NEC N600i

  • Released 2005, Q3
    113g, 24.5mm thickness
    Feature phone
    20MB storage, microSD slot
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  • 2.0"
    240x320 pixels
  • 1.3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 1000mAh
    Li-Ion

NEC N600i - Specs

Network Technology GSM / UMTS
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands UMTS 2100
Speed Yes, 384 kbps
Launch Announced 2005, Q3
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 94.4 x 47.5 x 24.5 mm (3.72 x 1.87 x 0.96 in)
Weight 113 g (3.99 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 2.0 inches, 30 x 40 mm, 12.4 cm2 (~27.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~200 ppi density)
 Second external B/W STN display (30 x 120 pixels)
Incoming LED indicator
Downloadable pictures
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 128 MB (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 500 entries, Photocall
Call records 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls
Internal 20MB
Main Camera Single 1.3 MP
Features LED flash
Video Yes
Selfie camera Single VGA videocall camera
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 1.1
GPS No
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser i-mode
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, DoJa 2.5
 MP3 player
Predictive text input
Organizer
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 200 h
Talk time Up to 3 h 20 min
Misc Colors Silver

NEC N600i - User Reviews

  • Hi there I had been using this phone from 2007 till now.at first when I bought it I thought it was the best phone ever for it's price.when a friend of mine wanted to send me a ringtone I couldnt receive it. At. First i thought that the Bluetooth was broken but when I read in reviews it doesn't work at all only for sending contacts. And the battery life sucks. After knowing that I bought an HTC which I think is the best phone ever and also the battery life is way much better even if WLAN is on. In general nec products sucks

  • this phone is difficult to use.. it's not friendly user

  • NEC N600i is not good mobile phone in indonesia called JADUL not familiar in here cause it's ugly N bad

  • my goodness.. this phone sucks.. no battery life.. its in my drawer for almost 1 year.. waht a phone ..

  • dont buy. camera and bluetooth are nt good at all!!

  • How can I create WAP & GPRS connection/account? Plz anybody help me!

  • i got a NEC 600i and the bluetooth doesnt work it says the conection could not be honored or something like that could someone help me?

  • Bad, bad, bad, slow menu, memory support sucks 1g won't work, battery life sucks, can't even find a replacement, mic is intermittent which means people can't hear me half the time, I had a NEC616 before which was bulky (hence the need to get the 600i) but never failed, plastic feel to it....... Dont get it

  • how can i activate bluethooth and imode pls reply awating for ur reply

  • I have been using this phone for 1 year, there is no problem on this phone. When I rang NEC for technical query, they were so supportive and helpful for me.

  • Unless NEC does something quick to take care of the many serious problems, its brand name is going to suffer greatly. The unit stinks.

  • i want a n600i pc software.

  • Please answer to do this. I have purchased this phone and when I try put mp3s on it it says "Please Activate External Connection" How do I do that???

  • Absolutely horrible phone. I had just arrived back from living in Japan, using the Docomo phone with i-Mode. When I saw that I could get the i-Mode here too, I jumped at the chance. Huge mistake! It's currently in for repairs for the third time in less than 12 months. The same problems as everyone else - the battery died at the drop of a hat (that problem has finally been fixed but I only had to wait, oh, nearly three months to get it back!); now the fact that people can't hear me when I'm speaking to them (unless I have the headphones in with the mic attached). Worst phone I've ever owned. I only wish I'd seen this site earlier so I knew who to direct my complaints to. The boys and girls at my local Telstra shop wouldn't know their a**hole from their elbow.

  • Oh my god!!!!! Can this phone even support 1gig memory card????? It sux!!!!!

  • The phone is totally absurd!!! You cant use mp3 as ringtone,the camera is lousy, the bluetooth is like non-existence, the time needed for messages to load is even more time-absorbing......................

  • It is a P.O.S seriously trust me,don't buy it because of most of the reasons stated above and the video is slow if it actualy works.................. PS.don't buy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!concerned citizen of brisbane queensland

  • Hey, I just bought the this phone I tried to put a song on the phone and an error comes up saying "Please Activate External Connection". Could anyone please help me by knowing how to Activate it. Thx.

  • i'm so fed cause i my frens can't even bluetooth me! a 3g phone which can't even receive b.t?

