Nokia 6151 Review
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Review: December 2006.
The Nokia 6151 is a 3G phone that looks very similar to the Nokia
6233. It's a classic straight design with a functional keypad and 5-way
navigation key.
Despite being a 3G phone, the 6151 has a rather lacklustre specification. Although
the phone has a video camera, it's rear mounted, making video calling impossible
- a major design faux pas for a 3G phone. The camera itself is really
nothing special, at just 1.3 megapixels, no flash, and dodgy quality. The 6151
does have a good MP3 player and FM radio, but with no memory card included in
the sales package, you'll have to fork out some more money if you want enough
memory to store more than a few songs.
We are left felling short-changed by the Nokia 6151 and wouldn't recommend
it. There are far better 3G phones available.
Features of the Nokia 6151 include:
- 3G
- 1.3 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
- Video camera (QCIF resolution)
- Display: 262,144 colours, 128 x 160 pixels
- Music player (MP3, M4A, and eAAC+-family format)
- MP3 ringtones / 64-voice polyphonic ringtones
- Stereo FM radio with Visual Radio
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging, Nokia Xpress
audio messaging
- Java games
- Personal organiser
- Phonebook (1000 entries)
- Push to Talk
- WAP 2.0, GPRS Class 10, EDGE,
3G data transfer (384 kbps download)
- XHTML web browser
- Flight mode
- Memory: 30 Mbytes plus microSD card slot (up to 2 Gbytes)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, infrared
- Triband plus 3G (WCDMA 2100)
- Size: 108 x 47 x 19 mm
- Weight: 98g
- Talktime: 3.5 hours (3G) - 4.5 hours (2G)
- Battery standby: up to 340 hours
Nokia 6151 User Reviews
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Average rating from 64 reviews:
Reviewed by Darlington from Nigeria on 10th Dec
2011
Its a very good mobile and its screen is small and its compatible with
2GB, and one thing is that i have the phone with me and i love it so
much. And would not like anything to happen to the Nokia 6151. I LIKE
IT!!!
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Reviewed by Awopeloye from Nigeria on 5th Oct
2011
Its a very good mobile but its screen is small and its not compatible
wit 2GB
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Reviewed by I dunno from AU on 15th Feb 2011
This phone is really good and reliable and it's tough. Dropped it like
1000 times still functionng perfect. Kthx
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Reviewed by Nick D from Bulgaria on 31st Oct 2010
I had my nokia 6151 for 2 years and half and i'm very happy with it.
My nokia phone is a Hungarion production RM-200 type. Very successful
series mobile phones. I have absolutely no complain about it. If you
want to byu something cheap and you want to have maximum functionality
nokia 6151 is the right choice for you.
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Reviewed by Thomas from Austria on 27th May 2010
BAD SOUND. You have problems understanding your call partner. Complicated
navigation.
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Reviewed by aman from india on 26th Feb 2010
nokia6151 phone batter low massg when coll come and call go and when
phone switch off then after some time battery disharg
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Reviewed by mubarak from india on 1st Feb 2010
nokia6151 phone swith off whene incoming call and outgoing call phone
batery low masg and then phone off
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Reviewed by paul from ireland on 9th Nov 2009
nokia 6151 i love this phone, had it about 4 years and although i upgrade
my phone every year i revert to my 6151 after a few months, its easy
to use feels good to hold cause its chunky and nonslip rubbery feel
to it its almost bombproof. its a phone, not a computer, and i love
it
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Reviewed by Letizia from Italy on 14th Sep 2009
it seemed to be a nice phone, many features at an affordable price.
I used it as modem to connect to the internet. But I am not happy, it
soon started to have several problems. First, it tooks ages to get turn
it on. Then all of a sudden the screen became white and it did not work
for hours! lately this was happening often and often so I updated the
software, it seemed it was ok but after the first phonecall it did not
work anymore. It is not possible to update it again, neither to format
it. The *+3+green combination pressed while turning it on did not work.
Any help? thanks
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Reviewed by Mikael from Sweden on 12th Jan 2009
I've had my 6151 for year and a half now, and started to get more and
more problems with it. The last nine months have had it losing the ability
to play sounds, so I don't get any ring signal on incoming calls or
messages. This is highly annoying. I send it to Nokia service, they
reset it and send it back. It works for another month or so and then
stops again. There must be some bug in the firmware (v 4.10) causing
this, but Nokia seems unable to fix it. Avoid this phone. There are
better and more robust phones out there.
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Reviewed by Shankar Dutt from India on 5th Jan
2009
Excellent product. Absolutetly no issue ever since I bought it about
3 yrs ago.
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Reviewed by brenda from UK on 3rd Jan 2009
i have a nokia mobile phone 6151 and i'm really upset because of it.i
bought a bluetooth from Comet and is no compatible.there is no words
to describe my sadness............and it cost a fortune.
