3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size:640 x 480 pixels, 2.46 inches
- Gorilla glass display
- QWERTY keyboard
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
OS:Symbian Anna OS
CPU :600 MHz ARM 11 processor, 2D/3D Graphics HW Accelerator with OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0
RAM: 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM
Messaging :SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser :WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio :Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games: Yes + downloadable
Colors :Black, White, Silver
GPS: with A-GPS support
Loudspeaker :Yes
3.5mm jack :Yes
Phonebook :Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records :Detailed, max 30 days
Internal :8 GB storage
Card slot :microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory
GPRS:Class 33
EDGE:Class 33
3G :HSDPA 10.2Mbps, HSUPA 2.0Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth: v3.0 with A2DP
Infrared port :No
USB : v2.0 microUSB, USB On-the-go support
Camera :Primary :8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash
Features :Geo-tagging, face detection
Video : 720p@25fps
Secondary: VGA
Java : MIDP 2.1
- Stainless steel panels
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Digital compass
- TV-out
- MP4/H.264/H.263/RV player
- MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/eAAC+ player
- QuickOffice document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Organizer
- Flash Lite 4.0
- Voice command/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
Battery :Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
Stand-by :Up to 681 h (2G) / Up to 744 h (3G)
Talk time :Up to 14 h 48 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
Price: Approx Rs.17000/-
The phone feels pretty standard for a Nokia E-series effort - rubberised, slightly raised keys that are quite easy to hit once you get used to the placement, and a large D-pad for navigating around the screen.
This chrome ring is surrounded by the now-standard E-series options, including Calendar, Contacts and E-Mail, with all very easy to tap from whichever way you hold the phone.
The new Symbian^3 Anna upgrade is present and correct here, offering up a more slick home screen motion under the thumb, with the screen 'optimised' for the thumb, with larger icons and single column widgets on the left-hand side.
The 2.46-inch VGA screen on the Nokia E6 is actually pretty hi-res, coming in at over 300dpi... it's actually the same as the iPhone 4's Retina display, although in side by side comparisons the E6 looks considerably darker and a little less sharp.
The outside of the phone has some neat touches - for instance, the rocker buttons have little LED lights underneath, and the lock switch doubles as a torch control if held down for long enough.
The torch is nigh-on blinding, and the dual LED flash helps bring to life any snap in the dark. The camera shutter speed was fast enough in our early tests, and at 8MP more than you'd expect from a phone of this calibre.
However, the upgrades to the OS still aren't enough to put the Nokia E6 up there with the competition - for instance, users still can only have fixed size widgets or deliberate rows of icons, meaning there's very little option for customisation.
Another slight issue was the amount of time it took the E6 to open applications - we soon got used to the little spinning icon telling us that we had to wait. Hopefully this is just pre-release software, but as most smartphones are capable of instant application opening, it's become a slightly alien concept to us.
The internet browser is much-improved though... it's still some way behind the competition, but it's at least faster. Pinch and zoom was horribly laggy whenever a website was still loading and there was no text reflow to speak of - but at least navigation was speedy when jumpy from site to site.
The high res screen at least was decent enough for video - it was a fraction too small for an extended watching session, but if you're after a few quick clips you can't help but be impressed by what's on offer.
Ovi Maps has been overhauled to include elements such as predictive search (to help work out what you're after before you complete the text entry) and more social networking features to help check in. We were unable to test this properly thanks to being indoors, but fear not: it will be in our full Nokia E6 review.
Overall, we still feel this is another phone from the Nokia handbook of 'How to make phones that are a bit like the other phones we made but also a bit different'. It sadly skipped the chapter on 'How to make the phone as good as the competition', but depending on the price could still attract a lot of those that dislike BlackBerry phones but love a QWERTY keyboard.
Source TechRadar
Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size:640 x 480 pixels, 2.46 inches
- Gorilla glass display
- QWERTY keyboard
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
OS:Symbian Anna OS
CPU :600 MHz ARM 11 processor, 2D/3D Graphics HW Accelerator with OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0
RAM: 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM
Messaging :SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser :WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio :Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games: Yes + downloadable
Colors :Black, White, Silver
GPS: with A-GPS support
Loudspeaker :Yes
3.5mm jack :Yes
Phonebook :Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records :Detailed, max 30 days
Internal :8 GB storage
Card slot :microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory
GPRS:Class 33
EDGE:Class 33
3G :HSDPA 10.2Mbps, HSUPA 2.0Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth: v3.0 with A2DP
Infrared port :No
USB : v2.0 microUSB, USB On-the-go support
Camera :Primary :8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash
Features :Geo-tagging, face detection
Video : 720p@25fps
Secondary: VGA
Java : MIDP 2.1
- Stainless steel panels
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Digital compass
- TV-out
- MP4/H.264/H.263/RV player
- MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/eAAC+ player
- QuickOffice document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Organizer
- Flash Lite 4.0
- Voice command/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
Battery :Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
Stand-by :Up to 681 h (2G) / Up to 744 h (3G)
Talk time :Up to 14 h 48 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
Price: Approx Rs.17000/-
The phone feels pretty standard for a Nokia E-series effort - rubberised, slightly raised keys that are quite easy to hit once you get used to the placement, and a large D-pad for navigating around the screen.
This chrome ring is surrounded by the now-standard E-series options, including Calendar, Contacts and E-Mail, with all very easy to tap from whichever way you hold the phone.
The new Symbian^3 Anna upgrade is present and correct here, offering up a more slick home screen motion under the thumb, with the screen 'optimised' for the thumb, with larger icons and single column widgets on the left-hand side.
The 2.46-inch VGA screen on the Nokia E6 is actually pretty hi-res, coming in at over 300dpi... it's actually the same as the iPhone 4's Retina display, although in side by side comparisons the E6 looks considerably darker and a little less sharp.
The outside of the phone has some neat touches - for instance, the rocker buttons have little LED lights underneath, and the lock switch doubles as a torch control if held down for long enough.
The torch is nigh-on blinding, and the dual LED flash helps bring to life any snap in the dark. The camera shutter speed was fast enough in our early tests, and at 8MP more than you'd expect from a phone of this calibre.
However, the upgrades to the OS still aren't enough to put the Nokia E6 up there with the competition - for instance, users still can only have fixed size widgets or deliberate rows of icons, meaning there's very little option for customisation.
Another slight issue was the amount of time it took the E6 to open applications - we soon got used to the little spinning icon telling us that we had to wait. Hopefully this is just pre-release software, but as most smartphones are capable of instant application opening, it's become a slightly alien concept to us.
The internet browser is much-improved though... it's still some way behind the competition, but it's at least faster. Pinch and zoom was horribly laggy whenever a website was still loading and there was no text reflow to speak of - but at least navigation was speedy when jumpy from site to site.
The high res screen at least was decent enough for video - it was a fraction too small for an extended watching session, but if you're after a few quick clips you can't help but be impressed by what's on offer.
Ovi Maps has been overhauled to include elements such as predictive search (to help work out what you're after before you complete the text entry) and more social networking features to help check in. We were unable to test this properly thanks to being indoors, but fear not: it will be in our full Nokia E6 review.
Overall, we still feel this is another phone from the Nokia handbook of 'How to make phones that are a bit like the other phones we made but also a bit different'. It sadly skipped the chapter on 'How to make the phone as good as the competition', but depending on the price could still attract a lot of those that dislike BlackBerry phones but love a QWERTY keyboard.
Source TechRadar
