New phone : Nokia 6630?
Discussion
Mrs.NCOT is buying a new phone and has her heart set on a 6630 on Orange.
It looks good to me - 3G, bluetooth, good screen, good camera, lots a smartphoney bits and bobs and of course video calling and very fast internet access.
What do people think?
She's getting an upgrade on it for 30 ukp or so, and I will be getting a 3G phone in the next 6 months or so so we will be able to do video calling and so on.
What would it be like after using a P900?
Cheers.
It looks good to me - 3G, bluetooth, good screen, good camera, lots a smartphoney bits and bobs and of course video calling and very fast internet access.
What do people think?
She's getting an upgrade on it for 30 ukp or so, and I will be getting a 3G phone in the next 6 months or so so we will be able to do video calling and so on.
What would it be like after using a P900?
Cheers.
I love my P900 and had a look at the 6630, but wasn't convinced after a few minutes playing with a a colleague's. Not had one long term, so can't really say much more. The thing I love about the P900 is the huge screen, menu system etc.
Edited to say: shopping around, particularly on the net, will get you a better deal for whatever handset you go for.
>> Edited by julianhj on Wednesday 30th March 19:23
Edited to say: shopping around, particularly on the net, will get you a better deal for whatever handset you go for.
>> Edited by julianhj on Wednesday 30th March 19:23
I don't think the 6630 is much good. Video calls on the move are near enough impossible due to there only being one camera on the back of the unit (camera one side, screen the other side!).
There is a docking station that has a forward facing camera, but it's not something I'd want to carry round with me. Also, if you want the docking station camera to work it needs to be powered, and the docking station does not charge the phone, but instead you have to use a small 'jumper' cable to separatly run power to the phone from docking station.
Crazy, not very good design at all and I will gladly stick with my P900 without hesitation.
There is a docking station that has a forward facing camera, but it's not something I'd want to carry round with me. Also, if you want the docking station camera to work it needs to be powered, and the docking station does not charge the phone, but instead you have to use a small 'jumper' cable to separatly run power to the phone from docking station.
Crazy, not very good design at all and I will gladly stick with my P900 without hesitation.
I have the 6630 and am not particularly impressed. Never used the video calls partly as I don't know anyone else with a videophone, oh and neither work nor home are in a 3G enabled area even though the Vodafone site says they are!
The phone itself is ok, battery life is truly awful, but then I did have a 6310 before which was fantastic.
I find the menus ok, do find it irritating when trying to send a text to those not in address book. Address book is fanstic, you can copy your outlook address book to it, and your calendar.
Web surfing is ok, but on Vodafone trying to get to sites not on vodafone live is a challenge.
Call quality, hmmm jury out. Not convinced that the hand over from the 3G network to the standard digital network works well, and I am sure reception is worse than by 6310
The phone itself is ok, battery life is truly awful, but then I did have a 6310 before which was fantastic.
I find the menus ok, do find it irritating when trying to send a text to those not in address book. Address book is fanstic, you can copy your outlook address book to it, and your calendar.
Web surfing is ok, but on Vodafone trying to get to sites not on vodafone live is a challenge.
Call quality, hmmm jury out. Not convinced that the hand over from the 3G network to the standard digital network works well, and I am sure reception is worse than by 6310
s 8 grn said:
Lots of software issues with the 6630 - leave it a few months till they settle down on this one if at all.
Chances are they will never be fully resolved and a new handset will replace it.
Just like the Siemens S55.
I had 4 handsets...all duff. They reckoned a software download would fix it, but it's still on the blink.
s 8 grn said:
Chances are they will never be fully resolved and a new handset will replace it.
Is it just me or is this the new way of doing business? It seems time after time (especially with phones), kit is rushed out into shops, underperforms, revisions are made and then sold as a new product (model number + 1).
Old product is no longer supported
Bastards.
>> Edited by NiceCupOfTea on Thursday 31st March 02:19
NiceCupOfTea said:
Chances are they will never be fully resolved and a new handset will replace it.
Is it just me or is this the new way of doing business? It seems time after time (especially with phones), kit is rushed out into shops, underperforms, revisions are made and then sold as a new product (model number + 1).
Old product is no longer supported
Bastards.
>> Edited by NiceCupOfTea on Thursday 31st March 02:19
The mobile phone market it mad and product life is a real issue - average life of a product is about 6 months, so by the time you've fixed the problem and spent a million quid doing so the thing is dead on the high st.
There is also a massive rush to get the product to market. You may remember that Orange was always last with products and would launch months after other companies. That was because the testing was so detailed and many phone were rejected. Now because the market is so competitive and time frames so short products are rushed through and in some cases the end user suffers.
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