Nokia N70 review: A compact 2005 N-series Symbian phone with 3G and a 2 MP camera.
An N-series founding device.
Nokia N70 was among the first phones to bear the N-series branding — a compact 3G Symbian smartphone with a Carl Zeiss camera and Java/Symbian apps. It defined a multimedia-phone template that the N-series would refine across the late 2000s.
01Display
46/10046/100 puts it above the 44-point average for mid-range phones of 2005.
02Camera
50/100At 50/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2005 — 8 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
38/10038/100 puts it above the 36-point average for mid-range phones of 2005.
04Battery
50/10050/100 trails the 55-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2005.
05Build
62/10062/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2005.
06Value
54/10054/100 trails the 57-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2005.
- One of the first N-series devices.
- 3G video calling support.
- 2 MP Carl Zeiss autofocus camera.
- Stereo speakers + Symbian S60.
- Small 2.1" screen.
- Only 32 MB RAM.
- Slow CPU.
- No 3.5 mm jack.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 4-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .