Nokia “Rugged” 3720 Classic

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On 9th July 2009, Nokia finally unveiled its most rugged phone – Nokia 3720 Classic. But before I tell you why its rugged part is hyped I want to make a note that the phone also has excellent looks.

Nokia has been testing 3720 in various environments and various conditions just to make sure that the phone is really rugged and not just says so.

Over the last couple of days 3720 classic has been kicked , hit with a golf club, dropped from the top of a ladder, taken for a swim, dunked in beer, sunk in jelly and shot with a paintball gun. Hence the title ‘rugged’. Nokia 3720 is built to IP-54 standards and therefore is designed to resist water, dust and shock.

According to Markku Suomi, VP Connect devices at Nokia :

Whether using it at the beach or in a dusty construction site, the Nokia 3720 classic has been specifically engineered to withstand the splashes, bumps and drops that come with the terrain

The phone is not just rugged from the inside but also from the outside. Nokia 3720 panels are specially designed to withhold any hurt from occurring. In a normal phone the backside battery panel easily come off, but in Nokia 3720 the panel is screwed so that the battery doesn’t gets affected during a fall and this technique also helps to protect the internal circuitry of the phone.

Nokia 3720 will be available in wide range of colurs and most probably will be available in the market by mids of this year. The price of the phone is expected to be around 125 € (175 $/ Rs 8,500)

After making Nokia 3720 official, its technical specifications were also released by Nokia. They are as follows :

• 2-megapixel camera with LED flash, 4X digital zoom
• 2.2-inch QVGA 16.7 million colours show
• Nokia Maps pre-installed on the 1GB microSD card
• Stereo music player supporting MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA, and stereo FM Radio
• 20MB free internal user memory plus support for microSD memory card up to 8GB
• XHTML browser, Java MIDP2.0, OMA DRM 1.0 and 2.0
• Bluetooth 2.1
• EGSM 900/1800/1900
• Series 40
• 115mm x 47mm x 15.3mm
• 94g
• Up to seven hours talk time
• Up to 18 days standby time

Source : SIM Mobilez

Originally posted 2009-07-10 04:39:07. Republished by Ancient Post Promoter