I have been waiting for this phone to launch since July. Awesome news, going to pick one up today!

Funny how this world works. Cingular posted the 6682 for $299 with a new 2 year contract. I found that LetsTalk.com had the same 6682 (for Cingular) for first, $149.99, then for $99, both prices also required a 2 year contract. btw, i in no way am affiliated with letstalk

Wow, Alessio that's a good find. I don't know why but that site has a lot of phones for cheaper than Cingular. I think Amazon.com usually has good prices too.

I think I'm going to pick one up this weekend. Very nice looking spec list. I was waiting for the ROKR, but it turned out to be a non-event.

Is that price from the LetsTalk site still good if you are already a Cingular customer? I am willing to renew my contract...

Chris, unfortunately no. I'm with Cingular now and my contract expired a couple of months ago. I tried upgrading to the 6682 AND signing up for two years but was informed that I would have to pay letstalk's full price of $249 since I already had an account with Cingular. To Cingular, for some inexplicable reason, it only makes sense to get new accounts through third-party vendors not mere phone upgrades. I've been anxiously waiting for this phone for quite some time and I didn't want to pay $299 to Cingular or $249 to letstalk so I had my wife order the phone for her (at $99) but of course I will be using it. we ordered the phone a couple of days ago, should be here today - letstalk offers 2 day fedex for free.

That's really a shame, but thanks for the update. Why do they hurt their own customers? We should be treated at least as well as new customers... Probably more since that is how they have their business!!

Oh well, this looked neat but I don't know if it's worth the full price (and probably still have to agree to more years of service).

Can I buy it without service? Maybe direct from Nokia.

I agree. Oddly, nokiausa has linked with letstalk. It wasn't on nokiausa's website yesterday. Oh well; if you want to extend your contract, the phone will be $199. Without contract $359.

Where can I get a 6682 for$299 without contract? I did find the Lets talk deal though.

Is it locked to Cingular? Can it be used with TMO?

Finally got my hands on the 6682. This is one nice looking phone, with a very nice screen - much, much clearer than I anticipated; the color is all silver, which matches very well with my PowerBook; set up was a breeze; sync with my bluetooth headset went without any problems; sent via Bluetooth all of my contacts with my old SE phone in under 4 mins (I have a lot of entries); made one call, VERY good sound quality, even though I'm on the 42nd floor of a skycraper; quality of viewfinder for camera is noticeably better than most phone cameras; screen very prone to smears (expected); the sliding camera "door" seems a little loose; multimedia card slot was a bit difficult to open, but that should get easier with further use; included stereo headset seems "rough" to the touch. All in all, so far, this is one good looking, easy to use phone.

Where can i find the deal for nokia 6682 for $99.The price that i get is $149.Can anyone help me or send me the link to my mail address:mclaein@yahoo.co.in

To anyone disputing Cingular's policy about not matching Letstalk.com's pricing, we are unable to do this as the equipment you are buying is not being sold by Cingular. Basically we sell the phone to letstalk and they set their own pricing. Cingular's warranty, insurance, troubleshooting, or tech support would be unable to assist should you choose to go with letstalk. In addition you would also be bound by their terms and conditions in addition to Cingulars ($250 ETF fee in addition to Cingular's $150). Letstalk sells their equipment at such a discount because they make the difference up in commisions and service fees.

And with that, it was gone. From Cingular's website, that is.

I'm suffering with the HS50 bluetooth headset in that after dropping the connection because of bbeing out of range or using my car's bluetooth, establishing re-connection is a challenge without first powering off the phone. Then I notice the 6682 frequently deletes the call-log. ANyone else having these issues?

wow you can get nokia 6682 by free at http://www.cellularchoices.net/manufacturer/nokia/phones/ but it depends in your place

don't wait fro the free 6682 from cellularchoices, i've been waiting for about a month now and they still tell me the shipment is comming and they dont give me a date, so i'm cancelling my order and getting the 7610 straight from nokia i'm sick of waiting for this great phone.

Yes, my 6682 also deletes the call logs on power off. Been in contact with both Cingular and Nokia. They're blaming each other. The theory is that it is either an incompatibility with Cingular's 64K SIMs or the result of Cingular tweeking the software. 6682s using T-Mobile supposedly don't have this problem. According to Cingular, Nokia is aware of the problem and plans to issue a fix, albeit probably not until sometime in November at the earliest.

I finally got my hands on the new Nokia 6682 and but I keep having problems with it. It kept intermittently shuting off on its own so I went and got exchanged it for a second one within the 30 days of purchase and now the second one keeps doing the same. Does any body else have the same problems?

Yes there is a issue with Cingular and the Nokia 6682. The problem is Cingular's SIM Card the newer 64K one. Cingular employees in the stores know of the problem and dont want to say anything and hope you will give up on exchanging the phone. Some employees of non corprate stores will usually readidly tell you about the known issue and problem. The only solution for this great phone with a crappy service from Cingular is to try and hunt down a 32K Older SIM card. You can find them on ebay or do what I did go and try to hunt one down from a Cingular store you may have better luck finding one from a non corprate store than the main cingulars stores as they can be sometimes hard to find. I got one for free at one these stores. Once I got this it resolved the phone turning off suddenly and the problem of loosing the call log list. I assume that they Firmware will be updated on the phone soon and then you will be able to use the 64K sim card soon. But switching to the older 32K SIM card will get you through till then. Hope this helps you guys.

hi,
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i want to buy a 2 nokia 6682 in cingular contract.
so tell me what's the lowest prize for two phone.
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I want to buy nokia 6682 but i am really confused that the phone letstalk is offering is the one problem free phone or is it the same one with all the above problems peoples are having. Please tell me that should i buy it or should i wait for the amazon deal as for now (01/21/06) the phone is not available on amazon but it is available at letstalk with $149 deal.Please advice me that what to do to get problem free phone.

