawn on the keys are not visible in all lighting conditions, as only a center row is illuminated. It is possible to dial a number in the dark, but it will be very difficult to create SMS message.

Display of Nokia 8910 contains up to 4 text lines and tips to soft keys use, it has a pastel blue backlighting. The information is clearly visible in all lighting conditions.

A battery is covered by a rear cover of the phone. It can be removed if you press a small fixator (when the phone is open), which is placed on the left. It's easier to do it with a help of any sharp thing (pen and etc), although may be you could do by a finger. The phone is equipped with BLB-2 battery, which was used in older phones, for example Nokia 8210. It is a lithium-ion battery of 750 mAh capacity. According to the manufacturer, it could operate up to 100-300 hours in the standby mode and up to 2-4 hours in the talk mode. In reality the phone operated about 5 days (in case of 40 minutes of talking and daily use of such applications as alarm-clock, reminders, games). In case of 2 hours of talking and using only alarm-clock, the phone worked about 2 days. It's a good result. Engineers could reduce power consumption and it became possible to equip the handset with a lithium-ion, not lithium-polymer battery. Time of full re-charging is more than 2 hours.

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