Nokia 6288 - Making life better...

Nokia 6288 is a firmware upgrade of Nokia 6280. Both the devices look the same, except that there had been some minor changes in Nokia 6288. The main difference of Nokia 6288 is that it includes a larger capacity battery and an included 512MB miniSD memory card. Nokia 6288 has a good voice quality and reception, and the device works fine as far the phone functions are concerned. Further, it has a display that is delightful to be used. Nonetheless, like its predecessor, Nokia 6288 flaws when it comes to its slider mechanism. The slider does not sit quite well, and jiggles from side to side, when opened.

As far the design is concerned, Nokia 6288 is distinguished by a gloss black finish. This makes the phone look sophisticated and a class above its predecessor. The dimensions of the phone is small, but sure not small enough to make it the smallest phone in the market. But considering the fact that it is a 3G phone, Nokia 6288 poses quite an impressive impression with its dimensions of 100mm x 46mm x 21mm.

The Nokia 6288 has a vivid, bright and clear display, governing much of the front space. It has 262 thousand colour display. As already mentioned before, the display is great to use, specially when viewing photos or browsing the phone's Series 40 user interface. Beneath the display are the controls - two selection buttons, answer and End Call keys and a five-way navigational pad. These buttons are extremely user friendly and reliable. Also impressive was the menu system offering both functionality and an attractive design. Its easy to navigate through the Menu, using a standard 3 x 3 grid with animated icons.

Nokia 6288 comes with a 2Mepapixels camera, along with flash and editing options. Further, there are also image options with greyscale, sepia and negative effects. There is also a second VGA camera for video calling. Other features include PTT (Push To Talk), an MP3 player with AAC support, 3G network, and a host of lifestyle and multimedia functionalities. Nokia 6288 is rated to have 4.5 hours of talk time and 280 hours of standby time.