Brilliant phone for teenagers. Well worth the money (Nokia 3200)

Member Name: puddum

Product:	Nokia 3200
Date:	24/02/05 (1612 review reads)
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Advantages: Value for money, Cool features

Disadvantages: None

******INTRO******

The Nokia 3200 is a new phone that was made in 2003. It is not like most of Nokia's new phones with megapixel cameras thats more like a portable PC, which means that it is new and stylish for teenagers who can't afford really expensive phones. It's unique 'create your own covers' also appeal to teenagers.

******MAIN FEATURES******

Intregated camera
Built in torch
Enhanced WAP (GPRS)
Triband compatable (depends on network)
Java games (Bounce, Virtual Me)
Can download new java games and applications
Polyphonic ringtones
1.1mb shared memory
Multimedia messaging
Infrared
Voice Recorder
FM Radio
Calender
Calculator

******PRICE******

I brought mine from Virgin Mobile online (free next day delivery) for £80 with £15 free airtime. This is because there were special offers for £20 off camera phones and £10 free airtime for phones brought online. It is normally £100 with £5 free airtime (comes with all new Virgin simcards). 'The Link' does this phone for £80 with Vodafone but this has no free airtime and doesn't have free next day delivery ether. The most i've seen this phone for is £230 which is sim free (normally more expensive) but I still think that's a rip off.

******THE TECHNICAL STUFF******

Weight - 90g
Width - 4.51cm
Height - 10.75cm
Depth - 2.08cm

******IN THE BOX******

My first impressions were that this phone is cool, sitting there in the box. But when I picked it up I thought it felt very plasticky, and it was hard getting the back cover off, but once I had done it once it was easy. I installed the battery and sim card, plugged in the charger and switched it on. Now it didn't feel as plasticky. I was a little impaitent switching it on while it was charging though, since it says to leave it overnight on it's first charge (after that it takes 2 hours and 40 minutes). My first charge lasted 2 days. I thought it should be a bit longer than this, but I thought, I had been doing a hell of a lot with it including calls, games, ringtones and radio, and switching it on too early may have shortened the battery life, but other than that, it has a good standby time. In the box I got a....

Handset
Charger
Battery
Sim card
£10 voucher
Hands free kit
Manual
Quick start guide for phone
Quick start guide for picture messaging
Virgin Mobile guide
Accessories leaflet
Cover cutter and manual
3 premade covers

Please note the contents will be different with different networks.

******CUT OUT COVERS******

Apparently only some networks provide the cutter with the phone (Virgin do!). Others give you a pack off precut paper to make your own and you can buy the cutter later if you want. There are two cutters, one for the front and one for the back. You can stick whatever you want in them, a photo from the paper, a magazine, design your own on the computer etc. 3 set are premade for you. These are cool because they are holographic and they have cool patterns. A blue one, a green one and a red brick one.

******TORCH******

There are two LED's on the bottom that combine to make a very powerful gadget. You can turn this on by holding the * key for 1 second while in standby mode. Do the same to turn it off.

******KEYPAD******

This phone has the numbers grouped in 2's. This seems very confusing at first, but does not take long to get used to while your looking at the pad. If however, you prefer to type without looking, then it may take a little more time to get used to.

*****MEMORY*****

The phone has a build in 1.1mb shared memory. Messages, Contacts, Games, Ringtones, Pictures and more all use shared memory.

******************MENUS AND FEATURES******************

-----Messages-----

Send and receive text and multimedia messages, changes settings and edit voicemail. There is also predictive messaging in 8 different languages.

-----Call Register-----

See how long you've been wasting your credit (outgoing call duration) and how popular you are (incoming call duration).

-----Contacts-----

Add, edit, search etc. store all your contacts here. You can also have one contact per person instead of home, mobile, work etc. by adding more numbers to a certain name.

-----Settings-----

Use the preset ringtones, profiles, time and date, personal shortcuts, connectivity and many more. On standby mode, pressing left starts a text message, right does the calender, down does your contacts, and up does the camera. You can also configure the right soft key to pretty much anything you want. Connectivity is where you can access infrared. The infrared (IR) port is on the top of the phone, and by holding this near another compatable phone, you can send things from your gallery to other phones, once they have activated IR by clicking connectivty, infrared. This is simalar to bluetooth, which the phone does not have.

-----Gallery-----

Here you can orgainise your personal sounds and pictures into folders.

-----Media-----

Here you can access the camera (128x128 pixels resolution, which is not bad, but room for improvement) which you can access in Standard, Night, Portrait and Self Timer modes. You can use the Radio and save the channels and the sound recorder.

-----Organiser-----

You have here a calender, a calculator with plus, minus, divide, times, square, square root and a currency converter and an alarm clock.

-----Applications-----

You have two great games, Bounce, and Virtual Me, plus the option to download more.

-----Services-----

WAP, GPRS, Internet, what more do I have to say?

-----Go To-----

From here you can put your favourite things into a list to get to them quicker. To activate, you must set your right soft key to 'Go To Menu', see settings.

-----SIM-----

This menu is different for each network and contains information and numbers that your network provider has left for you.

-----*****CONCLUSION*****-----

For anyone who wants a cheap but powerful phone, the Nokia 3200 is for you.

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