Key features
- Colour screen with up to 65,536 colours
- Simplified menu and navigation
- Icon-based phone book
- Sleek, executive design with chrome details
- Speaking alarm/clock
- Polyphonic ringing tones with MP3-grade sound
- Graphical demo mode for phone features both with and without SIM mode
- Full-size animated colour screensavers
- Wallpaper and themes – personalise your phone
Operating frequency
- Dual-band GSM coverage GSM E850/1900
- Automatic switching between bands
Size
- Weight: 80g
- Dimensions: 104 x 45 x 17 mm
Display and user interface
- 65,536 colour (96 x 68 pixels)
- Icon-based phonebook – graphical icons for easier management of contacts
- Icon-based menu – graphical icons for easier navigation and phone calls
- Simplified menu and Navigation with 4-way scroll key for easier phone calls
- Easy-to-use keypad
Messaging
- SMS, picture messaging, Instant Messaging (US) & Mobile QQ (China)
- OTA download of ringing tones and logos (over SMS)
- Speed dialing for SMS sending
- Large SMS storage on phone – up to 60 text messages
- Easy SMS with local input method
- Easy erase for SMS – easier to sort stored SMS in the phone
- Undo item in SMS editor to avoid accidental deletions, improving SMS efficiency
- Distribution list – create and manage your personal list
- Picture messaging
Games
- Three of the following: Snake Xenzia, Dice, Cricket Cup, Pocket Carrom, Soccer League, Adventure Quiz, Rapid Roll (selection is area dependant)
Language support
Language support depends on location. The complete list of supported languages is presented below. Check with your Nokia dealer to see which languages are supported in your location.
- Europe and Africa:
- Menu text only in Macedonian, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Kazak, Uzbek, Farsi, Sesotho, Swahili, Zulu, Xhosa, and Sesotho
- Menu and predictive text input in Afrikaans, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukranian, and Urdu
- Asia Pacific:
- Menu text only in Tami, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
- Menu and predictive text input in English, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Hindi, Thai, Pilipino (Tagalog), and Vietnamese
- China:
- Menu and predictive text input in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English
- North and Latin America:
- Menu and predictive text input in American English, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portugese
Voice features
- Integrated handsfree
- HR (except US band), FR, EFR, Full AMR codes
- Speaking clock and alarm
- Polyphonic ringing tones with MP3-grade sound
Phone features
- Demo Mode for phone features – application that displays basic phone functions and games with or without SIM card
- Changeable Xpress-on™ colour covers – refresh the look of your phone occasionally
- Large contact storage – up to 200 entries in built-in phonebook, with up to another 250 stored in the SIM card (network dependent)
- Displays colour wallpapers and screensaver
Time management
- Alarm clock
- Analogue/digital clock – choose what you prefer
- Reminders
Sales package contents
- Nokia 1600 Phone
- Nokia Battery BL-5C
- Quick guide and user guide
- Nokia Standard Charger, ACP-7/Travel Charger ACP-12 (varies by region)
Power management
Battery |
Capacity |
Talk time |
Standby time |
Nokia battery BL-5C |
900 mAh Li-Ion |
Up to 4 hr – 5 hr 30 min |
Up to 285 hr – 450 hr |