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Nokia N75 Review - Making/Receiving Calls

Alfredo Padilla Published on June 14, 2007 Comment on this

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Dialing Speed (5.99)
To test how easy it is to make calls on the N75 we time how long it takes to go from phone closed until we have hit the send button after dialing a number. We repeat this for five different test phone numbers. The Nokia N75 took an average of 3.34 seconds to dial our test numbers. This is an excellent time for a flip phone, that are generally slower due to the time it takes to open the flip. It is faster than the Sanyo M1, which took 4.28 seconds, and the Krzr K1m, which took 4.4 seconds. It is almost as fast as the Nokia N73, a candybar phone that also runs on Series 60 that took 3.26 seconds. We found the N75's large keyboard to be a boon in dialing as it cut down on mistakes. We were very happy with the N75's dialing speed.

Talk and End Buttons (4.0)
The talk and end buttons are located at the bottom left and right of the control buttons. The buttons themselves are slick plastic and are not well differentiated from the surrounding buttons, making them hard to find by feel. When pressed they only provide average tactile feedback, with little play. The buttons are fairly large however, especially compared to the very small call and end buttons found on the Nokia N95. Still, we would have appreciated more differentiation and play.

Call Management (6.0)
As a Series 60 device the Nokia N75 provides solid call management features. The call history can be accessed by hitting the call button on the home screen. The list can be viewed by outgoing, incoming or missed calls. You can easily initiate a call to a number or save it to your address book. You can also delete individual entries, clear the entire list or send a message to the number.
While on a call the right soft key activates the loudspeaker while the left soft key opens the menu. From here you can mute the call, put it on hold, send an MMS message or initiate a new call. These features are solid however we would have liked to see some more advanced features on a smart phone like the ability to record a call. Of course as a smart phone you can easily multi task while on a call, accessing other phone features as needed. Overall we found the call management features on the N75 to be good and easy to access.

Startup to Call (2.47)
To test how quickly the phone can start up and make a call we time this process five times and take the average for our score. The Nokia N75 took an average of 40.56 seconds to complete this process. This is slower than two other Series 60 smart phones the Nokia N73, which took 36.7 seconds and the N95, which took 36.4 seconds. It is significantly slower than the Sanyo M1, a regular cell phone that took only 24.36 seconds to complete this process. We were not pleased with the startup to call time of the N75.

Ring Volume (8.53)
To test ring volume we find the loudest ringtone on the handset and set the volume to maximum. We then measure how loud the ring gets from about 4 inches away using a sound pressure meter. The Nokia N75 measured a respectable 85.6 decibels in our test. This is about as loud as the Nokia N73, which measured 85.3 decibels. It was much less loud than the Nokia N95 however, which measured an very loud 105.3 decibels. Still, 85 decibels is more than loud enough for most to hear a ring, even in a relatively loud area.

Ringtone Customizibility (2.0)
We were disappointed with the limited ability of the N75 to use music files as ringtones. This seems to be an area where the functionality was crippled (perhaps by AT&T?) to protect sales of regular ringtones. Unlike the N95, you don't have access to all the music files on the phone to use as ringtones. We even ran into problems when dropping music files into the audio/tones folder. The N75 recognized short music files under 1 minute, but longer music files were not available to use as ringtones.

Non Audio Alerts (10.0)
The Nokia N75 has a vibrate alert that we found about average. You will be able to feel it in a pants pocket, but will have some trouble feeling it in a jacket pocket or a bag. The N75's screen also lights up when a call comes in, which is useful to see what number is calling. If you have all other alerts turned off this is the only way to tell that a call is incoming.

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