Friday, September 5, 2008

Nokia 6300 Mobile Phone Review (Camera, MP3 Player, Radio, Organiser) - Series 40


Great Features

  • plus Beautiful TFT screen: 16 million true colors, 240 width x 320 pixels height (31 x 41 mm)
  • plus 5 pin Mini usb port - so you can add custom ringtones, games, wallpaper and move photos off the microSD card quickly and easily.
  • plus Includes Opera web browser for WAP 2.0/xHTML
  • plus 2 Megapixel (1600×1200 pixels) camera that can also take video (176×144 QCIF format) onto the included 128 microSD card.
  • plus FM stereo radio (bundled Nokia Stereo Headset HS-47 brushed black metal look) and MP3/MP4/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ player
  • plus Easy to use Organiser for meetings & todo items and Java MIDP 2.0 applications like: Calculator, World Clock, Nokia Sensor, Bluetooth Presenter, Converter II
  • plus Bonuses: Flashing blue LED light on each side of the phone if you’ve received an SMS, missed a call or have an overdue ToDo item, Built-in hands free speakerphone, Reliable Nokia Series 40 3rd edition operating system, Customisable Alarm and Reminder ringtone/MP3

Annoying Problems

  • minus You have to immediately stick on a screen protector otherwise you will really regret it when the brilliant quality screen gets scratched after a few weeks
  • minus USB Port cover is difficult to open - It was so frustrating that I ended up cutting it off
  • minus If used really heavily the BL4C 860mAh battery can go flat within 1 day, with normal use it lasts me 3 days maximum.

    If you read old reviews complaining that the battery lasts only 1 day with light use ignore them because the new Nokia 6300 firmware fixes that problem

  • minus The vibrate feature isn’t as powerful as my old Nokia 1600 so it’s sometimes possible to not notice incoming SMS or calls when the phone is set to silent vibrate only
  • minus You need a miniUSB data cable to use Nokia PC suite, add your own MP3 ringtones, wallpapers and themes etc but it’s not included in the 6300 package. You’ll have to go to a computer store and buy it there (less than $10)

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