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The mechanism is not spring loaded and the overall size of the N71 means you'll probably need two hands to open it. It also compares unfavourably to the Ki in weight -- g versus g. The grey and silver colouring is not the most visually appealing, and the mostly dull plastic casing all round makes the N71 feel a little behind the times in these days of shiny fascias and metal casings.

Like all good clamshell phones it has a front screen. In this case it is a 96xpixel, 65k-colour offering with the only significant bit of fascia metal on show as its surround. A single button sits beneath it but its functions are limited. If you are playing music you can use it to pause and resume playback, but you can't skip around in your tracklisting. The other thing on the front fascia is the camera lens and flash unit.

You can only use the camera with the phone open -- Nokia doesn't give you the option to get a photo of yourself by closing the phone and using the front screen as a viewfinder. The edges of the N71 are fairly free of buttons and other paraphernalia. On the top edge, sitting behind the giant external hinge for the clamshell mechanism, is the mains power slot, Pop-Port connector and a covered slot for miniSD expansion cards. Open the phone and the bulky format starts to show off a couple of benefits.

The xpixel screen is large -- 61mm diagonally 2. The number pad and key area are roomy too. It is a pity that the number keys themselves are so small, given the space available to them, but it's neat that they are physically separated from a large bay of shortcut and navigation keys.

This includes a nicely shaped navigation button and, in addition to the main Nokia menu key, a separate 'multimedia' key that calls up a submenu offering access to music, the Web, the built-in FM radio and the image viewer.

Features Video calling is made more ergonomic by the fact that when you open the flip it has a lock a little past 90 degrees. With the N71 sat on your desk this provides a good angle for handsfree video calling.

The screen is big enough for large images of yourself and the caller to be shown, and it is easy to switch to showing what the outer camera can see rather than see your own mugshot during a call. The SIM card slot is in the top part of the battery bed and the card needs to be pushed inside the phone's body and then be pressed by the battery. The left side of the phone is for the loud speaker grill and the Infrared port. The port is on the top and the grill is located on the bottom.

The right lateral side of the phone is empty. It is located on the front panel's bottom. The back panel's bottom doesn't have anything on it. The top of N71 is reserved for the clamshell mechanism which is in silver, the Pop-Port connector and the miniSD memory card slot. The slot is protected by a tiny plastic which I, myself, consider unstable and easy to lose. When opened, the phone's top part consists of the main speaker on the top, a small N71 sign on the left, the video call VGA camera on the right and the main display grey frame.

The bottom part of the opened device is reserved for the keypad and the microphone on its bottom. They keypad is divided in two. GSMArena team , 19 June A matter of taste Nokia N71 review. Introduction, design, construction. Grey and silver Nokia N71 looks and feels very big for a clamshell. Nokia N71 held in hand Of course, there are people who like solid, massive phones and they will most definitely enjoy Nokia N71 but it is much too big for our taste - especially when it comes to clamshells.

Massive but not solid A big surprise in N71 is that although it is a big phone and is supposed to be very stable, there are some construction mishaps in it. Semi-opened and fully opened N71 The front panel consists of grey plastic and shelters the external display silver frame. Packing so much electronics into a few mm of plastic is an impressive feat of miniaturisation, but it does make removing the connectivity cable and extracting a miniSD card somewhat fiddlier than usual.

The Pop-port is protected by a rubber cover. On balance this is a good idea, although it's not tethered and power users who connect up often will probably end up losing the cover, either by accident or 'on purpose'. Open the clamshell it tends to 'click' open at and degrees and you'll see a slightly larger than usual S60 display, framed in a stylish metal surround. The colours are excellent and the text clearer than usual because of the screen resolution used. Opposite the display is a spacious keypad, although the narrow and clicky number keys and pimpled navigator take a little getting used to.

There's also the mental leap to make, associating the two soft keys on the bottom half of the clamshell with the legends shown on screen a good 3cm above. Above the main screen is the VGA video call camera, plus a light sensor for adjusting screen brightness and keypad backlight. The main camera is the same unit as in the established N70 and you'll have seen it in the photos on the front of the N71, beneath the cover display. There's no protection from knocks, scratches or fingerprints, unfortunately, especially important given the number of times you're going to be pressing up against the lens in the course of pressing the clock button.

Booting up the N71 reveals S60 3rd Edition, as seen on most other smartphones reviewed recently. The interface and applications look good on the QVGA screen in the N71's and there's less sense of wrong fonts and layout than on the landscape-oriented E Yes, there are still several different fonts in use, but nothing leaps out as horribly out of place.

One enhancement which is new is a revised function for the multimedia key. On the S60 2nd Edition N70, this just launches the application of your choice by default, Gallery , on the N71 it brings up a five way navigator-led shortcut, as shown below. I was worried that it now took two keypresses to get to the centrally shown application, but one long press on the button bypasses the new shortcut screen and 'does the right thing'.