[NEWS] Nokia Twist 7705

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Overview What's Good: Unique design; phenomenal QWERTY keyboard. What's Bad: Battery life could be better; potential long-term build quality concerns. Introduction In today's wireless market, phones seem to be standard when it comes to design. There's the candybar design, the ever-popular flip phone, and the sliding form factor, but the Nokia 7705 brings an entirely new design to market in the form of a twisting device (hence the "Twist" moniker). Despite the strange assumptions that most have when thinking of a twisting phone, the 7705 actually pulls off the design well. It's certainly a love or hate thing, but we give it creativity points for bringing a different form factor to light. Still, the question remains: despite a decent feature set, will it sell? Design & Features When in the open position, the left side of the device houses the volume rocker and a microUSB charging port, while the right side sports a 2.5mm headphone jack and a microSD card slot (with support for... - read full review





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Re: Nokia Twist 7705

The Twist supports instant messaging and e-mail, though the latter costs $9.99 monthly to maintain. With several small charges such as e-mail and Visual Voicemail for $2.99 monthly, it may make more sense to purchase a smartphone if you plan to use the data-centric features. Is there anything that goes with no charge? This phone does not appear like it would be fun to carry around at all. Too bozed for me reminds me of the Lotus that sprint has and this is just not something you will see me with. The dynamics are all wrong. YUCK