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Nokia X6 Picture Gallery And Video Preview

By Dotsisx on October 2, 2009

During Nokia World 2009, we had a chance to play with the new Nokia X6, the new addition to the XpressMusic line, and the first to hold the Xseries naming scheme. The X6 sports a 3.2″ capacitive touchscreen so it will react to the finger and not to the pressure making it much more responsive, the downside being that you can’t use it with gloves on. It is also the first device announced by Nokia as a Comes With Music exclusive, so it will only be available with a one-year free music offer from the Nokia Music Store.

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The X6 feels cheap, in my opinion, and the build quality of the handset I got to handle wasn’t impressive at all. I hope this was a prototype unit, as I have trouble imagining such a premium handset with this poor plastic. The screen was responsive, but not anymore than the regular resistive touchscreens from Nokia, which I also hope is improved in the final hardware. As far as the music capabilities go, the speakers are loud and the music is clear coming out of them. Here is a picture Gallery of the X6, showing it from different angles, as well as a comparison shot with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (Click on the thumbnails for the full resolution image).

And below you can find a short video with me tapping around the X6′s menu. There was no internet connection, and I had little time, so the video is short and not detailed. You get to see though the kinetic scrolling in Contacts, Gallery and the Music Player, as well as the homescreen.


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Overall, I believe the X6 doesn’t bring any real novelty, in terms of software, and only a slight touchscreen improvement in terms of hardware. The Comes With Music offer is nice, but it’s limited to the countries where the Nokia Music Store is available, and Comes With Music is functional so the X6 ends up targeting a very narrow audience. It might not be an earth-shattering handset, but it has the potential to attract the die-hard Symbian and music fans, as well as the ones who wanted an N97 but don’t care for the QWERTY keyboard.

What do you reckon after watching these pictures and videos?

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  • Sockatume

    Do you still have the protective film on the display? It's supposed to be glass so I'm curious as to whether the “feel” is improved over the plastic covers of resistive screens.

  • http://krisq.openid.pl/ krisq

    After watching it, it's wierd you say it's for people who want N97 but doesn't care about qwerty. It's nothing like it :/

  • http://dotsisx.blogspot.com khouryrt

    No, there wasn't a plastic film over the screen, as far as i remember.

  • http://dotsisx.blogspot.com khouryrt

    Well the homescreen is different, but still efficient, and there's the 5MP camera and the 32GB of memory for those who didn't like the 5800XM.

  • http://www.iunlock.com adam@iunlock

    It’s unfortunate to hear that the materials of the phone are only up to XpressMusic standards, but at least the display is a step forward. There are some people who like the ability to use a stylus or finger nail on resistive dislays, but I think most would agree that capacitive technology provides a more fluid user experience overall. Beyond the obvious performance advantages, one of the main reasons I chose the i8910 over the N97 was because of diplay technology and materials. A capacitive digitizer like that on the i8910 or the X6 can be built with rigid materials, such as tempered glass. Glass not only looks classy compared to plastic, it is far harder, and therefore more scratch resistant. Yesterday I dropped my i8910 for only the third time ever. It landed face-down on a dirty marble floor. While the plastic housing had a tiny mark on it, the glass was still spotless. Had I dropped a 5800 or N97 face-down, the display would almost certainly be scratched, and I would be in a far worse mood :)

  • Sockatume

    Do you still have the protective film on the display? It's supposed to be glass so I'm curious as to whether the “feel” is improved over the plastic covers of resistive screens.

  • http://krisq.openid.pl/ krisq

    After watching it, it's wierd you say it's for people who want N97 but doesn't care about qwerty. It's nothing like it :/

  • http://www.symbianplanet.net/2009/galleria-fotografica-e-video-preview-nokia-x6/ Galleria fotografica e Video preview Nokia X6 |  » Symbianplanet.net – Software, applicazioni, news e temi per cellulari symbian

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  • http://www.symbian-guru.com khouryrt

    No, there wasn't a plastic film over the screen, as far as i remember.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com khouryrt

    Well the homescreen is different, but still efficient, and there's the 5MP camera and the 32GB of memory for those who didn't like the 5800XM.

  • tkao2025

    Well it looks like Nokia is using the X6 to test it’s capacitive screen technology. Just like they did with the 5800 for touch screen in general.

  • JPSAL

    Looks good on the spec sheet, but the software isn’t still up to it with laggy transitions, kinetic scrolling (this disturbs me!), phonebook taking ages to load images and N70-ish menu. The software seems to be 99% equal to the 5800XM, which makes me not regret buying an iPhone 3GS (it’s the software, stupid…)

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  • gaurav46

    hey guys, which is the song playing in the background of the video privew??
    like it very much…..
    and great video too

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  • http://www.symbian-guru.com Dotsisx

    Gaurav, the song is Give It Away by Deepest Blue :)

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  • gaurav46

    thanks a lot dear :)

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  • E71er

    I’m desperately wanting to update to a 5th edition touch phone, but it still looks half-baked, judging from this video. What’s with gallery? Touch it twice, three times, flick it as many… There’s just nothing like a screen staring back at you with zero comprehension. Nokia really needs to devote itself to improving software. I love my E71 but I wouldn’t recommend it anyone who has a lot of pictures and music. Fix that, then you can worry about kinetic scrolling and social networking.

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  • Matt

    Yes, I will use the features the video demonstrated but I need to see the basic functions a phone for this phone: the dialer, message sending, and email. The most important feature on a future Nokia is the dialer.

    I bought a 5800, I do not regret it one bit, but the next time around I need to see more information.

    -Will the x6 have the same dailer the 5800 sports? Will that dialer be ALPHAnumeric or simply numeric? There are many times where I have to have another phone to see a alphanumeric pad.

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