Better than most! (Nokia 3210)

Member Name: Kunama

Product:	Nokia 3210
Date:	20/01/02 (93 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, Sturdy

Disadvantages: Chunky compared to my new model!

Well, I had this phone for nearly a year, but have since upgraded again. I still like 3210 a lot though. I upgraded from a Nokia 402 because I could (and it was free). I think without getting any special deal with this phone, it costs about £30 to buy first time round (when I got it, it changes from shop to shop though), but no mobile shop gives you a phone without tons of accessories (Case, in-car charger, hands free kit an so on!)

I chose this make specifically because to me it is very good value for money. I don't need WAP capability or FM radio or a built in MP3 player, I need a mobile I can make & receive calls on! That is what I have got.

Here we go then, with a list of features: -
· An address book, which can hold up to 90 names and numbers.

· A call register (who called you, who you called, how many minutes you have used etc)

· Text messaging - the phone can store 10 text messages between the inbox and the outbox. It comes with predictive text messaging, which I have found you either love it or you hate it! There is also a choice of 3 different picture messages you can send although they do cost 3 times as much to send as a normal message.

· The ever-handy call divert, never be interrupted by calls when you are trying to snog a cute bloke at the local disco again!

· It also has a calculator, with a currency converter function.

· Then onto the games, most important for you. The ever present Snake is highly addictive, but it does drain your batteries quite fast. Rotation, which I have never got the hang of, and last, but by no means least Memory, perfect for playing on the bus.

· The information menus are handy too, although I don't use them for much more than getting my star sign. Sport, Lifestyle & Finance. Each with a wealth of options to choose from. Football results to the latest headlines, weather, really (and I can’t stress enough how bad) bad jokes!


The 3210 is one of the models of phone that is capable of receiving new operator logos, I change mine about once a fortnight! Most websites that offer this facility will charge you for the privilege, but there are some good free ones out there.

Aha, I almost forgot, for the more musically minded amongst you, there is even a ringtone composer, although again, never been able to figure it out myself, I just copy them from the internet (lots of sites out there). It just seems far too complicated to do when you can get guides with exact key presses instead.

You can get a wide range of clip on covers for both the front and the back of this model, everything from plain colours to buffy and Jack Daniels covers. I have even seen playboy ones!

And last, but by no means least, the technical stuff.

The standby time quoted on the Nokia website is 260 hours, but I never had it last that long!

Talk time is approximately 4 hours, not bad at all, I only really needed to charge my phone more than once a week if I had been on it a lot (or my husband had stolen it to play snake on)
Dimensions: 123.8 x 50.5 x 16.7/22.5 mm
Weight: 151 g

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