How would you rate the Nokia 6233

RS2000

I noticed that Argos are doing these for half price now for only £99.99.

I thinking about getting either this or the W810i, now they've gone down to under £130.00

As i need it to work on Virgin, i have been told that a Virgin sim will work in a t-mobile phone?

I have used the W810i so i know what they're like, but can anyone give me some feedback on the 6233

Many thanx.

watcherman

RS2000 wrote:

As i need it to work on Virgin, i have been told that a Virgin sim will work in a t-mobile phone?

It wont, the Virgin phone will be locked to Virgin, although they piggy back off the T-Mobile network, it wont work with a T-Mobile sim.

RS2000 wrote:

I have used the W810i so i know what they're like, but can anyone give me some feedback on the 6233

Many thanx.

It's a nice phone, and works like any of the series 40 phones like the 6230i, the only caveat is to make sure you have the latest software version on it, you can check this by entering *#0000# on the keypad, v4.54 is the latest T-Mobile version. If it doesn't have this then it means a trip to a Nokia service centre to get it upgraded, this is free and takes 24hrs usually.

HTH

RS2000

RS2000 wrote:

As i need it to work on Virgin, i have been told that a Virgin sim will work in a t-mobile phone?

Not T-Mobile in a virgin phone?

Jez

I have the 6233 on three. Its a good phone and if your into music on your handset it has quality sound through the in-built speakers. The battery isnt great though on mine and doesnt compare all that well with my older 6630 in that respect. It only manages about an hour of calls and some browsing/video streaming before the battery gives up. £100 is a good deal... I paid double that!

gaming_guy

RS2000 wrote:

Not T-Mobile in a virgin phone?

a virgin sim will work in a t-mobile phone, but if you put a t-mobile sim in a virgin phone it wont work as virgin lock their handsets to virgin

watcherman

gaming_guy wrote:

a virgin sim will work in a t-mobile phone

A virgin sim wont work in a locked T-Mobile phone.

lethal_2

no stock wold they get any more in do you think?

gaming_guy

watcherman wrote:

A virgin sim wont work in a locked T-Mobile phone.

on my sony ericsson all 5 padlocks were locked ( in the service menu), so my phone was locked to tmobile but virgin sims worked in it

Road_Hog

watcherman wrote:

A virgin sim wont work in a locked T-Mobile phone.

Yes it will.

Piggy back virtual SP sims will always work in their providers locked phones, i.e. Virgin, Fresh, Easymobile in a T-Mobile and Tesco etc. in an O2.

But not vice versa. It is to do with the fact that the actual SP (not virtual) will still get an income from the virtual SP, but not the other way round.



PS before some pedant steps in, yes I'm aware Easymobile are no more, it was just used to help the example.

cycleman_2

Hi, my first post here so hope I've got it right, just to let anyone whos interested know, I picked up my 6233 from argos this evening, great phone , was reluctant to part with my 6230i but no regrets and YES IT DOES WORK WITH A VIRGIN SIM!!

Quinny_2

Mine replaced a 6680,and I find it a nicer phone allround.

Ken.