Nokia 6021 - Review

This is a great phone to work with. Very hard build, high durability and a great looker. The design is similar to the Nokia 6020.
This model has many wonderful features like Bluetooth, IR, polyphonic ring tones, built in PTT, e-mail and chat (like yahoo chat) facilities etc.

This is a triband GSM phone and works on most networks. Uses a BL-4C battery and has great lifetime. Talk time is about 3-4hrs and standby time is approx. 10 days. The screen is 128x128px which gives only a limited vision. The phone runs on the old Symbian S40 OS which is another drawback for a late 2005 model. And this has only a limited built in memory of 2.3MB.

Connecting with other devices is a hassle free task because this has all the popular interfaces. IR & Bluetooth will give unlimited access and functionality. And cable method to connect to a PC. Easy plug n play function and once the phone is connected to the PC via cable or Bluetooth the PC Suite automatically detects and sets the necessary settings for the phone.

Talking about the multimedia side, this aint the greatest one for the price. This only supports MIDI - 16 channel output and AMR formats only. Audio reproduction is quite ok, but should have made it better. The voice recorder lets you to record any conversation up to 5 minuets at a time. Other than that the recorder is no good because the recording quality is so very low.

The audio level for ringing is not enough if you're in a high noise area. plus the vibrator is no good if you're on the move. Also, wav files and large MIDI files are unsupported.

A phone of this type misses two vital components, a camera (that’s right people this doesn't have a camera) and the radio. Even without the camera I’d love if there was a radio.

The standard features that Nokia offers are here except one. The famous Snake game isn't anywhere near to be found. All the other features like the calendar, notes etc. are still available.

The conclusion -
A great phone for the value, very durable and a very stable one. Has a few drawbacks compared with other brands, but hey, it’s Nokia. That’s a go for it.