Size
- Form: Classic
- Dimensions: 110 x 49 x 15 mm
- Weight: 97g
- Volume: 74 cc
Display and 3D
- Size: 2.4″
- Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
- Up to 16 million colours with light sensor
- Active matrix technology
- Colour and brightness control
- Orientation sensor
- Ambient light detector
Keys and input method
- Numeric keypad
- Dedicated camera and volume keys
- Voice commands
Colours and covers
- Available in-box colours:- Canvas white with light sea blue/espresso brown/olive green- Seal grey with espresso brown/coral red/white- Petrol black with dark grey/steel grey/deep plum
- Changeable Xpress-on™ smart covers
Connectors
- Micro-USB connector with mass storage class support, High-Speed USB 2.0
- 3.5 mm AV connector
Power
- BL-6F 1200 mAh Li-Ion standard battery
- Talk time (maximum):- GSM 5 h 30 min- WCDMA 3 h 30 min
- Standby time (maximum):- GSM 372 h- WCDMA 406 h- WLAN 172 h
- Browsing time with packet data (maximum): 5 h 54 min
- Video playback time (maximum): 4 h 24 min
- Video recording time (maximum): 3 h 30 min
- Music playback time (maximum): 29 h
Memory
- microSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 8 GB
- Up to 50 MB internal dynamic memory
Communication and navigation
Operating frequency
- Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EGSM 900
- Automatic switching between GSM bands
- Flight mode
Data network
- GPRS class A, multislot class 11, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL)
- EDGE class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)
- WCDMA 900/2100, maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (UL/DL)
- HSDPA, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps (DL)
- WLAN 802.11b, 802.11g – WLAN Security: WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal, WEP – WLAN Quality of Service: WMM, U-APSD – WLAN wizard
- TCP/IP support
- Capability to serve as data modem
Local connectivity and synchronisation
- Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
- Add-on solutions enable integration into enterprise private branch exchange (PBX) infrastructure
- Digital Living Network Alliance certification
- UPnP support
- MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
- TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, sold separately) or WLAN/UPnP
- Nokia XpressPrint
- Support for local and remote SyncML synchronisation
Call features
- Integrated hands-free speakerphone
- Automatic answer with headset or car kit
- Any key answer
- Call waiting, call hold, call divert
- Call timer
- Logging of dialed, received and missed calls
- Automatic redial
- Speed dialing
- Enhanced voice dialing
- Fixed dialing number support
- Virbrating alert (internal)
- Side volume keys
- Mute/unmute
- Contacts with images
- Talking ring tones
- Conference calling with up to 6 participants
- Video calling: up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA), up to 30 fps
- Push to talk
- VoIP
Messaging
- SMS with support for concatenated SMS for long messages
- Multiple SMS deletion
- Text-to-speech message reader
- MMS message size up to 300 kb
- Automatic resizing of images for MMS
- Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
- Cell broadcast
E-mail
- Supported protocols: IMAP, POP, SMTP
- Support for e-mail attachments
- Support for e-mail with filtering
- Support for Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email
- Support for Nokia Mobile VPN
Web browsing
- Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, WML
- Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP
- TCP/IP support
- Nokia Web Browser – Mini Map
- Nokia Mobile Search
GPS and navigation
- Integrated A-GPS
- Nokia Maps application
Image and sound
Photography
- 5 megapixel camera (2584 x 1938 pixels)
- Image formats: JPEG, Exif
- CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, TessarTM lens
- 20 x digital zoom
- Autofocus with two-stage capture key
- Focal length: 5.2 mm
- Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
- Macro focus: 10-50 cm
- Dual LED flash
- Flash modes: On, off, automatic, red-eye reduction
- White balance modes: automatic, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent
- Centre weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.33 step
- Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
- Scene modes: automatic, manual, close-up, portrait, landscape, sport, night portrait, night.
- Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
- Light sensitivity modes: high, medium, low, automatic
- Full-screen viewfinder with grid
- Active toolbar
- Dedicated camera key
- Slide cover for protection and camera activation
- Landscape (horizontal) orientation
- Photo editor on device
- TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, sold separately) or WLAN/UPnP
- Nokia XpressShare
- Nokia XpressTransfer
- Rotating gallery with NaviTM wheel support
- Slideshow from gallery with Ken Burns effect (automatic zoom and pan) and 3D sound effect stereo speakers
Video
- Main camera – Video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) and up to 30fps – Up to 8 x digital video zoom
- Front camera – Up to 2x digital video zoom
- Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, H.264
- Audio recording formats: AMR, AAC stereo
- Image stabilisation
- Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
- Scene modes: automatic, night
- Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
- RealPlayer
- Video playback file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, H.264
- Video straming: .3gp, .rm
- Landscape mode video playback
- Video calling: up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA), up to 30 fps
- Video ring tones (3 built-in tones)
- TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, sold separately) or WLAN/UPnP
- Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
- Rotating gallery with NaviTM wheel support
- Real time video sharing to another compatible mobile device
- Video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
Music and audio playback
- Nokia Nseries digital music player – Playlists – Equaliser – Selection by artist, album and genre – Album graphics display – Skins
- Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, eAAC, eAAC+
- Audio streaming
- UPnP music streaming
- Dedicated volume keys
- FM radio 87.5-108 MHz with RDS support
- FM transmitter 88.1 – 108 MHz
- Visual Radio support
- 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
- Nokia Music Player
- Nokia Music Manager
- Nokia Music Store support
- Nokia Podcasting support
- Ring tones: mp3, aac, 64-tone polyphonic (33 built-in tones)
- 3D sound effect stereo speakers
- Integrated stereo speakers
- Synchronise music with Windows Media Player
Voice and audio recording
- Voice commands
- Enhanced voice dialing
- Voice recorder
- Audio recording formats: AMR, AAC stereo
- FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR
- Digital stereo microphone
- Text-to-speech
Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones
- Customisable profiles
- Ring tones: mp3, aac, 64-tone polyphonic (33 built-in tones)
- Video ring tones (3 built-in tones)
- Support for talking ring tones
- Wallpapers
- Screensavers
- Ring tones
- Pre-installed themes
- Changeable colour themes
- Automatic theme change with Xpress-onTM smart covers.
Software
Software platform and user interface
- 60 3rd edition, Feature Pack 2
- Symbian OS version 9.3
- Active standby
- Voice commands
- FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)
- Multimedia menu
- NaviTM wheel support
- Automatic UI rotation
Personal information management (PIM): contacts, clock, calendar etc.
- Advanced contacts database: multiple number and e-mail details per contact, contacts with images
- Support for assigning images to contacts
- Support for contact groups
- Closed user group support
- Fixed Dialing Number support
- Clock: digital, world clock
- Alarm clock with ring tones or radio as alarm sound
- Calculator
- Calendar with week and month view
- Converter
- Written notes, voice notes
- To-do list
- Personal Information Management, Calendar, Contacts, to do list support
Applications
- JavaTM: CLDC 1.1, MIDP 2.1, PDA (JSR 75), Java APIs for Bluetooth (JSR 82), Mobile Media API 1.1 (JSR 135), Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME 1.1 (JSR 184), Wireless Messaging API 2.0 (JSR 205), Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API for J2ME (JSR 226), J2ME Web Services Specification (JSR 172), Security and Trust Services API for J2ME (JSR 177), Location API for J2ME (JSR 179), SIP API for J2ME (JSR 180), Advanced Multimedia Supplements (JSR 234), Nokia UI API
- Flash Lite 3.0
- Nokia Web Browser – Mini Map
- Quickoffice (Quickword, Quickpoint, Quicksheet)
- Adobe PDF Reader (try & buy)
- Zip Manager
- Nokia Maps
- Nokia Dowload!
- Nokia Mobile search
- Adding more applications:- Use the Download! Client- Visit Ovi Store to download free applications to your S60 device
Gaming
- Included try and buy games, full licence for one of the list :- Asphalt 3- Hooked On: Creatures of the deep- Worlds series of poker- Block breaker deluxe- Tetris- Space impact- System Rush- Brain Challenge- Mile High Pinball- Snakes Subsonic- Sims 2: Pets- FIFA 08- Midnight pool- Reset generation- Bounce
- N-Gage application included
Accessories
Sales package contents
- Nokia N79
- Two extra Nokia N79 Xpress-onTM smart covers
- Nokia Battery (BL-6F)
- Nokia Travel Charger (AC-5)
- Nokia Connectivity cable (CA-101)
- Nokia 4GB microSD card (MU-41)
- Nokia Music Headset (HS-45,AD-54)
- User Guide
- Quick Start Guide