'But for £80, it’d almost be rude to ask for more – especially as it looks like a lower end BlackBerry and not really like a Nokia at all. '
'This classic looking, budget phone from Nokia is an amazing phone that was released in June 2010. '
'Even before I began to test the handset I was a little sceptical, but when it came to using the phone as my everyday handset I found no problems whatsoever which you can imagine I was very happy about!.'
'Its latest is the X3 Touch and Type mobile phone, curiously combining a basic touchscreen with a regular numeric keypad; to surprisingly good effect. '
'good phone'
'The slide mechanism is smooth and delivers a good ‘clunk’ in both opening and closing the phone.'
'Look wise, the mobile phone is stylish, sleek and elegant. '
'It's a little disappointing to see a music-oriented phone come without headphones or a memory card of some sort, but since it's currently offered free with a 2-year contract, these omissions are a little understandable.'
'The Samsung SGH-D900 has a flat keypad that makes menu navigation and dialing tricky.'
'You can use just one finger, putting in on the d-pad below the slightly raised surface, to open the phone's slider, as its movement is supported by flawless spring mechanism, which helps you to open both gently and fast.'
'When there is a new message, the standby screen will play gimmicky animations: fireworks at night, and stunt airplanes during the day.'
''Normal' will leave you free to shoot up to the constraints of your memory card at whatever quality setting and image size you want up to 352x288 pixels.'
'The phone is available in four vibrant colors viz Graphite, White silver, Hot pink, Blue giving ample of options to people to make a choice.'
'The quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support make Nokia 2690 capable of global roaming and the built-in microSD card slot allows expanding the internal memory to 8GB. '
'The two colours give the phone a distinctive look, especially as the band with the navigation key, call keys and screen selection keys, are located on the coloured case. '
'Communicating on the Nokia 2690 is effortless as a result. '