Binding: Wireless Phone Accessory Brand: Nokia EAN: 6417182524004 Feature: This is a quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 cell phone with GPRS/EDGE data capabilities Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Nokia Manufacturer: Nokia Model: 6131 Publisher: Nokia Studio: Nokia
Features
This is a quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 cell phone with GPRS/EDGE data capabilities 1-megapixel digital camera with full-screen viewfinder Innovative, 1-hand push-to-open operation Slim, stylish folding design with special edition soft-touch paint coating Bluetooth v 2.0, with wide range of profiles and APIs for seamless connectivity
Experience the power of a touch. Slim and light, the Nokia 6131 phone is encased in a layer of soft-touch paint that feels great in your hand. Flip it open with the unique one-touch push-to-open design for comfortable one-hand messaging, dialing and answering calls Inside, the Nokia 6131 phone comes with all the features you want, including a brilliant 16.7-million "true color" main display and 262,144-color outer display, ideal for use with the 1.3-megapixel camera. Enjoy the full music experience with MP3 player and FM radio with Visual Radio technology. The 6131 EDGE clamshell has a large internal QVGA display with 16 million colors. The external display has 262K colors. The quad-band device features FM radio tuner, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth support and microSD slot. Nokia 6131 also has Visual Radio support.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: no warranty! Comment: I owned this phone for less than two months before having problems with it. The first problem was terrible battery life followed by no signal. (even when standing under a cell site) I finally sent it in for repair. It came back with a note claiming it was not econimical to repair and that the warranty was void siting corrosion. In the short two months that I had it it was never in a corossive environment. I have since learned of other people that have had the same problem with Nokia's failure to honor their warranty. Customer Rating: Summary: AMAZING phone,owned for over a year Comment: I have owned this phone for over a year and a half now and it still works great! When i got it, i thought the flip button opening would break in a few days, but, yes, it has lasted. Its the one thing that sets this phone apart from any other! I have mainly used this phone for taking pics and vids....i had a baby and have caught his entire first year on the phone, i have dev a lot of pics from it and the quality is amazing! I even take vids but the problem is that you need to first download a 3pg player in order to play on the comp...also, if you sent vids through email, you need to be certain that the person u have emailed to also has the 3gp player downloaded, otherwise it wont work.
I also use the MP3 of this phone a lot...the sound is clear and the speakers are loud enough to be heard while jogging in the park or runnin on a treadmill at home (meaning if you decide not to use the headphones.)
Another great thing about this phone is its durability. It has gone through thick and thin (a lot of drooling on when my son plays with it...) and yet it has held up.
I really recommend this phone to anyone who needs a functional phone that will last and doesnt confuse you!
Customer Rating: Summary: Very Disappointed Comment: I've used the Nokia 6131 phone for 2 months, it has a great feature set and I initially thought it'd be a good phone - beware of reviews posted after only a few days of use.
Battery life is abysmal. With bluetooth, etc. enabled, initially I was getting about 1.5 days of useful life. After 2 months, with bluetooth disabled and all power saving features set the phone won't last 24 hrs between charges.
The phone will not work with a dead battery even when plugged into the charger. You must wait until the battery has sufficient charge before the phone can be used. And charge time is slow - charging while driving 45 min daily did not get or keep the phone fully charged. You'll need to plug it in to the charger every night.
Unlike other phones this phone does not charge when connected via the USB cable. And the USB cable is proprietary - you cannot use a standard mini-USB.
The Nokia-proprietary stereo headset left earbud stopped working after 2 weeks. The radio and mp3 player do not support a bluetooth headset (mine is mono - not sure if a stereo bluetooth headset would work). So for me, no NPR or audiobook MP3s on the bluetooth headset.
The lid of the phone presses the "0" button when very little pressure is applied. Take it out of your pocket and you'll have to clear the "000000000"'s before dialing. Oh yeah - those 0's also took your phone out of its power-saving sleep mode and consumed valuable battery life while you were not using it.
The flip-button is neat but I handed my phone to a friend to call home, didn't tell him about the button and when he opened it without the button - crack, the cheap-o latch broke. It should have been designed to work ok for the button-uninitiated.
I've had great success with other Nokia phones but this one is a failure. I expect they'll get flip phones right at some point but I'll be using another brand until then.
Customer Rating: Summary: Phone has a mind of its own Comment: This phone is quite nice, easy to use, the keyboard is great. However, there are two things that really annoy me - the screen gets dirty and disgusting. And - get this - the phone dials on its own! The thing just goes through the phone book and randomly calls people, as it is sitting in my purse. I have tried discussing with t-mobile this issue, and looks like will have to replace the phone itself. Very-very annoying, not to mention embarrassing. Customer Rating: Summary: Great screen, RF, build Comment: I'm a long-time fan of Nokias but have never purchased a clamshell-style phone from them; like their other form factors the phone is well-built, easy-to-use, and performs all functions with speed & ease. A few high points on this particular model:
- fantastic screens, inside & out
- great feel to the keypad & nice case texture
- the 'flip-open' button is excellent
- the signal and battery quality are, per normal Nokia standards, superb
