Nokia 6131 Review

Re: Preliminary Nokia 6131 Review - Part I...

One possible reason is that Cingular thinks they can sell streaming radio as they are trying to do on the LG. Why let customers have radio for free if you can charge for it? If that turns out to be true, I think it's sleazy.

If viewfly's source is right and "late August" is after 8/19, then my decision is made. The LG is working out OK. I think most of its flaws (that I care about) are things that can be fixed over time - as the firmware is updated and the 3G network gets a little more mature.

 

Re: Preliminary Nokia 6131 Review - Part I...

Charlyee, you still pay bills at the store? Ever heard of online bill pay?

That's a shame they are taking off the FM Radio. No big deal to me anyways. The latest rumor says it should release on 8/17 on time for the "back to school" promos. Hopefully, this is it.

About the microphone location, here's how you can find it: make a phone call from your 6126 to your landline. Then listen to your landline phone for any noises absorbed by the 6126's microphone. Start sliding your finger around where you think the microphone is while having your landline in your ear. You'll know when you've reached the microphone's location when you hear a loud scratching sound, which is your finger rubbing over the microphone's location. Let me know if you find it this way!

 

Re: Preliminary Nokia 6131 Review - Part I...

LOL! I wonder who was the smartdonkey who posted that.

 

Re: Preliminary Nokia 6131 Review - Part I...

yeah i wonder, who that was, :browani:

 

Very nice pics Charlyee,thanks for sharing.

 

Wirelessly posted (Walkguru's: LG-CU500 Obigo/WAP2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 UP.Link/6.3.0.0.0)

Very nice thanks.

 

Your welcome Dan.

 

he he, i was talking to charlyee, but thanks anyway, joe.:browani:

 

Nice pics, I was hoping for some with Opera Mini.

 

Call me picky, but one thing I don't like about the 6131 is that there are only four signal strength bars, as shown in Charlyee's picture. I can handle 4 bars for battery strength, but I'd really like to see the signal variations a little better. My old Nokia 6200 had seven bars for each, running up the sides of the screen. The LG CU500 has 5 signal bars and 4 battery bars, which is the bare minimum IMHO.

 

Nice pics, and that with you being a poor photographer. Imagine if you were a great photographer!

I also don't like the 4 bars either. At least 5 would be ok. I've seen some Samsungs have 6 bars. However, we are just nitpicking.

You mentioned something about the battery indicator having "fill" and not bars. How many fill increments does the battery indicator have? Is it like the one on Sony Ericsson phones?

 

I noticed in your picture of the internal display that the "Cingular" name wasn't on it. Is there a way to disable the carrier name from appearing on either display on the 6131?? Not that I mind it but just curious...:browani:

 

I was in the Cingular store in Salem NH. and the Rep told me the release for the 6126 is mid August.....

 

lol "precise" is a good word. :lmao: Who cares about Freud anyway? He was too fixated on body parts. :rotfl:

 

Yeah, it is scheduled for the 17th, but some people are starting to claim that date isn't going to hold and there will be another delay for late August or even September, but that's nothing more than speculation. I don't know what to believe. We'll just have to wait until the 17th to see.

Now check out this store display. Click to enlarge:



Charlyee, those pics are awesome. I love the look of Google Maps on that phone. Much better than my V635 for sure. The SE phones don't use bars in their battery indicator. It just has many small increments so you can't say how many bars the battery has, but you could say like 3/4 full or a bit over 1/2 charge, etc. I was wondering how detailed was the battery indicator in your 6131. Does it go from full to mid in one shot or does it have small increments in the filling of the battery?

 

I feel the same way and I told the Rep the phone is already overdue, he also told me with my upgrade the phone can be had for 188.00 with a 50.00 mail in rebate.

 

i let my lg cu 500 get to the low warning indecater and the screen dimmed down, and stayed that way till i charged it up. phones are getting smarter and smarter.:loony:

 

That doesn't seem normal. Why would the battery go from 3/4 to 1/3 with the phone being off?

By the way, were you using the small font or the normal font in Opera Mini?

 

Yeah, come to think of it, the 6200 had that too. I guess I never realized how useful it could be when I had that phone.