Product Description

The Nokia 6215i is exactly what you need, with more of what you want. So sleek and lightweight it goes where you go, and with easy to use features, you will actually use it more often.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48218 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Nokia
• Model: 6215i

Amazon.com Product Description
With a VGA camera, a speakerphone, voice dialing, and support for Verizon Wireless' Mobile Web 2.0 services, the Nokia 6215i makes a great companion for calling, texting, and catching up on the latest news and weather. But the really big news about this phone is that it sports dual OLED screens, one on the outside and one on the inside. OLED screens are brighter and less power hungry than traditional LCD screens, giving you greater performance and battery life while you're out and about.

Design
The phone features a traditional clamshell design with a vibrant 128 x 128 color display with 262,000 colors. A supplementary 65,000-color 96 x 64 external screen displays call information, signal strength, and more. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's control pad. The top right side of the unit houses an antenna while the USB-capable data and charging port is housed on the unit's bottom edge. There's also a standard jack to accept universal hands-free headsets. An integrated VGA camera with an LED flash is housed on the front cover of the phone.

Calling Features
The 6215i's built-in address book can store up to 500 contacts for quick and easy management of phone numbers and email addresses. The phone also comes with built-in polyphonic ringtones plus a vibrating alert. Voice dialing allows you to make calls without ever touching the device, and a built-in speakerphone makes it easy to talk without having the phone to your ear. Plus, picture ID and ringer ID functionality lets you assign photos or other images to callers. A flight mode lets you to shut off the phone's calling functions so you can play games or use the 6215's organizer functions. And lastly, the phone's GPS location technology pinpoints your location when you dial 911.

Messaging, Internet, and Tools
The 6215i covers the messaging basics with support for sending and receiving text, pictures and sound. The phone also supports mobile instant messaging. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit -- a plus for mobile text messaging users. Getting on the Internet anywhere is easy with the 6215i, as well. Verizon's optional Mobile Web 2.0 package allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. You can also trade stocks online, compare prices while shopping, access flight information, get movie listings, and find directions to the theater.

The phone's software includes a personal organizer that features a calendar, alarm clock, and calculator. Meanwhile, the phone's voice memo recorder can store important notes as you make your way through the day.

Imaging and Entertainment
The fun really starts with the 6215's built-in VGA (640x480) camera and flash, which features a self-timer. And if you want to make your 6215i reflect your personality, it features customizable theme colors, screen backgrounds, and caller ID graphics and pictures. Gaming is supported, too.

Vital Statistics
The Nokia 6215i weighs 3 ounces and measures 3.35 x 1.81 x 0.75 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.92 hours of digital talk time, and up to 240 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 850/1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one-year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Best Reception of Any Verizon Phone
If your main reason for using a cell phone is to make phone calls and crystal clear reception is a priority for you, then this is definitely the right phone for you. My wife and I both made separate trips to the local Verizon store, and we tested this phone against the LG VX8300 and the 8600 and the Motorola RAZRs and KRZRs. Yes, the other phones all look cooler and have better cameras and more features in general; however, the Nokia 6215i phone was much, much clearer and had less static than any of the other phones. The calls sounded better on both ends: for the Nokia cell phone caller and for the person who received the call. We called both landline numbers and other cell phones, and tested each phone one after the other and multiple times during our visits to the Verizon store.

We spent an inordinate amount of time on this process because we did not want to get stuck with bad service and phones ever again. We have been miserable customers of Cingular for 3+ years now, and we are in fact expending $600 to break our family plan contract with them 6 months early. It is completely pointless to have a cell phone if the reception for your calls is so poor most of the time that you can't even carry on a conversation. I could not make calls from my Cingular phone from my office in downtown Arlington, VA despite the fact that everyone in the offices around me had no problems making calls with other carriers. I could not make phone calls from the Convention Center in Boston despite the fact that everyone around me was merrily chatting on their cell phones, etc., etc., etc.

I am sharing this experience in hopes of saving others a lot of time, aggravation and expense. If we had ordered our Nokias one day earlier from Verizon, we would have gotten the phones for free and paid no activation fee. Unfortunately, they changed their online offers overnight and we were out an additional $220 as a result.

Nice Phone!
I've had this phone for about 3 days now. I got it to replace my old Samsung A530. Here are my thoughts:

PROS:
-very light, compact, and small
-black glossy exterior looks professional and classy. yes, it does show fingerprints and scratches, but it's not that bad
-dual OLED screens are vibrant and sharp. the inner screen is smaller than most other phones, but i haven't found this to be much of a problem
-reception is great. haven't had a dropped call yet. for some reason i rarely get more than 2 bars of reception while indoors, but this doesn't seem to affect call quality
-ringer is loud with a nice selection of built-in ringtones
-earpiece and speakerphone is clear with adequate volume
-battery life is amazing. i've had light-moderate use for the past 3 days and the battery indicator is still full!!!

CONS:
-both screens are very hard to see in bright sunlight, even on highest brightness setting
-no bluetooth, SD memory, MP3 player, etc. but these aren't important to me. i just need a slim phone that doesn't have a lot of extra bulk.
-camera could be better, but it's a phone people, not a canon powershot!

Overall, I'm very happy with this phone and I'll be glad to own it for 2 years. If you need a nice compact phone that performs well, this is for you. I haven't had any problem transferring the phone book. You just have to take it to a "flagship" store where they have the right computer to do it. I took it to a Verizon branch first, and they had a different machine that transferred only the numbers and not the names.

Give this phone a try. It's no Motorola KRZR, but it's much cheaper. You'll be happy with it!

OK, but...
I upgraded to this phone primarily on the opinion of a the c-net review which said this phone had such good voice quality that it was indistinguishable from a land-line (San Francisco), and reviewer (VA) who said this phone had the "best voice quality" -- since i was having trouble hearing on my previous phone, especially in mobile-to-mobile calls. Perhaps it is the area I am in (north Jersey), but I sure can tell I'm on a cell phone! While better than my previous model, I'm still saying "what? could you repeat that?" In calling Verizon Wireless to ask another question, the technical supervisor just told me "the voice quality and even reception ability varies a lot from individual phone to phone within every model: we can get 5 phones of the same model and line them up and each one sounds different and right next to each other they'll display different signal strengths..." Wish I'd known THAT before I bought!


I like this phone's features, and since Verizon has it on promotion, it's a great deal right now. It has more "conveniences" than I'll really use. It doesn't have bluetooth for hands-free, but that's OK with me.

My biggest complaint is that the LED display (it's not an LCD but new LED display) is completely unreadable in daylight. Also you must use some kind of cover: the battery comes unclipped with the slightest of touches on the clasp such as pulling the phone out of a pocket or purse. I find the more "rounded" shape phones a little easier to hold than this "squared" shape, and it's easy to press on the exterior screen or the buttons on the side when holding the phone closer to the ear when trying to hear better in a noisy or outdoor environment.