In a nutshell: Nokia's first Xseries phone is an upmarket
touchscreen smartphone with a compact design. Its star features
include a superbly responsive capacitive touchscreen, 32GB of memory,
an impressive 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, video calling,
A-GPS, HSDPA, WiFi, a 3.5mm audio jack and outstanding battery performance.
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Review:
December 2009.
The Nokia X6-00 is the first Xseries
phone from Nokia. It's a touchscreen smartphone running the Symbian
operating system, but it's not based on the Nseries phones. Instead,
the X series is an evolution of Nokia's XpressMusic range, and this
a welcome relief, as the XpressMusic phones seem to have been much
more robust than the bug-ridden Nseries.
The Xseries moves the range substantially upmarket,
and the X6 doesn't come cheap. Nokia have taken the hugely popular
mid-range 5800 and pimped
it to the max. It's physically almost the same size as the 5800,
although a few millimetres have been shaved off, making it nice
and slim to hold. At the same time the weight has increased slightly,
lending it a purposeful and solid feel. It's a good phone to hold,
and certainly a lot less bulky than most touchscreens. In fact it's
one of the few touchscreen phones that you can easily operate single-handedly.
The display is a capacitive touchscreen, and is
very responsive. It's the same size and resolution as the 5800:
3.2 inches across and with 640x360 pixels. This gives it one of
the smaller screen sizes amongst the high-end touchscreen phones,
but that's the price you pay for having a compact form factor. The
screen isn't the biggest, but it's big enough to do the job. It
offers a choice of virtual alphanumeric and QWERTY keypads with
automatic display rotation. The user interface is nice, sharing
much with the 5800, including the contacts bar which lets you easily
access friends on your home screen. The contacts bar gives you access
to dialling, call records and texts for up to 20 friends. The capacitative
touchscreen is very responsive and we think that this is a very
easy phone to use.
X stands for XpressMusic, so you'd expect the X6
to be pretty good in the music arena. And it is! The X6 comes with
an Nseries music player and an FM radio. The music player handles
most digital music formats, including MP3, WMA and AAC, and supports
selection of songs by artist, composer, album and genre, with album
graphics displayed. A dedicated audio chip and 3D surround sound
from stereo speakers delivers excellent performance, especially
when the bass booster, stereo widening and loudness effects are
added. There's also an 8-band graphic equaliser for additional control.
Naturally a 3.5mm audio jack is included, so you can plug in your
own headphones, and perhaps best of all is the massive 32GB of built-in
memory. The optional Comes
With Music feature gives you free unlimited music downloads
for a whole year!
The X6 isn't just a phone with a music player attached
though. It's also got an impressive camera. With 5 megapixels, Carl
Zeiss optics, autofocus and dual LED flash, this is an excellent
camera, and it punches above its 5 megapixel weight too. It's the
optics that matter most, and the X6 has quality, so don't worry
too much that there are cameras with more megapixels available.
The X6 has a really excellent still camera. The video recording
capability is good too, with recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels
and 30 frames per second, which is standard definition TV quality.
A second front-mounted video camera enables video calls to be made
too.
A-GPS is included, which works with the new Ovi
Maps. The phone has outstanding connectivity, with quadband GSM
and triband 3G, so your phone will work wherever you take it on
your travels. You should always have the fastest data connection
too, with HSDPA giving downloads of up to 3.6 Mbps and WLAN available
too for even faster data transfer in a WiFi zone. You can connect
wirelessly via Bluetooth, or via USB cable, 3.5mm audio connection
and a TV-Out socket.
Web browsing on the X6 is quite satisfactory. As
mentioned, the screen isn't the biggest available, but 3.2 inches
is a respectable size, and the responsive touchscreen and fast data
speeds make for a good mobile browsing experience overall. The X6
runs the same Series 60 5th Edition Symbian version 9.4 OS/interface
as the 5800, so there are already a good number of apps available
to download from the Ovi store.
The X6 comes with a massive 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery
which gives very impressive performance. Theoretically the X6 is
capable of 8.5 hours of talktime or 35 hours of music playback between
charges. Although real world performance will never match this,
it still means that you'll be able to use the phone for several
days between charges in most cases.
Overall, the X6 is a star performer. It's a very
high powered smartphone in a compact form, with a feeling of quality
and durability. It may not have the biggest screen around, but the
screen is by no means small, and is superbly responsive. The music
player and camera are superb. The X6 ticks all the connectivity
boxes and has outstanding memory and battery life to boot. And perhaps
the best thing is that it's built on a stable operating system that
has been tested in the Nokia
5800, further refined and polished in the 5530
and now seems to be very robust and stable. Revolutionary it is
not, but it is exactly what we've been wanting Nokia to do for such
a long time: take an existing proven product and just make it better.
With the X6, this is exactly what they have done. This will be mobile-phones-uk.org.uk's
last review before Christmas 2009, and we're delighted to award
the Nokia X6 a full 5 stars!
Features of the Nokia X6 include:
Series 60 5th Edition Symbian version 9.4 3G
Smartphone
5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus,
4x digital zoom and double LED flash
Video recording (up to 640 x 480 pixels and
up to 30 fps), 4x digital video zoom, front camera for 3G video
calling
Display: Touchscreen, 16.7 million colours,
640 x 360 pixels (3.2 inches) with automatic display rotation
NSeries music player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+,
WMA formats) with 8-band graphical equaliser
FM radio with Visual Radio
Stereo loudspeakers with 3D effect
Ringtones: MP3 & video ringtones, 64-voice
polyphonic ringtones, vibration alert
Voice commands: speaker independent dialling
and voice commands
Voice recorder (digital stereo microphone)
Integrated handsfree speaker
Messaging: SMS, MMS, email (support for IMAP,
POP, SMTP) plus attachments, Audio messaging
Advanced Series 60 personal organiser functions,
Flash Lite 3.0
Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0,
3.5 mm audio jack, TV-Out
Memory: 16GB / 32GB
Flight mode
Quadband (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) plus 3G
(WCDMA 900/1900/2100 MHz)
Size: 111 x 51 x 13.8 mm
Weight: 122g
Talktime: 6 hours (3G) - 8.5 hours (2G)
Battery standby: 420 hours
Music playback: up to 35 hours
Nokia X6 Consumer
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Reviewed by Rachit from India on
7th Aug 2010
My first Nokia Phone in the high end, in india i got it for Rs15,500.
price may be bit costly for some bt nokia has put some real gr8
features into it. The good part is the 434 Mhz processor which I
felt was left out in the main review. I got my X6 on 30th july 2010,
i am enjoying it. I will recommend it to everyone who want MUSIC,
CAMERA, GPS, APPLICATION...a gr8 phone indeed Rating:
Reviewed by nasheem from india on
7th Aug 2010
its gud...but the piece resets itself after u open up an application,e.g.,bluetooth,this
is pathetic as well as time consuming Rating:
Reviewed by daz from uk on 6th
Aug 2010
cant understand the neg reviews on the x6 as best phone ive ad really
is top quality phone apart from gps sumtimes freezing its 5 star Rating:
Reviewed by rebekah from good old england
on 5th Aug 2010
First contract phone. So far the most expansive ive bought. First
touch screen and i LOVE IT :) i did suffer a freeze before but that
was due to having about 5 things open at once but once i restarted
it it was fine. the internet is the fastest ive had on a phone and
the battery cover and screen lock toggle weren't loose at all!!!
as for the constant comparisons to the iPhone, if you want iPhone
qualitys BUY AN IPHONE!!! if you want an impressive phone that you
dont need to take a mortgage out to buy BUY THIS PHONE :D Rating:
Reviewed by Waspur from England on
5th Aug 2010
I fail to understand any of these negative reviews ! I have never
used the GPS outside of the UK but have used it many times and it
connects quickly and on the odd occasion when it has lost the signal
it re connects in a matter of seconds.Browsing the internet is no
problem , with a quick connection and a very responsive touch screen.The
music player and camera are excellent. Rating:
Reviewed by james from n ireland on
4th Aug 2010
great phone like it a lot. music player is great, so are the speakers
and the camera. Rating:
Reviewed by Paulmt123 from UK on
31st Jul 2010
Please nokia. Get this thing to work properly. Has the potential
to be great but in practice it often has the equivalent of epileptic
fits. Firstly I thought the GPS would be a boon on holiday in US
to find my way around. It wasn't. Without AGPS (I didn't want to
spent money on roaming internet access) it failed to lock on to
a satellite in over an hour of connection. Yet sometimes it would
find it in 5 seconds. Usually when I don't actually want to use
it and am just testing it out! Then sometimes it loses network coverage
and takes an age to get it back. Reception is not particularly poor.
My satio will also lose signal occasionally but it will get it back
10 seconds later, not 1 minute later! The web browser will quit
when using. I think nokia seriously needs to make sure it puts enough
ram in its future phones. My old satio ran same OS and didn't do
this. The wifi wouldn't connect to all wifi hotspots either. Again
no problem with my old satio despite same OS. I'd recommend opera
mini and opera mobile, the latter is a full web browser, the former
a quick one. Music player is excellent (putting music on is a slow
process though) and camera takes good images outdoors, and acceptable
ones inside so long as its not too dark. 3 stars, i think if they
actually fixed some of these issues with new firmware could easily
be a 4 star phone. In many ways this is worse than a satio but I'm
still using it thanks to its better battery life and more responsive
screen. Brilliant it ain't though. At least not yet. Rating:
Reviewed by im bob from handsworth b21
on 30th Jul 2010
i like this phone now i am sue as well i love this phone i kiss
it in my dreams. Rating:
Reviewed by Dave from uk on 30th
Jul 2010
love x6 16. I listen to mp3's all day at work plastering. If the
phone rings it cuts in. If i want to call i use voice dialing. Lasts
all day. Perfect. Shame iplayer isn't supported. Free voice guided
driving maps are great. Internet browsing on wifi. Rating:
Reviewed by Steph from UK on
29th Jul 2010
The Nokia X6 has got to be the worst phone i've ever had. Internet
pages randomly closing, battery having to be charged every night
are just 2 things i hate about it. Rating:
Reviewed by LG from India on
27th Jul 2010
I have been using this phone for a month now and I must say its
amazing! Excellent battery life. Never had problems with screen
freezing as mentioned in other review. You might take a couple of
days to get used to the way the ph works. Camera is gr8 as well
as the music player. The touch screen is very responsive and accurate.
Though i have problems while typing messages using the qwerty keyborad.
wrong keys get pressed due to the lack of space between keys. This
is a grt phone! Rating:
Reviewed by jp cooper from uk on
27th Jul 2010
i have had this phone for 4mths and it is terrible so much so that
although i paid for a sim free phone costing over £400 i am getting
a HTC desire sim free that costs £500 instead.nothing works as it
should the phone freezes or takes ages to perform the simplest of
tasks,it drops connection when my wifes £89 samsung on the same
network is fine,it feels like a 5yr old phone that has got alot
of memory!.i would never ever buy another nokia or recommend one
to anyone i know. Rating:
Reviewed by sue from handsworth on
23rd Jul 2010
rubbish phone Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from UK on 22nd
Jul 2010
I have to say this phone is a nightmare for me. Nokia are supposed
to understand phones but much of the interface is counter intuitive
(or I'm thick!). The browser hangs regularly and sometimes the only
way out is removing the battery -at which point you have to set
time and date again! I loaded Opera which is in some ways better
but doesn't integrate with the rest of the phone terribly well.
Finally the display is very hard to read in bright sunlight, a major
drag if you're trying to use the map functions. Rating:
Reviewed by Andy from UK on 19th
Jul 2010
Screen Freezes are a big issue... touchscreen isnt very reactive
and often have to press things multiple times. Rating:
Reviewed by Claire from UK on
19th Jul 2010
I find this phone extremely frustrating. It freezes or turns itself
off for no reason even if the battery is full. It also starts deleting
the text when writing a message which is very annoying and I have
to quickly press the back key a few times to stop it (which doesn't
always work). I just want to throw this phone away however am tied
into a 2 year contract, I think i'll revert back to my old Sony
Ericsson which was extremely reliable and easy to use. I also find
the X6 frustrating when making a call as there is no keypad and
sometimes I need to select different options (such as press 1 for
xxx). I appreciate I can take my ear away from the phone and press
a few keys to obtain the keypad, but its not very practical. The
scrolling bar at the top of the main screen which is a quick contact
bar is very annoying and when moving across to find a different
contact very often it just keeps scrolling and scrolling and I have
to chase it to stop it! The phone overall is very unreliable. It
tried to compete with the other touch screens and in my opinion
its only half way there. Rating:
Reviewed by Karen Nash from UK on
16th Jul 2010
This has to be the worst phone I have ever had!!!!!!! Screen freeze's,
you have to take the battery out to switch it off before it will
work again. Halfway through writing a text message the cursor will
go and delete the whole message. Struggle retreiving answer phone
messages as the '1' will not register. Sent the phone back and now
having the same problems with the replacement Rating:
Reviewed by Zebedee from UK on
13th Jul 2010
Pros: Great GPS performance. I don't have a data tariff, so A-GPS
is turned off. It normally gets a satellite lock within 10 seconds.
OVI Maps. They are free (if you download them from Nokia OVI sync
yourself with a PC). When using turn-by-turn navigation you can
flick through different views (inc perspective), and postcode entry
is possible. Normal overhead view is available the rest of the time.
Having such comprehensive street-level maps available for free without
a data connection is a strong selling point for me. Very good battery
life (pretty much flat after 3 days with ~20 mins calls per day)
Camera is above average, although that's not a feature I use much.
Capacitive touchscreen is typically responsive. Cons: A bit 'plasticy'.
In particular the battery cover, which is a push fit and creaks.
The screen slider key is a bit loose too. The Symbian s60v5 UI is
in need of a more sophisticated home screen - you can only put 4
applications on it, which is not enough for me (I've installed the
Orange Tsunami homescreen to fix this, but that has problems too).
The double-clicking is not at all intuitive, and you're never sure
whether you should be double-clicking, or whether a single click
is just taking a while to load. I do like that you can still use
T9 predictive text input (you also get qwerty in landscape mode),
which I still find faster than a qwerty keyboard. It is only just
fast enough. Built-in apps and features (e.g. calendar, dialler,
messages, contacts etc) don't lag at all, but other apps can take
a while to load. The web browser however is hopelessly slow, and
occasionally crashes. This is not a network issue, it's just a poor
browser; Nokia have had this issue for some time. You can only install
'Symbian signed' applications, which usually cost money because
the signing process costs the developer money. Again, this can be
worked around (by getting your own developer signing certificates
from a Chinese website (opda.cn)), but I don't like being told what
I cannot do with my phone (why I wont have an iPhone). The notification
light is almost invisible. The screen too is unreadable in strong
sunlight. In summary, this is a slightly immature, mid to low-end
touchscreen smartphone. OVI maps is excellent, and combined with
a useful battery and all the other typical smartphone features,
it's a phone I would buy again, given the same alternatives. Had
it for a month, and no dust under the screen. Rating:
Reviewed by Tarby from uk on
12th Jul 2010
Message to Natasha OVI Maps dosent cost anything, when you get your
phone and you first go into OVI maps it trys to charge you £8.00
for years subscription, but if you download it again from OVI stores
then its free, happened to me with my x6 on T-mobile Rating:
Reviewed by gwauk from UK on
12th Jul 2010
This is minor addition to my review of 04 July. Once you have the
latest firmware on your phone, I recommend trying/adding the (free)
Opera 5 mini browser if you intend to access the internet on a regular
basis via your mobile network. It has a small memory foorprint on
the phone, will give you a quicker and enhanced service and should
reduce your data download requirements and charges significantly.
Check out the Opera website for details. Rating:
Reviewed by Dave from England on
10th Jul 2010
Had the phone over a week now and am very impressed,took a bit of
getting used to as this is my first touchscreen phone but wot a
phone.All seems to work well.The sat-nav is top quality and easy
to use....Excellent memory,have a large amount of music,pic's and
video on the phone and it still works normally,not slow or nothing.....
I have this phone on O2 contract and am enjoying it so far....... Rating:
Reviewed by carl from uk on 10th
Jul 2010
Amazing! well done nokia !!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Natasha from England on
8th Jul 2010
My Nokia x6, i got from O2 on contract,I have had this phone for
about 2 weeks now and i have put music on this phone (about 3 hours
worth, i think that is more than enough for me personally) my phone
hasnt slowed down my phone hasnt frozen and i havent had to turn
it off and on again, my phone is just amazing, now one thing i didnt
find in these reviews was about the sat nav maps, IT DOES COST!!!
The features on this phone are all really good i have no complaints
about it. i have nothing bad to say (you watch tommrow it will stop
working lol) obvioulsy as the phone is a touch screen when the sun
does shine on the screen you cant see it (it happens with a lot
of touchscreens i had the lg cookie before this nokia and i had
the same annoyance i figure its a touch screen thing) So the phone
is amazing the bluetooth is amazing... you can have your phone in
your pocket and the bluetooth cliped on to your jacket or something
and its almost like you have a tiny ipod thingy, no one (unless
they know the phone) would nkow that i actually have a phone on
me. so overall im happy happy happy!!! :) memory is brillant everything
about this phone is brillant... (as you can probably tell i like
this phone a little bit!!!) Hope this review helps people!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Al from UK on 8th
Jul 2010
I have always used Nokia phones and just acquired the X6 on the
back of the outstanding performances of my 5800. Getting round my
X6 was pretty much easy because it shares so many operating similarities
with the 5800 and not much to set them apart especially the not
so fantastic browsing capabilities. It feels comfortable to hold
and goes about it's duties as efficiently as it can although it
shouldn't have pretensions as to being in the same class as other
high end Nokia models.I would probably rate it as just a marginal
improvement on the 5800 and should not really be taken seriously
as a smart phone. Rating:
Reviewed by gwauk from UK on
4th Jul 2010
My Nokia X6 16GB was supplied by Vodafone and although unlocked
included their branding and custom apps which were not very impressive.
It also would not permit me to update to the latest firmware/software
for the phone. Do a google search for unbrand nokia x6 or access
nokia.nigelcoldwell.co.uk/firmware.htm and follow the instructions.
NB this is not for the faint hearted and needs care. Select a Euro
1 version (if in UK)to match your phone colour. Once you have changed
your version you can update to the latest firmware/software and
the phone works as Nokia intended. It even retains all you personal
details and customisation although it is probably a good idea to
do a backup "just in case". For those who find the lock switch a
pain try a simple app call Pocket Sensor and turn off the auto keygaurd
in the phone management app under Settings. There is also a free
Ovi app called pocketlock which is similar. store.ovi.com/content/35377?clickSource=search.
You now have an outstanding phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Amanda from UK on
2nd Jul 2010
I have never felt the need to post a review before, but the X6 is
so impressive i had to comment. I have had the X6 for 3 weeks and
can only say WOW. the sound is good, the camera is brilliant, the
touchscreen is responsive and accurate. it has been easy to transfer
music onto the phone and I used Format Factory to convert films
and put them on the phone. the large screen makes it adequate to
watch a film and the connection cable for the TV means we can all
have a laugh together at the pics and videos i have taken. the only
mildly irritating thing is it is difficult to see the screen in
the sun (but i have found most phones are like that). over all i
am VERY impressed. Rating:
Reviewed by Danny from UK on
2nd Jul 2010
Had the phone for less than a week and am sending it back, it's
slow the battery lasts 24hours at best, the touch screen is poor
the GPS fails to work properly all in all very frustrating. It works
well to phone and text but so does a £10 special from a super market. Rating:
Reviewed by Emmz from uk on 25th
Jun 2010
just got this phone yesterday hope its good so far lots of memory
gd 4 me i take loads of pictures and like lots of music x Rating:
Reviewed by George C from UK on
21st Jun 2010
What an amazing phone! had it for 4 months now and it's brilliant!
my favourite feature: the Ovi Sat Nav maps application! works just
as well as any tom tom i've used! brilliant battery life, web browsing
is a doddle, facebook app works well, good music and a blutooth
stereo headset came free with mine! The camera is good, definately
prooving its 5mp, not just a label! The flash is adequate but still
doesn't match the proper flash featured, more rarely now, on other
phones. The phone is very nice to hold, the screen a good size and
is worth every penny.. how could I forget!.. 16gb or 32gb of built
in memory! no more faffing with expensive memory cards! it's all
built in! have has issue's with the nokia software but thats due
to my dodgy computer. Overall an amazing phone from nokia. 5*! Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from UK on 20th
Jun 2010
OK right, have owned this for 6 months now, its been fixed largely
due to my mistake on removing a sticker which is actually the aerial.
Likes - 1. Music player - Very easy to navigate, very good sound,
equaliser. 2. Camera - For 5MP this is excellent, lovely warm colours,
not quite up to a good compact camera but it beats the 12MP sony
satio I had before which is praise indeed. I think anymore than
5MP on a lens this small means higher noise. 3. Easy to use screen.
4. Multitasking. 5. Free GPS for life - Works pretty well too though
not up to my garmin for intelligence. Dislikes - 1. Not enough RAM.
This is why things sometimes freeze or quit. Using a memory manager
program has helped. 2. Range of apps limited compared to iphone.
3. Processor can be a bit slow when multitasking. 4. Aerial is on
the bottom so can easily block signal by mistake particularly annoying
in poor signal areas. Sum up - a good multimedia device which is
nice and easy to use, fairly stylish, fairly light and has a reasonable
battery too. I wouldn't pay too much for it though, its not an iphone
beater or android competitor due to the limitations of symbian 5
(a generation behind) and a fairly slow processor and only 128MB
of RAM. Good value if you get it on a comes with music contract. Rating:
Reviewed by Jim from London on
19th Jun 2010
This phone is terrible! had it sent off for repair 3 times, then
replaced! The phone freezes, music player doesnt work, i have to
attempt a phone call 4 times before it will actually call that person,
it deletes text messages as i write them, the screen freezes and
more! its a shame cos i have fallen head over heals with this phone!
phones4u werent going to replace it with an adequaite phone, as
soon as i mentioned legal action they were going to replace it with
a sont erricson x10 Rating:
Reviewed by DAMO from AUSTRALIA on
16th Jun 2010
I have had my x6 for about 2 weeks now and i'm really happy with
it but one thing I don't like at all is the key lock on the right
side of the phone it is very annoying but apart from that I love
it, the ovi GPS works a treat. One happy buyer A++++ Rating:
Reviewed by Jeejo from India on
15th Jun 2010
What a phone good work nokia Rating:
Reviewed by Azza24595 from England on
13th Jun 2010
I have had my X6 for a couple of months now and when i go to unlock
it the key lock on the right hand side. Is anyone else having this
problem oris it mine and what do i do about? Rating:
Reviewed by Tarby from uk on
11th Jun 2010
Fantastic phone, had it now a couple of months great music player
and the radio is very good it gets a better reception than the 5800
that I had. very responsive screen and battery lasts forever and
I've never had the dust problem. Rating:
Reviewed by CLIVE MORRIS from ENGLAND
on 10th Jun 2010
A PIECE OF RUBBISH Rating:
Reviewed by kbaby from wales, uk on
10th Jun 2010
not entirely satisfied with this phone. yeah it looks ok but the
touch screen can sometimes be lagging, the applications aren't very
good and many not compatiable with the phone. the battery life isn't
as good as advertised and it sometimes crashes, kicks you out of
applications and for some reason doesn't give you caller id on incomming
phone calls!! its been many years since my last nokia and i wont
be getting another!! Rating:
Reviewed by Stevie from Wales UK on
9th Jun 2010
Hmm...intersting mixed bag of reviews..im going to review the phone
one on face value..as a phone!..not a camera, a music player, sat
nav, cinema etc! Ok..Good points... Nice design. Bright screen.
Bad points.. Hard to navigate..not a patch on my old 6500. Quiet
ring tones..not good in a busy environment. ridciulously small text
on the phone (yes I did have all 'large fonts set) but for a big
screen its awful..some text is about 2mm high. The light to tell
you about missed calls is barely visible. I didnt rate the battery
life personally. Snap on back cover..made of flimsey plastic..it
wont last the life of the phone. Screen orientation issues..its
forever pointing the wrong way. Hard to manage commands unless you
are using a pin!..no good for big hands. Freezes and turns itself
off occasionally. Over sensitive screen. Quits applications by itself.
Unresponsive touch screen (sometimes). Very Slow. Did I mention
complicated navigation???? All in all im gutted..it was expecting
this to be so much better..Nokia have messed up here, they could
have had a classic on their hands..their designers have really slipped
up..some many things cuould have been so much better. Im sticking
with my 6500 until they can bring out something a lot better. Rating:
Reviewed by Claudia from South Africa
on 7th Jun 2010
I've had my x6 for approximately 4 months. It freezes and I then
have to switch it off to unfreeze it. When i type a message it starts
to delete the message while I am typing. When I'm busy in an application
it will open up another application. I really regret getting this
phone. I also have the problem of dust in the corner. Rating:
Reviewed by THEIN from BURMA on
3rd Jun 2010
What a phone ! Works great great ! Excellent features. Extremely
responsive touch screen. Battery is super. Camera is long lasting
and just great ! Connectivity is very good. I just love it! Worth
every dollar that I paid for. Rating:
Reviewed by dave smith from uk on
2nd Jun 2010
had 2 which both went faulty,i rang vodafone and the guy who dealt
with me said he would hate to see me stuck with it for 18 months
and cancelled my contract!!!!!! basically this is a 5800 with a
bigger memory and few tweaks but all recent nokias are very poor
indeed,in my eyes the sony ericson x10 is the best phone out today,read
the review it beats the iphone with ease Rating:
Reviewed by Bob from Scotland on
29th May 2010
The Best Nokia phone i have Rating:
Reviewed by Anant from UK on
29th May 2010
I have Nokia X6 which I have for 1month but not very pleased with
it as I have found several issues. I normally synchronise my outlook
calendar with the phone to remind me of my appointments. When the
alarm starts to sound for the event, I am unable stop or snooze
the alarm and have to wait until it times out. Has anybody experianced
this problem?? Secondly the touch screen is very sensitive and one
could accidently select item not intended. Thirdly, the phone freezes
and does not respond to touch commands. Fourthly, the connection
to the network stops working and ony way to restore is power cycling
the phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Christie from UK on
27th May 2010
well i got this phone around 2 months ago and i am extremely pleased
with it. The camera, for just being 5 mega pixels was very good
and provided some excellent pictures. The flash was a little bright
but made our faces clearer. I'd never had a touchscreen before so
this was completely new, but within a couple of hours i decided
i was never going back to keys. However, yesterday i had my first
major problem. I was having a conversation with my friend when i
tried to reply and for some reason the phone wouldnt let me. All
of the texts were being put in the outbox and not sending at all.
I tried taking the battery out and called the 02 shop but now it
has to be looked into and fixed. I would however, reccommend this
phone as in my life, it has by far been the best x Rating:
Reviewed by Welchy from UK on
27th May 2010
After trawling the review sites and ringing lots of companies trying
to get the best deal, O2 managed to look after me (through retentions)
and gave me an X6. I nearly opted for the Samsung Jet, glad I didnt.
The X6 is a great phone. There are a couple of drawbacks, like any
phone, there is a tiny bit of dust in the top right corner but can
only see it if i look at a certain angle in a certain light, I cant
see the dust while I'm using the phone. Its my 1st touch screen
phone but my 3rd Symbian so I'm just getting used to the touch navigation.
I'm a bit miffed there's no Countdown Timer on it but I will be
sourcing a free download for it :) The navigation can be slightly
slow but with the amount of stuff on Smart phone, I wouldnt expect
anything else. I also got £25 Nokia Music downloads which was a
nice little surprise. All in All, a fantastic verstile phone. Highly
Recommended. Rating:
Reviewed by Alex from UK on 24th
May 2010
Had mine 2 weeks after my 4 year old samsung bit the dust. Cant
get signal, cant text (ive got fat fingers. very user un-friendly!
Looks noce tho and great music player. Taking mine back under 2
week cooling off period. Rating:
Reviewed by xdaisyx from uk on
22nd May 2010
Im having the identical dust in right corner problem, I've just
emailed Nokia and urge everyone else to do so too, so we can get
something done...hopefully! At first i thought i could live with
it but 3 months down the line its getting worse and it also seems
to be effecting the touchscreen use now...not happy! Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from UK on 21st
May 2010
Got my X6 back from repair and it now holds a signal as well as
anything else so mine was faulty before. Any complaints I've put
on here about reception can be ignored. If yours is poor on reception,
send it back! It also seems far more repsonsive. Its great to be
able to download all the free music again, and having used my old
satio whilst it was away, it's really nice to go back to a capacitative
screen. To top it all off go to nokiatouch.me has tons of applications
and if you download bbc iplayer from here it works on the X6. My
X6 was a flawed gem before the repair, now its less flawed and a
bit more of a gem. Only downside is it can quit in the middle of
applications due to low memory but easy enough to restart them.
Rating:
Reviewed by Simon from uk on
17th May 2010
Had the x6 for just over two weeks now and so far no probs at all.
At my works the samsung had 1 signal strength bar but the x6 has
2 and odd times 3. The pc software took a while to install but works
great and music transfer is a sinch. the menus are pretty straight
straight forward and setting up the phone was easy. I found that
just messing about in the menus and finding settings etc was better
then the instruction manual. Camera is quite good and video quality
i found very good. The phone its self feels solid in the hand battery
time is good and getting better with each recharge. One thing i
dont like is that all of the media (pics and video) no matter where
its stored all appears on the screen at the same time, you can't
view in seperate locations like other phones. Texting works well
with the qwerty key pad and messages send quickley. One other thing,items
sent via bluetooth go to the message in box and so far i have not
found a way to move them else where so i made a new folder for bluetooth
items. Rating:
Reviewed by Mark from Trinidad on
16th May 2010
Nokia X6 the est phone around Rating:
Reviewed by Matthew from Scotland on
12th May 2010
OMG - I love this phone!!!!! I got it on orange about 2 months ago
and never had a problem, no lag or anything (unlike my previous
Sony Ericsson Satio!!!) I have pumped it full of music now - got
over 3000 songs in it plus a few full movies as well - got to say
this is the best mobile handset I`ve used in years!!! The battery
life is amazing - unlike most touchscreen handsets (Yes HTC - im
looking at you!!!) All in all this is a high calibre phone that
does what it says on the tin - Music centred phone with all the
other features bumped up as well - An impressive flagship phone!!!!!
I would reccomend it to anyone who has a passion for good looking
modern phones with all the features that would like to avoid the
race in who can waste the most money on the iPhone!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from UK on 8th
May 2010
My X6 is now in for repairs due to the signal reception being very
poor indoors and variable, suggesting a loose connection. So the
reception problem is likely to be just MINE as it is now awaiting
new parts. In the meanwhile I'm using my old sony satio and interesting
comparison. Perhaps symbian can't be blamed for everything. The
satio does not quit when browsing web sites (so nokia should be
able to fix this one!), it works on BBC iplayer (the X6 is still
not supported). In many ways the sony is the superior phone despite
being over 1 year old. Has twice as much RAM. Part of nokias problem
is it only has 128MB usable memory. Also the satio has quicker processor.
The x6 is rather under equiped in terms of CPU and RAM so these
are hardware problems. However on a more positive note I'm really
missing my unlimited music and the sound quality, and the capacitative
screen of the X6 is leagues ahead. In terms of playing music and
videos the excellent stereo speakers make a difference. If it comes
back being able to hold a signal I'll forgive it its other faults
such as patchy build quality, a tendency to quit applications, as
it is a versatile device with offline GPS maps, a good camera (though
not as good as satio 12MP), excellent music player, and good touch
screen. The X6 then is a flawed gem. Rating:
Reviewed by Freddy from UK on
6th May 2010
Simple as that - its another pease of junk from Nokia. Screen -
sometimes over sensitive, sometimes u just keep taping to get in
where u whant. Internet - some kinda joke - some of the pages I
am browsing every day just shuts down while loading (checked 5 phones
with 3 different networks - same thing, no problems with any other
phones regarding internet). Some of the basic things to set up its
just impossible - it cost me to much nerves having this phone. 2
weeks - period I used it. But I have to admit - that the sound of
this phone is excellent. Rating:
Reviewed by Steve from UK on
3rd May 2010
An absolutley dreadful piece of equipment!! Complicated, menus difficult
to navigate, touch screen was either over sensitive causing mis
selection, or under sensitive requiring repeated tapping to select
item. Went into some sort of pager mode muting ringtone so I missed
some calls, and it took ages to work out how to correct. The instructions-or
lack of them- both in the booklet and on the phone help menu were
vitually useless. The final straw was the accompanying mini CD failing
to load onto my PC. Fortunately agreement with my provider meant
I could change phone if not happy- never has a phone been returned
so quickly!! Avoid this phone like the plague! Rating:
Reviewed by Laura P. from Brazil on
29th Apr 2010
Highlights: -The capacitive screen is really great -Symbian touchscreen
interface is getting better and better -Signal reception is great
-Camera is really good -Battery life -GREAT GPS Lowlights: -the
dust issue is real... -accelerometer's interface with Symbian is
a little bit slow..after you move the phone, it takes some time
to change its orientation -some applications available on Ovi Store
(e.g. Tweets60) impacts phone performance, causing it to almost
die - Nokia should develop a stronger application evaluation process,
before allowing the developers to publish apps via Ovi. -Qwerty
keyboard (landscape) is tricky in a first moment, but after you
get used to it, it gets a little better Accessories recommended:
I am using X6 with bluetooth phone BH504, and both are REALLY PERFECT
together. As an external speaker, I have Nokia MD-7W and it also
works very well with X6. Rating:
Reviewed by calum maciver from uk on
22nd Apr 2010
good fone but twice now i have had dust under the screen.first fone
was exchanged within first 4 weeks...this now has to be sorted under
a repair on a fone thats less than 2 months old.. also dropped fone
and screen shattered.be warned. my advice now would be steer clear
of nokia x6 after reading reviews Rating:
Reviewed by jake from uk on 22nd
Apr 2010
I reviewed the x6 already and have now had it a while, in ways im
even happier with the phone, the ovi store for example has some
great free apps and games, the touch screen gets easier and easier
to use and responds great! So why have I know given it 4 stars instead
of 5? same reason as Matt and dan below, DUST! I have not yet got
any under the screen but I am not holding out any hope as it has
now appeared behind the front facing camera! I'm gutted! Now I hope
the rumours are true and the new iphone will have a decent camera
and flash as I will sell this and buy one! Rating:
Reviewed by Matt from England on
21st Apr 2010
I've got the dust in the top right as well... also i had the email
showing on my home screen but that's disappeared and i can't, as
yet, get it back. otherwise a good phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Dan from UK on 16th
Apr 2010
Just an update on my previous review. I took the phone back due
to the dust under the screen problem, and carphone warehouse replaced
it for me which was great. However after just 24 hours I have dust
accumilating under the screen in the same place (seems to settle
in the top right hand corner only) I guess this confirms that there
is a wider design fault here which is most dissapointing on such
an expensive and to be fair very good phone. The dust is ever so
slightly visible under indoor usage thanks to the brightness of
the screen, but in well light conditions it stands out quite a lot!
investigating the forums does indicate that other people are begining
to complain about this issue. What a shame nokia. Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from UK on 11th
Apr 2010
If you haven't guessed I have a love or hate relationship with this
phone. So much so I keep feeling I have to resubmit new comments
as I said it was bad and its really good, or the other way round.
But I must have spent far too much time tweaking this phone and
have come to conclusion its seriously flawed. Fed up with the bad
reception I've bought a 2nd hand sony satio. The satio (now a great
phone with new firmware) has bought all the flaws into strong focus.
Not everything is symbians fault. 1. The screen is too small. Its
fiddly to work with. The screen is not as responsive as it should
be given it has a capacitative screen. 2. The reception is average
at best. I've never had so many missed call alerts due to no signal.
3. The phone has a tendency to slow down for no obvious reason with
no other applications running. All I wanna do is send a text and
it decides its not going to let me do it, the text appearing as
blank so I can't see what I've put. Nothing to do with theme and
solved by a reboot. 4. Sometimes it refuses to boot up first time
hanging on nokia screen. 5. Does not support BBC i player and flakey
performance on youtube. 6. Although it rapidly gets a lock on the
GPS seems to hang and get confused when I'm walking around town
taking an age to work out where I've gone to the point I'm totally
lost. 7. The screen is very difficult to see in sunlight. The phone
will now be used only as an Mp3 player. I've spent far too much
time tweaking it like an old classic car simply because it won't
always do what I need or want it to do. 8. The web browser is very
likely to quit when you're browsing any kind of proper website.
Infact applications quitting without warning is something you've
got to live with. 9. The phone takes an age in gallery to load a
photo. I think maybe with a decent firmware update it could be rescued
and the comes with music is great but mines just not reliable. The
main advantages are its a smart phone, has a good camera, nicely
styled and compact, and has great music player and sound quality.
This is the final review I'm going to submit on here. My advice
- try before you buy. Get it on a 14 day money back guarantee if
possible as you may love it. It may be I just have a bad example
as its one of the first launched although I now have latest firmware
on it. Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from UK on 7th
Apr 2010
An update on the reception issue. It seems that readers reviews
vary from great to iffy a bit like mine. I've since found the problem
is simply that the aerial is on the bottom and you tend to block
the signal when holding it. If you use it in landscape mode the
signal will be a lot higher as you don't block the aerial. Hold
it by its edges and even better still. Upside down its magnificent
but hardly practical as the screen won't rotate more than 90 degrees.
2ndly if you're prepared to pay a little a solution to keylock.
Its called pocket sensor and works on proximity sensor locking the
phone if this is covered such as in a pocket or bag. Works brilliantly.
Impossible to accidentally press anything and as soon as you take
it out it unlocks! Rating:
Reviewed by Dan from United Kingdom
on 7th Apr 2010
I am very happy with the X6, having come from one of the ultimate
phones ever made, the samsung omnia hd. I needed something more
compact and was worried about downgrading from an amoled 3.7 screen,
at first i tried the nokia n97 mini but the screen was aweful and
the music quality dire!. I then took the plunge with the X6 and
am very pleased with it. Firstly the screen colour and contrast
is very good for non amoled, its also responsive. The sound quality
both from the built in speakers and the headphones is as good as
i've heard. The camera is also perfectly acceptable producing decent
shots in good light, and acceptable ones in low light. This is probably
nokia's best implimentation of their 5 mega sensor so far. The symbian
os is also suprisingly quick, better than the recent N series, anyone
who's owned an N series of late will understand! The scrolling contacts
photo bar is also a really nice touch, battery life is also fantastic
if your anything like me and use your phone as a mobile movie player!
one note to add here, dont use the aweful bundled video converter
to turn your dvd's to mpeg4, the quality is quite average instead
try and get hold of I'm too mpeg encoder by xilisoft, the conversions
are quick and offer great audio/visual quality. Back to the phone
the only downside is that i am getting dust accumilation under the
screen!!!! i am awaiting nokia's response on this matter and really
hope its an isolated incident and not a larger design fault the
kind of which caused serious problems with the otherwise great samsung
i8510.... Rating:
Reviewed by Charlotte from Sheffield
, England on 6th Apr 2010
I have no problems with this phone what so ever! the only slight
diappointment is there is no memory caard slot but the HUGE memory
provided rectifys that, and the vibration is not that strong, but
a petite and quiet little beep does the trick and is hardly noticed
in class at university. I got this phone after my other 6500 (which
i loved!) got stolen. It wasnt the phone i originally wanted ( i
wanted a 6800 , but was told it was old and said i could get the
x6 for the same price), but at £25 a month ( 600 minutes , unlimited
texts, unlimited internet, unlimited email , unlimited 3-3 calls
and voicemail and FREE X6 etc) on 3 mobile...its fantastic. I also
have no problems and have been a customer to 3 mobile for the good
part of 9 years. Great speed and touch screen, takes brilliant photos,
love the texting, i just simply love everything about it! Rating:
Reviewed by Mike from England on
5th Apr 2010
Rubbish phone very slow and sluggish, not possible to live with.
Had it for two days and then got an iPhone 3gs which is a million
times better - much faster, easier to use and looks better. Don't
waste your time and money just get the best first. Rating:
Reviewed by Ian from England on
3rd Apr 2010
The phone is ok and the battery life is good but if you have it
on silent there is no way of knowing if you have a call or text
except from a micro light on the bottom. The reception is poor,
I'm always dropping calls which isnt good. The web connection is
very slow and the Ovimaps think I'm in Germany not England. The
nokia music store is also the worst site i have ever encountered.
Not sure if I've made the right choice. Rating:
Reviewed by Michelle from UK on
2nd Apr 2010
Well...where to start. I had a 3GS, which I gave to my son as I
got fed up with having no signal half the time. I upgraded his contract
to an HTC HD2, gave him the iphone and took the HTC. What can I
say? I loathed it with a passion. So I sold it and bought a sim
free X6 instead. And guess what? I absolutely love it! I read all
the reviews first, hovered around in mobile phone shops comparing
phones and then bought this. It does everything I want it to do
without me having to go through several operating systems. It presents
my email on the front screen, gives me easy access to facebook and
gives quick dial facilities for my family and bessie mate on the
front screen. Touchscreen is as good as the iphone - lovely and
smooth and easy - and I really like it. You always get a bit of
lag with Symbian but compared to my old N95, it is speed personified!
It uploads photos to Facebook quicker than the iphone did and the
menus are as you would expect from a Nokia. I found this no bad
thing at all after the HTC. In a nutshell, it does what it says
on the tin exceeding nicely. Rating:
Reviewed by wasim from bangladesh on
2nd Apr 2010
i am using this phone for 21 days.excellent sound and camera quality.good
phone.i am completely satisfied with it. Rating:
Reviewed by jake from dawson on
30th Mar 2010
I was in the market for a phone with a good camera and battey life,
having got used to my iphone i also wanted a good touchscreen. I
have had my x6 for around a month now and have to say im vey happy,
yes in ways I prefer my old iphone 3gs but it had to be sent back
and replaced so many times I started hating it, and i got sick of
the battery, I had enough! also the camera was just ok in perfect
light on my iphone and the battey life was poor! I have read through
all these reviews and have to say i have not had any such problems
described (touch wood!) Signal is great, I think it looks quality,
only downside is the plastic they used on the back should have been
gloss imo but the front is gorgeous. the free sat nav is excellent,
sound quality is great, excellent picture, battery lasts ages and
it takes great photos and videos too, the free music downloads are
a bonus too! Im not saying this phone is perfect, im a bit bored
of the s60 menus but considering how cheap it is on contract I think
it deserves 5 stars! Oh yeah for people who say it runs slowly do
you realise you have to close apps down as you use them or it will
slow down as they will all run in the background, been like this
on s60 nokias for years! Now in an ideal world I would have given
my iphone a better camera and battery and it wouldnt go wrong but
I think ill be very happpy with this phone until apple release a
new iphone! Rating:
Reviewed by Laura from England on
25th Mar 2010
Having spent weeks trawling the net for a new phone, I eventually
opted for the X6, and I'm sooo glad I did! It is by far the best
phone I have ever had, the touchscreen is brilliant, very responsive,
I was worried as I have VERY large fingers, but I can use the querty
keyboard with ease. I live in the middle of nowhere and have always
had a big problem with reception, but I have an Orange contract
and it's perfect, which is amazing!!! Sound is good, camera is good,
internet browsing is quick, and having Wifi is definitely a bonus.
All in all, I think this is a brilliant phone, and I'm a very happy
customer! Rating:
Reviewed by lee from uk on 25th
Mar 2010
dont waste your money, just changed from the samsung f480 which
is not a smart phone but better than the x6. you tube videos are
very poor quality, only fast scrolls in music menu, will only play
mp4 videos, and very sluggish compared to other basic phones, very
dissapointed and im stuck with it now for a year! Rating:
Reviewed by dan from uk on 25th
Mar 2010
i seem to have the same problem as paul only got the fone 2day never
had a problem with tmoble reception b4 but since i got this fone
2day it keeps on cuttin out also d camera seems 2 hav a mind of
its own maybe it might be user error but still cannot come close
2 my iphone someone has 2 at lest give d iphone some compitition
2 stop these stupid prices that we have 2 pay 4 it with a contract Rating:
Reviewed by Belle from UK on
23rd Mar 2010
Great phone! Amazing. I love it. Very good quality of sound and
touch screen as well. Don't like the key lock button on a side.
It's just not good at all. Rating:
Reviewed by Paul T1234 from UK on
23rd Mar 2010
Reception is a problem for me.. I love the phone but the number
of times I've found it on no signal is frightening, particularly
if its in my pocket in a building a reasonable distance away from
a window. Take it out and its got 1 bar showing, but I can't leave
it on display in public all the time can I! I'm not sure if its
this phone or orange but I never had this issue with o2 apart from
in my ground floor flat, where orange is a lot better, main reason
for choosing it!. Putting the aerial on the base of the phone pointing
down and where you hold the phone is stupid but to be fair the signal
is still weak on my 6303 which is known for its excellent reception,
the X6 generally being called average to good, although crucially
on the 6303 it is nearly always there meaning I can receive calls/texts!
This happens in different parts of country, even in city's. Anyone
else had problems with reception? This is getting frustrating. Is
it orange or this phone thats to blame? In other ways I love the
phone and its a good allrounder though sadly nokia didn't make perfect
phone. Add in auto correct on messaging, xenon flash, a better processor
and more RAM, build it out of better materials and you'd have something
truely special. And its not cheap on pay as you go, but is good
value on contract. Rating:
Reviewed by Paul T from UK on
23rd Mar 2010
Its incredibly easy to customise the ring tone/message tone/email
tone to whatever you want, just go into profiles, whichever one
you're on and personalise. You'll easily then know whats a text/email
when it beeps. If it just beeps chances are you've picked meeting
profile. This is not a reason to mark the phone down to 1 star.
The touchscreen is excellent so if you find it useless you're either
using it with finger nails (you need to use your skin with capacitative
screens), or you've a faulty phone. Rating:
Reviewed by rose from england on
22nd Mar 2010
This is the first touch-screen phone I've ever had... and I LOVE
it! I've only had it 4 days but I'm so amazed at everything that
it can do and how easy it is to use. It looks smart too! so glad
I decided to get this phone, I'm sure there's a lot more that I
can learn to do with it, and I can't wait! Rating:
Reviewed by Matt from uk on 19th
Mar 2010
Hated this phone when I first started playing around with it, a
few hours of playing around with it later and I cant find fault
with it, other than the iphone I havent used a touchscreen that
works so well, does everything a top end phone should do and well
at that. The message symbol in the corner means your sim memory
is full, go to messages>options>sim messages and clear them, puzzled
me at first, once you have customised the phone to your needs it
is a joy to use. Rating:
Reviewed by jenny from uk on
17th Mar 2010
It isn't the phone i originally wanted.. but it is ok. though ever
since puttin my old sim card in i have had a message symbol in the
corner flashing.... don't know why... it is simple to use but if
i wouldn't recomend it!good camera, internet is ok. messagin can
be annoyin sometimes.. not for ppl with big fingers! Rating:
Reviewed by NickC from Uk on
17th Mar 2010
Am afraid i did not like this phone at all. Most user unfriendly
interface ever, slow as hell and impossible to navigate. Has annoying
habit of beepeing randomly and not telling me why (battery/email/txt????
no idea!) touchscreen is next to useless too. Rating:
Reviewed by Joey from Mexico on
17th Mar 2010
It's a winner all the way! Rating:
Reviewed by Paulmt123 from UK on
15th Mar 2010
Can understand the good and the bad reviews from my experience after
4 months of use. A good deal on a contract. Bit expensive on pay
as you go. I like it as it does so much well. Brilliant music player,
very good sound quality, impressive camera, and video recording,
GPS works well particularly as ovi maps is now free, and web browsing
is fab and incredibly quick on opera mini. I have an ipod touch
and I never use it anymore as I actually find opera renders pages
in a way which is more suitable to be viewed on a mobile sized screen.
