The consistent aspect of the user experience on the Nokia C6 is that of its speed - it really is a nippy little device. It has 128MB of RAM; within a minute of cold start, RAM usage creeps up to 62%, leaving an ample 47MB available. Impressively, the C6's performance was sustained during multitasking stress tests. In these tests, it handled insufficient RAM without throwing up an error message. Instead, it opted to shut down other applications that were running in the background. Both of the tests were fairly exaggerated circumstances, as one might expect. Although, as free RAM began to run below 10%, general performance slowed, but the device remained perfectly usable.
Compared to earlier Symbian^1 devices the C6 seemed to have better overall performance and RAM handling, reflecting the maturity of the platform at this point in its life cycle. However, such judgements are, inevitably, somewhat subjective.
Nokia C6 Review: Applications and user experience
Published by Rafe Blandford at
In the third part of his review of Nokia's new C6, David Gilson considers the user experiences and examines the remaining applications. David concludes that, with a hybrid form factor and an increasingly attractive price point, the C6 has offers a compelling entry into the mid tier market. Part 2 of the C6 review covered the camera and multimedia software bundle. Part 1 covered first impressions and hardware.
