Nokia 7705: a phone with a new twist

The Gadget Show  Friday 11 September 2009

You spin me right round, baby, right round...

Bored of having the same (i)phone as everyone else? With Nokia’s new 7705 Twist you’ll almost certainly standout from the crowd.

It ditches the traditional rectangular shape in favour of a rounded square, and then throws in a spin out keyboard for good measure. Unique is certainly one word to describe it.

It would appear that most of its beauty is on the outside, as it’s pretty skimpy when it comes to specs. The camera only stretches to a mere 3MP, for instance, but it does come with social networking features burnt in.

It also includes an enormous ‘Contact Light Ring’ which takes up the best part of the bottom right hand corner. This will flash different colours depending on who’s calling – useful if the granularity of caller display is too much to bear.

Only US availability has been announced so far, but that doesn’t mean it won’t make its way to these shore further down the line.