The Nokia 6680 (Nokia 6680)

Member Name: eawheeler

Product:	Nokia 6680
Date:	12/10/06 (181 review reads)
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Advantages: Many great features, extremely tough and durable.

Disadvantages: Wap could be improved and a small media card lets it down.

I have used the Nokia 6680 for almost a year now and I have been very impressed with its performance from the day I unpacked it from the box.

I am not someone who is phone obsessed - I know that once I have owned a phone for a week, I will be using it for the most important functions; making and receiving phone calls and text messaging - and very little else will matter to me. That said, it is nice to know that I can use its other functions when I need to.

When making calls the sound is clear and the volume is easy to adjust mid conversation should you need to by using the large central button. Numbers can be easily and quickly found using the address book or through the recent calls log which I find very useful. Text messaging is also quick and easy with predictive text messaging and a well laid out key pad.

The phone also has a large, high resolution colour screen and two integrated digital cameras one in the front and one in the back. The quality of the photos I have taken are suprisingly good and transferring them to a computer is easy. The phone also features a video clip recorder but you need a steady hand to operate this as the quality isn't great. Despite this, if you have good light and stick to filming slow or stationary objects this can be a fun and handy feature to have.

There is access to the internet which can be very useful when looking for cinema times on the move or an answer to a pub quiz question. Connecting to the web takes just a few seconds but I have found one problem with this feature. It is impossible to tell if you are still connected to wap if you have cleared the internet pages as there is no icon on the phone menu screen to say whether you are still browsing or not. I sometimes turn my phone off completely to be absolutely sure I am disconnected.

Aside from these main features, there is a clear calendar, a calculator and a converter which I would now hate to be without. When in a supermarket in France, working out the price of wine is very easy - no maths involved at all!

Overall this is a fantastic handset. It is quite large and bulky but this suits me just fine as it is easy to find in the bottom of my handbag and it is in near perfect condition after a years hard use - just a few scratches on the back panel and not one can be found on the screen. If you wanted to get more from the video camera and music player, you would have to invest in a larger media card as the card issued with the phone has very small capacity and limits what the phone can do.

Without a doubt, the best Nokia handset I have used.

Summary: A highly recommended Nokia handset.

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