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Reviewer: Eskilo - Portugal
Date: 26th Oct 2008

Very slow, always freezing, everything work wrong, it's a real piece of junk.

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Reviewer: Vijay - Anand, India
Date: 25th Sep 2008

It's very nice phone.

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Reviewer: Rishu - Patna, India
Date: 19th Sep 2008

Overall a good package, it has good features at such a less price tag. I am satisfied with it.

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Reviewer: Maddy - India
Date: 25th Aug 2008

My phone keeps on hanging constantly. It's not even been a month or two that I'm using it. It's really a pain to wait for like ages until it decides on its own to switch off & restart, whenever I use gallery or have 2 save images or delete nothing, & phone literally dies. Feel as if the phone owns me not vice versa. Hate Nokia.

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Reviewer: Hamid - Wahcantt, Pakistan
Date: 16th Aug 2008

Not so many functions but good in usability.

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Reviewer: Karen - Winnipeg, Canada
Date: 13th Aug 2008

My cousin has this phone & it's awesome, it's a bit thick, but besides that it's great!

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Reviewer: Donald - UK
Date: 12th Aug 2008

After reading about the slider falling down. Hey, I do not feel such a nerd for holding it up using electricians tape, both mine & my partners phone. When the slider dropped, it appeared to flatten the battery.

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Reviewer: Gerald - Angeles, Philippines
Date: 31st Jul 2008

Design Complete.

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Reviewer: Aidan - UK
Date: 8th Jul 2008

I have had this phone for about a year now & I keep finding more & more faults with the phone. The majority of the parts on the phone I am impressed with. However it is so slow! It takes at least a minute to turn on, & often freezes. If Nokia were able to sort this out then I would go straight to the shop & buy an improved one.

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Reviewer: Suky - UK
Date: 5th Jul 2008

Bad phone.

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Reviewer: Malcolm - Belfast, UK
Date: 26th Jun 2008

I've had this phone about 2 years now & am still pleased with it. No permanent problems (froze maybe twice in 2 years, removing & replacing battery sorted that). Love the computerised voice tags, very useful if you're in the car on hands free & need to call someone, you don't need to have previously recorded a voice tag, the phone does it for you & is very good at recognising them.

Only quibbles, camera slide is a bit loose & the phone doesn't lock automatically. Also wish I'd bought a cover as it's got fairly scratched. Liked the design when it was new but only gave it 75% now as I am looking at the 6500 slide which is a beautiful design (although usability reviews aren't good). My wife is looking forward to receiving my N70 as soon as I get a new phone!

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Reviewer: Arnold - Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
Date: 25th Jun 2008

AS FOR ME ARNOLD I THINK the Nokia N70 IS ONE OF the BEST PHONE BECAUSE OF IT ABILITY TO PLAY ALL SORTS OF FORMATS MP3, MP4 ETC ALL I KNOW IS THAT ITS A VERY GOOD PHONE THAT IS ALL, I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

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Reviewer: Ricky C - UK
Date: 14th Jun 2008

At first, looked like a promising phone, but after having it for a year & a half the battery life has severely decreased & as a result stays on for about 2 hours of use before turning itself off. Not only this, but it decides to turn itself off very often which is a pain.

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Reviewer: Kumar Pratik - Bhagalpur, India
Date: 9th Jun 2008

Its really fantastic. Try it out. Believe me.

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Reviewer: Justin - South Africa
Date: 2nd Jun 2008

THIS PHONE IS VERY SLOW.

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Reviewer: Mark D - UK
Date: 23rd May 2008

Hey all. Had this phone on an Orange contract, & in short it is why I am now with Sony! Keys too small, would freeze up all the time, backlight had a mind of its own, start up time was about a minute, slide kept falling open, poor camera, heavy & bulky. Went on holiday to Norway & it did not work there so I nearly threw it into a lake! AVOID! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

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Reviewer: Kaling Darung - Delhi, India
Date: 2nd May 2008

WITHOUT DOUBT the BEST PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD the FORTUNE OF OWNING. BUT MY INDIAN CLASSMATE STOLE IT!

IT'S MANLY, BUT TILL TODAY I COULD NOT TAKE ANY VIDEO WITHOUT the FLASH LIGHT. IRRITATING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.

IT'S the FASTEST AMONG ALL PHONES. BUT INSTEAD OF INCREASING the MEMORY OF IT'S PHONES (512MB TO 2GB IN N70, 4GB TO 8 GB IN N95), SHOULDN'T Nokia MAKE the PROCESSING SPEED PROPORTIONATE ALONG MEMORY. MAY BE I DON'T HAVE PATIENCE. I FEEL THIS BECAUSE EVERYBODY ASK the MAXIMUM EXPANDABLE MEMORY BUT I LOOK FOR HOW FAST IT CAN BE PROCESSED.

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Reviewer: Rob - UK
Date: 30th Apr 2008

Unreliable piece of junk, without doubt the worst phone I have ever had the misfortune of owning.

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Reviewer: Prashanth - Reading, UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2008

I like my Nokia N70 very much. With a 2GB Memory card I don't require another music player at all & the main thing is it's in a mobile. Wherever I go, I can hear to my favourite songs putting it in loud speaker.

& of course, it has a 2MP camera which is also good.

Overall a good phone.

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Reviewer: Jim Wright - Newport, UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2008

When I wake up in the morning & get up & see my Nokia N70 charging on my chest of drawers I see a brilliant phone absolutely brilliant, it's cheap, reliable, beautiful & special so all you people complainig it's a waste of money.

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Reviewer: Sen - Indonesia
Date: 22nd Apr 2008

Not the best. My N70 is two years old now, not really good with the sound but still OK with the camera & Wi-Fi. Pretty, love it.

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Reviewer: Irene - Cebu, Philippines
Date: 14th Apr 2008

I had this phone for more than a year now. No problem whatsoever but works a little slow, in starting up & in writing an SMS. But other than that, it's a great phone.

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Reviewer: Shifan - Sri Lanka
Date: 13th Apr 2008

I got this phone 2 months ago, poor battery life. I have to recharge battery daily. Music is not as good as Sony Ericsson, but sound is loud enough. Anyway the phone is slow. It takes 2 minutes to start up. Size is too big. Slider is difficult to manage. Always slides down so camera opens. The flash for video is very poor. Every time when we press music button, it loads full sound collection. It takes long time. Otherwise it's delay in processing.

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Reviewer: Highiq - South Georgia
Date: 26th Mar 2008

Had this phone for two years. Great service. Not many software hick ups. Is a bit slow though starting up & loading images. Was a very good phone in 2006. I think one can do better at the present time.

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Reviewer: Birendra - Phulbani, India
Date: 11th Mar 2008

Excellent PHONE please USE IT.

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Reviewer: Mdr - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: 8th Mar 2008

I am Having Music Phone. It's a wonderful Design. I like very Much than other phone. Good, Very Good.

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Reviewer: J0nd03 - Brisbane, Australia
Date: 7th Mar 2008

This is & was a great phone. I say was because mine recently died on me. I am not saying it was the phones fault. I did put it through quite a bit. I had it for almost a year & can quite easily say that it was one of the best phones I have ever owned, Though I am still looking, nothing has beaten my old 3315. Yet.

Only a couple of gripes with it though.

- The slide cover on the back was horribly annoying, if it slid down & uncovered the camera whether in use or not it would remove the lock on the keypad so numbers could freely be pressed.

- It seemed to take a long time to do anything. A minute to boot up, 15 second to open a message, this seems a little wrong to me. A friend of mine updated the firmware & he said it fixed that problem, so I guess it isn't all bad.

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Reviewer: Tihomir Naidenov - Botevgrad, Bulgaria
Date: 15th Feb 2008

I am quite surprised how many negative reviews there are for that nice looking phone. I am a N70 user for about 2 & a half years now & it has freezed only 2 or 3 times. I think that all of the guys that complaint that he phone freezes regularly either had the worn software installed, or just had a rubbish built phone.

