Nokia, king of candybars, has been exploring alternate avenues as of late - of which the mid-range 6111 slider handset is a result. Sindre Lia takes a closer look to see what it's made of.
Review summary of the Nokia 6111:
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 The Nokia 6111 offers a long-awaited improvement of Nokia’s user interface, as well as a well-performing Megapixel camera and EDGE support for high speed data transfers - all in a slightly chubby yet unmistakably small slider form factor. Unfortunately, the handset’s display and battery life follow said form factor in not being state of the art - still, the Nokia 6111 should be considered a good buy for people looking for a stable and small mid-range handset. Release: December 2005. Price: $350.
Pros: Intuitive user interface; good camera; EDGE for high-speed data transfers
Cons: Unimpressive display; mediocre battery life
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Full Nokia 6111 Review:
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Taking up an absolute minimum of space in one's pocket, the slightly chubby and short Nokia 6111 measures 84 x 47 x 23 mm and weighs 92 g. A Megapixel camera has been placed on its back cover, along with a photo light and a small photo mirror. A dedicated camera button as well as volume buttons can be found on the right side of the phone, while naturally a 262K colour display has been placed just above a set of action buttons and a comfortable, yet loud 5-way navigation button on the 6111's front cover. The display is of standard Nokia quality as of late, hence we wouldn't mind Nokia increasing its resolution to get a sharper display; now common in recent phones from manufacturers such as Samsung and Sony Ericsson. On a more positive note, the 6111's numerical keypad on the lower part of the slider phone turned out to include responsive and comfortably shaped buttons.
Moving on, the Nokia 6111 features the latest version of Nokia's user interface, which has been brought up to date to offer features such as being able to mark several messages to be deleted simultaneously. Another improvement is evident in the process of creating messages, which is now a faster and more intuitive process courtesy of a reworked interface. Still, the Nokia 6111's interface for the most part offers the same look and feel as in previous Nokia handsets sporting a colour display.
The Nokia 6111 also features a Megapixel camera, snapping stills of good quality in daylight and of adequate quality in darker environments. Aiming to assimilate the functions of a dedicated camera, the phone's display, which acts as a viewfinder, automatically switches to landscape mode when the camera is activated. Its various options are then easily adjusted by means of the action buttons and volume buttons, with the handset also offering video recording at 176 x 144 pixels. Both stills and videos can quickly be added to MMS messages from within the camera application.
As for phone-centric features, the Nokia 6111 operates on GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz networks, and offers up EDGE, GPRS and HSCSD for high-speed data transfers. Furthermore, we find an FM radio, a WAP 2.0 browser, 4 included games in Champ Rally 3D, GolfTour, Backgammon II and Solitaire, as well as operator-dependent features such as Push-To-Talk and Visual Radio. The 6111 also supports MP3 and polyphonic ringtones, SMS and MMS messages, in addition to sporting Bluetooth, Infrared and USB via PopPort as connectivity options. Nokia Xpress audio messaging is also available, whilst 23 MB of onboard memory stores video, audio and image files.
The reception and voice quality of the Nokia 6111 both proved excellent, whereas the phone offered approximately 2 hours of talktime and 3 days of standby time as compared to the claimed 3.5 hours and 10 days, respectively.
Availability
The Nokia 6111 is now selling for approximately €350 EUR throughout Europe.
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