The phone feels lighter than you might expect for a 4-inch smartphone, and while we like the matte backing, the glossy front has just as much of an affinity for fingerprints and smudges as we've (unfortunately) come to expect.

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The red finish on our limited edition model -- the first, and for the time being only, type available at launch February 12 -- combines with the all glossy front panel to give this model a more sophisticated look, and the slight taper along the sides brings not only a welcome slimming effect, but makes it more comfortable to handle in portrait mode.

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Style is the hallmark of the YHT-697BL, as evidenced by its two glossy black curvilinear front channel towers and three compact, wall-mountable surround and center channel speakers.

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They would see their faces on the front of glossy business magazines, and get to be called visionaries.

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We do appreciate the relatively narrow bezel, though the backside and front face have a few too many glossy bits.

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The deal also includes the website The Daily Front Row and The Daily Chic Report, a glossy biweekly supplement that runs in Tribune Co. free commuter newspaper amNY.

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It's very glossy, so it'll pick up fingerprints just as well as the glass up front (yay).

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Problems included a penchant for picking up dirt and fingerprints (the price you pay for a beautiful glossy face, we suppose), a cramped nav key layout with the tricky touch-sensitive Navi Wheel front and center, audio performance that wasn't bad but was expected to be far better in light of the dedicated DSP, and a "shovel"-like feel in the hand, a symptom of the phone's generous dimensions.

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