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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / December 2006Nokia 6233 - Crap contacts capacity
Hi, I've jsut "upgraded" with Orange to a 6233. The phone is fine in all aspects except ability to hold contacts. There is a limit of 500 on this phone which for me is useless. I have about 800, these were fine in my previous phones, 6230 then 6230i. Even deleteing all the crap screen savers and graphics etc. so there is plenty of phone memory left doesn't help. Does anyone know a way around this? I guess it would have to a firmware update to remove the 500 limit. I'm on version 04.54 date 01-08-06 RM-145 Thanks, Tony > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Tony No, and they're all like that despite increased memory and ability to make use of external cards. The majority of Nokia phones have a hard limit of 200, 300 or 500 contacts. Ignore their shared memory jibba jabba in the specifications - their definition of sharing is not as one would perceive. AMO > No, and they're all like that despite increased memory and ability to make > use of external cards. The majority of Nokia phones have a hard limit of > 200, 300 or 500 contacts. Ignore their shared memory jibba jabba in the > specifications - their definition of sharing is not as one would perceive. But why the change? The 6230 and 6230i have no such limit, despite being older phones. Tony >But why the change? The 6230 and 6230i have no such limit, despite being >older phones. I guess it would be a "simplification" and an "effort to bring their handsets into line with those of other manufacturers". Sorry, but it had to be said. Jules >>But why the change? The 6230 and 6230i have no such limit, despite being >>older phones. > > I guess it would be a "simplification" and an "effort to bring their > handsets into line with those of other manufacturers". Sorry, but it > had to be said. They are not other manufacturer's phones! 6230, 6230i and 6233 are all Nokias. Tony >>>But why the change? The 6230 and 6230i have no such limit, despite >>>being [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > They are not other manufacturer's phones! 6230, 6230i and 6233 are > all Nokias. One possibility could be the "upgraded" OS running on the 6233 compared to the older models, which might place a restriction on the number of contacts that can be supported. The 6233 is a budget 3G phone, so they cut down on the other features to make it profitable. If it wasn't advertised that you could only hold a max of 500 contacts then take it back and get a better phone without 3G, 3G is pretty useless they should have waited for something better over GPRS. You also might want to consider cutting your loses with 800 contacts? How often do you hear from or contact 800 people? Back your old contacts onto your PC using PC suite. >>>But why the change? The 6230 and 6230i have no such limit, despite being >>>older phones. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Tony > The 6233 is a budget 3G phone, so they cut down on the other features to > make it profitable. If it wasn't advertised that you could only hold a max > of 500 contacts then take it back and get a better phone without 3G, 3G is > pretty useless they should have waited for something better over GPRS. Yes - I did wonder. I had a look at the N73 today, that looks quite good but I do wonder about have an AF Carl Zeiss lens in a camera phone! But I think I'll get send the 6233 back to Orange and carry on with the perfectly fine 6230i. I'll ask them to value match the virgin 300 text 300 mins for £20 deal I think, especially as I don't really want a new phone. If the won't I'll just port to Virgin - the 6230i was unlocked within 30 minutes of me having it :-) > You also might want to consider cutting your loses with 800 contacts? How > often do you hear from or contact 800 people? Back your old contacts onto > your PC using PC suite. Yes, have already done that, but it's good to have them all in one place and lots of people do call me. I work in a support role for about 600 people and I am quite involved in local politics, have been a councillor. You'd be amazed how the contacts build up! Tony You might be able to get something better if you're not getting a new phone, O2 gave me £100 cash back and put me on a £8 per month 50xnet minute tariff basically costing me £9 to keep my old number. I then took out a new contract to get my N73 which is the best smart phone i've ever had. 6230 was my last best phone, the only down side was the small screen but 6230i must be amazing. >> The 6233 is a budget 3G phone, so they cut down on the other features to >> make it profitable. If it wasn't advertised that you could only hold a [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Tony |
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