Doro 5860 review: What do you get for the money?
At a price of £85, the Doro 5860 falls between the Doro 6820 (£100) and the Nokia 2660 (£65) flip phones. In terms of a feature phone, it isn’t exactly what you would call cheap.
This is a well-built phone with full-sized numerical keys taking up the bottom two thirds of the device. The top third is home to a 2.4in 320 x 240 LCD – which is a little smaller but much wider than the kind you would get with a flip phone.
The removable rear cover of the phone is covered in a grippy, soft-touch plastic material that makes it both pleasant and secure to hold. It’s here that you’ll also find the phone’s 2-megapixel camera with flash, as well as a dedicated assistance button.
The latter doesn’t do anything straight out of the box; it requires activating in the dedicated Assistance section of the UI. Once active, it will work through a list of emergency numbers via a press and hold or a quick double-press. You can also set up an automated text message to be sent out.
Charging of this handset can be handled in one of two ways. There’s a micro-USB port along the top edge, but far more intuitive is the charging dock that Doro bundles with the phone. Plug this in and you simply need to slot the 5860 into place, bottom-first. Not that charging will be much of a pressing matter – this is a phone that will last days on a single charge.
The 5860 is an extremely lightweight phone at just 112g, while a minimal footprint of 66 x 13 x 128mm will see it slipping comfortably into pockets and compact bags alike with minimal fuss.
The width of the phone, combined with its solid, clicky keys make typing messages and phone numbers a breeze. You also get a standard directional pad with an OK button at its core, as well as a pair of context-sensitive menu buttons. Colour-coded call and answer buttons are clearly marked, and are also concave rather than convex like the rest of the buttons, which is a welcome bit of tactile differentiation.
However, you don’t get the dedicated messaging and camera buttons of the Doro 6820, which is a shame.
There’s no Wi-Fi connectivity here, which is fairly common among modern feature phones. Given that neither is there a web browser nor an email application, it isn’t really much of an issue. Some feature phones, such as those from Nokia, do include a web browser; but given that the online experience is invariably terrible on such devices, I’m not sure of its value.
It’s worth arranging a small data plan, at least, if you wish to take advantage of the Weather application; but this really won’t consume much.
Like other Doro phones, the 5860 uses the dated micro-SIM standard, which slots in under the removable battery. The vast majority of phones these days use the smaller nano-SIM standard. It’s worth taking note of if you’re coming from another phone, even then you can buy a simple plastic adapter extremely cheaply.
Right alongside that SIM slot you’ll find a microSD slot, which might prove useful if you’re taking a lot of photos. The Doro 5860 comes with an extremely scant 17.3MB of internal storage.
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