Volume: 71 cc
Weight: 85 g
Length: 109 mm
Width: 43.9 mm
Thickness: 14.4 mm
Display: 16.7 million True Color 240 x 320 pixels display
Price: $259.85 - $425.03
The 7500 isn’t called the Prism because it’s made of glass, nor is it called the Prism because it refracts light into a rainbow. It has that name, at least we assume, because of its triangular-shaped keys. Nokia is no stranger to irregular keypads, having produced phones with buttons arranged in a circle, so this arrangement doesn’t come as a surprise. Yes, it’s eye-catching, but usability was another story (more on that later).
Fashioned in basic black, the candy bar Prism has a sleek and stylish look. And at 4.29 inches by 1.72 inches by 0.57 inche, it’s relatively compact and trim. There’s no distracting external antenna and, except for the plastic rear cover, the phone has a solid feel. The pattern on the keys extends to the phone’s rear face, where triangles in two shades come together in an attractive design. The rear-facing flash is also triangular, while the camera lens is shaped like a diamond. There’s also a small speaker on the rear face; we’ve never been fans of rear-facing speakers since they direct sound away from you.
The 7500 Prism has a 1,000-contact phone book with room in each entry for five phone numbers, a push-to-talk number, an e-mail address, a Web address, a company name, a job title, a nickname, a street address, a birthday, and notes (the SIM card holds an additional 250 names). You can organize contacts into groups and pair them with a photo or one of 17 polyphonic ringtones. Other essentials include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a to-do list, a notepad, a calculator, a countdown timer, and a stopwatch.
On the higher end, the Prism offers a voice recorder, full Bluetooth with a stereo profile, e-mail, PC syncing, USB mass storage, instant messaging, voice dialing and commands, call recording, and support for push-to-talk (PTT) networks. Just keep in mind that the last feature is carrier-dependent, so even if you use an unlocked 7500 with AT&T, you won’t be able to use the PTT feature. Globetrotters can take advantage of the world clock, a nifty size converter for changing between U.S. and European clothing and shoe sizes, and support for Nokia’s Sensor application, which is a quasisocial-networking feature that scans nearby Bluetooth users.
Complementing the Nokia 7900, on the lower end of the series is the 7500 Prism. The 7500 features a similar design to the 7900, but loses the 3G capabilities of its sibling and makes use of more traditional TFT technology for its display. The handset’s display still features QVGA resolution and also is capable of displaying 16 million colors. The 7500 also has and 2MP camera, and its lack of a large amount of on board memory is made up for with compatibility with microSD memory cards of up to 2GB in size. The Nokia 7500 Prism also features bright, interchangeable color accents.
Key features:
Cutting-edge design with bold geometric patterns and distinctive details
Capture life’s great moments in still photos and quality video on a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom
Capture memorable moments in black and white, sepia, solarize color modes
Exchangeable accent colors
Enjoy your favorite tracks on the music player that allows you to change the skin to match your mood
Store more music, quality videos, and photos on the expandable memory of up to 2 GB (based on external memory).
Share your latest images and videos via email
Extend your internet browsing experience with Widsets and Yahoo!Go.
Share more of your memorable moments using Nokia Sensor, the social network application
Send voice messages to friends and family eo calls
Built-in stereo speakers
Multimedia:
Music player for MP3/AAC/eAAC+/WMA formats with skins and album art support
Playback of up to 8.5 hours
Exchangeable music themes
Interoperable with Windows Media Player
Visual Radio: Listen to music and interact with your favorite radio stations
Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other artist information
Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your favorite songs
Download the songs you buy direct
FM radio
Nokia Sensor application that allows you to connect and communicate with other Nokia Sensor users around you and widen your social circle.
Browsing:
Full OMA Client provisioning version 1.1
OMA Digital DRM 2.0
Imaging:
Integrated 2 mega pixel camera with 8x digital zoom and built-in flash.
Full screen viewfinder
Video playback video (H.264, MPEG4, WMV)
Horizontal camera mode with quick access Camera Key
Messaging:
Email: Supports IMAP4 idle, push email with attachments. OMA email notification, OMA DA and Nokia Intellisync solution support
Text messaging: Supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, and SMS distribution list
Audio messaging: Record your own voice message and send to compatible devices
Multimedia messaging: MMS 1.2 for image message creation, receiving, editing, and sending (300k)
