Cingular launches Nokia 6102

Sep 27 2005 - 06:51 PM ET | Cingular, Nokia

nokia 6102Cingular has launched the Nokia 6102, shortly after its launch at T-Mobile USA (T-Mobile launched the 6101, which is the same phone except for GSM 850 which was added in place of GSM 900 for Cingular). Features of the clamshell style Nokia include:

  • EDGE high-speed data
  • 128 × 160 pixel screen with 65K colors
  • Speakerphone
  • Yahoo! IM and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)

Cingular is selling the Nokia 6102 for $89.99 with a 2-year activation.

MobileTracker will have a review of the Nokia 6101 / 6102 up shortly.

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Comments from readers


Rico Sep 29 2005

I have this phone and it's great. Love it. SInce its a flip phone I don't accidently make calls or scratch the screen. If you are looking for a new phone, get it. Thanks!


richard Sep 29 2005

I love this phone, but the only problem have is how can u set dfferent ringtones for different people. can someone plese help me out?


diana Oct 11 2005

can u put the nokia 6102 prepaid n how much does the fone cost and can i buy it but not connect it


Laura Oct 12 2005

I currently have the Razor phone but am not happy with the reception-am trading to 6102-will I be happy?


Jill Oct 14 2005

Just got this phone. LOVE IT!!!! It is lightweight, the battery lasts VERY long, features are awesome...BUT IT NOW!!!


greg Oct 16 2005

The 6102 is awesome...

not much out for it yet, but really easy to use


Tauro72 Oct 19 2005

I just order this phone.. I have been reviewing it since a friend of mine has one too, and I think is awesome.. Great Reception and Very Light Weight with a Battery that last long between charges..

The only issue I have with it is that it does not have an universal plug-in for the ear piece, everything else for what it comes with is a phone that I highly recommend to anyone, I might just get me a second one for my girlfriend. PS.. Don't tell my wife.. :o)


Heather Oct 20 2005

i was lookin at phones and i want to get this but i want to know how many pics u can save!pleaseee write back! thankss


Maria Oct 24 2005

I want to get this phone so bad. It looks so cute and looks easy to use. I want to know if you can get real ringtones not the beats to a song but the real song. And I also want to know how many pics are you allow to store on hear. Please get back to me on this soon.


safiya Oct 24 2005

I want to get this phone so bad. It looks so cute and looks easy to use. I want to know if you can get real ringtones not the beats to a song but the real song. And I also want to know how many pics are you allow to store on hear. Please get back to me on this soon. ANd i want to know how much this phone will ost on prepaid for cingular or t-mobile ok thanks <3 SAFiYA


mik Nov 04 2005

I have the Nokia 6102 and i love it but i dont know how to set different ring tones to different numbers...


Gábor Nov 05 2005

Hy all!!I aint have this but I wish I had!!!But in Hungary still it isnt!!Is there anybody who knows when will it come to me??


alexcia Nov 06 2005

i wish i really had this phone i can't wait till i get it


Rico Nov 13 2005

im getting one of them, not fun of nokia phones,but this one seems great and theres some things i wanna know.how many pics can i save,i wanna set different ring tones for diff people.let me knw whats up with this phone.


Mavis Nov 14 2005

This phone is awesome! The reception is the best! I can't say enough about this phone. For the money it's under priced! I highly recommend this phone to everyone, it a great piece of equipment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


chris rose Nov 14 2005

does anyone know how much the phone might cost to purchase without a plan? Let me know please. Thanks.


Nicole Nov 15 2005

i bought mine for 199.99 and soon it will have the Push-to-talk so yeah its awesome!!


angel Nov 16 2005

can u get the nokia 6102 prepaid


angel Nov 16 2005

can u get the nokia 6102 prepaid


Sven Nov 16 2005

Love, love, love this phone. Only one issue, which is the same as quite a few others have, and that is how in the hell do you assign different ring tone to differnt people?????Please help!!!


CAS Nov 21 2005

I have this phone and love it, but I want to change the faceplate. Can anyone tell me how? I can't figure it out.


Ricky Nov 26 2005

yea this is the best phone i ever had but i cant figure out how 2 change the face plate HELP ME>>>>>>>>>>>PLLZZZZZZ


amanda Nov 28 2005

can u get the nokia 6102 prepaid


K Dec 01 2005

The only way I figured out to asssign a different ringtone to a person is to set up a group for that person(s) and then assign the ringtone to that group.


rman Dec 04 2005

can you get the nokia 6102 prepaid minutes?


ddaa Dec 06 2005

>can you get the nokia 6102 prepaid minutes?

