Nokia 3200 (Nokia 3200)

Member Name: DoctorDeath

Product:	Nokia 3200
Date:	23/05/04 (778 review reads)
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Advantages: WAP=free ringtones, price, great user interface

Disadvantages: flimsy case, camera quality, dumb button setout

Hi, im in Aus so DONT WORRY ABOUT THE PRICE PRICE,
the nokia 3200 is a great all-around phone, well worth its price. though the button setout is stupid, this takes nothing off the quality of this phone. for anyone tossing up between a flip phone and this one, as i was, the only difference is the screen quality, but if you are willing to pay the extra money, really consider it because this phone is great.

for the price you can get nothing better, ill list the features and you do the maths; camera, radio, infra-red, polyphonic tunes, WAP & GPRS, mobile internet, MMS, voice recorder, 128x128 resolution, torch, CREATE YOUR OWN COVERS and great organiser. what more can i say...

firstly the camera is more of toy than it is for real use, the photos will always be blurry. the night mode works very well, making the dimmest of lighting mean nothing.the great thing about the camera is the instant-access to it, just press up and your straight into camera mode! the photos have 3 quality settings, basic, normal and high. basic can hold around 55 shots max while high only holds around 30. the difference in quality between the settings is neglible, stick to the normal quality.

The polyphonic tunes on the phone are good, the phone has the biggest range of notes ever, very high pitch to bass drum all work well. the ultimate thing about the poly tunes is they are downloadable FOR FREE at polyphonicringtonez.com. i am not endorsing them but once you start downloading, youll never stop, all at the fee of one dial-up GPRS cost.

The radio is a real buying point here, i chose this phone over the Sharp GX-10i because of this. no matter where you are you can always listen to the radio with no need for batteries. the infra-red and MMS work like they should, nothing great here.

the create your own covers are very cool. you get a cutting kit with the handset and you are given 3-4 covers depending if you get it from vodafone or not, (they give you
4). just print out anything you want as a cover, stick it in the cutter and theres your own cover. while this is all easy getting the cover off is not. BE WARNED, the cover is super-hard to get off and many people i know have had to replace them before. just be careful and it will all be fine.

now for the bad stuff. the GPRS is as slow as it gets, expect to wait 1 minute for a connection, only to get disconnected from a network failure, this costs money aswell. very bad. Text messaging is near impossible to never make a mistake, at least twice per message you will have pressed the wrong button, the button setout is crazy. And if you get a call while key-lock is on, be prepared for a frenzy of button pressing to turn it off before the callers hangs up. it takes about 1 1/2 seconds.

though the bad points are there, they do not outweigh the good points. the price is a major factor here. it all comes down to whether or not you like the button set-out, otherwise get it.

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