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Nokia 7373

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By Frank Lewis, CNET.co.uk
Apr 9, 2007

Just like the ranges of the major fashion houses, Nokia's L'Amour Collection of style phones gets updated once a year. This is perhaps the most interesting model in the new line-up as its screen rotates through 180 degrees. The handset is available for free on a contract with Vodafone or you can buy it SIM-free on the Web for around £170.

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Strengths
Nokia has certainly lavished plenty of attention on the design. There are some nice touches, such as the leatherette finish on the rear, a swirly pattern gracing the pink metallic finish on the front and a fabric label on the right-hand side. The screen, which swivels through 180 degrees to open, is also a real attention grabber.

The leatherette finish on the rear and the fabric label are attractive details.
Continuing Nokia's fine tradition, the majority of the features on this handset are very easy to use. For example, texting is ace thanks to the intuitive messaging software and large, comfortable keypad.

One of the benefits of the design is that when you put the phone into camera mode with the flick closed it actually feels like a real snapper. This is because you end up with the lens on the front and the screen on the rear. The 2-megapixel pictures it takes are reasonably sharp, but unfortunately there's no LED flash for shooting in low light.

The previous line of Nokia's fashion phones couldn't be expanded with more memory, but thankfully there's no such limitation here. The 7373's microSD card slot, which is located under the battery cover, can accept cards of up to 2GB in size. Nokia supplies a 128MB card as standard, but if you're going to use the phone's music player you'll probably want something a little larger.

 
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