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A one-time "Phone of the Year", the Nokia 6300 mobile phone offers a modern suite of features for today's consumer wrapped in a stainless steel frame, which weighs a mere 91 grams and is only 13.1mm thick.
The slim Nokia 6300 offers a 2.0-megapixel camera with zoom, expandable memory, built-in MP3 player and FM radio. You'll also never miss a text message even when your inbox is full as the phone can be set to automatically overwrite old messages with the new. All of these great functions are brought to life on the crisp 2 inch 16M colour QVGA screen.
- Compact modern design featuring sophisticated stainless-steel covers, glossy black finish, and rounded edges
- Don't forget your friends and clients numbers or details by storing up to 1000 contacts
- The large 2" 16M QVGA colour screen means users can navigate their way around with ease
- Amazing high quality photos can be taken with a 2-megapixel camera and 8 x zoom
- Take your tunes on the move with the integrated MP3 player
- Built-in Stereo FM Radio to listen to all your favourite radio shows wherever you are
Specifications
Weight: 94gStandby battery time: 2 weeks and 12 hours
Average Rating: 3 / 5 from 51 reviews
Richard Harper 31st Oct 2008
Likes: Not a lot...!
Dislikes: It's very non-functional. It lets me make calls and sends SMS messages. That's it!
Frazer Roberts 3rd Nov 2008
Likes: It's businesslike look, but still looks ok to be pulled out wearing jeans and a t-shirt
Dislikes: No keyboard, low battery life and generally lacks the "modern" features
Amanda Stark 18th Nov 2008
Likes: easy to use
Dislikes: nothing
Bartlomiej Mazurczak 20th Nov 2008
Likes: it's comfortable in use
Dislikes: a lot of things
Robin Greenaway 24th Nov 2008
Likes: Small & neat
Dislikes: Battery life
SHARON WALLIS 24th Nov 2008
Likes: Easy to use, good basic phone.
Dislikes: Needs updating. Battery life isn't the best.
PAUL BROWN 26th Nov 2008
Likes: ITS SLIM AND COMPACT
Dislikes: BAD CHARGER CONNECTION
Tina Carr 27th Nov 2008
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Dislikes: 01524415025
ajith p 28th Nov 2008
Likes: i would like battery
Dislikes: sound is low
aneurin osborne 29th Nov 2008
Likes: always works as expected
Dislikes: large size
Lee Clarke 30th Nov 2008
Likes: Simple to use
Dislikes: The ring is not load enough
Helen Jackson 30th Nov 2008
Likes: Very good sound
Dislikes: nothing
james chapman 30th Nov 2008
Likes: bombproof
Dislikes: bit basic
Robert Mawson 1st Dec 2008
Likes: Thin profile, stainless steel
Dislikes: Small screen, lack of wi-fi
Amanda Stark 7th Mar 2009
Likes: its very easy to use
Dislikes: n/a
amy stupple-bagnall 9th Mar 2009
Likes: easy to use, very reliable, lots of features
Dislikes: i am very happy with it
Peter Groggins 19th Mar 2009
Likes: quick os no problems it works well
Dislikes: camara, data speed.
Jakub Skrebsky 19th Mar 2009
Likes: it's small
Dislikes: it has no OS
Roksana Ogrodowicz 27th Mar 2009
Likes: camera
Dislikes: ringtones
Karen Ethelston 27th Mar 2009
Likes: Style, size and functionality
Dislikes: Battery does not last long
jay jey 29th Mar 2009
Likes: internet
Dislikes: not touchscreen
Mark Sutton 31st Mar 2009
Likes: stainless steel case
Dislikes: web browsing on bigger touch screen would be nice
Lee Clarke Lee Clarke 31st Mar 2009
Likes: Ease of use
Dislikes: Nothing
Amanda Sykes 31st Mar 2009
Likes: Neat
Dislikes: Not many funstions
Miriam Salo 9th Apr 2009
Likes: The design, the size, the functions, simplicity.
Dislikes: scatches easily.
Tom Hawes 15th Apr 2009
tabitha lamont 15th Apr 2009
Likes: its easy to use and stylish
Dislikes: its simple
colin may 27th Apr 2009
Likes: has a good battery life.
Dislikes: dosent have a touch screen.
the back fulls off.
Andy Soper 27th Apr 2009
Likes: EASY TO USE
Dislikes: MARKS TOO EASY
Jane Wright 27th Apr 2009
Likes: SLIM, LIGHT, EASY TO USE
Dislikes: SMALL NUMBER PADS CAN BE DIFFICULT
Kevin Minihane 28th Apr 2009
Likes: very usable
Dislikes: Nothing
Amanda Jackson 29th Apr 2009
Likes: The sound
Toby Cox 29th Apr 2009
Likes: small.
Dislikes: screen gets scratch easily. Slow.
Michael Cusack 30th Apr 2009
Likes: Size
Dislikes: Battery Life
james chapman 30th Apr 2009
Likes: easy big buttons
Dislikes: naf camera
harvey baldwin 30th Apr 2009
Likes: easy to use
Dislikes: bad battery life
Miriam Salo 4th Jun 2009
Likes: size, looks
Dislikes: na
Lesley Fourie 4th Jun 2009
Likes: Simple to use and very hardy!
Dislikes: Still quite new so have found nothing to dislike yet.
Sarah McCrimmon 4th Jun 2009
Likes: ease of use, lightweight
Dislikes: not waterproof!
Emmaline Hill 20th Jun 2009
Likes: shiny metal!
