The Nokia N70 is a 3G smartphone from Nokia. It was announced as part of the Nokia's new line of multimedia smartphones, the Nseries, on 27 April 2005. It started shipping in September 2005. Furthermore, it runs on the S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3 on Symbian v8.1 operating system. It was succeeded by the Nokia N73. The N70 was popular and sold well.
The Nokia N70 (Model N70-1) is one of the handsets in Nokia's Nseries line-up of smartphones. It is equipped with a 2 MP camera with built-in flash, a front VGA camera to allow video calling, FM radio, Bluetooth, digital music player functionality, and support for 3D Symbian, Java games and other S60 2nd Edition software.
It uses the S60 user interface and the Symbian 8.1a operating system.
At the time of its launch, the N70 had the most built-in memory alongside its system memory and was the penultimate (before the related N72) Symbian OS 8.x device released by Nokia, since the introduction of their new OS9 platform released in 2003 which offers more flexibility than the original that was made in 1998 and upgraded from then on.
Front 0.3 Megapixel, 2× digital zoom & rear 1600 × 1200 with L.E.D Flash, 20× digital zoom
Video recording
Yes, CIF (max. clip length depends of memory)
Multimedia Messaging
Yes
Video calls
Yes
Push to talk
Yes
Java support
Yes, MIDP 2.0
Built-in memory
19.9 MB
Memory card slot
Yes, RS-DV-MMC/MMC Mobile, hotswap, 2 GB Maximum
Bluetooth
Yes, 2.0 (A2DP Profile Not Supported)
Infrared
No
Data cable support
Yes, Pop-Port, USB 2.0
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Email
Yes
Music player
Yes, stereo w/bass from headphones
Radio
Yes
Video Player
Yes
Polyphonic tones
Yes, 64 voices
Ringtones
Yes – MIDI, AMR (NB-AMR), WAV, MP3, AAC
HF speakerphone
Yes
Offline mode
Yes
Battery
BL-5C (970 mAh)
Talk time
Up to 3 hours 30 minutes
Standby time
Up to 265 hours
Weight
126 grams
Dimensions
108.8 × 53 × 21.8 mm
SAR-Rating
0.5 W/kg
Availability
Q3/2005
Else
Quickoffice office suite, Opera Mobile web browser, Symantec Mobile Security 4.0 (6 months trial)
N70-5 model[]
The N70-5 is a variant of the N70 without 3G or a front camera. It was shipped to China, Mexico, and East Europe markets and provides a lower-cost option for users who don't want or need 3G services.
Music Edition
Nokia N70 Music Edition
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In 2006, Nokia released its Music Edition series for N70, N73 and N91. All had black housing and new sales boxes and packages, and were special for their extra storage capacity as compared to the standard models. Music Edition of the N70-1 model featured a 1 GB memory card, 3.5 mm audio adapter with remote control (AD-41), headphones (HS-28), dedicated music button in place of the multimedia key button. The Music edition also features new themes colored in Green called Stave and colored in Red called Waveform. The speakers and the Music interface of the phone has been improved.
Game Edition[]
January 29, 2007 also released Nokia N70 Game Edition only for Russia and Ukraine, which included several pre-installed games on the built-in memory card. Games: Asphalt 2: Urban GT, Real Football 3D 2006, Midnight Pool, Massive Snowboarding and Midnight Bowling.
