Nokia 6216 Classic with NFC technology built

Nokia announced their third Near Field Communication (NFC) cellphone, the Nokia 6216 classic. Capable of storing credit card, user account and other security details on the SIM card, the 6216 classic can be used to pay for items, travel, or sign-in to systems simply by tapping it against, or waving it in front of, a wireless reader.

Owner’s credit card information can be stored securely on the SIM card and waving the device in front of a contactless terminal enables quick payment and simple ticketing services.

“The launch of the Nokia 6216 classic SIM-based NFC handset is a great step forward for payment and ticketing services,” says Alex Sinclair, the Chief Technology Officer of the GSM Association. “We believe this will drive more rapid deployment of the technology and expect this to signal launch of NFC services in the market by operators.

“The Nokia 6216 classic will be amongst the first commercial devices in the market complying with operator requirements using the SIM card in connection to secure transactions with Near Field Communications,” says Jeremy Belostock, head of near field communications at Nokia. “With the Nokia 6216 classic in your pocket and the ticketing applications on the SIM you can replace the multitude of cards in your wallet. Having the applications on the SIM consumers can bring their secure applications to their next Nokia NFC enabled phone.”



The Nokia 6216 classic implements the Contactless Communication API (JSR-257), for 3rd party NFC development. Use the Nokia 6216 classic for easy sharing of mobile content between other 6216 classic phones and other compatible NFC devices. NFC service initiation is also available to allow interaction with NFC tags for multitude of applications. Contactless ticketing and payment are available through the SIM. The Nokia 6216 classic supports dual-band WCDMA and quad-band GSM. Additional features include support for 8GB microSD cards, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, Bluetooth stereo, Flash Lite 2.1 and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

Specifications Nokia 6216 classic:

• Network: GSM / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/2100
• Platform: Series 40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1
• Display: 2-inch, TFT, QVGA, 16,7 million colors
• Camera: 2 MP, with autofocus, 8h digital zoom, flash
• Audio: AAC, AAC +, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, eAAC, eAAC +, MIDI Tones (poly 64), Mobile XMF, MP3, MP4, SP-MIDI, True tones, WMA
• Memory: 22 MB, slot for memory cards format microSD
• Communications: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, Micro USB 2.0, NFC
• Opening hours: during a call up to 3.3 hours (GSM), up to 2.7 hours (WCDMA); standby to 300 hours
• Battery: BL-4, 1000 mAh
• Dimensions: 114,7 h47, 1h14.5 mm
• Weight: 88 g