Nokia X2-01 Review

Nokia X2-01 is a candy bar mobile with QWERTY thumb board. It offers a social networking functionality along with a very basic VGA camera, FM Radio and music players. Nokia X2-01 is a complete plastic device and is extremely light weight handset. Nokia X2-01 made so easy for users to message because it's messaging is fast, easy and comfortable on the full QWERTY keyboard. User can access email or text and instant messaging with the customizable key.

The Nokia X2-01 is a completely plastic device that's normal sized and extremely lightweight. It is perfectly fits in user's hand. It has four row keypad and the 2.4" landscape QVGA display that takes up the entire front of the handset. All controls on the hand set are decently sized and user can comfortably use them. The way phone is shaped makes it quiet easy to hold phone in the hands. The Nokia X2-01 is not the best looking phone in the market but the phone look solid and compact which is remarkable at low end. The mobile has no major flaws in its built.

A spacious navigation deck provides plenty of room for controls arranged around a trademark D-pad. At the outer ends, the Call and End knobs share a flatbed with the soft keys. The microSD slot and the microUSB port are covered by a common rubber lid on the phone's left side. The 3.5mm audio jack and the charger plug are up at the top of the handset.

Advantages

• Nokia X2-01 is a light weight phone which can be carried easily.
• The all-plastic handset weighs 113 grams and it is perfectly balanced for both single and two-handed use.

Disadvantages

• Nokia X2-01 is lacking in volume keys, it relies on D-Pad to work for volume control when user in on call or playing audio.
• MicroSD slot and MicroUSB port are covered by a common rubber lid on the phone left side, and it is difficult to remove plastic cover.

It has 4 row portrait style keypad which is the main attraction of Nokia X2-01 user. Keypad has some decently sized buttons such as soft end, send and End keys. They respond quickly when pressed them. User can type in a speed with easy press able keys.

Advantages

• Keyboard has well designed size keys which helps user in typing with ease.
• The good screen sunlight legibility and the great keyboard backlighting are appealing to users.
• One very big advantage of Nokia X2-01 is that it makes messaging very easy and speedy due to its responsive keyboard.

Disadvantages

• One difficulty for user is that Nokia X2-01 does not have any volume rocker key, so it relies on D pad to work for user when user is on call or playing audio.

It has VGA camera with 2.4 QVGA (320 x 240) TFT display with support for 262k colors. Camera of Nokia X2-01 is not very impressive. Its poor quality makes output bland. Although it has full screen viewfinder but there are some defects in it which turn into negative.

Advantages

• It is full screen view finder.
• The interface of camera application is good.

Disadvantages

• The display is not clear at all when it comes to take snaps at outdoors under the sun light.
• It does not support flash LED
• Quality of TFT display is low.
• There is no option under the settings menu to modify its brightness output.
• When you view snaps images on your phone, they don't look unclear, but when you transfer them to computer, they will look quiet blur.
• Picture clarity is poor.
• It has no camera shortcut button.

With Nokia X2-01, messaging is not a big deal because of user friendly interface. It has all message types like SMS, MMS, and email etc. It supports AIM, windows live messenger, yahoo messenger, Google talk, MySpaceIM.

Advantages

• Its facebook account gives user quick access to read messages from friends.
• It is easy to setup Gmail or other account by providing email address and password.

The battery life on Nokia X2-01 is quite good. It gave user approximately 6 hrs of Talk Time and lasted for a week at Standby. We can't say, the battery life of Nokia X2-01 is superb.

Disadvantages

• Battery will give user trouble if it is not charged. User has to charge the battery after every 438 minutes.
• Nokia X2-01 has limited battery life.
• Nokia X2-01 has low talk time of 6 hours.

Nokia X2-01 has MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 8 GB. Internal memory: Combo 128 MB/64 MB. It allows user to store good collection of images, videos, contacts and other useful stuff.

Advantages

• Nokia X2-01 supports memory cards up to 8 GB which allows user to store good collection of images, videos, contacts and other useful stuff.

Disadvantages

• Nokia X2-01 does not support WiFi.

Nokia X2-01 has services like facebook, twitter, Friendster, youtube and MySpace. It supports markup languages like HTML, XHTML, and WML. It has time management applications which are a big support for user to keep them organized. It covers all the basic needs of daily tasks like it has calendar, alarm, stopwatch, calculator, unit convertor, note and voice recorder.

Advantages

• Nokia X2-01 supports opera Mini. Opera Mini save user cost because the website you wish to open will compressed before it is displayed on your mobile.
• Nokia X2-01 quick Bluetooth and USB connectivity allows you to exchange the data and stuff to other enabled devices.
• User can easily manage his task because Nokia X2-01 has all applications available which helps in doing daily activities tasks and keep the user up to date.

Disadvantages

• Nokia X2-01 speed is limited due to EDGE and it has small low resolution screen which does not make appearance of sites much entertaining.

Nokia X2-01 has media player with album art support. It also has Ovi music store which has direct phone access. It supports stereo widening, Bluetooth 2.1 and has stereo FM radio.

Advantages

• Nokia X2-01 has RDS support from which user can get station information on the display.
• Audio quality is also fine.
• FM radio also works fine with the help of cable headset as antenna.

Disadvantages

• Video player is limited. Can play only some low resolution mp4 and 3gp videos.

Nokia X2-01 is a cost effective phone. It price range comes under the users budget. If user is looking for cheap mobile than Nokia X2-01 is a good offer. Like every thing it has some pros and cons. If it has some weak points than it has also some strong points.

User should be aware when buying Nokia X2-01. The poor thing about Nokia X2-01 is that it has low resolution screen with poor camera display and has limited battery life. But the good thing about Nokia X2-01 is that it is designed in such a way that even a novice user can comfortably use it. It has QWERTY keyboard which functions well and the most important thing is that Nokia X2-01 covers all daily task activities which helps user to manage his time and keep himself organize and up to date.