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of its high end clamshell competitors. This makes it look bulky and less evolved than it really
is. The phone feels huge in the pocket, especially because of its thickness. The first
impression on the handset's design is that Nokia went to little trouble to make it perfect. Its
body looks like it has been inflated and is now hollow on the inside. The impression comes
from the rough, unpolished plastic case that the handset is built of, which also makes it feel
rather cheap.
Although it also comes in a lavander color, the phone has a rather manly design, due to its
straight, slightly smooth corners and little consideration for sizes. The chrome accents
certainly add to that with a sharp and strong effect. Unfortunately, they are prone to
scratches and this was clear only after a few hours of use. This should make it look cheap
and old after only a brief period of intense usage.
Display and Camera
Nokia 6267 has two display screens, an excellent choice for a clamshell phone. The
internal one is a TFT which supports over 16 million colors, and is 2.2 inches large.
It is also capable of supporting a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, which will prove great
especially for web browsing. The secondary external screen is also a TFT, but supports
only 262K colors and a maximum resolution of 128 x 160 pixels. It proves to be great, as it
also shows tracks playing in the music player, aside from the basic date, time and calling
functions.
The phone's 2 megapixel camera is pretty good, as it also comes with 8x digital zoom. But
what makes it great is the fact that it has a flash too, for taking high quality image captures
even when the lighting is rather poor.
The image capture maximum resolution is of 1600 x 1200 pixels, while the video one is of
640 x 480 pixels, a pretty high one when it comes to mobile phones.
One interesting aspect about Nokia 6267 is that it allows the user to take captures both
with the case open or closed. All that he has to do is press the side camera button when the
shell is closed and the phone automatically displays the camera's view on the external
display. This is possible with photo shots and video recordings as well, all by pressing the
side button again to start/stop recording or just to take a photo. There is one disadvantage
in this, as there is no additional information displayed other than the camera's footage. The
user cannot know whether the phone is recording or not, for example, while the flash
usually gives it away when a picture is taken. I'm not quite sure which the practical side of
this capability is, but it's still a pretty nifty feature.
The sample below has been executed under 360 watts of continuous tungsten light,
especially created to test the quality of the camera module.
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