Nokia N78 Candy Bar 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs
20 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary
+ This mobile phone scores high on features. - It scores poorly on design.
“Great phone with many easy to use features”
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20 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
66% of people recommend it.
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Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ Great phone with many easy to use features
- Poor battery life
purchased 19 Jun 2008
shunming, Sheffield
Score 10.0/10
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design is very good~~
small,light,and its bright~~
nearly perfect~~
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get finger print earily
Battery life should be longer
purchased 30 Jun 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- Glossy plastics are a fingerprint / grease magnet! Screen/body scratches easily.
purchased 12 Aug 2008
charlotte, london , “student”
Score 8.0/10+ quite simple and unique design with the side buttons.
- takes a while to get used to the small buttons but it's not too hard it still looks cool
purchased 29 Aug 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 7.0/10
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Excellent range of features for a good price
Design looks stunning
- The main keypad is fiddly compared to other nokia models, if you do alot of texting you may find this tedious. If you make mainly calls you wont find this a problem
purchased 14 Oct 2008
Emma, Essex
Score 9.0/10+ This phone has elegance in every form on the inside and out. It is especially easy to use with pretty much the same Nokia layout as always. The features are also fantastic, with great video and camera quality.
- I really don't think there is any. I have noticed people have said in past reviews that because of the style of the phone it tends to get smeary easily, I have not found this at all.
purchased 10 Oct 2008
Ant, Preston , “Proffesional young I.T ”
Score 10.0/10+ does everything i need and more. Very quick overall and some really well implemented features.
- hard to find a car kit to use that doesnt push the buttons on the side or that doesnt obstruct the call answer/reject buttons.
purchased 04 Jul 2008
Sean , Trowbridge
Score 7.0/10+ Very clear screen with well laid out menus
- Fiddly keys,
purchased 22 Oct 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ Fantastic software, amazing sound, excellent screen.
- Quite possibly the worst navigational joypad ever. One hairtrigger move and it presses instead of moved.
purchased 23 Oct 2008
Jessica , Morden
Score 8.0/10+ The wifi is brilliant.
- The keypad is too easy to make a mistake with. The design was not very well thought out.
purchased 10 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “no”
Score 10.0/10+ This is the best phone I have had to date
- None
purchased 14 Oct 2008
luci, Cumbria
Score 4.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- It seems really slow to do anything on it
purchased 18 Nov 2008
brian, watford , “young enough to know”
Score 6.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- the keys are very poor
purchased 14 Oct 2008
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Expert reviews for Nokia N78
TechRadar expert review
N series handsets earn this title because of their wide range of capabilities, from integrated route planning tools to top-notch camera facilities, from smartphone style diary, calendar management and mobile email to music and video playing.The Nokia N78 brings a new feature to this range. It has an FM radio built in, which is hardly a rarity for a mobile phone these days, but it also includes an FM transmitter. This means you can use it to send music directly to any FM radio of your choice, for example, the one in your car or at home. So you can listen to your favourite tunes, or…
This Nokia N78 review continued on TechRadar
reviewed 01 Sep 2008
Product Features
3G
 
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Yes |
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Touchscreen
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No |
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Type
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Candy Bar |
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Band
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Quad |
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EDGE
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Yes |
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WiFi
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Yes |
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Camera Resolution in MegaPixels
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3.2 |
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Screen Resolution (pixels)
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240x320 |
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Bluetooth
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Yes |
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XHTML Browser
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Yes |
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WAP
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Yes |
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FM Tuner
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Yes |
| Email Functionality | Yes |
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SatNav
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Yes |
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MP3 ATRAC Playback
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Yes |
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Operating System
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Symbian OS |
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Memory Card Slot
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Yes |
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Weight (g)
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101.8 |
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Talk Time (hours)
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4 |
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Standby Time (hours)
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312 |
| HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) | Yes |
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USB Port
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Yes |
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Video Recorder
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Yes |
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Instant Messaging
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No |
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Built-in Camera
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Yes |
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Dimensions (mm)
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49x113x15.1 |
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Java
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Yes |
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SAR (W per kg in 10g)
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1.23 |
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Games
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Yes |
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HTML Browser
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Yes |
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Phone book capacity (names)
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Practically unlimited |
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Colour
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Black |
| Networks | Vodafone |
Manufacturer's Description
A sleek multimedia computer packed with capabilities that help you find your location, listen to hours of superb quality audio, access your home media remotely, and browse the web faster.
Sleek design; Capable multimedia computer
- Search and find places and know how to get there, with integrated A-GPS
- Tag images automatically with capture location and upload directly to the web
- Browse the internet with large 2.4” display, access the web over Wireless LAN (WLAN) with automatic hotspot authentication
- Up to 24-hour music playback time, scroll to your favorite tracks using Navi™ wheel
- Access images, music, podcasts, video with high speed WLAN, or 3.5G connection
Operating Frequency
- Dual mode WCDMA 900/2100 (HSDPA), GSM/GPRS/EGPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Automatic switching between bands and modes
Dimensions
- Volume: 76.5 cc
- Weight: 101.8 g
- Length: 113 mm
- Width: 49 mm
- Thickness (max): 15.1 mm
Memory Functions
- Up to 70MB internal memory
- MicroSD memory card support (hot swappable)
- Approx. memory capacity indication with included 2GB microSD card:
-Video (VGA @ 15fps): up to 120 min
-Photos (3.2 megapixel): up to 3,400
photos
-Music (eAAC+): up to 1,500 tracks*
- Capacity based on 3:45 per song with 48 kbps eAAC+ (M4A) encoding on the Nokia Audio Manager. Capacity with 128 kbps AAC encoding is up to 1500 songs.
Power Management*
- Battery: Nokia Battery BL-6F 1200mAh
- Talk time: up to 190 minutes (WCDMA); 260 minutes (GSM)
- Stand-by time: up to 320 hours (WCDMA); 320 hours (GSM)
- Still images: up to 375 pictures (3.2 megapixel)
- Video capture: up to 215 minutes (VGA @ 15fps)
- Video call: up to 125 minutes
- Video playback: up to 280 minutes (VGA @ 15fps)
- Music playback: up to 24 hours (offline mode)
- Web browsing: up to 3 hours (3.5G)
- FM radio: up to 14 hours
*Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.
Display and User Interface
- 2.4” QVGA (240 × 320 pixels) TFT colour display with up to 16 million colours and wide 160° viewing angle. Ambient light detector – to optimise display brightness and power consumption
- Operating system: Symbian OS
- User Interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
- Java™: MIDP2.0
- C++ and Java SDKs
Call Management
- Call logs, speed dial, voice dialing, voice commands, and talking ringtone
Messaging
- E-mail (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS
Data Transfer*
- WCDMA 850/1900 (HSDPA) with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed UL/DL= 384/3.6MB, CS max speed 64kbps)
- Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 118.4/118.4 kbits/s
- EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s
*Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network support.
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