Having issues with my phone too....taking it back tomorrow to exchange (2/14), the firmware says 10/05, does anyone know if it has been updated yet?

I bought my nokia 6682 sometime last month (March 2006). I notice that the key pad freezes sometimes, only to return to normal when I turn off and turn on the phone. On one occasion, while dialing a number, the screen lights went out even while I was still dialing. Is there something I haven't been doing right?

Hi Pat,
Just to answer your query, I think its to do with the new 64K SIM card too. I have been having similar problems on my 6682..including the so called "Nokia 6682 Morning Sickness" problem (where the phone freezes in the morning after charging it).
I have just found a work around for it. When charging my phone, I turn my Auto time update to OFF and switch off the cellphone. In other words, when I am charging the 6682, I am charging it after switching it off and Auto time update set to OFF. That seems to solve the freezing problem completely. Hope this helps for you.

Just got mine the other day @ Cingular. I was thinking of returning it because i have also experienced some problems:

* The phone shuts off every now & then EVEN if I don't have my SIM card in it. SO I don't think it's the sim card. I did try to go into tools, settings, phone, display & switched the screen saver timeout to 1 minute vs 5 minutes & i'm not sure if it worked but it hasn't happened again yet.

* Slowdown - I think it also might be due to all the junk cingular downloads into the phone to try to bill you the per use of access to the internet. I think that might be part of the problem. So i created a junk folder and stuck all the stuff that seemed like junk in the folder. It then also went into tools, manager and then erased a bunch of stuff but the only problem is that i may have erased some of the really good stuff to keep. - My Phone is still slowing Down.

I wish i knew what to do & of course if you bring the phone back to cingular they will say - well it doesn't look like there's anything wrong.

Does anyone know:

1) How to really fix this automatic shutdown problem?

2) What programs in this Nokia 6682 should NEVER be deleted? (Junk Vs Non-Junk)

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I see the issues above; does anyone have fix for the CLOCK? I live in Ft. Lauderdale and have it set to Miami (EST); NY shows up as being 2 hours difference in time (auto update on)??? Suggestions or fixed for this?

I have the same bluetooth headset issue Larry mentions with a 6682 (on the Cingular network in CA) I just got a week ago. I have a Plantronics headset, but I sometimes have to power-cycle the phone in order to re-establish the bluetooth headset connection. Any ideas?

I searched for firmware upgrades but couldn't find anything.

I have had my 6682 from Cingular since march 2006. this is the third unit that i have gotten from Cingualr waranty. the dispay goes off for no reason, and the 'buttons' the softkeys freeze up, and dont function, like the talk button! if you power the phone off and then back on, then it is fine. Sometimes i have to power off three times a day, and sometimes it is OK for two whole days. it sounds like it has goo dfeatures, but it is a crapy phone. my third phone is doing the button frrzing and shutting off as well. it is the original SIM card.

I have been having the same "power off" issues that have been described above. Originally, I thought I had just gotten a defective phone (as it happened the first time about 5 days after I got the phone). I had the phone exchanged a week ago through Cingular Exchange by Mail. 36 hours after I got the new phone, the same thing happened. I had a HUGE fight with Cingular, with the final conclusion being they will send me a new phone (which I should receive tomorrow). If it crashes, they are willing to allow me to get a phone from a different manufacturer. I had the SIM card from my OLD LG phone (purchased in 2004) in there, which was replaced just yesterday in the hopes that the problem will be solved...I hope so, because I'm super frustrated by the fact that I can't even power down the phone. I have to PHYSICALLY remove the battery to get the phone to turn off (NO KEYS on the phone work when it freaks out like this). Has anyone else had these same issues???

Laurie--

I've had the same issue with my phone seizing up. It hasn't shut down on its own like some others, but just freezes, to the point where I have to manually remove the battery then restart. A friend with the same phone is having the same problem. I'm not sure what to do about it--will try turning off Auto time update suggested by Nathan, but I may just return it. Very annoying.

Thankfully i have not had any of these situations... SO far im lovin the phone with its features. Just be carefull of the camera protecter screen, it feels like its gonna come off :/

i also have this 6682 crap from cingular. i actually got this phone because the razrV3 i had was a piece also. it took me 3 hours or arguing and threatening to go to altell before they offered me a product from another manufacturer. so i've had this phone for a total of 4 days and none of them were problem free. not even the first day. i noticed that it would cycle itself on/off, but i thought that maybe it was initializing or updating or whatever. from reading this, i can see that this is not the case. i had cingular send me another phone today, of course it'll be remanufactured. this is the third phone that i've had to order in a week, literally. 2 razrs and now this POS. mine locks up and shuts itself down...pretty much does as it wishes. they told me that if this next phone has a problem then they will allow me to get my upgrade early and send me an entirely new phone from another manufacturer. i think thats the road i will take. it's very hard to get the people at cingular to listen, but i am very persistent. if you have the time to argue with them, i'm sure you will yield some good results.

i love this phone! ive never once had a problem with it

I think we should file a lawsuit against Cingular or Nokia for this shutdown and button freeze problem. Seems like everyone is going through these problems. This is so much hassle and not worth exchanging the phone. They should refund the full price of the phone and the monthly plan fee as well due to these issues. What do you guys think? we should start a website get enough names on the list and then get a lawyer.

this is my second one doing the same freeze up issue. i have to pull the battery and replace it to get it to work. i am calling them today to see what they say

I've also been experiencing the restart/freezing issues with the 6682.

Where do you check the firmware in the menu? I cant find it.

Is there a firmware/software update that fixes this problem?