Nokia 6300 Review
Mobile phone manufacturers, led by Samsung and Motorola, have been fighting over the trendy slim handset market for a few years while Nokia was busy with full-featured smartphones and high-end fashion phones like the 8800. The Finnish giant finally made a splash in this mid-range segment when they offered the Nokia 6300 for sale in January 2007.
The Nokia 6300’s body is made primarily out of stainless steel and comes in black, silver, red-silver and white-silver color schemes. This candy bar form factor phone measures 106.4 x 43.6 x 11.7 mm and weighs only 91 g. Unlike some slim phones, the Nokia 6300 for sale doesn’t have a wide profile making it easier to hold with one hand for most people. And, despite being only 11.7 mm thin the Nokia 6300 feels rock solid and very comfortable in your hand.
In addition to its understated and elegant design, the Nokia 6300 for sale’s 2 inch display is one of the phone’s strongest features. Running at a pixel-packed resolution of 240 x 320 and support for up to 16 million colors, images look spectacular. Backlighting is also top-notch with the display maintaining its clarity even under direct sunlight.
Some may find the key layout on the unlocked Nokia 6300 to be a bit cramped. The buttons don’t have much in the way of separation so no-look typing may take a while to get used to. Tapping on the keys are comfortable as they are both large and offer good tactile feedback. The volume rocker on the side does not fare quite as well, needing a strong push with your finger or nail to depress.
The 6300 sports a 2 megapixel camera, which does not have flash or autofocus, that can snap photos up to a resolution of 1600x1200 pixels. Image quality was average and can only be viewed on the phone in portrait mode. Video clips are even more disappointing as it can only record at QCIF (176 x 144 pixels) resolution only.
For the Nokia 6300 for sale, the manufacturer has thankfully dropped its proprietary Pop-port. The phone has a standard mini USB connector on the bottom for PC syncing. It also sports a 2.5 mm audio jack, giving users a much wider choice for headsets. While 3.5 mm jack would have been preferred, it is still a big improvement and a welcome change from the old Pop-port. Support for the A2DP Bluetooth profile is a welcome feature for heavy users of the phone’s music player.
Powered by Nokia’s Series 40 3rd Edition platform the operating system should be familiar to previous Nokia mid-range phone users. The phone’s user interface is fast and intuitive with menus ordered logically.
The Nokia 6300 supports only Class 10 EDGE and GPRS and comes with a WAP browser. While understandable on a mid-range phone, 3G speeds and a full-featured browser would have utilized the phone’s brilliant screen more.
Overall, the phone is an aesthetic winner with its conservative and elegant design. In fact, it arguably does not feel so out of place right beside a Nokia 8800. Feature-wise, the Nokia 6300 does what you would expect from a mid level phone exceptionally well. At a very attractive price, especially with a discounted Nokia 6300 unit, you get a no frills mobile phone that both looks and feels good while more than measuring up to reasonable expectations.
