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Nokia's X6 smartphone has been around for a while but it's only now that Nokia decided to launch it here in India. While launching, however, they decided to take a smart decision of launching the 16GB version of X6 here. Apart from the drop in internal memory capacity from 32GB to 16Gb

Nokia's X6 smartphone has been around for a while but it's only now that Nokia decided to launch it here in India. While launching, however, they decided to take a smart decision of launching the 16GB version of X6 here. Apart from the drop in internal memory capacity from 32GB to 16Gb, the X6 we get here in India also lacks the WH-500 headphones. But more importantly it is also significantly cheaper. The standard X6 wouldn't have cost anything below Rs. 24,000 but the 16GB model manages to cost well below the Rs. 20,000 mark, bringing it within the reach of a lot more people out there.

For those who don't know, the X6 is Nokia's first (and so far the only) phone with a capacitive touchscreen display. As we will read later, this does change a lot in the way we interact with the phone and the overall user experience. It also has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and Carl Zeiss optics, 3G/HSDPA, Wi-Fi, A-GPS with Ovi Maps with free turn by turn voice navigation and Ovi Music service that lets you download any track from their store for free for one whole year! There is also plenty of memory, 16GB in this case, built-in and the phone also has 3.5mm headphone jack and TV-Out functionality. Read on for the full review.

Bundle

• Nokia X6
• Nokia Battery (BL-5J)
• Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-8)
• Nokia Connectivity Cable (CA-101D)
• Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-701)
• Car Holder
• Car Charger
• User Guide
• Mini DVD
  

Battery Life

The Nokia X6 comes with a 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery. During our testing process, the phone gave us one-and-half day of battery life on a full charge. The usage included a couple of calls, messages, about two hours of web browsing on Wi-Fi, light multi tasking, about half an hour of GPS usage and about three hours of EDGE usage.


Verdict

The Nokia X6 is sold officially for Rs. 16,499 (although you can get it for about thousand rupees less). At that price you get a music phone with a 3.2", 640 x 360 pixel capacitive touchscreen display, 5 megaixel camera with autofocus and flash, 16GB built-in memory, Wi-Fi, GPS, one year subscription to Nokia music service along with free unlimited turn by turn voice navigation. It's hard to come across all those specs in one phone, especially in this price range. To be honest we weren't expecting the price to be this low but now that it is it makes the X6 very good value.

The looks and audio performance are some of the strong points of the phone. The fact that it is a full-fledged smartphone makes it even better. We did expect better build quality though and the display is difficult to read under sunlight. Symbian OS too has a long way to go before it can truly be user friendly and we are glad that the X6 will be one of the last phones to run this operating system.

If you can live with the build, low display visibility in sunlight and the quirks of Symbian, we think this is the best phone that you can buy in this price range right now. The combination of excellent features, good performance and superb pricing makes it great value for money.