The 2600 is a standard Nokia candy bar phone thats a salute to minimalism. It is clad in basic black with just an orange ring around the center column of keys to give it some individuality. The lines are straight and clean, but its tapered edges are a nice touch. The 2600 is 4.21 inches long by 1.84 inches wide by 0.79 inch thick and weighs 3.17 ounces.
It is compact and portable, but the plastic skin feels rather flimsy. The display measures 1.5 inches wide and supports 65,000 colors (128x128 pixels). Though thats a low resolution display when compared with most other current cell phones, its fitting for such a low end phone. Graphics and photos arent sharp, but colors are relatively bright and the screen isnt washed out.
Whats more, the icon based menus are intuitive. You can change the standby mode font color and the font size and activate a power saver mode.The 2600s navigation array consists of a square silver toggle with a black OK button. Though it is decently sized and raised above the surface of the phone, its also a bit slippery with a plastic feel.
It didnt present us with any problems, though, and you can set the toggle to act as shortcut to four user defined functions.
Two soft keys and the Talk and End or power buttons complete the array. They have a spacious layout as well but theyre flush and equally slippery. Also, wed like a dedicated back key and a camera shortcut. The keypad buttons are hit and miss. They didnt feel cramped, but they arent very tactile. Similarly, while we like that the central column of keys is colored in gray, the back lighting could be brighter. We didnt suffer from any misdials, but rapid texting did feel awkward.
Like T-Mobiles recent Nokia 1680, the 2600 doesnt have a dedicated volume rocker, which means you must use the toggle to change the volume level during a call. Thats rather inconvenient. On the right spine, youll find the charger port and a 2.5 mm headset jack. The camera lens and mirror rest on the phones backside above the single speaker.
