Nokia Prism Has Mad Mod Look

Written by Adam Gosling

Wednesday, 08 August 2007

Highlit with interchangeable colour accents the new Prism phones from Nokia have an angular design that users are going to either love or hate. Nokia's latest offering, due for relase in the third quarter is a quirky retro styled candy bar phone that comes in two models - the Nokia 7900 Prism and the Nokia 7500 Prism. With an estimated retail price of EUR400 for the Nokia 7900 Prism and EUR210 for the Nokia 7500 Prism, the phones might be retro looking but they feature what Nokia describes as "cutting-edge colors, materials and graphics".The signature diamond-cut design, featuring sharp angled lines, geometric patterns and graphic light-refracting colors. Nokia 7900 Prism Opposite its sleek, liquorice-black front, the Nokia 7900 Prism comes with an anodized aluminium backcover, which is coin-stamped and laser-etched in Nokia Prism's signature diamond-cut design. Its design is amongst the first to feature an Organic LED main display that supports up to 16 million colors and displays light-focused screensaver graphics. In addition, the Nokia 7900 Prism features a "living wallpaper", which subtly changes throughout the day according to time as well as battery and signal strength, so that each screen is unique. For greater personalization, the Nokia 7900 Prism offers a gallery choice of 49 illumination colors. Once selected, this color radiates from under the graphic key-mat as well as from the LED display. Lights are also emitted from the top of the phone to signal missed calls and messages. The Nokia 7900 Prism features dual band 3G technology for fast and easy downloads and browsing, and quad band GSM capability for worldwide connectivity. In addition to a 2 Mpx camera, the Nokia 7900 Prism comes with 1GB of internal memory for lots of pictures, video, contacts and more. Nokia 7500 Prism The Nokia 7500 Prism is the Nokia 7900 Prism's quirky sibling. The Nokia 7500 Prism's slick black exterior is spliced with bright, interchangeable color accents. The Nokia 7500 Prism has a 2 Mpx camera and it can record high quality movies. The Nokia 7500 Prism can play music for nine hours and hold up to 1500 songs on an optional 2 GB microSD card. www.nokiaprismcollection.com Pics of the Nokia Prism 7500 Pics of the Nokia Prism 7900 Related news items New Nokia's For GSM and CDMA -02/04/2007 Newer news items Antennas Boosts Rural NextG -08/11/2007 Energizer's New AA Phone Charger -30/10/2007 What Colour Is Your Phone -27/08/2007 Nokia: Smooth, Black, Curvey & 3G -21/08/2007 Handset Makers Follow Motorola -16/08/2007 Older news items Nokia 3109: The Mobile Phone Refined -23/05/2007 Aussie Buyers Still Love Their Moto's -24/04/2007 Nokia Aims 6120 At Mid-Tier -17/04/2007 18-Carat Gold Nokia -17/04/2007 Tag This Now: