Jun 25, 2006 11:25 AM
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Hi All,
I was trying to get some information on the new 6131 model on the internet and looks like no reviews have been written yet here at mouthshut. Gives me a chance to be the first one to review this phone.
I got this phone after a lot of research and reviews. I intended to buy a PPC (Pocket PC) with GSM mobile capabilities in the first place but dropped the idea cause it was too expensive and plus the features wont be that useful to me. Wouldn't utilise it completely.
My next choice in Mobile phone was to buy one with atleast a Megapixel Camera, FM radio, MP3 player, Voice Recorder, GPRS, Speaker output. With these options in mind I went out in the market looking for one that suits my choice and to be frank, LG, Samsung or Motorola didnt carry all these things as a package at all!
Then I started looking at Nokia phones. Looked at the 3250 - solid build, good feel, but a 2.0 MP camera (I already have a sony cybershot 3.2) so this was off the list. Plus the 3250 has no FM radio. Then looked at the N series. These look a lot like boxes than phones. Then there was this sleek new model lying in the glass shelf. Picked it up and was surprised it was Nokia. You dont see a lot of Nokia flip tops. Now this felt good in the hand, soft leather feel and the screen inside was big really big. Although this was a demo piece with no live demonstration, I went on to read about it and it had all the specifications I was looking for. A megapixel camera, radio.....etc, etc.
I had to get this phone and got it immediately the next day. Bought it at a shop for a real good price, got it home, put the battery in and I was in total awe. I couldn't believe the Colors on the screen.
You would be surprised to know this as well, but the phone has 16.7 Million colors in the inside screen and 626k colors on the top shell screen. A whopping 16.7 Million is no joke folks. Once you ahve a look at the colors and the clarity, you wouldnt settle for anything less, I promise. Installed the sim and the purchased 256MB (Micro SD Card), oh yeah the card is so small, you'd actually chuckle on the fact that you pay so much for such a small piece of plastic. Its like smaller than a penny!!!
So, got the cards installed, started installing the Nokia PC Suite in the PC only to find out theres no USB cable in the Box. Yup, its not included with the pack. You have to buy it as an accessory. Its the CA-35 cable jsut so you know. Just another way, Nokia makes more moey off of accessories. And this cable aint cheap either.
So, got the USB cable and started transferring music and pics from the PC instantaneously. Attached the given stereo headset and went into the music player and what exquisite sound. It sounds just like my sony boombox. You can select equalizer settings of Classical, Rock, Pop, Jazz plus two other that you can configure to your liking. So, sound is amazing. FM Radio reception is woth a mention as well. Its so clear that you'll forget your listening to radio and mistaken it for your playlist!
Now the Camera test, its a 1.3 mega pixel camera with .3gp video recording feature. The 1.3 MP is truly what it is. You can take pictures at a whopping resolution of 1280x960. But one thing I hate about the camera is its ability to take pictures in less light. It gets grainy and pics come out green. For some reason theres heavy tint in the camera. I still need to figure out if I there are some setting to fix that. I hate to find out its defective. But if any of you know how I can fix that. Please mail me @ khajster@yahoo.com .
Once you click the pics and view them in the pc you will be amazed at the clarity.
Its a great phone altogether and I give it a 9/10. One less for the camera tint and probably the battery backup.
You want a Nokia with a camera, FM radio, MP3 player and the works, there's no other than the 6131.
Mail me if you have any queries: khajster@yahoo.com
Ciao
-Khaja
