The slim and stylish no-nonsense handset has been a Nokia trademark ever since the 6300 took the world by storm a few years back. However, it's only now after a run of equally popular successors that we realize just how much the Slim Finn changed the rules of the game. And the Nokia 6700 classic is here to say that no matter how simple and seemingly perfect things are, they can always get better.Not everyone wants a high-end camera, a huge touchscreen or a QWERTY keyboard and - even if they do - not everyone is keen to dish out. The extra features are always welcome to have on board but in the end it's about the core functions of a phone that you want to work and want to work well. They say money can't buy you love but when a handset is great at the basics and looks like a million bucks it has every right to disagree. And the Nokia 6700 classic, like its forerunners, seems to know just how to please a massive crowd.A brief look at the features listed above is enough to convince you that the Nokia 6700 classic is more than a pretty face.However we doubt it that anyone with I-want-features-and-I-want-them-all mentality will put it on top of their shopping list. On the other hand, the extra stuff will be better used to persuade Nokia 6500 classic owners that there is enough there for an upgrade.By the way, one of the best-equipped S40 handsets might also be able to convert new fans who want decent functionality but are intimidated by smartphones. Until recently Sony Ericsson, LG and Samsung were enjoying a free run there, but with the Nokia 6600i slide and the Nokia 6700 classic, the market leader is quite keen to regain some of that ground.
Specifications
Size
Display and 3D
Keys and input method
Colours and covers
Connectors
Memory
Power
- Form: Monoblock
- Dimensions: 109.8 x 45 x 11.2 mm
- Weight: 113 g
- Volume: 41.6 cc
Display and 3D
- Size: 2.2"
- Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
- 16.7 million colours (TFT)
- Ambient light sensor (ALS)
- Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC)
Keys and input method
- Numeric keypad
- Dedicated camera and volume keys
- Voice commands and voice recording
- Volume up and down
- Camera
Colours and covers
- Available in-box colours:
- Chrome
- Matt steel
- Black
Connectors
- Micro-USB for charging, audio and data
- DC charger
Memory
- microSD memory card slot, max. 8 GB
- 170 MB internal user memory
Power
- BL-6Q 970 mAh battery
- Talk time (maximum): Up to 4 h on 3G GSM, Up to 5 h on 2G GSM
- Standby time (maximum): Up to 414 h on 3G GSM, Up to 416 h on 2G GSM
Operating frequency
Data network
Local connectivity and synchronisation
Call features
Messaging
E-mail
Web browsing
GPS and navigation
- Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- Automatic switching
- Flight mode
Data network
- GPRS MSC 32 (RX+TX 4+3, maximum 6 slots)
- EDGE (EGPRS) MSC 32 (RX+TX 4+3, maximum 6 slots)
- Triple band WCDMA Band I, II and VIII (2100/1900/900)
- HSDPA 10Mbps
- HSUPA 2Mbps
- TCP/IP support
- Support for MS Outlook synchronization of contacts, calendar and notes
Local connectivity and synchronisation
- Bluetooth version 2.1 including stereo support for headsets
- Support for PictBridge
- SyncML (local and remote)
- Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia PC Suite
Call features
- Integrated hands-free speakerphone
- Automatic answer with headset or car kit
- Any key answer
- Call waiting, call hold, call divert
- Call timer
- Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
- Speed dialling
- Enhanced voice dialling
- Vibrating alert (internal)
- Side volume keys
- Mute/unmute
- Contacts with images
- Conference calling with up to 3 participants
Messaging
- SMS with support for concatenated SMS for long messages
- List of recently used numbers in message editor
- Multiple SMS deletion
- OMA MMS v1.3
- Automatic resizing of images for MMS
- Nokia Xpress audio messaging
- Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
- Distribution lists for messaging
- Windows Live
- Instant messaging
- Supported protocols: IMAP4, POP3, SMTP
- Support for e-mail attachments
Web browsing
- Nokia Web Browser (OSS)
- Opera Mini Web Browser
- Nokia Mobile Search
GPS and navigation
- Integrated A-GPS
- 5 megapixel camera (2992 x 1944)
- Autofocus
- Focal length: 4.6 mm
- Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
- LED flash
- Flash modes: On, off, automatic
- Flash operating range: 1 m
- White balance modes: automatic, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent
- Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
- Colour tone modes: normal, greyscale, sepia, negative
- Full-screen viewfinder
- Active toolbar
- Dedicated camera key
- Landscape (horizontal) orientation
- Photo editor on device
- Direct printing to compatible picture printers
Video
- Video recording at up to 640 x 480 @ 15fps or 352 x 288 @ 30fps
- 4x digital zoom
- Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4
- Audio recording formats: AMR-NB
- White balance modes: automatic, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent
- Colour tone modes: normal, greyscale, sepia, negative
- Clip length (maximum): only restricted by amount of free memory
- Nokia Media Player
- Video playback file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, H.264
- Video streaming: .3gp, .rm
- Landscape mode video playback
- Video ring tones (2 built-in tones)
- Video sharing support (via Share on Ovi or Flickr)
- Real time video sharing to another compatible mobile device
Music and audio playback
- Nokia Media player
- Playlists
- Equalizer
- Selection by artist, album and genre
- Album graphics display - Music playback file formats: .amr, .mid, .mp3, .mp4, .m4a, .aac, .wma
- Dedicated music keys: No
- Supported via inbox Headset
- Visual Radio: No
- Audio through µUSB support
- Nokia Music Manager
- Ring tones: Up to 64 polyphonic MIDI ringing tones, Nokia ringing tones, NB-AMR audio clips, MP3/MP4 and AAC files, and video ringing tones
- Uplink noise cancellation
Voice and audio recording
- Voice commands
- Voice dialling
- Voice recorder
- Audio recording formats: AMR-NB
- Speech codecs: NB-AMR, HR, FR, EFR
- 2 microphones for uplink noise cancellation
Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones
- Customizable profiles
- Ring tones: .mid, .aac, .mp3, .mp4, .m4a, .wma as well as Nokia ringing tones and Nokia video ringing tones. (20 built-in tones)
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