  • I purchased 5 of these phones for family. Out of those 5 four have been in the repair shop.Calls drop out, people cant hear me on the other end, battery goes flat quick. I hate this phone,and wouldnt recommend it. On the good side staff at Telstra told me if the phone needs to be reaired for a third time i will get a new one and I will asking for a new model. My advice complain and tack it back.

  • sorry guys may i know can this phn support 256mb or 512mb memory card? ? ?

  • This is the worst mobile phone we have ever had. We purchased 6 months ago and have had nothing but trouble with it. Battery lasts sometimes for a day and sometimes 5 min. The phone continually turns off, even if battery fully charged. There is no warning the phone just turns off even if part way thru a call. Coverage is terrible. My sister in law has the same phone and the same list of problems. Do yourself a favour and steer clear of these toys. There are a lot better options for the money. Regards Adrian

  • [email protected] Please help! Why i got usim error; it seem some of the sim card is not working with the nec n600i phone. and i cant data transfer the file by bluetooth? only for headset? cant configure the ringtone? indeed, the con: i cant see anything under the sun.

  • CRAP! CRAP! CRAP! My first N600i Stuffed up in so many ways - most of them have been listed in prior posts, NEC replaced my first handse with another N600i which wouldn't even turn on - I'm in the middle of disputing this with the company and think there going to refund the worst AU$729 i've ever spent! Keep complaining, you'll get somewhere eventually. Email your complaint to: [email protected], you should recieve a reply!

  • The phone is total dud, and next to useless, where do I begin: SMS arrives user waits 10 to 15 seconds before it's actually viewable, Send an SMS wait 10 - 15 seconds before u can do anything. Then your left with a screen option. Something useful no way! It's an NEC. The option your left with is an option to reply to same person! wheres the sense? No flash on the camera. I cant find MP3's i've downloaded into folders on the memory card. Ringtones- cant use MP3. iMode - battery lasts about 5 min. Can't charge while up loading / down loading net result flat battery. Add / Delete phone numbers takes all day T9 is absurd, i used to use it on my nokia no probs here forget it. If it was a bit bigger i could us it for a boat anchor ..

  • I am so glad this phone was a gift. Having been a Nokia user for the last 10 years this phone sux in comparison. Counter intuitive interface, battery goes flat without warning, bad PC software, can't upload midi files as ringtones! Can't download an existing ringtone to work out it's format, can't use mp3 as ringtone, haven't used i-mode and don't intend to. Telstra wasted a shitload on that! HAHA!

  • Matt, I too touched base with NEC here in Australia and sent complaints off to management with No reply. YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE!!!Sometimes the phone does not respond for over 10 secs after pressing a button. Sometimes screen goes black. Menu system is complicated. Battery gets hot and doesn't last long. NEC helpdesk advise problems will not be fixed. Never buy a NEC phone!

  • This aint no good phone.Its so difficult to use.To add on dis phone is bulky and with that antenna sticking out..NO way

  • the good: i got mu phone about 6 months ago, and compared to my old phone, this is the bees knees, and have never had a problem with it. i bought a 128MB micro SD card and can now fit 2X full movies in 3GPP format, and i find the battery lasts long enough to watch both in full. (although the sound is very quiet, but i think this is an issue with the video file itself, not the phone, as mp3's play fine) 3G has not been rolled out in our area yet, so i wont comment on that but imode is great (although a bit slow) the bad: i got one for my wife at the same time and she has trouble with the phone cutting out during calls. you cant see the screen when you are outside, i cant send shit via bluetooth either, but i think bluetooth is only for use with headsets and not capable of data transfer. (i'll have to check my user guide) as for user friendly: you should know never to buy anything user friendly as it is is prone to problems, and it's harder to use any advanced features. i have heard nothing but negative comments about this phone from other people that have one. i rate this this phone as medeocre(??) it has is ripper points, and it has it bad points (yes, i too am pissed i cant use mp3s' as ringtones). i rate it 6 out of 10, and ask that we all join hands and pray to the mobile phone gods to deliver us a flashable upgrade, to solve all of our woes. Amen.

  • Well, I have now had mine for nearly one year, and the comments I posted a few months ago still stand! What is truely annoying was when I touched base with NEC here in Australia. I suggested I was not the only one with issues, but he said; "You're the only one!" Lot of money for something that quite simply is outperformed by a $69 own-it-outright prepaid!

