Nokia Surge Review
The Nokia Surge cell phone looks fine. Definitely different from the bunch of iPhone inspired designs out there with a silver trim and all. I think this is a good step forward for Nokia in US. The screen is small because they were probably trying to keep it at a certain price point. The form factor, eh, it’s different, different is good, but I’m not a fan of slide out keyboards.
The Nokia Surge cell phone offers a powerful browser to view full HTML or watch YouTube videos with Flash support, but which Flash is it, Flash Lite or full Flash? There’s a difference, and Flash Lite which a number of phones have, is pretty much used for video.
New Cell Phones – New Nokia Cell Phones – New AT&T Phones
- Nokia Surge cell phone photos
Nokia Surge Features:
- 2.0 megapixel camera – Customers can capture quality photos with color camera and 4X digital zoom
- AT&T Navigator – AT&T Navigator provides audible turn-by-turn directions, monitors traffic and alerts users when there is a slowdown or incident
- AT&T Mobile Music – Customers can listen and download their favorite music from Napster Mobile, eMusic Mobile, XM Radio and more over the air
- AT&T Video Share – The first-ever service in the U.S. that allows users to share live video over wireless devices while participating in a voice call
- JuiceCaster – Customers can share videos and pictures from their wireless device to the Web’s most popular sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr
Though its $79 with $30 dataplan, it will be offered free for sure at manyonline retailers without dataplan. The required $30 data plan is put in place because when it comes to smart phones, they’re data oriented- email, transfers of pdf files, so on and so forth-and only smart phones are required to get a data plan.
The Nokia Surge runs on Symbian S60 for multi-tasking capabilitiese. Symbian is good OS but does not offer that much new amazing stuff in comparison to BB or iPhone. That’s why nobody is going to buy this in US.
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Categories: New AT&T Phones, New Nokia Cell Phones, tags: AT&T, Nokia, Surge - - Posted on July 13th, 2009 and last modified on July 13th, 2009, by New Cell Phones |
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I live in the US and I am very interested in buying this phone. I’m very interested in this phone for these reasons: I can’t afford the fancy data package, but I do need a calendar app- and the full key board is a big advantage over the typical number pad. Also, I’m about to become a mother, and the option to use a GPS (even if I need to pay for it for each limited use) or internet over the phone is necessary for me. I like the camera and the video. I’m a small-potatoes cell phone user, and the huge data packages and features are too much for me to wrangle anyway.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
I’m mildly confused. Do you need the $30 extra on the cell phone bill or not? Because that’s a bummer and I wouldn’t want to pay that just for that phone. If that’s the case one might as well get a blackberry.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Jessica,
Using the internet on your phone implies a data plan (otherwise you will paying through your teeth for pay-as-you-go downloads).
Since this is classified as a “smartphone” by AT&T, the data plan is $30/month. However, many QWERTY phones (also with GPS) are not considered “smartphones”, and thus unlimited data is $15/month. For instance, consider the “AT&T Quickfire” (actually manufactured by HTC).
You could also buy an “unlocked” phone (e.g. the Nokia N97), in which case the upfront cost is definitely higher ($599 for that one on Amazon), but where the cost savings on an unlimited data plan add up to $360 over two years, compared to AT&T-branded “smartphones”.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:49 am
One more comment: Since you are an expectant mother, I would stay away from using cell phones extensively – especially in closed “boxes” such as your car. There is significant anectotal evidence (albeit not proven in studies) that show a direct correlation between EMF/EMR exposure of the pregnant mom and rates of autism and other learning disorders in children.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
get over it Hlorri, the radio waves in the air are far worse than a damn cell phone!!!
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:33 am
Anecdotal evidence, THAT is what you cite and believe?