Nokia 2610 Cell Phone Review,Price and Pictures

Price range- $0-$100

Dual Band Candy Bar Mobile, 3 MB, 65K Colors (CSTN), 128 x 128, 3 Hours Talk Time While some people may be fumbling over their “smart” phones, struggling to get up to speed with the constantly evolving technology, users who appreciate a minimalist experience can find cellular solace with the Nokia 2610. This no-frills, candy bar style handset features all the basic features you’ll need to communicate with your contacts while staying free of messy, convoluted features you have to have to study up on to understand. The 2610’s raised keypad makes dialing more tactile and precise while the five-way toggle switch gives you all the control you’ll need to browse phone menus and alter settings.

The N2160 is a budget GSM phone sold in prepay clamshell packs and as a free giveaway from the carrier. It is very much entry-level; no Bluetooth, no camera, and it only does the US GSM bands (850 and 1900MHz) so you can't roam internationally with it.

There are a few color schemes available for this phone; silvery as shown in the product picture, and a newer color with dark gray body and black keyboard and LCD bezel. There is also a model that's all-black. The "skin" components (front cover, keypad and battery door) are user-removable. The edges and rear of the phone have a very slightly rubbery non-slip feel; in the Newton era, this used to be called "protein paint" if you know what that is.


There is a data connector on the bottom of the phone, but its functionality is severely limited; the phone lacks the hardware to be used as a data modem, and Nokia's own software cannot upload ringtones or applets to the phone. Officially, therefore, the only function of that connector is to permit firmware upgrades. Unofficially, third-party software (Oxygen Phone Manager) can be used to put ringtones and apps on the phone.

When not in use, and sitting in a good signal area (7 out of 7 bars according to the phone's display), the standby time is roughly 10 days.

The phone has a web browser (operating over GPRS); it's very slow and at least in my area of NY has constant difficulty connecting. This could be the carrier (T-Mobile) or the phone. Once you do get the data connection working, you can download games from your carrier - they work as advertised, though the small screen makes it less than ideal for gaming.

Audio quality is fine, perfectly acceptable, both on the internal mic/spkr and with a wired headset.

Warning: standard DCT4 unlocker algorithms will not work with this phone so you won't be able to unlock it using the usual free web resources.