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Asus A696

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Asus A696 compared to the most popular


Product name

Asus A696

Nokia E72

Nokia N900

HTC Touch2

Editors' ratings

(How we rate) 		CNET Asia editor's take 83 out of 10 8.3
Excellent 		67 out of 10 6.7
Very good 		70 out of 10 7
Very good

Review Summary

More info

Business users looking for a competent, no-nonsense smartphone will like the E72 for its breadth of features and stylish design.

There are a lot of things we like about the N900, but just as many which annoy us. That said, it's still a very capable smartphone (if you call it that), but just not ready for primetime, yet.

HTC's first smartphone with WM6.5 ticks almost all the boxes for an entry-level smartphone, though it needs to be cheaper to differentiate itself from more highly-specced products.

User ratings

  9
Spectacular
(from 1 user) 		 8.7
Spectacular
(from 11 users) 		 8.8
Spectacular
(from 4 users) 		 8
Excellent
(from 1 user)

List price
List price as of Apr 13, 2007:
S$698
List price as of Nov 19, 2009:
S$750
N/A
List price as of Oct 29, 2009:
S$618

  Basic product specifications


 

Operating system

 Microsoft Windows Mobile Symbian OS Maemo 5 Microsoft Windows Mobile

Dimensions (H x W x D)

 117 x 70.8 x 15.7 mm 114 x 59.5 x 10.1 mm 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm 104 x 55 x 12.9 mm

Weight

 Info unavailable 128g 181g 110g

Connectivity options

 GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB 3G, A-GPS, GPS, EDGE, GPRS, HSDPA, HSUPA, microUSB, Bluetooth, A2DP, WLAN 3G, A-GPS, GPS, EDGE, GPRS, HSDPA, HSUPA, microUSB, WAP, Java, Bluetooth, A2DP, WLAN, TV-out 3G, GPS, HSDPA, HSUPA, miniUSB, Bluetooth, A2DP, WLAN

Display size

 3.5-inch screen 2.4-inch screen 3.5-inch screen 2.8-inch screen

Display resolution

 QVGA QVGA WVGA QVGA

Color LCD?

 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Touchscreen

 Yes No Yes Yes

Max. standby time (in hours)

 Info unavailable 384 hours Info unavailable 370 hours

Max. talktime (in hours)

 Info unavailable 12.5 hours talktime 9 hours talktime 7.3 hours talktime

Main processor speed

 416 MHz 600 MHz 600 MHz 528 MHz

RAM

 64 MB 128 MB 1000 MB 256 MB

Maximum camera resolution

 Info unavailable 5 megapixels 5 megapixels 3.2 megapixels

Imaging features

 Info unavailable Autofocus Onboard flash, Autofocus, LED Info unavailable

Audio jack type

 3.5mm 3.5mm 3.5mm 3.5mm

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Asus A696

Nokia E72

Nokia N900

HTC Touch2

 

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