Nokia 2660 Flip Review: The Simpler Phone Life
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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The Nokia 2660 Flip is a highly affordable -- $129 AUD -- feature phone that draws from classic Nokia design ideas without the clutter of a modern smartphone... but does that mean it's a good phone to buy? I took an indepth look at HMD Global's latest "throwback" Nokia phone.
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Bought myself this yesterday an its perfect for my digital detox.lovely little phone takes me back years.old school,simples😁
do you have a bug when sending MMS/ messages that are longer ? someone on the dumbphone reddit said there was a bug where the messages then get dated earlier than they were sent and this would mess up the message thread. any experiences like this?
This has been my daily driver for about 6 months. Some tips - disable predictive text as it’s rubbish, turn off the keypad tones, if you use it as an mp3 player like I do, then access your music through the file manager, not the music player (it’s also good to save playlists or albums as folders on your microsd card), Tetris is actually a pretty nice addition to this device and doesn’t require a purchase, unlike the dual sim which seems useless.
Dual Sim useless in OZ maybe, but not necessarily, in EUROPE, HANDY if antenna Fast ! Nation to nation, station 2 station.
Try driving trucks...
With a backup.
best Phone for me
Is the call quality good?
@@crunchygreeny really good, with VoLte better
@@4and4ever44 How can I get VoLte? Do I just request it from my broadband?
Bought one for a family member who only wants calls and texts. That's the market they are after.
Exactly
It looks like a tough, well built phone. I was surprised when you said that you get the feeling that if you dropped it it’d shatter 😢
It won't. I have this phone and it is pretty tough!
Phone looks like it would just bounce off the hardest floors around - just like the old Nokias did ... worst, the battery would pop out 🤣.
It's very plastic like
Correction it is literally plastic 😅
@@cloclodu31380 lols
Flip phones these days are too big. I used to have a palm sized Samsung and it was the best phone I ever owned. You could place it in your palm, close your fingers around it and it'd disappear. That's what I want, not some big clunky brick.
This is my problem too, there similar to the size of an actual brick no thanks.
the camera should be at least 2mpx that makes photography a bit useful
This guy just waffled aimlessly without talking in depth about basic functions and how to use.
Flip phones are for people like me, who think smart phones are too big to be phones and too small for everything else.
That's why I have a flip phone to call and text, and an 8" tablet for everything else.
I just wish they'd make these new flip phones small, like they did in the glory days before smart phones.
It's great for elderly folks too that don't care about smart features
bad for elderly - tested
What makes you say that@?
@@Pedroelgroing 1 - the frame of directional controller is not sensible with finger or nail, 2 - only "darkmode" text available - it is less readable for old than black on white. 3. both picku up and drop/onn-off buttons are non colored - old person is confused what to push if want to drop the call or make a call. 4. by default it asks unlock the phone - again, it is hard task for old person, thanks god I found a way to get rid of blocking.
How should elderly folks see super narrow black direction buttons on a black pad?? They wouldn't be able to press it at all, you d****s at Nokia!! Super soft volume buttons on the side - are you guys even normal??
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I just bought it for my grandma and i can't find an option to make it answer the call when I open the screen, is it unavailable?!!
It's a great phone for Talk & Text, it' can run 2 sim cards, & SD card to play media files , PHOTOS, MUSIC, VIDEO etc, long battery life too!!!
New 79€ on Nokia Shop (Europe), used is around 20-40€.
Price as of 05/2024
Hi, can anyone tell me if this phone is capable of voice dialing, just like the Nokia N95 8GB. I'm looking for any push button phone that has this function. Thanks.
CAN IT USE WHATSAPP ???? THATS ALL THAT MATTTERS TO MEEE AAAUURRGHHHHH
Nope
Get the 2720 it's more expensive but comes with WhatsApp downloaded
Nope, but 2720 flip have WhatsApp and support WA calls, and now very cheap
Me too! I just want a simple phone that calls and WhatsApps. That is all
Its a PHONE to be used as A PHONE.Use something else if you want to use Whatsapp or simply TALK to people
Good review, convinced me it’s not really worth the extra $35-50 over the Nokia 110 4G (especially to have as a backup/spare device). Thanks
Can I throw in some podcasts and videos on the memory card and just listen to them with the screen off? Thinking of getting one just for audio + calls
Yes, you need the .mp3 files of it though
Even a very basic camera could be useful for emergencies; if my car gets bumped/shunted I'd want to be able to have some kind of photo of the damage/cars involved...Or I sometimes use my phone camera just to have a record of something I want to remember and look up later.
It does have, you just have to enter the main menu, and select the camera icon from there.
I've put the camera icon directly above "chat/messages" so that I can see it on the 9 icon view inside MENU
It opens on camera with portait to the left and video to the right.
Me..
