This phone will follow me for a long time to come...
Pros:
Good colour screen, Easy, Good polyphonics, Good range of features,
excellent keypad design.
Cons:
Can't use personal SMS tones (but can be fixed with software upgrade), Poor MMS support.
The Bottom Line:
Do get this phone. It's great.
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Author's Review
The Nokia 6610 is a fine example of Nokia's genius. Before this I have used the 8250 and 6510, and I must say I loved the 6510 for all of its design and ease of use. Throw in Java, MMS, Polyphony the new Pop-port interface and of course the colour screen and we have a Nokia 6610.
SMS support is brilliant, and the concatenated message feature is handy and useful. Too bad it does not support real message reports, which I think most people including myself can get over.
MMS support is not that good. You can't insert sounds! I found this very irksome, and this would espcially be so for those who bought the 6610 for its MMS support. Hopefully the new software can fix it.
The new software, v4.18, fixes what I felt was the biggest problem to me in the beginning. No personalized tones for SMS messages. I couldn't believe it in the beginning. With the new software comes much relief. (I hate the upgrade clearing all of the phone's content, though)
Design-wise, I like the way it looks on the overall. Very classy look.
Also, it has very good reception, like most Nokias out there.
The colour screen is good, though not excellent. It still lags behind the Samsung T-100, the Panasonic GD88 and even the Sony-Ericsson t68i. (in terms of brightness) However it is good enough. The screen does not eat up very much into the battery too.
Battery life is unbelievable. I could go up to 5 days before charging. It is that brilliant. Of course during this 5 days was mainly light use. It can go about 1-2 days on heavy use.
