Nokia 6600 Slide Review
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Presented with the new design and features, Nokia 6600 slide is hoped can grasp a mid-end markets and bring the users a better experience than its old sister, Nokia 6600.
- Type: Nokia 6600 Slide
- Release Date: 02 Sep 2008
- Price Purchased: 50.00 Euro
- Manufacturer: Nokia
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Phone Specs: 240 x 320 pixels, TFT, 16M colors, Bluetooth, 3.15 MP camera, LED flash, Accelerometer sensors, 18 MB internal, MIDP version of 2.0, See Full specs.
- Pros
- Great slider keypad | 3.15 MP camera | Accelerometer sensors for turn-to-mute and tap-for-time | Strong D-Pad
- Cons
- No Symbian OS | Battery life could be better | No external memory included
- Bottomline
- Bottom line, although it doesn’t support Symbian OS just like other Nokia's cell phones, Nokia 6600 Slide is still better than the predecessor.
Nokia 6600 Slide Review - Design
Designed with the whole now look and new menu interface, Nokia is trying to resemble the design of Nokia 6600 Slide with the classic version but without the keypad area on the front side. This will surely give another huge area on the screen size to improve. It shows how Nokia really wants to capture new trend that currently evolves around the markets, the bigger screen you have on your phone, the better.
Phone Specification
From 176 X 208 old screen resolution, now Nokia 6600 Slide will feature TFT 16M color screen with the support of 240 x 320 pixel screen resolution. You would be wrong if you thought that its big screen was a touch screen. Nokia 6600 Slide is not a touchsreen phone.
Equipped with both 3G and 2G network in its operator system, this phone connectivity is improved well than the classic one. Its 3G network will allow users to get and share internet data with the help of GPRS class 32.
This phone is fully featured with standard Bluetooth, v2.0 microUSB and USB On-the-go support. Browsing internet can be done conveniently with the support of built in browser that is capable of handling WAP 2.0/xHTML, and also a built in Opera mini 4.
Camera
If your favorite thing to do with your cell phone is capturing moments with photos, then you will feel relieved to know that this phone is also ported with 2 cameras on the back side and front side as well. Nokia 6600 Slide has 3.15 MP camera, which is really good and the standard for any mid-end phone, and also, its camera will be able to capture photo and present it beautifully in 2048x1536 pixels screen resolution.
Its camera also has the autofocus and LED flash functionality. While, the front side camera will be useful when doing Photo call.
Interface and Functionality
The other thing that makes Nokia 6600 Slide awesome is the Accelerometer sensor for turn-to-mute and tap-for-time, which is great when you are in meeting or studying at college that usually requires people to turn off the phone.
Vibration, Downloadable polyphonic and MP3 ringtones will also be featured in this phone, while they are quite standard for these days cell phone.
Nokia 6600 Slide Review - Internal and External Memory
And this is the most important thing, the capacity or data storage in this phone. This phone has 18 MB internal memory and the availability to add more up to 4 GB external memory, which is not included when you buy Nokia 6600 Slide at any phone shop in a new condition.
Nokia 6600 Slide Review - Multimedia and Entertainment
Some standard multimedia and entertainment features have also been deployed to this phone, such as: Stereo FM radio with RDS, MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player, Nokia Maps, and Games. For the last part, gaming aspect, Java MIDP version of 2.0 is the standard of nowadays cell phones.
So if you are really into gaming stuff with mobile phone, it is good to know that this phone will allow you to play any java games that has bigger screen.
Battery Life
Okay, now is the last aspect of this phone that should get scrutiny from the users, the battery life aspect. It has been well known amongst the public for several years that Nokia has always been not really great when producing battery for its products. Its battery deprecates pretty faster if it is charged often without a cautious.
So you should really know about this if one day, you decide to buy one of Nokia’s phones. Anyway, Nokia 6600 Slide standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh will last up to 340 hours in Stand-by mode and, up to 4 hours in talk time based on reliable source.
Conclusion
Based on this Nokia 6600 Slide review and opinions, although its screen doesn’t support touch screen capability, Nokia 6600 Slide is still an awesome phone. The most powerful features from this phone that get people's attention are around the 3G network connectivity, Flash LED on the back camera, bright screen interface and crystal picture, the support of Opera Mini 4 browser, and the Maps.
Nokia 6600 slide is sold on special price for £40.00, so you should check it out.