  • Although this phone can do about a zillion things, I use only the basics as I can't find anything in the menus. There's no reason or rhyme to the menu or the manual, even when I search online in the manual, I can't find what I need. After having the NEC 600i for a few months, I sure miss my Nokia. I'm tired of having to ring NEC everytime I want to do something different, and most of the time the person on the phone has to go away and ask someone because they don't know how to use it either, if NEC can't use their own phone what hope have we got. The only good thing about all my calls to NEC is that in a way I'm writing my own manual.

  • I know that mobile phone technology is advanced for me, but having this phone has made me feel absolutely stupid. Can't work out how to send images etc...to another phone via bluetooth. Not user friendly at all. User manual not so good either. A bit disappointing. Is nothing simple anymore?

  • ask a question.? can't we use the mp3 as a ringtone? its plays mp3 but can't use it as a ringtone?? #!$@#~#

  • After using Nokia's all my life this is definitely a frustrating phone to use. I have trouble hearing anyone speak if there is background noise around me, the battery goes flat very quickly (and sometimes without warning!), change between menus is slow and the screen is often hard to see. Also there are little icons in the corner that are not docuemnted - what does a palm tree mean? On the good side - I dont need to lock the keypad.

  • Contact groups (Menu.5.5) are lost when phone is powered off. Cannot change contact group in NEC Moblie Suite v2.11 to another. Hoping there is new firmware & software coming out soon to fix these faults.

  • I am so glad I won my N600i in a contest. It is slow, it's software is not well thought out (like, one Contact can only belong to one Group), forget the games unless you want to fall asleep, battery flat in a day, and simply way too many steps to do relatively simple tasks as on other phones. Though, in one respect, having been in I.T. for 27 years, I can work around most things...if I treat it like a PC!

  • The phone is so complicated to use, slow and the batt is flat within 1 day.

  • the phone is complicated at first but i have gotten used to it now after a few days. i am 25. i would not recommend this phone to my dad or anyone who doesn't like complicated devices. what really bugs me is the ringtones are not loud enough. i have everything set to the loudest and i still miss calls. also the phone is a bit slow in some menus, like when you have just received a message you have to wait for it to come up. this phone needs a bit of refinement. there is also a lack of a "RING RING" tone that you can set. this annoys me because usually they are the loudest. i don't use the bluetooth or I-mode. the screen is hard to see in the sun.

  • I second the slow response issue on the N600i. We need to spread this word where possible in hope for a firmware upgrade... I've just switched from a Nokia N-Gage where the operating system was relatively slow to begin with, but this is just rediculous... i mean... you don't go trying to type SMSes in the store when you're looking buying one of these, to test how fast they are! you expect it to respond to your keypresses immediately 10 times out of 10, not 8 or 7 out of 10! Not only that, sometimes when I flip the phone open to use it, it takes up to 10-15seconds to open the menu screen... that's just not on... it's almost to the point where it can be considered a fault! I feel sucked in... they need to match the OS capability to match the Hardware capability, like maybe using a lower screen resolution or something... I really hope NEC pay attention to their customers requests, becuase the more people that buy this phone, the more people are going to be unhappy with the product and as a result, not buy an NEC phone again... i mean, it's not easy to return phones once you open the packet!

  • i am quite alrite with most of things of this phones, but don't like the antena,and also the battery performance ! after abt 10minutes of imode site browsing, lost 1 bar ! I have averagely ard 30min talk time per day, still have to charge the phone daily ! when battery left with 2 bars, the phone get hot easily when u talk or surf imode site continuosly for ard 5minutes ! anyone has any opinions to share on its battery capability?

  • The phone is damn slow! It can't catch up with my SMS typing, I have to wait for the menus to fill the screen. It's too slow to be useful. Is NEC going to come up with a revised firmware or address this issue? I am just about to switch back to my Nokia 6230.

  • imode was invented in 1997, this phone has ok software but bad hardware design, nec still have a long way to go

  • Why can't I use some of the MIDI files for the ringtones? Isn't this supposed to take up to 72 polyphonic tones?

  • Pro: i mode function very useful Stable 3G function Nice Main LCD Small phone(3G) Mp3 Playback is nice Normal earphone can be use(SE W800i) Cons Slow interface Not so user friendly Camera abit suck Hate Transflash card No hotslot for mem card

  • No, u are not the 1st one. I'm the 2nd one here. Haven't use both phone and the i-mode service yet. So what's the bad part abt this phone ? How's the bluetooth ?

  • Gotish! saaaaaa i'm the 1st one! hehe, ok, this phone has good features, but needs to improve the capacity of expandable memory cards