Nokia 6131 Unlocked Cell Phone withCamera, Media Player, MicroSD Slot--International Version with No Warranty (Black)

by Nokia

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 1.9 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000FS7398
• Item model number: 6131
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,120 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

If you like the look and feel of Nokia phones, but you've been waiting for a powerful clamshell design from them, the wait is over. The quad-band Nokia 6131 packs a serious punch with support for EDGE data, dual high-resolution color displays, a 1-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, microSD memory expansion, a music player, and a whole lot more.

Slim and powerful. View an interactive demonstration of the 6131.

Design
The 6131's super thin design houses an inner display that sports impressive 240 x 320 resolution and support for 16.7 million, yes million colors. Meanwhile, the outside cover of the handset features a supplementary, 128 x 160, 262,000-color display that can display picture IDs, time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more. The phone's camera unit is placed just above this display. Up and down buttons for volume control are placed on the left side and a camera control button is placed on the right. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's control pad. There's also an input to accept universal hands-free headsets, as well as USB and infrared ports for transferring data to and from the handset. The hot-swappable microSD/TransFlash memory expansion slot is compatible with cards with 2 GB of capacity.

Calling Features
The 6131 supports polyphonic ringtones, as well as video-based ringers so you can load your favorite video clips to alert you of incoming calls. Plus, with the phone's picture and ringer ID functions, you can assign pictures and ringtones to your most common callers. If you want to be discreet, there's also a vibrate ringer mode. Meanwhile, speaker-independent voice activated dialing makes calling your friends, family and associates as easy as saying their names. The phone recognizes any voice, so you don't have to worry about pre-recording your commands. The 6131's phone book will keep track of all your contacts, and address book capacity is only limited by the phone's 11 MB of built-in memory. Lastly, there's an integrated speakerphone for talking hands-free. Lastly, the phone's Bluetooth connectivity means that your favorite Bluetooth headset is fully compatible.

Messaging, Internet and Tools
The 6131 is a mobile messaging and Internet powerhouse. With support for the MMS (multimedia messaging service), the phone can send picture and text messages, and when coupled with the phone's powerful camera, MMS opens up great opportunities for robust messaging. The phone ships with a built-in email client that supports POP3, IMAP, and SMTP protocols. You can even open and view email attachments.

Getting on the Internet is easy with the 6131. It supports the GPRS data protocol, as well as the high-speed EDGE wireless data service. When used with your carrier data plan and the phone's USB or Bluetooth data capability, the phone can be used as a wireless modem for laptops and PDAs. The phone is bundled with a mobile Web browser, too. Meanwhile, T9 text entry, a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit -- a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

The 6131 supports PC synchronization via USB or Bluetooth, which means you can manage and synchronize contacts, calendar and other data with your PC. Nokia's PC Suite application makes this process a breeze. A number of handy software tools are bundled with the 6131 including a voice memo recorder, a calculator, a calendar, a to-do list, and an alarm clock.

Imaging and Entertainment
This is where the real fun begins. The 6131's 1-megapixel camera takes great pictures and it can also capture video. And when you've got all the pictures you want on your memory card, you can connect the camera directly to any PictBridge-compatible printer for instantaneous printing right from the phone. The phone supports playback of streaming video in 3GPP format, too.

If mobile music is your thing, you can load up your MP3, MP4, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, and WMA audio files and listen to your heart's content via the stereo headset jack. The 6131 also comes with a built-in stereo FM tuner so you can listen to your favorite stations wherever you roam. And don't forget about the games! The phone comes with a perennial favorite, Snake, as well as 3D soccer.

Vital Statistics
The Nokia 6131 weighs 3.95 ounces and measures 3.62 x 1.89 x 0.79 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.4 hours of digital talk time, and up to 240 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Product Description

Hidden beneath its luxurious, modern design and stylishly-polished metal surfaces combined with satin, the Nokia 6270 phone packs equally impressive features supported through the new Series 40 user interface. Use Active Standby to conveniently access your email, favorite applications, calendar entries or music directly from the idle screen of your phone.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb phone, August 13, 2006

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Kashiraja (WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nokia 6131 Unlocked Cell Phone withCamera, Media Player, MicroSD Slot--International Version with No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I'm extremely happy with this phone. I have owned it for almost a month now. The menus are very responsive and the display is crystal clear and very high definition and more colors. The "free" RAZR that came with my plan is still sitting in the box -- doesn't compare.

I have added 1GB of memory using SD micro flash. So can definitely be used as a mp3 player. But you would need to get a NOKIA -> headphone adapter plug from third party vendor. Or you can use speaker on the phone in a pinch.

The camera takes great pictures as long as the lighting conditions are good. The menus have many options for customizing the phone (though some of these options are somewhat hidden from the casual user further down the menu tree).

The speaker independent voice recognition seems to pull up the correct name most of the time or give several to choose from in some cases.

I really like the flip phone button that opens the phone, so you can open it with one hand. It works very reliably and the spring has the right tension.

The keypad is lit and easy to see in darkness. Due to the high contrast and brightness of the display it seems to consume some battery power. On standby the phone can be on for many days if not used, otherwise you would need to charge every other day if you use features that keeps the display turned on for long periods of time (editing notes/organizer etc.).

Some nice features:
-Todo lists
-Notes
-Calendar
-Various kinds of reminders (with reminders that can be set before the event)
-The next item on your calendar today can be shown on the main screen on the bottom.
-MP3 player / w/equalizer
-Radio (need to use headphones (which also works as antenna))
-Black almost rubber-like finish for easy grip and does not scratch easily.
-Simple and userfriendly menus and keypad (the phone I purchased was not branded so did not have any of the preprogrammed "buy ringtones/wallpaper" buttons etc.
-Great voice quality
-Sych phone numbers/appointments via bluetooth/IrDA/cable

Highly recomended!~!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nokia 6131, Overall Great Phone, July 2, 2006

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MacUser "Tim" (CT, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nokia 6131 Unlocked Cell Phone withCamera, Media Player, MicroSD Slot--International Version with No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Ok, so the nokia 6131 I must say is a phone that I like to call a "sleeper." It does not look like much, but when You go to use it, it is a different story. First off, the camera is very cool. I have had some issues using it in low light situations, the pics become grainy, but over all it is very cool. The push button flip works just as you would expect it too. In regards to computer compatibility, I am a heavy Mac User. According to Apple, this phone was not suppose to be compatible, but that was an easy fiix. Allowing syncing of all my contact info. and calanders. In regards to the menus, they very responsive, and very quick. The internal and external display are extreamly high quality, and very crisp. For bluetooth compatability, I have had no issues. I previously owned a RAZR and for bluetooth options, this phone blows my old razr out of the water. You have the option of uploading new themes (which are easy to find or make) you can upload ringtones, pics, what ever. And the data transfer is much quicker then my RAZR. I would highly recommend this phone to any user. It is by far the best phone that I have used.


Pros: High res. screens, quickness of menus, BT, Camera, push button flip, speaker is loud.

Cons: Unlocked from Europe comes with bulky euro charger (not a big deal.) And the only thing that I would say is that the battery life is somthing to be desired. I use BT allot and I end up having to charge my phone every one to two days.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent phone, March 15, 2007

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Ovidiu Predescu (San Francisco Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nokia 6131 Unlocked Cell Phone withCamera, Media Player, MicroSD Slot--International Version with No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

This is a great everyday use phone. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the newer Nokia phones, like integrated WiFi (with VoIP integration) and GPS, but it does very well what is designed to do. I use this phone with T-Mobile with their unlimited Internet plan (using EDGE).

Pros:

The build quality and materials chosen are top notch. The plastic cover doesn't look and feel cheap, like many other (some expensive) phones out there. I like the fine leathery touch of the battery cover, which provides a good grip of the phone in the hand.

The internal screen is large, with plenty of pixels and colors. Most of the apps look very well. With Google Maps for example it's very easy to read and discern the details.

The phone' sound quality is superb. The earpiece is very clear, and the microphone and voice processing hardware inside the phone makes the other side hear you clearly. The loudspeaker is fairly good too, although I'm not using it very often.

The Bluetooth software stack is perfectly compatible. My car's Bluetooth implementation is very picky and works only a handful of selected phones. The Nokia 6131 phone is not listed as a compatible phone for BMW M3, but it works just fine with it, while the fancier and more expensive Nokia N80ie phone does not.

The included radio is pretty cool when you're bored, although it requires the included proprietary headset to work (it uses it as antena).

Google Maps and GMail work excellent on this phone. They don't come with the device, but they're just a download away from Google.

The phone's camera does a fairly decent job with well lit shots. It also takes videos, which is pretty cool for a phone. Just don't expect the camera to replace your point and shoot or DSLR.

The ability to use MP3s as regular ring tones is a huge bonus. No more buying ridiculously expensive ring tones from your phone company, when you already own the music. Just take the song you want, edit out a 30 second portion of it that is suitable as a ring tone, convert it to MP3 and upload it on your phone. You could assign different ring tones to different people, so you can recognize who's calling you.

The phone now has MacOS X compatibility, with the latest 10.4.9 release. It synchronizes your address book over Bluetooth without any problems, including the people's pictures. When somebody calls you, his/her picture appears on the external display. The picture is scaled up however, making it look a bit ugly. I guess Apple needs to allow for higher resolution pictures to be set in AddressBook.

Cons:

As many other Nokia phones, the phone cannot use a regular headset, it only works with the proprietary Nokia headset. This is understandable, as the headset is stereo, and doubles as an antenna. It would be nice however to have an extra plug for regular headsets.

The package does not include a MicroSD card. Not too bad, they are quite cheap, but you should be aware of this if you decide to buy the phone.

The camera shutter button is on a side, and it's very easy to press it accidentally while the phone is in your pocket.

Setting up T-mobile Internet on the phone could be a pain. You could find instructions online by googling a bit, but it's not the same smooth "just works" experience as on the N80ie.

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Overall, I think this a great phone for everyday use. It is replacing an aging Motorola phone, and so far it's been a refreshing change. I highly recommend this phone.