Nokia 6300 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: I thoroughly enjoyed reviewing the Nokia 6300. It's the perfect balance between functionality and style, and did everything I needed it to do quickly and easily. The 16.7 million colour display is an absolute treat to use, and all the other features of th

Review summary: The Nokia 6300 is a style-orientated phone that does what it says on the tin, as well as providing a very tactile experience.

Pros: Beautifully designed, 2.0 megapixel camera, Easy to use, USB port

Cons: Marks easily

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Review summary: Nokia is renowned for easy-to-use mobile phones, but its recent line-up has left some people very confused. The 6300, however, gets back to basics -- combining modern design with good old-fashioned simplicity

Pros: Slim design; sharp colour screen; easy-to-use keypad; slick-looking user interface that keeps it simple

Cons: No auto-focus or flash on the camera; lack of 3G connectivity

Verdict: While this isn't the most advanced handset out there, it has a strong casing, a decent all-round feature set and an elegant, straightforward design. This is Nokia at its best

Review summary: Nokia 6300 is the new Nokia star in the Series 40 3rd Edition line. It attacks with conservative design, miniUSB, and a slim body with steel plates. The famous Finnish mobile manufacturer has been long expected to launch a new high-end, classic-look phone

Pros: attractive yet conservative design 16M colors TFT display with QVGA resolution Series 40 3rd Edition user interface 2 megapixel camera microSD memory card slot FM radio standard miniUSB connector 2.5 mm audio jack Bluetooth with A2DP profile support

Cons: prone to fingerprints no UMTS support unsatisfactory camera performance portrait orientation of images taken with the camera videos taken at QCIF (176 x 144 pixels) resolution only side keys are difficult to press no Infrared port

Verdict: The famous Finnish mobile manufacturer has been long expected to launch a new high-end, classic-look phone with state-of-the-art functional menu to substitute the enormously successful couple Nokia 6230 and Nokia 6230i. The first try in this sense came a

Review summary: Thin and eye-catching, this is Nokia's latest mobile that aims to combine looks and brains.

Verdict: This is the kind of phone Nokia does unbeatably well - beautifully styled, great to use and with strong specifications. And yet, it's not one of the flagship N-series phones that everyone's talking about. This is a conventional non-3G phone, so what makes