Try tmobile


Yah! Dec 07 2005

I am gettin this phone I cant wait I havent see many Cons of this phone so I havee a feeling it is going to be i good phone! I also currently have a nokia but it is a candybar style (and old ewwww)


Felix - Starfish Dec 10 2005

I have had this phone for about a month and a half. And to answer a few questions I see on this post. Assign a different ring tone to a person is to set up a group for that person(s) and then assign the ring tone to that group.
Nokia se this so to allow the user to set the same ring tone for many numbers without having to add a ring tone to each one. Also full price for this phone is $190 if bought from cingular stores.



Amanda Dec 12 2005

I have had this phone for a month...LOVE IT!!! I've been sending pictures back and forth to my husbend, my mom, my grandma, as well as e-mailing the pictures to my self so I can print them out! Great quality. I can also send pictures from my computer to my phone for wallpaper(love that Kenny Chesney)Also the ringtones are the actuall songs and they sound great. my Husbend has ACDC and I have the new song by Black Eyed Peas, My Humps! I highly recomend this phone to everyone who wants a fun and "up with times" phone.


JDB Dec 13 2005

can someone tell me how do i use push to talk on my nokia 6102 im been trying to figure it out since i got it and its been like 2 weeks?


PeCkS Dec 14 2005

I want this phone bad i think imma get it for xmas if i get i want it prepaid but i dont know the cost so i need to find out holla if you know the price for a prepaid one.


ME Dec 23 2005

I am thinking of buying this phone but I have a few questions.
1)Can you use recordings as ringtones?
2)Is it possible to hook the phone up to your comp and download pics?
3)Do you have to buy special headphones to listen to the radio?
THANKS!


Diana Dec 30 2005

I just got this phone for xmas its great, but as everthing it does seem to have its cons.My only problems with the phones is that the vibrating alert is not very strong so sometimes I cannot feel it, the camera doesn't seem to have many features like zoom and flash but it does take great quality pics, also when you set up a pic to a contact for call ID it doesn't seem to show it full screen, when they call you only a little piece of the external screen shows the pic and you cant really see it until you open the flip. Other than that is a good phone!!!!
Oh yeah I want to change the faceplate too how do you do that?


Brandi Jan 03 2006

hey, how do u change face plates?


Pheiffer Jan 04 2006

I found these installation instructions - and the work :-) at -> http://www.akcessories.com/en-us/dept_30.html


Jackie Jan 05 2006

Hey I wanted to know how can u video record on the phone and does it have a wireless piece and what about the fm radio were do we get the headphones


Jackie Jan 05 2006

Hey I wanted to know how can u video record on the phone and does it have a wireless piece and what about the fm radio were do we get the headphones


Manda Jan 17 2006

Hey! I was reading some of the posts on here about this phone and maybe I can help a little. I have had this phone for about four months now and I love it! I do suggest that you keep some kind of carrier/cover on it or yours will end up like mine since my brother stepped on it! This phone has great reception, the camera could probably be better but hey it is a cameraphone so what can you expect. The radio feature has to have a special set of headphones with an antenna on it or you can just buy the antenna without the headphone feature and listen to it through the speaker. Oh, and to answer someone else's queston, yes you can use a voice recording as a ringtone. Hope this helps! And again this is an awesome phone!! woohoo!


Christine Jan 23 2006

Nokia 6102 FLIMSY phone! I had this phone for 3 days, and in that time, the screen froze, the key pad froze and the flip part felt like it was going to break in half. I returned this phone before it even had a chance to run out of batteries.


Precious Jan 23 2006

can u get the Nokia 6102 prepaid because i really want this phone let me know


dylan Jan 27 2006

hey , i just got this new 6102 and it is so awesome. not to mention idiot proof . its very heavy duty. but just one problem how can i take off my faceplate so i can put on another one?

thanks a lot


tara Jan 27 2006

hey i am going to be getting this phone in a couple of days. and want to know when i get this phone will i have alot of problems wit it


Amber Jan 31 2006

i wanted to know how many pictures can be held on the phone? and how do you program different ringers for different people? please get back to me as soon as possible. thanks


liz Feb 03 2006

i just got the phone one for me and my husband ,we love them.There very cool and it looks really nice.Also they are built though in the way the are hard to break.(Good for people who drop there phones)


Amy Feb 03 2006

T-Mobile and Cingular have them Cingular righ now has a special for free with a two year contract awsome!!!Thats how i got mine


lucy Feb 03 2006

Anybody know how to assign a rigntone without putting the in a group???


Hannah Feb 12 2006

I had this phone and I loved it, then I dropped it in the toliet and it died. :-( talk about depressing. It held around 50 pictures, and it was a great phone. If you wanna send me yours, let me know. I want it back!


peggy Feb 13 2006

hey i just got the nokia 6102 and i really love it. i have never had a camera phone so it is really new to me. setting the right tones for people is easy all you have to fo is put them in a group and assign a ring tone to that group.


Joe Mar 16 2006

Hi,
hey this phone is great...if your astudent you get for free and you can get discount for the phone plans too...i got my plan for $33 instead of $40...https://business.cingular.com/business/company_policy/company_policy_login.jsp;dsessionid=NITBJUCPXJAWXB4R0EMSFEY?_requestid=137293


Adam Mar 23 2006

Can you get the nokia 6102 prepaid and how if you can


Tyler B Apr 29 2006

Great phone love all the features and the camera phone. Looks great but recommend that you get a case to cover all the finger marks


matt kendall Apr 30 2006

This is a good phone, ive been very happy with it. But one main problem i had with it is how easly the screen can break. I had 2 of these phones, and the screen broke on both of them. The first one, i opened it, closed it, put it in my pocket, and later when i looked at it again the screen was broken. this was with about 2 months of use on it. I returned it, and got another one, and the same problem hapened with it again, in the same place. i had a crack through the middle of the screen, on both phones. I never dropped it, and never miss handled it. I didnt thinking closing it could crack a screen like it did.

other than that, its a good phone .'] enjoy


Rlynn May 01 2006

We have 3 of this phone model ~ WE really like the phone , I have had them about 6 weeks and have learned a lot from this web page alone , the FM radio is great for walkers , it is digital , but, not all the stations come in clear ~ Photo quality is so so , but, I have n ot used it a lot ~ I got the groups figured out for the different rings for people ( a good way to HEAR if you want to answer {LOL}) ~ also the hands free adapter that is included is more like an MP3 plaer the way they WRAP around the ears instead of just poking in them like the ear buds do ~ more in tact to the ear and you can hear on the radio and the phone call thru BOTH ears ~


Laneita May 17 2006

My third 6102 just broke!!! The first one was broken when I received it in December...the screens would fade in and out. The second one did the same thing after 6 weeks. Now the mini screen has broken on the third one. The phones have not been dropped or abused. Three defective phones in 6 months - this phone needs some serious re-engineering!


Karen Jun 17 2006

i've had this phone for about 3 months now. it's ok but there are a few flaws that really bug me. first, there is a significant lag time when scrolling through the menus or contacts. it's really annoying when i'm in a rush and i'm trying to find someone's contact information. second, the memory doesn't hold much. after a while i had to transfer all of my pictures and videos to my computer because my phone had no more free memory. and third, the ring tones suck! not a very good selection to choose from and i hate the idea of paying for one. overall, it's a decent phone but nothing to rave about. it's definitely a trusty nokia but they really dropped the ball with the overall design and engineering. i don't think i'd actually recommend it to anyone...there's definitely better ones out there.


kristin Jul 02 2006

ive had this phone for a few months and just recently (as in a few days ago) the mini lcd screen on the outside of the phone cracked in half! my mom also bought the same phone and the same thing happened to hers after about 2 weeks. no matter if you drop it or what you do to it, the screen should not break that easily! my phone only allows me to hold about 30 pictures on it, but otherwise i do like it.


kristin Jul 02 2006

ive had this phone for a few months and just recently (as in a few days ago) the mini lcd screen on the outside of the phone cracked in half! my mom also bought the same phone and the same thing happened to hers after about 2 weeks. no matter if you drop it or what you do to it, the screen should not break that easily! my phone only allows me to hold about 30 pictures on it, but otherwise i do like it.


kristin Jul 02 2006

ive had this phone for a few months and just recently (as in a few days ago) the mini lcd screen on the outside of the phone cracked in half! my mom also bought the same phone and the same thing happened to hers after about 2 weeks. no matter if you drop it or what you do to it, the screen should not break that easily! my phone only allows me to hold about 30 pictures on it, but otherwise i do like it.


ashley Jul 19 2006

i really want this phone and for people who don't know how to get a new ringtone for each person you can't. not on any nokia BUT you can put people in a caller group and assign a ringer for each group


skip Jul 26 2006

The outside mini- screen cracked on our daughter's phone only after two three months of use. The phone was not dropped or abused in anyway.

