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Nokia 6300

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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

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Specifications

Weight: 94g
Standby battery time: 2 weeks and 12 hours

3 / 5

Average Rating: 3 / 5 from 51 reviews

1 / 5

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!

4 / 5

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

5 / 5

Amanda Stark 18th Nov 2008

Likes: easy to use

Dislikes: nothing

3 / 5

Bartlomiej Mazurczak 20th Nov 2008

Likes: it's comfortable in use

Dislikes: a lot of things

4 / 5

Robin Greenaway 24th Nov 2008

Likes: Small & neat

Dislikes: Battery life

3 / 5

SHARON WALLIS 24th Nov 2008

Likes: Easy to use, good basic phone.

Dislikes: Needs updating. Battery life isn't the best.

2 / 5

PAUL BROWN 26th Nov 2008

Likes: ITS SLIM AND COMPACT

Dislikes: BAD CHARGER CONNECTION

3 / 5

Tina Carr 27th Nov 2008

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Dislikes: 01524415025

2 / 5

ajith p 28th Nov 2008

Likes: i would like battery

Dislikes: sound is low

4 / 5

aneurin osborne 29th Nov 2008

Likes: always works as expected

Dislikes: large size

3 / 5

Lee Clarke 30th Nov 2008

Likes: Simple to use

Dislikes: The ring is not load enough

4 / 5

Helen Jackson 30th Nov 2008

Likes: Very good sound

Dislikes: nothing

4 / 5

james chapman 30th Nov 2008

Likes: bombproof

Dislikes: bit basic

3 / 5

Robert Mawson 1st Dec 2008

Likes: Thin profile, stainless steel

Dislikes: Small screen, lack of wi-fi

5 / 5

Amanda Stark 7th Mar 2009

Likes: its very easy to use

Dislikes: n/a

5 / 5

amy stupple-bagnall 9th Mar 2009

Likes: easy to use, very reliable, lots of features

Dislikes: i am very happy with it

3 / 5

Peter Groggins 19th Mar 2009

Likes: quick os no problems it works well

Dislikes: camara, data speed.

3 / 5

Jakub Skrebsky 19th Mar 2009

Likes: it's small

Dislikes: it has no OS

2 / 5

Roksana Ogrodowicz 27th Mar 2009

Likes: camera

Dislikes: ringtones

4 / 5

Karen Ethelston 27th Mar 2009

Likes: Style, size and functionality

Dislikes: Battery does not last long

3 / 5

jay jey 29th Mar 2009

Likes: internet

Dislikes: not touchscreen

4 / 5

Mark Sutton 31st Mar 2009

Likes: stainless steel case

Dislikes: web browsing on bigger touch screen would be nice

3 / 5

Lee Clarke Lee Clarke 31st Mar 2009

Likes: Ease of use

Dislikes: Nothing

4 / 5

Amanda Sykes 31st Mar 2009

Likes: Neat

Dislikes: Not many funstions

4 / 5

Miriam Salo 9th Apr 2009

Likes: The design, the size, the functions, simplicity.

Dislikes: scatches easily.

4 / 5

Tom Hawes 15th Apr 2009

4 / 5

tabitha lamont 15th Apr 2009

Likes: its easy to use and stylish

Dislikes: its simple

2 / 5

colin may 27th Apr 2009

Likes: has a good battery life.

Dislikes: dosent have a touch screen.
the back fulls off.

3 / 5

Andy Soper 27th Apr 2009

Likes: EASY TO USE

Dislikes: MARKS TOO EASY

4 / 5

Jane Wright 27th Apr 2009

Likes: SLIM, LIGHT, EASY TO USE

Dislikes: SMALL NUMBER PADS CAN BE DIFFICULT

3 / 5

Kevin Minihane 28th Apr 2009

Likes: very usable

Dislikes: Nothing

4 / 5

Amanda Jackson 29th Apr 2009

Likes: The sound

3 / 5

Toby Cox 29th Apr 2009

Likes: small.

Dislikes: screen gets scratch easily. Slow.

3 / 5

Michael Cusack 30th Apr 2009

Likes: Size

Dislikes: Battery Life

4 / 5

james chapman 30th Apr 2009

Likes: easy big buttons

Dislikes: naf camera

2 / 5

harvey baldwin 30th Apr 2009

Likes: easy to use

Dislikes: bad battery life

5 / 5

Miriam Salo 4th Jun 2009

Likes: size, looks

Dislikes: na

4 / 5

Lesley Fourie 4th Jun 2009

Likes: Simple to use and very hardy!

Dislikes: Still quite new so have found nothing to dislike yet.

4 / 5

Sarah McCrimmon 4th Jun 2009

Likes: ease of use, lightweight

Dislikes: not waterproof!

3 / 5

Emmaline Hill 20th Jun 2009

Likes: shiny metal!

Dislikes: Limited games

3 / 5

Emma Robinson 22nd Jun 2009

Likes: colour
features

Dislikes: poor battery quality
temperamental

4 / 5

Francesca Hyde 13th Jul 2009

3 / 5

Jason Humphreys 14th Jul 2009

Likes: Compact and rather modern looking.

Dislikes: Poor battery life and image capturing quality (very grainy).

1 / 5

Aileen Aileen Russell 14th Jul 2009

Likes: I DONT LIKE IT

Dislikes: HEAVY

4 / 5

Claire Claire Nelson 21st Jul 2009

Likes: Ease of use

Dislikes: No predictive text option

3 / 5

Tim Day 30th Jul 2009

Likes: Small

Dislikes: Web browsing isn't great

2 / 5

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.

1 / 5

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.

4 / 5

John Taggart 13th Aug 2009

Likes: Easy to use

Dislikes: Nothing

4 / 5

Will Broadribb 14th Aug 2009

Likes: Small
Long battery
Efficient

Dislikes: Nothing

3 / 5

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

Email

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