Nokia 6610 Review

Overall Rating

Easy navigation. Built-in radio.

Poor build quality. Tiny screen. Not fully MMS compliant. Keys too small.

The Nokia 6610 was my 4th Nokia mobile, having worked up from the humble 3210. Being my first colour-screen phone, I was expecting a lot from this device.

My initial impressions of the phone were quite good. The phone looked stylish as is the case with most Nokia handsets, and the phone was very easy to navigate. Again this is something that Nokia have built a reputation on in the past. However my expectations were short lived as I began to find problems with the phone.

After a couple of months of ownership, the facia on my phone started to repeatedly come apart at the top, even though there was a plastic lug there to prevent this happening. There was no damage to the facia, but the clips didn't quite meet together, making the facia come apart at the slightest tap.

Although initially a bonus, the screen on this phone is way too small! Using GPRS to browse the web, quickly becomes a bind as much of your time is spent scrolling and scrolling, trying to find the piece of the page that you want.

The mention of GPRS brings me onto the next problem. Although this phone is marketted as a fully WAP compliant device, I had lots of trouble downloading or visiting graphical WAP sites. My handset would frequently respond with messages telling me that my phone didn't support images or graphics, even though the phone is sold as a graphical, semi-MMS compatible handset.

The final problem with this phone is that the keys are simply too small. It is very difficult to key something on this phone, without catching other keys, and making frequent mistakes whilst texting, or entering information.

On the plus side, the 6610 has a mediocre battery life, which generally gave me between 1.5 and 2 weeks between charges. The radio was a nice bonus, although you have to use the original Nokia headset to listen to it, because of the connector between the headset and the phone.

The Nokia 6610 is an average phone for people who are not terribly adept at some of the more modern features of mobile communications. The phone certainly does it's job, but not as well as might be expected from a Nokia. Generally if you can stretch your money to a higher model, then I would recommend that you do so.