Video playback (mp4) is also great. Multitasking is useful although
run too many apps and things get choppy. Call quality is good and
typing messages is easy with choice of landscape qwerty or alpha
numeric (like on a regular phone only on the screen) keys, with
T9 predictive text. Downsides - yes the build is a bit plasticky
and dust can get in considerable gaps between peaces. Reliability
is also iffy, it is possible to totally screw up this phone. I actually
had it so it would only display nokia logo and freeze. Found a way
to hard reset it (same as 5800) but beware this will lose your contacts.
I think I installed too many apps designed for early symbian phones
(from 3rd party web sites) and installed them all in phone memory
as I thought that would be quicker. Install apps to the mass memory
or you can starve the OS of ram to the point its useless. Nokias
apps are not as diverse or interesting as iphones (though this is
improving) and the processor and ram are slower. Performance could
be much quicker. Finally you need to hold the phone by its edges
in poor signal areas or the signal can drop to zero. Can gain 2-3
bars just by doing this. Why nokia put the aerial on the base is
beyond me, ran out of room to fit it elsewhere maybe what with wifi
and GPS to fit in, but an antenna should be on the top of the phone!
General functionality and value on contracts (free on most tariffs)
along with comes with music (1 years free music downloads) would
give it five stars but the execution lets it down. Next version
should have speed of iphone, aerial on top, and be made of materials
more like high end competitors. Symbian is looking a little tired
although it is easy to use. If you like music its a good buy, and
the free sat nav is a bonus, if you don't really use these features
try its competitors too, plenty of choice in this m arket though
they all seem to lack something this has. Either have poorer cameras,
no decent mapping software for walking about new places, no wifi,
no video camera, or fiddly screens with no option to use a traditional
key pad with predictive text, which I still think is quicker than
pressing tiny keys on a touchscreen particularly when moving. Rating:
Reviewed by Kev Smith from England on
14th Mar 2010
I'll start off with the positives:- Bright screen, which is easy
on the eye. Huge storage capacity (16GB is the entry level). Fantastic
music player and radio (whether using earphones or not). Touchscreen
is fairly responsive (although not on a par with the likes of the
Samsung Jet or Iphone). Wide range of applications, and ever-growing
Ovi Store means more will come over time. Now for the negatives.
I hope you're sitting comforably, as this may take a while. First
of all is the build of the handset - it is made of horrible cheap
plastic, the type of which you would expect if you were spending
£10 on an old pay-as-you-go bargain basement phone. The materials
are simply not good enough for what is being marketed as a top-of-the-range
device. I would not be confident that the plastics would fare to
well if the phone got dropped by accident. Secondly, and related
to the build of the handset, is how harsh the top of the phone's
edges are. With how high up the earpiece is, this makes the phone
very uncomfortable against the ear. They could have done with rounding
off the edges a bit to make the phone more comfortable for calls.
The Symbian OS is too slow, whether browsing the menus or browsing
the internet. Nokia - it's all well and good giving the phone HSDPA,
but if the handset doesn't have enough RAM to process the information
it's downloading quickly enough, then it's rather pointless. Despite,
the phone's official review, the X6 is buggy as hell. Memory leaks,
phone resetting itself are some of the bugs I encountered with the
phone. The PC connectivity software that Nokia provide is dreadful
- it's slow and unreliable, often freezing. Much like the phone.
And finally, a mere 2 days after I got the phone, it decided to
freeze and reset itself for the umpteenth time, only this time,
it refused to work afterwards, simply freezing at the initial white
screen with the Nokia logo. Thankfully, my network, Three, have
been rather understanding with my issues and are not making me take
another X6, instead I have a HTC Hero on the way. Annoying as the
phone not working is, it is actually a blessing as it means I won't
be stuck with this frankly appalling handset for 18 months. Rating:
Reviewed by mark from england on
12th Mar 2010
my first touchscreen phone after years with my indestrucable, unbelievably
reliable, does what it says on the tin, next to perfect, 6300. I
wish i hadnt bothered. This is everything the 6300 isnt. Its all
talk no trousers. the os is horrificly slow, the camera is temperemental,
the touchscreen is average. The battery life isnt bad. The menus
are a mess, and unituitive. its just not that good. I'm hoping the
shop will take it back so i can "downgrade" to something which works
properly. Rating:
Reviewed by SAJ from UK on 9th
Mar 2010
Have been using X6 for the last 2 weeks. It has been a pleasure
to use this phone. Although a bit bulky it has a sensitive screen,
wouldn't say amazing but very useful features, obviously user friendly
and intergrated gps(handy). When bought from nokia shop, it comes
with £20/- worth free music download from ovi store. Downloading
apps from ovi store and elsewhere is quite easy. Lots of apps available
from ovi store and other symbian sites. Internet connection(thru
WLAN) and transfer data from other phones is faster and simple.
Ovi maps is free but could have made it better. Rating:
Reviewed by John from UK on 3rd
Mar 2010
I purchased this phone several days ago. I have to admitm reading
some of the old reviews (deleted now) on here I was sceptical as
to whether it was going to end up frustrating me with problems or
not. Well, having used it for a few days now, I can safely say this
phone is INCREDIBLE. Very powerful, its just like a mini laptop
in your pocket. Please take my advice and update the firmware to
the latest version when you get the phone. This can be done through
the phone itself, in the apps menu, select SW update, it installed
on mine without deleting any files/ settings although I'd still
reccommend backing up. Signal is excellent, ALL volumes are nice
and loud, very high quality speaker, battery life is still on FULL
after 2 days of heavy use inc wireless internet, camera, calls etc,
camera is very good for a phone, but some of the Sony Ericssons
have the edge, touchscreen is very very responsive. Great purchase,
highly reccommeneded Rating:
Reviewed by Jon from UK on 28th
Feb 2010
By far the best phone I have ever had. The only issue was trying
to sync with my PC to trans music to my phone. But after I sorted
that issue out, the phone is amazing. It is a bit prone to finger
prints though. Rating:
Reviewed by Paul T from UK on
25th Feb 2010
A new firmware update is now available. This seems more stable and
fixes memory leaks that previously occurred during more complicated
tasks or multi-tasking. Should hopefully stop web browser quitting
on complicated sites. Also. There are some better batteries available
on ebay for very little cost I'd recommend. I got a 1930mAH one
originally as a spare but its so good I'm using it as the main battery
(original is only 1320). Been using it intensively all day for music,
internet, updating software, its been reset several times and is
still on 7/7 bars! The original would be crying out for a recharge
with such use. Rating:
Reviewed by Pault123 from UK on
22nd Feb 2010
Found the reason for the poor reception. Turns out when I removed
what I thought was a black sticker from the phone (thought I needed
to do this to fix on the camera strap, what I'd actually done is
remove the antenna! So not suprising it let me down. Its confusing
having an arrow looking like you have to lift up the black tape.
You don't. Simply need to put it on the little clip next to it!
