Nokia 6280 review: High-class slider

05 March 2006
Nokia has created its new 6280 as a substitute for Nokia 6230i. Is this a successful move? Nokia 6280 is literally bulged with functions. On the other hand, it features quite an exotic slide-out construction, which provokes missunderstanding in the end user. Read this detailed mega review to find the answer to this question.

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  • lance phil
  • T6r
  • 12 Jan 2008

over all this phones process information fast- waht i mean is browsing from folder to another folder in gallery. it opens images fast even if u had upgraded the memory card. the only thing is it only has aprox 6mb internal memry, and u dont have the option to change the memry being used when recving incoming item either from blutooth or infrared, case is if ur going to rcve a file larger then 6 mb tendency is to fail or worst it will restart and will not trun on again. thou it is capble of data transfer thru data cable but u cant always carry your data cable everytime ? ryt.. hehe i replced this phone with n80 black - glad i was able to afford the upgrde. hehe

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    • john
    • mym
    • 21 Jun 2007

    this phone is crap i have got this error in connection thing going on im loosing money here cus of this poxy thing.

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      • mohammed
      • iEu
      • 23 Feb 2007

      Hi, I am using, Nokia 6280,
      but when putting my sim card to appear me phone restricted .enter restriction code . what can i do to solve this problem ?

        • J
        • John
        • MSR
        • 06 Feb 2007

        Had the phone nearly 9 months now!
        Very unstable, keeps powering down and re starting, asks for sim registration for no reason, also asks for unlock code every now and then.
        Adding words to the predictive text dictionary can be fun, and usually doesn't work.
        Screen gets dust under it, and you can remove it, i think this phone was developed in a big hurry! not enough time on the test bench! 3 out of 10

          • x
          • x.Lou.x
          • nFw
          • 01 Feb 2007

          yea well i've had this phone for a year now and it has caused me no problems. Its a very sleek stylish phone and my one worked perfectly.
          x

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            • salman
            • PVt
            • 29 Jan 2007

            hi every one can any one tell me which series is 6280 is .
            is it 40 or 60 . if it is 40 than it will install series 60 softwares & games plz tell me about tht i,ll be thankful for tht thanks in advance

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              • Anonymous
              • U6S
              • 01 Jan 2007

              This phone is beyond unreliable. I have had to take it back within days of purchase and still have the same problems with the second one. Occasionally when i turn it on it asks for a code as if its had a pin assigned to it, most of the time it doesn't. Occasionally it reboots for no reason. It never plays MP4's, and it's just plain hard to live with. Looks nice and great features, shame it just doesn't work.

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                • blitz
                • Uip
                • 24 Dec 2006

                yo dis fone is dope. its off tha chain. im torn between the SE K750 (AU$279 [optus]) and the 6280 (AU$299 [3]). which one is better?

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                  • Islam Saber
                  • NhE
                  • 24 Dec 2006

                  Hii friends,
                  i wanna buy new phone,i m doctor and i need simple light phone, easy to carry and with good options, anyone can help me to buy this phone or no

                    • V
                    • VICKY
                    • 2Av
                    • 23 Nov 2006

                    i am going to buy the phone but if anyone who knows the phone very well plz kindly contact me tq 0146384386

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                      • Jay
                      • mx1
                      • 27 Oct 2006

                      Both my lady and I have had these phones for about 6 months.
                      We had to have both replaced this week for ongoing problems.

                      My lady's phone stopped getting a signal and always went to v-mail on incoming and says error in connection on outgoing. In the end it just wouldn’t switch on. Also the battery barely lasts a day now.
                      This phone was/is kept in very good condition (girls).

                      My phone stopped reading the memory card after about 3 months.
                      It stopped vibrating about the same time.
                      Then this week it did the same will not turn on trick.
                      My battery is a little better lasting up to 2 days or maybe a little more.
                      My phone was abused a lot.

                      So I think the moral is....everyone loves Nokia for its pure indestructibility, this Nokia 6280 falls quite far from that tree.

                      This is the 1st phone I’ve ever had that hasn’t even lasted the contract before completely dieing.



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                        • Baka
                        • CY$
                        • 27 Oct 2006

                        Cool, phone!!
                        Only down thing is probably the weight.
                        Other wise feature and operations brilliant.
                        Cool games
                        Buy this fone.

                        SE simalar models cant compare

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                          • Anonymous
                          • P$G
                          • 05 Oct 2006

                          i love this phone its the best and the review is really good the only bad thing is that i dont own the phone any one getting rid of thier's please contact me

                          regards matthew

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                            • ss
                            • U2d
                            • 30 Sep 2006

                            nice one

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                              • Anonymous
                              • pq4
                              • 22 Sep 2006

                              This phone is a p.o.s. especially the slider mechanism.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • ibh
                                • 06 Sep 2006

                                latest version of firmware for nokia 6280 is v3.65 regarding this page http://forums.mobiledia.com/topic25335.html

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • iAT
                                  • 11 Aug 2006

                                  pro:slides out silently
                                  con: creak noises and slide mechanism is not stable.

                                  eh?

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                                    • yakumo-thermaltake
                                    • n{k
                                    • 09 Jul 2006

                                    i use a 6280 and its the most hi-class mobile i have see .it have very good design

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                                      • Ben
                                      • 2G4
                                      • 27 Jun 2006

                                      Thanks for the review, I too had pre-purchased prior to reading. In my clumbsiness I dropped my phone and cracked the front surface. No damage to the actual phone's display.
                                      Given that the front surface cannot be removed, what's the best course of action for repair?

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                                        • Mahesh
                                        • pYP
                                        • 15 Jun 2006

                                        Hi, I am using, Nokia 6280,
                                        When call waiting option is on. When i receive second call, loud speaker is switched on and anybody can hear my current call talks. I am loosing privacy here..