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Nokia N79

Nokia N79
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  • Released 2008, October
    97g, 15mm thickness
    Symbian OS 9.3, Series 60 v3.2 UI
    50MB storage, microSDHC slot
  • 0.1% 5,999,330 hits
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  • 2.4"
    240x320 pixels
  • 5MP
    480p
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  • 1200mAh
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Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps
Launch Announced 2008, August. Released 2008, October
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 110 x 49 x 15 mm, 74 cc (4.33 x 1.93 x 0.59 in)
Weight 97 g (3.42 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 2.4 inches, 17.8 cm2 (~33.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~167 ppi density)
 Touch-sensitive Navi wheel
Platform OS Symbian OS 9.3, Series 60 v3.2 UI
CPU 369 MHz ARM 11
Memory Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot), 4 GB included
Internal 50MB
Main Camera Single 5 MP, AF
Features Carl Zeiss optics, LED flash
Video 480p@30fps
Selfie camera Single VGA videocall camera
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP & DLNA technology
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS; Nokia Maps
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS; FM transmitter
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite
 MP4/WMV/H.264 player
MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
Photo/video editor
Organizer
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Voice command/dial
Push to Talk
TV-out
Predictive text input
Battery Type Removable Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery (BL-6F)
Stand-by Up to 372 h (2G) / Up to 305 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)
Misc Colors Canvas white, Seal grey, Petrol black
SAR 1.42 W/kg (head)     1.10 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 1.17 W/kg (head)    
Price About 180 EUR
Tests Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 71dB
Audio quality Noise -91.8dB / Crosstalk -73.5dB

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Nokia N79 review: Swiss Army knife

Nokia N79 review: Swiss Army knife

Nseries keep on throwing heavy-spec'd phones at us and there's no question they're hitting their best form in quite a while. About time we got less of a curve ball lookswise, Nokia N79 embodies a new...

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Nokia N79 - user opinions and reviews

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  • Kasif
  • Dka
  • 11 Jul 2023

It was my favourite phone of childhood

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  • jcchimaera
  • xjH
  • 09 Jul 2023

Basically Nokia N82 v2.0 ... 🤭

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  • Usama
  • smW
  • 24 Jun 2023

I love that phone it was outstanding one of my favourite.

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