Nokia 6220 Classic: The Verdict

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Never before has cutting edge (5mp/Xenon camera, GPS) S60 hardware reached this price point - the 6220 Classic aims to be all the man in the street will ever need in a phone. What compromises, if any, have had to be made to get to this design? Is this really the poor man's N95? Find out in my detailed review of the Nokia 6220 Classic.

6220 Classic

"At only 66cc and 90g, the 6220 Classic is one of Nokia's very smallest S60 phones, but don't let the diminutive size fool you, for this has virtually all the functionality and spec of the flagship N95. What's interesting is to spot where compromises have had to be made in order to perform this miniaturised magic trick. 

At least, that's the most interesting way to approach the 6220 Classic for tech-heads and power users - the man in the street will see this as a free Nokia with 5mp /Xenon-flash camera on a £15 a month contract and that's the guise in which it will sell by the bucketload. It might even appear on pay-as-you-go by the end of 2008 - who knows? SIM-free, it is available now for around £260, but this should fall towards, or even below, £200 once the launch-price-effect wears off. Very impressive - compare this to the N95's launch price of £500."

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