I saw the 6630 and 9500 communicator in person...

[marwan]

I was at Gitex convention in Dubai and saw the 6630 and the 9500 communicator. The 9500 was being demo'ed, didnt get the chance to use it because of the crowd, but my friend did and he wasnt impressed(he bought the new iMate instead). The 6630 looks cool, unfortunately it was in a glass cabinet where no one could use it! :mad:

the size of it was a little wider than tha 6600, the phone doesnt look too bad, but not the most atractive either. i think i'll wait for Nokia's next 3G phone instead since i just got the SE P910 and in a few days the SE S700 should be mine too :)

any word on new 3G Nokia phones?

[marwan]

oops, i posted this in the wrong section, here is the same post in the Nokia section, please post there, here is the link...

http://forums.mobileburn.com/showthread.php?p=47470#post47470

mod please lock/delete this thread.



thanks!

[dazz27]

I got to try the 6630 today at Symbian Expo in London. I love it!

NB Only a demo model - but fully functional, although not connected to a 3G network as such. I have new faith in its design - it's designed in terms of ease of use, allbeit not entirely in terms of appearance. It looks cool though, and yes, better in real life!

Made a few notes (currently own a 6600, and a working 7610 was next to the 6630 on the display) -

Literally same size as 6600, slightly thinner but camera lens sticks out a bit at back, recessed inside a protective outer rubber ring.
Keypad is ergonomic, it's not flat at all (pics don't give this away) - almost as if it's been dented inwards around the '5' - great to use.

Overall finish is metallic, I almost thought it was metal (!), just hope it wears well. Not clear if the changeable cover actually 'includes' the screen cover (i.e. like 3650) - it seemed to fit around the screen. Forgot to ask/probe -damn! Surely it must do, or you'll need to apply a screen protector. Oh and the 5-way control - cool - I would not go back to a joystick now!! It's so precise and easy.

Camera is great - 'smooth' zoom is exactly that, not stepped at all like 7610. Lots of tweaky controls for image. Excellent quality. Disappointed though in quality of recorded video - no better than 6600, worse if you zoomed to a max. (I'm wondering if this is not the final software for this...?? Time with the Nokia rep was very limited, couldn't ask).

Operating speed - WOW! Very quick! E.g. scan memory card for memory - no time even to display the 'scanning' graphic - instant! Menus instant. The guy told me the processor is nearly twice the speed of the 6600. Much faster even than 7610.

Images gallery - 3D effects! Kind of a circular rotating virtual gallery where you can spin round to your chosen image and then zoom in to it. Full screen effect also as per the Nokia promo video. Was good - I think not quite finished as images were really slow to load into the gallery.

Screen quality - good - slightly brighter than 7610. Backlight does not fade out after few secs - instead it dims to about 40% so you can still view the screen, after time then goes into full screen saver mode (i.e. no backlight, as per 6600).

Sound - output is stereo on headphones, mono on speaker - but speaker is very clear - and 48 polyphonic - I took the phone out of 'silent' mode just to try max volume on a ringtone - all nearby heads quickly turned. Oops!

Well...... I'm getting one! Release date is 'very soon' .......

Did quickly see/try the 9300 (fantastic screen, speedy UI, amazingly small for a comm.), keyboard is not that 'tactile' but I guess you'd adapt, and tried the 6260 which actually surprised me (very well made, I just assumed it would be bit plasticky and 'cheap' <?>), great phone.

Oh, and asked about the 7710 ;) The Nokia guy paused, then went on about 7700. Put him back on track, he went to his Nokia website screen, messed about then denied all knowledge. To be convincing, he should have denied knowledge at the outset! He knew, clearly we're not meant to though! Oooh - and I almost directed him to MobileBurn :cool:

PS Tried out Motorola A1000 too - please! I'm with the 6630.

Ah.... maybe Nokia is turning it around!

[difenbaker]

mmm, the 6630 is looking to be the next "killer" phone that it's being touted to be, hehehehe...

I think I'll postpone buying a p910 just yet.... and wait to try out this phone first.

thanks for the info.

cheers!