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Nokia Surge Reviews

Smartphone with digital camera / digital player / FM radio / GPS receiver - AT&T - WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM - black More product details

The Nokia Surge packs in a lot of features--a full HTML browser with Flash Lite support, 3G... (cnet.com)

Very slim and lightweight ; Excellent call quality (pcworld.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Nokia Surge

We have collected and analyzed 7 expert reviews and 1 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 68/100 and users rate it 86/100. The average review date is August 5, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 492146 reviews from other Cell Phones. The alaScore™ for this product is 87/100 = Very good. Last update: November 19, 2009.

alaSCORE 87

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8 reviews

November, 2009

68 / 100

7 Experts

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86 / 100

1 User

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Expert Reviews (7)

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Nokia Surge 6790 (AT&T)

By (cnet.com)

The Nokia Surge packs in a lot of features--a full HTML browser with Flash Lite support, 3G support, GPS--for an affordable price. The smartphone also provides access to social networking sites

The phone has a number of design quirks and doesn't have the best build quality. You can't dial numbers without opening the keyboard

The Nokia Surge offers AT&T's younger customers an affordable, feature-rich smartphone, but it has a number of design and interface issues.

The Nokia 6790 Surge for AT&T is a bit of a departure for the Finnish handset...

Rating

63100

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Nokia Surge

By Ginny Mies (pcworld.com)

The Nokia Surge ($80 with a two-year contract; as of 8/10/09) is a great starter smartphone for teenagers or those wary of high-priced handsets. It has a few design quirks, and the construction is a bit flimsy, but you get a solid set of features for ...

Very slim and lightweight ; Excellent call quality

No separate numeric keypad ; Poor tactile feedback from shortcut keys

The 2-megapixel camera is adequate, but not on a par with some of the other Nokia smartphone cameras we've tested. Colors looked washed out and details lacked refinement. Video recording quality was also just average with some blurring and pixilation

Like other Nokia smartphones, the Surge runs on the Symbian S60 platform. The...

Rating

78100

pcworld.com
US

Review: Nokia Surge

By Eric M. Zeman (phonescoop.com)

Nokia's Surge for AT&T offers a full QWERTY paired with S60. If you're thinking this is a match made in heaven, think again. It gets most things right, but definitely makes a few concessions.

No rating

phonescoop.com

User Reviews (1)

US

Nokia Surge

By shawn (letstalk.com)

This phone is a good phone it gets good clear calling and the speaker phone is great. Texting is a breeze works vary well for that and the web is good its different because because u can get on real web sites. If your getting this phone for emailing I wou...

Manufacturer's Description

The Nokia Surge is an ideal device for active consumers who like to stay connected whether using IM, text or email, sending multimedia messages, AT&T video share, or updating and connecting via their favorite social networks. With a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard in a slim, stylish design and Symbian S60 multi-tasking capabilities, Nokia Surge is the ideal smartphone for today's customer who is always in touch with their social circle. In addition to an impressive suite of messaging...

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