classic feeling again, nokia 3500 (Nokia 3500 classic)

Member Name: gemsarchitect

Product:	Nokia 3500 classic
Date:	17/10/08 (231 review reads)
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Advantages: compact design, solid body, stereo FM

Disadvantages: no Wi-Fi and 3G, dosent support hot swap

Nokia 3500 classic
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Classic, name is something related to old style or old peoples etc. It means classic is a tradition which has its fan in modern tradition also. Here in phone category this classic tradition is alive and popular also.
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Nokia has launched some good classic phones within couple of years and they got good response from classic lovers like Nokia 6500 classic, Nokia 3110 classic, Nokia 6120 classic and latest model is 6220 classic. Nokia 3500 classic is also a good features phone with good design and can be consider in slim category.
Now I will discuss here it's some good features with its advantages and some disadvantages also.
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Design and look
Phone is measured about 107 x 45 x 13.1 mm, 59 cc, and the total weight is about 81gm. Now the good point here is that its thickness is only about 13mm and it can be consider in slim category phone. Weight is also below average and it is good pockatable phone. Display size is comparatively small with its rivals or average this category phones with about 128 x 160 pixels, 1.8 inches screen size with TFT, 256K colors screen. Resolution is average but phone is compact so they have provided enough screen size with good resolution.
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Memory size..
In terms of internal memory this phone doesn't have good memory and there is only 8.5 MB user memory. Phone also support micro SD card and maximum support capacity is about 2GB. Not a big point but as considering this phone maximum support memory is average. The bad point is here that card phone does not support hot swap technology for memory card, so beware...don't remove the card in running phone. You have to switched off your phone to remove the card otherwise there is a chances of DATA loss.
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Connectivity
Phone supports all traditional connectivity solutions except latest Wi-Fi and 3G. it has Bluetooth, USB, GPRS, EDGE etc etc. Now the time is for important 3G technology and Wi-Fi connectivity but phone doesn't have both of them. Not a big matter in this category of middle range phone.
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Music, FM and camera
There is 2 megapixel camera but doesn't have autofocus and flash. Not a good camera but it is time pass solution they have provided.
Phone has a MP3/MP4/AAC/AAC music player and stereo FM radio. You are unable to get stereo sound in FM without handsfree and even also in music player. So have a good handsfree for better music experience.
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Battery back-up
Battery back-up is average with Standard lithium ion battery, Li-Ion 820 mAh (BL-4C). 820 mah is not a good capacity but it has average back-up with about 3 hours of talktime and same as in music and FM.
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Over all conclusion
As a look and design this phone good classic design and compact body and it will really impress to classic lovers.

Summary: compact and slim body, classic feel

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