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Nokia X6 - The Premium Music Phone

By Seow Tein Hee - 2 Jan 2010
Launch SRP: S$1028

Design

Looking for the X-Factor

Sporting a familiar looking candy bar format, the X6 is made up of a mixture of materials. It has a predominantly plastic finish (typical of Nokia devices), a metallic border, and a glass display. We have to say this is a good balance, since this will mean less surface areas for our fingers to smudge the otherwise great looking X6.

Due to the screen's capacitive nature, your fingers would be the main navigation medium. With that in mind, we found the screen size to be just about adequate, measuring at a comfortable 3.2 inches across that's comfortable to handle. Not to mention it's a good fit for web browsing and video watching.

Weighing in at 122 grams, the X6 is a comfortable fit in both mannish and daintier hands. But its elongated 111mm length proves to be a bit of stretch at times. This was prominently felt when we tried to access the Media Bar at the top right after clicking the Menu button at the bottom. As such, for those of you who find their fingers challenged in this aspect, you'll probably opt for a two-handed operation on the X6.

The 3.2-inch screen (which by the way is a scratch-resistant glass display) is neither too big, nor too small for your fingers to interact with the capacitive touch screen on the X6.

Like the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, the Call and End buttons will be flanking the Menu button at the lower portion of the device.

The Media Bar remains on the X6 (on the right, just above the glass display), and with it, instant access to Music, Images, Videos, Web Browser and Share Online. Not really the best of locations though.

To the left of the screen, we noticed that it's totally void of any control buttons. This leaves the space absolutely reserved for the X6's stereo speakers; more about its capabilities in our Performance page. Right smack in the middle of the left profile is the SIM card slot, which is similar in orientation to the 5800 XpressMusic. Open the cover, slot in the SIM card and you're good to go. Unfortunately, the same rule as the in the 5800 model applies here - you'll have to remove the battery to reach the SIM card. On the bright side, there's a catch to hook your fingers onto and slide the SIM card out.

The X6 has its key lock, volume button and camera shutter all situated on the same side. Not the slimmest phone, but not too thick either.

The SIM card slot shares the same issue as the 5800 XpressMusic - easy to insert, troublesome to extract. Fortunately, a small catch is available for you to push the SIM card out of its holding slot.

The top of the device has the usual suspects, such as the Power button, a 3.5mm audio port, the microUSB port and finally the charging port. Yes, the X6 hasn't adopted the microUSB charging standard yet, so you'll have to make do with the additional wires when you charge your devices.

Unfortunately, the X6 won't be adopting microUSB charging just yet, with the port reserved specifically for data connectivity with your PC.

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