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Nokia 6600 · Nokia
6600
Nokia 6600 is a Symbian smartphone with a VGA camera, a 65,536-colour TFT display and a removable MMC card. It supports installable applications, email, Bluetooth and infrared connections.
- Screen
- 2.1″
- Display
- LCD
- Chip
- –
- Memory
- –
- Storage
- 6 MB
- Main camera
- 0.3 MP
- Zoom
- –
- Battery
- 850 mAh
- Weight
- 125 g
What reviewers say
All About Symbian finds the compact body solid and professional, with responsive applications and a useful Opera browser. Mobile-review considers the display easier to see outdoors than earlier Nokia smartphones, but finds the keypad awkward and rear cover loose. Both criticise having to switch off the phone to change its memory card. All About Symbian also notes slow wireless file transfers and compatibility problems with older applications; Mobile-review finds the camera ordinary and MP3 ringtones poor.
From mobile-review.com and allaboutsymbian.com
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Specifications
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- Screen size
- 2.1″
- Resolution
- 208 × 176
- Sharpness
- 130 pixels per inch
- Panel
- LCD
- Display type
- Active-matrix TFT with 65,536 colours and 176 × 208 pixels. Physical 2.1-inch diagonal is published in the original maker brochure; no native refresh rate or brightness in nits published.
Performance
- Storage
- 6 MB
- Memory
- 6 MB of dynamic shared user storage for contacts, messages, pictures, video clips, calendar and applications, original consumer specifications and brochure. Forum Nokia lists 5 MB shared storage and a 2 MB application heap. Neither shared storage nor the heap establishes physical RAM; no RAM figure inferred.
- Storage type
- Full-size MMC card under the battery; the original Europe/Africa standard package includes a removable 32 MB card, maker shipping release. The user guide excludes SD cards. No unpublished maximum card capacity inferred.
Cameras
- Main camera
- 0.3 MP
- Ultra wide camera
- None
- Telephoto camera
- None
- Optical zoom
- None
- Main camera
- VGA rear camera with 640 × 480-pixel standard and night photographs; portrait mode uses 80 × 96 pixels, original operating guide. High, normal and basic image quality, self-timer and 2× digital zoom. The 0.3 MP headline is the rounded VGA pixel count, not a separate sensor-resolution claim.
- Zoom
- 2× digital zoom; no optical zoom claim.
- Video recording
- QCIF 176 × 144 or sub-QCIF 128 × 96 video with selectable sound and 2× digital zoom, original maker specifications. RealOne supports RealMedia and compatible 3GPP playback/streaming; playback formats do not establish camera recording frame rate. The issue4 guide limits original clips to95kB (approximately10seconds); its larger image option lowers frame rate, and audio lowers maximum duration.
Battery and charging
- Battery
- 850 mAh
- Wireless charging
- None
- Battery life detail
- Removable 850 mAh lithium-ion BL-5C battery, original brochure. Maker claims 2–4 hours talk and 150–240 hours standby, subject to SIM, network settings and use. The consumer power table calls it BLC-5, while the weight heading and brochure accessory table correctly name BL-5C.
- Wired charging
- Dedicated charger connector; original ACP-12 charging claim 1 hour 35 minutes, consumer specifications and brochure. No charging watts published. Infrared/Bluetooth data transfer does not imply USB charging.
Design
- Type
- Standard
- Weight
- 125 g
- Thickness
- 23.7 mm
- Height × width
- 108.6 × 58.2 mm
- Materials
- Light grey and rose original Europe/Africa finishes, maker shipping release. Numeric keypad and five-way joystick.
- Speakers
- Integrated hands-free speaker, voice recorder, voice dialling and voice commands. RealOne media player; MP3 ringtone support does not imply a supplied stereo music player.
Software
- Operating system
- Symbian
- Software at launch
- Symbian OS 7.0s with Series 60 Developer Platform 2.0, themes and installable Symbian applications. Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.0 and Nokia APIs, exact developer record.
- Software features
- POP3/IMAP4/SMTP email, XHTML browser, mobile wallet, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes. Europe/Africa launch card adds Opera and trial applications; selection varies by retail channel and market. Retired online services are not represented as currently operational.
- Release detail
- Announced 16 June 2003, Forum Nokia. Maker states on 27 October 2003 that shipments have started, without giving the exact first retail day or month. Contemporary full December 2003 review confirms market presence; year precision retained. All About Symbian’s later page date is not the release date. Original 2003 hardware, separate from later 6600 slide/fold models.
Connectivity
- Mobile network
- EGSM 900 and GSM 1800/1900, exact English user guide and Forum Nokia. GPRS up to 40.2 kbps and HSCSD up to 43.2 kbps, original consumer page. Its generic tri-band paragraph additionally mentions an Americas 850 MHz option, conflicting with the exact 6600 guide/developer bands; no 850 MHz variant inferred.
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 1.1, exact English operating guide; actual interoperability depends on the other device. Maker release describes optional printer and navigation applications; accessory services are historical, not current promises.
- USB
- No wired PC data connection or Pop-Port; PC Suite transfer/synchronisation uses Bluetooth or infrared, exact guide and independent tests. Infrared also supports file transfer; local PC Suite and remote SyncML synchronisation are documented by the maker.
- Positioning
- The optional launch Wayfinder application requires a separately available GPS unit, maker shipping release. No built-in GPS inferred.
Storage options
| Storage |
|---|
| 6 MB |
Pros and cons
Pros
- Installable Symbian and Java applications
- Removable MMC storage
- Bluetooth and infrared connectivity
Cons
- 6 MB of shared internal storage
- Memory card under the battery
- No wired PC data connection
Closest rivals
Model | Screen | Display | Chip | Memory | Storage | Main camera | Zoom | Battery | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | LCD | – | – | 4 MB | 0.3 MP | – | 850 mAh | 130 g | Jan 2003 | |
| – | LCD | – | – | – | 0.3 MP | – | 850 mAh | 130 g | 2003 | |
| – | LCD | – | – | 10 MB | 1.3 MP | – | 900 mAh | 127 g | 2004 |
Sources
- web.archive.org/web/20060106172948/http://www.nokia.dk/phones/6600/features.php
- web.archive.org/web/20060813202140/http://www.forum.nokia.com/devices/6600
- web.archive.org/web/20051221002226id_/http://www.nokia.dk/phones/pdf/nokia_6600…
- telefonguru.hu/manuals/nokia_6600_en.pdf
- globenewswire.com/news-release/2003/10/27/1846262/0/en/Shipments-of-the-Nokia-6…
- mobile-review.com/review/nokia-6600-en.shtml
- allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Nokia_6600_Review.php
Photo: Nokia
- Nokia 6600 rear: Nokia
- Nokia 6600 oblique front view: Nokia
- Nokia 6600 oblique rear view: Nokia
- Nokia 6600 rear camera detail: Nokia
- Nokia 6600 front and rear, original developer photograph: Nokia
- Nokia 6600 rear camera at an angle, original small developer image: Nokia
- Nokia 6600 joystick and keypad detail, original small developer image: Nokia
- Nokia 6600 angled keypad detail, original small developer image: Nokia