As for the phone, yes, it is kind of slow, it boots for ages & have some minor bugs, but apart that it is a very classy & stylish phone with lots of extras, talking for its release date of course. What it lacks badly, the screen resolution is 176 x 208 & that spoils the overall image of the otherwise big screen.

However I am replacing that vet with a Nokia E51 & hope that it will run faster, won't have that sometimes annoying bugs & the screen image would be a much better experience.

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Reviewer: Chandra - Dublin, Ireland
Date: 13th Feb 2008

The best phone I ever had.

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Reviewer: Kelvin - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Date: 9th Feb 2008

I've been using the Nokia N70 Music Edition for a couple of months & I got to say that this phone is fantastic. Except that it's a bit too bulky. Besides that, the camera is decent & the music player is awesome as it's loud & clear. However, I have to agree with other reviewers that this phone is a bit slow.

Overall, it's a good phone considering that the price is not too expensive.

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Reviewer: Ash - United Arab Emirates
Date: 9th Feb 2008

No automatic key guard & no proper alarm alert.

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Reviewer: Rohit - India
Date: 8th Feb 2008

Good phone I like it but its little slow. It has a very good camera & MP3 player, worth buying.

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Reviewer: Mmh - Pune, India
Date: 6th Feb 2008

Its a great phone from Nokia. Bit slow but stylish too. Good camera & screen. Nice phone to own.

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Reviewer: Jonny - Glasgow, US
Date: 20th Jan 2008

I have had this phone for 4 years now & it's really doing my head in. It's too slow, it takes like 2 days to switch on & it's easy to take apart.

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Reviewer: Luke - UK
Date: 18th Jan 2008

The BEST PHONE, IT IS GREAT.

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Reviewer: Saad Amer - Pakistan
Date: 2nd Jan 2008

BEST PHONE I EVER OWNED!

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Reviewer: Andy - Bournemouth, UK
Date: 2nd Jan 2008

If you just update your phone on Internet it runs perfectly! I love this phone. Only reason for 85% on usage is because the buttons are a little too close together which results in buttons knocked which you didn't want to press or maybe I just have fat fingers?

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Reviewer: Wayne Bridgman - Mustique, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
Date: 18th Dec 2007

I had this phone for two years I damaged the first & got a replacement. This one screen has just died on me but apart from that it's been a good sturdy phone. I have just purchased a 6500 slide let's hope it is as good as the N70.

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Reviewer: M.anjum Gujjar - Kotli A.k, Pakistan
Date: 17th Dec 2007

It's very heavy & a very Bad model of Nokia. The Sound quality is very bad & volume is very slow. I think it's not a very good phone.

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Reviewer: Marilyn Ricketts - Limassol, Cyprus
Date: 11th Dec 2007

The phone is easy to use the only problem I find is it never stays on the ring tone I programe it to, so I miss calls as I never know whether it is mine or not ringing.

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Reviewer: Jim - Spain
Date: 10th Dec 2007

Worst phone I ever owned by far. Firstly it is unbelievably slow, it takes about 2 minutes just to turn it on & use. If you press e.g. Contacts there is a massive delay. If you want to view photos, forget it. The battery life terrible but that isn't because of processing power. Worst of all, I found out its not compatible with the factory Bluetooth on my car, you would think Nokia would make all their phones compatible with BMW Bluetooth, one of them is getting binned & it hasn't got wheels.

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Reviewer: Steve - UK
Date: 10th Dec 2007

Don't buy this phone even from eBay! Unless it's below £20. It's useless. Fantastic idea, but the keys are too small & if you like waiting around then this phone might be for you. It takes about 10 seconds before you press your 1st key when you send a text message. It takes about 3 minutes to even switch on. Nasty!

Only one saving grace, the camera, it take fantastic photos.

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Reviewer: Fuhad - UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2007

A fantastic phone & the longest phone I have ever had, it only gets 85% in usability because it take a lifetime to turn on & navigate your pictures & videos & the camera is slow to start. Apart from that it's great to use & being a Nokia you can change fascias & download a ton of free games & software & Nokia gives you its mapping software for free, just add a gps receiver.

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Reviewer: Abhishek Chowdhury - Chandigarh, India
Date: 28th Nov 2007

I am using N70 from past 8 months, it's music quality is excellent, it is worth to have N70 for music, the camera quality is very good in day light but if the light is dim then the pictures are not clear, but still the cameras picture quality & zooming is very nice, it has all the features that you need in a 3G phone, yes but it is bit slow.

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Reviewer: Jothi - Sivagangai, India
Date: 22nd Nov 2007

It is a good mobile to use. We can understand the menu easily.

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Reviewer: Reno - South Africa
Date: 20th Nov 2007

Good looking phone with problems. It freezes, switches off by itself & while I was charging it with genuine Nokia charger. My battery blew up & melted my phone extensively. That's right folks, it's a dud phone which is hazardes & if you search the web, you'll find that the batteries are faulty.

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Reviewer: Andi - Derby, UK
Date: 18th Nov 2007

Well it was a nice phone until I sat on it & broke the screen.

Bad points.
- Rubbish case. It's too flimsy & cheap & they crack easily. I had to by four within 4months.
- the shutter on the camera is too wobbly & in the end it dropped off.
- It's a brick & the screen scratches too easily.
- When you put MP3 video & picture files on it. It freezes more.
- What's the point in having a camera on the front hardly anyone does video calling. I have the phone for a year & I only used it once.
- the zoom is slow & sensitive.
- Its sensitive because even just accidently sitting on it brakes the screen.


Good points.
- You have lots of memory on it because it's got a memory card slot which is good.
- the camera is good & the zoom may be slow & sensitive but it's great.
- It can multitask & you can watch TV which has BBC1, 2 & 3, Nickelodeon, MTV, comedy & so on but you can only watch it if you're on three.
- It's got MSN so you can send messages without paying.
- the speaker is loud but tinny.

Overall it's not a bad phone.

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Reviewer: Joe Heycock - Cardiff, UK
Date: 15th Nov 2007

I have had this phone for 18 months. I have had no major problems with the handset although the battery life majorly depreciates by age, mine only lasts for two days maximum. The sliding camera cover is very bad design flaw, you have to place it in your pocket otherwise it will turn on the camera. The camera quality is quite good & the editing functions are great. It supports 3rd party Java & Symbian software, if you find sites to download off then just transfer. I would recommend if you were just to buy a second hand one, as it is reliable & well built phone.

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Reviewer: David Mcwhir - Loughborough, UK
Date: 14th Nov 2007

Today is a wonderful day. The replacement for my N70 has arrived. I have never contributed to a review site on anything in my life before so to overcome inertia to warn those who remain unaware of the perils & frustrations of owning a Nokia N70 about this former bain of my life is an occasion of note & indeed some celebration. Reading the other reviews of the N70, it seems the issue is one of inconsistency in production quality, there are those that swear by it & there are those, like me, who swear at it. As a mature business user, I seldom get angry with inanimate objects & tend to feel pity for those that do. However, my hate hate relationship with my N70 has changed all that.

I am truly ashamed at my rants & raves at Orange, by whom I have been otherwise served magnificently since 1995, but this piece of devil machinery with its continual crashing & booting, up & down (no wonder the battery drains so quickly) has left me pleading with, simpering at, threatening & remonstrating with Orange Customer Advisers like some demented maniac. How can a mobile phone generate such intense emotions? Quite simply, I was used to phones that were reliable & served my not overly demanding needs as a business user. Sure, other phones have gone downhill but that was with constant use over time. My previous phones were like battered but loved toys that held a place in my affections until the time came, sadly, for them to be replaced.

