Preliminary evaluation of Nokia 6788i, the world's first MM-Ovi machine.

IT 168 evaluation 2010 On March 23rd, Nokia and China Mobile released the first co-branded mobile phone application store in China-MM-Ovi Store. MM-Ovi is the product of the combination of China Mobile MM Store and Nokia Ovi Store. It is not only a new expansion attempt in the field of mobile Internet applications, but also a customized service based on the needs of domestic users. At the press conference, Nokia also exhibited the world's first mobile phone with a built-in MM-Ovi store-6788i.

MM-Ovi Store and Nokia 6788i Conference

As can be seen from the model, the 6788i is based on the upgraded version of Nokia's first TD mobile phone 6788, but the built-in MM-Ovi store can still arouse our great interest. After all, this is a powerful counterattack made by Nokia in China to counter the global expansion of Apple App Store, and it is indeed unprecedented for mobile phone giants to join hands with operators in this way.

After a month, this important weapon shouldering the heavy responsibility of defending the mobile application market of mobile phone giant Nokia will go to the market. Can it live up to expectations and create its own application sky for Nokia in the new mode? Please follow the author to learn more about its performance in all aspects:

Nokia 6788i

Friends who have seen Nokia 6788 will be familiar with it. Indeed, compared with its predecessor 6788, the 6788i has not improved much in appearance except for its functions, and it is still a straight slide design with large screen. Still configured is a16 million color 2.8-inch QVGA(240x320 pixels) resolution display.

Nokia 6788i

The fuselage size is105.6x54.9x18.0mm and the weight is 158g. It is about the same size as N86 in hand, but the material is not as exquisite as N86. In terms of color, in order to please female users, the government added a white version to the original black and brown version of 6788, providing users with a wider choice.

Key parts of Nokia 6788i

The keys are slightly changed on the basis of 6788, but they are still traditional navigation keys, left and right soft keys, main menu keys and C delete keys. The sliding keyboard part still uses three isolated keys. Although the three dividing lines look cool, the actual operation is not good, especially for male users, the small key surface can not be pressed accurately, which will have a greater impact on people who like to send text messages.

Mobile phone and front camera

At the top of the screen, there is an earpiece and a front camera. As Nokia 6788i is a 3G mobile phone supporting China Mobile's TD-SCDMA 3G network, users can make video calls with their friends through it (provided that the other party has the same network and hardware conditions). It is more convenient for users who like to use 3G video call for remote communication.

The huge lens protection cover on the back of the fuselage

The back of Nokia 6788i is not much different from its predecessor 6788. It is also an integrated back cover, equipped with a huge lens protection cover and a small speaker. The middle parts are the LOGO of Nokia and China Mobile respectively.

5 megapixel carl zeiss certified lens

Open the huge lens cover, users can turn on the camera function at the same time, and they can also see the camera hardware of 6788i, which is equipped with double LED flash, which can achieve better fill light in the poor light environment, thus obtaining brighter photos.

Left side of fuselage

Top of fuselage

At the top of the fuselage, we see that a small hole charging interface and a 3.5mm earphone interface are also set on both sides of the central power button. Like the 5800XM, the charging task of the 6788i can only be completed by the small hole charging interface, and the microUSB interface can only be used for data transmission and cannot be directly connected to the computer USB for charging. This BUG, which often appears on many Nokia models, is really unreasonable now. After all, almost all microUSB interfaces have both data transmission and charging purposes, and small hole charging will eventually be gradually eliminated. 3.5mm headphone jack still makes us very happy, which allows us to enjoy music freely with headphones.

Bottom of fuselage

Right side of fuselage

Integrated back cover

The SIM card slot is located in the upper part of the battery compartment, and the SIM card can only be inserted and removed after the battery is taken out. The microSD card slot does not interfere with the battery compartment, and can be plugged in and out directly, but the back cover must be opened first. Although the Nokia 6788i has built-in 4GB flash memory, it can still support 8GB memory card expansion, which is quite enough.

1200mAh lithium battery

The battery is equipped with 1200mAh lithium battery, which is quite kind for a non-large screen mobile phone. However, due to the current domestic 3G network coverage is not perfect, the standby power consumption under 3G network is large, so users should be reminded that it is best to switch to 2G network standby when it is unnecessary, and then switch networks when there is 3G application demand.

In the setting options of network mode, you can manually adjust automatic dual mode, TD-SCDMA or GSM. Using dual-mode or TD-SCDMA will cause a lot of searching effects and consume more power, while GSM mode is the most energy-saving. It is recommended to use this network for standby and voice calls. It is acceptable to talk for 30 minutes every day, use 3G for 30 minutes, and stand by for 2 days while taking 10 photos.

In terms of system, Nokia 6788i still uses the relatively old Saipan S60 3rd Edition system, which is said to be outdated, mainly because many popular Nokia models have adopted S60 5th Edition touch system. However, due to the positioning of 6788, the design of the sliding cover can only match the S60 third edition system. The interface is also the familiar basic operation interface of S60, but due to deep customization, many China mobile elements are added, including the desktop background.

In the application, we can see that Nokia 6788 has built-in music walkman, game community, news and weather, Fetion and mobile video.

, 139 mailbox and a series of China mobile value-added services, which are also very common in the past mobile customized core machines.

In the standby main interface, users can customize the style of the navigation bar (horizontal or vertical), and at the same time, they can freely set various elements in the shortcut navigation bar for personal daily use.

We can switch between multiple applications through the background system, but it's not as convenient as the touch system of S60 5th edition to close the running unnecessary programs. USB connection mode can support many modes, including PC suite, mass storage, image transmission and multimedia transmission.

Perfect support for HSDPA 3.5G network.

