Best Nokia E6 Reviews, Nokia E 6 Review
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 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 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.
Post a Comment