Nokia 7600
Nokia 7600 is a typical example of such product. Being the market
leader, Nokia doesn't need to consider thouroughly each model's
commercial prospects. The company can afford producing phones that a
priori stand no chance of high profits. It is all about strategy: the
products like the latest hi-tech accessories series, and models like
7600 and 7700 are made to attract the hi-tech society, to consolidate
the company's status as a forward-looking manufacturer of perspective
products, who forms the tastes of today's customers.
Considering all this, Nokia 7600 ceases to be just a snappy thing, it becomes a hi-tech phone that realises all functions of the latest Series 40 platform edition. (It is not a Series 60 smartphone as was prognosed basing on the handset's positioning and preliminary specs.) Nokia 7600 looks quite uncommon, as can be easily seen from the photos. It is not minute, but not huge either: it measures and weighs about the same as Nokia 6600. The handset is supposed to be worn as a pendant, and it has a little hole for a neck band.
Although it seems a bit too big for a pendant, it looks more like a pocket-size device. Its body is made of a usual plastic which is not exactly bad but looks nothing grand either. Ergonomic tests show that the handset is the most handy when you hold it in your palm before yourself (a natural position for a videophone). Another natural grip is typical for holding a camera: the phone is held in both hands with the right forefinger on the shooting button and the thumbs on numeric keys. A large width and a square-like shape make this grip more handy than in the case of Siemens SX1.
But the traditional phone grip is inconvenient as the handset has to be placed diagonally. The model is supplied with a standard Nokia BL-5C Li-Ion battery. The construction of the battery cover is quite original. To open the battery compartment, you have to start with the plastic side cover which opens from the upper left corner. When you're through with it, the main cover can be removed. The battery is held in the socket by the friction force, although it is quite reliable. The SIM card slot is situated in the left wall; the card is inserted horizontally. To close the battery compartment back, the reverse order is used: you put the main cover in its place, then fix the side cover to the juts near the microphone and the info connector, and snap shut the jut on cover's edge. The construction has no backlash and emits no squeaks. Games allows to handle game Java midlets stored in the phone memory. You have to select this folder when installing various games (the phone supports no other game applications).
You can also load new programs here launching the WAP browser directly from this menu. My impressions from Nokia 7600 depend on whether I access it rationally or emotionally. In general, the handset looks good if we regard it as a work of designers' art, but it's not always handy to work with. 7600 is made in a youth, even teenager style. Twenty-something respondents, though approve of its original design, will hardly chose this phone for themselves. Rationally speaking, the estimate is negative: in this case, you always have to sacrifice something for the extravaganza, and ergonomic drawbacks are rather serious. For these reasons, a practical customer is very unlikely to spend money on 7600, although it is quite good, technically speaking. But in his eyes, the phone's extensive functionality and some unique features will hardly get the better of its design.
Considering all this, Nokia 7600 ceases to be just a snappy thing, it becomes a hi-tech phone that realises all functions of the latest Series 40 platform edition. (It is not a Series 60 smartphone as was prognosed basing on the handset's positioning and preliminary specs.) Nokia 7600 looks quite uncommon, as can be easily seen from the photos. It is not minute, but not huge either: it measures and weighs about the same as Nokia 6600. The handset is supposed to be worn as a pendant, and it has a little hole for a neck band.
Although it seems a bit too big for a pendant, it looks more like a pocket-size device. Its body is made of a usual plastic which is not exactly bad but looks nothing grand either. Ergonomic tests show that the handset is the most handy when you hold it in your palm before yourself (a natural position for a videophone). Another natural grip is typical for holding a camera: the phone is held in both hands with the right forefinger on the shooting button and the thumbs on numeric keys. A large width and a square-like shape make this grip more handy than in the case of Siemens SX1.
But the traditional phone grip is inconvenient as the handset has to be placed diagonally. The model is supplied with a standard Nokia BL-5C Li-Ion battery. The construction of the battery cover is quite original. To open the battery compartment, you have to start with the plastic side cover which opens from the upper left corner. When you're through with it, the main cover can be removed. The battery is held in the socket by the friction force, although it is quite reliable. The SIM card slot is situated in the left wall; the card is inserted horizontally. To close the battery compartment back, the reverse order is used: you put the main cover in its place, then fix the side cover to the juts near the microphone and the info connector, and snap shut the jut on cover's edge. The construction has no backlash and emits no squeaks. Games allows to handle game Java midlets stored in the phone memory. You have to select this folder when installing various games (the phone supports no other game applications).
You can also load new programs here launching the WAP browser directly from this menu. My impressions from Nokia 7600 depend on whether I access it rationally or emotionally. In general, the handset looks good if we regard it as a work of designers' art, but it's not always handy to work with. 7600 is made in a youth, even teenager style. Twenty-something respondents, though approve of its original design, will hardly chose this phone for themselves. Rationally speaking, the estimate is negative: in this case, you always have to sacrifice something for the extravaganza, and ergonomic drawbacks are rather serious. For these reasons, a practical customer is very unlikely to spend money on 7600, although it is quite good, technically speaking. But in his eyes, the phone's extensive functionality and some unique features will hardly get the better of its design.