However, the N70 was different from the start. I am not particularly technically minded but the alarm bells should have started to ring (even if the phone didn't) when my initial concerns over reliability were addressed in somewhat patronising tones with the comments that I needed to go slowly, this is a sophisticated piece of equipment & if that happens, just take the battery out the back & restart it.

I cannot now believe that for the last 8 months or so, that's the point at which I simply gave up fighting, I was completely & meekly resigned to taking the battery out & putting it back again in the middle of some important business conversations, it just became a fact of life & I simply redialled my client. I knew I was not alone when I saw others in the street executing the same manoeuvre, Ah, there's another N70 owner, I would observe sympathetically, sometimes nodding understandingly towards them.

I have lived through the experience & am probably stronger for it. There is just one slightly bitter aftertaste in my mouth, & it is this, every time I called Orange to complain about the phone & was told that I could not change the model (a replacement was OK, but I didn't want one), the Adviser, & therefore Orange, must have known that they had a dud product on their hands. Sadly, not once did they treat our relationship as a professional one & just admit that the phone was a mistake. I would have understood, even sympathised then they could have changed the phone & I would have continued to feel valued by Orange. Whilst I am still with them, I am no longer sure that the relationship was as it once was. How can I be sure ever again, despite the marketing to the contrary, that they have my interests at heart? Maybe I am just naive.

Now let me tell you how good my new Sony Ericsson is. It has.

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Reviewer: Shanu - Delhi, India
Date: 13th Nov 2007

Very good mobile.

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Reviewer: Crysty - Constanta, Romania
Date: 10th Nov 2007

It's so cool, I like it.

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Reviewer: Haroon Khan - Sargodha, Pakistan
Date: 8th Nov 2007

Give respect, Get respect, a Good Phone.

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Reviewer: Divyesh Shah - Mumbai, India
Date: 8th Nov 2007

It's a classic phone wow!

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Reviewer: Emmy - North Cotabato, Philippines
Date: 29th Oct 2007

It's a nicest phone I ever had, I have no regrets to have this.

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Reviewer: Tony Crosse - Limerick, Ireland
Date: 28th Oct 2007

The camera is not good it is very slow to go into the menus is scratches very easily it also goes on & off by itself when I am using it battery life is very bad my one only last 2 days.

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Reviewer: Muhammad Aftab Sharif - Pakistan
Date: 15th Oct 2007

I am using this phone from one year, this is good in running but it is slow when we add software & themes & other data etc.

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Reviewer: Gagandeep - India
Date: 7th Oct 2007

The phone offers good features. The shutter when slide down doesn't activate the camera every time & I really don't know why. The sound quality is awesome. It's NOT A SLOW phone, it's the most SLOWEST phone I've ever used. But still its mine & I love it the most. But I still say no phone can ever compete with my N-Gage QD.

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Reviewer: Jacob Carey - Bolton, UK
Date: 23rd Sep 2007

Great pone but sometimes slow.

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Reviewer: Humair Sultan Sroya - Sialkot, Pakistan
Date: 16th Sep 2007

This is a nicer phone than the N95. N95 just has 5MP camera & a big screen.

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Reviewer: Jason - Kingston, Jamaica
Date: 15th Sep 2007

Well I really like this phone but I am really thinking twice about it now because it doesn't make any sense getting one of these so expensive & they give a lot of problems.

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Reviewer: Ruti Ben-levi - Manchester, UK
Date: 14th Sep 2007

I got it for the 3G coverage, & it was under £100 at the Vodafone shop. This is my third 3G phone, & like many 3G & smartphones, it's a bit of a brick, the keys are a bit fiddly, & its battery life diminishes quite a bit if you spend time listening to the radio or the MP3.

But I am not too fussed about that. I love this phone, despite all of its imperfections. I am not using it as a mobile office, I just use it for calls, texts, alarm clock, calendar, calculator, currency converter, the occasional glimpse of the footy results & so on. It's got a huge screen & clear numbers on the keys, which is good for visually impaired people like myself.

The sound quality is excellent. Too many modern phones are designed to be a fashion icon that will cook your dinner for you & run your life in general - this phone sacrifices fashion & gimmicks for (shock horror!) allowing you to hear the person you're phoning & allowing them to hear you without any crackle & hiss.

Like many phones, it's fragile. I don't know why people complain about phones being fragile; they never were intended to be dropped or accidentally disposed of down the toilet bowl. So don't drop it. Simple.

Well worth the investment.

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Reviewer: M - Cairo, Egypt
Date: 12th Sep 2007

Nice mobile phone but don't go for it.

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Reviewer: Faisal Altaf - Ghotki, Pakistan
Date: 3rd Sep 2007

Nokia is best phone in Pakistan, but in other countries people are bound to take other phones because of their network connections. This is a best phone in the world, thank you Nokia.

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Reviewer: Jhemeric - US
Date: 29th Aug 2007

I love my Nokia N70 Music Edition! It's the best phone I've ever had. Although a bit slow, it's OK I love it anyway!

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Reviewer: Amaliady - Aceh Besar, Indonesia
Date: 29th Aug 2007

Best Phone Ever.

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Reviewer: Eve Romeril - Bucks, UK
Date: 28th Aug 2007

ALL THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT IT CRASHING, CHANGING ITS RINGTONES ETC, THEY'RE ALL TRUE!

WORST PHONE EVER!

WAS RECOMMENDED TO ME BY Orange. I JUST WENT INTO AN INDEPENDANT Orange SHOP. The GUY TELLS ME THEY DON'T SELL the N-Series AS THEY ARE SO BAD. HE SAID IF IT DOESN'T WORK & Orange REPLACE the HANDSET 3 TIMES, the NEXT TIME YOU CAN ASK THEM FOR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PHONE. I AM GOING TO TRY THIS.

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Reviewer: Beth - UK
Date: 26th Aug 2007

This phone was great, at first glance! But it turned out to be awful! I have had it repaired 3 times in 6 months either because, it wouldn't turn on, wouldn't hold it's charge for more than an hour, camera wouldn't work, told me I had a text message & then wouldn't let me read it for about 2 days! They then sent me a replacement phone, I had it for a week before it turned itself off & would not turn back on! The keys are small & difficult to use, the layout of the keypad is impractical, it's also really bulky, too big to fit in your pocket! The only good thing about it was the features, the camera was great when it worked & it looked smart & sophisticated, could be a great phone if it was more reliable! I now have a Nokia 7373 & it is a great phone! Hasn't broken at all yet & everything works perfectly!

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Reviewer: Kulwinder - Dasuya, India
Date: 21st Aug 2007

Nokia is best phone in India, but in other countries people are bound to take other phones because of there network connections.

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Reviewer: Nadine Hanna - US
Date: 19th Aug 2007

This is the WORST PHONE EVER! It freezes a lot. One day, I had to remove the battery 5 times! & I still have not used 1/10 of the memory.

Don't GET IT! TO EXPENSIVE & IT IS SO BIG IN SIZE. NOT WORTH IT!

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Reviewer: Anon - Bolivia
Date: 13th Aug 2007

The N70 is great, I like it a lot.

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Reviewer: Red - Ware, UK
Date: 5th Aug 2007

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE POOR PHONES THAT I HAVE EVER OWNED. THE N70 WAS REPAIRED TWICE & IT STILL DID NOT FUNCTION WELL AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED, I WILL NO LONGER BUY ANY NOKIA PHONES UNTIL THEY CAN IMPROVE THE BATTERY LIFE, & THE DESIGN OF MOST NOKIA PHONES.

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Reviewer: Louis - South Africa
Date: 4th Aug 2007

Great phone. Just a little large & uncomfortable. Otherwise not a bad phone!

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Reviewer: Abshir - Birmingham, UK
Date: 1st Aug 2007

I have Nokia n70 music edition, very good.

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Reviewer: M.Dawood Munir - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date: 30th Jul 2007

I think the best mobile ever used by me. A great model by Nokia again.

