If there is a style of mobile phone Nokia excels at, it’s the simple candybar. Welcome to the Nokia 6700. An evolution of the 6300, the Nokia 6700 combines a classic design with modern features and has retained the silver/black livery, whilst incorporating a metal keypad with a smooth metallic case for a sleek luxurious finish.

Crammed with a series of excellent main features, the 6700 has one or two surprises inside. On the sleek, uncluttered rear panel is the lens for a 5 megapixel camera complete with a powerful LED flash, autofocus and VGA video shooting capability, while along the side you’ll find the camera shortcut key and volume rocker. A microSD card slot is hidden underneath the battery so no hot-swapping, but does make for a cleaner look. The 6700 is a 3G device with HSDPA support and A2DP Bluetooth, plus Assisted GPS with Nokia Maps pre-installed on the included microSD card.

The phone uses S40 6th Edition so therefore you'll have an excellent music player, decent HTML browser, plus the familiar Nokia icons and layout. Using the phone is a pleasure - the keys are easy to press, despite being mounted on a single surface, and the soft keys falling to thumb comfortably. In the centre of the handset is the D-pad for navigation purposes, plus it houses an alert LED to signal a new SMS or missed call. Finally, just like on the top range Arte series handsets, a tap of the 6700 mutes an incoming call - very neat indeed!

The 6700 also boasts two features which will be working away without you noticing, but all the while improving your mobile experience. The first is CABC, Content Adaptive Brightness Control, which uses sensors for determining the amount of ambient light around you, then by checking to see what application you’re using, adjusting the screen brightness and contrast accordingly - for example a game would be brighter and more powerful than reading an SMS - putting less strain on the battery and improving its standby time. Nokia have also introduced UNC - Uplink Noise Cancellation - to improve even further the call quality on the 6700. It does this by monitoring two microphones, one for the voice and another for surrounding environmental sound, to create the clearest possible call.