Nokia 8910i Review

The Nokia 8910i is the ultimate status symbol. It has a classy design, beautiful black finish, titanium casing and an exotic price tag.

It is loaded with Nokia's infamous spring mechanism. By pressing two buttons simultaneously the phone simply jumps out of its keyboard cover. The chromium-plated keyboard has cosmetic lighting and is very comfortable to use.

To add to the user experience the Nokia 8910i comes with a bright 4096-colour display. Information can be read perfectly in almost all conditions.

Other features include MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), wireless Java, GPRS, Bluetooth and polyphonic ringtones.

The phone has a dynamic memory. Reception and battery life is good. Call quality is excellent, with voices coming through loud and clear even at low volume settings.

The 8910i certainly is a cooling looking phone; unfortunately it has its disadvantages.

The titanium case is not resistant to scratches. The case, even when fully extended, gets in the way of the last row of buttons. The buttons are very sensitive and can easily be pressed accidentally. But the main disadvantage is that the design doesn't allow users to easily reject incoming calls. The reject button is on the inside of the casing and opening the casing automatically answers calls. So, users can only reject calls if the keyboard is already opened or if they are wearing hands-free equipment.

The display on the 8910i is very small and photos received via MMS look tiny.

The 8910i uses Nokia's old interface, which is being replaced by the new pop-port interface. This means you won't be able to connect a camera the phone.

Bluetooth is present but its implementation is not very polished.

Nokia have released a fairly good phone here. Despite its disadvantages the phone looks fabulous. If you prefer the coolest phone to the most functional the 8910i should suit you perfectly.