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It is hard to understand Nokia some times, but you can certainly get their main goal. Nokia is refreshing its full mobile phone portfolio with new product ready to take over the competition. A significant plus, for Nokia could be the release of excellent phones with the classic logo without any touch screen technology on board. Let's face it, not everyone needs or wants a touch screen. Therefore, Nokia is successfully introducing not only great product in the N series, E series and the new created X series, but also in the classic range.


The first pioneer in the new classic range (2009, with a life cycle until early 2010) was the 6700 classic. The 6700 classic brought a businesslike design, but excellent features. Nokia released after a little while the 6720 classic, which brought almost the same features of the 6700, in a more stylish design. Depending on how you look at life, you might find the 6720 classic the entry level phone in the business range or just the simplest business phone with Symbian offered by Nokia.


As you might feel (or hopefully you do) you can't decide for everyone if a phone or laptop is good or bad. My opinion, your opinion, is just subjective and depend strictly each and every individual. Therefore, Nokia's new 6720 classic should be allowed to grab the title of the most compact entry level business phone. Once you take a look at its key features you are certainly going to start loving this new phone. Even the best phone has some disadvantages, so you must expect the 6720 classic to pack a few of this bad features (or lack of features) such as the lack of Wi-Fi, average display size, and a video recording VGA with 15 frames per second. As you can see, 6720 classic sports a few main disadvantages, leaving more places for key features.

The 6720 classic sports a stylish design, especially with the Chestnut brown finish which makes the 6720 classic more distinctive than any other glossy black phone on the market. The candy form design is not exactly common. It sports a more HTC Hero - like design. By doing so, Nokia improved this phones handling and also offered it a certain something. This Nokia phone has a height of 110 mm, wide of 45 mm, deep of 14 mm, the 6720 classic weights about 110 grams. On the front side the phone sports above the display the earpiece, an ambient light sensor, and the second video camera (QVGA type) for enabling the video calls. Under the display you get the navigational keys.


Therefore, in center you get the four way navigational keys (up, down, left, and right), while in the center of the S pad you get the OK / SET button. On the right side of the D pad you get a soft key, the menu launch, and the call key. On the other side you get another soft key, the back button and the end call key. The navigational pad is well sized providing a good feedback. Under the navigational keys you can find the alphanumerical buttons. Also, these keys are good sized and they resemblance a little the keys found on the old 6233. Even so, the keypad provides a nice user experience, lacking flex or bad movement when pressed.

Probably one of the best features in terms of design, for the 6720 classic is the curved lower body which provides a nice touch to the overall design. On the right side of Nokia 6720 classic you can find the shutter key and the volume controls. Also here you get one of the two stereo speakers included in 6720 classic. On the left side you can find the micro USB port and the micro SD memory card slot covered by the same piece of plastic. Also on the left side, the 6720 classic sports the second stereo speaker. The top of the 6720 classic lacks any buttons or ports. However, on the bottom side you get the 3.5 mm audio jack and the charger plug. Don't look for the power on and off button because this function is completed by the end call key.

On the back side, the 6720 classic sports the 5 megapixel camera lens with dual LED flash. Another styled feature is the nice gemstone surface around the camera which includes the LED flash. The battery cover is not made out of the same material as the rest of the case. The 6720 classic sports a plastic body, but the battery cover is made out of steel. Overall, Nokia 6720 classic provides a nice design, a stylish one as a matter of fact. The build quality is impressive and you won't find any bad features in matters of design or build. Nokia 6720 classic runs in 2G network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and in 3G networks - HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 and HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100.

Nokia included in the 6720 classic an ARM 11 600 MHz processor and about 128 MB of random access memory. By doing so, Nokia successfully made a phone capable of running in the best conditions the excellent otherwise Symbian operating system, S60 version 3.2. Everything works perfectly when using the operation system. Multitasking is sharp in response, all the applications run smoothly without any freezes or crashes.


You get all business applications you might need, and if you indeed need more then feel free to install them, since Symbian is an open operating system. Therefore, the organizer, calendar, phonebook, and all other important features are going to provide an excellent user experience thanks to the processor used. The connectivity is ensured by the Class 32 GPRS, EDGE Class 32 with a speed from 178.8 Kbits to 296 Kbits, HSCSD, Bluetooth version 2.0 with A2DP, and version 2.0 micro USB connections. Nokia included in the 6720 classic a 2.2 inches TFT display with a QVGA resolution (240 x 320 pixels) rendering up to 16 million colors.

The display is good, and offers nice vibrant colors. Under direct sunlight the text visibility is affected badly. Therefore, the 6720 classic display is average in terms of quality. Not too brilliant, and not too bad, just the average TFT display. The 6720 classic has an on board memory of 50 MB, value which is expandable using micro SD memory cards or Trans Flash memory cards up to 16 GB. Nokia included in the 6720 classic a good 5 megapixel digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and a maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. Also the camera sports beside the editing picture options (white balance, brightness, ISO, and others) an auto focus and dual LED flash.


Believe it or not, the 6720 classic offers excellent quality photos comparable with the one taken by the N97. Unfortunately, the video recording is somewhat not that great, offering video recording at a VGA resolution with 15 frames per second. The battery included in the 6720 classic is a Lithium Ion battery with 1050 mAh (BP 6MT model). This battery should offer about 492 standby hours in 2G networks and 504 standby hours in 3G networks. In talk time this means, 8 hour and 30 minutes in 2G networks and up to 5 hours in 3G networks.

If you are interested in listening to music continuously then you should know that the 6720's battery will last you about 27 hours. Nokia included in the retail box of 6720 classic, beside the actual phone and battery, 1 GB micro SC memory card, a mandatory charger, a stereo headset, a micro USB cable, and a CD software.

Overall, Nokia produced a great phone, with an almost unique design and a full features package, all for an asking price of $270. If you are looking for a normal looking phone with nice design and a great camera, running the latest Symbian version, then Nokia 6720 classic might just be what you are looking for.