Nokia 6270
January 25, 2006 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Nokia, Phones, Phones, Phones
EDIT: The 6270 is a revamped Series 40 UI phone. I mentioned earlier that it was S60. Thanks Tommi for the erratum.
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been posting a lot about new Nokia phones the past few days. No biases for Nokia products here. It’s merely part of the company’s quarterly release strategy which I definitely noticed about them.
Well, this Nokia isn’t exactly new in the press release sense. It’s actually been around for quite a while, making its debut back in June 2005. Thing is, not all countries had the luxury of having this phone on display shelves back in 2005.
Presenting the Nokia 6270.
The first thing that popped into my mind was the creative form factor that makes the 6270 look like my electric shaver at home: if Motorola has the RAZR, then let Nokia have the SHAVR. Stripped down to its bare essentials, the 6270 is a quad-band phone capable of fast EDGE connectivity. The unit takes the slider template, allowing the top half to house the 320×240 QVGA screen as well as the 4-way directional pad, two call buttons and the menu buttons.
The bottom half of the unit is solely dedicated to the keypad. I experienced some problems with the slider mechanism. Sometimes, the upper body gets stuck on a small protrusion in the 5 key. This is caused by a rickety design (or a design that could lead to a rickety slider) that becomes apparent once you try to take pictures.
Multimedia stuff
Two things define the multimedia experience of this phone – the built in digital music player that supports both MP3 and AAC formats and the 2.0 megapixel camera with built-in flash. First off, the 9MB of internal memory doesn’t do justice to either feature which is why Nokia included a 128MB miniSD card for free!
The New and Improved (?) Nokia UI
The 6270 is one of the latter Series 40 platform releases from Nokia. I was a little surprised with some default UI changes that sadly, make the phone a little less friendly to use. The most noticeable change is that sending messages will take you on a button pressing journey that isn’t very friendly to Nokia veterans. Before, sending messages would have me press one button two or three times: type the message, select the contact, confirm the number and finally send – all with one button. This time, the phone’s UI tells me to scroll down to a separate tier of icons to send a message. This adds about a second or two of your time. I eventually got used to it, but still. Why re-invent the UI if it works great?
Verdict
Whenever I review a phone I always ask myself what features would make me buy it. In this case, it would have to be the unique form factor with the small concave at the phone’s edge. Since it also comes with a 128MB miniSD card, I’d definitely use this phone to store music and work files. The phone retails for around $400.00. A bit steep, yes.
Hi Jayvee,
Nice review, but I have one correction: Nokia 6270 is not a Series 60 (=S60) device, it is a S40 device with a new UI.
So the answer to your question “Why re-invent the UI if it works great?” is – we didn’t.
no wonder the UI looked like an in-between. i stand corrected here.
but it really did look s60ish. and that, i think, is a good thing.
venors says that NOKIA people are creating purposely shortage ihn the market.
does anybody know when it will be available in Los Angeles, U.S.? and which sevice provider it will be?? thanks!
hi!
i want to know how to switch message memory from internal to external in nokia 6270 and if no then how do i recive a large memory file via bluetooth on my phone as there is only 10mb internal memory in nokia 6270 pls help
thanks!!!
it rocks, i have it, it’s perfect!
hay,
Same as kaushik…
I recently got the nokia 6270, i was trying to receve video files via bluetooth, the phone writes the files on a folder in the internal phone memory (12mb), Unlike the 6600 & other older phones i canot use my Memory Card (128mb) to store messages or bluetooth receved files. after receving the file i have to manually move it to a folder in my SD memory card, and for some reason i canoot mark the files in the receved folder i have to move them one by one!!.
So at the moment i cannot receve large video/audio files.
Does anyone know how to save files on to the memory directly??
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Gigabytee
hey, i had the same problem…..cudnot transfer big files using bluetooth..!! one of my friends had an engage QD and tht had the same problem….however, he dloaded a software from somewhere and tht fixed this issue. the problem is that i’m not in touch with him anymore and i dont know what tht software was….
so if any of you know of such a software, can u pls let me know too coz this is really irritating….i cant transfer a 10 mb file even though i have like 100mb free on my memory card!!
Nokia 6270 is only a musical and good camera phone other wise nothing
hey i too have same problem….if i try to transfer more than 10mb of file through blue tooth then its not happening…so can u help me with a solution for this….thanks buddy
How to get the data transfered through bluetooth to be directly saved on the memory card.
The default memory for IR/ Bluetooth files receiving is the phone memory. For larger files you would have to use the USB data cable. Bummer huh?
