Review: Nokia 6124 Classic

Nokia 6124 Classic Review

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In a nutshell: A classically designed 3G smartphone. It's one of the lightest and most compact smartphones available, and probably the easiest to use. Equipped with 3.5G for fast web browsing and downloads, this phone is smart enough to do most things you could ask of a phone.
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The Nokia 6124 Classic is a Vodafone-exclusive version of the 6120 Classic. Read our Nokia 6120 Classic review for full details. The only real difference between the 6124 and the 6120 is the design of the fascia. The 6124 has a slightly different keypad design, but is just as functional.

The only problems with the 6124 Classic are the small font size and the below-average battery life. Apart from these two issues, the 6124 Classic is a beautiful smartphone, and a much more satisfying phone to use than most of the Nseries phones. It's neat, it's smart and we like it!

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Features of the Nokia 6124 Classic include:

• 3G with video calling and high-speed 3G (HSDPA)
• Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1
• 2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and flash
• Video camera
• Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels (2 inches)
• Music player (MP3, eAAC+, and WMA formats)
• FM radio
• Nokia Stereo Headset HS-47 included in sales package
• 64-voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 & AAC ringtones
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, Nokia Xpress Audio messaging, email with attachments
• Voice dialing / Voice commands
• Text-to-speech: let your phone read your text messages, multimedia messages, and emails out loud
• Voice recorder
• Memory: 35 Mbytes plus microSD memory card slot (expandable to 8 Gbytes)
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB mass storage
• Quadband (EGSM 850/900/1800/1900) plus 3G (WCDMA/HSDPA 900/2100)
• Size: 105 x 46 x 16 mm
• Weight: 93g
• Talktime: 2.4 hours (3G) - 3.1 hours (2G)
• Battery standby: 9 days

Nokia 6124 Classic Consumer Reviews

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Average rating from 14 reviews:

Reviewed by user from belgium on 20th Aug 2008
I have him for 3 days I'm a little bit dissapointed... My first reaction was that it is a very diffucult phone, i didn't knew where i needed to search a setting totally different than my other 3 nokia's I gotted stressed because i didn't find it. Now it is a little bit better i know where I need to search a setting. But one thing is irritating me still when I'm typing a message I typ a lot of mistakes because the keys are one surface... also the key for deleting letters is very small I'm sorry for my bad english I did my best...
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Reviewed by Richard Harris from UK on 1st Aug 2008
Have had the Phone for 10 days. The camera is out of focus and have had a replacement phone, the camra on this one is still out of focus and will be returning it to the suppler. The texing is long winded to use. Navigating the phone is just a bit to over complicated especialy the sat nav.
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Reviewed by bigrbuk from UK on 24th Jul 2008
admittedly only played with it for a couple of hours, but here goes. Bit plasticy, and finger print happy, but that's not a deal breaker for me. Great features for a good price, already installed my own apps etc. Text plenty big enough for me, what with having working eyes and all. One little gripe (which I'm sure is down to me messing with settings) - the display goes completely dark after a while, so you don't even know if its on! Would prefer to keep date/time on screen at all times like I could with my old 6300.
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Reviewed by Fran from Spain on 22nd Jul 2008
Excellent phone in several features (nice display, sound and options). But the battery doesn't last any longer (2 days maximum without an intense use). Moreover, the keypad has several keys which don't work properly; and I've seen other 6124 with the same problem). More functions than my old 3310, but the battery is really weak.
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Reviewed by Ann Memmott from England on 20th Jul 2008
Had one of these for a few weeks, really impressed with it so far. Though text certainly is small, it's done a fantastic job of internet connectivity so far.
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Reviewed by ... from uk on 18th Jul 2008
lovey phone i got it the camera is great LOVELY PHONE!!
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Reviewed by jap811 from UK on 5th Jul 2008
Must agree with Blackpool tram here I love it,swapped from a 6300 which I thought was bomb proof and its a quality built with great features..battery life not an issue for me as I live in a house and drive a car which have power to recharge..in fact so has my motorbike, under the seat so whats the beef
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Reviewed by Steve from UK on 5th Jul 2008
Back to a Nokia at last I thought, but then the display turned off completely from time to time. Unacceptable! Sent it back and now I have an E51. At the moment it's the best I've had. Watch this space.
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Reviewed by dj from UK on 27th Jun 2008
Looks nice, does everything it says it does, but I have found the battery life to be not far short of appalling versus my old K800i, i need to charge it at the end of each day. As a business user i would expect more from a full charge. In its defence it may not have been designed for business use but then why does vodafone push it as one?
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Reviewed by micky from uk on 21st Jun 2008
just recived this as an upgrade on vodafone, lovely phone but can anyone tell me how to make the menu icons larger as they are very small, also message text very small!! I have large text already enabled.So for that reason I can only rate it 3
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Reviewed by A Blackpool Tram from UK on 20th May 2008
"average at best" - such an in-depth review. Honestly, what's the point of publishing things like that ? Contrary to that suggestion I would say this is an excellent piece of kit, especially given that you can get it for only £120 including £20 call time on Vodafone's Pay as you Talk. Excellent bright screen, perfectly functional music player and a good camera. So far I have not experienced any of the slowness associated with other Symbian series phones either. Had it for just over 2 weeks ago and have honestly not had one reason to grumble, other than the very minor "finger-print" issue. A cracking piece of kit and more than worth the very low price being charged for it. But please if you're going to review it at least review it and treat people to more than 3 words !!
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Reviewed by neil from england on 19th May 2008
average at best
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Reviewed by stuart from UK on 15th May 2008
seems Ok but no iSync interface!!
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Reviewed by Alowen from England on 14th May 2008
First Nokia in eeerrrmmmm.........3 years. Got it as an extra phone free from work. And in a 2 week period its seeming great. The camera is possibly its only issue, kind of lower end of the 2mp range compared to the 6300. 3.5G tv is great, simple and useful menu functions and good sound quality. Overall a good mid to lower range phone.
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