Nokia announced this unusually styled Nokia 6208 Classic in December 2008 and the phone was available at retail stores in March 2009 and it made its way to the Indian shores in the last week of May 2009. The S40 based Nokia 6208 comes only in Titanium Grey color and has a TFT resistive touch screen. However, does not have fully functional touch screen interface. The touch screen only works when you are typing messages and the phone also has handwriting recognition. No other Nokia phone has a feature like this one. To use the touch screen, Nokia has given a very stylish looking stylus, which fits in the backside of the phone. The shape and styling of the stylus is really cool but the stylus can only be used to type in messages. The phone also comes with a numeric keypad if you are not too much into touch screens. By the way given the phones limited touch feature, numeric keypad has to be there. The phone features a 2.4 inch screen with steel finish keypad, which I have to tell you guys looks very very classy and space age. Other features of the phone include, Bluetooth 2.0, 3.2 mega pixel snapper with 4X digital zoom and dual LED flash, microSD card support up to 8GB, 3.5 mm standard headphone jack (this thing is now becoming a norm in all the cell phones), FM radio, Flash Lite support and integrated multimedia player. One more interesting fact about the phone is that it was specifically designed for the China market and I really don't know ho it even landed up on the Indian shores. Check out some pics of the Nokia 6208 Classic and keep watching this space for a detail review.
The packaging of the phone is very simple and the image on the box highlights its touch enabled messaging feature along with handwriting recognition.
Nokia 6208 Classic inside the box.
Accessories that come along with the phone, the box did not have a CD. The headphones looks decent and the mini USB data cable can be used for data transfer, sadly it cannot charge the phone. Forgot to take picture of the most important thing, the mobile charger.
Before you start using any mobile phone, I advice you to read its manual throughly, you might be a mobile phone expert, but there is no harm in reading a manual, it adds to your knowledge ;-)
Backside of the phone, the camera with dual flash is visible along with a pointed arrow like structure in the middle, more about that mysterious thing later.
One more back side shot, more clear than the first one.
Nokia 6208 Classic sports a 3.2 mega pixel camera with 4X Digital Zoom, which is not that great, dual LED flash. Nokia should have given a lens cover as this kind of cameras are very much prone to dust particles, which are really tough to remove later.
Steel like keypad, which looks very sexy and classy in its own styling. The keys are not elevated so you will take some time to get adjusted to them, but doesn't;t it look nice, just like the key pad of the 8800.
The home screen, which clearly says that you are looking at a Nokia S40 device. The screen is big with 2.4 inches and good for viewing images and also watching videos.
Everything is on top, a 3.5 mm standard headphone jack, charging slot, power button (lets you switch between profiles also)...nothing on the bottom of the phone.
All the buttons and slots are one the right handside of the phone. It has a camera button, volume button, microUSB slot, microSD card slot (8GB supported).
This is the mysterious structure I was talking about earlier. Its a very stylish stylus from Nokia, first time I have seen such stylus in any phone. The stylus is made of stainless steel, feels heavy and good to hold. It also fits in nicely in the slot that is provided on the backside of the phone.
Nokia 6208 Classic with the Stylus.
This is where the stylus goes, on the backside of the phone and blends with the phones structure to an extent. The stylus is also easy to remove with a slide-up action and easy to fit back in. But due to the stylus, the phone does not sit properly if rested on its backside. The speaker on the back is also pretty powerful.
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