BFD: Nokia 6810

The 6800 series is a selection of Nokia series 40 with a unique fold out QWERTY keypad. 6810 has four electrical contacts at the very top and another four just under the screen, when regular 12 key numeric keypad was used.  The small magnet fitted to the sides of the phones help the phone to switch to landscape mode once lifted up.

A slightly updated GSM 900/1800/1900 tri-band version of the 6800, the 6810 had gold-coloured keys and a gold-coloured border around the screen. The 6810 had support for Edge, Bluetooth and Blackbery email and Wireless Village. Though seen rarely  for sale in shops and was marketed to businesses as a replacement for the Nokia 6310i. Though it was announced at the same time as the 6820, it only became available to buy about six months later.

Dimensions   : 119 x 55 x 23 mm

Browser  : WAP 2.0 XHTML

Display         : Up to 4096 colors

Call Records  : 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed

Stand-by : Up to 360 h

Input Methood  : Phone keypad, full QWERTY keypad

Messaging     : SMS, MMS

Battery : Standard, 650 mAh Li-Ion (BLB-2)

Disply size : 5 lines

EMail  : Yes, support for SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 + BlackBerry connectivity (as operator variant)

BFD: Back from the dead is a Nokiareviewz series where we look back at old Nokia models that have been discontinued