Problems with Nokia 6060!

The feeling of heartbeat Nokia's latest metal folding 6060 evaluation

Recently, Nokia, the industry leader, is still the most concerned in the whole mobile phone industry. The afterheat of the king of audio-visual entertainment N series has not been reduced, and the ultimate business model of the new E series has appeared black and pink. Coupled with the "amazing" successor "admire" series, the opponent has no chance to breathe. The concept of "people-oriented technology" has always been the foundation of Nokia. On the occasion of Singapore Asia Communication Exhibition in mid-June this year, at Nokia's "Nokia Connect 2005" annual meeting, a clamshell model-6060, which is specially designed to pursue practicality and take special care of middle-aged and elderly people, well reflected Nokia's success.

Nokia 6060 is a practical mobile phone, its focus is not only to provide users with complete basic voice functions, but also to make more intimate designs for middle-aged and elderly users, such as increasing the size of digital fonts on the screen, taking care of the poor eyesight and unclear small fonts of middle-aged and elderly people; Improve the volume of mobile phone speakers and take care of middle-aged and elderly people in hearing; Unnecessary cameras are removed, which effectively saves costs and so on. The flip design is also widely welcomed by Chinese people. Please analyze all aspects of Nokia 6060 with our appraiser.

Nokia 6060 Basic Parameter Table

Volume: 85×44×24 mm Weight: 93 g.

Screen: 65536 color TFT screen

Resolution: 128× 160

Ring tone: 16 chord, supports MP3 network frequency: GSM dual band /GPRS.

Camera: No standby time: 400 hours (longest)

designer

Nokia, which has always been famous for its straight models, has also been amazing in the design of flip models, such as its first folding mobile phone "Drunk Fashion" 7200 and the amazing city star 7270. However, several flip models introduced later, such as 2650, 3 128, 6 10 1, did not have much response in the market. However, this 6060 seems to show us that Nokia has made remarkable progress in the design of folding mobile phones. Although the positioning of 6060 is relatively low-end, and it focuses on the middle-aged and elderly market, it is very "young" in design.

Compared with the previous clamshell models, the chrome-plated polished shell of 6 10 1 6060 looks gorgeous and upscale. 6060 keeps Nokia's simple design style. Although the chrome-plated body is noble, it is inevitable to accept the fact that fingerprints are easy to leave. The classic combination of silver and black creates an elegant and solid design style of 6060, which is believed to be more suitable for the tastes of elders.

On the front of the 6060 fuselage, it is rare to see a flat red flashing signal light. According to Nokia, this is a kind of rainbow light breathing display light (when there is a missed call or a new message coming, it will flash twice to inform the user of the latest state of the mobile phone, and before reading, it will continuously remind the user by intermittent flashing, just like breathing rhythm, hence the name). Although the practical use is not great, it is also a slightly monotonous fuselage. There is no traditional Pop-Port interface at the bottom of the mobile phone, but a new USB interface is adopted. The old charging and earplug interfaces have been preserved, and the old Nokia accessories left over from the past are still useful.

The body size of the 6060 is maintained at a suitable size of 85×44×24mm, which makes it feel better in the hand and weighs about 93 grams, making it more convenient to carry around.

There are no shortcut keys around the fuselage, which is very clean and refreshing.

Nokia's keyboard design has always had its own set, leaving many unforgettable classic works. Seeing the keyboard of 6060 has to remind people of Nokia's low-end bar model 6030. The design of 6060 in the navigation key part completely inherits the style of 6030, and it still feels very comfortable. The numeric keys are made of translucent plastic, with slightly soft hardness, neat and generous overall arrangement and satisfactory overall performance.

The backlight of the keys is fashionable white backlight, and the brightness of the light is enough for users to clearly see the fonts of each key in the dark, and the slightly soft light can also achieve the effect of saving electricity.

Musical effect

The screen parameters of Nokia mobile phones have always been the main object of criticism by fans. Under the fierce capture of Japanese and Korean mobile phones, Nokia had to take improving the screen as its primary goal, which gave birth to monster models such as N90 and E series. In the low-end field, the progress of Nokia mobile phone screen is still relatively slow. Due to the limitation of S40 operation interface, the mobile phone screen has to be maintained at the level of 128× 128 (or 128× 160). With the second edition (208×208) and the third edition S40, considering that the 6060 is an entry-level Volkswagen model, cost saving is a very important indicator. It is unrealistic to switch to the second and third versions of S40 system, and it is reasonable to maintain it at the level of 128× 160. Of course, the display effect of 6060 with 65536 color TFT screen will not be exquisite and amazing, and the overall effect can only be described by standards. After all, 6060 has to face middle-aged and elderly users whose eyesight is beginning to weaken, so this performance is not so important.

The standby screen and menu of mobile phone are still the traditional mode of Nokia S40, which supports two display modes: nine-grid display and list display. Which one you like depends on your personal preference.

Like other S40 models, Nokia 6060 supports theme change function and has four classic themes built in. The screen does not support the adjustment of brightness, contrast and other parameters, and only retains several color modes that are better than nothing. In addition, most middle-aged and elderly people don't know how to enter the contact name to save the contact number, so they have to enter the number directly to make a phone call. 6060 adds a dialing font specifically for this situation. Although this change is a bit slow, it does bring convenience to middle-aged and elderly users.

