A classically- styled medium-sized candybar with the look of some Nokia budget mobiles but a feature set more like the 6280’s, the Nokia 6233 is a good non-smartphone 3G solution.
It offers a great TFT display, excellent stereo speakers with 3D effects, hot-swappable microSD card slot, and a 2mp camera capable of capturing video. Unusual extras include Push-to-Talk and ‘instant SMS’ – messages appear as soon as they are received.
A separate front-mounted video call camera would have been good, but at least the 6233 can use the top-notch VGA resolution for video. The camera is a bit basic, with no macro mode and no LED flash. We found the side buttons rather hard to press, and the web browser is way too simple: most non-WAP sites are just unusable, and searching with Google is a nightmare.
Still ,we were impressed by the general usability. It is user-configurable in almost every possible way, the menu is organised logically; and most of the drawbacks of other Series 40 phones have been sorted.
• A worthy successor to the 6230 and 6230i business phones.
A separate front-mounted video call camera would have been good, but at least the 6233 can use the top-notch VGA resolution for video. The camera is a bit basic, with no macro mode and no LED flash. We found the side buttons rather hard to press, and the web browser is way too simple: most non-WAP sites are just unusable, and searching with Google is a nightmare.
Still ,we were impressed by the general usability. It is user-configurable in almost every possible way, the menu is organised logically; and most of the drawbacks of other Series 40 phones have been sorted.
• A worthy successor to the 6230 and 6230i business phones.
FEATURES 75%
SALEABILITY 85%
SPECIFICATION
Size
Length 108mm
Width 46mm
Depth 18mm
Weight
110g
Main display
TFT, 256K colours, 240x320 pixels, 30x40 mm
Camera
2mp, 1600x1200 pixels, video (VGA)
Connectivity
3G, triband GSM, IR, Bluetooth, USB
Battery
Standby 340h Talk time 4h
Features
microSD (64MB included), music player
Size
Length 108mm
Width 46mm
Depth 18mm
Weight
110g
Main display
TFT, 256K colours, 240x320 pixels, 30x40 mm
Camera
2mp, 1600x1200 pixels, video (VGA)
Connectivity
3G, triband GSM, IR, Bluetooth, USB
Battery
Standby 340h Talk time 4h
Features
microSD (64MB included), music player