Nokia 6300 black

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Nokia 6300 black Dimensions (w/h/d): 44 x 106 x 12 Weight: 91g Talk Time: 3 hours 30m Stand By: 348 hours Camera: Camera Resolution: 2.0MP Handset Type: Standard Coverage (Band): Tri Video: Bluetooth: Mp3 Player: Mp3 Ringtones: MMS: Java Games: Radio: GPRS: Email: Internet Browsing: 3G: Flash Memory: WiFi:

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Our Review of the Nokia 6300 black

Nokia's 6300 is a lightweight, thin candybar handset designed with a utilitarian styling in mind. Its traditional, unfussy exterior will appeal to those who want their phone to be a phone first, and everything else second; despite measuring a pretty slim 106 x 44 x 12 mm, its design is very reminiscent of the Nokia old school, the 3310 and its respective brick-like ilk.

The stainless steel finish of the Nokia 6300 lends the handset an certain degree of style, and the keypad is a breeze to use.

The stainless steel and glossy plastic jacket of the 6300 lends the handset a crisp, technologically desirable feel and the numerical keypad and menu keys are straightforward and simple to use. The menu software is clear and easy to navigate and the 2.0" TFT display is pretty sharp (16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixel res) and impressive for a phone that's almost two years old ('twas released way back when in January 2007).

The keypad of the Nokia 6300 is neatly lit from behind, allowing you to easily compose messages in the dark, and its chassis features two side mounted blue LEDs which draw your attention to missed calls or received messages by flashing intermittently. One minor gripe is that when writing a text message, you sometimes accidentally hit the 'Exit' button instead of the 'Cancel' key used for correcting mistakes, which takes you out of the text message editor. However, your half-composed message will be saved to the Drafts folder, so all is not lost, but it's still a little annoying. Better than it being lost altogether though.

The 6300 comes with the standard 2 megapixel resolution digital camera, which is solid and reliable without being mindblowing, but then the 6300 is not being sold as a high end media phone. The built in music player handles all of the most popular digital music file formats including AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3 and the seldom seen MP4, but not, unfortunately, WMAs.

The keypad of the Nokia 6300 is neatly lit from behind, allowing you to easily compose messages in the dark, and its chassis features two side mounted blue LEDs which draw your attention to missed calls or received messages by flashing intermittently.

Thankfully, with the microSD slot you are not limited by the pretty miniscule 7.8MB of internal memory, you can upgrade to up to a much meatier 2GB for picture and audio file storage. Bluetooth and USB connectivity options are available (2.0 and miniUSB respectively) allowing you to easily move your files to and fro from computers and other phones – a 128MB comes included with most 6300's standard, and you will want to move all your old files off of this one before shelling out for a bigger microSD.

As a 2.5G phone, the Nokia 6300 has some limited internet features, and comes loaded with a WAP 2.0 XHTML browser, and is capable of sending and receiving email, although if this is your priority, then you'll want to check out something which at least has 3G capabilities. The 6300 comes with a number of games such as Snake III (although we still pine for good old non-3D Snake II) and you can of course, download more Java games.

Battery life is good, only requiring charges every two to three days; you get around 3 and a half hours of talk time out of the little Li-Ion 860, and just under 350 hours of standby time.

 Pros

Compact, utilitarian design.
Pocket friendly dimensions.
Bluetooth and mini USB for PC sync.

 Cons

Lack of 3G.

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The 6300 may not be as cutting edge as some other handsets from the Nokia stable but it is reliable, and user friendly, and still sells well today. Due to its age, you can pick it up for a song, and on some competitively priced contracts.

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Nokia 6300 black Review

Review by: anon1776 from , 8th December 2008

Nice phone (my first) which seems to do all that I want with a usable 2 megapixel camera. Only problem is the awful battery life. View Full Review

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Review by: jamesfame from BL5, 4th December 2008

A user friendly phone with many of the features of a much more sophisticated hand set. View Full Review

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