no! no! NO! (Nokia 6300)

Member Name: manz

Product:	Nokia 6300
Date:	22/12/07 (163 review reads)
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Advantages: Make a handsome doorstop

Disadvantages: Utterly useless battery life

Upgrader's Remorse maybe but my admiration for the 6300 evaporated as rapidly as did its utterly pathetic battery and after a dismal fortnight charging/discharging over and over again in the misbegotten hope of a longer life, switching off all but the bare essentials, I have returned it to the shop. What were Nokia thinking? I am baffled by all the positive feedback. I've always bought Nokias in the past and I'm about to jump ship.

Two+ days battery life is just unacceptable, especially if you find yourself in the middle of knowhere - it'll spend most of its life plugged in like an early 20thC antique. I don't care if it were bigger - battery life is vital! Furthermore the sound quality was quite poor (do I really have to ram it into my ear to hear?) and with only a little texting I'd fully expect to develop Repetitive Strain Injury.

Bottom line is I want a mobile that is just that - mobile! With a decent battery life for making phone calls and texting at the very least. The 6300 isn't a phone like the 6310i, it's a fashion accessory.

Still, mustn't grumble

Summary: Why bother!?

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