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  Nokia 5140

  Gagan Gupta, Aug 04, 2004 0000 hrs IST

  The 5140 seems to have what it takes to be a perfect outdoor phone.

  Great durable body, Useful integrated tools, VGA camera

  4096-color display, Slow menu

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Nokia's latest in the rugged rubber-bodied series, the 5140 has a lot of innovations up its sleeve, enough to give the series yet another fresh look. With some added functionalities that were long overdue the 5140 seems to have what it takes to be a perfect outdoor phone.

Out of the box
The phone once again sports a durable rubber exterior that keeps it safe from water as well as physical damage. Sized at 106.5 x 46.8 x 23.8 mm and weighing about 100.8g, it may not be the lightest (or the smallest) Series 40 phone to carry around, but for the excellent hard-grip rubber body, that's a very small price to pay.

The keypad has tremendously improved over the previous models. While the Nokia 5100 was downright painful for typing SMS messages, this one has a soft jelly-like keypad that greatly improves the typing speed and response of the phone. The display size remains the same though; the 27.3 x 27.3 mm screen is capable of supporting only 4096 colors in 128 x 128 pixels.

The Nokia 5140 is the first in its series to have an inbuilt VGA (640 x 480 pixels) camera, located at the back of the phone and protected by a scratch resistant lens.

Overall the phone looks sporty, which kind of shows that the owner is a very 'outdoors' kind of a person.

Features
The biggest selling point of the phone is the nature-proof exterior. All the important exposed parts of the phone are protected with a rubber lining that makes sure the phone stays safe under any condition. We tried a number of things to test the durability of the exterior. In fact, we came up with a great new table-bouncing phone game with it. Just as Nokia claims, the body took all the shock without any damage to the internal parts. The rubber exterior not only takes the damage, but will also protect your phone from dust and water, which makes it the ideal phone to have during monsoons. Though Nokia would never recommend it, the phone is water-resistant to the extent that we dipped it inside a bucket of water and were using some applications in it successfully. Mind you, Nokia would never recommend you to try these tests on your phone. We performed them just to determine the phone's durability.

The VGA camera is as easy as ever in this model. You can take pictures in standard, portrait and night modes. You can also set it up for taking up to 5 sequential shots. It also has video recording capabilities along with a built-in video player.





Among the new features is a digital compass that works extremely well. You can calibrate the compass using the bubble level on the top and from then on you'll get accurate digital as well as analog readings.

This is an extremely useful feature to have if you're into trekking or planning to go to a place beyond the reach of technology. Even if you're not getting any network where you're going you can always use the phone for its additional 'outdoor' features.

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