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Reviewed by m.muralidhar from india on 11th Dec
2008
execellent phone am using since 2 1/2 years till now no complaint i
even did not give it for servicing even once.
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Reviewed by lyn c. lim from philippines on 15th
Oct 2008
i've had my 6151 for one year and three months and had no problems using
it. quality is good.
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Reviewed by arnikan abueva from philippines on
27th Sep 2008
nokia 6151 is good.
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Reviewed by Gary G from Belgium on 23rd Sep 2008
I've had my 6151 for two years and have had no problems with it or its
battery. Sound quality is very good, the FM radio is great, and it works
in Europe and the U.S.
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Reviewed by Juha anttila from Finland on 21st
Aug 2008
I fell lured into a fell. I bought 2pieces of 6151 on ong term deal.
Neither one has been reliable. I had it serviced no help. Shortly do
not buy.
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Reviewed by Gunjan Hathi from England on 19th
Aug 2008
Very nice and cheaper phone then others but the caller voice is not
properly hearable...it is much more worse in traffic or noicy area...memory
is less...look is oke...hands free should give with the phone (its not
given)....should think one more time before purchase this phone..
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Reviewed by jose from portugal on 14th Jul 2008
Very nice phone.A lot of features, very simple, good battery life(for
me about 5 days), i regret not having video calling
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Reviewed by Deathangel from Nowhere on 12th Jul
2008
This phones memory disc cover is weak and can break easily making it
impossible to use memory discs Mine overrided its ringtones and changed
to some grim gong beats /scary
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Reviewed by marko from serbia on 28th Jun 2008
this phone is nice....4 stars
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Reviewed by Haris from srilanka on 22nd May 2008
very good phone in the market
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Reviewed by kasim from england on 15th May 2008
i have 6151 and i thought it was cheap- when i looked on th price i
was stunned!!!
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Reviewed by rjh from england on 30th Apr 2008
The signal reception on the 6151 is worse than on many other nokia phones.
I have tried several in one porr signal location and the 6151 could
not pick up a signal when the other three could. Would not recommend
buying one
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Reviewed by Nikola from Croatia on 4th Apr 2008
It has even more features than I really need. I use mobile phone regulary
as my alarm clock, but Nokia 6151 makes it almost impossible. When turned
off with alarm clock switched on it will discharge battery in several
hours and mostly switch to some kind of Local Mode. You'll not hear
any alarm or be able to use phone untill you take off battery and charge
it again. Very disapointing from Nokia. Othervise, phone is designed
nicely, clear and simple lines. Camera is not essential feature. A little
smaller model without camera and with more memory would be exactly what
I'm looking for.
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Reviewed by Allen from Spain on 6th Mar 2008
At least one of the outside components of this phone must contain mercapto,
an anti-oxidising substance used in manufacturing tyres, electric wire
insulation, etc. My son is highly allergic to this substance and literally
burns his fingertips when he uses this phone. Nokia Care has been unable
to confirm the use of this substance in the manufacturing of the outside
parts of the 6151; they only will tell us what environmentally unfriendly
substances are not used in making it. So far, we have been unable to
locate a clear soft plastic cover so that he can use the phone without
actually touching it.
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Reviewed by bash from England on 25th Feb 2008
When ever i buy or upgrade a phone it has to be a Nokia, user friendly
and the best,the down fall for this 6151 is when your are talking it
tends to get very warm, otherwise a phone thats easy to use, looks good,
the battery life is the longest of any phones i have had, well done
NOKIA you have done it again !!!
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Reviewed by BM from Estonia on 8th Jan 2008
man 3 hours of mp3 playback ??? you realy need to get a new battery,
mine plays mp3's no less than 12 hours none stop. :) the picture is
realy good, display reaction time is good enough and the speaker sound
is very good and the best thing for me is that the sound is very clear,
easy to use, very comfortable keypad to toosmall buttons not too big,
the only thing that i dont like is the phone sowtware (V 04.10 21-12-06
RM-200) has a big fat bug in it, no the phone itself works great, that
is until you plan to use your nokia 6151 as an alarm clock becous thats
where the bug shows its ugly face, if you turn on the alarm clock and
switch of the phone for the night it will lock up or freez up "call
it what you like it" in LOCAL MODE and nothing happends the alarm doesnt
go on and the phone becomes locked until you remove the battery and
after a few seconds put it back, only then you can switch it on. dispyte
that the phone itself is very good the radio is even better, it play
radio stations that my cars stereo cant play hehehe.
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Reviewed by Hassan from pakistan on 31st Dec 2007
3g +decent look +radio+ nice camera +gud sound quality in a quite reasonable
price.
