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Nokia 6086 and 6290: lower and middle class participants

Nokia's two new folding phones will hit store shelves in the first quarter of 2007, similar to the manufacturer's handsets launched recently.

The quad-band - GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz - Nokia 6086 its main virtue is its support for UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access). The essence of the technology is that subscribers can make and receive phone calls for free using pre-installed WLAN hotspots, thus reducing the cost of calls. The user does not perceive anything when switching between GSM and WLAN networks, the voice and data transmission remains continuous.

Nokia 6086 and 6290 are lower and middle class participants

The camera of the low-end device, which can be purchased for 200 euros, ie about 40 thousand forints, is capable of capturing VGA-resolution images with 4 × digital zoom, supports Bluetooth data transfer, has an internal memory of 6 MB, which can be supplemented with a microSD card, and a talk time of 5 hours. while the standby mode is 10 days.


A Nokia 6290 much less is known about a smartphone, the list of technical data published by the manufacturer is very modest:

  • display: 2,2 inches, QVGA (240 × 320), 16 million colors
  • camera: 2 megapixels, 4 × digital zoom, video calling
  • supported networks: GSM and 3G
  • price: 325 euros, about 80 thousand forints

Nokia 6086 and 6290
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Nokia 6086 and 6290 are lower and middle class participants

Nokia 6086 and 6290 are lower and middle class participants

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