I'm tryng to figure out how to convert the stupid SOS button, to open the camera
Like my old Classic 6120 used to do.
Does this phone answer calls when flipped open, and can the button lock be removed? The less button interactions the better. When buying for an elderly person, other than battery life, these are the only things that really matter.
It answers calls when opened, but this may be disabled. The phone lock can't be disabled, but when you open the phone the buttons are always unlocked.
@@PhotoAssassin thankyou for your reply!
@@PhotoAssassin
How to activate it, i just bought it and it doesn't answer calls when flipped opened !!
No matter apple, samsung, straight big screen phones these days. Those days when stylish design phone. Motorola razr, nokia e71, were one of my favorite that time.
I wish it would have Signal on it, then it'll be a secure easy to use phone
OK, so?I have this exact phone (in black of course)
BUT there are a few VERY annoying things about it.
I came direct from a 3G Nokia 6120 Classic, which had OH LOOK
The wee button on the RH side that was
CAMERA
Hitting that turned the camera ON and allowed a selection of still, video and something else, I think it was 360 mode stills
Anyways, I keep trying to get the camera going, and the BLOoDy thing keeps ringine 111 (or my ICE contacts - I forget which but it's Fkn annoying).
Is there any way to reset that button for a LONG PRESS (or a short one I don't care)
That only selects camera function and NOT an act stupidly - as an sos button?
Your best shot is asking that in the dumbphone reddit...there are some tech witches around that are very handy and helpful.
The contacts are gone.
They are in the "contacts" and "vcard" file folder, but they do not appear to make calls.
Does anyone know how to retrieve these contacts for my list?
Thanks
They aint gone, you just have to OPEN the contact first, to then select call.
How is the display quality of this mobile?
I Think this is a phone that is designed for older people. That aren't tech savvy. I'm looking for one for my Dad.So I'm only really interested to see if it's easy to use.as in the size of the numbers and the ease of using it. And if he can hear it when it rings ect
Does this phone have parental controls? Having purchased it for my 9 yo it has facebook and internet but no parental control features. Everyone says good for children but not if you can google anything on there 😢
No specific parental controls, though you could limit internet access via a SIM plan with no or limited data to get around it that way, perhaps.
I have a problem. I bought one today and put it on the charger, it’s been on it for now 3 hours and says its fully charged. If i unplug it, it immediately turns off and i cant turn it pn again. When i put it on the charger again its says its dead for ten minutes then says its full again and the cycle repeats. What should i do?
Best guess -- check that the battery is actually installed in the phone and that it's seated correctly. Try popping it out and back in, try charging again. If that fails, then I'd say you've either got a bad battery or a bad phone -- time to chase up a refund or replacement!
Can some apps be deleted such as Facebook?
I hate it when they come with things like facebook downloaded onto them. I hate social media and I just don't want to see their logos.
Hey mate, could you let me know if you can use custom ringtones for your contacts? This is my deciding factor in buying this phone
Hi @tillydevine2928
That is exactly what happened to me today, I was outside/in the woodshe, and the missus came down & demanded to know why I didn't hear her ringing..
I went into the phone settings to show her, the phone was on a LOUD incoming call rintone setting.
She then rang my phone and it went (silently) brrinnng brrinng?
Almost the same as an empty tin rolling across a carpetted floor.
Useless.!!!
..
Oh and it vibrated (also useless)
We tried a lot of different ringtones all with the same tinnie result.
?
I went inside and rang my phone again, but with the house phone.
Bingo it screamed at 9 with the loudest ring tone I had selected.
So she rang it again (from her cellphone again as she had all the other times)
Brrin Brriing (rolling can sound, across the carpet).
WTF?
Ok so I went into my contacts" and opened her name.
There it was (away down out of sight, when scrolling) Ringtone.
There was that silly miniscule / tin rolling / rattle sound.!!!!
It was very quickly changed to a VERY LOUD (possibly dfferent to other calls) RINGTONE
Now where did I find it?
open your contacts list, select whoever is calling you, with the wrong ring-tone
open their name, and it;s the last (hidden) option.
Either scroll down until ringtone appears, or at their name scroll UP to unhide:
Ringtone.
I have now set mine to:
Seahorse
What an impressively LOUD ring
She rang it and boy, there's no way I will NOT HEAR that now.
I just recently bought this phone it is like you Play Store or WhatsApp support it like you just want to use 4G network and Internet browser Opera mini things that are possible in browser they are only possible in this phone none other thing are available otherwise this is a feature of phone like outer display and functioning like wow but camera should be like a nice bit
What colour is this?
The big question is could you use this as a phone and an iPad mini fully loaded with a SIM cards for all your actual email, net needs.?
