Nokia 6120 classic review: Down-to-earth Symbian

31 August 2007

The new Nokia 6120 Classic belongs to neither the multimedia N Series, nor the business E series of the Finnish brand. Good at the essentials, it’s set of features can’t be clearly linked to a particular target of users. The „Classic“ attribute refers to the...

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osixx
nTW
21 Apr 2008

very good but biggest problem is bad camera und it isnt loud

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jun
wYD
21 Apr 2008

I bought 6120 10 days ago and I am satisfied but have 3 problems.
1. can I see in the phonebook (basic screen) names and phone numbers not just names
2. I stored my fried name in the phone book but when he calls on the screen I see only the number

Thanks!

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Anonymous
0Fs
06 Apr 2008

What!
i just used my friends phone "which is this one"
and for a 2mp phone its actually very good, alot of 2mp camera phones now are rubbish, this one takes clear pictures and smooth videos, a phone i want is only 2mp im hopin the quality is as good as this one

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sarah
PZF
15 Feb 2008

hi everyone this phone has so many features in it but i am so sonfused about the problems why this phone is creating so much problem to the user, i read all the reviews finally i am posting my review that in my pinit of view this phone is good but you people choose the phone according to ur needs dont go on features think what u want , the purpose of ur usages, how to handle it the phone thnx

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Fazil
M{3
07 Feb 2008

hey... i just bought one yesterday, the phone is great... but, when I open any application, the whole screen blinking fast for 3-4times, spcly.. when am reading by messgs one by one by sliding, pls somebody help... something wrong with my phone? Should i ask shop for replacement?

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Alastair
uBM
25 Jan 2008

wow! i read all the comments people wrote...some were bad and some were good.i think i will get this phone after all.goooooood phone!

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isidora
pux
24 Jan 2008

I am not able to put natery and the card because it is hard to oprn rear mask

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donie
uED
19 Jan 2008

yup, i have the same problem with carlos. this phone is buggy

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Carlos
pqY
15 Jan 2008

This is my sad story with the Nokia 6120c.

First of all let me explain that I´m not a Symbian newcomer, 6120c has been my third Symbian s60, so I´m pretty familiar with such toys.
I bought my 6120 classic for christmas, because the feature set and the weight seemed impressive for the price point ( arround 250 euro ).
My first impression was that althoutgh the mobile was fast and nice, the build quality was worse than my previous S60s (N70 and n-gage). This was specially evident in some plastic pieces: The battery cover was like 1mm loose in all directions and the plastic cover for the loudspeaker was a little weak also... But anyway I was pretty satisfied of my purchase.

After a couple of days the phone started to have random problems with the sound. The mobile vibrated but no sound appear from the loudspeaker neither from
the earpiece. The phone was not even able to reproduce sounds even in the music player or in the modes screen. The only way to recover It was to turn on and off the phone. And no! the phone was not in silent mode :) After searching on google I was able to find that it was not an isolated case, the net is full of such reports, References:

http://discussions.nokia.com.au/discussions/board/message?board.id=phones&thread.id=24666&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=phones&message.id=32238

This is such annoying failure because you loose calls as you can not hear the caller, you need to reboot the phone and call later...
After 4 or 5 incidents in two weeks I started look for a new firmware after noticing that there was no new firmware in NSU. The only thing that I was able to find was that there was a new version 4.21 that appeared on early December but was pulled in a hurry from the NSU servers after 3 or 4 days ( I'm myself a firmware engineer and I know what this means ... :) ).

