Grab hold of the Nokia 2720 Fold

clip_image002Today’s mobile phones are a far cry from the original models that hit the scene some twenty or so years ago. Where once these sizeable, difficult-to-carry models had users making and taking calls and nothing more, technology has enabled mobile phone manufacturers to create more and sleeker, sexier models that gave users the best of looks and versatility, with phones becoming more sophisticated, more ergonomic and more pocket-friendly, as well as being able to integrate more functions and features than ever. Mobile consumers today have their pick of a variety of top-of-the-line models from various manufacturers trying to cater to a wide variety of mobile user types.

Finnish mobile manufacturer Nokia has long held a reputation of being able to pack a lot of functionality and versatility into affordable, user-friendly packages catering to a variety of user bases and needs. The Nokia 2720 Fold is more along those same lines, with strengths like great call quality, definite ease of navigation and a variety of good features like video recording capability, Bluetooth support, and FM radio. These features help overcome the minimal design issues one might have with the Nokia 2720 Fold, in order to appreciate its strength as a midgrade phone for users seeking a good package delivering basic mobile services and more.

Whether in black or dark blue, the glossy Nokia 2720 Fold has a sleek but somewhat smudge-prone frame thanks to its finish. Nevertheless, it’s a light but sturdy phone that firs well into hands and pockets, and its flip-top half does the open and close act with ease but without feeling flimsy. The external display is 1.36 inches and reasonably capable, with a basic time and caller ID display but no caller photo. The opposite side of the phone bears the 1.3-megapixel camera, which is about as high-end a camera gets for a budget phone. The 1.8-inch interior screen has a resolution of 128×160, which admittedly isn’t much, although it does support 65,000 colors; font size is adjustable to allow readers to make the most of the small screen. While the backlist dial pad keys are set flush against the surface, texting and dialing are no problem, a true Nokia signature.

The phone can hold 500 contacts with five phone numbers and an email address each, and comes with 16 pre-loaded polyphonic ringtones, as well as vibrating alert capability for office meetings or formal gatherings. Standard text, multimedia and instant messaging features are complemented by WAP browsing using Opera Mini in some regions, and six Java games [Tetris, The Oregon Trail, and Pacman included] provide a decent deal of entertainment. The phone’s more advanced features are the show-stealers, though – email support with attachment capability for a variety of protocols including Gmail, a voice recorder and data syncing capability, as well as video recording capability and Bluetooth.

The Nokia 2720 is indeed a budget camera phone, essentially, that manages to pack a lot more than one might expect into its flip-phone frame. However, Nokia has managed to streamline enough to put Bluetooth support, video recording and a good music player into an inexpensive flip phone, and the Fold does it all reasonably well.

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