Nokia 6280 Cell Phone

Does everything it says on the box, superb phone, first class camera, great MP3, video, and face to face camera. Everything you could ask for.

Great phone very user friendly,great camera and videos..battery life is good.one of best phones i have ever owned.

This phone is the easiest phone to use. The screen and display are superb, both the design and the functionality of the phone are excellent. First class phone, recommended!!

Love - Ease of texting and brilliant keypad, ease of use, high res screen, PC software, bluetooth transfer speed.
Like - MP3, call quality, camera, reception, FM radio, upgradeable covers.
OK but not great - Java games (run well but can't change volume).
Dislike - Build quality, occasional reboots when changing profiles.

Bought it because it was brilliantly featured for the price. Has FM radio, 2 megapixel, and a great quiet, easy to type on key pad.

I'm selling it because I want to swap my camera and phone for an all in one (ie sony k800i) thats also a radio and MP3.

Overall its very good in most ways, the reliability and build are not great but hasn't given me any serious problems, just irritating minor ones.

This phone is sleek, stylish and elegant with a multitude of exciting features. These include a 2 mega pixel camera with many functions including night mode with flash and video mode. Some fun games are included with more to download, video ring tones that can be made, a super simple interface and excellent clarity for both voice and video calls. Overall, a great addition to anyones day to day functioning!!!

beautiful and clever phone,big screen,clear images,256,000 colors,2 mp camera,and focus,flash,mp3,mp3, bluetooth,IR,3G,radio,good sound;it is a pleasure to own and use a phone like that;deficiencies:poor battery (3days),a little to big now,low internal memory,after few years common problems with the band like all slide phone;i recommend this phone,for anyone who needs a phone,not very sophisticated,easy to use,with all the minimal features of a modern phone

It's a good looking & very popular phone. I've had about a month now this one & i think it's easy to use. there are so many functions and everything you want!!!. battery life on standby last about a week for me!! I'ts best handset ever. :)

WELL BASICALLY, I HAVE HAD MY FAIR SHARE OF PHONES AND THIS, WELL ITS NOT EVEN CHEEP AND "CHEERFUL" ITS JUST DOWN RIGHT CHEEP AND CRAP!! WHEN YOU SLIDE THE PHONE OPEN ITS ISN'T SLICK AND LOW FRICTION LIKE A SAMSUNG! IT RUBS AND GRINDS LIKE 2 ROCKS SCRAPING EACH OTHER!! I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET USED TO IT, YOU DON'T!! THE SCREEN IS VARY POOR QUALITY AND EASILY CRACKS!! ALSO, DON'T GO FOR THE SIMILAR BUT UPDATED VERSION(THINK ITS 6288) AS IT IS ALMOST IDENTICAL AND YOU WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED, AND YES IT ALSO GRINDS!! IF YOU WANT A COOL, STRONG AND WELL EQUIPED SLIDE PHONE TRY THE E900(BEWARE OF D900, SCREEN ARE PRONE TO MALFUNCTIONS AND CRACKING!!) OR SIMILAR SAMSUNG!! HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE!!

The phone does everything a phone should and you can expand the memory to 4GB, so it makes a superb jukebox, the video is spot on with the big memory card.
Easy text function and mobile email, it has a very stable operating system too better in fact than the early N series.

The phones are excellent high specification second hand bargains as the "newer phones" are seen as the must have but may not be as versatile as the 6280

Richard.

This phone is a wolf in sheeps clothing...

Phone - Press the buttons and you get your mate/wife/girlfriend/boyfrien or WORSE
Camera - 2 megapixel = a good 7*5 OR a cropped 6*4 FANTASTIC
FM Radio - Why Download Music - FANTASTIC RADIO
Games - SUPERB - enough said
Music Player - It has a speaker - I have a 1 gigabyte mini SD card (£10 on EBay) - a music collection on par with an IPOD NANO !!!!
Organiser - I aint missed a meeting or ANNIVERSARY !!!
Weight * Size - I wear a shirt & tie to work - this fits okay in the top pocket

A CLASSIC TOP SELLER - AGELESS PHONE

This is the 1st review I have made but this phone deserves it!!!!

Excellent phone, well reccommended. Great camera, sound quality, and everything! Excellent. Well worth it

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It's a good looking & very popular handset. I've this one & i think it's easy to use & the functions are enough. I'ts one of the best handset ever.

I bought this phone as a replacement for my other phone until I was entitled to an upgrade. My original one had given up the ghost. I was pleasantly surprised,as an older model it still gave me all the options I wanted. Also ease of use as familiar Nokia users will appreciate, and not too sleek - I don't like the tiny slim phones that jump out of your hand as soon as you look at them, yet compact enough to look good. Very satisfied!

This phone is brill, gotta say it has many features everything you could possibly want. Looks smart and doesn't grind?? For whoever said that :S
Keypad is nice and simple and the keys are easy to press unlike some other phones. Screen is crystal clear and a nice size. Clear speaker for phone calls nice text system. Only problems i seemed to of had with the phone that it did freeze up a few times but a simple turn off and back on fixes it :D.

