Nokia Smartphones

Nokia Smartphone: Buyers' Review

There is a wide range of options in the market if you are looking to buy a Nokia smartphone. Nokia is the largest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world and the company sells many models of 3G smartphones in the UK. Nokia has a lot of experience and credibility in the mobile industry and its products are considered some of the best, both in terms of prices and features.

No matter what kind of phone you are looking for, from the cheapest devices to the most high-end touchscreen mobile phones, you will find a phone from Nokia that will suit your needs. The build quality of Nokia phones is among the best that you can get and the form is both ergonomic and elegant. Most Nokia touch screen phones and 3G phones run the Symbian operating system, which is the world's most popular mobile OS. Symbian is very stable and uses resources efficiently, which means faster response times and lesser reliability issues. It can support rich applications with few problems, including multimedia apps.

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User interface

Nokia phones have an intuitive user interface that most people can quickly and easily get used to. In comparison with the iPhone interface or HTC Sense, Nokia interfaces may seem a bit outdated and less sophisticated, but there has been constant improvement in terms of user friendliness.

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Ovi

Ovi is a set of internet based services provided on Nokia phones. It works as a dashboard that you can use for quick access to:

• Ovi Store, where you can download apps, games and videos 
• Ovi Maps, Nokia's free mapping service that also offers voice guided navigation in more than 70 countries
• Ovi Mail, a free mobile email service
• N-Gage, a mobile gaming platform
• Ovi Files, to save and view your documents and Ovi Share, to share your photos and videos with friends and family
• Other services like contacts and calendar

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Other features

Some of the latest Nokia smartphones come with a very high resolution camera with flash. You can easily access popular third party services like Flickr to upload and share your photos with others. You can also go for Nokia touchscreen phones with an HDMI connection, which you can use to view your photos and videos on a compatible television. Some of the new Nokia phones use Dolby Digital Plus technology, so that you get a better movie watching experience when you connect your phone with your home theatre system. Another unique feature in some Nokia phones is 'Presence'. With this system, your contacts can see your status like "SMS only" or "In a meeting" so that they can choose an appropriate way and time to get in touch with you. Your Nokia smartphone will support Bluetooth communication and the company also sells its own Bluetooth headsets that you can use for hands-free operation of your phone.

You can find many cheap deals on Nokia smartphones on Broadband Genie. Read detailed reviews and compare offers from 3 Mobile, Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2 and Orange before you finalise your purchase.

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Manufacturers

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• Apple
• BlackBerry
• Dell
• Google
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• T-Mobile

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