Managed to refit the aerial (which is basically a couple of copper
strips attached to bottom of the black tape, and reception is now
fine. I've increasingly found that my ipod touch is redundant which
says a lot for the web browsing facilities. Download opera mini
and its super fast even if you only have a 2G signal. Performance
is fine too if you use the basic theme. A shame. It would have been
nice for it to have more memory such that it could cope with all
the fab themes you can fit on it. Run too much at once and it runs
out of memory. But battery life is reasonable, music player is great,
and camera's not bad either. Its a good all rounder. But do not
under any circumstances try and remove the black tape from the base
of the bottom of phone under the battery cover. Can't wait for new
firmware though. Just to make it feel a bit smoother.. If they get
that right and OS utilises memory better and get rid of the quirks
like needing to look through all my music to select a ring tone
(the search takes 10 minutes only to find as they're DRM none of
them work!). Odd it takes so long given that in music player it
takes less than 3 seconds to load my whole list. The gallery is
also too slow. If they can put the speed of some of the apps into
the rest of the phone it'll be a real contender. The main reason
to buy this now is the comes with music which is brilliant. Unlimited
downloads for a year and you can play on one PC too and keep what
you've downloaded when its up. Sound quality is good enough (once
you've tweak ed the EQ a bit) to use connected to my hifi, trouncing
my ipod touch and even my computer itself. I also like the ease
of texting using either an alphanumeric keypad (much bigger and
uses T9 predictive text, or full screen landscape. Rating:
Reviewed by wufter from GB on
19th Feb 2010
good all rounder. i always go for a good canera as this is important.
it has a good memory. the only gripe which is why i have only given
4 stars is the photo viewer. every photo appears when you open the
menu and you have to scroll through them all to find a particular
one. other than that a sound phone. i am on orange and no trouble.
had phone about 4 months now Rating:
Reviewed by Mary from England on
17th Feb 2010
Oh wow fabulous what more can i say Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from UK on 1st
Feb 2010
Sadly this is a phone that wows you when you first use it then frustrates
later. As you can see from an initial 5 star review, then a 4, and
now a 2! So what has caused me to drop the review rating after 4
months? Simple I've used the phone in more circumstances and there
are major issues. The web browser is easy to use and you can use
opera mini but both may quit without warning. Minor issue. If you
put lots of music on your phone and want to select a ring tone or
message tone in profiles it will try and go through every tune you've
downloaded and will take 10 mins before you can even select it!
Good be sorted with a firmware product. The galery takes forever
to browse pictures. The worst thing though is reception quality.
I cannot remember having such a poor signal all over the place.
Either orange is terrible or this phone has a very bad problem.
But I put an o2 sim in my phone which registered full signal on
a basic nokia but on this I only got half signal. So many times
I've had missed calls and if the phones in my pocket its usually
on no signal. Take it out of the pocket place it somewhere and it
will suddenly connect with 4 bars! Pick it up to make a call and
it will drop to 1 bar and sometimes cut me off! The aerial is at
the bottom of the phone, just where you hold it! So your hand cuts
of the reception. Hold it at the top and it'll just about keep the
signal but feels very odd. Had a 5800 and suffered from the same
exact problem but o2 seemed to have better coverage so wasn't as
annoying. Texting is also a bit slow and unresponsive but not too
bad for a touch screen. So it seems they spent plenty of time giving
it a great camera, GPS (which is also very unreliable at times and
takes 2 minutes to reroute on the walking map (no problem with old
N82 here), excellent music facilities, and internet capabilities),
but forgot that it was a phone not an Mp3 player... I need to be
able to use my phone so this will be used as a great Mp3 player/wifi
browser/GPS and I'll get a fairly basic 2730 to deal with the calls
and texts. Its a great MP3 player but if you wanna use it in poorer
reception areas or ground floor flats forget it! Rating:
Reviewed by Audrey from Korea on
31st Jan 2010
The phones great. The design, Calls and sound Rating:
Reviewed by anudeep from india on
6th Jan 2010
at present in the town this is the best phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from UK on 30th
Dec 2009
Performance problems. Once you have lots of music on the phone some
of the other features don't work properly. For example it now takes
10 minutes to select a ring or message tone! This is because it
tries to search every file on the phone and there are now lots,
and they are DRM protected files so can't be used. The general feel
is of something which needs either more ram or a better processor,
perhaps both! Or a firmware upgrade. Hopefully a new firmware version
will fix this as when browsing music to listen to, searching is
instantaneous. Other times scrolling menus is jerky and there seems
to be some slow down at the moment despite switching to a default
theme. Its as if too much stuff is loaded in memory even though
I have no apps running. Other than that the phone is great and reliable
too. Sound quality on the music is excellent and the web browsing
and camera are good. If they could fix the performance it could
be a serious iphone 3G contender. Rating:
Reviewed by Clear Cut Chap from UK on
22nd Dec 2009
The 'X6' is an excellent step forward for Nokia from the Nokia 5800.
It is robust, functional, good looking and most of all works well-
good all rounder! As the review states it delivers on all fronts!
Hopefully in time to come the firmware upgrades would harness the
multi-touch functionality like in the iPhone, now that this phone
has a capacitative screen.-considering the way Nokia has tweaked
the firmware over the last year or so on the Nokia 5800 the signs
bode well. Another good feature to add would be to have radio beamed
via bluetooth so that you can listen to it on your stereo bluetooth
headphones-a feature on the Sony Ericsson Aino. The Camera should
get the Xenon flash for greater depth in low light photography.
The double LED flash-while the best for Nokia-still tends to distort
the colour perception when used to take a photograph in low light.
Sony Ericsson have improved that aspect a lot more with their W995
and even C510 however it lacks depth compared to the Camera with
Xenon flash like on the C905 / K850 etc. This is the best that the
Symbian OS is going to get in its current 'Avatar!' Id definitely
recommend it. Rating:
Reviewed by Caitlin from UK on
20th Dec 2009
This phone is an amazing phone and i would recommend it to anyone.
I've been looking for a new touchscreen for months and when I saw
this I decided to wait for it as it was spoken highly of. It was
definitely worth the wait! The touchscreen is very responsive and
the camera including the flash is brilliant. Texting and calling
is very easy and the speakers are fantastic, espiecially when playing
music-the quality is so clear. With 32GB it's also good for downloading
many apps which you can get in the ovi store. It also has some useful
features such as a quick contacts bar and media bar. This s definitely
one of the best phones out there! Rating:
Reviewed by reuben from uk on
17th Dec 2009
amsing so good rly cool i want it love the touch screen and every
thing Rating:
Reviewed by Ian from UK on 15th
Dec 2009
This phone has got it all, clearly the best phone i have ever owned.
Originally i had the sony ericsson satio, which frankly, isnt much
of anything at the moment due to the constant problems. So this
was my alternative phone. I have never paid £45 a month for a phone
but this is worth it, great touch screen with little flaws. The
apps are good, some people may complain that it takes a long time
to open up some programs, but life should be taken in the slow lane.
The camerea is ace, the best flash ive seen (it even rivals the
satio's flash) Texting is a breeze because of the capacitive touch
screen and the speaks are IMMENSE. My only issue is that when i
open Nokia music or use the GPS, i t seems to drain the battery
in the space of 30 minutes. I am waiting to see if this improves,
but over all A MUST HAVE! Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from UK on 14th
Dec 2009
Big improvement on the 5800. Now uses capacitative screen so it
responds without effort. For music its fabulous. Great music player,
excellent sound quality and comes with music (subject to contract).
1 years free music downloads. I've really enjoyed downloading albums
I lost as well as new stuff. Can be played on 1 computer too as
well as phone and after a year anything you've downloaded you can
keep. Camera is excellent. The 5mp carls zeiss lens is much better
in low light than the rather poor 5800. Messaging is much easier
than before thanks to the responsive screen. Built in web browser
is OK, if a bit prone to freezing up. But fear not. Opera mini works
brilliantly on this phone (unlike 5800 when it wouldn't accept clicks),
and serves up a web experience not far off the iphone. Call quality
and reception are flawless. Built in speakers are good, and you
can happily watch a video on it. I downloaded a free utility and
watched a film from my DVD on it the other day and it look and sounded
fabulous. Still not quite an iphone killer because OS and no. apps
is not in same league. Processor is slower too and can lag if you
ask it to do too much at once. But I'd rather have it due to superior
camera, GPS with ovi maps (downloadable so you don't waste huge
bills abroad, and the free music deal. If you download maps booster
for £3, the GPS finds a signal instantly by locating wifi hotspots
in the area. Its now great for finding your way around when walking
and it no longer costs anything for this service. A very enjoyable
phone. Highly recommended. Oh and it has a massive 32GB of storage,
yet is free on a 35 a month contract. When nokia put a decent processor
in it and perhaps the new memo OS the iphone 3GS will be worried.
As it is its great value on contract. Rating:
Reviewed by John from UK on 14th
Dec 2009
amazing fone slim and it is touch sensitive not heat like the apple
iphone so u can use it with gloves on YAHHHHH Rating:
Reviewed by julian from uk on
14th Dec 2009
the best phone Rating:
