Nokia 701 preview: First look

06 September 2011
The Nokia 701 is the torch bearer in a generation shift for Symbian. Belle is a bold stylistic step forward and the Nokia 701 is the first in a trio of phones that will introduce it to the world. The Nokia R&D team left nothing to chance with this one - proven design...

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  • pwT
  • 07 Sep 2011

GO NOKIA GO. This is the right direction to go. Just bought my C7, after being disappointed by power hungry huge plastic tamagotchis.

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    • Anonymous
    • nZi
    • 07 Sep 2011

    I miss the "Main disadvantages" list

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      • snow_speeder
      • fuj
      • 07 Sep 2011

      the review dint mention that the belle browser offers 6 tabs, and is the best so far.. not even opera has that till now!!

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        • SGuest
        • IWP
        • 07 Sep 2011

        It is running on a ARM11 Processor, isn't it the same as what C7 is running?

        So it is like a C7 overclocked to 1Ghz? Dang, how I wish it is a ARM8 Processor.

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          • Abadi
          • nTp
          • 07 Sep 2011

          AnonD-11222, 07 Sep 2011Goggle should sue Nokia and get failed just like Apple trie... moreWhat's wrong with Maemo??? i mean i never heard of it until N900 came out and when i saw it i felt like if this is the last phone on earth i would never even touch it

          the way i see it Maemo should send "thank you" card to google for make them famous

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            • itec
            • Q$N
            • 07 Sep 2011

            this is what the nokia N8 should have been with all these spec. i wish that nokia would have just been more up to date with there devices.

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              • AnonD-11222
              • vbR
              • 07 Sep 2011

              Abadi, 07 Sep 2011well with all the law suits that been around for a while no... moreGoggle should sue Nokia and get failed just like Apple tried to sue Nokia and failed Android is copy of maemo

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                • Abadi
                • nTp
                • 07 Sep 2011

                well with all the law suits that been around for a while now i think google should sue NOKIA :p

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                  • AnonD-3575
                  • 3LU
                  • 07 Sep 2011

                  AnonD-11377, 07 Sep 2011I'll have to disagree with that, marco mode is useful when ... moreok, but you are a minority and you will look for a af phone, like myself (n8)
                  but a lot of people dont know about af and just press the button fully on digital camera or mobile
                  for them, and they are a majority, this will result in sharp images always.

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                    • PF5
                    • 07 Sep 2011

                    Now, moving on to my opinion for this phone. A 5800XM for it's time. Yes, a big yes. I just love the hardware. Belle looks sweet and the screen quality is something made of envy. Top mid-range phone, nuff' said.

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                      • PF5
                      • 07 Sep 2011

                      RejZoR, 06 Sep 2011It's still a fixed focus camera, making t useless at distan... moreQR should die a slow, painful death. NFC is the better future in my opinion. Tapping to get info is better than (go to QR scan bar app/scan bar code/get info).

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                        • uCm
                        • 07 Sep 2011

                        shon, 07 Sep 2011they should provide full flash support or an updated flashl... moreWhat kinda stuff are you missing? Games?
                        It can stream from youtube and download. It can show livescore for sports & a couple more pop up types.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • fvV
                          • 07 Sep 2011

                          Meh, this looks better than Windows Phone 7 to me.

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                            • SGM
                            • ykn
                            • 07 Sep 2011

                            Sails, 07 Sep 2011Belle looks delicious. Comment on the camera interface:... moreWhen an 8MP photo gets downscaled to an nHD screen (and not the full screen either, but just a 4:3 section of it), you can't really tell if the change in sharpening or ISO.

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                              • AnonD-616
                              • Le4
                              • 07 Sep 2011

                              keep jealousing stupid android fanboys , nokia 701 rocks :-) nokia beast all android's mid range high end devices :-) nokia 701 rocks

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                                • veS
                                • 07 Sep 2011

                                AnonD-3575, 07 Sep 2011not true however, i would still prefer autofocus but if... moreI'll have to disagree with that, marco mode is useful when taking shot on document and etc. My photos almost 40% fill with marco mode.

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                                  • U2c
                                  • 07 Sep 2011

                                  Nokia is going to kick asses again

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                                    • Raj
                                    • qp4
                                    • 07 Sep 2011

                                    Gorgeous display, why cant HTC make a screen like this?

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                                      • vxi
                                      • 07 Sep 2011

                                      Too late!!!

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                                        • Sails
                                        • nmV
                                        • 07 Sep 2011

                                        Belle looks delicious.

                                        Comment on the camera interface: I thought the 2 tap system actually works 1st tap "preview", 2nd tap "select". So the main point is that you can quickly check what each option looks like? Of course this works better for some options than others.