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Summary: Nokia 6610
Review: The phone was very good except it is "locked" phone and you have to pay fee if you bring it oversea. Unlike sony ericsson it is unlock and you can bring it anywhere on earth. Just purchase the sim card and you are ready to go. Overall, this phone is good but if you plan to travel oversea then I don't suggest you to buy any Nokia phones at all since most of them are locked phone and you have to pay to unlock which is sucked.
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Summary: Very satisfied with this phone
Review: I'm going to keep this short.I've enjoyed this phone. The speakerphone is very good. It's pretty loud. Listening through the earpiece (i.e. - using the phone as normal) can be a little low in volume. Depends on how loud your surroundings are, but I usually don't have a hard time hearing. The weight of the phone is nice and light and the size is small. Reception is great. The menu layout is classic Nokia, which makes it very easy. The standby time of the batter never lasts as long as the instructions will say it does. The supposed standby time for this battery and phone is 12 days. It will maybe last 6 days. Kind of hard to monitor that, though, because you always wind up talking on your phone some time in those days. Still doesn't seem to last as long as they say, though. Everything else is good. Like the external volume control. Don't like that T-Mobile has locked down some of the menu options, though, and don't want to have the software upgraded. Still allows me to use it the way I'd like to, for the most part. Infrared is a joke. I use bluetooth with my 3650. Wish this phone has bluetooth as well. I really enjoy the easy access calendar as well. Very helpful. Overall I'm very satisfied with this phone.
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Summary: This is a HIGH-END phone!
Review: The phone is awesome! It is small, durable, easy to use, and full of features. It has excellent battery life and it charges quickly. Now let me talk about the features:
- INFRARED PORT
I bought an IRDA port for my computer for about $20 to connect my phone with the computer. Through this connection I synchronize with MS Outlook to transfer contacts and calendar entries. I also transfer image files for the display backgrounds, midi ringtones, and Java applications and games.
- MIDI RINGTONES
The phone comes with all of the necessary software to convort/compose midi files for ringtones (Software could also be downloaded from Nokia's website). This ways I can convert regular midi files and transfer them to my phone for ringtones without having to pay my provider for it.
- JAVA SUPPORT
There are so many little applications and utilities and a lot of games available on the internet, which can be installed on your phone. You can turn your phone into a little PDA. Performance and storage are very good. Also the phone comes with a couple of applications and games. If you are a programmer you can write your own software for your phone.
- RADIO
You can listen to mono FM radio with the supplied handsfree device or get the optional stereo headphones, which have a digital camera on them.
- MULTI-BAND GSM
You can use this bad boy on any GSM network in the world!
- INTERNET ACCESS
This really depends on what your provider and your plan, but it is available.
Overall this phone is not for people, who are simply looking for a phone and don't plan on using all the extra features. But if you plan on using them it is a great phone!
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Summary: It has served me well...
Review: I've owned the 6610 for over a year and three months now; got it for free on Amazon. The one suggestion I have is that if you experience any problems with your 6610 at all, call T-Mobile Customer Service BEFORE your contract expires. They will replace your phone for FREE.
I love how small this phone is... it's become a part of my life. It fits perfectly in that small right jean pocket, which is a huge plus (i've never had a use for that pocket before).
Sound clarity has never been great - a small phone = a small antenna - but now it's starting to drop calls after several minutes into a call, probably because I've dropped it so many times. Features are mostly outdated by the latest gizmos and gadgets, but if used simply as a cell phone, this is definitely a phone you can live with.
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Summary: About the service...
Review: Excellent phone...I love it so far after 1+ years. Yesterday, I happened to call 911 and got the message "your call cannot be completed as dialed". It took several tries before I actually got through. Now, luckily I was not in a life or death situation...but this certainly is not acceptable. I gave this the lowest rating so people would notice it.
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Summary: 5 stars
Review: Ir port, bluetooth, speakerphone,compact & one of the best batt. life I have yet too see
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Summary: There are other better free cell phones out there.
Review: I will keep this simple.
The good thing about this phone:
1) Compact size. You wouldn't have any problem putting this inside your jean pocket. It won't get in the way when you sit down. It will fit most vehicle cell phone holder.
2) Long battery life for both standby and talking time. You can let it standby for a whole week without charging. The battery charge up fast too.
3) Simple navagation. The navagation is pretty straight forward. (I never like the way how Siemens and SonyEricsson cell phone navagate.)
4) Ringer and receiver is loud enough. Ringer and vibration alert start together when calls come in. (In some other phone like Sumsung, when calls come in, it usually vibrate first then ring and then vibrate again, but not both togther. Some phones even doesn't allow both to be turn on together, it's either vibrate or ring)
5) Quite durable in a way. I dropped the phone a few times on hard concrete floor and it still working. BUT, everytime it drops and hit the ground, it will break lose into a few pieces. The front shell, back plate, battery, and the core will seperate every time it drops. It usually won't hurt the phone but you have to put it back yourself everytime.
