Nokia 7270

The Good :
Artistic design, GPRS, EDGE function, FM radio, MP3 player, video recording camera, Infrared

The Bad :
No Bluetooth, no USB

Nokia 7270 is another flip phone with artistic twist from Nokia. It's an "upgrade" version of the preceding Nokia 7200. In fact all features of Nokia 7200 are installed in the new Nokia 7270. The upgraded functions are EDGE capability, video camera, and external color display.



This phone is physically beautiful. You can feel real artistic touch from Nokia, especially with the camera that is carefully located on the corner of the flip cover.

Although the external display is so so, the internal is quite bright with 65,000 colors. The lack of bluetooth will hamper your ability to share images or other data with other devices. Yet the infrared is installed so you can use it instead.

For similar price, you can choos alternative phones, such as Motorola E680, Nokia 6630, Nokia Communicator 9210i, SonyEricsson S700. For functionality, Motorola E680 and Nokia 9210i are much better options than the artistic Nokia 7270.

For imaging (picture taking), SonyEricsson S700 brings 1.3 Megapixel camera, so Nokia 7270's camera is practically no match compared to S700's. Nokia 6630 has more functions than Nokia 7270, but the product's physical design is bulky and somewhat awkward.

Conclusion:
For art lovers and those who want to stand out of the crowd-aesthetically, clearly Nokia 7270 is one of the best choices. Along with Noia 7200, Nokia 7260, and Nokia 7610, Nokia 7270 adds another artistic phone model to an already consufing "art-phone class". But for real functional value? You might switch to other types to get bigger bang of your bucks.