Garmin Asus Nuvifone G60 [Review]

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Garmin Asus Nuvifone G60 [Review]

Rohan Naravane, Dec 03, 2009 1443 hrs IST

Does a good job of navigation but fails to impress as a smartphone

Intuitive and well-designed user interface, decent navigation functionality, good touch screen response, car kit, 4GB storage

Low battery life, no video recording, no video playback, can't install third party apps, sunlight legibility not up to the mark, laggy while browsing heavy websites, expensive

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Design and Construction

Asus is probably not the best in terms of phone design. They've had quite a few square-looking phones in the past. The G60, unfortunately, is one of them. While the soft rubbery finish on most of its body makes it nice to hold, its pointy edges make it look like a brick. An elegant brick, mind you. The phone isn't really pocketable. The build quality is pretty good, which is typical of Asus phones. There are no call answer/end buttons on the phone.

Instead, the front face is almost entirely covered by a sufficiently large 3.5-inch touchscreen. It was a pleasant surprise to see a matte display on the phone in comparison to glossy ones that most phone makers have been opting for. It serves two advantages; it does not collect fingerprints as voraciously as glossy types and secondly, its smooth feel helps you use the interface better.

The display is fairly vibrant and looks quite charming. But the sunlight legibility is not as good. We were barely able to view content on it under bright sunlight. Despite being of resistive nature, the display offers a fairly good touch response. Typing on its QWERTY board in landscape mode is quite easy.

The large button at the top acts as an on/off switch and also activates the screen-lock. Next to it we have the 2.5mm headphone jack. It would have been ideal if they'd put in a standard 3.5mm jack in there.