Yeah -- but realistically the iPad Mini is doing 99.9% of all the heavy lifting there, with the 2660 basically just taking calls and texts.
are you able to setup proton mail on this phone? I keep getting an error
also get the nokia 2780 flip it fixes all these issues including it has type c usb
Hi Alex thanks for review 🙌🏼 Any tips on how to get them SIM out 🤷🏻♀️
It can be a little tricky - I found it worked out a little easier if I pushed down on the sim card (but not the sim tray) with a fingernail while pushing it out). Take it slow and easy though - you don’t want to damage the tray.
@@AlexKidman Hi Alex I just didn’t want to force it (and break) but got it out thank you for the tips 🙏
@@AlexKidmanthis phone is trash just like every Nokia feature phone released. Super fragile, annoying side buttons, struggling to read a 32gb card, battery doesn't last that much, Bluetooth connectivity is no better, no USB C, useless 4g connection.
I recently turned to AGM mobile with the AGM m9, a much better phone, Bluetooth 5.0, USB C, 1000 mah battery that lasts for days,
My dad I hard of hearing what's to no how loud the ring tone is
I'd call it moderately loud at maximum; a quick ad-hoc, app-based check of volume near the 2660 Flip shows rough volume at around 80dB or thereabouts. One option if your father uses a hearing aid and it's Bluetooth compatible would be to pair to the phone as it also supports Bluetooth (though not all hearing aids do).
Facebook app doesn't load. It says 'Parse error'. Bought this for my elderly mum and am paying for data.
Have tried resetting the phone and starting again. Also contacted Nokia online support who also couldn't work out why. They told me to take it back to the retailer and use my warranty.
My 86 yo mum would use the phone for calls and receiving texts, as well as looking on FB.
Does anyone else have this parse error issue?
Am looking at returning the phone and getting something else she can easily use.
Haven't seen that error myself, but if a reset doesn't fix that and their help can't in fact, well... help... then yeah, I'd say a refund is your best bet. Frustrating, but still the best path.
Thanks, I got a refund and bought a Samsung 😊
What Samsung did you buy? @@alinaazzollini5678
Hey, have this phone the dictionnary t9 ? Thanks
This apple fell far away from the tree. Nothing shouts out Nokia.
):05 WRONG, I got this exact phone for ONE reason only.
It has BIG NUMBERS that I can easily see
After all, what F use is a phone you cannot dial?
The second reason is this.
It does NOT have a super sensitive side/face that my big fingers wrap around, and accidentally do weird things on the nternet, while I am searching for the NUMBER KEYS, to enable me to use a dial pad, to make ...?
Yep a ruddy phone call.
So this was the ONLY PHONE the shop had, that allowed me to upgrade my old Nokia 6120 classic, as they were REMOVING the "classic's service data, and forcing me to buy a NEWER Internet capable ophone, except for ONE massive failure.
THIS PHONE - even though I am now on a DATA p[lan with them, the daMned thing cannot access the data service?
My moms getting this for me as my first phone
Esse telefone funciona whatsapp?. Obrigada
I want a no thrill phone just a unlocked phone.
How do you recup all your numbers ?
It's so ugly. The few feature phone Nokias I have had when I was younger had a beautiful menu transition comparable to modern smartphones. They really have not put much of an effort into the planning process of this phone.
Shame it hasn’t got WhatsApp, I need something basic with WhatsApp and some kind of music don’t want the faff of having to transfer to sd cards
Just today tested the "seniority" of the phone - and it failed.
1. the frame around the button is not sensible with a nail or finger.
2. There is just a dark background with white letters which is bad for people with bad vision
3. one sound for clicking buttons - annoying sound.
4. unblocking is very frustrating - so you wake up, then need to push that big button again, and then asterisk.
For seniors phone should be even simpler. You click on phone button, you see some latest calls and immediately can go to contacts, contacts can be even on another button - like on smartphones you have icon for contacts.
Maybe test the OPERATOR 1st, who never read the "settings" section, for the phone.
1 The "frame" outline/ around the main menu button = is reduced yes, but it's still raised (ever so slightly)
2 The dark backgrouNd with white over, is OK for a basic look.
ESPECIALLY for old &/or colour blind people (WHO WEAR SUNGLASSES AS AN ICON)
3. YOU could go into settings and TURN THAT FEATURE OFF, (but you obviously didn't).!!!!
Oh and the same goes for 4
4. UNBLOCKING is possibly what's called "unlocking"
You can easily UNLOCK / RELOCK by pressing the left middle button and then the master select.
Pressing the master select again, unlocks the keypad and displays the screen.
Flipping open the phone, to see NOTHING and with it's keypad "locked buttons"?
Means one thing "only" and that is:
YOU STILL HAVE NOT SET THE SETTINGS PROPERLY..
HAVE YOU?
