Nokia 6630 continues to annoy

The Nokia 6630 is slowly starting to annoy me.

I did not have a good time with it in Las Vegas for one thing.

  • It has a glacial network acquisition time in the US, taking nearly a minute to locate a local network.
  • It couldn't send text messages, although everyone on Orange had the same problem so I'm willing to cut it some slack in that regard.

There are other problems:

  • It feels stubby in my giant's hands and it's difficult to hear things with its tiny loudspeaker.
  • Sometimes it'll disconnect from the network and claim the SIM couldn't be registered
  • Bluetooth connections can be difficult to establish

Basically, I'm now eyeing that nice new Motorola RAZR V3i and thinking “Hmmm...”

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£20 to unlock a phone from The Word is Not Enough on June 14, 2006 5:35 PM

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Simcard not registered, disconnecting and bluetooth problems is solved with firmware upgrade - I upgraded mine (at the customer service) and the mentioned problems are gone. The size of the phone, however, remains the same after upgrade :-)

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