Nokia 6263
Average Ratings
Not a Good phone
I went thru 2 of these phones both being defective. The screens flickering and when playing music the screen would go blank and go back to the menu. The phone is very laggy. opening videos it seems to fast forward them than actualy play them. The Sound quality isn't that great. If anything stay with the Nokia 6133 or go to the newest 5310.
Nokia 6263 - piecec of junk
I bought this phone last week. The battery is being drained after 12-hours of stand-by; not even talking on the phone. The voice clarity is very bad.
Nokia should recall this model. Take my advice, and never buy this phone.
Great Free Phone
As a reference I had the Nokia 6103 and upgraded to this phone after careful consideration of the Samsung T819.
Good upgrade and much snappier than my Nokia 6103.
Pros.
Got it for Free
Music Phone
Faster UI
Came with 512mb card and stereo Headset.
Data interface not proprietary like Samsung
OK battery life if you live by "You get what you paid for."
External Speaker while Mono is actually quite good.
Supports the eventual release of G3 in my area.
Good surface of the phone unlike my 6103 which started peeling even with a leather case on it.
Cons.
Structurally not the best
Returned first one due to non flush silver part around the keys. 2nd replacement had the same problem, must be design as both were brand new.
A bit too smooth for those people prone to dropping phones.
No Extended life battery option which I haven't actually looked that much into.
Overall very happy with the phone because the higher end phones require you to spend a lot more with your service provider, and I'm not what you would call a power user.
I work in the Equipment Support department of a carrier support company so quality of construction is high on my list of requirements resulting in a 4 instead of 5 rating.
Nokia 6263
Overall good phone, but the battery life is not as advertised. The phone seems to draw the battery down quickly, with little use.
Great Music/Organizer Phone
Picked up 6263 on 12/10, better than my expectations. I had played with the 6133, and am glad the gimmicky flip open button is gone, also I like that Nokia does not have that soft touch covering on the phone's surface, it is smooth plastic. Keypad layout is tremendous improvement from my previous phone (MOTO RIZR) and the user interface is perfect. The Nokia Active Standby mode allows you to have your home screen customized with more frequent programs visible upon opening the phone, like daily calendar, or music player, and you can also have a scroll bar at the top of the screen, in Active Standby, to select a list of functions.
The music player works very well, I love the fact that the Micro SD card slot is external, and not behind a battery. I popped in my card, and the phone recognized all selections/artists/genres, without needing to update a thing.
This is my third Nokia (also had 6230) and I think three times the charm!
Great phone
Upgrade of 6133 basically and the phone is amazing...
5/5 hands down...
can run multiple IM services at once and camera is great and so on... get it now!
Disapointed
I had high hopes for this phone but it left me going back to my Samsung.
Pro's
* Beautiful Screen
* Key Pad Great For Texting
* New T-Zones Improved
Con's
* Reception is not even as good as my Samsung Trace ???
* Poor voice quality
*Battery life is the worst out of any phone I have ever owned
* It looks like it is made cheap. It is heavy which I would not mind if the phone worked properly. ie. Nokia 6300
Hopefully the Nokia 6555 which will be released with T-Mobile at a later date will live up to it's potential.
Email feature
A quick note on this. Similar to the Samsung Blast, the Nokia 6263 carries an internal email client, which means the T-Zones email portion is disabled.
However, the phone's email application will not let you add custom accounts, you must choose from the available providers. Where as the T-Zones portal was open to any POP / MAP service.
This is overall a downgraded feature that killed this purchase for me. I like the attempt at making email more accessible for the standard phones, but why do they need to disable the T-Zones option? I went with the Samsung t819 instead.
Aside from that, this seems to be a strong handset as you can read from others. I was not able to test battery life.
Terrible Battery Life
Pro:
Beautiful main screen, awesome colors.
Large buttons and large font mode for people who are far sighted.
Con:
Battery life is terrible. On a full charge, battery life in standby mode with no usage of the phone is only about 16 hours. I had a full charge and 24 hours later the phone had shut itself off because of low battery. I turned off all animation, tried multiple settings, but could not increase time of standby mode.
good design, bad execution
Pros
- recommended by consumer reports
- decent reception
- ergonomics are good / well thought out design
- easy to upload music and ring tones via PC
Cons
- Nokia PC Suite does not work with the phone (I could not get it to work even after calling Nokia.)
- Loud static noise feedback occurs when you talk a little loud or laugh on the phone
- Keypad seems very flimsy (seems like the keys will come off easily)
- "T-zones" shortcut key can not be moved or changed - after all, who uses that junk when its so slow!
- only musical ring tones (can't a guy get a normal ring!!)
