| It is not surprising for the Finnish mobile phone leader | | | | Updated Features |
| Nokia to rehash its highly successful 5800 | | | | The Nokia C6 offers the same wealth of radio and |
| XpressMusic smartphone, update some of its features | | | | data connectivity technologies that gets a slight update |
| and slap a full QWERTY slider. Apart from its | | | | over the 5800. Where the 5800 was a dual band 3G, |
| outstanding features when it came out in November | | | | the C6 is a quad band on the UMTS (850/ 900/ 1900 |
| 2008, the new Nokia C6 is sure to delight segments of | | | | 2100). |
| the market that want 5800 functionality but with tactile | | | | It is also a quad band GSM (850/ 900/ 1800/ 2100) on |
| QWERTY keyboard. | | | | 2G. Data speeds get the same class 32 GPRS/EDGE |
| Sharing the same hardware and software platform, | | | | for up to 286 Kbps on 2G while 3G data speeds get |
| the new slider handset gets a better camera, more | | | | HSDPA at 3.6 Mbps and HSUPA at 2 Mbps. |
| preloaded messaging apps and a slightly better | | | | It retains the WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP |
| onboard memory than on the 5800. | | | | and microUSB 2.0 local connectivity features. SatNav |
| Shared 5800 Features | | | | is likewise there from its in-built GPS radio with A-GPS |
| Powered by a 434 MHz ARM11 processor used in the | | | | support. |
| 5800 and running the same Symbian OS v9.4 layered | | | | Onboard memory enjoys a better spec at 240 MB |
| with the S60 Rel 5.0 user interface, the Nokia C6 has | | | | supplemented with microSD external memory |
| nothing new nor outstanding to boast other than the | | | | expandability up to 16 GB. Its battery yields a shorter |
| proven capability you can expect from a Nokia. | | | | talk times at 7 hours on 2G, 5 hours on 3G and |
| It sports the same 3.2-inch TFT LCD resistive | | | | standby times of 384 hours on either. |
| touchscreen with half-VGA resolution and 16 million | | | | In the imaging department, it gets better from a |
| color depth. XpressMusic entertainment legacy is all | | | | camera with a 5-megapixel resolution and enjoying the |
| over to make the Nokia C6 no less than a competent | | | | same 5800 imaging features such as LED flash, face |
| music phone. | | | | smile detection, geo tagging and video capture at VGA |
| It has the same stereo FM receiver with RDS and the | | | | resolution and 30fps. It also comes with front-facing |
| media players for audio in the MP3, WMA, WAV, and | | | | secondary camera for 3G video calls. |
| eAAC+ file formats as well as video in the MP4, H.264 | | | | Software-wise, it has native support for Instant |
| and WMV file codecs. | | | | Messaging with Windows Live, Google talk and Yahoo |
| You have the option for wired stereo listening using its | | | | Messenger. HTML browsing supports the newer |
| 3.5mm audio out jack or go wireless with its Bluetooth | | | | Adobe Flash Lite v3.1 as well as RSS feeds. A |
| A2DP support. Its 1200 mAh li-ion battery allows 30 | | | | document viewer is added for PDF and MS Office |
| hours of continuous music playback on a single charge. | | | | files are also preloaded. |
| But it loses the TV-out feature on the 5800. | | | | |