Both displays are of transflective active matrix type. This means display works as a reflective display (backlight
off) in bright light conditions and as a transmissive display (backlight on) in low light conditions.
Camera
Nokia RM-42 has one integrated swing axis digital camera supporting still image and video capture. Same
camera is also used for video calls.
Nokia RM-42 camera characteristics are following:
Sensor type:
CMOS
Sensor Photo detectors:
2.0 million
F number/Aperture:
F2.88
Focal length:
f5.5mm (35mm film format equivalent f35mm)
Focus range:
10cm (macro mode) to infinity
Still image resolutions:
1600x1200, 800x600, 640x480
Still image file format:
EXIF (JPEG), *.jpg
Still image compression:
• Low: Q value 50 (typically 80-150kB image file)
• Basic: Q value 50 (typically 80-150kB image file)
• Normal: Q value 82 (default setting, 200-250kB)
• Fine: Q value 94 (approximately 300-700+ kB)
Video resolutions:
352x288 (CIF), 176x144, 128x96. All 15 frames per
second.
Video clip length:
30 seconds or free. Maximum clip length in free mode
is one hour.
Video file formats:
MPEG-4, .mp4 and 3GPP, *.3gp (mp4: 768kbpss, 3gp:
64kbps in short mode and 128kbps in maximum
mode)
Exposure:
Automatic and manual
White balance:
Automatic or adjustable
ISO:
250 - 2000 (Automatic)
Colours:
16.7 million / 24-bit
Capture modes:
Night mode, sequence mode, selftimer
Hardware characteristics
• · Dual mode WCDMA/GSM and triband GSM 900/1800/1900 (WCDMA 2100)
• · Codecs: Decoding: MP3, AAC, Real Audio, WAV, Nokia Ring Tones, AMR, AMR-WB, AMR-NB, AU, MIDI, H.263,
JPEG, JPEG2000, EXIF 2.2, GIF 87/89, PNG, BMP (W-BMP), MBM, MPEG-4 Encoding: AMR, AMR-NB, AAC, H.263, JPEG,
EXIF 2.2, MPEG-4
• · Main display: 2.1” (34x41mm) up to 262,144 colours TFT Active matrix display, 352x416 pixels
• · Cover display:27.7x27.7mm up to 65,536 colours TFT Active matrix display,128x128pixels
• · Keymat: ITU-T keymat, plastic keys and metal domes
• · Antenna: Internal
• · Ringing vol.: 105 dB from 5cm distance
• · Charging: 2mm jack, or via Pop-Port
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