Nokia's 6700 Classic is a handset designed to take over the mantle of the hugely popular Nokia 6300, and the Finns have been busy sprucing up the design and wedging in more features than you can shake a mobile stick at.
We now are offered a 5MP camera with flash, blindingly fast 10.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity, a QVGA 2.2-inch screen and all encased in a very shiny chrome body.
It fits in the hand very nicely, with the slim build still wide enough to give access to all the flush keys when you need to.
The raised directional pad with enter key in the centre is easy to get to, as are the call/terminate buttons and both the softkeys. You could make the case that the heavily styled number pad is hard to press and that it would be nice to have some definition between the keys horizontally, but you'd probably be clutching at straws.
The rest of the phone has clearly gone for style over substance, but not in a negative way. It just means that we're only treated to a camera shutter and some well-hidden up/down keys, with the charging hole and microUSB connector at the bottom. Why Nokia persists with both ports when both could be achieved with the USB option, we don't know.
As you might imagine, there's no 3.5mm headphone port in sight, so you'll have to use the bundled microUSB adaptor. In something of an oversight from Nokia, you still can't use your own cans with this little gizmo, so we'd advise you fire up the internet and have a look for another one that will do the job.
The screen is lively and bright, and looks long on the design, which means it'll trot out a spot of video without problem (and Nokia has clearly thought of that by adding a link to YouTube Mobile).
As you can imagine with a phone this shiny the whole thing sucks in fingerprints like a thirsty schoolchild with a milkshake. Within minutes the whole thing was covered in so many marks it looked like a Christmas present to a CSI team, and polishing them off on a t-shirt or trouser leg wasn't easy.
There are a few nice tweaks under the hood though – turning the phone over or double tapping it will silence calls or the alarm, and you can bash the back with a digit twice whenever you please to show the camera.
While the 6700 Classic is far from a smartphone, these little tweaks certainly help make it seem like a more slick experience.
There's no front facing camera so video calling is out of the question, but given the take up of said option we wouldn't be surprised if that feature was phased out of all standard phones and taken exclusively into the domain of the smartphone.
It's hard to find a lot wrong with the design of the Nokia 6700 Classic – it certainly looks the business (albeit a little like Iron Man's suppository) and if this is the kind of phone you're after, then you're not going to find a lot to dislike.
Nokia 6700 Quard Band Unlocked Phone (Black)
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 Announced 2009, January Status Available. Released 2009, May Size Dimensions 109.8 x 45 x 11.2 mm, 46.5 cc Weight 116.5 g Display Type TFT, 16M colors Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches - Accelerometer sensor Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones Speakerphone Yes Memory Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall Call records 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls Internal 170 MB Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, 1GB card included, buy memory Data GPRS Class 32 HSCSD Yes EDGE Class 32 3G HSDPA, 10 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps WLAN No Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 Infrared port No USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Video Yes, VGA@15fps Secondary No Features Messaging SMS, MMS 1.3 (up to 600KB), Email, IM Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Games 3 + Downloadable Colors Silver metallic, Matte metallic, Black metallic GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Java Yes, MIDP 2.1 - MP3/M4A/AAC/eAAC+/WMA player - Voice command/dial - Flash Lite 3 Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 960 mAh (BL-6Q) Stand-by Up to 300 h Talk time Up to 5 h (2G) / 4 h (3G) Music play Up to 20 h
Specification
Manufacturer
Nokia
Model
6700
Availability
Same Day Shipping
Condition
Brand New, Unlocked
Form Factor
Candybar
GSM Network
GPRS, GSM, HSCSD, HSDPA (3G)
Service
900, 1800, 1900, 850, 3g 2100
Bluetooth
v2.1 with a2dp
Infrared
Without Infrared
Wi-Fi (WLAN)
Without Wi-Fi (WLAN)
USB
microusb v2.0
Fax/Data
Without Fax/Data
Main Display
color tft
Color Display
16.000.000 colors,
Resolution
240x320 pixels
External Display
With External Display
Internal Memory
170mb
Storage Types
MicroSD
External Memory (UPTO)
16 gb
Memory Slots
1
Battery
lithium ion 960 mah
Standby Time
300 hours
Talk Time
5 hours
Vibrate Alert
With Vibrate Alert
Photo ID
With Photo ID
Ringtones
mp3, polyfone
Camera
With Camera
Megapixels
5 megapixels
Maximum Photo Resolution
2592x1944 pixels
Digital Zoom
Without Digital Zoom
Optical Zoom
Without Optical Zoom
Auto Focus
With Auto Focus
Flash
With Flash
Recording Video
With Recording Video
Second (front) Camera
Without Second (front) Camera
FM Radio
With FM Radio
Java
With Java
Audio Player
AAC, eAAC, MP3, M4A, WMA
Video Player
mpeg4, 3gp, h263
Add Ringtones
With Add Ringtones
Organiser
Calculator, Calendar, To-do list
Video Call
Without Video Call
Other Features
Built in hands free, Voice dial, Voice memo, Built-in GPS receiver, IM