Nokia 7500 Prism Review

Nokia 7500 Prism - Designed to be different

The Nokia 7500 Prism is the latest offering from the Nokia fashion range. The 7500 Prism is designed to be different, with an eye-catching geometric design. As one of my colleagues said, she could spend most of her time looking at the reflective design under the light!

The angular shape of the body of the handset is designed so, in keeping with the distinctive detail of the patterns on the phone. The keys are triangular, however despite the strange look the keypad itself is very easy to use. Typing out a text message was very straight forward and any phone user who is competent at texting (and lets face it, who isnt these days?) will have no problems.

Underneath the eye-catching design, Nokia have supplied a top level specification phone. The display is an impressive 16 million colour QVGA TFT screen. When using the 2.0 megapixel camera the display works as a full screen viewer. The camera, to be fair, is nothing special, but for point n shoot style shots when you are out with your friends it is more than adequate.

A main focus of the 7500 Prism, other than look, is music. The digital music player supports MP3/AAC/eAAC+/WMA formats, and has support for skins and album art, and has exchangeable themes. The Prism 7500 is fully interoperable with Windows Media Player, and the music player offers playback time of up to 9 hours. The built in FM radio supports visual radio, offering onscreen information for station, and current screen playing, when used with compatible radio stations.

An interesting detail for many users is the quality and number of the built in games and on this point Nokia havent disappointed. There are four games, Sodoku, Snake III, Music Guess and City Bloxx. Sodoku is well known enough to not need any explanation, and the same with Snake. The Music Guess application is interesting, it plays a snippet of music and you have to guess the name. Simple, but good fun with friends. The last game, City Bloxx, is annoyingly addictive. There are two versions, a quick play game and a full blown city build option. With the quick version you compete against your best score and try and create the perfect tower block for people to live in. With the full blown city build, you create various tower blocks, including commercial premises. The game play is simplicity and that is what makes it so addictive. You have a section of tower block swinging from the end of a crane, and using timing you place the pieces one on top of the other the create your building. The score and occupancy rate of the building is reflected by the quality of your building. Apply the blocks too haphazardly and the tower will fall down. A crooked tower will sway from side to side, so the higher you get the more unstable the structure, and the harder it is to apply the next section.

Another neat feature enjoyed in the office is the incoming caller video. This works with a video clip you have installed on the phone or a clip you record with the video camera feature. So you could have a clip of a family member or friend on your phone. Set that as the incoming alert and when the phone rings it displays on the screen, along with the caller ID details. Not at all useful, really, but good fun.

As with any Nokia phone, the 7500 Prism is usable to even the most novice mobile phone user. The menu layout is simple and straightforward and the graphical icons are clear and concise. Nokia are famous for producing good looking, easy to use phones and once again they havent disappointed. The overall impression of the handset was good by all who have seen it. It is light in the hand, and to some felt a bit plastic, but on balance the Nokia 7500 Prism gets a thumbs up.

Mobiles Rating:

Looks: 8
Features: 7
Ease of Use: 8
Value: 7

Overall: 80%

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[Source: The UK Mobile Phone Blog]