Hit that middle left button (the white square with the top RH corner ripped off)
IT OPENS THE MAIN (GO-TO) SELECTION MENU
Do not select LOCKSCREEN ..... or it will lock the screen
Scroll DOWN four times, to SECURITY
Select SECURITY
It opens to display a word & that word is:
KEYGUARD
SELECT IT and toggle whichever way you want it SET
It's the auto ON (or always off) KEYGUARD setting, that you have set wrong
You have it set ON (to always lock the keys)
Set that OFF, to always have the phone UNOCKED by flipping it open.
!!!!
There see, SENILE OLD MEN should do the (CORRECT) settings first.
Before commenting ... THAT THEY ARE SENILE.
will this support 5g sim ?
Does it support VoLTE?
Vodafone doesn’t think it does.
Don't believe it does (though untested from this end, sorry).
Thanks
I need me one of those.
most of thseses fliphones avec about $50 to $80 wireless charger included, so $130 is overcharge for nokia logo and nostalgia, theses devices costs nothing to produce.
I have the same colour phone. But how did you get gold round buttons? Mine is black.
I'm going to guess colour variations by market -- this is how it came out of the box in the Australian market, but perhaps they've done differently elsewhere? Certainly not something done after the fact, because this was a loan phone from HMD Global, gone back the way it came to me.
@@AlexKidman i am from Bangladesh. mine is made in india. The navigation buttons are black.
@@superman-sn7xh That's genuinely unusual -- even the official press images for the 2660 Flip have it in gold, eg: images.ctfassets.net/u4kpzn5cffwn/OLIdvPYlLpWoH2tOofSHv/da05d3d68ee54b73de15ede22c74a7f3/nokia_2660_Flip-2023-open_back-black-1.png
@@AlexKidman
Nah the one they gave you was a "promo" phone (all the regular retail phones are blackkeys, period)
Mine doesn’t show the date on the secondary screen tho , what may be the problem ?
My review model's gone back to Nokia/HMD, but from memory it's set in the settings app..
@@AlexKidman cannot find it anywhere
You got copy phone man. It must be shown date on the second sceen automatically
@@superman-sn7xh nah many people also do not get it
Can you download song to the phone from computer?
Yes
is whatsapp installed on this phone ? i see facebook is .cheers
I just ordered this in green also just a second backup phone
Do you like this? Does it work well?
@@ChristineHallCoachingyep its a great basic classic modern phone battery life is also good
Phone features
Text messages
Contacts
Calendar
Internet
Calculator
Spud recorder
Radio
Games snake Tetris jump and run
Classic ringtones
Extra has stopwatch timer converter
Flash light
Hai Bro. Could you please confirm what are language option available in this phone and also please check and let me know is the phone contact display option like Name +number is available
hi
Can it run Spotify?
No lol
@@cloclodu31380 oh ok, thanks
@@cloclodu31380yes it can and it has
Hey 👋 there
U sound like Captain Jack Sparrow
Does it receive photos through messages?
hello
i have iphone 11
50 euro on my country
😊 you have got for 10000 but I have got for 4855
WhatsApp is work r not
nokia 2780 4g and nokia 6400 4g
If u don’t like this choose the Nokia 2780
Bro really hates this.
Surprisingly I want a phone to ring someone & someone to ring me- none of which you addressed. Amazingly this is what a phone is basically for- none of which you addressed - pathetic - learned zero. !!
1st...😅😅😅
Note: the sh**ty keypess sound CAN NOT BE DISABLED! Only by lowering sound volume to 0! Which normal developer could do this?? Also the volume buttons are super soft, so your grandma or mom will disable the sound just by taking the phone in hand! This should be called Nokia 2760 S*it edition. (compared to Nokia 2760 from 2007 which is nearly the best clamshell from Nokia, still working ok(!), but fell badly.. Would I change it for this ****? I don't want to!)
B/S
You did NOT press the down volume button far enough
Or the ring LEFT side.
It is also "acts" as the down setting button (at either side of "menu" select)
Go to personalisation
Select SOUNDS
SCROLL UP to unhide the KEYPAD VOLUME setting
Using the ring LEFT edge - press it to bring the number value down until 0 appears
The display box WILL HAVE RED LETTERING (for "Keypad volume")
And it will also have a RED SURROUND "box"
O will be displayed ((( and also the word SILENT too)))
Thus
It does go to 0 where it also displays SILENT MODE
Instantly, there is no blop sound, when any button is pressed.
Talk too much 🙄
Not recommended.. Not worth it. Prefer 2780/2760/2720..
Обзор ни о чем👎
THIS for 120 bucks????? C'mon man, these monet can easily get you a smartphone. A shitty one for sure, but still way better than this.
100% true - but there’s a market out there that explicitly doesn’t want a smartphone, for a variety of reasons. They’re not reasons that work for me (and at a guess, you either) - but this is an option for them.