Hope this is usefull,

Gaz

The Nokia 6280 is a nice little slider phone. Its the 1st slider I have owned and it seems to have all the functions a person would require of a medium spec. phone. My wife had a Nokia 6630 Smartphone previously but "downgraded" to the 6280 as it was smaller and she didnt need the complexity of the 6630s Symbian Series 60 operating system. The lesser Series 40 operating system used in the 6280 phones is fast and clear to use.

The screen is big and bright and the slider is easy to operate. The camera is easily accessed through a dedicated button on the side. The pictures the camera takes a very good for a 2 megapixel phone. If you like modifying your phone then you will be pleased to know that the cover can be changed to suit you mood or fashion sense.

The phone comes complete with Bluetooth, USB, Infra Red, EDGE, 3G connectivity so copying files and downloading can be done in a way that suits you.

Through the use of the Nokia software (free with the phone or through the internet) I have set my phone to automatically move the pictures I have taken with the camera to my laptop via Bluetooth. This saves space on the Min SD card that is used in the phones and just helps with housekeeping of files. The software also allows you to synchronize your contacts, transfer files etc.

You can also play your MP3 files with the phone. The sounds come out quite crisp considering that it is just a phone.

Nice overall phone but its not a smartphone and does not come with WI-FI. There is always something a little better around the corner so I would not pay too much attention to the Nokia 6288 as it offers little improvement.

I forgot to say that you can make an receive calls on the phone too.

This is now used as my spare phone, i've had it over 2 years now and it generally works fine as long as you don't let the inbox fill up because there will be no spare memory for the phone to operate. also the original battery no longer holds charge for more than 12 hours so i need to replace that at some point.

Overall the phone works great and suits all my needs perfectly.

Bought this phone as the Wife had one she had no problems with hers so when I saw this one at the price I bought it you can voice dial witch I find usfull as I have bluetooth in the car so can phone just saying the name all in all a fantastic phone

An excellent and well spec'ed phone for very little money. eBay is bursting with all of the accessories and spare parts you could ever need at very low prices. The camera takes excellent pictures, but you do need a decent sized mini sd card to store them on (2Gig or more). The one that comes with the phone is hopelessly inadequate.

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Nokia phones are so easy to use. I bought it as it's nokia the price was right to buy.And has lots of extras on it G3, walk & web has a large srceen.

I got my 6280, here on eBay, after I grew to love my aunties 6270. After a little searching around on the net I discovered that the 6280 was much like the 6270, just better. So I bought it for £40.
Upon recieving it, everything about it looked great. I liked the size, albeit slightly big, and the phone itself simply blew my mind. I could do everything I wanted with it. Email, Infrared, Bluetooth, Video Call ... everything. But that isn't to say the phone is perfect. Oh no.
If you are thinking about getting a 6280, just check with the seller about this little something first. The firmware. My phone was shipped with version 3.23 on it, and it caused me no end of problems. It kept crashing, over and over again. Becoming even more frequent. Thank God that Nokia decided to place Club Support about the country, and that my phone was still under their 3-5 year warranty plan. So I took it to them and had it updated to v5.92. I have hardly had any problems since. And as a bonus, the graphics were updated and a few little applications added. Nevertheless the fact that I had to do this was time-consuming and money wasting. (my nearest support was over 40 miles away). So when you decide to buy your 6280 just check with the seller what firmware it has. You can do this by getting them to enter *#0000# on the keypad. If it has v5.92 then thats great, it's the latest. If not, beware you may have problems!

Some other little things annoy me a bit with the phone. I occasionally get a "Sim not inserted" warning, yet I can still call and text as usual? Another one is the slider. It seems a little loose. However, Nokia swear that this was intentional. It doesn't bother me that much to be honest. And the last thing is that you can't use the front camera for general use. It can only be used during a video call, which I personally think is a waste. Some say the phone is ugly in it's "blockyness" and weight, however I strongly disagree. I love the design of the phone, even the weight. It feels solid, despite the over-plastic fascia, and good to hold.

The 6288 is exactly the same phone, only fixing a few of these problems (or so they say). The design is slightly more sleek, but I still prefer the 6280. It has had the slider issue fixed, and the firmware issues. In fact, you can update the firmware yourself for the 6288 via Nokia's site. Shame you can't do it for the 6280. It would solve EVERYONES problem with it in an instant.

But listen to me, slagging off this phone! Don't let these little bugs put you off buying this truly great phone. I have loved it from the day I got it and still do. Despite it's flaws, it is one of the best phones I have had to date.

(I have given it a 4 out of 5 because it is slightly flawed and not perfect, but still a great phone)

Where to start? I had one for about a year, it was in the nokia shop 3 times for software upgrades, it is slow, flimsy and the battery life is laughable.