In the actual test, we found that Nokia 6788i, like 6788, can already support China Mobile's 3.5G HSDPA network standard, and get a higher-speed network experience than TD-SCDMA 3G network, thus achieving the effect of surfing the Internet anytime and anywhere. However, the smaller screen online experience is still limited. In addition, like 6788, 6788i still doesn't support WLAN, and users still can't use wifi for free high-speed network connection. Some regrets.

Work together to create a new model of MM-Ovi.

We have introduced it at the beginning of this article. The biggest feature of this 6788i is that it is the world's first mobile phone with a built-in MM-Ovi store! Let's continue to look at the products created by the world's first mobile phone manufacturer and the world's largest mobile operator. From the navigation of MM-ovi's first screen, it can be seen that this is indeed a joint effort of the two companies, because the three icons at the top of the screen are the navigation icons of Nokia ovi (ovi recommendation, ovi application and Ovi entertainment), while the nine icons at the bottom are the classified navigation of China Mobile MM store. The division of labor is quite clear.

Nokia Ovi experience

The navigation classification of Nokia Ovi Store is relatively simple, including recommendation, application and game. At present, the available resources are relatively not very rich, but free projects still occupy a high proportion, and users can search for some programs they need to use. Through TD-SCDMA 3G network or HSDPA 3.5G network, these small applications will be downloaded in a few seconds. However, if you want to use Nokia Ovi service, you must first register an account to log in. If users want to use these paid applications, they just need to download them directly, and the required fees will be collected by mobile phones in the form of mobile phone bills. It's really convenient to register a credit card first, like using the Apple APP Store. This is also a more acceptable payment method for local users. After all, the credit card usage rate in China is not very high. The data traffic generated by downloading the program will not be charged, and the user only needs to pay the software fee.

Mobile MM store experience

Compared with Nokia Ovi's oversimplified classification, the classification of mobile MM is much more detailed, and it is further subdivided under each major classification, still reflecting a strong localization color. There are also many free applications here, but there are also a few that are charged.

MM Store provides music download or online audition service. It is worth mentioning that the online music listening service here is the same as downloading applications, and there is no traffic charge, so you can listen if you want. However, in order to make money, the government has thought of some ways. If users want to use these beautiful music as ringtones or ringtones, they need to pay a certain fee. Remind everyone to use it carefully.

At present, the application of e-books has become very popular, and MM Bookstore also has a variety of e-books, which users can choose according to their own preferences. Need to be reminded that most of the books here are read for free in the former part and paid for in the latter part.

It has the functions of purchasing record management, friend recommendation, sharing evaluation and so on.

"MM-Ovi Store Comments: For this new model of application store jointly created by the two giants, it can be said that it is very beneficial to the development of both companies. This not only meets the goal of China Mobile to quickly promote the application store and make a profit, but also helps Nokia Ovi solve the problem of software payment in the local market in China. It can be said that it is a win-win model, and it does bring real convenience to users.

Because the official has not given the processor parameters used by the 6788i, we can only measure them by software. Judging from the test results of JBenchmark ACE, it seems that the main frequency of 267 MHz is not the 43MHz or 600Mhz processors of several Nokia high-end models that we are familiar with, but slightly behind. Memory 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM are satisfactory.

Test results of JBenchmark/JBenchmark2

Test results of JBenchmark 3D/JBenchmarkHD

Comparing the test results of JBenchmark series, we can rest assured that this result is still above average. In addition, we are satisfied with the fluency of the system in use, and most applications are fine. As long as it is not too big for computing applications, there should be no problem.

In terms of taking photos, although Nokia 6788i is equipped with a 5-megapixel carl zeiss witness lens, its camera function still follows the low-key style of Nokia products, and there are not many fancy functions, only traditional scene mode, flash and other simple settings to eliminate red eyes. Everything will be told in the evidence:

Indoor proofs (click to enlarge)

Indoor proofs (click to enlarge)

Macro mode of indoor proofs (click to enlarge)

As time is tight, we can only take some indoor samples first. From the effect point of view, the carl zeiss-certified lens on 6788i seems to be not good enough, and the overall transparency of the picture is not high, but fortunately, the color reproduction is still relatively accurate.

Outdoor proofs (click to enlarge)

Outdoor proofs (click to enlarge)

Macro mode of outdoor proofs (click to enlarge)

Macro mode of outdoor proofs (click to enlarge)

In the case of sufficient outdoor light, we can see that Nokia 6788i still shows quite good picture expression, which shows the strength of carl zeiss certification. Whether it is the overall exposure control of the picture or the restoration of various colors, it is done in place, which reflects a good picture texture and makes people look comfortable and delicate. It can well meet the daily image recording needs of users.

Nokia 6788i

Evaluation summary: Known as the world's first TD-SCDMA mobile phone with built-in MM-Ovi store, Nokia 6788i has little change in appearance compared with its predecessor 6788, but today, with the increasingly important application development, the addition of MM-Ovi has obviously greatly improved its competitiveness. From the actual effect, the cooperation between Nokia and China Mobile can also be said to be quite perfect. The two sides have initially achieved the expected results, laying a good foundation for the future development of both sides. From the user's point of view, there are not only convenient application download channels, more available programs, but also more convenient payment methods (phone bill withholding), and the experience has been greatly improved. Unfortunately, the 6788i still does not support WLAN wireless network connection and microUSB charging.

Advantages: Support domestic 3G standards TD-SCDMA and HSDPA.

High-speed web browsing and video calling experience.

5 megapixel autofocus lens

3.5mm universal earphone interface

MM-Ovi Software Store Easy Download Easy Payment

Disadvantages: QVGA screen display effect is not good.

MicroUSB interface cannot be directly connected to USB for charging.

Lack of wireless local area network (wifi) function