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Nokia 6280

This is a 3G variant of the Nokia 6270. The battery has expanded capacity and is Li-Pol, which told upon the weight of the device positively. Other charcteristics of the devices are similar, though there are some software differences.

Class: fashion, 3G
Position in the line: above Nokia 6270
Rivals: Samsung D600
Description based on official information

General features
- Announced in June 2005, on the market since 3 quarter 2005, official announcement on the 13 June 2005
- GSM 900/1800/1900, UMTS
- Battery type Li-Pol 970 mAh (BP-6M)
- Battery life:
- Colour high-contrast graphical display, up to 262K (TFT), 5 text lines, the resolution of 240x320 pixels (QVGA)
- J2ME, executable Java applications (MIDP 2.0)
- 2-MP camera, zoom x8, flash
- Up to one hour of video recording, QCIF resolution
- Frontal camera for VGA photos
- Body colours - Carbon Black, Graphite Grey
- Weight: 115 gramms
- Dimensions: 99.9 x 46 x 21 mm
- Volume 91 cc

Memory
- Phone book memory for 1000 names, a possibility to keep 3 numbers and one text field for a name. Phone book memory is shared dynamically that means keeping less than 500 names you may have maximum 5 numbers and 4 notes for a name. Caller groups.
- Memory for 150 SMS and 50 graphic messages (shared dynamically, number of SMS can rise if the number of graphic messages gets lower)
- Calendar memory for 100 - 250 notes, depends on their length
- Call register of 10 dialed, 10 received, and 10 missed calls
- Internal memory can be used for storing MMS (max 100 KB for a message), ringing tones (20 in a Gallery, all can be deleted), images (10 pictures are preset), Java applications
- 10 MB of memory are shared between all the contacts, messages, applications
- 74 MB totally
- miniSD expansion slot

Call management, ringing tones

Vibrating alert
24-tones polyphony, mp3/AAC as a call signal
Built-in loud speaker
Speed dialing for 9 numbers
Automatic redial (max 10 attempts)
Automatic and manual network selection
Voice dialing for 25 numbers, up to 16 voice commands
Dictaphone up to 60 minutes

SMS
- Predictive text input Т9
- Templates (up to 10)
- Sends and receives graphic messages (10 pictures are preset)
- SMS Chat
- MMS
- Concatenated messages (up to 450 symbols)
Connectivity

WAP 2.0, XHTML
GPRS (class 10)
EDGE class 10
IrDA
Bluetooth
Push to Talk (PoC)
Pop port Interface (USB)
USB 2.0 unlike previous models
SyncML
Email (POP3/IMAP4/SMTP), attachments (PDF, ppt, doc, xls, jpeg, 3GPP)
Instant Messaging
Full OMA DRM 1.0

Organizer and extras
- FM-radio, Visual Radio
- MP3/AAC/eAAC+/MPEG4 player
- Active Standby menu
- Wallet 2.0
- Automatic key lock
- Changeable screen savers, color scheme can be adjusted
- User's profiles (5), temporary profile
- Time, date
- Calculator, currency converter
- Stopwatch (up to 20 intermediate results), countdown timer
- Organizer supports different types of events (improved in comparison with other models)
- Notes (up to 3000 symbols in a note)
- Games, supports loading games