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Straight Talk has three Nokia smart phones to offer to their current and potential consumers and all cost the same. They are all available for $199.99, which is a fair price considering that they are feature rich but also are part of carrier who requires no annual contract, no credit check and offer one of the most affordable unlimited plans for unlimited talk, text and data for just $45. In case that you were choosing between Nokia E5 and Nokia 6790 (click to read about the amazing Nokia 6790 deals going on right now — you can have this phone for only $49) and were unsure about which was the better device for you, this comparison might help you.
Nokia E5 is the latest Straight Talk smartphone while Nokia 6790 has been around for almost a year now. The latest phone for any carrier usually means that the carrier offers the best phone to that point or at least unique in some way. That is the case with E5 too. It is not unique but certainly is the best-featured phone.
Both phones are attractive looking but quite different types. E5 is monoblock made of plastic but still sophisticated while 6790 is a horizontal slider with more compact build, which some users might prefer. Nokia E5 is larger but thinner phone while 6790 has slightly larger display (2.4? over 2.36?), with more colors. The Nokia 6790 has 16M colors over E5’s 256K. Besides being a great and functional smartphones, they make great messaging phones as well. Both devices feature spacious full QWERTY keyboards that are very easy to type with and make messaging a breeze.
By the way, both smart phones are capable of supporting multiple email accounts as Gmail, Yahoo, Aol as well as Exchange server and more. Also, there is MMS messaging, instant messaging as well as access to popular social networking sites as Facebook and Twitter. However, the big advantage for Nokia E5 comes in its ability to do some real time chatting through Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi Chat.
Being a Nokia device opens a possibility of downloading more apps, games and other stuff through the Nokia Ovi app store. Both phones are also capable of free voice-guide navigation while E5 has built-in Assisted-GPS receiver, which locates your exact position.
The major difference comes in camera resolution. Nokia E5 has 5.0 megapixel camera while 6790 has 2.0 megapixel camera. Both are capable of video recording. Also, E5 has more memory capacity. The memory can be expanded up to 32GB oppose to 6790 that can hold only 8GB. Both phones are 3g capable, has full HTML browsers and run on Symbian operating system with the difference in E5 running on S60 Rel. 3.2 and 6790 on V9.3, Series 60 Rel. 3.2 edition. Bluetooth is available with both devices as well as WiFi.
As shown here, Nokia E5 is definitely better phone feature wise but 6790 also can be inviting to some of you due to its individuality.
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