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The Nokia X6 is a media-focused cell phone released by Nokia in fall 2009. It is only 14mm thin and has a 3.2" touchscreen display that is optimized photo and video playback and lets you store up to 20 friends on your homescreen as well as popular communites, such as Facebook. It has 32GB of internal storage with 35 hours of music playback and has a 3.5mm headphone jack and dedicated volume keys for easy music playback. There is a built in 5-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss optical lens, dual LED flash, TV-out, video editing and online sharing. This is a "Comes With Music" phone, meaning you are able to download unlimited free music from the Nokia music store, with the included subscription period (may vary). It also features afull web browser, Flash lite support and a built in A-GPS with Ovi Maps. It comes preloaded with games such as Spore, DJ MIx Tour and Ashphalt4 for added out-of-the-box entertainment.
MSRP $700.00
Release date September, 2009
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Specifications
- Size:
- Form: Classic with finger-operated touch screen user interface
- Dimensions: 111.0 x 51.0 x 13.8 mm
- Weight: 122 g
- Display and 3D:
- Capacitive touch screen
- Size: 3.2"
- Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels (nHD)
- Up to 16.7 million colours
- Automatic orientation sensor (Accelerometer) for display rotation
- 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio
- Keys and input method:
- Finger-operated touch screen for text input and user interface control (alphanumeric keypad and QWERTY that are automatically changed with display rotation, full screen handwriting for Chinese language)
- Dedicated Media Bar touch key for access to music, gallery, share online, Video Centre and web browser
- Physical keys for application launch (menu key), send and end, power, camera, lock, volume up and down
- Dedicated personal Contacts Bar for direct access to contacts, feeds and status updates
- Voice commands
- Colours and covers:
- Connectors:
- Micro USB connector for USB 2.0 High Speed to PC
- 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector for audio and TV-out
- Small DC jack
- Memory: 32 GB internal memory
- Power:
- BL-5J 1320 mAh Li-Ion standard battery
- Talk time (maximum):
- Standby time (maximum):
- Video playback time (maximum): H51nHD 25 fps up to 3 h 36 min
- Video recording time (maximum): 3 h 30 min
- Video call time (maximum): 3 h
- Music playback time (maximum): 35 h
- Communication and navigation:
- Operating frequency
- WCDMA 900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 (Latin America and Brazil variant only)
- WCDMA 900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, 2G QB (China variant)
- Automatic switching between GSM bands
- Flight mode
- Data network:
- CSD
- HSCSD
- GPRS/EDGE class A, multislot class 11, with similtaneous voice and packet data mode support
- GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 32
- WCDMA 2100/1900 with similtaneous voice and packet data mode support
- HSDPA cat 6, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps (DL)
- WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g
- TCP/IP support
- Local connectivity and synchronisation:
- Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
- MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
- TV out (PAL)
- Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia Ovi Suite
- Call features:
- Integrated hands-free speakerphone
- Number screening for messaging and calls
- Automatic answer with headset or car kit
- Any key answer
- Call waiting, call hold, call divert
- Call timer
- Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
- Automatic redial
- Speed dialling
- Speaker-independent name dialling (SIND)
- Fixed dialling number support
- Vibrating alert (internal)
- Side volume keys
- Mute/unmute
- Contacts Bar for 20 contacts with images and comminication history (SMS, calls, instant messaging, email, web feeds)
- Talking ring tones
- Conference calling with up to 6 participants
- Video calling: up to 176 x 144 pixels, low up to 5 fps, normal up to 10 fps, smooth up to 15 fps
- Messaging:
- SMS with support for concatenated SMS for long messages
- Multiple SMS deletion
- MMS version 13, message size up to 600 kb
- Automatic resizing of images for MMS
- Nokia Xpress audio messaging
- Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
- Number screening for messaging
- Distribution lists for messaging
- Instant messaging client
- Cell broadcast
- E-mail:
- Supported protocols: IMAP, POP, SMTP
- Support for email attachments
- OMA email notification support
- Nokia Email
