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81 of 81 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I Love This Phone!!, 16 Jun 2007
My old nokia phone was on its last legs after three years of loyal service, and so with some trepidation I started looking for a new phone. I soon settled on this Nokia phone. Not only does this phone look sleek, it does everything (and a lot more) that I want it to.
Perhaps after being a Nokia user for so long, I should say I'm impressed with the battery life of this phone. Nokia promises you 3.5 hours talk time and 350 hours standby time, and so far I can say that I have definitely have had this. I can normally talk for about 150 minutes over a five day period before my phone starts warning me to charge it up.
I don't use this phone to browse, so I can't comment on that, but it comes with a Opera browser. I'm not too bothered about the radio or camera either, but I did play around with them when I first got the phone, and the reception is clear and the pictures come out very well.
As with all Nokia phones the menu system is very intuitive and it has yet to drop a call in some areas known for their dodgy reception.
One feature that I love about this phone, is that if you miss a call or message there are two little blue lights on the side of the phone that will flash until you push your navigation key to find out what you missed.
Oh, and you can also add smileys to your text messages. You can even delete your text messages without reading them, which I think is a brilliant feature.
Other than that, this phone comes with all the basics: alarm clock, countdown timer, calendar, to-do-list, notes, calculator and games (snack, soccer and sudoku - which is a joy).
Apart from wishing that this phone was slightly smaller, I can't find a fault with it. Well, I suppose people with huge fingers might find the keypad a little small, but other than that it is a perfect phone.
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful!, 20 May 2007
The Nokia 6300 is a stunningly beautiful phone. Its stainless steel covers give it a real sense of sophistication and it feels really special.
Beyond its looks, it is also a very nice little phone packed with features, but not intimidating or hard to use either.
I upgraded because I wanted a better camera and music player. With 2 megapixels and a zoom, the camera on the 6300 is fine for general use although is not going to replace my 'proper' camera. It also takes video and records sound.
The music player is perfect for my needs, although to make it really worthwhile you'll need to purchase a larger memory card (which I did very cheaply on Amazon). Uploading music to the phone was quick and easy with the Nokia software provided and have been very impressed by the sound quality the phone produces with and without the headset.
It's early days, and I cannot comment on long term reliability yet, however I am very impressed with this phone so far. It is easy on the eye and meets all my needs. The smaller keys are a little trickier to navigate than some of the older style Nokia's at first, but this is a minor point and I am quite delighted with my purchase!
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works Great With A Mac, 7 Jan 2008
I'm very impressed with the Nokia 6300. The design and build quality is excellent and the interface is very polished and attractive, especially if you use the Noir theme. The 240x320 LCD display is very clear and sharp with excellent blacks, and the in-built speaker is surprisingly clear and loud.
What I like most about the Nokia 6300 is the simplicity with which it interfaces with a Mac. Using Apple's iSync and a free 6300 plugin, you can sync all of your Apple Address Book contacts and all of your Apple iCal data from your Mac to your mobile phone. It even syncs Mail 3.0 To Dos! The syncing is done over Bluetooth so no cables are required and you need just 2 mouse-clicks to activate it. And the great thing is, the syncing is 2-way, so new contacts created on your mobile phone automatically get added into your Apple Address Book and vice-versa. Plus it's extremely easy to copy all of those 2MP (1600 x 1200) photos you took with the Nokia 6300, off of the phone and onto your Mac desktop. From there you can easily add them into iPhoto, which in turn automatically syncs them to your iPod and Apple TV. You can even send entire songs from iTunes to the 6300 and use them as ringtones :-) It's all so fast and easy.
The 2MP digital camera takes really good photos, which, in the right conditions, are hard to distinguish from a proper compact digital camera. Just remember to use the Night mode setting to reduce grain in low-light conditions. The only problem with the camera is that the files it produces lack standard digital camera metadata. So, for example, the files don't include the date and time at which they were taken, nor do they include any information about the orientation of the phone when the photos were taken. This makes things a bit awkward for software such as iPhoto, because it can't automatically sort your photos in the order they were taken, nor can it automatically rotate landscape photos.
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