Nokia unveils the Nokia 2600 Classic
February 28, 2008 - By Justin Hartman
Yesterday Nokia launched the new Nokia 2600 Classic cellphone at a small media briefing held at Zoo Lake, Johannesburg.
The 2600 Classic is a mid-range phone that features a full colour screen, VGA camera, Video recorder and FM player. Additionally it comes with Bluetooth, MP3 ringtones and an internal memory of 10MB that can’t, unfortunately, be upgraded.
Raymond Fritz, Nokia’s GTM head of sales for South Africa, says they have high expectations for the 2600 Classic because, he claims, there are no other phones in this price range that offer such an array of features.
I had an opportunity to play with the phone and I’m impressed with what it can do. It’s extremely light, very thin and it almost feels like you’re not even holding a phone.
One of the most interesting features of the phone is the new “prepaid tracker†which works in conjunction with the mobile network operators to cap call usage on the phone. This will be a great feature for families wanting to give prepaid phones to children as it gives the parents complete control over billing thereby avoiding any nasty surprises at the end of the month.
I have to admit I was expecting a poorly designed, featureless phone but I’m pleasantly surprised with what Nokia have done with the 2600 Classic.
According to Fritz the phone will be available mid- to end-March and will cost less than R1,000. A good investment considering you get four and half days battery life as well as a free headset so you can use the FM radio.
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Definitely not my sort of phone, but the exact thing i might be looking at when my granny upgrades one of these days
ok? Soam i geting this right? they wanted to bring out a well priced phone with Classic Nokia functionality? In otherwords, technophobes And/or those who dont wish to watch live television, or read the news online from their cellphones, now dont have to Pay for all those well expensive accessories that they will probably never use? For less than a grand that sounds awesome, BUT aside from the mp3 player, there are surely many cheaper alternatives with similar functionality? or am i missing something? Perhaps i should do a little more research before i start penny pinching tho i guess.
Sir/Madam,
I just bought a nokia 2600 classic but its data cable transfer software is not working properly is there any solution do you have ? please let me know i am waiting because my job is hearting , thanks and if you have any free software downloading please send it to me right now.
Saifullah Syed
Hi Saifullah - I don’t have that information unfortunately. Please contact the store who you bought it from or contact Nokia directly.
hi m rakshit mathur i just wanna hv nokia 2600 classic but i wanna know dat i can use it with my pc through data cable or not i want to asses intrenet via data cable so shoud i go for it or not pls tell me