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Reviewer: Huleo - Bangladesh
Date: 23rd Jul 2007

It's a good phone.

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Reviewer: Ankur Pathak - Kolkata, India
Date: 21st Jul 2007

This is one of the best Smart Phone I have ever USE.

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Reviewer: Giridharan - Chennai, India
Date: 19th Jul 2007

High-resolution or music file but you think that it does not matter & you can go for Nokia N70M instead of Sony.

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Reviewer: Martin Deeprose - Wales, UK
Date: 18th Jul 2007

Good Points, large screen, lots of features, reasonably intuitive menus etc & decent camera.

Bad Points, terrible ergonomic design (including flimsy sliding cover & sharp corners beneath same), heavy & bulky, extremely slow software (Symbian always has been), not a multimedia platform access device that it reports.

Overall, clumsy & expensive.

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Reviewer: Max - Latvia
Date: 11th Jul 2007

The N70 the best smartphone!

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Reviewer: Charlie - London, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2007

I haven't got this phone yet but am soon, this phone is a bit too smart for a 17 year old like me, but I am getting is as a gift so I shall take the opportunity, it does look a bit big, but I heard that the camera is very good, I am just wondering what the actual dimension is for the phone, as it says different on different sites, can anyone help? Also if its easy to use.

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Reviewer: Anon - Rome, Italy
Date: 8th Jul 2007

Great phone, it rocks.

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Reviewer: Dr Sangram Patra - India
Date: 6th Jul 2007

It is a a good mobile to use.

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Reviewer: Dj Sleek - Australia
Date: 4th Jul 2007

Stumbled across this site while trying to find out why I can't change screensavers on my N70! After paying bucket loads to purchase them they save to the phone as PICS & not SCREENSAVERS. Meaning that when you try to select your brand new $5 screensaver it isn't even there, instead it has saved 'automatically' to your picture inbox. No option to switch where it saves to & worst of all, once it's saved it becomes a stalled JPEG i.e. normal picture!

I was in love with my first N70 until one day it stopped ringing! Seriously the calls came in, the screen lit up, I could visually see someone was calling BUT no SOUND? Frustrating when working for a demolition company, as I missed 99% of my incoming calls. Unless I was physically looking at my phone, I missed them.

So I made an insurance claim on that one & $70 later I have a new & poorer quality N70. This one has all of the problems mentioned in the other reviews & rubbish 'Eukatel' screensaver that cannot be removed! I have no idea what country my phone has come from but suffice to say that we don't have that carrier here in AUSTRALIA! I HATE this phone & I am never buying a Nokia again. Poor customer support & NO updated information on the website. HORRIBLE PHONE - just happens to look good. DON'T BE FOOLED.

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Reviewer: Wasim - Saudi Arabia
Date: 3rd Jul 2007

I love this phone.

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Reviewer: Sreeranj - India
Date: 1st Jul 2007

It is good, which has all features but it is a little slow in processing.

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Reviewer: Rohit - India
Date: 30th Jun 2007

I have the N70 Music Edition & it is working fantastically.

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Reviewer: Amith - India
Date: 30th Jun 2007

- Look is average.
- Body highly prone to scratches.
- The lens cover is not sturdy, it cracked in the first week.
- Good camera but would have been better if it had threads to fit a manually focusable optical lens assembly.
- Good music player.
- Audio clarity on speaker phone is good.
- Availability of an option to plug in any ear plug in the hand free is a good feature.
- Videos can't be viewed on landscape mode unlike in Sony Ericsson's, a small disappointment.
- Easy menu operation.
- Not many software available to make the phone a fun gadget.
- Good graphical transition motion in menu navigation which probably is the reason for slowness of the phone.
- Is worth buying if the offer price for brand new box is at 10,000Rs.
- Finally it is a gadget worth being among the collection of BOYS TOYS.

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Reviewer: Tracey Faulkner - Ashton Under Lyne, UK
Date: 25th Jun 2007

THIS IS the WORST PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD the SCREEN GOES BLANK ALL the TIME. IT DRIVES ME MAD IF ANYBODY KNOWS HOW TO FIX THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

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Reviewer: Sameer Bhore - Pune, India
Date: 25th Jun 2007

The worst phone I have ever seen, its loss of 12K for me. It continuously hangs. No response at all, within first week I stopped using it. Here onwards I will never buy Nokia phones.

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Reviewer: Carolyn - West Midlands, UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

AWFUL PHONE can't WAIT TO CHANGE IT IN MY UPGRADE. FREEZES, SWITCHES OFF ON ITS OWN, won't DO WHAT IT SUPPOSE TO DO HAS A MIND OF IT OWN. IT'S BEEN REPLACED TWICE, NEVER AGAIN.

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Reviewer: Aman Sundar Raj - Chennai, India
Date: 20th Jun 2007

The worst phone I ever used. The sound effect & the video resolution are very worst when compared to other phone. I feel very disappointment for owning this n70.

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Reviewer: Paddy - UK
Date: 19th Jun 2007

Terrible phone, terribly slow, DO NOT BUY!

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Reviewer: Kiran - Thane, India
Date: 18th Jun 2007

The new Nokia N70 Music Edition is a good phone for money. Nokia N70 music edition agreed is slow sometimes. In fact with this cell you get a 1GB RSMMC, that's really cool. So for me it's An All Rounder. Go For it.

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Reviewer: Yakatsu - Davao City, Philippines
Date: 17th Jun 2007

I've had my N70 for like, a month now. I think it's great, only that I can't accept the fact that its battery drains so fast, I have to charge it like, every half a day, when to think I don't take pictures that much, or send text messages for that matter. The pictures are nice though & the videos taken are spontaneous, not like the ones you get from the 7610, which I previously had. I also love its music feedback, the sound is crisp & clear, not like my previous 7610.

My sister also owns an N70, the only difference is that hers is China made, while mine's Finland. Her phone has this screensaver that shows the features of the phone & she has been trying to turn that screensaver off but she can't. She's been complaining about it because it leads her to think she's just received a new text message or something because the light suddenly lights up when the screensaver plays. Good thing mine's Finland made, it hasn't got any of those screensavers. I would have gone out in a rage too had I had one of those! Although, she has got a free 128MB memory card (inbox), while I had 64MB. By the way, the only drawback is that, Nokia phones here in the Philippines tend to depreciate so fast! Last week I checked its price was P15, 000 & just now it's suddenly gone down to P13, 000, in just a week's time!

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Reviewer: Prasad - India
Date: 13th Jun 2007

It's the worst phone I have ever had, don't buy it, the major flaws are.

- IT VERY SLOW in functioning.
- Camera flash light is of no use & the worst quality flash light.
- While opening the pictures from Gallery, You can sleep comfortably.
- Audio sound quality is very poor.
- Can't record phone calls from the recorder for long time.
- You can not see the call duration while you are speaking over the phone.

Please don't buy it, rather you go for Sony Ericsson W810i.

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Reviewer: Nakul Gautam - Hetauda, Nepal
Date: 9th Jun 2007

This is really bad, it can not be use. I am facing problem while operating, it's very slow & makes really mad. May be I'll crack it throwing it at the wall.

Not opening music also. In fact this is worse with new look & features. It's really sluggish.

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Reviewer: Nikit - India
Date: 8th Jun 2007

I have N70 music edition, I like the phone, its music capability is good at its headset, sound from phone speaker is not up to Sony Ericsson standards because I also own a Sony Ericsson W550i.

Feature wise the handset is good, there is no hanging problem for the handset, can occur if some of the 3rd party applications are used.

Design gives a great feel then N73 & N72, fits perfectly in hand.

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Reviewer: Mark - Penrith, UK
Date: 7th Jun 2007

Biggest piece of junk I've ever owned, it now lives in a drawer & I've gone back to using my old 6230i. Phone keeps crashing or freezing. Sometimes I didn't get messages or calls, so I phoned my network provider who told me to pull the battery off while the phone was switched on to reset it. Great! Except you don't know when it's playing up. Definitely one to avoid!

