Nokia N73 Review - Connectivity

Alfredo Padilla
Published on May 04, 2007 Comment on this

Cellular Bands (8.0)
The Nokia N73 is a quad band GSM phone that supports the 850/900/1800/1900 bands. This means that the N73 will function on any GSM network worldwide. Being a world phone is a nice feature for travellers that want to take their phone with them as they can simply purchase a SIM card for the phone and pop it in wherever they are.

Data Support Score (4.0)
The Nokia N73 supports GPRS and EDGE data on all four of its GSM bands. EDGE tops out at about 230 kbps. The Nokia N73 also supports 3G data via UMTS on the 2100 Mhz band. This band is used in Europe and Asia, but unfortunatley will not be compatible with any North American networks. The Nokia N73 is a high end data device and in an age where other such devices like the Treo 750 support global 3G bands we are extremely dissapointed that the N73 does not do so as well. The Nokia N73 does not support the faster HSDPA standard for 3G.

Bluetooth (6.5)

The Nokia N73 supports Bluetooth 2.0. This allows the N73 to connect to multiple Bluetooth devices simultaneously. The N73 supports the following bluetooth profiles: file transfer, dial up networking, generic audio, handsfree and headset. We were able to easily pair the Nokia N73 with a test bluetooth headset. We were somewhat dissapointed that the N73, a multimedia oriented device, does not support the A2DP and AVRCP profiles for stereo bluetooth headphones.

Wi-Fi (0.0)
The Nokia N73 does not support Wi-Fi.

Infrared (7.0)
The Nokia does support infrared for short range connectivity with other infrared devices. Although an older technology it is still widespread and we were happy to see support for it.

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