NEC is considered to be one of the most successful brands in Japan. Handsets of this manufacturer are very popular in this country. Let’s think together whether Nec 21i is a rival to phones from Korean manufacturers.
FIRST OVERVIEW. My test sample of Nec 21i was delivered from Germany. It is a typical Japanese clamshell phone, which supports I-mode, GSM 900/1800 and GPRS. A standard delivery kit includes a phone, a charger and two user’s guides (in English and German). You can estimate phone design even without unpacking it. The box is transparent and the phone is opened in it.
Europeans have already got used to more compact phones (Motorola V50, Samsung A800) and Nec 21i seems rather large to most of them. The phone dimensions are 105х44х25mm and the weight is 120 grams. The handset has a comfortable keypad and a large display, which is capable to support up to 256 colors (120x120 pixels). It is not very unusual today, some manufacturers have phones which are equipped with 120K displays. But don’t forget that Nec N21i is a phone, which was announced in 2001. In my opinion, color balance of this display is worse than in Ericsson T68. Colors are seemed to be dark. Even if you change a contrast, you won’t see a viid picture on the screen. NEC 21i doesn’t have an external display, as most of other Korean clamshell handsets. LED, which has a rhomb shape, is used instead of this outward display. It is lighted while incoming call by a special color (green apple, pumpkin, apple, grape, pearl, blue sky or blue Hawaii). Letter “I”, which is drawn on the indicator highlighted a phone possibility to support I-mode.
On the rear part of the phone you’ll see a special place for SIM-card. The holder is very reliable; SIM-card is fixed by the battery. As for me, it was very easy to insert a SIM-card but very difficult to remove it. The construction is not well-weighed. The phone fast registers in the network, but, first, it connects to GPRS and only after that to GSM-network. Twelve keys, 4-directional joystick and 2 functional keys are used for the menu navigation and phone control.
FUNCTIONS. Phone menu, which is consists of 12 menu items (12 animated icons in the main menu) is called by a special key. Twelve animated icons are displayed simultaneously in the main menu. Below you can see a list of them.
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