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Reviewer: Yasmin Elkasaby - Alexandria, Egypt
Date: 6th Jun 2007

I have a Nokia N70, good mobile.

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Reviewer: Chris Lloyd - Oldham, UK
Date: 5th Jun 2007

Like any smartphone it takes a few weeks to get used to all the features but when you do it's an awesome tool. Seen a few complaints about software crashing & haven't experienced it once. For a 2MP camera the quality is flawless with ultra smooth video/audio playback. Strongly advise you buy one.

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Reviewer: Georgie - London, UK
Date: 27th May 2007

I really hate this phone I think its more of a mans phone it looks like a brick & feels like one too. The amount of times I have dropped it I don't even know but the camera slide at the back is broke & won't take photos & the memory is bad, its ugly I think anyway! Also I don't use half the stuff on it so basically a waste of money for me!

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Reviewer: Alok - Surat, India
Date: 24th May 2007

THIS PHONE HAS GOT JUST ALL THINGS I WANTED TO HAVE IT HAS FUNCTION TOUGHNESS LOOKS & USABLITY.

MY RAZER ANS Sony Ericsson FELL ONES & WAS FINISHED BUT N70 FELL MORE HARDER THAN THEM EVEN NOT A SCRACH ON IT.

I WOULD SAY IT IS the Nokia'S FINEST PRODUCT.

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Reviewer: Anne - Jinzhou, China
Date: 13th May 2007

Hi don't know about others opinion but for me I think N70 is really very good & has its own passion and look. Cool to have it. Handle it with care. Photos are so clear in N70. And of course MP3. It's all in all the N70 is great.

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Reviewer: Janine - Manchester, UK
Date: 11th May 2007

This is the worst phone I have EVER had. Don't get one!

The list of problems is endless. Here are just a few:

- It is unbelievably slow, drives you mad if you are waiting to read a message
- Chooses its own ring tones
- Constantly freezing
- Switches itself off
- Camera doesn't work properly

This phone basically has a mind of its own. I have had 2 handsets & both had same problems.

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Reviewer: Graeme T - UK
Date: 10th May 2007

Changed from 'traditional' Nokia to this one & I must admit I hated it to start with. Now I've got used to the features & operating system I think its spot on & don't want to change it.

I've put TomTom on with a Bluetooth gps receiver & it works really well. Occasionally have a problem with Bluetooth disconnecting but nothing I can't put up with.

I have a Bluetooth hands-free kit which connects at the same time as the GPS receiver so get nav directions over the speakers.

The camera is really good in daylight but in poor visibility the flash leaves a lot to be desired.

It's got everything I need in a small (ish) neat bundle, good phone, decent camera & so handy to have GPS.

I've just upgraded my tariff & I think I'll give the new phone to someone else in the family.

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Reviewer: Stephen Gillespie - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Date: 9th May 2007

Handset packed with features, however it's biggest feature being sybian software going wrong all the time. When phone rings. Sometimes ringtone goes all warbly. 3G I had to knock this off as it kept connecting to the web, & loads of my incoming calls were not getting through.

I was sick of having to keep updating software, & pleased to upgrade onto a better handset.

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Reviewer: Luke Barns - Tunbridge Wells, UK
Date: 8th May 2007

After having 3 of these I can say that they are pretty bad. My one that's sitting at home now not being used (thankfully got an upgrade) crashes approx. 18 times an hour. The battery doesn't last a day & it's just generally slow! Sure it's got some good spec & it is a high tech phone, but what's the point if you can't use it? Everyone I know that has this phone has had problems with it : (

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Reviewer: Subhrajit - Kolkata, India
Date: 8th May 2007

N70 is the best mobile.

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Reviewer: Kas - Nottingham, UK
Date: 5th May 2007

This phones good the only thing I don't like it is to slow but it is a good phone I like the symbian software & you can use tom tom go software on this phone. For a 2MP phone this phone is good videos quality's brilliant to.

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Reviewer: Matt - UK
Date: 5th May 2007

This is a solid well put together phone. Unlike the N73 I upgraded to. In fact I have sent my N73 back & have stuck with the N70.

To get the best from this phone make sure you have the latest firm wear update from Nokia's website. You can then install it via the USB cable. Be warned though you WILL lose all items & contacts saved to the phone so back them up to PC Suite or the memory card.

My only problem with this phone is the camera slider cover. The spring is too weak which means it slides open when you put it in your pocket.

Speed wise I'd say it is average. If you want a fast loading phone then you need to buy a high end Smartphone.

I have had this phone for nearly 18 months & have had no problems with it.

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Reviewer: Aris - Athens, Greece
Date: 5th May 2007

Nokia n70 is the best smart phone I think.

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Reviewer: Mark - UK
Date: 27th Apr 2007

OK I have had this phone for 18 months now. To begin with I loved it, very user friendly, solid design, & not too bad looking. However it's like an old PC. It just gets slower & slower, which is so frustrating! To be honest I have been very happy with the phone but as time goes on I am desperate for something sleeker & faster.

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Reviewer: Aman Malik - United Arab Emirates
Date: 23rd Apr 2007

VERY VERY SLOW. I switched from Nokia 6270 to N70, but I guess so it was a big mistake.

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Reviewer: Dave - Glasgow, UK
Date: 23rd Apr 2007

It's a brick. Worst design I have ever seen in a phone. It's so slow & I never get a signal, I am on my third hand set with Orange. DO NOT BY THIS PEICE OF rubbish & don't SIGN UP WITH Orange in my opinion.

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Reviewer: Peter - UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

This is the best phone I have ever had. It has some great features & is very easy to use. Highly recommend it.

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Reviewer: Mark - Gosport, UK
Date: 16th Apr 2007

Cracking phone! STAY WITH Nokia! Going to upgrade to the N73 very soon.

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Reviewer: Laston - Kitwe, Zambia
Date: 10th Apr 2007

I have had this phone for a year now. It is an amazing tool. I would recommend it.

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Reviewer: Javan - Chesterfield, UK
Date: 7th Apr 2007

The WORST PHONE EVER! DO NOT BUY 3 replacements so far all the same looses pics turns off then on the speaker sounds like your underwater BAD PHONE just got a Sony k800i instead love it.

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Reviewer: Kris - UK
Date: 6th Apr 2007

After having this phone for a year. I hate it! Any slight force put on the phone eg. In my pocket & it turns itself off. This is one of the worst phones I have ever had. & if their was a slow contest the n70 would win that without a doubt.

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Reviewer: Ad - West Bromwich, UK
Date: 4th Apr 2007

This phone is annoying. Everything on it ages to open. Unless increased memory is poor. It randomly turns itself on & off. I sent the first one back on the second day of having it because the screen was just staying white. The second one some button stopped working. By now I have given up sending it back because I know have to pay the excess & it seems point less when all ill get back is an equally rubbish one. It currently decides what buttons it wants to work when. If the camera will come on.

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Reviewer: Michael Waters - Buckinghamshire, UK
Date: 3rd Apr 2007

When I first got this phone a year ago it was an awesome phone to own.

Until the mileage piles on to it. The last 4 months have been painfully frustrating with this phone. I've already had it replaced once & now the camera slide squeaks, it is very slow, it freezes, switches itself off & loses signal in a place where I have had plenty of signal before.

Luckily my new phone is arriving this week & I no longer have to keep on getting myself frustrated with the bad points of this phone. & there are many!

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Reviewer: Norayr - Baghdad, Iraq
Date: 3rd Apr 2007

Good mobile, but need many support medical programs. Because I am medical student.

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Reviewer: Beck - Nottingham, UK
Date: 2nd Apr 2007

Having read reviews on this model prior to buying it, I didn't believe it could be as bad as I'd read. I was wrong. It's perhaps the most irritating phone I've ever had! DO NOT BUY IT!

