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Nokia 6233

By Andy White on 21 July 2006

The 6233 is a reasonably priced 3G handset that despite the absence of video calls performs excellently in the vast array of features it does possess. Ultimately, the 6233 is a smallish classically-designed handset that is easy-to-use, and which builds upon the success of previous models like the 6230i, but packs a little more punch.

User rating:8.8

Comments (125)

  • COOL gave 9/10 on 11/06/2007 01:53

    great phone to have!!!!!!!!

  • sighiz gave 7/10 on 30/05/2007 05:19

    great phone, does anybody know about flashing these phones? is there any software for that out yet?

  • teck gave 8/10 on 21/05/2007 15:25

    great fone awesome sound from the speakers nice and loud actually the loudest fone i've ever had doesnt look too fansy, price is not bad aswell.

  • ZeeeJ gave 10/10 on 18/05/2007 01:35

    • Good: Great speakers.
      Clear handsfree sound.
      Great memory support.
      Excellent cam, specially Video Resolution options.
      Unique and cool Themes applied only on this phone.
    • Bad: No FF/Rw option in the music player:s, nor in the video player.
      A bit large compared to other 6 series phones. (6300, 6230(i)...)

    Great phone, compatible and has many features.

  • Robert Moore gave 4/10 on 06/05/2007 10:09

    • Good: All good but will see in time how it handles rigors of incar use in remote regions.
    • Bad: Can't see anything significant but it probably could do with a bigger colour range rather than needing to change with non-Nokia covers later. It's only a minor quibble that is common to most phones irrespective of brand.

    The test on the 6233 was good but we do not need to replace the existing kit with the CR-56 car kit to make the 6233 useable with a cradle. All it needs is a replacement cradle, part No MBC - 155 to make it compatable. The old model had the retaining hooks in the side of the phone body. The new one has retainers that hold the phone from the top. Perhaps this is to address the problem of insufficient downward force being applied to the phone to make reliable pin contact. This is particularly problematic when the hooks and slots become worn from inserting and removing the phone from the cradle frequently and in dusty environments where good pin contact is sometime marginal. A cynic may say it is just another attempt by manufacturers to make extra money by selling more accessories. The non-technical customer may believe they need to buy a whole kit and this view may be deliberately or inadvertently encouraged by phone shop staff. The cradle and phone connection is pin compatable between the previous car kit model and the current series of GSM and 3g models designed for use with car kits. The whole new kit is expensive ($300 + excluding decent aerial)but the cradle replacement is $60 and free with business use (ABN supplied).

  • zeeshan gave 9/10 on 03/05/2007 20:54

    • Good: awsume sterio spkrzz ..n digital z00m..=]
    • Bad: short bettry life time.., when some time sound is maximum then sound is like blasting..=0

    yeh its easy to use ...but i cant install any kind of application so far ..=[

  • momoku gave 7/10 on 23/04/2007 19:52

    • Good: high resolution
      high expandability
    • Bad: can't play ram files =(
      can't open sis files (for symbian phones only i think)

    fast connectivy to net, but cannot view most of the video streaming which supports file played in real one

  • Cozziiee gave 9/10 on 06/04/2007 13:55

    • Good: - Good Camera
      - Radio
      - Excellent Speakers
      - Easy to use
    • Bad: - No USB hole like the 6300

    It is a very good phone. I have had it for three weeks now,, and the only bad thing that has happened had nothing to do with the phone.... just Optus. Overall a very good phone and i am noww very happy teen.

  • adil gave 6/10 on 29/03/2007 03:06

    • Good: excellent sound and screen quality
    • Bad: 1> camera quality is not up to the mark
      2> doesnt have a front camera for 3g conferencing
      3> memory cant be used as per user needs and hence a lot of space have to be kept empty
      4> doesnt have a flash

    can any body let me know what kind of symbian applications can be loaded in to it?

  • gambit1015 gave 8/10 on 26/03/2007 16:10

    • Good: Amazing sounds,
      clear image,(image coming from other phone) simple design,
    • Bad: no flash, restarting when i'm going to change the themes, pictures when zoomed in with smudgy surface, not fine, no live video streaming(is that true?)

    Stereo speakers was excellent!!!

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