Nokia 7380 reviewed
By Andres Palmiter 
posted Mar 11th 2006 5:50PM
posted Mar 11th 2006 5:50PM
Less than a year after the Nokia 7280 blazed a trail for fashionable, leather-clad tech in the US, Nokia's followup, the 7380, is getting some interesting reviews. How do you review a phone thats main purpose is looking pretty, not making phone calls? Well you focus on the fact that it has a 2 megapixel camera, a glowing orange button, Bluetooth, a scrollwheel, and no keypad. PC Mag seemed to dig the 7380's aesthetics and didn't mind the phone's obvious shortcomings (text messaging and dialing), noting that Bluetooth connections worked seamlessly and call quality was good. Phone Scoop was a little more adamant in their critique, though, calling out Nokia for creating a screen that sacrificed usability in sunlight for looks. Though, if you want to tell your friends that looking good with your cell phone is more important than actually using it to call them, the 7380 may be the perfect choice.
Read - PC Mag
Watch - Phone Scoop
gross. i hate this phone. i want an N80.
This phone is a perfect example of what is wrong with Nokia and their design team. Idiots.
This is basically a Firefly on steroids.
why does nokia suck so much?!? the interface is stuck in the early 90's and the 7380 is another classic example of why phones suck noki-ass.
You cant use it... but is nice!
Before I got a wireless headset, I would have found this pretty dumb, but if you have a headset and voice-dialing, you really don't use the keypad as much. I'm not sure the keypad is in any danger of disappearing, but there will be more keypadless phones.
In fact in a few years a lot of phones will simply be the same size and form factor as today's wireless headsets (maybe I'd better patent my goofy half-assed idea so I can put the NTP hurt on Nokia or Motorola in a few years).
It is not meant to be used in sunlight. This is a 'Going Out At Night' phone. Seriously, that is what it was specced for, to fit nicely in a tiny Prada bag, take a call, maybe return one.
Why does everyone ignore the fact that this is supposed to be a secondary phone? Everyone reviews this phone as though it was meant to be a primary phone.
No, that's not the point.
You have your normal daily handset, and when you want to go out at night, and pocket/purse space is limited, you pop-in your SIM card and go.
-- Elias
They should make it with a slide out qwerty keyboard, that'd be sweet