I am not a phone boffin but I know what I want - simple stuff as well as the flashy gadgets; which is perhaps why I always go for Nokia these days. Surprisingly it doesn't do the most simple of things such as automatic key guard lock or repeat alarm clock (I have to use my previous Nokia every morning! ). Why do Nokia make improvements with the wizardry but only by sacrificing the basics? !

This is not a good phone for anyone with clumsy fingers as the buttons are extremely close together & is it seems to take ages to do anything. Even the menu button is seriously slow. This phone holds a vast number of text messages, which is fab however, even clearing your inbox periodically does not speed up this thing!

It has often frozen & switched itself off & seems to stick on the Nokia generic theme tune even when you have 'personalised your profile' (which is extremely embarrassing in public! ). Having been recommended this model by Orange as my free upgrade, I have complained a number of times to be told that after 10 yrs with them; I am now stuck with this disfunctional piece of rubbish for another year. I am waiting for Orange Customer Service's Supervisor to call me back now (the poor guy who answered the phone to me, doesn't deserve the abuse (albeit politely put! ) I am keen to dish out! ). YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED - choose another model!

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Reviewer: Aaditya Thakur - Gagret, India
Date: 22nd Mar 2007

Excellent music player with MP3, m4a, aac, aac+, wav, mp4 support. 2 mega pixel camera with flash.

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Reviewer: Anthony Mckenzie - UK
Date: 19th Mar 2007

Nokia N70 is an amazing phone.

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Reviewer: Phil - Somerset, UK
Date: 19th Mar 2007

Got mine 1 month b4 general release straight from Nokia Finland, & since then it's been the best phone I have ever had, WELL DONE Nokia.

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Reviewer: John Abraham - Mumbai, India
Date: 19th Mar 2007

Its good but processing is very slow. I decided to buy it but now will go for Nokia 6300 though without a flash it's great & extra slim. I will buy n70 if they increases its speed & other features. .

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Reviewer: Elnaz - Tabriz, Iran
Date: 12th Mar 2007

The N70 is the best (looking) Nokia phone!

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Reviewer: Andrew Bond - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Date: 7th Mar 2007

Frankly I am very disappointed that a company like Nokia could produce such a sub-standard product, this model is a dud - the software is awful & no user-ability thought went into it. Many functions simply just don't work.

10 good reasons why you shouldn't buy this phone

1. It's a marketing gimmick developed by marketers not technicians, too much effort went into the multimedia tools & not enough into the basic functionality

2. No minijack socket, so you're forced to use their earphone piece, which keeps falling out of your ears & has a bad design that helps it get tangled

3. MP3 player recognises only MP3 format, meaning all music copied via your windows media player needs converting, during which time the song details are lost making the filing of music on the phone a nightmare, in the end I had to laborious task of making up playlists to re-build whole albums

4. Music player gets interrupted by incoming calls but doesn't restart when you hang up, you have to navigate back into music menu & restart, even if you go to the trouble of always putting it into 'play in background' mode, allowing you to use other functions on the phone, you still have to restart the song after a call. This means pulling the phone out of your pocket.

5. Processing speed is archaic, not sure why but moving from one function to another takes a half second pause, really irritating & slow compared to earlier Nokias

6. Navigation really isn't user-friendly or intuitive, often needing 3 or 4 clicks to reach simple functions like sending a message - I've used Microsoft programs which are less frustrating!

7. Every time you open the music function you have to wait, sometimes for up to 10 seconds, while it is 'processing'.

8. Uploading data (MP3s) takes forever, even by cable, about 5 times slower than a regular hand drive MP3 player, besides plugging in isn't seamless & sometimes you need to turn the phone off an on, before they talk to each other.

9. The synchronisation of contacts with outlook express is so thorough that in doing so it injects hundreds of duplicate contacts into your OE address book. I had to go through the whole list & manually delete them!

10. To compound my annoyance with the heavy handed promotion of its multi-media capabilities the thing periodically runs an advert for its camera etc.

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Reviewer: Vajeed - Hyderabad, India
Date: 7th Mar 2007

Good phone.

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Reviewer: Athreya - Mysore, India
Date: 4th Mar 2007

Nokia N70 IS VERY GOOD & cool MOBILE PHONE. The DESIGNS & FEATURES ARE OUTSTANDING!

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Reviewer: Safiyyah Malim - South Africa
Date: 2nd Mar 2007

I have my n70 for almost a year now. It's given me great service! Fell a few times but still working excellent! Was running slow but that's all symbian phones! Got everything you need! When I seen it fell in love with it & had to have it! So far so good! Would recommend it to everyone! It's got everything you need: camera, video camera, MP3, video calling, radio etc. & the best you can do many things at once minimizes. The best phone. Still in love with it!

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Reviewer: Neil Donaldson - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: 18th Feb 2007

Absolute garbage! Expensive phone but too many things fail on it. The camera slide switch, reception, slow, not user friendly. I could go on but why bother? Went back to the shop yesterday for trade in after 6 very trying months!

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Reviewer: Ryan - Bedford, UK
Date: 16th Feb 2007

Total rubbish. Takes ages to open gallery & when you want to take a photo, you can't. By the time the camera is on, the photo shot has passed. Also reboots itself all the time! Freezes 24/7. Plays the wrong ring tone for no reason. Not worth it

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Reviewer: Jane - Wirral, UK
Date: 14th Feb 2007

This phone has all the gadgets you could possibly want however the battery life is abysmal. I leave my phone on 24/7 & I have to charge it every two days. The menu navigation is quite slow too. Saying this the camera is excellent & it is very easy to use.

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Reviewer: Vivekvarma - Hyderabad, India
Date: 6th Feb 2007

Its the perfect phone.

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Reviewer: William Mackei - UK
Date: 6th Feb 2007

I bought a Nokia N70 four months ago without the installation (cd). I already had the USB port Nokia cable. Bare in mind I'd being using my phone from the day I bought it. I used the software on the Nokia website to download & install the (N70 install CD). This in turn wiped out everything on my phone & it's completely dead. IT won't SWITCH ON AT ALL. HAS anyone HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE & if so can they HELP ME TO FIX IT IF POSSIBLE or give some hints on what to do besides get a new phone LOL. Cheers 4 reading this James

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Reviewer: Abdul Waqar Siddiqui - Manama Town, Bahrain
Date: 2nd Feb 2007

I am regular user of real player on N70 but real player do not have rewind & forward facility. If I like discontinued real player & again continued after some time then I have to listening from the beginning. Please let me know its N70 real player software do have forward & rewind facility.

Best regards, Abdul Waqar

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Reviewer: Aly - Romania
Date: 1st Feb 2007

A single problem. The menu navigation is slow.

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Reviewer: Aamir Rashid - Kolkata, India
Date: 30th Jan 2007

ACORDING TO ME N70M IS A COMPLETE PHONE WHICH HAVE ALL the FEATURE WHICH A mobile phone REQUIRE.WELL I AM ENJOYING THIS mobile phone A LOT & IT IS VERY EASY TO USE ALTHOUGH CERTAIN FEATURES ARE NOT THERE SUCH AS MP4 ETC OVER ALL IT'S A EXCELLENT PHONE TO USE.

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Reviewer: Rishi Prakash - UK
Date: 19th Jan 2007

The handset is excellent & above all its camera & music features are awesome.

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Reviewer: Sotiris - Karditsa, Greece
Date: 18th Jan 2007

It's one of the best phones in the world!

