The Nokia 6086 is another clamshell offering from Nokia’s stable, though in line with recent clamshell offerings, the phone offers more than you might imagine on initial display. The phone’s dimensions are compact at 92mm x 46mm x 23mm and it is light at 84 grams, making it perfect for easy portability and fits comfortably in the smallest of pockets. The battery power supply offers 240 hours GSM and 96 hours UMA of standby time, with 5 hours GMS and 6 hours UMA of talk time, more than generous in today’s market.

This is Nokia’s second entry into the modern UMA (licence-free mobile access) market, which enables easy roaming access between all standard mobile phone networks, along with a constant WiFi connection in relevant areas. This type of system is proving to be more and more popular, although the Nokia 6086 also supports GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900 and UMA. The mobile uses the powerful EDGE software, which is the most up-to-date on the market.

The phone itself is currently available in black and white and offers two LCD screens, one on the outside for call and message alerts without opening the phone, as well as the larger main screen inside the body of the phone. Although the keyboard has a slightly different style than on older Nokia phones, the position of the keys and the navigation scroll key are the same.

The phone itself offers a variety of messaging options, from standard SMS to MMS to the now-essential email function, which is supported by the built-in WAP browser. The phone also offers a camera feature, though it’s not as up-to-date as it could be. However, it does support Bluetooth data transfer, although Nokia has decided to skip the more common infrared option, moving away from the standard. Since Bluetooth is now common on most electronic devices, this shouldn’t be a major problem.

The Nokia 6086 also has a number of pre-installed JAVA games to help with those long journeys and offers the now familiar personal organizer common in 99% of mobile phones today. With additional memory ports to add additional capacity, the Nokia 6086 has most of the required features, although it is not a high-end model, more of an entry-level new-tech phone. Due out early 2007, more revisions to follow.