Nokia C6-01

Selasa, 13 September 2011

Nokia C6-01

Introduction

The Nokia C6-01 comes in as a reasonably priced and well-built smartphone with great all-round connectivity and a unique feature to set it apart from rivals. The ClearBlack display can actually give Nokia quite an edge if it lives up to the expectations.
The Nokia C6-01 has got a tall task on its hands. It comes to replace an iconic phone like the 5800 XpressMusic. The Nokia 5800 (despite all its imperfections) introduced Nokia to the touchscreen game with a winning move but now it’s time for it to bow out of the way with dignity.

Nokia C6-01 official photos
One bestseller out – the next one in. The next generation is here and we’re happy to greet the Nokia C6-01. Let’s start with a quick check-up.

Key features

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support

Quad/Penta-band 3G with 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support

3.2" 16M-color ClearBlack AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution

8 megapixel fixed-focus camera with dual-LED flash and 720p video @ 25fps recording; geotagging, face detection, smart-zoom in videos

Symbian^3 OS

680 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 256 MB RAM

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

TV-out functionality (SD)

GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation

Digital compass

340MB on-board storage, microSD expandable

DivX and XviD video support

Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor

Standard 3.5 mm audio jack

Stereo FM Radio with RDS

microUSB port with USB On-the-go support

Flash and Java support for the web browser

Stereo Bluetooth 3.0

Excellent audio quality

Smart dialing and voice commands

Main disadvantages

Disappointing battery life

Symbian^3 is still behind Android and iOS usability (mostly in text input and web browsing)

The camera is a fixed-focus unit, tends to oversharpen images by default

No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)

Relatively limited 3rd party software availability

The Nokia C6-01 seems better equipped indeed than most of its direct competitors. HVGA (320 x 480 pixels) seems to be the standard in this price range and nHD (360 x 640 pixels) trumps that and even keeps some deeper blacks in reserve. Not to mention stuff like HD video recording, USB On-the-go, DivX and XviD or Flash support, which are still rare enough to make a great selling point.