When I bought the Nokia 2600, the ad’s weren’t appearing yet on the media. I needed a sturdy, good looking coloured mobile with good functionality and I had little time and choice-I wanted Nokia and all I got at 5200 bucks was the 2600.
On first glances, the mobile appeared refreshing and quite a good buy.The phone looked and was indeed quite sturdy and the keypad layout was innovative and comfortable. The phone was quite well designed and looked cool to carry.Everyone wanted to see the new mobile which no one had heard of. But gradually, the quirks were visible and I sold it off for the peaceful 3310 two weeks back.
The mobile is 4096 coloured, and has a normal phonebook memory(but no multiple entries for a single person), call register options(20 dialled, 10 missed and 10 received), easy navigation-traditional nokia menu system like the 3315 etc or the customizable 7250i type icon system in a single screen.
The numbers of messages stored are fine, no problems with over 40 messages in your inbox, so memory is fine. You can also screen(bar) messages from any particular number(s) as well as keep count of your sent/received messages. There are three games including the famous Bounce, as well as Applications such as Convertor, Calculator n stuff like that.
The on-call sound is not great but you can complete a conversation fairly satisfactorily. I always thought it could have been just a bit better if I could strain my ears a little lesser, but you gotta do with what you have. The ringtones are also not as loud as you would have liked, and even 2300 is louder.
The phone does not have monophonic ringtones but instead converts monophonic to multi-channel tones so they sound like polyphonic but unlike in a 3310, sound less louder. The main negative factor when it comes to buying a coloured mobile while dishing out nearly 4500 bucks(current apprx price) is that it does not have GPRS support. This means you cannot download wallpapers or even polyphonic ringtones, leave alone movie clips. You only get a set of Themes which you can customize or mix and match.Even these are not very exciting(night, day, boy, girl, taj mahal, rhino, tiger etc).
That in my opinion is a major flaw in an otherwise not too bad phone. I certainly think including GPRS would have boosted 2600 sales quite higher. Another downside to the 2600 is that in daylight, the screen is not satisfactorily visible and you have to squint quite a bit to read those messages.
Battery back up is fine-you can afford not to charge it for two days at a stretch. The cell is not very heavy and considerably light. It is prone to scratches but does not come apart after a fall. The mobile shell or cover, however has not reached retailers yet, and I think it will be expensive so careful handling of the cell is necessary.
All in all, a fair buy for those who are tired of black n white cells and wish to move over to a coloured mobile that is fairly uncluttered and easy to use. But for most, I think like me, they will be disappointed with it due to the lack of GPRS and the visibility and sound problems. Ironically, the ’’colour’’ factor of the cell that is being popularized by Nokia plays a hand in the mobile’s downsides.
As usual, my opinion was unbiased and was an honest and sincere effort. I hope it will be useful for anyone who reads it.
P.S. : IGNORE ’’and I Love it!’’ in the third option of Review Details.I had no other choice. Just read ’’Slim, Sleek’’ ;-)