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Reviewed by Liquid Len from UK on 10th Dec 2007
Got this free on a 3 contract. Absolutely the worst phone I've ever
had. Poor display, poor call quality, poor battery life. Easily the
worst 3 g phone on the market. Please don't buy it.
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Reviewed by GEORGE from INDIA on 9th Dec 2007
Worth the $136 price tag. But, playing mp3 player consumes more battery
3hr only it plays
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Reviewed by Claire from U.K. on 29th Nov 2007
This fone is awful. The screen is tiny, it's fuzzy, and the font is
big!!! The only good things about it, is the battery and the keypad.
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Reviewed by oneck from phili[[ines on 27th Nov
2007
good phone for me its a first time to handle a nokia brand that's ok
not bad comparing sony ericson
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Reviewed by Paul from Romania on 28th Oct 2007
I'm very pleased with this phone. I've had it for quite some time and
it's everything I want form a phone - to call people. Best phone I know
for that. And it looks good.
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Reviewed by Christian from Sweden on 5th Oct 2007
Stupid review...this is a phone for those that use the phone to call
with mainly and nothing else, in that sense, it's a bargain.
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Reviewed by ARNO from UK on 3rd Oct 2007
GREAT BASIC PHONE DOES ALL WELL DONE NOKIA
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Reviewed by Judy Moxam from uk birmingham on 12th
Sep 2007
The scroll up button on the 6151 is really bad. you have to scroll down
until you get back where you wanted to be.
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Reviewed by Jez from UK on 3rd Sep 2007
Does the basics quite well even with a limited size screen. The version
I have doest support video calling which is strange for a 3g handset.
Battery lasts for about two-three days with moderate use, inlcuding
internet useage. Had no stability issues either.
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Reviewed by subby from Slovenia on 19th Aug 2007
Would be much better if display had higher resolution. And software
really suck.
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Reviewed by Himanshu from UK on 17th Aug 2007
Please dont buy this Phone from a three service providers as their advertisement
says that on Nokia 6151 phone you can take following contracts-- Video
Talk 500,Video & Talk & Text 700, Video & Talk & Text 1100, Video &
Talk & Text 1300, Video & Talk & Text 2600. But when you buy this phone
you will come to know that this phone is not compatible to make video
calls. 3 has made a joke out of this phone.
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Reviewed by Rony from Philippines on 15th Aug
2007
it is made of almost entirely cheap looking plastic material. very very
cheap lookin'. i got it for free. dropped it on my 3rd day and even
with silicone cover it got scratched badly 'cause the casing is a very
soft plastic. sold it on the 4th day.
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Reviewed by antz from India on 10th Aug 2007
Very similar to 6233 but sadly this has only 1.3 MP (6233 has 2 MP)
camera and a smaller display than 6233. But this supports QCIF video
and MPEG4, which 6233 does not. Both are 3G phones.
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Reviewed by davor from BiH on 30th Jul 2007
i have this nokia for 4 months and i can say it's very good ... sometimes
i have probs with profile cuz when i change theme my profile restarts
to fabric one ... and i have that theme pics are good on main screen
but when i go to menu it shrinks a bit n doesnt look that good (dunno
what's prob.. anyone knows??) but no other complains about it... nice
mob
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Reviewed by Fahad from Uk on 28th Jul 2007
its a gud phone classic and ausome! has all da functions i need but
da only thing missing is flash!
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Reviewed by Jeff from England on 22nd Jul 2007
All I wanted was a standard easy to use phone the 6151 gives me exactly
what I want, excellent.
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Reviewed by Monik from India on 16th Jul 2007
Nokia 6151 is a decent phone. Its easy 2 operate n has all necessary
facilities. Its good 2 have it. I give it 3 n 1/2 stars......
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Reviewed by Radhika from India on 12th Jul 2007
Since I bought the Nokia 6151 I have had problems. When I recieve an
SMS it always shows the wrong time in the message details. It also reboots
after a few seconds when I use it so much so it's hard to find a simple
thing such as a telephone number in the contacts. The battery consumption
is also very high. I love this phone but I need to get it repaired.
Although it seems these problems are shared with many other consumers.
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Reviewed by Jonathan from England on 11th Jul
2007
This Phone is good at simple look up's like messaging and phoning. It
is Quite or Average Reliability and it is a simle Phone.But I hope to
see More improvement in the Fuyture Good Phone Well done Nokia Keep
Up the GOOD WORK
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Reviewed by zoltan from romania on 11th Jul 2007
i just bought this phone from spain.i like it very much but it has a
big problem:to unlock it u must pay a lot of money.it's cheap otherwise
for what this phone does so i don't have any complaints.even more i
recommend this phone sincerely.
