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Flipping out

If I had to pick holes it would be the absence of an external camera button, what you can see on the right of the handset below the volume rocker is a lock key. Also, it lacks an accelerometer or indeed any facility to flip the screen into landscape when not playing video. Ovi Store apps like eBuddy can also be a challenge to set up using the touchscreen without a stylus.

Nokia X3 Touch and Type

Brings candybar die-hards into the next decade

Verdict

Adding a touchscreen to S40 could have ended up as an unholy dog's dinner but it hasn't. Rather, Nokia has delivered a system of control that makes other candybar mobile phones feel rather dated. ®

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Nokia X3 Touch and Type

Nokia X3 Touch and Type

Revamped Series 40 offers candybar characteristics with touchscreen tweaks.
Price: £159 RRP More Info: Nokia's X3-02 page
Latest Comments

little off balance

x302 now my primary mobi tho it feels a littl off balance ...

would happily trade the xtra screen width gained in the 3x4 keyboard layout (the 4th *#0 column) for the standard 4x3 matrix even if that added to the length. also much needed is a scroll rocker on right side.

sweet ph otherwise and a well balanced review.

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nah

"""Would be excellent if this ran Meego or Android."""

I suspect with that relatively tiny battery (~850mAh) Linux just isn't a good option. I really expected to see S60 here, though as I thought S40 was semi-officially killed off.

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Camera button

That button you can see at lower left is the release for the battery cover. There's one on the left too.

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haptic feedback

little vibration of the phone after tap

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Google is your friend

Basically it vibrates to subsitute for the tactile feedback that a keyboard would provide, but a touchscreen doesn't.

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