- Mail for Exchange
- Web browsing:
- Supported mark-up languages: HTML, XHTML, WML
- Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP, JavaScript
- TCP/IP support
- OSS web browser
- Nokia Mobile Search
- GPS and navigation:
- Integrated A-GPS
- Ovi Maps 3.0
- Photography:
- 5.0 megapixel AF camera (2592 x 1944 pixels)
- Image formats: JPEG/EXIF
- Carl Zeiss optics
- 4x digital zoom
- Autofocus
- Dual LED flash
- Flash modes: On, off, automatic, red-eye reduction
- White balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
- Centre weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
- Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
- Scene modes: automatic, manual, portrait, landscape, night, night portrait
- Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
- Dedicated camera key
- Landscape (horizontal) orientation
- Image editor on device
- Direct printing to compatible picture printers
- TV out (PAL)
- Video:
- Main camera:
- Video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps (TV quality), up to 640 x 352 pixels and up to 30 fps (widescreen quality), up to 320 x 240 pixels and up to 30 fps/15 fps (email high/normal quality), up to 176 x 144 and up to 15 fps (sharing quality)
- Up to 4x digital video zoom
- Front camera:
- Video recording at up to 176 x 144 pixels, low up to 5 fps, normal up to 10 fps, smooth up to 15 fps
- Video recording file formats: MP4, 3GP
- Audio recording formats: WAV (normal), AMR (MMS), AAC/MP4 (high quality)
- Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
- Scene modes: automatic, night
- Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
- Clip length (maximum): 1 h 30 min (high or normal quality). Depending on available memory
- RealPlayer
- Video playback file formats: MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps VGA, MPEG4-AVC playback 30 fps QVGA, WMV9 playback 30 fps QVGA, MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps nHD
- Video streaming: 3GPP, CIF
- Landscape mode video playback
- Video calling: up to 176 x 144 pixels, low up to 5 fps, normal up to 10 fps, smooth up to 15 fps
- TV out (PAL)
- Video editor on device
- Video Centre service supported: download and stream video content, WMV support, video feeds
- Music and audio playback:
- Nokia Nseries digital music player:
- Playlists
- 8-band graphical equaliser
- Selection by artist, composers, album and genre
- Album graphics display
- Bass booster, stereo widening, loudness
- Music playback file formats: mp3, SPMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA
- Dedicated volume keys and immediate access to the Music Player from the Media Bar
- Stereo FM radio
- 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
- Nokia Music
- Nokia Music Store support
- Nokia Podcasting support
- Ring tones: 3D stereo ring tones, 64-tone polyphonic, mp3 & video ring tones (3 videos and 9 mp3 songs built-in)
- Integrated 3D sound effect stereo speakers (dedicated audio chip for crystal clear hi-fi sound quality)
- Voice and audio recording:
- Voice commands
- Speaker-independent name dialling (SIND)
- Voice recorder
- Audio recording formats: AMR, NB-AMR, FR, EFR
- Digital stereo microphone
- Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones:
- Customisable profiles
- Ring tones: 3D stereo ring tones, 64-tone polyphonic, mp3 & video ring tones
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November 9, 2009
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Pros
- 5MP camera with dual LED flash
- 32GBof internal storage
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- web browser with flash lite support
- 3.2" touchscreen display
- support for a online social networks apps such as Facebook
- TV output
- WiFi (WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g)
- Integrated A-GPS
- comes with Ovi Maps 3.0 (maps & navigation)
- Stereo FM radio
- Voice commands
- multi-tasking touchscreen smartphone OS (Symbian S60 5th Edition)
- capacitive touchscreen display
- microUSB for charging and syncing
- can geo-tag pictures (with GPS data, when available)
Cons
- high price for a phone more targeted towards casual consumers
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October 1, 2009
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- 5MP camera with dual LED flash
- 32GBof internal storage
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- web browser with flash lite support
- 3.2" touchscreen display
- support for a online social networks apps such as Facebook
- TV output
Cons
- high price for a phone more targeted towards casual consumers
- quite large in all dimensions
- runs Symbian OS
- no physical keyboard
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