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Reviewer: Charley - Camberley, UK
Date: 16th Jan 2007

You guys that are dissing this phone are having a giraffe man. This phone is abso fab lar. More features than you could shake a stick at. Good clear display for taking fotos. Good usability throughout the menu, as usual for a Nokia. For those that have freezing problems or slow reactions with the phone, get the firmware for it. I got mine done before I even turned it on. Keep it up-to-date, & it'll go on forever without probs. Havn't had NE probs with the camera slide. I got a BODYGLOVE to protect the phone neway. But has NEVER EVER slide open on its own before. Only niggle is can't upload videos from PC to phone. But thats it, & it isn't a neccesity neway. This phone is exo mundo !

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Reviewer: Rocky - India
Date: 16th Jan 2007

I bought the Nokia N70 a few days ago. It's a nice phone but, it has a poor battery efficiency. I am now afraid what to do. As far as other features & technologies are concerned, the Nokia N70 is an excellent phone.

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Reviewer: RJ - Pakistan
Date: 15th Jan 2007

The N70 is the best phone around. No problems to report from this end.

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Reviewer: Sheikh Vaqas - Paris, France
Date: 11th Jan 2007

GREAT PHONE.

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Reviewer: Prateek - Simferopool, Ukraine
Date: 5th Jan 2007

It's my 28th mobile phone. I am using this phone more then 9 months. I don't want to change this. I have one more mobile Nokia 6233 but 6233 is not nice. Best, solid mobile with nice camera sound nice. Never hang even with 2 GB DV-MMC. What else you want.

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Reviewer: Tom - UK
Date: 1st Jan 2007

The N70 is a solid phone, good features & no problems.

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Reviewer: Chris - Newport, UK
Date: 13th Dec 2006

Had the phone for over a year now, has had its ups & downs. Poor battery life which is standard on most phones these days right? Good signal but can knock off so to speak for no reason even though I had a signal & didn't move. Orange tool bar was a poor effort from Orange but had this removed during a software update from carphonewarehouse. Read someone mention about the ringing tones change for no reason, this can be corrected by altering the log time to 1 week. Had recent problem with the screen but this was down to the battery, so new battery & the phone is as good as new. Getting the k800i 2moro so I hope it lives up to its reviews as I have bought it on that basis. N70 isn't a bad phone once you get passed the small things.

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Reviewer: Andy - Billericay, UK
Date: 11th Dec 2006

WORST phone I've ever had. I've now had 3 returns from Orange & it keeps going wrong. I purposely enter this site just to warn people about not buying it. It cuts off during calls, battery life is one day, on/off Bluetooth availability, fusing sound quality, different ring tones for no apparent reason, takes a age to access photos, can't call out at certain times!

Truly awful! DO NOT BUY!

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Reviewer: Tommy - Davao City, Philippines
Date: 10th Dec 2006

I read reviews about the n70 pros & con but have to say overall the phone is great. Daylight pictures came out great for a 2MP but would have been nice if it had a stronger flash for indoor or night pictures. Sliding back panel slides too easily & activates the camera wasting battery life. I would like to see the n70 to have a feature that would automatically lock the keyboard- thus preventing random dialing! Overall n70 functioned well in spite of the sluggish software.

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Reviewer: Usophx - Luton, UK
Date: 9th Dec 2006

The Nokia 6680 is the phone for any one who likes the n series of the Nokia mobiles it looks like an & but more efficient & easier to use.

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Reviewer: Lynn - Warrillow, UK
Date: 5th Dec 2006

This is the worse phone I've ever had! Continually reboots & definitely. Can't deal with this any more. Awaiting upgrade.

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Reviewer: Jonathan Bell - London, UK
Date: 29th Nov 2006

The features of the N70 are fantastic. It had potential to be one of the best, but the processor is just to slow. It freezes all the time, & performing the simplest of tasks, like sending a text seemed to confuse it. I will always stand by Nokia as being the best mobiles out there, but the N70 is one of their worst. I now have an 8800 sirocco which I have to say is by far the best phone out there.

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Reviewer: Khalid - Cape Town, South Africa
Date: 27th Nov 2006

The phone is slow but not to bad to use & it has many features that tops the phone to perfection.

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Reviewer: Louisa - London, UK
Date: 22nd Nov 2006

I've had this phone for nearly a year now & I've been offered a 6233 as an upgrade. To be honest I'm really looking forward to moving on.

Every single problem mentioned on this page I have had. Sliding camera cover annoying, big but poor quality pictures, self changing ring tones, intermittent charging facility (I can now only charge my phone with an old Nokia charger & an adapter plugged in- even though I've been through two chargers with normal use), it is mind numbingly slow & it crashes all of the time for no apparent reason.

I honestly don't even chuck it about, it has had a fairly easy life!

It was the first phone I had with a radio which I love, the email setup (I am on Orange) was simple & I love being able to access my emails on my mobile, it is such a help, I've hardly used the music facilities but they've been pretty good, but by far & away the most impressed I've been is when I've plugged it into my laptop & logged onto the Internet. It isn't super speedy (but neither is my laptop) but it is perfectly adequate & has helped me meet many a midnight deadline without an ordinary Internet connection available.

Don't buy this phone anymore, there must be newer ones out there with fewer bugs, unless you get it for a song. I am looking forward to my new Nokia & it's completely different operating system, but my goodness the N70 was like a god compared to the old Sony Ericsson I had.

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Reviewer: Ian - Gateshead, UK
Date: 19th Nov 2006

Great phone! Unless you don't know how to use it I have had mine 11 months now & I have just upgraded to an n73 if that's 1/2 as good as the n70 I'll be happy little faults on the n70 are plays Nokia tune when incoming call comes in sometimes no matte what tune you have set & camera cover sometimes activates when in my pocket but that's probably me! I personally would recommend this phone 100% camera is second to none fantastic.

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Reviewer: Alladdin - Casa, Morocco
Date: 18th Nov 2006

Good mobile phone.

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Reviewer: Tara W - Lincs, UK
Date: 17th Nov 2006

I have had a lot of Nokia's, & when I got this one I charged it up, put sim in, & well, it took me about 10 mins to remove my card & decide I hated it, it is still its box unused & never will be again. POOREST Nokia I have KNOWN.

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Reviewer: Dave - Sheffield, UK
Date: 15th Nov 2006

Shocking phone, charges up when it wants too, plays whatever ringtone it wants too, & it constantly freezes. Worst phone I have ever used. Never using Nokia again, Sony Ericsson k800i the future!

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Reviewer: Alex - Glasgow, UK
Date: 6th Nov 2006

Worst Nokia phone I have ever bought & the last and-series I will buy. Painfully slow at navigating through menus, crashes frequently, poor battery life.

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Reviewer: Edmund Heaphy - Ireland, Ireland
Date: 29th Oct 2006

I find this phone extremely good. After having a Sony Ericsson v800, which was useless & was only made for testing the new Vodafone Video Call, 3G network in Ireland. The camera is absolutely fantastic! I downloaded Google Maps & its great. If you are using the browser it can be a bit slow on a normal GSM network, but luckily, Ireland has loads of 3G coverage. Menus can be a bit slow but you get used to it. It looks great, as ye have already established & is a great phone to use. I feel the Settings Menu is sort of hidden away from the main menu & is sometimes hard to find. I use it every day on video calls, video conferences, normal calls, texts, adding contacts & have had no problems. My rating out of 10: 9/10/10

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Reviewer: Maulana - Semarang, Indonesia
Date: 29th Oct 2006

Rubbish phone.

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Reviewer: Keeley - UK
Date: 26th Oct 2006

My Nokia N70 plays whatever tune it feels like when anyone rings me - got to the point where I don't even realise it's my mobi ringing as it changes so often! The charger has broken twice which is very annoying & battery life is useless. Phone looks lovely but I'm counting the days to my upgrade, really fancy the Samsung D900.

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Reviewer: Lois - UK
Date: 8th Oct 2006

This is great phone I've had this phone for about 10 months now & I love it, it takes a while to switch on but I don't mind.

