Nokia announces Nokia 6260 slide feature phone, writes S40 history

25 Nov, 2008
The spanking new Nokia 6260 slide easily steals the spotlight with Wi-Fi, GPS, 320 x 480 pixels display, and a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. We bet that reading those specs the words "dumb phone" or "S40" would never cross you mind. But the new...

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  • Anonymous
  • ji{
  • 25 Nov 2008

I like the idea that nokia s40 with 5mp.i want2 clear out some thing.dnt expect s40's 5mp to b on par with n-series or se's c/k series.its nt abt the lens.its the software.i parsonally compared 6500 & n73 pics.n73 is much b8r.n78 is much much b8r.all three have 3.2mp.

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    • Anonymous
    • G2G
    • 25 Nov 2008

    Is it just me or the leading phone companies have run out of design ideas? Man, they all look the same... people are getting tired of the same age old designs...

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      • Anonymous
      • S35
      • 25 Nov 2008

      hmmm loving the press shots with youtube loaded on the browser ,then the next shot with m.youtube.com loaded
      surely thats a difference between S60 and S40 haha

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        • Zack
        • M@T
        • 25 Nov 2008

        What is the 360 degree d-pad?

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          • Anonymous
          • wc6
          • 25 Nov 2008

          Anonymous, 25 Nov 2008S40 is such a bad platform... really dont mind,,,,,, sy... moreyou know why nokia don't wanna use window??

          when use window os means selling the phone to Microsoft

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            • Anonymous
            • wc6
            • 25 Nov 2008

            Rici, 25 Nov 2008Go for the SE k850, its has got everything here plus Xenon ... morethe screen k850 doesn't have 320x480 RESOLUTION BUT 240X320,

            AND THE SCREEN color of k850 is 256K NOT 16M

            K850 CANNOT record VGA(640X480) BUT QVGA(240X320)

            k850/all SONY ERICSSON 5MP camera quality already worst enough, don't even compare it to NOKIA 5MP phone

            k850 don't have FLASH LITE V3

            K850 CANNOT TV-out

            K850 CANNOT play WMV

            K850 don't have 360 D-PAD

            K850 equip a v2 bluetooth not V2.1

            k850 don't have Carzl zEISS Optic n tESSAR LENS

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              • kkk
              • myg
              • 25 Nov 2008

              Anonymous, 25 Nov 2008S40 is such a bad platform... really dont mind,,,,,, sy... moreshut up, it will cost around 300 euro or 350 usd

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                • pTK
                • 25 Nov 2008

                I love this phone!!!!!!!!

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                  • Anonymous
                  • wc6
                  • 25 Nov 2008

                  Rici, 25 Nov 2008Go for the SE k850, its has got everything here plus Xenon ... more240X320 256K 2.2"

                  COMPARE to 320x480 16M 2.4"

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                    • Anonymous
                    • S9V
                    • 25 Nov 2008

                    Anonymous, 25 Nov 2008S40 is such a bad platform... really dont mind,,,,,, sy... moreWindows Mobile OS is hell not better than S40 even. That useless OS is pathetic. Sony Ericsson only ever used it once and Nokia never used Windows OS.
                    Manufacturers keep needing to customize the cheap Windows Mobile OS because it looks so bad.
                    Mobiles with amazing screens cant even make the Windows OS look good. In fact it looks bad on large detailed screens because you can see the pixels. How cheap is that? You can see the pixels on a mobile. Pretty lame.

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                      • Rici
                      • w98
                      • 25 Nov 2008

                      Go for the SE k850, its has got everything here plus Xenon flash, Accelerometer.

                      Forget GPS and Wifi, the battery is too weak to hold them for even 15 mins !!!

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                        • Onslow
                        • MZ8
                        • 25 Nov 2008

                        The one thing that annoys me with Nokia is the build quality I still have the 1st original nokia on orange and its build quality is far superior to any phones they produce now. Please Nokia sort this out

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                          • Anonymous
                          • uWx
                          • 25 Nov 2008

                          S40 is such a bad platform... really dont mind,,,,,, symbian is far far better than S40
                          this mobile is not gonna be success may be... but nokia seems like releasing it at 600-700 US $
                          which is worse price for such a fone...
                          HTC fones with better features and far better WINDOWS OS are already available in market with VGA display, low weight and superior performence (600 Mhz) @ 450$-500$

                          Sony Ericsson Xperia which is already in stores at about 750 - 800 US $ which is far far far more superior

                          HTC advantage @ 950 USD

                          HTCtOUCH PRO AT 700 USD

                          HTC Shift @ 1300 USD

                          Motorola ZN5 at just 320 USD is a better fone than this one... beats it even if it is available @ 500 USD

                          So dear nokia sorry for the CRAP.... I hate u... because you have announced an INSANE FONE


                          these are real high end fones

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                            • Roberto
                            • Tr$
                            • 25 Nov 2008

                            That's the phone I was waiting for! Surely my next phone. Long live the S40!

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                              • Umar
                              • t@E
                              • 25 Nov 2008

                              the first feature phone to "sport" the awesome Nokia WebKit Open Source Browser

                              Support? Sport?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • S9V
                                • 25 Nov 2008

                                Onslow, 25 Nov 2008You all make me laugh with your comments, no matter what ph... moreThe guy's right
                                They're not gonna make the perfect phone 4 u because then everyone will have wat they want and they'll be out of business because nobody wants a phone thats not wat they want unless they produce a phone with entirely new features

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • n7j
                                  • 25 Nov 2008

                                  Omg, it's iphone copy... hahahaaa.... just kidding!

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                                    • Erick
                                    • MAg
                                    • 25 Nov 2008

                                    This is a welcome addition to the S40 range and could be an indicator that Nokia is very likely over the longer term to seriously consider that as the similarities between S60 and S40 become greater and the differences less, that S40 could become integrated into an overall smartphone OS powering Nokia's entire range.

                                    As far as this device is concerned, it faces its most direct challenge from the 6220 Classic which includes the S60 OS.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • kWP
                                      • 25 Nov 2008

                                      just to give you an idea of how much pixels that is....the iphone is also HVGA but in 3.5", and this is crammed into 2.4"
                                      meaning really high picture quality!!

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • PYU
                                        • 25 Nov 2008

                                        Anonymous, 25 Nov 2008moto attila is better than this crap ,..... better OS >>>>>... moreBetter OS? Windows Mobile? You're kidding, right? Having windows on your PC is bad enough... I can't understand why anyone would want it running their phone.