Replacing it with carrier (Cingular) cost $50 on top of a monthly insurance fee.


person Jul 26 2006

I just got this phone about 2 weeks ago. Its been great but i accidently got water on it. I took the battery out and everything is working fine except the camera because there is still water on the lens and mini screen. I was just wondering if anyone could give be instructions on how to take the front cover off so it could dry. Thanks


Tien Aug 28 2006

Isnt be got that phone today. lOokin rally good now. fiends who I know be saying that it pimpin now. they playin now. its liken on a phone now. id get this if you can have it now.


Jake Aug 28 2006

Tien - where are you from? I hope English is your third language, because you're not making any sense.

This phone is pretty good. It's light, the battery lasts a long time and the reception is fantastic. I recommend it - or as Tien would say, 'id get this if you can have it now'.


Grace Sep 10 2006

This phone is great....the only thing i don't know how to do on this phone is change the faceplate...so if anybody knows how to do this,please tell me....O,and i got my phone for $10.00 woth a 2 year contract!!!!!!!!!


Mike Sep 14 2006

yeah, ive had this phone for a lil over 6 months now, its on prepay and its one of the best phones i had, if you search in google itll tell you how to install faceplates and pull of the front cover..its some complicated stuff if you dont have the right tool (the tool is called a t-6 tool and its a prying tool and it has the torx wrench needed..you can get them on eBay) if you have a crappy reception after a while, get one of the antenna boosters they work. Yep, this phone is pretty decent for the price, the downsides are the bulky antenna, the lack of a universal earpiece port, and no bluetooth (unless you get the 6102i) but overall, its an 8 out of 10


Mary Oct 06 2006

I would personally not recommend this phone to anyone. Keep looking for something better. I've had the 6102 for a year now and have had so many problems... especially with Cingular. I'm now on my third of this model because it keeps on falling apart. Yes, there is a lag when scrolling. No, you can't assign personal contact ring-tones. There isn't nearly enough memory space for pictures and such. The top piece that covers the antenna can pop off and, if lost, is quite difficult to replace and can lead to more problems if not replaced right away. The speaker isn't loud enough at all either. These are only the problems I can think of off the top of my head.


Mary Oct 06 2006

I would personally not recommend this phone to anyone. Keep looking for something better. I've had the 6102 for a year now and have had so many problems... especially with Cingular. I'm now on my third of this model because it keeps on falling apart. Yes, there is a lag when scrolling. No, you can't assign personal contact ring-tones. There isn't nearly enough memory space for pictures and such. The top piece that covers the antenna can pop off and, if lost, is quite difficult to replace and can lead to more problems if not replaced right away. The speaker isn't loud enough at all either. These are only the problems I can think of off the top of my head.


Mary Oct 06 2006

I would personally not recommend this phone to anyone. Keep looking for something better. I've had the 6102 for a year now and have had so many problems... especially with Cingular(but that's a story within itself.. *go to Verizon*). I'm now on my third of this model because it keeps on falling apart. Yes, there is a lag when scrolling. No, you can't assign personal contact ring-tones. There isn't nearly enough memory space for pictures and such. The top piece that covers the antenna can pop off and, if lost, is quite difficult to replace and can lead to more problems if not replaced right away. The speaker isn't loud enough at all either. These are only the problems I can think of off the top of my head.


Mary Oct 06 2006

I would personally not recommend this phone to anyone. Keep looking for something better. I've had the 6102 for a year now and have had so many problems... especially with Cingular(but that's a story within itself.. *go to Verizon*). I'm now on my third of this model because it keeps on falling apart. Yes, there is a lag when scrolling. No, you can't assign personal contact ring-tones. There isn't nearly enough memory space for pictures and such. The top piece that covers the antenna can pop off and, if lost, is quite difficult to replace and can lead to more problems if not replaced right away. The speaker isn't loud enough at all either. These are only the problems I can think of off the top of my head.


Robert Dingley Oct 08 2006

I just received (2) 6102i phones, direct from Cingular. Neither one will charge. Both have the BL-C4 batteries and the AC-3U chargers. Not operator error. Anyone experience this?


Robert Dingley Oct 08 2006

I just received (2) 6102i phones direct from Cingular. Niether one will charge. Have the BL-4C batteries and the AC-3U chargers. Not operator error. Anyone else experience this. Will take them to the local Cingular store tomorrow.


Robert Dingley Oct 09 2006

Disregard my Oct 08 2006 post. Both phones are ok. The person in the store said the charge indicator does not show on the mini screen, (as the book says). So it was operator error. (hard to admit!!)


Rachel Oct 30 2006

Don't buy this phone!! I bought this phone and i have had it for less than a year and the wires are exposed in the top left hand corner. Cingular shipped me the replacement phone and with in 2 weeks the wires were already showing in the exact same place. it has been kept in a cover and taken care of. it is very cheaply made.


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