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Reviewer: Keeley - UK
Date: 30th Sep 2006

I've had a N70 now for 9 months & have to say in that time the fone is driving me mad! It tends to ring its own choice of ringtone. The slide that covers the camera slides down with ease & you find that your camera is uncovered whilst in your back pocket. The screen, although a nice size is beginning to play up. It goes very pixely & at times goes blank. It is very slow especially when you're sending a text. I personally wouldn't recommend this fone & as I've always had Nokia's I'm now going to another make altogether.

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Reviewer: Jackie - M/C, UK
Date: 30th Sep 2006

Hands free speaker not loud. Had it in & eventually got a new one & still the same problem. Freezes with the TOMTOM.

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Reviewer: Zipho - Eastern cape, South Africa
Date: 21st Sep 2006

I will buy the N70, it is a very cool phone & the featuers are outstanding.

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Reviewer: Acid Monkey - London, UK
Date: 20th Sep 2006

The N70 is so slow when navigating around the menus, or preparing a text, it's unbelievable. Also, the camera's sliding cover on the back is forever coming down whilst inside a jacket pocket, & of course, the cover slackens up considerably with age. Photo quality is good when downloaded to your PC, but too many negatives to recommend it. Have just about tolerated mine for 12 months & can't wait to upgrade. C'mon Nokia, you can do better than this.

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Reviewer: Lewis Russell - Leicester, UK
Date: 17th Sep 2006

Best phone I have ever had. It does everything I want it to do. The design is simple but clever as it hides the fact that the phone is a brick by putting rounded edges on it unlike the 6680. It as an endless amount of features, however it would have been nice if there was a flashlight feature like most Sony Ericsson's have. And the camera is of a very high quality for a 2.0 mega pixel.

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Reviewer: Georgia - Manchester, UK
Date: 14th Sep 2006

I haven't got this phone personally but my mum has it. And she has had a few problems with it. Making funny noises when a certain person rings but not with every person if you get with what I mean. But apart from the little tiny problem it has been an all round great phone. At the moment I have a Samsung D600 & it is a great phone but you can't do much on it. I'm getting a new phone soon I maybe get a Sony Ericsson W900i I was going to get a Nokia 6280 but after reading all the reviews on this phone I don't think SO!! It sounds like it is more trouble than it is worth!! And I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!! My auntie has this phone & I don't think she has had problems with it.

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Reviewer: Rihyanna - Philippines
Date: 13th Sep 2006

The N70 is the best (looking) Nokia phone!

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Reviewer: Lloyd - Leeds, UK
Date: 25th Aug 2006

We have recently upgraded from Nokia 7330's to the N70. Near the end of our old 18 month contract the old Nokias started having faults on the software, saying a headset was plugged in when it clearly wasn't. The only way you could make calls was to plug the headset in. This was an inconvenience & then the phones died with a month to go on the contract.

I have now had the N70 a week & already we are having the same problem. I cannot make or receive calls without plugging the head set in. It is gutting as it's a gorgeous looking phone & the camera is excellent. The trouble is I primarily need to us this as, yep, a PHONE, which is useless.

I like many other people have been a Nokia user for years, the last phone dying after over a year was a pain but at least it lasted a year, a week old N70 shouldn't have these problems but it does.

I would say it looks great but KEEP AWAY.

We are now getting a RAZR for the wife & I am getting a K800i. Don't be tempted by the looks, you will have problems, if not now it will be later when it's too late to get a free replacement. Sorry Nokia, but you're letting us DOWN.

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Reviewer: Ali - Tehran, Iran
Date: 25th Aug 2006

The Nokia N70 is the best mobile phone, it is very very good...

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Reviewer: Jai - Chennai, India
Date: 16th Aug 2006

Sleek Phone.

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Reviewer: James - Devon, UK
Date: 17th Jul 2006

This phone is bad, dont buy it

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Reviewer: Lawrence - Philippines
Date: 14th Jul 2006

Amazing phone!

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Reviewer: Matt - Makati, Philippines
Date: 14th Jul 2006

Video streaming is cool! 3G technology is fun! Fast Bluetooth & a whole lot of great games! No worries about the memory 'coz MMC is there to give you a helping hand. Great phone & no doubt about it!

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Reviewer: Farzad - Glasgow, UK
Date: 12th Jul 2006

Mother phone in N series...... only it hasn't got autofocus

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Reviewer: Andrew Stevenson - Glasgow, UK
Date: 5th Jul 2006

Well I had two Nokia N70 handsets & both went away as faulty as I couldn't send multimedia messages & my anti virus corrupted. But let me help here, when you install the timer & date, make sure it's correct or it will screw up the anti virus. If the anti virus firewall is selected to medium or high it will stop you sending or receiving picture messages. But apart from that with the calendar, sync, radio, pictures its great. The only real downside is it runs way to slow at times.

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Reviewer: Jay - Preston, UK
Date: 22nd Jun 2006

Nokia is going down the hill again. Where are those Nokia 6310 6230's & all those great phones which made life so easy. Nokia N70, the latest & the first SMART PHONE. I used it for a week & then go rid of it. It looks good, it sounds good the features are awesome. All that you can dream about is here. A perfect business phone. It's got 3g, supports 3rd party applications & software like MS OFFICE, ADOBE etc. mp3s, expandable memory, very good camera & sound quality. In theory it looks perfect. The only thing is the SPEED. The phone is dead slow, got a tendency of getting stuck, & re-booting by it's self. It is heavy, & bulky, as compared to other competitors in the market like Sony Eric. & Samsung. N70 was a big disappointment, I've been a Nokia fan, since I remember. Have always used Nokia, but recently went to Samsung d500.

In total, if you are more concerned about the looks & design & the (paper based) functions go for it.

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Reviewer: Steve Eardley - Burnley, UK
Date: 14th Jun 2006

On Paper this is a great phone, it's like having a miniature laptop, however I'm now on my second N70. The first one kept freezing up, which I had replaced within the first 9 days. The second has been sent away for repair two weeks ago due to having faulty software on it. I had an unaccessible gallery & corrupted anti-virus programmes. There's also a problem with the 3G which is unusable in the Burnley area, but that's a fault with the Mobile network (apparently). However don't let this detract you as I'm sure once it's fixed it'll be ace!

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Reviewer: Fizzle - Leicester, UK
Date: 1st Apr 2006

The screen is beautifully clear & very big on the N70. I love this phone & it is the best phone I have ever bought. Would recommend it to all of you that want a well priced phone with very reliable features.

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Reviewer: Carl Peters - Andover, UK
Date: 31st Mar 2006

I have had this phone for ages now, basically I was one of the first people to buy it as soon as it became available. It is a brilliant phone with an excellent camera. No quibbles so far & there wont be from me.

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Reviewer: Robin - UK
Date: 29th Mar 2006

Nokia N70 is a much better phone than the Samsung D600, I have tried both phones & the Nokia knocks spots off of the Samsung. The camera & video is outstanding. Good messaging. FM radio & visual radio are v good. Quick transferring & v good connectivity. Great phone all in all.

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Reviewer: Shaun Thompson - Brighton, UK
Date: 19th Mar 2006

N70 has a good camera, really impressive photo can be taken but the screen freezes on me & it is doing my head in.

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Reviewer: Charlotte A - UK
Date: 13th Mar 2006

Huge screen & I love it. Battery life could be better. Fast & reliable phone.

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Reviewer: Nina - Edinburgh, UK
Date: 9th Mar 2006

I am Nokia's biggest fan & the N70 is the best phone ever. The 2 mega pixel camera with zoom & flash is fabulous. I have enjoyed the messaging. Used the blog site which was all new to me & good fun. The video calling is good when you understand what to do. Bluetooth is a god send & I would not get a phone without it, total freedom from wires & such an easy way to connect. Best phone ever.

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Reviewer: Mark Mathews - UK
Date: 8th Mar 2006

N70 is an outstanding phone & I will never want to change it. 100 percent all the way for me.



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