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Nokia’s so keen to shovel Nokia Maps into any half decent phone it fires out these days, that it’s easy to forget that it makes handsets dedicated to mobile mapping too. The Nokia 6710 Navigator is the third in the series, but with so many smartphones now packing satnav as standard, can this focused phone beat down the competition? Read our full Nokia 6710 Navigator review now and we’ll let you know.
Unlike the iPhone, the Nokia 6710 Navigator doesn’t require any pricey extras to get you from A to B in your motor. Crack open the box and you’ll find a charger for the car, as well as a suction pad for slapping the cell on your windscreen. That immediately gives it the jump on Apple’s effort, especially since the TomTom Car Kit for iPhone costs a massive £100, even without the app thrown in.
And the good times certainly don’t end there. The Nokia 6710 Navigator has a button made just for starting up the Maps software. Tap it and you’ll find it loads up quick sharp, with very little lag. It locks onto your position in mere seconds, so you can get navigating without wafting your phone in the air for a signal. Oh how things have changed since the days of the original N95.
Nokia Maps is already rightly lauded for being an ace bit of software, and it’s no different on the Nokia 6710 Navigator. That said, in car mode we drained the battery quicker than we normally neck pints of lager. However, slip it into pedestrian mode and the juice won’t die for two days.
In fact, the relatively puny 2.6-inch screen means that, alongside its hearty battery, this is better equipped for navigating on foot than in your 4×4. You’ll need to make sure the Nokia 6710 Navigator is constantly hooked up to the power if you’re driving, and while this isn’t a hardship that titchy screan means you’ll still be left squinting for directions.
On top of the excellent mapping software, the Nokia 6710 Navigator is a bit handy as a regular phone too. We’re talking a more than capable 5 megapixel camera which worked well for us even in low light thanks to the dual LED flash. It won’t trouble the Sony Ericsson Satio, but then it’s not intended to.
If you want a phone that can handle GPS well, then the Nokia 6710 Navigator is nigh on unbeatable. Ok the screen could stand to be a touch larger, but that’s just about the only gripe we have with this latest effort from Espoo.
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