Product Description

Nokia 2610 succeeds the 2600 model. The new model is also slightly smaller and lighter than its predecessor. The dual-band phone is supplied with a 65K colors display. The 2610 phone supports the Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging feature and has a WAP browser and email support. It also has SMS/MMS/IM messaging features and has a voice recorder. The Nokia 2610 helps you take control of your communications. Making notes is easier with the Voice Recorder function. Bring your messages to life and get yourself heard: with Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging you can now let colleagues and friends hear exactly how you feel. Access news, information and email on your way to work or play via the WAP browser shortcut key. A richer visual experience is promised by the Nokia 2610s large fonts and display. In the box: Nokia 2610 phone Nokia Battery BL-5C Compact User Guide Nokia Standard Charger ACP-7, or Nokia Travel Charger ACP-12 (depending on region)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44199 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Nokia
• Model: 2610_blk
• Released on: 2007-09-16

Manufacturer's Description
The Nokia 2610 is a solid & compact mobile phone which is very user friendly.The clear 65k colour screen provides the user with a good viewing display which provides a 128 x 128 pixel screen resolution. The phone comes with colourful wallpapers, fun screensavers & coloured themed displays which allows the user to bring a personal feel to their new phone.

The Nokia 2610 features polyphonic ringtones & the user can also use voice clips as ringtones. The voice clips ringtone feature can bring some fun to this phone with rather funny & lively voice clips being played each time a call comes in.

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Customer Reviews

It does the job
Let's face it - you're not going to buy this phone if you want to be on the bleeding edge of mobile phone technology. This is Nokia's entry-level phone, and so it is designed for calling, texting, storing contacts, and little else. It does all of these things very well, thanks to Nokia's superb and easy-to-use operating system technology. I bought it because I am a very light phone user, and I am exactly the kind of person this phone was aimed at.

It's very easy to make and receive calls, and the sound quality and volume from both the normal speaker and the loud speaker are excellent.

Text messaging is not perfect, as I find the buttons are too small and close together for flawless operation by thumb. This just takes a little getting used to and I still make a few more mistakes than I did with my old phone.

Other features are sparse, but cover my needs. The address book, alarm clock and calendar do everything you'd expect them to, and the menu is easy to use and familiarise yourself with.

The build quality is pretty good - the phone itself is rock solid, but the lightweight plastic buttons seem a little flimsy. Using the navigational button results in other keys moving slightly.

The styling is, of course, a matter of opinion, but I think this is a smart and attractive phone. It's also wonderfully small and pretty light. I have forgotten that I had it in my pocket on a number of occasions.

The battery life is phenomenal - I took the phone on holiday with me, fully charged, and despite sending two or three texts per day and making about half an hour of calls in total, I managed to get through the entire ten-day holiday without it switching itself off. I only charged it on the last day to make sure I had enough battery left for the journey. Overall, I've had this phone about a month and a half and have only had to charge it three times.

Overall, I really can't fault this phone except for its buttons. If you want a basic phone that simply works and doesn't do anything fancy, and assuming you don't have unusually fat thumbs which would make the buttons nearly unusable, this phone is for you.

Nokia 2610
The 2610 is a basic phone that in theory should work great. Unfortunately it has a few minor flaws and one major flaw that makes the phone almost unusable. In normal day light it is impossible to view the screen. This is a combination of the screen not being bright enough and a highly reflective screen cover. I have tried adjusting the screen setting to no avail. When I rang the local Nokia centre they knew exactly what I was going to say as soon as I mentioned the model number.

My advice is unless you only use your phone at night or indoors then avoid this model.

Not recommended.
Given that the only thing wrong with my old phone was that I couldn't buy a replacement battery and add to that the fact that I'm a middle aged man with mostly no real need for a phone, and perhaps you'll understand why I bought this one. Firstly, it was cheap, around £25.00 from phones4u, secondly it was basic, and thirdly, and most importantly, it meant I didn't have to trawl round a load of shops getting the hard sell from the eager young salespeople. So,

good points,
cheap,
small,
basic,
I can now send texts (is that a good point?).

Bad points;
buttons too small,
screen barely visible,
can't find a way to allow it to ring for longer - I almost always end up having to phone callers back because mine has gone to voicemail before I can answer it,
very quiet ringtones so you don't always hear it if you're in a fairly noisy environment,
can't necessarily always get a signal from the same location.

I would only recommend this to people with small fingers and good eyesight and hearing.It gets 3 stars because I'm not entirely sure that any mobile phone would really suit me, so it's, perhaps, unfair of me to be too critical.