A classically designed 3G smartphone. It's the lightest and most compact smartphone available, and probably the easiest to use. Equipped with 3.5G for fast web browsing and downloads, this phone is smart enough to do most things you could ask of a phone. Available in black, white or pink.

The 6120 Classic is a classic-looking Nokia finished with attractive chromed highlights (available in black, white and pink). It's a slimline phone with a large screen, and an easy-to-use keypad and 5-way navigation key. Like the very popular 6300, it gives the impression of an old-fashioned Nokia (which is a good thing) as if the company has learned some lessons and is getting back to what it used to do so well - making great phones that do just what you want.

However, looks can be deceiving, because this is no bog-standard Nokia, but a 3G Symbian smartphone. In fact it's the lightest and probably the most compact smartphone available, and the most mainstream one too. The 6120 Classic is a high-spec device, outstripping the Nokia N73 in some respects. The first thing that we note when examining the phone is the display. This is a very high quality display with an amazing 16 million colours and a very high resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. However, this does mean that fonts are small, and anyone whose eyesight isn't as good as it used to be may well struggle with this phone. The camera is rated at 2 megapixels and is nothing special, but the 6120 Classic does also support video calling. The 3G is a fast (so-called 3.5G) HSDPA implementation, enabling download speeds several times faster than normal 3G.

The 6120 Classic is equipped with a music player that can handles all of the common formats - MP3, M4A, eAAC+, and WMA - and there's a built-in FM radio too. Audio quality is good, especially when using the Nokia Stereo Headset HS-47 supplied. With an internal memory of 35 Mbytes, you can store half a dozen songs, but the memory can be expanded to 2 Gbytes with a microSD card, giving the phone the same capacity as an iPod Nano.

One new feature that appears in the 6120 is Text-to-speech. This lets the phone read your text messages and emails out loud. Could be handy if the fonts are too small to read!

As well as being 3G enabled, the 6120 Classic is quadband, so you should be able to use it on any network anywhere in the world. Connectivity is Bluetooth 2.0 and USB, but not infrared. The battery life of the 6120 is below average, and you'll probably need to recharge every couple of days, depending on usage.

The only problems that we can see with the 6120 Classic are the small font size and the below-average battery life. Apart from these two issues, the 6120 Classic is a beautiful smartphone, and a much more satisfying phone to use than most of the Nseries phones. It's neat, it's smart and we like it!

Features of the Nokia 6120 Classic include:

• 3G with video calling and high-speed 3G (HSDPA)
• Symbian S60 3rd Edition user interface
• 2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and flash
• Video camera
• Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels (2 inches)
• Music player (MP3, eAAC+, and WMA formats)
• FM radio
• Nokia Stereo Headset HS-47 included in sales package
• 64-voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 & AAC ringtones
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, email with attachments
• Voice dialing / Voice commands
• Text-to-speech: let your phone read your text messages, multimedia messages, and emails out loud
• Voice recorder
• Memory: 35 Mbytes plus microSD memory card slot (expandable to 2 Gbytes)
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB mass storage
• Quadband (EGSM 850/900/1800/1900) plus 3G (WCDMA/HSDPA 850/2100)
• Size: 105 x 46 x 15 mm
• Weight: 89g
• Talktime: 2.4 hours (3G) - 3.1 hours (2G)
• Battery standby: 9 days