Expected Q4 2009 2nd September 2009
One of a brace of "X Series" phones to be announced by Nokia, the Nokia X6 is a measure up from the existing Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.
Sleeker than the 5800, the X6 has a very similar 3.2" 640 x 360 pixel exhibit (the same panel that is in the N97 Mini) but it now has a 5 megapixel camera on the backrest which addresses one key helplessness of the 5800.
The "X" identification seems to be Nokia’s new variant of "XpressMusic", and the X6 comes in both a normal version and a "Comes with Music" variant allowing unlimited medicine downloads. Perhaps Nokia think that the shorter epithet volition be more memorable when the X6 faces off against the iPhone.
Apart from the camera and smarter design, the differences between this and the 5800 ar few and far between. One major single is that the X6 comes with 32GB of non-expandable memory, and of course of action in the year since the 5800 was launched, the X6 will rich person picked up several software updates including better support for sociable networking sites.
This is a 3G phone with tri-banding UMTS and support for HSDPA downloads at a utmost of 6 Mbps. It also has quad-banding GSM and WiFi, although Chinese and southland American English versions are different.
Nokia ar promoting the X6 as a media player, and it can header with almost all major audio and video recording formats. Usefully, the X6 comes with a TV-out port and can takings a criterion 3.5mm audio frequency hack. You tin also play back through stereo system Bluetooth or the X6’s built-in stereo speakers. There’s an FM radio for good measure, and the internal store should be enough for plenty of medicine or quite a few videos.
We mentioned the camera, and this is the familiar spirit 5 megapixel unit with autofocus, Carl Zeiss optics and a dual-light-emitting diode flash that we have seen a lot of lately. Video recording is up to 640 x 480 pixels at 30 frames per second which is certainly goodness sufficiency for TV playback or YouTube. The Nokia X6 also has a built-in photo and video recording editor program, and pictures tin be shared through Ovi.
There’s a vane web browser with Flash Lite documentation and an electronic mail node that supports criterion protocols and Microsoft Exchange. Although this is very much a gimmick aimed at consumers, the mail documentation whitethorn attract corporate customers who whitethorn otherwise be considering the iPhone.
Because this is an S60 smartphone, new applications can be added at a later date, but there a quite a draw of applications preloaded.. including a version of Spore. S60 distillery lacks the polish of Apple’s offering, but it keeps getting bettor and it is certainly very usable.
It’s all very nice, and you might expect that the X6 is the straight replacing for the 5800 until you see the monetary value tatter. Nokia are lurch the X6 at Ђ450 before tax and subsidy, compared with just Ђ250 before tax for a SIM-free people 5800. This is the same monetary value as the N97 Mini, and really we think that is too expensive for what is quite a modest upgrade in specifications.
Nokia say that the X6 should be available during Q4 2009 in White/Blue and Black/Red River color combinations.