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(Review) - We can’t remember the last time we saw such brand promotion with fanciful websites to promote a cell phone that does something as stale as taking pictures, but at higher resolutions. Not to mention that it lacks a hard drive, which isn’t all that bad a thing. With that said, it has quite a few attractive features as going for it, but does it have what it takes to justify the bulkiness and the hefty price tag? Read on and find out… Size and Dimensions: The minute you set your eyes on the N90, the first thing that springs to your mind is ‘it looks a lot slimmer in photos…’ but as you take it out of the packaging, you realize the heaviness of it. To be very clear at the outset though, this is not Nokia’s attempt to produce as sleek a phone as the Motorola Razr. What it is designed to be is a feature packed phone that doesn’t mind compromising on the ergonomics to pack in every last bit of functionality you could ever want on a camera phone. The camera is roughly 113mm x 51mm x 24mm in size with one of the most interesting designs we have seen in flip phones. The phone opens up like any regular flip phone to give you access to its standard features. If you open the phone and twist the LCD sideways, the camera gets into a dedicated photography mode (both video and stills). The N90 also lets you take photographs with the flip closed but these are only stills and you can view them via the external screen (65k, 128x128 resolution). The N90 is attached at the hinge of the phone and features an integrated flash, which is wonderful for low light (such as night scenes) conditions, and it flips 180 degrees to even let you take your own snapshot or video. The shutter and camera menu joystick are located towards the edge of the N90, so that you can use them with one hand. However, the back and options buttons are on the screen, so you’ll need to use both hands to operate the camera. Even if we accept the argument that you’ll be holding it with two hands anyway to make it still, we wouldn’t mind having a stabilization technology built-in considering the phone’s price tag. |
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