Worst phone ever (Nokia 1100)

Member Name: bell12345

Product:	Nokia 1100
Date:	23/01/05 (4964 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lowest price phone available, Long battery, Torch?!?!

Disadvantages: Low on features, Expensive for what it is, This type of phone is dated

Remember the 3210?

Yes probably the most popular phone of all time, long befoe the advent of WAP, Camera Phones, Bluetooth, Color Screens, poly tones etc.

Well in 2004, Nokia brought us the 1100. All it is a slimmed down Nokia 3210, that phone is over 5 years old. Why on earth would we want to part with £40 for a phone we all had years ago?

Monotone screen, beepy ringtones, Snake game you know the drill, pretty much nothing to endear the phone to you.

Now there are simple phones and then there is 1100. Its so basic its unbelievable. You would expect at the least a colour screen but not with this phone. A simple to use phone does not have to be based on software that is 5 years old.

Even the price is high coming at around £40 and offering very little indeed in the way of features.

The one change it does offer an its a slightly odd one is that it doubles up as a torch. While it a really bright light too i just find the combination of phone and torch as weird. Although i can see the convenience of it.

The battery last for ever however which is a plus point for people who spend time on the move or perhaps camping where charging is not really an option.

SUMMARY

All in all i think the phone is just too basic, Nokia should be aiming slightly higher with their base model I bel;ieve. Colour screen has to be a minimum and i cant help to be dissapointed by the absence of WAP capability. A poor phone and i think youd be more sensible spend a little more to buy a Nokia 3100.

Avoid like the plague unless you really do want a basic phone

Here is the full specification of the phone:

Phone Features
Phonebook with up to 250 names on SIM card and up to 50 in internal memory
Distribution lists and concatenated text (SMS) messaging
Date and time screensavers
Built-in alarm and reminders
Stopwatch and countdown timer
Full-size animated screensavers
Two built-in games
Conference call *
Internal antenna
Automatic keyguard lock
Keyguard lock with security code
* This feature is network and subscription-dependent. Please check availability with your network operator.


Full Specifications

Size
Weight: 86 g (with Nokia Battery BL-5C)
Dimensions: 106 mm x 46 mm x 20 mm

Dual-Band Operation
EGSM 900/GSM 1800

Display and User Interface
Large black-and-white display (96 x 65 pixels)
Selectable font size
Up to 4 lines of Latin text
Navigation: 2-way scroll key
Easy-to-use interface
Silicon keymat with large keys
Menu in most European languages, Afrikaans, Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, Sesotho (Sotho), Swahili, Urdu, Xhosa, and Zulu

Messaging
Picture Messaging
Send a picture greeting to other compatible phones

Text Messaging (SMS)
Easy SMS with local input method
SMS distribution list
Save up to 250 names on SIM card and up to 50 in internal memory
Concatenated SMS for long text messages
Speed dialing for SMS sending
SMS chat
Predictive text input for most European languages, Arabic, and Hebrew

Templates
Quick and easy sending of predefined messages
Insert smileys in editor

Games
Snake II and Space Impact+

Phone Features
Flashlight
Reminders
Vibration alert
Full-screen animated screensavers
Date and time screensaver
Internal Antenna
Automatic key guard
Alarm clock
Stopwatch
Countdown timer

Ringing Tones
Fixed ringing tones (1 Nokia tone and 34 monophonic buzzer tones)
Ringing tone composer

Call Management
Speed dialing for up to 9 names
Last number redial from dialed calls list (scroll up brings out the dialed calls list)
Automatic redial (max 10 attempts)
Call waiting, call hold, call divert, call timer
Automatic and manual network selection

Power Management

Battery:

Standby- 100 - 400 Hours
Talk-time - 2 - 4.5 hours

Summary: