Nokia 6000 series,Nokia 6150,Nokia 6151,Nokia 6151 Design and appearance,Nokia 6170,Nokia 6216 classic,Nokia 6230 and Nokia 6230i

Nokia 6000 series

The Nokia 6000 series or Classic Business series is range of mobile phones marketed by Nokia. This family of phones is notable for their conservative, unisex designs, making the family popular with business users.

Nokia 6150

The Nokia 6150 is the dual-band version of the Nokia 6110.

Nokia 6151

The Nokia 6151 is a mobile phone from Nokia.In the United States and Canada, It was released in the 4th Quarter of 2006. It is considered a key player the 3G collection of the Nokia Cell Phones.

Design and appearance

The design of the 6151, primarily based on its previous version the Nokia 6080, has conserved a classical appearance. Buttons and connectors are kept flush in order to maintain the phone's smooth appearance. The phone features a unique design which allows the phone an easy handling of the phone with only one hand. It is available in black, grey, lime green, orange and white.

Nokia 6170

The Nokia 6170 is one of the clamshell phone series from Nokia with a compact form and an integrated VGA camera (640x480 pixels).

Nokia 6216 classic

Nokia has announced its third fully integrated Near Field Communication (NFC)device, the Nokia 6216 classic. The Nokia 6216 classic is expected to start shipping in the third quarter of 2009.

Nokia 6230 and Nokia 6230i

The Nokia 6230 is a mobile phone based on the Nokia Series 40 platform. It features a 16-bit TFT color screen with a resolution of 128×128 pixels, a VGA camera that can record video clips in H.263 (SubQCIF) format at 128×96 pixels, built-in Bluetooth wireless technology, FM radio (when a wired headset is attached to the Pop-Port interface to act as an antenna), and playback of MP3 and AAC audio. It is also EGPRS (EDGE) capable of speeds up to 220 kbit/s. In addition, it has changeable Xpress-on covers available for purchase.

It uses an Extended Li-Ion Battery of 850 mAh. The 6230 accepts MMC memory cards up to 1 GB in capacity (supported by later firmware releases) on which multimedia files and data can be stored. SD cards are not supported. It operates on either GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz (Nokia 6230 RH-12), or GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz (Nokia 6230b RH-28) for the North American market.

Cingular Wireless was the primary GSM carrier that offered the Nokia 6230b in the United States. Other companies such as Cincinnati Bell, Simmetry Communications, Viaero Wireless and Telcel also offered this model.

Nokia 6230 was nicknamed Matrix during development. The updated version 6230i was nicknamed Matrix 2.

In 2005 Nokia released an updated version, the 6230i model (RM-72) which includes a 1.3 megapixel camera, 208×208 screen resolution (65,536 colours), a slightly larger display, and a raised selection button in the midst of the scroll key. It is also standard UMS (USB mass storage device class) compliant, i.e. no proprietary drivers are required to transfer data to and from the device's memory card. It weighs 99 g (including battery BL-5C) and the dimensions are 103 mm x 44 mm x 20 mm, 76 cc.