Chord ringtones have also been a stumbling block to Nokia's development. It was not until mp3 bells were everywhere that I gradually forgot the importance of ×× chords. 6060' s ultra-low 16 chord, but it supports mp3 ringtones, which seems to protect it from users' criticism. 6060 has an independent speaker, which is habitually located at the top of the fuselage. The ringtone of 6060 is also specially optimized for middle-aged and elderly users, and the ringtone volume has increased to an alarming level. What's even more amazing is that there is no obvious sonic boom phenomenon when the ringtone is at the maximum volume, and the high-pitched, clear and sharp ringtone has strong penetration, so that middle-aged and elderly users with poor hearing will not miss the incoming call because the volume of the incoming call prompt is insufficient.

I believe many friends are familiar with the ringtone settings of Nokia mobile phones. The built-in ringtones and SMS prompts commonly used on Nokia phones, as well as the support for mp3 ringtones, also make the 6060 not worry about the sound source. Nature supports SMS and ringtone * * *.

utility function

For the elderly, it is inevitable that they will feel helpless in the face of heavy mobile phones. For them, the most basic thing is the call function, which has good call quality and long standby time. Nokia mobile phone is undoubtedly the leader in these aspects, and it is this unpretentious practicality that 6060 wants to advocate. On the short message function, the 6060 is no different from other S40 models, which combines the advantages of T9 input method, infinite association, expression input, built-in information counter and fast input speed. Similarly, texting is of little significance to middle-aged and elderly people. Occasionally checking the greeting messages sent by the younger generation should be the most commonly used SMS function, so the font size of 6060 has also increased accordingly. The mobile phone can store up to 100 short messages.

In terms of MMS function, 6060 supports inserting pictures, sound clips, business cards, memos and other common formats such as jpg and gif. Unfortunately, it still doesn't support sending ringtones in mp3 format. MMS capacity and mobile phone memory * * *.

The phone book function of the mobile phone has not changed much, and it supports initial pinyin query. The contact list can store general, mobile phone, residence, office, fax, e-mail, website and other details. 6060 can store up to 500 contacts.

In other practical functions, 6060 supports the shortcut operation of left and right function keys and navigation keys, which is convenient to set various shortcuts according to your own usage habits.

Entertainment expansion

As a low-end model, 6060 does not have any common Bluetooth infrared transmission function, and its expansibility is relatively weak. Download picture ringtones only by GPRS. Built-in XHTML browser based on WAP (compatible with WAP 1.2. 1), although the GPRS level is only a very low level of 6, the actual Internet access speed is quite satisfactory. The memory capacity of the mobile phone is less than 3M, and it is basically enough to store some picture ringtones.

The popularity of mobile phones has also brought the popularity of mobile games. When there is a time gap, when you are bored, it is quite unique to take out your mobile phone and entertain yourself. 6060 has three common JAVA games built in, and the effect is good.

In addition to JAVA games, of course, JAVA software is indispensable. The JAVA level based on S40 platform is also a dime a dozen. 6060 supports the extension of JAVA MIDP 2.0, and two JAVA softwares, Financial Assistant and Temperature Measurement Conversion, are pre-installed, and more interesting and practical JAVA softwares are downloaded through GPRS. Judging from the JAVA test results of JBenchmark on 6060, the score of 6060 is low, but it is not a big problem for the operation of general JAVA software games.

6060' s built-in periodic alarm clock is very practical, which supports shutdown alarm, cycle setting, ringing timeout, changing alarm clock and so on. In addition, of course, there are many common functions such as calendar, to-do list, memo, calculator, stopwatch and timer.

Summarize comments

As mentioned above, standby time is a very important indicator for an entry-level mobile phone specially for middle-aged and elderly users. The 6060 uses the 820mA BL-5B battery, which has no advantage compared with the mainstream BL-5C battery of Nokia. However, when used on the 6060 with thin and light function, the battery life is still good. On average, there are about 20 short messages per day, 1 hour calls and 30 minutes of games. After normal standby at other times, the test can still maintain standby for about 3 days, and the battery capacity is still satisfactory.

The competition in the mobile phone market is becoming increasingly fierce, and major manufacturers are vying for every inch of land at different user levels. From the high-end smart market to the low-end cheap market, to the women's market and the student market, Nokia is now burning the war into the middle-aged and elderly market. The success of the launch of 6060 depends not only on its precious metal design and selling points specifically for users, but also on the price factor. 6060 is expected to be launched in the third quarter of this year when it is released, and the reference retail price is about 140 euros. Now 6060 can be seen in the revision machine market of major cities. At present, the quotation 1380 yuan, the mainland licensed version has entered the countdown to full listing. The estimated price is between 1500- 1600 yuan. Friends who are interested in giving this as a gift to their elders may wish to pay more attention.

Advantages:

1. Chrome plated shell is noble and generous.

2. The volume of mobile phone ringtone is surprisingly loud.

3. The font display is very large

4. Breathable rainbow indicator light

Disadvantages:

1. Screen display is not good.

2. The expansion performance is average, and it is not equipped with infrared.