Review of GSM/UMTS-handset Nokia X6/X6 16 Gb Tweet

Mobile-review have posted their review of the Nokia X6. Here is their final impression.

In terms of reception quality the X6 was nearly flawless during our tests. Calls were pretty loud and distinguishable in most environments. Although it's worth mentioning that some tunes sound a tad muffled. On the other hand, the phone's vibro alert wasn't strong enough, and was quite hard to feel.

One thing you need to realize is that the X6 bundled "Comes With Music" service is this phone's most expensive package designed with only one goal in mind - to try and squeeze the most out of the market during the phone's first months on the shelves. Now that the first waves of interest are long gone, the X6's sales have dipped down, even after a not-so impressive start. On the other hand, the launch of the X6 16Gb, whose price tag will be a hundred Euros lighter, will bring the X6 back into the limelight. Now let's move on to the technical aspects.

As far the music department is concerned, the X6 has a long way to go, and I can't find any reasonable explanation for this fact. It's has got a lot of shortcomings that will definitely get addressed in the upcoming firmware updates. But how long will it take to fix all these infantile flaws? I don't know, maybe six months, like it was the case with the Nokia N97, whose major problems are yet to be solved (memory leaks and constantly rebooting widgets). Unfortunately, the developers' hands are tied by the phone's 128 Mb of RAM, and in these circumstances they will have a hard time fixing all the holes in it. I'm not even sure they'll succeed any time soon.

On the other hand, people who tend to use their phones only for making calls and occasional music sessions, and generally leave 60-70% of their smartphone's capabilities untouched, will probably find all these issues pretty farfetched. At the end of the day it's more about what you are going to do with your phone. For example, some still consider the Nokia N97 one of the most stable phones out there. So it's up to you to decide what you need and what you'll be willing to put up with.

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