Home

Review of the stylish Nokia 7205 Intrigue for Verizon - Mobile Burn

05.05.09

Despite the plastic materials used, the 7205 is built amazingly well, often feeling like a solid chunk of electronics. We did not notice any wobble in the hinge, nor were there any squeaks or creaks coming from the phone while we used it. The 91mm x 48mm x 15mm (3.6in x 1.9in x 0.6in) Intrigue is thin, and easily slides into a shirt pocket, or the front pocket of a pair of jeans. Weighing in at 90g (3.19oz), you'll hardly even notice it's there.

The outside of the Intrigue is deceptively simple. At standby, there are no markings, save for the slit that reveals the single loudspeaker. However, there is a hidden external display that runs the length of the phone's front, and is capable of showing various information, such as the name of a caller or the first few lines of an incoming SMS. There are three touch-sensitive music playback keys beneath this hidden display, which are also used to navigate through the simplistic front panel user interface.

When you open the Nokia 7205, the top and bottom pieces fit together, hiding the chrome hinge on the outside and creating an optical illusion that the phone is a curved, elongated candybar. The internal 2.2-inch QVGA (240x320 pixels) resolution display is exceptionally bright, even in direct sunlight. Below the hinge, the bottom part of the phone is a solid sheet of plastic, with the various characters printed on, and raised bars to separate each row of keys on the numeric keypad. Above the keypad, there is a cross-shaped d-pad, along with the expected left and right softkeys and dedicated end/send buttons. The end key also functions as the power key. The d-pad is slightly odd to use, though after a bit, I was able to confidently press a given direction.

Source: Mobile Burn, PA