Nokia 6220 Classic Specifications :
- Dimensions : 108 x 47 x 15 mm
- Weight : 90 g
- Display : 2.2″ TFT, 16M Colors, QVGA 240 x 320 px.
- Camera : 5 MP Cam ( 2592 x 1944 px ) with AF & Xenon Flash, Secondary CIF cam for video calling
- Chipset : ARM 11 369 MHZ Processor
- Memory : 120 MB Internal memory, 128MB SD RAM
- Connectivity : GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE Class 32, 3G HSDPA, Micro USB 2.0
- Bluetooth : Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
- GPS : GPS Receiver with A-GPS
- OS : Symbian OS v9.3 Rel 3.2 with FP2
Other Key Features:
FM Radio with RDS, TV Out, 3.5 mm audio jack.
Design and Display:
The 6220 Classic is a normal phone with a candy bar form factor with decent looks and oodles of functionality. It doesn’t have great looks but at the same time it isn’t outright ugly. It lies somewhere in between, more on the better side. It is available in Black and Purple colors. The build quality is amazing. The keyboard has a bit plasticky feel though. It is slim and light - weighing in at just 90 gms, and is perfectly suited for an office environment.
It has a 2.2″ display which is rather small considering the standard 2.8″ displays in almost all of Nokia’s new phones. The display supports 16 M colors and resolutions of 240 x 320 px (QVGA) . The display is great and bright enough with good contrast levels and is clear enough even in daylight. The keypad is average but has a bit plasticky feel which is not the best to work with. Of course, over time you will get used to it, but they could definitely have made it a lot better. The D Pad is smooth and good to navigate around the phone. The black keypad with a blue backlight looks quite attractive.
OS and Interface features :
The Nokia 6220 Classic is powered by the Symbian OS v9.3 with Feature Pack 2. It is the latest edition of the very popular Symbian OS. Feature Pack 2 adds in a host of new functionality and visual and performance improvements. As the 6220 Classic has a powerful 369 MHZ ARM 11 processor and a very good amount of RAM - 128 MB SD, the OS feels responsive. However the User interface does feel a bit laggy sometimes especially when navigating around the menu, due to the added animations that come with FP2. This comes as quite a surprise considering it has more RAM than a N78. This shouldn’t be much of a problem though, as it will easily be solved with a future firmware update. The Nokia 6220 Classic supports the vast library of Symbian Apps - Office Applications, Email clients, Chat clients, Imaging Apps, Audio and Video players, File Explorers and much more. It has the standard Symbian Contacts and Messaging apps with slight improvements.
Web browsing is a pleasure, as on all other Nokia OS 9.1 phones. The built in OSS browser based on Webkit is excellent and renders even heavy and detailed web pages exactly as they would on a PC. The MiniMap and Zoom features are very helpful during browsing. You seldom feel any lag when browsing, thanks to the huge amount of RAM in the 6220 Classic. However a bigger screen would have helped provide a better experience.
Multimedia playback :
The 6220 Classic fares quite decently when it comes to multimedia playback performance. It has good audio quality and supports many audio formats like MP3, AAC, eAAC+, WMA natively. The Music Player is simple and easy to use. The 6220 Classic also supports A2DP which enables you to hear streaming music wirelessly on your stereo Bluetooth headset. It has a 2.5 mm audio jack though, which may be a deal breaker for audiophiles, but it wasn’t meant to be a music phone anyways.
The video playback is simply awesome on the superb 16 M color screen. You can view videos in full screen mode in the default player. You can also install many other Video players from the vast Symbian repository available. However, a bigger screen would definitely have added to the video watching experience.
It has the good old Gallery application with some serious performance improvements. There are no delays in opening and viewing media files, all thanks to FP 2. It comes with 120 MB internal flash memory and a 2 GB Micro SD card bundled. It supports up to 8 GB external memory which should be enough for all your multimedia needs.
Camera and FM :
The Nokia 6220 Classic has a 5 MP (2592 * 1944 px) camera with Auto Focus, a superb Xenon Flash and a Carl Zeiss lens. It is one of the best 5 MP camera phones currently. It has a wide range of customizable options to fine tune the settings - Exposure, White balance, Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, ISO sensitivity etc. The 6220 Classic takes good pics with accurate color reproduction. It also supports Geotagging which is tagging the images to any geographical location. It shoots video at 30 FPS at VGA (640 x 480) resolution with stunning quality. It also has a secondary front facing CIF cam for 3G video calling.
It also features a FM Radio with RDS to obtain track information of the currently playing song using a data connection.
Connectivity :
The Nokia 6220 Classic features a range of connectivity options like USB 2.0, Bluetooth with A2DP, GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE Class 32, 3G HSDPA. It has most of the options that are currently available in any smartphone except Wi-fi. The absence Wi-fi is the major turn off in this phone. As the phone is targetted at an office going crowd, Wi-fi was an absolute necessity. It doesn’t have an infrared port but it is on its way to extinction anyways. Data transfer is blazing fast with all these options.
The Nokia 6220 Classic also supports A-GPS (Assisted GPS) which provides for better and precise location tracking. It comes with Nokia Maps 2.0 with free maps and 3 months free Voice navigation. You can also try other mapping applications like Google Maps and TomTom but Nokia Maps 2.0 is a great option with good and detailed maps of all the main cities. The GPS receiver is much more sensitive than the ones in the N82 and N95. It has a quite small startup duration - just 10 seconds to boot from cold and lock in to your current location.
Accessories :
Along with the Nokia 6220 Classic, you get a 2 GB MicroSD card, a charger, a Micro USB cable and a TV Out cable. It comes with standard Nokia 2.5 mm earphones. You also get the regular manuals and a PC Suite CD.
It has a rather underpowered BP 5M 900 mAH battery underneath its hood which provides a measly talktime of 3.5 hrs. We wonder how Nokia could have done such a blunder. A more powerful battery would have taken it places.
Pros :
- Less Expensive
- S60 OS9.3 with FP2
- Powerful GPS
- Great 5 MP Cam with Xenon Flash
Cons :
- Laggy Interface
- No Wi-fi
- Small 2.2″ screen
- Weak 900 mAH Battery
Final Words :
The Nokia 6220 Classic is a great phone at an affordable price. The performance improvements are great and FP2 is a superb addition. However it has some glaring deficiencies like the exclusion of Wi-fi and a weak battery. It would have fared great with a bigger screen as well. If you can do without FP2 and desperately need the Wi-fi, we would recommend the Nokia N82 which is almost in the same range and is better than the Nokia 6220 Classic.
Rating : 3.5 /5
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