Nokia 6085 / 6086
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Nice phone ever made.
Carrier: AT&T
The Nokia 6085 is the best phone ever made by Nokia.
Cons:
Without a battery, everytime you close the phone, the battery easily comes out.
Pros:
Everything else.
Great little phone
For years, my family and I have owned Nokia cell phones and when I got the Nokia 6085, I was excited. In the short time I had the device, I got a lot of use out of it. I loved the physical, raised, buttons and the call quality was great. The speaker phone had a good quality, but the screen was a bit small. I liked the blue back light on the external display and I enjoyed the features that it offered. I liked how basic it was. The call quality is good and I did not experience the negative things that I read about in other reviews. All in all, a great phone and I recommend it.
It works, when it wants to
Ah the standard "free" phone. This is one of many. And with free phones you can either get an excellent deal, a "mediocre" phone, or one that is completely pathetic.
This one falls into the "mediocre" category hands down.
PROS:
-Very simple key layout, and raised keys make it easy to dial.
-Large numbers on the screen when punched in.
-Respectable battery life.
CONS:
-Its impossible to hear the ringer on this. Many customers have returned it sorely for this reason alone.
-Vibration feels a little weak.
-At times the speaker feels crackly, and sometimes feels shorted out.
-The display can seem washed out and hard to read.
-Camera takes rather disappointing pictures, even by VGA standards.
-Signal can be shaky at times.
Not bad, but there are better FREE phones out. I'd recommend shelling out a few extra bucks and moving to a Moto EM330 if you're looking in the "plain vanilla" phone territory.
Not a long term phone
This is the 2nd one I have had. The first one and the second one after about a year, died. The flip screen somehow gets messed up and goes blank.
Pros
*has had good signal service (at&t) although I live in a well populated area
*lightweight
*records sounds great
*holds lots of text messages
Cons
*does not predict my texts too well
*can be slow to change menus sometimes but not as bad as other phones I have had
*I can hear others on speaker phone but they cannot hear me worth a hoot.
*camera is not so hot
*have to push too many buttons to put info in the calendar
*battery started out great, then went downhill from there. have to charge it everyday
*screen hard to read in the sunlight. Does not adjust the contrast well enough.
I don't use this phone for anything other than calling, calendar, texting and the occasional picture. I am really frustrated that the screens on the flip portion wear out so quickly. When I get a phone, I want it to last more than a year.
I will not be replacing it with another Nokia.
Better than Imagination
OK, being a series 60 fanatic does not help in buying and using any other phone. But I bought this on a whim for a friend to use in Europe, for emergency reasons. It was factory unlocked so it does not have the ATT mumbo jumbo. When she got back she gave it back to me.
It has been my reliable phone ever since.
PROs...
Opera Mini works great on it.
Loudspeaker is loud ... I listen to MP3s this way... great noise maker for naps. I am using a 1Meg microSD.
Signal is the best I have seen in this hell of a cell phone hole where I live. Prior to this phone I was considering VOIP capable cell phone on Tmobile [my current service].
photos are great for VGA.
Battery life is incredible. It is amazing how long a phone will last if the antenna is designed correctly.
CONs...
I wish series 40 had an application to post directly to my wordpress.com blog. Currently I use Flickr to work around this, sending an MMS of a photo of one of my paintings in real time.
I wish this phone had a 1.3mega camera.
I wish Tmobile would buy a clue and get a series 60 phone with a camera in their lineup for the USA.
Waiting for a Nokia E55 USA to come out. Hey TMO wake up! Right now I am obviously a Nokia guy who prefers magenta over blue.
A BIG Disappointment from AT&T
PROs:
*has a camera (still pics/video)
*flip style
*ringers sound good
*music player (can use memory card)
CONs:
*battery life isn't as good as what it says on specs (have 2 recharge EVERY DAY)
*only 4MB memory (have 2 delete pics & messages daily)
*not that user friendly (too many buttons to press to get anything)
*not attractive
*mobile e-mail is slower than slow
*no 2.5 mm jack 4 headset
*speaker phone isn't that good
I had the Nokia 2600 which was damaged. Assurion sent this phone as a replacement for it because I have insurance. NOT comparable if you ask me. The 2600 is far superior. AT&T should discontinue this phone!
Cheap Workmanship / Great Phone
I've had this phone since May and got it unlocked from Nokia. It has been a great phone and done more than I expected.
Pros:
Music Player
Flash Support
Games Aren't Demos (At least on the unlocked one)
Great Reception
Micro SD Slot
Cons:
Tiny, Washed Out, Crappy Screen
Camera was put in for the hell of it.
Boring, Simple Menus (You can re-organize them though.)
When you send a message it says "Message saved for sending." and that's it, you see a box with an arrow shooting out at the top and you don't even know if it's sent or not.
After normal use, the chrome on the navigation keys (the chrome shiz) is flaking off.
Tiny amount of memory, get a card!!
This is definitely a talkers phone, the keys are large and easy to get used to, so it could be a texters phone. The inbox is great and lets you hold as many messages as you have room for (and since everything of mine is on a 2GB SD card, I have about 5.0 MB for text messages!!)
The music player works well and allows you to sort by artist, album, that sorta thing, the navigation is slow and simple, you wait about two seconds before the song actually changes.
Oh, and on other (older) Nokia flip phones (6102/6102i/6103), you could close the phone and it wouldn't do anything, there is a setting in this phone that makes it work like every other phone.
I like this phone!
I like this phone - I'd say majority positive.
Negatives - I think that this phone is a little 'thick' would prefer if it were thinner. I bought a cover for mine, because another family member has the same phone and again it makes it even more bulkier.
What A Phone!
Nokia is the best handset manufacturer in my opinion. They have the best media phones (N Series) and some of the best basic phones. The 6085 is one of those great basic phones.
PROS:
IT'S A NOKIA!
Great signal
Great call quality
Music player w/ Micro SD support
FM Radio
Stereo Bluetooth
Camera
Big, comfortable keys
CONS:
Only a VGA Camera, but this is a basic phone
Screen resolution could be A LOT better
Disappointing
I have had many nokia phones and this was was promising at first. I really liked the texting and the buttons and predictive text have improved from previous models. I first noticed phone flaws when the top of the phone piece started to get loose and break off. This has happened with previous nokias so i was not completely surprised. Next the battery cover became loose and wouldnt stay on and the battery would fall out in the middle of a phone call, which is extremely obnoxious. The last straw was definitely when the screen went all wonky. It happens after about 6 months, and randomly the screen will go blank or be in negative colors. This was by far the worst thing to happen and i can say i will never again purchase a nokia phone.
Pros:
Great texting
easy to use
great speakerphone(only occasional echoes)
Cons:
VERY breakable
unreliable connections
easy to scratch up
parts break off easily
screen scratches easily
