Spice QT-66

Overview

Good Choice for QWERTY Lovers

Overview of Spice QT66

Spice QT 66 is a QWERTY bar mobile phone manufactured by India’s Spice Telecom. It is a dual-SIM phone and has a bigger internal memory than its predecessor Spice QT 61. It can also support a bigger memory card-up to 16GB.

Spice QT66 Design and Build Quality

Spice QT 66 has a stylish design with a changeable front and a brightly-colored back panel. The phone weighs 80g and measures 101.8 x 49.4 x 14.4 mm. It has a candy bar design and a 2.4-inch TFT display screen that can display 262 K colors. It also comes with a vibrator feature. The battery is the standard Li-ion and has a 1000mAh rating. It can support 3 hours of talk-time and remain charged for up to 300 hours when on standby mode. It works on a dual GSM network of 900 MHz and 1800 MHz.

User Interface and Comfort to Use Spice QT66

Spice QT 66 relies on a Java OS. In general, it is quite comfortable to use and easy to carry around due to its lightweight.

Telephone and Phonebook

Spice QT 61 can accommodate 1000 contacts and store up to 1500 SMSs, which is an impressive storage capability.

Messaging and Email

Spice QT 66 supports both SMS and MMS but not EMS. It can store up to 1500 SMSs. Other messaging features include:

• SMS Templates
• MMS
• Concatenated Messages
• Send to Group
• Send to Many
• SMS Counter

Gallery, Photo Viewer and Video Player

Spice QT 66 comes with a 2.0 Megapixels camera with a digital zoom, a video recorder, and video player. The user can extend the phone’s T-flash memory of 87Mb to allow the storage of extra images by using a 16GB memory card.

Spice QT66 Music Player and FM Radio

Spice QT 66 comes with an in-built FM radio and Music Player. Sound quality is good.

Spice QT66 Camera and Image Quality

Spice QT 61 has a 2 Megapixel camera. Its image quality is good.

Video Camera and Video Quality

The phone has 2MP camera with a wide screen video, digital zoom and photo CLI. It also has good video recording capabilities. Video recording options include both WAV and AMR formats at 30 fps. Video playback is in two formats; 3GP and MP4.

Spice QT66 Connectivity Options

The connectivity options for the Spice QT 66 include:

• WAP version 2.0 with A2DP
• Bluetooth version 2.0
• GPRS Class 12
• EDGE

This phone does not support Wi-Fi, Infrared and WLAN.

Organizer and Other Utility Tools

Spice QT 66 comes with all the standard organizer tools.

Spice QT66 Web Browser and Applications

The phone has a GPRS/WAP internet browser. The browser used is Opera Mini Browser. The phone uses 2G internet speeds this is perhaps its biggest drawback.

Google Maps and GPS

Spice QT 66 does not have Google Maps and GPS.

Distinctive Features of Spice QT66

Spice QT 66 comes with a Track pad Navigation system and supports Java, too.

Value for Money and Verdict

Spice QT 66 retails at an average price of INR 4,893 (approx., may vary). The phone is a good buy. The Spice QT 66 is considerably better than QT 61 and can support a considerably bigger memory card of up to 16 GB. This means that it can store much more pictures and images, which tend to consume lots of memory space. The phone, however, operates on 2G internet speeds that hamper download speeds. This drawback makes it not suitable for people who are heavy internet users.