Customer Reviews

Nokia 6086 Silver Phone (T-Mobile)

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I've been using a 6086 with T-Mobile's Hotspot at Home service for several months now, and it's worked adequately but not incredibly.

The main issues I've had with the phone all relate to power consumption, charging and battery life. The battery only lasts for 1-2 days with moderate usage. WiFi connections use more power, even if you have a T-Mobile branded router with the Wireless Multimedia extensions it uses to prolong battery life.

In addition, Nokia has changed from their traditional 3.6 or 3.7 volt charger to a 5 volt 350mA power supply, so all those older power supplies you have are not usable with this phone. In addition, despite the fact that the voltage is the same as USB voltage they didn't use a USB connector as many other phones have done.

Finally, for T-Mobile usage this phone is locked down so that applications that you install are not able to use the Internet via the phone - this particularly affects third-party web browsers like Opera Mini or applications like Google Maps (Mobile)

My husband and I both have the Nokia 6086. While these have not been problem free, they are decent cell phones.

My husband had to get a replacement because the speaker went out and he was unable to hear his phone ring or hear anyone talking. This went very smoothly with Nokia.

After having my phone for about a week, I had to get it replaced because it would not stay charged. I could charge the phone and in 2-3 hours it would be dead. Since my husband has the same phone, I charged the battery that came with my phone in my phone. He charged the battery that came with his phone in his phone. When both batteries were fully charged, we switched batteries. My phone was dead in 2-3 hours. His phone still showed a full charge after 12 hours and a lot of calls, so obviously it was the phone, not the battery. T-Mobile replaced my phone and I haven't had any problems with the one I currently have.

I have found 1-2 days on a charge is pretty much normal for any cell phone we've had. It depends upon how and how much it gets used. I don't see any difference in power consumption with the WiFi connection.

The only other problem we have encountered is that sometimes the phone does not stay on the WiFi connection. We can make a call while connected, stay in the same place during the call and when we finish realize we lost the WiFi connection.

In our opinions, these are not big problems.

This phone, with the earpiece plugged in and acting as an antenna, receives FM radio. Amazingly, it sounds pretty good. It's not high-quality stereo, but it is a lot more than I though it would be.

For what we want out of a phone, this is a good choice. Cell phones should be chosen based on needs and wants of the user and, of course, what one can afford.

I wanted a low-cost phone that would give me what I wanted - wifi connecting to be able to talk in my low-signal area at home with fave-fives capability.

I bought this phone used off ebay a year or 2 ago. It was beat up, well worn, well used. The battery casing wouldn't stay on securely any more. I purchased a cheap latex cover which kept the battery case in place - problem solved.

To this day I am still using this phone. It is very dependable. It doesn't malfunction and shut itself off like my old nokia used to do. The wifi works great. It actually keeps a phone call active when switching between wifi and the T-mobile network. Internet browsing on it is a joke due to the old outdated browser in the phone. I woudln't use it for the cost of the internet usage anyway. However, it is there, and so if it is a must that you be able to access the internet for say, looking up an address, it's there.

Battery life isn't wonderful. It maybe lasts a day or 2 without charging. You really have to charge this thing every night to keep it functioning. But it's cheap, and it works.

I use the speaker phone often and it works okay. The audio isn't that great but it functions and conversations are possible.

It sounds like this phone isn't that great, and it isn't... if you value current day bells and whistles and sleekness. However, for the cost, reliability, and functionality, I say this phone is definitely worth it. I am very glad I made this purchase as I have saved a lot of money in doing so. If you are lucky enough to still have the fave-fives plan, you still get the little fav-five icons and you can also customize the pictures and look of the phone display. Since I didn't want to update my contract and lose the fav-fives, but also wanted WIFI, this phone was the cheapest alternative to buy for full price. I was worried that the newer addition of wifi enabled phones wouldn't include older fave-fives support, but this one does. You can change your fave-fives via the phone interface.

The text messaging was a little bothersome at first because after you send a message, the message still sits in the browser and you have to close it out. It's a little confusing, but you get used to it.

Also to note - Wifi connection does not give you free internet browsing. If you make calls while on wifi, it uses your minutes normally as if you were calling on-network. Also, you have to purchase a tmobile router and connect it to your computer to enable the wifi. The benefit is that you get a great connection in your home, which helps if you live in an area without good coverage.

After three months of constant hard use, this phone has held up well. The battery life and call reception are very good. For an inexspensive phone the features are excellent, the WiFi and bluetooth capabilities are outstanding!!!. I am able to ultilize the bluetooth with both LINUX and Windows Vista, though not a smart phone,syncing the phone is still possible with the nokia software. Internet access is great and fast for a phone of this size and price, I can monitor my IP cameras from the phone and accessing URL IPs are very easy.

Bluetooth connections to other devices are also very good, I presently have a Garmin Nuvi 660 connected and all features work great, minus the texting mode.

My previous phone was the Samsung Blackjack, a windows CE based phone, it had many bells and whistles , but not as functional or compatible with the Nuvi 660 as the Nokia 6086.

For texting the 6086 T9 and its prediction text can use a little improving, but I donot text much so I can live with this draw back. As with all phones with american firmware the Nokia is limited to English, French, and Spanish languages. Hopefully phone manufactors will be able to give the consumer a choice of languages in the future.

Over all I found the Nokia 6086 a very good phone in features, excellent in price, and extremely good for combatibility with other devices.

Summary: Good phone and service. So-So battery life with WiFi and some minor annoying features.

I've been with T-Mobile in the south Chicago suburbs for over 6 years. I started my own construction business and needed something to use both in the office and out on jobsites. This phone and the HotSpot service fit the bill perfectly. For the extra $10 a month for HotSpot, I've probably saved $30-40/month not upgrading to a plan with more minutes.

I use the phone at my office on WiFi and save my 600 plan minutes to use out in the field. The WiFi connection has been excellent and the only issue has been incoming calls occasionally going straight to voicemail instead of the phone ringing when on a WiFi network. When I am on a WiFi call and leave the office, the transition occasionally has a click or dead moment.

As others have posted, I found that battery life is reduced when using the phone on Wifi. I came from a Motorola phone with a different interface, so there are some minor Nokia annoyances but nothing that makes the phone un-usable.

I would purchase this phone and the HotSpot service again in my situation.

I have owned many Nokia phones but never one that disappoints the way this one does.

Battery life - lasts 2 days at best, this is after trading in for a new battery and never using WiFi

WiFi - useless as it eats the battery alive and drops calls. You will have to charge the phone every day if you plan to use this. It also often cannot find a WiFi network even if you are standing next to the router.

Connection - difficult to find service where other Nokia T-Mobile phones have no issues. Also inconsistently receives/doesn't receive calls when the phone is sitting in the same place at the same time

The ability to make or receive a call is really the most important consideration with a phone and that is the reason for my low rating.

I have been a life long Nokia cell phone user, and so when it came to upgrading my mom's cell phone, I bought another Nokia for her. She has used it for 3 months now. She has had nothing but non-stop problems. The phone keeps getting heated, getting discharged overnight. The wi-fi signal is very poor. I installed a wi-fi signal booster a few feet away from her chair and still no difference. The worst part is the rapid discharge and poor voice quality. I will now have to buy her another cell phone. A month ago I upgraded my own cell phone. I had decided to never ever buy a Nokia and so bought a Blackberry curve. This too has Wi-Fi. I have never had a problem. Strong signal all over the house, no heating up. No doubt battery life is poor, but 2 days with 2 hours of talk time is not bad. I would thus not recommend buying a Nokia Wi-Fi. It is a pity that from the world leader they are continuously going down. I personally will never ever buy a Nokia. I used to blindly buy Nokia phones and they served me real well. But I think they have lost their technology edge. Time to move on to another brand.