Nokia 6263 Review

The Nokia 6263 is certainly a phone that is worth taking a second look. Nokia has added dedicated music controls, stereo Bluetooth, and 3G capabilities. Nokia has maintained a functional and minimalist design to the 6263 and of course, still has that very good call quality that most Nokia phones have.

As mentioned, the 6263 has a new feature, the dedicated music controls that are located below the external display. It has a flip-phone design with black-colored casing and a silver interior.

The 6263′s dimensions are 3.72 x 1.88 x 0.85 inches. It has a 1.35 inch screen that can display 128 x 160 pixels and supports 265,000 colors. It’s bright and easy on the eyes, and you can add a wallpaper design if you like. The camera lens sits just above the display. There’s no flash, but you can use the external display to take vanity shots.

On the right spine, you’ll find a volume rocker and a dedicated camera button, while on the top of the phone sit a series of connection points including the charger and headset jacks and a Mini-USB port.

The music controls below the external display are large and tactile. While you can activate and control the player with the phone closed, you must open it again to turn the music player off.

The 6236′s phone book holds 1,000 contacts with room in each entry for five phone numbers, an e-mail address, a URL, a formal name, a company name and job title, a nickname, a street address, a birthday, and notes. You can save callers to groups and pair them with any of eight, 64-chord polyphonic tones. You can assign your contacts a photo or video, either of which will show up on the external display.

Other basic features of the phone include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, a speakerphone, an alarm clock, a calendar, a to-do list, a notepad, a calculator, a currency and unit converter, a world clock, a countdown timer, a stopwatch, and a voice recorder. More demanding users can take advantage of full Bluetooth, voice dialing, USB mass storage, audio messaging for sending voice mail directly to another phone, push e-mail, PC syncing, and instant messaging for Yahoo, ICQ, Windows Live, and AOL clients.

But before all that, let’s not forget the built-in 1.3-megapixel camera that takes pictures in four resolutions: 1,280×960; 640×480; 320×240; and 160×120. It also has a variety of camera settings, three quality modes; an adjustable white balance; five color effects; a night mode; a self timer; a sequence option for shooting three photos in rapid successions; and a 6x zoom for use at any resolution.

You can also use the phone’s camera as a camcorder. It shoots videos in two resolutions 176×144 or 128×96 and three quality settings, with sound. The 6263 offers 30MB of internal memory but the microSD card slot can accommodate cards as large as 4GB. Photo quality is pretty good, with bright colors and sharp detail.

The phone’s mp3 player can play tracks in MP3, eAAC+, and WMA formats, as well as DRM-protected Windows Media music files from most online music stores. With the 6263′s FM radio you can save 20 station presets, save station names in your city, or direct the radio’s audio to the phone’s speaker.

Music quality is quite decent. The single speaker on right spine provides decent output, and the clarity is admirable. The quality is at its best through a headset, so using one probably the best. As a 3G-capable phone, the 6263 supports 1700 and 2100 UMTS bands.

Sources:
http://www.phonescoop.com
http://www.mobileburn.com
http://www.gsmarena.com