The Nokia X6 is also the first XpressMusic handset to head
straight for the high-end. Midrange is the highest the music Finns have gone so
we are interested to see how this change of approach works. Nokia have always
had a strong appeal to the masses, but pleasing the selected few is undoubtedly
harder.
Key features:
Quad-band GSM support
Tri-band 3G with HSDPA support
3.2" 16M-color TFT LCD 16:9 capacitive touch screen
(360 x 640 pixels)
Symbian S60 5th edition UI
ARM 11 434 MHz CPU, 128 MB of RAM memory
5 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash
VGA video recording at 30fps
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Built-in GPS receiver
32GB built-in storage
FM radio with RDS
Bluetooth and USB (standard microUSB connector) v2.0
3.5mm standard audio jack
Very good audio quality
Proximity sensor for screen auto turn-off
Accelerometer sensor for automatic UI rotation and
motion-based gaming
Stereo speakers
TV out
"Comes with music" edition gives you a year of
all-you-can-eat music subscription
Landscape on-screen virtual QWERTY keyboard
Ovi Maps 3.0 Touch
Further Ovi and MySpace service integration (direct image
and video uploads)
Most regional retail packages include a set of the great
Nokia WH-500 headphones
Main disadvantages:
X6 is still quite pricey (around 500 euro at the time of
writing)
UI is still immature with somewhat inconsistent user
experience
Touch web browser not quite polished and with dodgy Flash
support
No voice-guided navigation license
No office document viewer preinstalled
Doesn't charge off microUSB
Very poor sunlight legibility
Slow image gallery
No DivX/XviD support for the video player
No microSD card slot (as a connectivity solution)
As you can see in the two lists above there is almost
nothing new in the software package, so it all falls on the hardware to justify
the high asking price. The well-stuffed retail package is a great place to
start but does the capacitive screen improve usability enough to be worth the
extra money over, say, the 5800 XpressMusic? And the difference in price is by
no means trivial.
