'Luckily, Nokia caters to the needs of people that don’t demand much from their mobiles and the Nokia 6700 Slide is the perfect phone for children or adults that, for whatever reason, don’t want the hassle of “all that fancy stuff”. '
'The headphones plug in to the micro-USB socket, which is a fantastic change from the huge, breakable, proprietary socket that's often found on Nokia phones.'
'To keep abreast of times and 2009, the Nokia 6700 sports a tri-band 3G functionality, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, integrated A-GPS, accelerometer and based on its features, the Nokia 6700 can be classified as an upper midrange cell phone. '
'However the slide mechanism is pleasant enough and the phone sits nicely in the hand, although the keyboard could be a little big bigger for faster finger flicks when texting and the like.'
'The LG KF700 is a 3G handset with mobile broadband HSDPA high-speed data connectivity (capable of downloading at up to 7.2Mbps if supported by the network), and has a healthy spread of multimedia functionality built in.'
'sturdy candybar phone'
'We are happy that once open, the phone is one of the most stable sliders.'
'There is not TouchFLO interface though, which is just as well since the design of the LCD is the traditional kind with a raised bezel around it, which makes finger swiping a little difficult.'
'The Samsung SGH-D900 has a flat keypad that makes menu navigation and dialing tricky.'
'You can use just one finger, putting in on the d-pad below the slightly raised surface, to open the phone's slider, as its movement is supported by flawless spring mechanism, which helps you to open both gently and fast.'
'When there is a new message, the standby screen will play gimmicky animations: fireworks at night, and stunt airplanes during the day.'
''Normal' will leave you free to shoot up to the constraints of your memory card at whatever quality setting and image size you want up to 352x288 pixels.'