Nokia 6790 Surge Specs

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Nokia 6790 Surge Review
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Description

Nokia 6790 Surge is a futuristic looking side-slider GSM smarthphone with a full QWERTY keyboard. It runs on the Symbian 9.3, S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 OS and sports a 2-megapixel camera, GPS and a 2.5 mm jack.

This device is also known as Nokia Mako

Pros

  • Hardware QWERTY keyboard

Cons

  • Thick body (0.61 inches)
I want it 2 users
I have it 1 user
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Display

Size: 2.4-inch
Resolution: 320 x 240 px, 167 PPI
Technology: TFT
Screen-to-body: 31.58 %
Colors: 16 777 216

Hardware

RAM: 0.1GB
Internal storage: 0.12GB
Storage expansion: microSDHC
OS: Symbian (9.3), S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
ROM: 256 MB
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 1500 mAh
Type: Li - Ion, User replaceable

Camera

Rear: Single camera
Main camera: 2 MP
Video recording: Yes
Features: Video sharing
Dimensions: 3.84 x 2.28 x 0.61 inches
(97.6 x 58 x 15.6 mm)
Weight: 4.38 oz (124.3 g)
Features: Full keyboard, Soft keys

Cellular

3G: Bands 5(850), 2(1900)
Data Speed: UMTS, HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s

Multimedia

Headphones: 2.5mm jack
Radio: FM

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 2.0
USB: microUSB, USB 2.0
Location: GPS
Sensors: Accelerometer
Other: Computer sync, SyncML

Phone features

Notifications: Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
Other features: Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval:
Date approved: Jun 30, 2009
FCC ID value: QMNRM-599
Measured SAR:
Head: 0.81 W/kg
Measured in: 1900 MHz
Body: 0.20 W/kg
Measured in: 1900 MHz
EU SAR:
Head: 0.77 W/kg

Availability

Officially announced: Jul 13, 2009
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Carrier Availability

Discontinued

AT&T

User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
3
Camera quality
5.7
Performance
3.7
Display
5
Battery life and charging
3.7
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
5
IN THE MIDDLE
Phone owned for less than a year

I have had this phone for a little while I thought I could live with the number keys but it immediatly bugged me I hated the way the screen was extremely old looking. the keys were kinda close together and the keys always made clicking noises( not the beeping you can turn off in the setting but like button clickings). oh it also broke after just a bit of use.

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6
How Do you tether the Straight Talk Surge 6790 to laptop?
Phone owned for less than a month

I have not figured out how to tether the phone to my laptop. The Nokia PC Suite has a place to connect but does not have the presets for Straight Talk. Other people have said they have done this. Please help with directions. Thank you in advance for any help you are able to provide.

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4
I'd Stay Away
Phone owned for more than a year

I was drawn to this phone because of it's keyboard. I have massive thumbs and couldn't afford a large touchscreen phone, so I got this one because it was the only phone I could comfortably use. I also got it thinking that I couldn't break it.

How wrong I was.

My first one lasted a month until I closed the phone and the screen broke in half. I couldn't believe it. Considering I had an LG (fragile brand) and I had not had a single build quality problem in the 2 years I had it, I think I take decent care of my phones. I kept it in a case and had never dropped it.

I sent it back, and received a new one. About 9 months later, I noticed that it would keep freezing while doing mundane things - typing text messages, starting up the camera app, even changing the phone from silent to vibrate, and I would have to do battery pulls almost hourly. It could also not handle more than 10 minutes of using 3.5G before overheating and shutting off. At this point I thought this was slightly ridiculous - surely a phone that is advertised as an internet capable phone should be able to - you know, go on the internet without destroying itself.

After a few weeks, the charge level went from about a week to about 6 hours, rendering it unusable. All within less than a year. Mind you I do not overuse my phone at all - send about 75 texts a day and make 2-3 calls. I, as I said before, never dropped my phone. I have an option to get another one, but 3 times will not be the charm with Nokia's Surge.

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