Reference:

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=swupdate&thread.id=19348&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

Last Monday January 7th tired of problems I returned to the shop and after explaining the story, the shop manager give me a new one. The funny thing was that he asked me if my Sim card was old. He claimed that the phone had problems with old sim cards... After googling a little i was able to find some references to that in Italian forums...

http://forum.telefonino.net/showthread.php?t=304785&page=344

The new phone had also problems with plastic pieces, again the loose battery cover and now the memory card door was loose and produced a rattling noise on vibration... Again I could accept that, I wanted the mobile. After a week the phone has done the same than the previous one several times, today... 3 times!
Again I have checked for new firmware but the only thing that I have found is that Nokia has even pulled the support of 6120c from NSU. Hey this guys are having a real problem...
Not knowing what to do I have decided to give Nokia a late chance and call the care line in spain 902404414 to contact an operator and ask if the issue was known and Nokia was doing something. The guy seemed to know nothing, and was absolutely uninterested, the only answer was go to the care point and install new firmware. On my question of if there was a new firmware he answered that he did not know... He was unable to log a case to any escalation team, he said to me to send an email throught the web...
Tomorrow I´m back to the shop to have a refund... I do not want another unit. I´m totally dissapointed. Nokia you have lost a good customer, a fan...

For your info
Both mobiles were 6120c-1 rm-243 Firmware 3.83 B1.04, the sim is a brand new one from the spanish operator Yoigo and I am using a sandisk sd micro of 2GB.

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ekamerta
wrf
13 Jan 2008

So light with the features. Great value for cheap price..

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MENDI
PAJ
11 Jan 2008

huhu..i just bought dis fon 4 my sister..
da price same like express music 53..that not remember da series..dat not included 3g,da sound is clear..so great.waa..3.5g soo fast hehe=p

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annoyed_user
MCs
02 Jan 2008

Hi,
I just bought one. I was thrilled with my new toy, but it lasted only 3 days. It just froze and reboot when receiving a call. Thinking it was just an incident I ignored it. Two days later no sound when trying to call somebody. Rebooting was a fix. Yesterday happend twice. Very annoying. Whenever I try to call or I'm called by somebody it's just silence. I have to reboot the phone. I found this problem hanging on nokia's forums since september. They did nothing to fix it. I hope it will be fixed at the repair center. I'm so dissapointed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Dave
m9C
20 Dec 2007

I recently received the phone as an upgrade from Three, having had a Nokia 6280. I am very pleased with it, well featured and so far reliable.

Two things I'd like to get sorted:
1. How can you change the icon-links on the main screen? It currently shows links from ebay etc which I'd like to change.

2. Is it possible to turn off the startup sound?

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John Carlos
PZ9
20 Dec 2007

This phone Rocks!!!!!

i purchased this phone last week until now im still blown away of the features this phone has, i might buy another one for my 2nd sim card.

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ANtozz
PVg
18 Dec 2007

What's different with 6210i ????

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Ivan
ptC
09 Dec 2007

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col
mW2
08 Dec 2007

Hi,

Anyone got a version of blackberry connect that support the 6120. The nokia site on suuport E and N-series models, which sucks seeing that this version of symbian 9.2 is the newer one.
Would appreciate anyone who has got any of BB
connects to work on the 6120 to let me know which one?

cheers

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Varghese Itty Iype
M{3
06 Dec 2007

I bought Nokia 6120 classic last week, I did't get any cd with this pack.I bought from K M TRADING (SALAM STREET, ABU DHABI,UAE)They told me there is no cd with this pack. Is it right? It asking for CD when we connect with PC.Please send me a Reply.

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Anonymous
MYH
04 Dec 2007

was on the market for a new phone.. two options: 6120 and 6300.. Friend of mine asked me.. right, do u want fast internet acess or a higher resolution to view pics of your boyfriend?
my 1st reaction, was the higher resolution, but then realised that the 6120 offers you video calling as well as HSDPA.. which is great if u in a long distance relationship.
its an awesome phone, i havnet had it long, but i dont wanna be without it.. only thing that i think should have been included on the phone is a slide to cover the camera, other than that, this is a type of phone for all those who are starting to build a career.. it offers you all you need and it provides it in a sleek, compact and stylish way!!

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carlitos
iBt
23 Nov 2007

it is cool movil

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