The eye-catching phone strays far from the familiar Nokia phones in many areas. To begin with, its unorthodox look. It doesn't look anything like a phone, and could be easily mistaken for a small booklet or address book. Nokia claims the 7200 is its next fashion phone. And it definitely is fashionable. The exterior of the phone is covered in a new innovative fabric with intricate designs. Each 7200 comes with a Style Pack that includes coordinated covers, soft pouch and wrist strap with matching wallpapers and screensavers. All so you can match every aspect of your phone.
Being rather rectangular, its dimensions are 86 x 50 x 26 mm. Compared to most phones on the market, it's very small and compact. The keypad offers three soft keys and four-way scrolling. User configurable right and left soft keys are on the phone as well.
On the front of the lid is a camera lens. The built-in camera has a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 px. When taking pictures, the internal screen is used as the viewfinder. Three compression options (high, normal, and basic) are available for picture quality and file size. Additionally the camera has extra features such as Portrait Mode, Night Mode, and a 10 second self timer. Also, the handset can record video in SubQCIF - H.263 format, along with integrated video playback and download: .3gp file format (H.263 baseline, MPEG-4 simple profile).
An external monochrome 96 x 36 px display is included on the front lid, offering information such as time, missed calls, messages, and caller ID. Additionally, there are animated black-and-white screensavers for the mini display to add to the 7200's look.
The internal screen is a 65,000 color 128 x 128 px TFT display. Up to 5 lines for text can be shown in basic mode with 16-pixel font. TFT, as opposed to STN, has the circuit transistors placed on the glass at the pixel location instead of the need to scan the pixel location. This results in greatly increasing the response time and allows for very fast refresh rates. Up until now, Nokia's new releases have primarily been 4096 colors, and have lagged behind other manufacturers. But the 7200's display is wonderfully bright, crisp, and colorful.The audio capabilities of the 7200 are impressive as well. The phone can play up to 16 simultaneous chords. Voice clips can also be used as ring tones. A built-in stereo FM radio with handsfree headset functionality is also included. With the added benefit of using it as an alarm to wake up to music instead of a beeping phone. Furthermore, the integrated handsfree can be used as a speaker phone. The 7200 has a variety of ways to browse the internet including high-speed data access using EDGE. EDGE, or Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution, allows for high speed rates of up to 177.6 kbps on existing GSM networks. Often times called 2.7G, EDGE has been referred to as a bridge between current GSM technology and WCDMA and cdma2000.
The migration of GSM to EDGE results in less strain on current voice traffic bandwidth and allows for higher transfer rates. Building on existing technology, EDGE allows for more than double existing GPRS rates. While theoretically the 7200 could transfer at speeds of up to 384 kbps, Nokia has decided to limit it to 177.6 kbps. Actual rates will be less than that.
However if EDGE is unavailable, the 7200 also has GPRS capabilities with transfer rates of up to 57.5 kbps. Also an option is HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data), which offers maximum transfer rates of up to 43.2 kbps.
With all this speed, the internet becomes much faster. And the 7200 has WAP 2.0 with xHTML functionality over a HTTP / TCP / IP stack for a better browsing experience. Almost all web pages will now be able to be viewed on the phone, whereas previous phones were limited by certain web restrictions and could not be viewed.
