Nokia E-6 Price
Rs. 32,500Quick Overview
The sleek new addition features a 2.46" LCD capacitive touchscreen, made of Gorilla Glass to protect it from scratches.The phone comes with an 8-megapixel fixed-focus snapper with dual-LED flash which can record 720p HD video. It has GPS, Wi-Fi, FM radio, and Bluetooth.
Details
Nokia's two flagship phones for the new Symbian^3 Anna update consisted of the X7 and the Nokia E6, with the latter packing a physical QWERTY keyboard combined with a touchscreen.
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.
Additional Information
| Product Status | Available |
|---|---|
| GENERAL |  |
| 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network (specs) | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 |
| Announced On | 2011, April |
| Features | * 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 * Yes, MIDP 2.0 - WMV/RV/MP4/H.264 player - MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/eAAC+ player - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Organizer - Voice command/dial/commands - Predictive text input |
| SIZE | |
| Dimensions | 115.5 x 59 x 10.5 mm, 66 cc |
| Weight | 133 g |
| DISPLAY | |
| Display Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Display 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 |
| QWERTY keyboard | Yes |
| SOUND | |
| Speakerphone | Yes |
| MEMORY | |
| Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
| Call records | Detailed, max 30 days |
| Internal Memory | 8 GB storage, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM |
| Memory Card Slot | Yes |
| Card slot details | microSD, up to 32GB |
| DATA | |
| GPRS | Yes |
| GPRS class | Class 33 |
| EDGE | Yes |
| EDGE class | Class 33 |
| 3G | Yes |
| 3G Specs | HSDPA 10.2Mbps, HSUPA 2.0Mbps |
| Wi-Fi / WLAN | Yes |
| WLAN specs | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Bluetooth specs | v3.0 with A2DP |
| Infrared Port | No |
| USB | Yes |
| USB info | v2.0 microUSB, USB On-the-go support |
| CAMERA | |
| Camera Available | Yes |
| Camera Flash | Yes |
| Primary Camera | 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash |
| Video Specs | 720p@25fps |
| Secondary Camera | VGA |
| FEATURES | |
| OS Type | Symbian |
| OS Detail | Symbian Anna OS |
| CPU | 600 MHz ARM 11 processor, 2D/3D Graphics HW Accelerator with OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0 |
| Dual SIM | No |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser Support | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML |
| Radio | Yes |
| Radio Specs | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| Games | Yes + downloadable |
| Colors | Black, White, Silver |
| GPS | Yes |
| GPS Specs | with A-GPS support |
| Java | Yes |
| Java Specs | 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 SPECS. | |
| Battery Type | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BP-4L) |
| Stand-by Time | 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) |
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