Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Nokia
Phone model
N79
Year of release
2008

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
110 mm (millimeters)
Body width
49 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
15 mm (millimeters)
Weight
97 g (grams)
Volume
80.85 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Replaceable panels
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • ARM 11
CPU clock speed
369 MHz (megahertz) place #170
Number of processor cores
1

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
128 MB (megabytes) place #30

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 50 MB (megabytes)
place #146

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
8 GB (gigabytes)
Hot swappable memory card

Operating system

Operating system
Symbian OS 9.3 (S60 3rd Edition)

Battery

Battery capacity
1200 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Battery charging time
2 h (hours)
Call duration in GSM networks
5 h 30 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time in GSM networks
372 h (hours)
Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks
3 h 18 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks
406 h (hours)
Duration of listening to music
29 h (hours)
Duration of video calls
2 h 18 min (hours, minutes)
Video recording duration
3 h 30 min (hours, minutes)
GPS navigation duration
5 h 54 min (hours, minutes)

Screen

Screen diagonal
2.4 in (inches) place #161
Screen resolution
320 x 240 pixels place #132
Pixel density
167 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
24 bit (16777216 colors)
Aspect ratio
1.333 (4:3)
Auto-rotate screen

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
5 Mp (megapixels)
  • carl zeiss optics
place #37
Maximum photo resolution
2584 x 1938 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Quad HD (2560 x 1440)
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
The presence of a flash
Flash type
Dual LED
Shooting settings
Autofocus
Red eye reduction
Viewfinder
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
640 x 480 pixels
Movie speed
30 fps (frames per second)
Digital video zoom
8 X
Movie settings

Front photo/video camera

Front camera megapixels
0.3 Mp (megapixels) place #37
Maximum photo resolution
730 x 411 pixels
Digital zoom
2 X
Front camera video

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Video calls
Autodial
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
3.5G (up to 42 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
UMTS support
UMTS frequencies
  • UMTS 900 MHz
  • UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • HSDPA (1.8 Mbit/s)
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)
  • HSCSD (14.6 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
2.0 + EDR
A2DP support
AVRCP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
Radio range
87.5 - 108 МГц
RDS support
DRM support
Built-in FM transmitter

Sensors and gauges

Accelerometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Images

Supported image formats
  • PNG (Portable Network Graphics, .png)
  • JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • BMP (Bitmap Picture, .bmp, .dib, .rle)
Installed image editor
Geo tags
DLNA support
MTP support

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MPEG-4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, .3gp)
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
  • WMV (Windows Media Video, .wmv)
Streaming video
  • mpeg4
  • avc/h.264
  • flash video
  • h.263/3gpp
Installed video editor
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • eAAC+ (HE-AAC v2 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma)
MP3 support
Max audio bitrate
320 kbit/s (kilobit per second)
Built-in stereo speakers
Streaming audio
Number of polyphony voices
64
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Standard keypad
Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Office document support
Email
  • smtp

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization over the mobile network

Software features

JAVA support
  • midp 2.1
Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP
  • xhtml
  • wml
  • http
Extra
  • quickpoint
Installed games
Installed games
  • Asphalt 3
  • Hooked On
  • Tetris
  • Snakes Subsonic
  • Sims 2: Pets
  • FIFA 08
  • Bounce

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level
1.17 W/kg (watts per kilogram)

Equipment

Equipment
  • user's guide
  • quick owner's manual
  • dvd