| Nokia 7250 |
| General |
| Network | Gsm 900 / Gsm 1800 / Gsm 1900 |
| Announced | 1q, 2003 |
| Status | Available |
| Size |
| Dimensions | 105 X 44 X 19 Mm, 73 Cc |
| Weight | 92 G |
| Display |
| Type | Cstn, 4096 Colors |
| Size | 128 X 128 Pixels, 8 Lines |
| | - Wallpapers
- Digital Clock Screensaver
- Dynamic Font Size
- Softkey |
| Ringtones |
| Type | Polyphonic (4 Channels), Monophonic |
| Amount | 21 Poly + 10 Mono + Custom |
| Customization | Download, |
| Vibration | Yes |
| | - Ascending Ringing Tones
- Personal Alert Tones |
| Memory |
| Phonebook | 300 X 3 Fields |
| Call Records | 20 Dialed, 10 Received, 10 Missed Calls |
| Card Slot | No |
| | - 150 Text Messages
- 250 Calendar Notes
- 30 To-do Entries
in 725 Kb Memory Pool
- Mms, Max 45 Kb Each
- Up To 35 Images
- Java Apps, Max 64 Kb Each |
| Data |
| Gprs | Class 4 (3+1 Slots), 24 - 36 Kbps |
| Hscsd | Yes, 43.2 Kbps |
| Edge | No |
| 3g | No |
| Wlan | No |
| Bluetooth | No |
| Infrared Port | Yes |
| Usb | |
| Features |
| Messaging | Sms, Mms |
| Browser | Wap 1.2.1 |
| Clock | Yes |
| Alarm | Yes |
| Games | Pop And Bounce + Java, |
| Colors | 2 - Blue And Plum, |
| Languages | Major European Languages |
| Camera | Cif, 352 X 288 Pixels |
| | - Java
- Stereo Fm Radio
- T9
- Syncml
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Stopwatch
- Temperature, Currency, And Measurement Converter
- Xpress-on Covers
- Profiles |
| Battery |
| | Standard, Li-ion 780 Mah (bld-3) |
| Stand-by | Up To 2 - 5 H |
| Talk Time | Up To 150 - 300 H |
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Add to that the sleek curves and looks of the 7200 series and you've got a phone turns people's heads. With all the great designs and appearances, you might be wondering about whether its all looks and no substance.
Design
Nokia's 7200 series has always been known to be the stylish phones in Nokia's arsenal, and the 7250 follows suit. The 7250 looks quite different from its predecessor the 7210. The tapered keypad has been replaced now with a more traditional design. However, on the inside much of the 7250 is the same as the 7210, not that that's a bad thing.
Nokia has kept the great speaker phone capabilities of the 7210, as well as the dynamic FM radio. Unfortunately what has also stayed the same is the 4,096 color screen, and 4 note polyphonic ring tones. With Samsung's new phones coming out with 65,000 color screens and 40 note polyphonic ring tones, the 7250 is trailing behind in the technology. Granted it's still better than most phones on the market, its just 9 months behind the best.
On a bright note, the 7250 plays ring tones through its internal speaker rather than an ordinary buzzer. That means you'll get vastly improved sound quality for ring tones, alerts, and game tones.
What has been improved upon is the new addition of a built-in camera. With Sony Ericsson, and Samsung planning cameras in their new phones, Nokia had to follow. In terms of image quality, it's not the best. But what would you expect from a camera phone. It's main purpose is talking on the phone. It does it's job for taking quick snaps of some idea you jog a napkin, or taking pictures of people to stick as your background. But aside from that, don't expect to get printable photos.
Things that Nokia hasn't added since the 7210 are still voice commands. If you use this feature a lot, it'll be quite disappointing to you. Better get your thumbs ready, because they'll get quite a workout.
Screen
The 4096 color passive matrix display is similar the the Nokia 7210. It has a resolution of 128 x 128 px and shows 5 lines of text and a service line. When messaging, 8 lines of text and 2 service lines are displayed due to scaling.
The 7250's screen is slightly brighter and clearer than the 7210, but ghosts are still an issue. With games that change a lot, you'll see remnants of the previous screen when it changes to the new screen. It's not that noticeable when you're using slow changing menu functions, but a game like bounce makes it more noticeable. The screen is bright and clear in dim conditions. However in sunny weather, the screen becomes a bit washed out.
Controls
Nokia decided to change back to a more traditional keypad design. If many of you liked the look of the 7200 series but were turned off by the problems the 7210 would give you while text messaging, then this might be your alternative.
Clean, stylish design doesn't hinder functionality this time around. So text messaging should be just as you remembered. If you've gotten used to the 7210, I'm sorry. You'll have to relearn everything all over again.
The Nokia 7250 is also equipped with the usual 4 direction keypad. Will Nokia ever switch to a 5 way jog dial? We can only hope.
Battery
A 720 mAh lithium-polymer battery (BLD-3) is used with the 7250. Nokia claims the battery will work for 5 hours of talk time and 300 hours of standby, however those numbers are maximum times. Realistically the times are much lower.
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Minimum Rated Standby Time: 175 hours
Minimum Rated Talk Time: 225 minutes
When reading our reviews, you should view the test results of mobile-phone battery talk time and standby time as relative information only. Many variables, including carrier signal strength at your location, signal consistency (including incoming and outgoing calls), display and ringer settings, and battery charging methods and history, will affect performance.