For more info: http://phone.mobile9.com/nokia/6270/
Hi Anybdy want a full information for Nokia 6270 Pls COntact my email.Because I am allready use 6270.And Friends it is amazing.This sound quality is – I think not any Nokia mobile.
If u wanna a se mobiles for Sound Reason So Pls try one time 6270 and u don’t forget this phone .
Bye Bye and take care.
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nokia 6270 is good cell phone for you if you have not expirenced series 60 phones. but if u have used series 60 phones, u will come here and on many others site for your redressal.
ADVANTAGE:
2 mp camera phone
stereo mp-3 with fm radio
slide
screen resolution
qua band
DISADVANTAGE:
–not user friendly
–not shared memory for contacts
–received files through blue tooth etc. stored in phone,s memory and then u have to shift it to memory card.
–only 4 mb storage is available in phone memory
–not supporting .sis files
–less battery backup
–very low speed of data sending through blue tooth
REMARKS:
IF U HAVE ONE, U WILL ALWAYS CURSE
WHAT do I DO??? always looking for a buyer
It is high time nokia or somebody developed a software to correct this problem of not able to receive large messages directly to the memory card. After all, it is a smart phone. It sure would accomodate that software.
i asked about this problem and there’s no solution 4 it now … we’re still waiting 4 a software regarding this but i don’t think they’re working on it …
hey u all..earlier version version has agood volume..than da newer one..
i went 2 noka care..and dey provide no solution 2 it..
its asoftwarer prob in..music player…caN NE BODY HELP ME….
HI!…I just love Nokia 6270…all are good features..transfers quickly thru bluetooth…ablet o browse thru gprs..specially the quality sound from the stereo speakers…2 mp camera,fm radio,
slide n bright screen resolution..only a dissapointment tat i cant send any ordinary picture messages…does anyone kno how to use this phone as a WEBCAM?…or do u kno of any site tat provides this s/w…thanks…
I am problem in big size data trasfer using bluetooth. I am having an external memory of 1 GB but still the received files comes in the phones memory which is not sufficient for stroing more than 5MB. If any solution then please let me know?
Nokia 6270 is 40 series platform Mobile so you can’t expect those Facility those you can get through Nokia 60 seies Platform mobile phone like Nokia 6630,6670,7610,6681..etc and all new “N Series” Mobiles.
So any person who any time has used any Nokia 60 series mobile will never purchase it.
Big Disadvantages:
**You can’t Select Multilple files to transfer them to any ohter mobile or from phone to memory card and vice-versa.
**It can’t support large variety of softwares that a series 60 mobile can support.
**You can’t run two application at a time mean to say you can’t minimize your application to switch between applications.
Hi!
What do you think about Tokio Hotel? >:)
hi i am updated my softwere & the sounds come half of then earlier version will u guys help me
plz tell me how to connect nokia 6030, nokia6270, and motorola mobile phone to linux pc running RHEL4.0. and how to connect internet.
how much costs the nokia 6270?
i cant send any ordinary picture messages…does anyone kno how to use this phone as a WEBCAM?…or do u kno of any site tat provides this s/w so if any of you know of such a software, can u pls let me know too coz this is really irritating….i cant RECIEVE A 12 mb file even though i have like 578mb free on my memory card!!…thanks…
hi this is aditya kashyap ilike my 6270 hendset
i like this set but imposseble
The application which uses the internet/gprs does not work on Nokia 6270 e.g. Mini Opera, Gmail, Gmap. Can anyone help me to fix the problem? Is it possible that if we install the lattest nokia operating software?
how to recive data from bluethoot directly save on memory card??
how to recive data from bluetooth directly save on memory card??
hay………..
please can anybody tell me hoe to use the nokia 6270 to connect to the internet?
my phone range capacity very low
My mobil is 6270. I like the phone very much but the only problem is i can’t oprating the application’s that can download from mobil internet(games, yahoo go etc)
Hi! Now mini opera 4.2 working well on my 6270.
In my 6270 unable to download gmail,gmap,railway and some application. When i like gmail gmap at last moment dwnld going to saved in aplcation folder it stuck and no further moving. Plz give me ans what to do.
i have nokia 6270 handset,the phone as such is no doubt an awsome product by nokia.the only problem i have faced is in giving path to files coming via bluetooth, directly to an external memory. since phone memory is too low to receive files those bigger than 10MB. Phone memory is also used in storing msg’s ,default ring tones, applications etc. So, there is hardly 4-5 MB space left for “received files” folder.
Also help me how to store msg’s in memory card.