Nokia Gets An All-In-One With 6220 Classic
The good thing about Nokia releasing approximately eleventy million handsets a year into the market is that sometimes, just sometimes, when the stars are in alignment on a vernal equinox, they release a phone that does everything right. That phone is the 6220 Classic.
This handset is a picture of understated elegance. An unassuming candybar that didn’t necessarily wow anyone upon its unveiling at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Fast forward five months and this phone is set to be an industry assassin, sneaking up behind and snapping the necks of all comers.
The 6220 is equipped with a Carl Zeiss optics 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and a xenon flash, usually the preserve of high-class numbers like the Nokia N82. Combine that with the full fat Nokia Maps 2.0 GPS functionality, and you have a handset fully ready to “geotag” photos based on location, as well as offering a handy alternative to a sat nav with full turn-by turn directions…
Then you have the 3G high-speed connection to allow these pictures to be uploaded to sites like Flickr or Nokia’s proprietary site Ovi in a flash, directly from the phone. These features are all pretty good, but currently exist on other phones. What the 6220 Classic does is incorporates it all into a tidy little package which is gorgeous and most importantly cheap!
Nokia have recognised the amount of convergence in this handset, and as such are putting a lot of time and effort into showcasing the 6220 for what it is. The ‘WidSets’ addition of mini applications lend a bespoke feel, similar to the way in which the Samsung Tocco allows feature priority based on personal preference. Nokia have recognised that not everyone wants a phone made of calfskin and encrusted in diamonds, and have managed to fill a mid-range handset with top drawer features.
Released soon on major networks under a smokescreen of clamour for tactile wonders, Nokia has been clever to sidestep and go for a competitively priced, feature-rich panacea to the iPhone 3G chatter. A review to follow soon…
Tags: 6220 classic, iphone3g, n82, Nokia, samsung tocco
