Review – Nokia 6220 Classic – Light & Powerful
Courtesy of the folks over at Womworld, we got the chance to try out the Nokia 6220 classic. This worked to be a great small and compact cell phone with a terrific camera and S60 abilities. This comes unlocked as most Nokia advanced phones come and offers a ton of software and utilities onboard. We were able to pop in a T-Mobile SIM chip and use the phone within seconds. It comes with a quad band GSM ability and 3G abilities as well bundled with VOIP capabilities. 128MB of memory comes with the phone and you can add more via a microSD slot that comes on the side of the phone. We found the phones call qualities very acceptable and the camera with crisp pictures. If you’ve had the opportunity to use the higher end Nokia’s, such as the N95 or E71 you’ll be very familiar with the camera controls.
The size of this phone is remarkable though, being only 3oz + battery and having a sharp screen and vibrant colors to match. Wi-Fi and GPS come with the phone as well and we were able to browse the internet with moderate speed via the bundled browser. The S60 platform features a number of built in programs and the ability to add a secondary browser such as Skyfox or Opera Mini is there if wanted.
Overall, we liked the phone and it’s picture taking, but found the slowness of the operating system a little slow for flipping between features. If on the phone and quickly wanting to take a picture, the phone loaded the camera software slowly and then allowed the picture to be taken. The GPS feature also proved slow as with most assisted GPS phones. The GPS signal took a while to acquire and by the time the GPS loaded, you forgot what you needed it for.
We do like the phone despite the minimal flaws and is available online via most retailers. We give it an 8/10 and thank Womworld and Nokia for the use and trial.
