Nokia 6300: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly!
by Timi Cantisano on Sep.14, 2008, under Nokia, Random
I have been using the Nokia 6300 for about a week now and what can I say, I do miss having a high end phone and take it for granted everyday. But I still love, hate, and doubly hate some of the phones offerings and would like to share that with you. The Nokia 6300 is a mid range phone that offers the following:
- 2″ 16 million color screen
- 2 MP camera
- Bluetooth
- FM radio
- Metal Housing
- MP3 Player
- MicroSD slot
Although not the most feature rich phone I did have good reception most of the time that I was using the device. Also I was in a noisy arcade when I received a call and the other party could not even hear the background noise, the Nokia 6300 has built in noise cancellation feature. So lets get the break down.
The Good:
- excellent reception quality
- firm case with high quality metal housing
- loud ringer with side lights to notify visually
- bright screen with good color
- good photo quality with camera
- bright & even illumination of the keypad
- MicroSD slot
- Noise Cancellelation for improved call quality and sound
The Bad:
- 2″ screen is small
- The keys have a gummy feeling to them making it hard to text and type
- battery consumption is quick
- USB port on bottom is difficult to open
- unit does not sync well to PC over bluetooth
- MicroSD slot does not support SDHC
The Ugly:
- Under powered phone with very few options
- flawed menu system (type a text, send a text, the text still remains on the screen able to be edited)
Sample Photos taken with the 6300:
Clip of alert light:
