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69 reviews
Jul, 2025
alaTest has collected and analyzed 69 reviews of Nokia 6790 Surge. The average rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones for all reviews. Reviews about the portability and GPS navigation are on the whole positive. The performance and durability are also mentioned favorably, but some have doubts about the camera and reliability. There are mixed views on the screen and battery.
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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Nokia 6790 Surge is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.
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alaTest has collected and analyzed 12 user reviews of Nokia 6790 Surge from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.3/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other Cell phones on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the screen and sound. The price and portability are also appreciated. Some have doubts about the camera and reliability. There are some mixed reviews about the performance.
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75% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
Expert review by : Stuart Miles (pocket-lint.com)
The smartphone market might be dominated by phones from Apple, HTC and BlackBerry, but there are some users, mainly teenagers, who can't afford high monthly phone bills. What happens then? The Nokia 6790 or Surge to use its American name is a QWERTY...
QWERTY keyboard, Flash video support
Plastic, too many buttons, S60 looks staid
As an entry-level phone the S60 sporting Nokia Surge is best described as a mini mini N97 with some of the features stripped out.
Expert review by : Stewart Wolpin (digitaltrends.com)
Sadly, for many, it's ergonomic awkwardness will easily overwhelm the Surge's many other multimedia positives.
Expert review by : Ginny Mies (pcworld.com)
Very slim and lightweight ; Excellent call quality
No separate numeric keypad ; Poor tactile feedback from shortcut keys
The Nokia Surge is surprisingly feature-packed for its price, but the design has more than a few flaws.
Expert review by : Bonnie Cha (cnet.com)
The Nokia 6790 Surge for AT&T is a bit of a departure for the Finnish handset manufacturer. You wouldn't know it just by looking at it, but the little guy is actually a smartphone like the Nokia N and E series devices. It runs on the Symbian S60...
The Nokia Surge packs in a lot of features--a full HTML browser with Flash Lite support, 3G support, GPS--for an affordable price. The smartphone also provides access to social networking sites.
The phone has a number of design quirks and doesn't have the best build quality. You can't dial numbers without opening the keyboard.
The Nokia Surge offers AT&T's younger customers an affordable, feature-rich smartphone, but it has a number of design and interface issues.
Expert review by : Jamie Lendino (pcmag.com)
The Nokia Surge offers texting fiends an inexpensive way to get a real smartphone, but it sits uncomfortably between texting devices and smartphones.
Great reception. Good music and video playback. Built-in document editing and Exchange support. Powerful Web browser.
Awful camera. Difficult-to-use keyboard. Have to open the handset sideways to dial numbers. Requires expensive smartphone data plan.
Expert review by : Bonnie Cha (cnet.com.au)
Nokia Surge 6790 (AT&T)
The Nokia Surge packs in a lot of features--a full HTML browser with Flash Lite support, 3G support, GPS--for an affordable price. The smartphone also provides access to social networking sites.
The phone has a number of design quirks and doesn't have the best build quality. You can't dial numbers without opening the keyboard.
The Nokia Surge offers AT&T's younger customers an affordable, feature-rich smartphone, but it has a number of design and interface issues.
Expert review by : PhoneArena Team (phonearena.com)
Rarely we come across a decent Nokia device sneaking its way onto AT&T's lineup that turns heads. For the longest of times, they've been offering basic flip handsets that really doesn't do justice to the world's number one phone maker. Fortunately...
Expert review by : Joni Blecher (letstalk.com)
At first glance with it's slide-out keyboard and black plastic casing, you might think the Nokia Surge is intended to be a high-end messaging phone and perhaps that was the case. However, this Nokia is a smartphone and includes all the features...
Expert review by : cellphones.ca (cellphones.ca)
The prolific cell phone manufacturer Nokia produces such a high volume of models that surely one will fit your needs. The Nokia 6790 Surge, however, while a competent phone, may not be the best choice. The reason I say it may not be your best choice is...
Expert review by : Bright Hub (brighthub.com)
Nokia Surge makes an excellent messaging phone, with an astonishing hardware QWERTY keyboard. This article reviews the phone in detail, examining the design, user interface and all the various features in depth.
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