Nokia 2760

The Nokia 2760 redefines the sort of features one can expect in a low-end phone, by offering a camera, Bluetooth, FM radio, and MP3 playback in a phone that sells for only $125. However, just how good a PHONE do you get for that money? Sadly, not that great. There really isn’t much I can say about the camera, as it provides a rather prehistoric 640 x 480 resolution. The shots look okay for a VGA camera, and the level of noise at low light levels doesn’t seem as bad as on high-resolution Nokia cameras.


The primary job of the camera is to take picture-ID photos and quick shots to MMS to your friends. Beyond that, it isn’t something you’d use to take ACTUAL photographs. As for MP3 playback, this aspect is very limited, since the phone has minimal internal memory and NO external memory card. Subsequently it has no MP3 player installed on it and is only capable of playing single MP3 files at a time directly from the Music subdirectory in the file browser.


In no way, shape, or form is this phone a substitute for an MP3 player. In quiet environments the outgoing sound quality is decent, with good clarity. However, when compared to better-sounding phones the 2760 is only a mediocre player when it comes to outgoing sound quality. It also doesn’t cope particularly well with background noise. I tried the phone out on a noisy street and the results were disappointing. While the phone seems to do a credible job of reducing the impact of the traffic noise, it also mangles the voice of the user quite noticeably.


Under such conditions your callers might ask you to repeat a number of things.
Except for the RF sensitivity and excellent keypad, this phone really doesn’t have a lot going for it. However, it performs adequately in most regards and it isn’t that expensive. Considering the other options available through 7-11 however, the 2760 isn’t too bad. It just pails in comparison to the rest of the cell phone world (including other Nokia models).