Dislikes: Limited games
Emma Robinson 22nd Jun 2009
Likes: colour
features
Dislikes: poor battery quality
temperamental
Francesca Hyde 13th Jul 2009
Jason Humphreys 14th Jul 2009
Likes: Compact and rather modern looking.
Dislikes: Poor battery life and image capturing quality (very grainy).
Aileen Aileen Russell 14th Jul 2009
Likes: I DONT LIKE IT
Dislikes: HEAVY
Claire Claire Nelson 21st Jul 2009
Likes: Ease of use
Dislikes: No predictive text option
Tim Day 30th Jul 2009
Likes: Small
Dislikes: Web browsing isn't great
LOUISE BRYAN 31st Jul 2009
Likes: it is so easy to use, as are all Nokia's. I have had it for around 2 years now and it has never broke down or anything!
Dislikes: The limited use - i find the internet not very good to use and rarely works! I cannot check emails or anything like that. In terms of the handset, the screen is a bit small for me and the camera quality is quite poor.
Natasha Natasha Ely 31st Jul 2009
Likes: Nothing, its absolute rubbish
Dislikes: everything, its slow, it freezes, the cameras rubbish, the memory card stopped working 2 days after i got it.
John Taggart 13th Aug 2009
Likes: Easy to use
Dislikes: Nothing
Will Broadribb 14th Aug 2009
Likes: Small
Long battery
Efficient
Dislikes: Nothing
Kevin James 27th Aug 2009
Likes: Small size, good camera, easy to use
Dislikes: Poor battery life
- 2 Megapixel Camera
The smallest single component of an image is the definition of a pixel. This camera has 2 Megapixel or 2 million pixels. The more the pixels the clearer the image.
- 2G
2G phones are digital phones
- Bluetooth
Bluetooth allows users to pair with other Bluetooth devices. This allows a wireless connection to a Bluetooth headset or carkit so that you can carry out a conversation without the need to hold your handset. Particularly useful for conversing whilst driving.
- Built-in handsfree
You can use this phone's built-in speaker to listen to incoming or outgoing calls and music handsfree.
- Calculator
This phone has a calculator built in.
- Calendar
This phone has an organiser which includes a Calendar
- Camera
This phone has a built in camera
- EDGE for high speed data access
High speed data access
This phone is capable of sending and receiving email
- FM Radio
Allows you to tune into FM Radio channels, the headset is used as the antenna.
- Game
This phone has games
- GPRS
Stands for General Packet Radio System. This basically allows you to browse internet websites using your phone. GPRS is mainly used for text based information - getting football results, checking train timetables, reading the news etc. GPRS is not bad at downloading pictures, however it is slower than 3G. You can use GPRS to received and send Multimedia messages such as a text with a picture.
It is advisable to choose a 3G handset for decent download speeds of videos and pictures rather than GPRS, however GPRS is pretty good for text based information and pictures with lower definition.
- HSCSD
High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD) is an enhancement to Circuit Switched Data, the original data transmission mechanism of the GSM mobile phone system, which is four times faster than GSM, with data rates up to 38.4 Kbps.
- Instant messaging
Instant messaging (often abbreviated simply to IM) offers real-time communication.
- Java compatible
This phone is Java compatible
- Memory expandable via MicroSD card
This allows you to expand the phone's memory using MicroSD cards. MicroSD cards are available in various sizes, the most popular being 1GB or 2GB which can hold thousands of songs and hundreds of pictures.
- Micro USB
Smaller USB, requires an adapter to convert to normal sized USB, this is normally provided with the phone
- MP3 Player
The phone includes an MP3 player which allows you to play and store music. Works in a similar fashion to normal MP3 players in that you can upload Music onto the phone's memory or onto an external memory stick (size of memory slot dependent on phone). Once the music is loaded you can listen to it either on the phone's speakers or using a pair of headphones that is compatible with the handset.
- MP3 Ringtone
You can choose an MP3 song from your MP3 player on your phone and set this as your ring tone on this phone
- MP4
MPEG4 is most commonly used to store digital and digital video streams, including those defined by MPEG. It can also be used to store other data such as still images. MPEG-4 Part 14 allows streaming over the Internet and carries an officiall filename extension of .mp4, thus the container format is often referred to simply as MP4.
- Multimedia Service MMS
Allows you to send and receive picture messages
- Polyphonic ring tone
Polyphonic ringtones are ringtones that play several types of tones at a time (up to 70 in recent phones)
- Push to Talk
Similar to the system used in Walkie Talkies
- SMS - text messages
Short message service - allows you to send and receive texts
- Solid Bar
This is a solid bar design phone
- T9 Predictive Text
You can select predictive text on this phone
- Triband
- 900 MHz (Europe/Brazil/Asia (ex Japan and S. Korea))
- 1800 MHz (Europe/Brazil)
- 1900 MHz (U.S./Canada/Latin America)
- USB
A USB port allows you to connect your phone to your computer
- Vibra alert
This function causes the phone to vibrate to alert the user than someone is trying to get in touch. Users sometimes use this function when they are in meetings instead of their ringer.
- Voice Command
You can set certain voice commands which are then recognised by your phone such as "call home", "call [girlfriend's name]" etc.
- Voice memo
You can save a voice memo on this phone. This is useful if something springs to mind and you son't want to forget it. You can also use the voice memo function to record a small conversation.
- WAP 2.0
Wireless Application Protocol, allows you to browse text based Internet sites
This phone is no longer available.
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