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: