Customer Reviews

Nokia 1661 Unlocked Phone with Speakerphone and FM Radio - No Warranty - Black

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2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

To start, let me clarify that when it comes to cell phones, I am not a fan of anything fancy. Smartphones, touch screens, applications, and the like are NOT for me. All I want in a cell phone is the ability to make & receive calls and text messages, keep the time, and occasionally use as an alarm. If you are the same, then this might be a good choice for you.

I've had this phone for a year and a half now. Here are pros and cons based on my experience with my particular phone:

PROS
-Inexpensive.
-Small, sleek, and lightweight. Easily fits in my pants pocket.
-Simple to navigate and text message with.
-Clear reception (using T-Mobile).
-Display is clear & crisp, easy to read.
-Durable. Has been dropped many times, suffered no damage as of yet.
-Long battery life. Others have had problems with this, but I do not need to charge mine more than once a week! This, of course, depends greatly on how much you use the phone.

CONS
-The alarm will go off at a random time after being set, IF you have the time set to update automatically. I've read that other people have had the same problem with this phone. However, I have no problems with the alarm as long as I do NOT have the time set to update automatically. Weird.
-Silent/vibrate mode is still pretty loud. The vibration itself seems to have a low, electronic humming sound to it.

That's about all I can think of. Overall, I am pleased with the phone. It's not my favorite basic phone, but it gets the job done with only a couple of weak points for me.

I bought this Nokia as an emergency replacement. Price in Amazon seems high, I got it for $27 at my local store. Phone is very basic, you buy it for its core business: getting and making calls and as an alarm clock, and it is fine for that.

Some unexpected pros: looks not as cheap as it is (people won't make fun of you), has FM radio.

Cons: at $30 what do you expect but com'n Nokia, no foam for the included earphones? I would have paid the extra 2 cents for that although the included earphones look like they cost just that.

Phone is okay, but speaker phone is useless. You cannot see the missed calls directly on the screen by pressing green button, you have to go to menu and call log to review.
Overall, a good basic phone but almost nospeaker phone facility

It is smaller than I expected, but for the cost of the phone, I feel that it was a great deal. It is nothing fancy or ellaborate, but it serves my purpose. I went from an older Nokia version to this one and the functions are pretty much the same, which made it very easy for me to switch over. I even got a few added features that I did not have in my old phone.

The price is good. Battery life short, fidelity not so good. Worth exactly what we paid for it - an emergency stopgap until we upgrade our phones.

My son had this phone for about six months and it died. He says (and I believe him) that he didn't do anything terrible to it. One morning, he woke up and it wouldn't turn on. It was a good basic phone before that. I'm pretty annoyed with the Nokia people because not only were they slow to respond to my troubleshooting query, but when they did respond, they sent me back to their website with instructions to click a link that wasn't on the page. We bought the phone last August. I never was able to figure out whether it was under warranty or not, and gave up.

Item was unlocked as description stated. The phone arrived on time in OEM packaging. I purchased this phone for a trip abroad and it fulfills that function perfectly.

This little phone looks amazing but the problem is the buttons is very tough when u want to press it. the ease of using the keypad is poor.

What is really great about this phone is it's price and the basics are all integrated here, txt messaging, ringtones, games, alarm, more than what I expected. It has radio too.

The cons about this phone? quite often i came to the other line as soft. I guess it something to do with the sensitive of the mic.

It's a very cool cellphone, it has basic stuff but works good. For venezuelan people to know, it doesn't work for Digitel, only for Movistar and Movilnet. Muy buen celular, tiene las cosas básicas necesarias. Sólo funciona para Movistar y Movilnet en Venezuela.