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Nokia C6-01 review: Battery life and connectivity
The battery life on the Nokia C6-01 has impressed, managing over two days on its 1050mAh battery, without charge with reasonable use.
From a connectivity point of view, the Nokia C6-01 provides the standard Bluetooth and USB options, but the USB comes with a bit of a special extra.
It shares the USB Master functionalities with the rest of the Symbian^3 range, which means that if you buy the right Nokia cable, you can connect any USB drive to the phone's micro-USB connector and the internal file manager will see it make it browseable directly from the phone.
This enables the user to play videos and music straight from external USB drives and to perform quick transfers on and off the device.
The required Nokia Adapter Cable for USB OTG CA-157 cable is only provided with the Nokia N8, although the Nokia C6-01 is provided with a standard USB Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-179.
Another special from previous models is that video can be transmitted from the Nokia C6-01 via a headphone jack with the composite cable to a TV - as provided with the old Nokia N95 8GB.
The Nokia C6-01 doesn't support HD like the N8, but you could still use the phone as a middle man to play videos from an external USB drive to a TV screen as long as you have red, white and yellow composite connections available.
As with the N8 and C7, you can also connect a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse as well to use the phone as a TV media player. The required Nokia Video-Out CA-75U Cable is not supplied with the Nokia C6-01, although it can be purchased directly from Nokia's Online Store for £25.
