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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19627 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Color: Black
• Brand: Nokia
• Model: 1661
• Released on: 2008-11-10

Features

• Easy-to-use candybar-style phone for voice communication and text messaging
• Pay for just the minutes you use with no annual contract--easy refill via Internet or prepaid cards
• Speakerphone; calendar; stopwatch; FM radio
• Up to 4.2 hours of talk time, up to 480 hours (20 days) of standby time
• What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, wired hands-free headset, user guide

Amazon.com Product Description
Stay in touch with all your contacts and keep your busy life organized with the Motorola Renew W233, and pay the way you want with prepaid and postpaid calling plans from T-Mobile Pay As You Go. A great choice for those looking for a simplified cell phone for on-the-go communications, the Nokia 1661 offers essential mobile phone functionality. It also features an FM radio (headset required), speakerphone for handsfree communication, calendar, phone book with storage for 500 contacts, and over 4 hours of talk time.

A no-frills communicator, the Nokia 1661 is a great mobile voice and text messaging companion.

T-Mobile Pay As You Go Prepaid Service
T-Mobile prepaid plans give you wireless access with less commitment, so you can pay--and talk--as you go. With no annual contract, no credit check, and no monthly bill, prepaid plans are a simple, direct way to go mobile. There are many ways to conveniently refill your T-Mobile Prepaid Plan so that you can stay continually connected with the people who matter most, including using web2go directly from your phone, via the T-Mobile web site, or using refill cards available at over 90,000 locations nationwide.

With Pay As You Go, you get wireless service exactly how you like it--there's no long-term contract, no credit checks, and no surprises. Add $100 in refills with Pay As You Go and you'll become a Gold Rewards customer, which gets you 15 percent more minutes on all refills and your minutes won't expire for a year after the time you refill.

You can also pay only $1.00 per day for unlimited nights and unlimited nationwide calling to any T-Mobile number. All other domestic calls you make are just 10¢ per minute.

T-Mobile includes the following services with this T-Mobile Pay As You Go phone:

• Nationwide long distance (including calls to Alaska and Hawaii)
• National roaming on the T-Mobile USA network
• T-Mobile web2go (free shopping for HiFi Ringers, MegaTones, wallpapers, and more; not available on all devices)
• VoiceMail, caller ID, call waiting, three-way calling
• Free e-mail address (10digitnumber@tmomail.net)

Additional services available for additional fees:

• Text messaging ($0.20 to send, $0.20 to receive)
• Picture messaging ($0.20 to send or receive)
• Download ringtones and wallpaper (prices vary)
• Download games and applications (prices vary)
• 411 & More directory assistance ($1.49 per call plus airtime)
• International dialing to over 150 countries (international rates apply)
• Prepaid international roaming rates

To keep your mobile number active, refill within 90 days after your minutes expire. After 90 days, your account will be canceled and you will lose your phone number. If you want to restart service after that time, you will need to activate new service.

Phone Features

The candybar-style Nokia 1661 has a color LCD screen with a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and 65K color depth. It has a standard alpha-numeric keypad, five-way navigator, send/end keys, and two soft keys for navigating the interface. The phone has an internal 4 MB memory, which isn't expandable. The internal phonebook can store up to 500 contact entries, with multiple numbers per entry and support for caller groups. Additionally, the phone displays the most recent 20 dialed/received/missed calls.

If you need text messaging capabilities, the 1661 has you covered as support is built-in for sending and receiving SMS and MMS messages. T9 predictive text entry, a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built-into the unit--a plus for text messaging users.

• Organizer tools: calendar with month view (up to 10 entries), clock, converter stopwatch
• Integrated speakerphone
• 2.5mm headset jack
• Ringtones: Polyphonic (32 channels), MP3
• SMS storage: up to 250 messages on phone
• Dedicated speaking clock key
• Vibrating alert

Vital Statistics
The Nokia 1661 weighs 2.9 ounces and measures 4.25 x 1.8 x 0.53 inches. Its 860 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.2 hours of talk time, and up to 480 hours (20 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS frequencies.

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Customer Reviews

Great screen, slim, bad buttons
For $20, this is a bargain replacement phone. I put in my existing T-mobile SIM and it worked perfectly.

Pros:
-Bright colorful screen
-Slim
-Flashlight
-FM radio that works


Cons:
-People report they cannot hear me well.
-The keys are slippery, noisy, and hard to press. If you do a lot of texting, you may want a better keypad.
-FM radio require Nokia plug

Basic phone, thin and light, but has some issues
So my wife's nice T-Mobile cell decides to quit 2 months before the end of her contract. Naturally, getting a replacement from T-Mobile was a big rip-off, they got you vs you got them when contract expires. So, I stumbled on this prepaid, and since the other review confirmed it would accept the regular SIM card from the T-Mobile cells, and with its $20 price, became a no brainer. Got it activated with its own SIM, then swapped in my wife's original SIM card and vola, she got a working cell for couple months until she can get a real one.
Now, this cell is small, light, kind of cute, but has no volume adjustment (so little hard to hear the other caller), even thought they hear you fine. The other problem was the way it jumbled up the contact list that came on the old SIM card, (when a contact had more than 1 number, it ended up showing multiple name listing for each number, so John 1 was for work number, John 2 for Cell, John 3 for home ...etc). Another issue is the reception, we always had full T-Mobile bars at our home, but this one was fluctuating between 1-3 bars, so it may prove to be a problem with dropped calls, lets see. Furthermore, wife complained about the keypad, sending a text message was a chore when compared with her old phone, but it still worked fine. Don't expect blue tooth capability, but it did come with a wired head phone (useless for her since it is an insult to use it, lol). The charger had an odd port (not the standard USB, what is the problem with these manufacturers)????
Anything good?!! Well, it works, is stylish and is very cheap, so I stretched it and gave it 3 stars.

This one's not a ringer!
I bought this as a no-frills replacement for my six-year-old no-frills Nokia prepaid phone. I only use my phone occasionally and do not text message so I thought that basic was good enough. What I didn't realize was that apparently expecting the phone to ring when a call came in is "optional" for this model. I've missed 90% of my calls even with the ringer turned up to the loudest volume and the vibration feature turned on. Unless it's in my hand or on my lap, I cannot tell someone is calling. I couldn't return it within the 14-day period because I was leaving for vacation. When I returned, I was told that a new phone would be shipped out and when that was received, I should return the first one. I waited two weeks for a new phone and finally was told today that because the phone was prepaid, I must send the phone in first and then 7-10 days after they receive it, they'll mail back another--reconditioned phone. The keypad is not easy to use but I could put up with that if I could just hear my calls.

On the pro side, it's lightweight and does hold a charge.

Overall, it's worth spending a bit more money--and trying the phone in person before buying it online.