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Reviewed by TARUN from INDIA on 28th Jun 2007
THIS PON IS RUBBISH YES, THE CEMERA STOPED WARKING AND THE ISCREEIN
WENT BALANK. VERY BAD YES.
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Reviewed by Nitin Mahajan from india on 22nd Jun
2007
i m using this mobile and feeling very great
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Reviewed by jj from london on 13th Jun 2007
i havent got one but my frands got one and he takern 3 back alredy in
just a week with poblems with it not chardging
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Reviewed by Subramanyam from India on 11th Jun
2007
I have recenly purchased 6151. The piece works fine in all functions.
1.3 MPixels is not enough for video quqlity unlike w700i Ericcson. But
stills are good enough with 1280 x 1024 pixels. Sound quality is OK.
FM Radio signal pick up is not strong within 30 km radius of tower unlike
w750i Ericson. But it is good in performance with big additional slot
for 2gb memeory card. 3gp format is very compact indeed.Overall it is
worth the price tag.
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Reviewed by Ravishankar from INDIA, Aurangabad on
8th Jun 2007
I love this phone with Bluetooth, some memory This is a a no nonsense
straightforward workable phone for calls, taking a few pictures, listening
to a little music and a hands free option and very easy to use then
this is ideal-excellent value for money. Bought at Aurangabad on 07
June 2007 for Rs.7400/-
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Reviewed by Muhammad Afzal from Pakistan on 5th
Jun 2007
i Like this mobile much bit its size is larger than other mobile
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Reviewed by lorna Smith from Engerland on 31st
May 2007
Looks like a poor phone and is not much better inside. Shouldn't go
for this one, go for the outstanding w610i. Its the phone of 07.
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Reviewed by momomo_23 from Philippines on 30th
May 2007
No bundled memory card, No front camera for video calls, no flash for
the 1.3 MPX camera? Yep, there are a lot more good 3G fones out there.
But this is a Nokia.
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Reviewed by GEORGE JORDAAN from RSA on 29th May
2007
WHAT A GEM.ALL IN A PACKAGE FOR LESS THAN R1599. GOOD CAMERA BLUE TOOTH
AND ALL A GOOD BUDGET M,OBILE SHOULD HAVE. ONE OF THE MOST STYLISH AND
EASY TO USE NOKIAS YET. THIS ONE WILL GO PLACES. DEFINITELY 5 STARS
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Reviewed by joey from england on 21st May 2007
dont like this phone at all because the screne smashed and the whole
phone broke
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Reviewed by James from UK on 5th May 2007
I love this phone-all i want is a small compact easy to use phone with
Bluetooth, some memory and a good font size so you actually find who
your looking for-if you want a no nonsense straightforward workable
phone for calls, taking a few pictures, listening to a little music
and a hands free option and very easy to use then this is ideal-excellent
value for money.
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Reviewed by Jill from U.S.A. on 5th May 2007
wow!! nokia is coming really up!! I mean frrom a 3310 to a N70 to a
6151!! I am very impressed (spellbound, too). I mean really fantastic
job nokia. ttyl.... nokia rocks
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Reviewed by Justinas from Lithuania on 5th May
2007
The Phone rather his averge price about 300euro is very fucional and
has 3g it has bluetooth irda fm radio mp3 and mp3 player biutin 30mb
memory acualy 22 is availibal an 1.3mega pixel camera thow the phone
is not n93 it prity nic
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Reviewed by Riexal from Malaysia on 22nd Dec 2006
What can be expected from this phone as one of the low cost price with
3G,bluetooth,IrDA plus vedio record, FM radio and MP3 player is reasonable
to say it is an excellent phone. The phone itself has 30Mb internal
memory and can support to 2Gb memory expension what more can we say.
Although the design is back to the future but something that make it
better is the rubber skin type as same as Motorola E398. As for the
camere 1.3 megapixel should be OK for a picture quality for a handphone.
Furthetmore, the email system can support attachment as for pdf*,exl*,doc*
and ppt*. For the accessories such as data cable is not supplied, i
dont think it necessary as the bluetooth and IrDA function are provided.
If we look to the price comparison, design and functionality it is worth
to buy one.
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Reviewed by Neil from Dublin, Ireland on 8th Dec
2006
Having come from an old Nokia 3510i (please stop laughing) this is a
very stylish compact little gem. Those of us over 30 who may never use
the camera except for an emergency will not be too worried about the
quality issue and I'd always use a proper camera anyway. On the plus
side call quality is excellent - I can now actually hear what people
are saying, the radio is crystal clear and the mp3 is great. The usual
easy to understand interface is terrific and you'll hardly have to use
the manual at all. Lots of great little features, voice recording, push
to talk, speakerphone and flight mode makes this for me a great phone.
The only downsides are (regrettably) no PC cable or memory card supplied.
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