Hands-on with Verizon's Nokia 6205 "The Dark Knight" edition

by Chris Ziegler posted Jul 14th 2008 at 1:41PM

Sure, you might be the biggest Christian Bale fan in the world right now, but what about this time next year when The Dark Knight DVDs are already collecting dust on bookshelves around the globe? That was the million-dollar question on our minds when we heard that Verizon was commemorating the launch of its Nokia 6205 and the latest Batman flick with a tied-in version of the low end flip. Turns out it's all good, though -- a look through the custom packaging revealed a grand total of two battery covers, one with the Batman logo and one without, so it should be pretty easy to avoid those embarrassing "what's with the batphone?" queries in a few months' time. Otherwise, there's very little to say about the phone -- it truly is a minimalist flip -- though we're definitely excited to see Nokia's apparently renewed commitment to working not just with CDMA, but with CDMA carriers in North America.

Gallery: Hands-on with Verizon's Nokia 6205 "The Dark Knight" edition

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, EV-DO, CDMA

Tags: 6205, batman, clamshell, features, flip, hands on, hands-on, HandsOn, nokia, the dark knight, TheDarkKnight, verizon, verizon wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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zephxiii @ Jul 15th 2008 7:53AM

So much for it actually being a Nokia with that crappy Verizon GUI....what a waste.

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Alex @ Jul 23rd 2008 5:59PM

Why does everyone hate the Verizon software? The only thing I don't like is the crippled Bluetooth functionality. Other than that, I'm just fine with it.

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laguano @ Jul 23rd 2008 6:21PM

Because The Verizon UI is slow as ****, Alex
I switched my krzr from Verizon to Bell and the default UI is VERY fast.
Not only does it have crippled bluetooth, they whore off Vcast everywhere, I can now transfer Mp3s through obex and apply as a ringtone instead of paying verizon or using a website to send me the file.

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Mikhail @ Jul 23rd 2008 5:31PM

Looks a hell of a lot like LG's AX565.

http://www.lgmobilephones.com/uploadedImages/LG_Mobile/PhoneAssets/AX565_Black/ax565_black_4.jpg

Not a big fan of themed phones like that. (See also the phones they made for the Matrix). Unless you're pretty hardcore about the theme, the novelty wears off fast.

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