subject: Nokia 1661 An Elegant Approach To Affordability [print this page] An All-around Practical Mobile Handset: Nokia 1661
An outstanding handset we had the chance to survey is a classic Nokia 1661 mobile handset which concurrently, is pronounced to be a user-friendly handset and practical for users to link up to those close to them. A mobile device that has been made to challenge the mobile phone market, it is known to be one of the lowest cost color phone including an FM radio and a large color screen.
Features
It is available in two colors which are black and grey. The Nokia 1661 is featured with music and audio playback such as FM radio and ring tones. Integrated memory capacity for this mobile phone is 8MB. Besides that, it has a LED FLASHLIGHT built into it which helps users to see in the dark. The 1661 has the dimension of 108 x 45 x 13.55 mm and weighs 82g. Its size and weight are definitely the factors that will also please the users.
It holds up to 32 polyphonic ring tones and built-in MP3-grade ring tones. It has an operative frequency of dual-band EGSM 900/1800, and GSM 850/1900. Feel the need to make an audio reminder? No problem, the 1661 support voice and audio recording which supports FR, EFR, HR, and AMR formats. Moreover, it has a 1.8 TFT display of 128 x 160 pixels which supports up to 65K-colors to help bring clarity and brightness to the screen. Like any other phones, the 1661 is also featured with customizable profile, ring tone composer (Nokia has equipped its 1661 with a 32 chords ring tone player, ready for you to add a lot of ring tones.), and themes such as wallpapers, organic wallpapers, full-screen wallpapers, pre-installed themes, changeable color themes and user defined themes. Another plus for the Nokia 1661 is the speaker phone feature which is a very handy innovation. Battery life is also fantastic, with a talk time of GSM (ectel) 4 hrs 10 min and a maximum Standby time of GSM (Ectel) 475 hrs, running out of juice wont be a problem. Additional innovations include a 2.5 mm Nokia AV connector and system connect of Easy flash II, for easy firmware updating and a BLC-4C 860 mAh Li-Ion battery.
If you like skinnable devices you will like to know the 1661 permits you to do so too. The phone includes a calendar which is very intuitive and Nokia equipped it with a phone book having a capacity of 500. Text is still as easy as ever with the use of the T9 technology. We have found the Nokia 1661 to be a great cell phone and we greatly encourage it to anyone interested in a good phone.