When handset manufacturers and mobile phone carriers list talk-time and standby-time ratings, they usually include disclaimers about variable performance and often refer to the times they publish as maximum times.
Storage
The 7250 comes with an incredible 5 MB of internal memory for storing pictures, ring tones, text messages, and Java applications. Nokia has vastly expanded from the 725 kb memory of the 7210.
The internal memory lets you store up to 300 phone book entries, 150 text messages or 50 picture/concatenated messages, 250 calendar notes, and up to 30 To-do list entries.
Since the memory is dynamic, you can share memory between your ring tones, pictures, and games.
Connections
On the 7250 you'll find an infrared port for transferring files between your computer and phone. On the bottom is the outlet for charging your phone, and a system connector, Pop-port.
This is Nokia's next innovation. Pop-port can automatically identify accessories attached to the 7250. It also offers stereo sound with the use of headphones. Lastly, its also where you can charge your accessories with a single USB cable without the use of separate power sources. Pop-port transmits up to 230 kb/s.
Unfortunately the 7250 still doesn't come with Bluetooth technology, for most people this wont be a problem, since it has an infrared port. If wires on your headsets don't bother you, or you don't have a PDA to connect to, then you'll be fine with the Nokia 7250.
One thing that we would have liked to see was software shipped with the Nokia 7250. That's not to say there's no software included, just that you have to download the whopping 56 MB file from Nokia's website. The PC Suite has an excellent package of tools for the 7250. Definitely worth downloading. It includes:· Nokia Application Installer - Lets you install Java software on the 7250.
· Nokia Image Converter - Edit pictures for wallpapers or MMS.
· Nokia Sound Converter - Convert midi files to polyphonic ring tones.
· Nokia Content Copier - Backup your phone to a PC.
· Nokia PC WAP Manager - Configure WAP settings.
· Nokia Phone Editor - Edit contacts or SMS messages.
· Nokia PC Sync - Synchronize with applications like Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Organizer, Lotus Notes, and more.
· And much more...
Sound Quality
The Nokia 7250's sound quality is excellent. Great tonal qualities and clarity can partly be attributed to the phones great reception. There was a slight boost in low frequency audio similar to the 7210. Nokia probably did this to boost sound for the loudspeaker volume so it could carry farther, however the drawback was that noises are more noticeable. There were no problems with outgoing calls. Everything sounded clean and clear.
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The loudspeaker sound quality was excellent. Not much can be expected for speaker quality. But for its purpose, the loudspeaker works well. Speech can be heard on the receiving end without raising your voice within a couple meters. And incoming calls come in loud and clear.
RF Performance
The 7250 has exceptional RF. its ability to hold small signals and keep them was better than some phones with external antennas. It's definitely one of the better phones out there. That's a great accomplishment for a phone with an internal antenna. If this phone doesn't get reception where you live, don't expect many other phones to get better reception. Overall the Nokia 7250 gets a rating of:
Excellent
Pros
· Great design and look. This phone is one of the best looking phones we've seen.
· Built-in camera. It does it job and is fun to play with. Take pictures of your friends and put attach it to their phone profiles.
· Cool downloadable games. Spend hours a day playing new games that you can download to your phone.
· Great sound quality. What makes the sounds so great for FM radio, games, and ring tones, is the speaker the sounds are played from instead of an ordinary buzzer.
· Built-in FM radio. Definitely a major plus. Stereo sound and the ability to save up to 20 radio channels. Also a headset that's functional and pretty cool. One of the best we've seen.
· Loudspeaker that's loud. At first we were afraid you would have to talk practically with your head next to the phone. However, that's not the case. Excellent range and clarity for a loudspeaker.
· Excellent reception. This phone can hold a signal and keep it. It doesn't get much better than this.
· Huge 5 MB of storage. Great for the pictures you'll be taking on the 7250.
· Great bundle of software for the Nokia 7250. Too bad it's not on CD. You'll have to download it from the Nokia website.
Cons
· No voice dialing or commands. It was a flaw in the 7210, and it's still lacking in the 7250.
· No Bluetooth. If you don't need it then its no big deal. I just like using my Bluetooth headset.
· 4 tone polyphonic ring tones. It might have been good last year, but the standards have been raised.
Conclusion
Compared to the 7210 the 7250 has definitely improved. Many of our gripes about the 7210 have been solved. The radical keypad has been changed back without taking style away from the phone, and increased memory from 725 kb to 5 MB. If we didn't know better, we'd think that the designers at Nokia were reading our 7210 review to make changes on the 7250.
While changing the weak points in the 7210, it has managed to keep the stronger qualities such as the FM radio, loudspeaker, and downloadable Java applications and games. This makes the 7250 a very well rounded phone inside and out.
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If there was a disappointment in the 7250 it would have to come from the lack of voice commands. This seems to be a basic feature among cell phones nowadays. But Nokia has overlooked it in the 7250. Aside from that, the multimedia of the phone has stayed the same, while Samsung and Sony Ericsson have increased the resolution of its screens and increased the number of notes in its polyphonic ring tones.
Still, its not bad, just not the best. But everything else about the Nokia 7250 rounds out the phone quite well. Overall we give this phone a rating of:
Excellent |
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