I really like this Nokia ...

Super Tigers · 26 Jul 2010 at 22:52

Nokia C6, just released by Nokia today, £249 sim free at Play.com about £280 elsewhere. It just about ticks every box for features that I want in a phone, 3.2in touch screen, slide-out qwerty keyboard, 640x360 pixel display, HSDPA, 3G, Wifi, tethered modem, A-GPS, FM radio, 3.5mm jack, quad band, Symbian 9.4, supports Nokia push email service (used for the past 14months and works just like BB BIS but free

), good media codec support, MicroSD upto 16GB, 200mb onboard ram but only a resistive screen!!

I have had my E71 for 17months and it has been excellent, I have had a T-mobile Pulse for 9 months and again it has been great, but I would like another proper keyboard, hopefully T-mobile will get this on sale soon so I can have a play.

The_TailGunner · 26 Jul 2010 at 23:09

looks kind of like another attempt at the n97...

I dont hold out any great hopes for it being decent. nokia seem somewhat lost at the moment, and are gradually getting left further and further behind.

symbian is a right donkey of an OS compared to android/iOS. It was decent back in the days of my old 6600, and even on the n95 8gb it was pretty reasonable. since then it has pretty much stagnated.

dont even get me started on thier horrible touchscreens

i tried the n97 and didnt like it at all (clunky clunky OS).

DIABLO · 26 Jul 2010 at 23:24

Nokia really have lost the plot, when are they gonna bin that crummy OS and switch to droid.

The_TailGunner · 26 Jul 2010 at 23:35

problem is they bought symbian, so i suppose they feel obliged to stick to it *shrugs*

Scrutinize · 27 Jul 2010 at 06:00

Unless I am wrong or missing something, processor and screen wise this is the same specs as the bottom end 5230 with a 434mhz arm. Looks like one too. Given the rest of the specs its a 5800 with keyboard and latest symbian then and they want how much lol.

Columbo · 27 Jul 2010 at 07:00

Its a decent enough looking phone and I could live with Symbian.

However what I couldn't live with is the resistive screen, measly 434mhz CPU & 128mb ram.

Nokia were putting the same spec into the 5800 2 years ago which is absolutely shocking example of how Nokia are stuck in a rut and seemingly are unable to get out of it.

Seft · 27 Jul 2010 at 08:26

The_TailGunner said:
problem is they bought symbian, so i suppose they feel obliged to stick to it *shrugs*

Not at all - they bought out their partners' stakes in Symbian then spun it off as an independent foundation - if anything they are (at least in financial terms) less invested in it than they've ever been. They are visibly hedging their bets to some extent with MeeGo.

Whether they actually ever jump is another question - my guess would be that they are waiting to see how ^4 (a fairly heavy refresh) pans out.

Scrutinize · 27 Jul 2010 at 09:06

This phone should be £100 to £120 on pay as you go, then it would make sense. I.e. Since it is a keyboard version of the 55xx and 52xx series put together and accounting for the old tech but it isnt, it is crazy priced at the moment.

At a sensible price it would be a good buy and I would get one.

Tunney · 27 Jul 2010 at 10:18

Seft said:
Not at all - they bought out their partners' stakes in Symbian then spun it off as an independent foundation - if anything they are (at least in financial terms) less invested in it than they've ever been.

Not quite. The Symbian Foundation employs about 50-75 people. Most of the other 1,500 or so former Symbian employees (based in London, Cambridge and India) now work for Nokia.