6) Keypad layout is clear and simple. Easy to recognize and remember.
7) As in all Nokia phones, this also have a fast and simple user profile choosing features. You can preset several differnt profiles so that you can switch it fast in differnt ocassion. Like setting vibration call alert only for meeting or special ocassion. Or extremely loud ringer alert for home usage.
And here comes problem for this phone:
1) The color screen is useless under the Sun. You have to actually cover it or go to darker place to be able to see the screen clearly.
2) The operating systems (OS) and the keypad response is way too slow. This tend to be a problem for all Nokia phone ever since they start making all the phone with color LSD screen. The OS and keypad respond in Nokia phone used to be fast and responsive when all their phones were still using black and white LCD screen. A lot of times it either delay a couple seconds after you press a key or simply not responding at all. The screen refresh rate is also too slow. Using this phone while driving is extremely dangerous because of the slow respond time.
3) The phone comes with many built-in applications, however also because of the slow OS, it takes forever to load those applications. That's why I don't bother to use them at all.
4) The infrad port function for this phone is very limited. It's good for transfering simple data like phones, contacts, names, address with other phones or with a PC. But if you try to download ring-tone or photo to the phone from PC, forget it! Nokia seem to have some sort of blocker or protector setup in the infrad port. Seems like they want you to buy the factory data transfer cable if you want to do that sort of thing.
All in all this is not a fancy phone so don't expect it to do much other than simply call making and reciving.
I would not recommend this phone to anybody.
Cause if you want a simple cell phone just for calling and reciving phone calls, go get those 3000 series Nokia phones that doesn't have color LCD or internet function. Those will fit you better with the faster respond OS.
And if you want a fancy phone, this is certainly not what you should look for at all. Go get yourself a Samsung cell phone.
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Summary: Superb!
Review: After 9 months of usage I can say:
Pluses:
- relatively small, durable phone, proven Nokia menus - super easy to learn; simple , clean slick design with no silly antenas, customizable faceplates and keypads.
- comparing to my friends Samsungs - battery life is outstanding!
light talk; 5-7 days
heavy talk; 3 days between charges
- good signal everywhere in NYC on T-Mobile
- excellent speakerphone
- FM radio , you have to use headpiece for it to work.
- infra port, and ability to do all of sorts of PC synchs with computer (although useless for me since I'm a Mac user - Nokia PC Suite is for windows only - yet I figured out to download pictures and ring-tones from my server thru WAP, but no luck with games and java apps)
- single button access to net - just press '0' for a sec. - no 'double confirm' navigating like others complained - just press the green 'call' button, instead of 'menu' one!
- cheap; got it for free with Amazon
Minuses:
- the screen backlight goes out too quickly - there's no way to adjust it.
- (...)) from T-Mobile lock this phone, even though its 3-band GSM phone I couldn't use it in Europe on generic SIM cards.
- Nokia supplied headpiece has a tiny button on it that cancels the convo, so by adjusting the head piece I found myself ending the call quite often (the only time I experienced dropped calls -;)
- only 4-chord polyphonic ringtones - no fancy music-like songs to d/load
- locking and unlocking keypad is annoying to me - I think I'm a clamshell phone person
Overall, imo, this is very good phone - does what basic cell phone should do.
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Summary: Very satisfied with this phone
Review: I'm going to keep this short. I've enjoyed this phone. The speakerphone is very good. It's pretty loud. Listening through the earpiece (i.e. - using the phone as normal) can be a little low in volume. Depends on how loud your surroundings are, but I usually don't have a hard time hearing. The weight of the phone is nice and light and the size is small. Reception is great. The menu layout is classic Nokia, which makes it very easy. The standby time of the batter never lasts as long as the instructions will say it does. The supposed standby time for this battery and phone is 12 days. It will maybe last 6 days. Kind of hard to monitor that, though, because you always wind up talking on your phone some time in those days. Still doesn't seem to last as long as they say, though. Everything else is good. Like the external volume control. Don't like that T-Mobile has locked down some of the menu options, though, and don't want to have the software upgraded. Still allows me to use it the way I'd like to, for the most part. Infrared is a joke. I use bluetooth with my 3650. Wish this phone has bluetooth as well. I really enjoy the easy access calendar as well. Very helpful. Overall I'm very satisfied with this phone.
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Summary: Nokia almost hits a home run
Review: I've had mine for almost a year and it is a nice little phone. It's tough too, I've dropped it several times with no problems. In my humble opinion these features make this a very good phone: -Speakerphone.
-No annoying antenna protruding.
-Compact, simple, and lightweight (very nice if you prefer to put your phone in your pocket)
-Integrated Radio.
-All the other standard Nokia features I've grown to love. I'd give it 5 stars if only it had bluetooth and voice recognition dialing.
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