Nokia N76 has a wonderfully slim looking elite Nokia N-series phone attracts a large crowd. Nokia N76 is a highly music centric phone which features a smart music player, 3.5mm headset jack to go along with the FM radio facility.Its sound quality is best amoung its siblings.It is powered by symbian based operating system, version 9.2 which supports 3rd edition user interface .

Though Nokia N76 supports wide band CDMA, UMTS protocol and GSM, N76 does not support 3G services which goes down as a demerit.To go along with its slim sleek design Nokia N76 has 2megapixel camera which has diode flash to facilitate easy dark ambient photography. The camera controls provides a lot of self editing and self customizing options.

Nokia N76 is 4.1 inchesx 2inchesx0.5 inches in height, weight and thickness respectively. It weighs 4 ounces and these dimensions make the phone an easy fit into pant pockets. It is usually marketed having a red body, however it is at times black.Nokia N76′s looks are further accentuated by its two wonderful displays. The external screen is 1.3inches in size, has a resolution of 160×128-pixels ,moreover images produced is a good mix of round about 262,000 colors.This N76 display does have indicators for signal strength, battery life, time, caller ID and acts as a view finder for the camera.Furthermore this screen showcases a mirrored look when in inactive state which gives a sparkling silvery look to the phone. The phone has received negative comments for not having a groove to open it easily full length. However when opened we get to see the wonderful internal display which is 2.4 inches in size produces imagery with a good mix of 16 million colors and has a resolution of 320×240-pixels.The display is fairly sharp for reading messages, browsing and doing other chores. The screen can be self customized with wallpapers, themes and font adjustment by the user.

Just below the front screen lies a music controller having requisite controllers for music lovers. The flap below has the alphanumeric keypad where in keys are widely spanned out. Menu and multimedia shortcut key, edit and clear button, navigation toggle, call talk and end options, OK button also accompany the alphanumeric keypad.

The phone memory is small with 26MB ,which can be extended by microSD expansion slot provided on the left hand side body up to 2GB.Nokia N76 also has the power connector, camera activation key ,volume controller and video mode switch. The top end of the phone bears the power button, headphone jack and mini USB port. Accessories provided in the phone are an USB cable, AC adapter, wired stereo headset, user guide and a 256MB microSD card.

Overall the phone is responsive and not sluggish while switching options. The call reception quality is good. It provides a battery backup of 2.75 hours talk time and 8.5 days battery standby time. However the Nokia N76 does have some demerits for instance it does not have Wi-Fi or HSDPA , has poor camera image quality and its Bluetooth does not support A2DP profile. The phone bears a lot of finger prints on its metallic finish, however its sleek look and good multimedia facilities goes down as strong merits.