Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Noki@ 263O

Make no mistake here. This one's for moms and dads who want a simple phone with easy-to-read font sizes. However, its claim to fame is its 9.9mm-thick frame--the thinnest in the Finnish company's product portfolio.
Design
The Nokia 2630 feels very light (66g). And very plastic, indeed. Though this is something which can be expected of a budget handset. Although the buttons on the keypad are sufficiently large to thumb without much difficulty, the top row is flush with the control buttons above them. That could lead to some unintentional keypresses.

During a call, hitting right on the directional control increases the volume, and vice versa. It's not as convenient as having dedicated volume buttons, but we guess that's something we can live with.

Features
Overall, the Nokia 2630 is a very simple device that runs on the S40 platform. It makes calls, sends text and picture messages, plays music and delivers all the basic utilities of a phone such as calendaring function, calculator and units converter.

Other than that, there are also a couple of nifty apps. The Expense Manager helps to keep track of, erm, expenses, while the Prepaid Tracker is useful for those not on post-paid accounts with the telco. FM radio is also available on this Nokia, but it can only be activated when the headset is plugged into the 2.5mm audio port.

What's really useful is the ability to switch to larger font sizes. This should benefit the elderly or those who hate to squint at small screens.

The dualband (EGSM 900/1800MHz) handset comes with a VGA camera and 10MB of onboard memory. There's no expansion card slot on this mobile.

Performance
According to Nokia, the 2630 has a rated talktime of up to 6 hours and maximum standby of 13 days. We found the response of the unit laggy, especially when loading certain programs or opening some folders, though it shouldn't irritate targeted users of this phone.

The 128 x 160-pixel screen isn't the best in the market, but remember that it was never meant to compete with the higher-range handsets. Brightness level, however, was adequate and we had no problems using it in the bright outdoors.

The Nokia 2630 is currently available without contract at S$298, but if Nokia is not what you're after, there are a couple of other budget options out there, including the Samsung SGH-C160, LG KU250 and Sony Ericsson T250i.



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