The Nokia 7070 prism has to be one of the most outlandish looking mobile phones on the market. The Nokia 7070 is the third in the “prism” series, and, like its predecessors the entire design, (as the name suggests) incorporates a series of prisms, forming the buttons on the handset and the battery release catch. The reverse of the Nokia 7070 prism is also embossed with a prism based pattern, making it a very tactile object. The design is carried forward to the actual shape of the handset, and, whilst this is not prism shaped, the corners are cut off to continue the effect. Fortunately, the screen is a more conventional shape!
As with a number of recent Nokia releases, the 7070 prism is aimed at so called “emerging markets”, i.e. developing countries, so, as you would expect the price is low. At just $70 this is a very affordable handset, and one of the most inexpensive “fashion phones” on the market. In fact, the Nokia 7070 is possibly the cheapest full color phone on the market at the moment.
In spite of the low price tags, most people are likely to choose this mobile phone for its looks rather than its price. Although not to everyone's taste, the Nokia 7070 certainly makes an impression and packs a lot of style for a $70 phone.
As you would expect with a phone of this price, with this kind of style and design it is a little short on features. The Nokia 7070 has a 128 x 160 pixel TFT screen with an indicator light on the outside. For a phone of this price, the display is very good. There are not many phones within this price bracket that can boast a full color screen of this size and resolution. The Nokia 7070 prism also supports basic GPRS browsing and has a basic email client. You can download ring tones in the MP3 format, however, for this price do not expect an MP3 player too! Although MP3 is supported for ring tones, unfortunately, you will not be able to use this phone as an MP3 player, i.e. you cannot listen to tracks via a headset. Other limitations with this phone are the fact that there is no built in camera, which of course means there is no possibility of video capture either. Also, there is no support for Bluetooth wireless connectivity, so, transferring data between this phone and others may be problematic. Lack of bluetooth may be an issue if you have a lot of phone numbers / business cards to migrate from your old handset.
The internal memory of the Nokia 7070 prism is just 11MB, however, with no camera or mp3 player to consume memory 11MB should prove adequate for this kind of phone. That will allow users to store a few ring tomes and ample phone numbers. Remember, this is a budget handset, and its primary use is for making voice calls and sending text messages. If you require a more feature-full phone then look elsewhere!
At a mere 78 grams the Nokia 7070 prism is a light weight, compact and all in all very neat little handset. Battery life is quoted at 20 days standby with 5 hours talk time. The battery life is up to 20% greater than competing phones which is very impressive, not to mention useful!
Nokia plan to release the 7070 in quarter 3 of 2008. The Nokia 7070 Prism will be available Black / Blue and Black / Pink combinations. Nokia have not said whether these color schemes are intended to be separate for “boys and girls”, but this is quite likely. Again, this really is an example of Nokia focussing on style rather than function!
As a budget phone the Nokia 7070 prism will be made available on 12 month free line rental contracts shortly after its release.
