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Nokia 6275i Review (CDMA)

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By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 at 10:55 AM

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The Nokia 6275i is another phone from Nokia’s line but I would stop short at calling it amazing.  The CDMA phone has features one would expect but it’s only available in Canada.  The 6275i sports a QVGA screen, a 2 mega pixel camera with flash (not bad), a memory slot, and Bluetooth.  It weighs 3.7 oz, so it’s not heavy and the dimensions stay the course with a candybar type design.  I’ve always been fond of candybars, real or fake, because they make logical sense when it comes to portable electronics.  If you purchase the 6275i get ready to talk on this badboy all day with 210 minutes of talktime and/or 10 days of standby idle time.  The battery will not disappoint the loyal Nokia followers.

The display is a standard LCD able to display 262,144 colors at 240 X 320 pixels.  One problem I have with this phone is the screen size.  Cellphones are becoming multi-faceted devices that are expected to live up to our demand and with a small screen it’s hard to multitask, run several programs, and text without the screen freezing which confuses the user.  This equates to the solution; we need more screen!  Okay I must admit, the screen is fine by many standards but a more landscape feel would do the trick.  In addition, the 6275i has 21 MB of memory built-in, a 500 capacity phone book, infrared, Bluetooth, Wap, MMS, txt, an FM radio, and the built-in player supports a variety of formats for playing back toons.

For your safety it is GPS compatible, but not in the sense that you can install applications and they tell you where to go.  It has GPS technology built into it to share emergency contact information with the authorities, cell towers, and phone companies in case you are lost.  For many the Java support, T9, and flash might do the trick but I see the Nokia 6271i as a typical Nokia phone with features that I’ve used for years.  On the flip side, the size is a plus, the features are standard, and a long battery life can’t hurt.  Currently available in Canada and it can be bought for $200 depend on where you find it.

Source: Slashphone

Quite a brief review if I say so myself. I was going thru my bookmarks and noticed this was one of the things I’ve yet to blog about. I think you can see why I was on the fence about it ;-)

About The Author

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Andrew

    It is a great phone but the Java support needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Virgin Mobile seems to have blocked the ability to install Java apps over Bluetooth or data cables…i.e. without paying something to Virgin.