Nokia (Buyers Guide: Mobile Phones)

Member Name: helenates

Product:	Buyers Guide: Mobile Phones
Date:	02/07/02 (66 review reads)
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Advantages: long life, nice looks

Disadvantages: small

Why no pick up a Nokia 8260, that me tell you why.

It has good sound quality,long battery life,nice looks and extensive set of features,the Nokia 8260 is very good choice.


The NOKIA 8260 looks very nice. The antenna is located internally,so you cannot see it[and it doesn't get in the way when you pull the phone out of your pocket].The colors and sleek design are also nice.

COLORS
You can get the phones in three colors: RED PEPPER, CARBON GRAY or ELECTRIC BLUE. The buttons are silver and the phone's front panel has silver and black elements that do not change with the change in phone's color.

SIZE
The phone is very compact and light[at 3.4 oz],the phone is so small that you start to worry if other party can hear you-if you put the speaker to your ear,the microphone is very far from your mouth.
However,the microphone is very sensitive and pick up whatever you are saying,unless you are located in the very noisy environment.
The buttons are somewhat small and space between then is also less then optimal,but this is because of the phone's small size.
The keys are not covered with a keypad cover, but you can use keypad lock function.


RECEPTION
The internal antenna is smaller than in conventional phones, but this does not decrease reception quality. The reception is clear and sound quality is very good.

BATTERY LIFE
Both talk and standby times are good, especially in digital mode-nokia claims up to 3.5 hours of talk and 8 days standby digital mode, 1.5 hours of talk and 36 hours of standby in analog mode.
The phone use lilon 920 mAH BLB-3 battery.

ACCESSORIES
The desktop charger is also compact and stylish, it connects to the electric outlet by the travel charger[standard type or rapid charger], they charge the BLB-3 battery in 3 hours and 1 hr 50 min respectively.

You can also get the leather case, cigareete lighter rapid charger [1 hr 50 m
in], express car kit [car charger and phone holder] and handset kit with "answer/end" button located on the headset.

EMAIL
If your service provider supports it, you can use this phone to send and recieve short email messages. You can also use service provider's web site to send text messages to the phone owner. A very nice feature.

PHONE BOOK AND STUFF
The phone can store up to 250 entries in it phone book, you can store names, phone number and email address. There are 40 ring patterns, you can also program the phone to vibrate when incoming calls are detected.


The phone has clock, calculator, games.

With good sound quality, long life, nice looks and extensive sets of features a very good choise.

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