Nokia 6800 Review

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Nokia 6800
3.5 stars
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avidal1's Review of Nokia 6800

24th Apr 2005

Overall Rating

2.5 stars
  • Value for money
    2 stars
  • Time Phone Owned
    6 - 12 Months
  • Battery Life
    5 stars
  • Reception
    1 stars
  • Reviewers Network
    ATT (now cingular)
  • Screen Quality
    4 stars
  • Features
    4.5 stars
  • Style
    3 stars
Good Points

Great for messages, got FM, calendar, and alarm clock.


Bad Points

Short life span (think 9-12 months) then, oops! variable reception (drop calls) even standing at on the same spot under same weather conds. Goes from 7 bars to 0 in less than 2 secs. Breaks, and freezes with regular use.


General Comments

I bought a Nokia 6800 because I used to send messages to my g-friend a lot though the day, and the full keyboard makes this a breeze. Now my girlfriend is overseas and at $.25 a pop I don't use the feature anymore. This has left me with a bulky, heavy party trick I rarely use anymore. After 9 months of use both swiveling arms have cracked from regular use. FM radio is cool but need to have headphone attached to work and the conection jack is really flimpsy and works only if I put pressure to one side of the jack. No camera, mp3, or any other "modern' gizmos. Most disturbing though are the drop calls, loss of service in well serviced areas, the phone just goes from 7 bars to 0 in less than 2 seconds (great for a car, NOT for my only lifeline). Also,(and the reason why I was looking at this review page), for a week now the phone takes to freezing up, the volume button locks up, and I have to power down and reastart to get it to work again. I am thinking of exchanging or upgrading to a slimmer model. To its credit: great with messages, alarmclock with polyphonics you can download from your PC, calendar/reminders, and dessign, plus you could use it as a weapon to club a surprised attacker, or just flip open and use to boomerang some deer or swine down next time you are hiking out of your reception zone. Just be warned, you may get there before any of your friends. Hopes this helps.
WWJB

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  • martyreid Rank: Corporal on 11th May 2005

    I have to disagree with you on this one, I owned the 6800 for over a year and it is by far the best phone I have ever used! It's well built and easy to use and in the entire time I owned it I never had a single problem with it. I have also never seen a phone with such easy to push buttons. Perhaps you got dud!

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