Several months ago I purhased a Nokia X3 - the sales man in the shop did his job well and sold me the phone. It was cheaper than the latest smart phones, however I was still expecting big things from this phone. How I was let down.

Prior to purchasing this phone I had been using an Alcael phone I purchased for around a fiver. You can imagine how basic this phone was therefore I expected the Nokia to seem like a substantial improvement, however it didn't.

On the face of things it seemed a good handset, for one I was impressed by its looks. Thats where the positives stopped.

The phone itself was painfully slow, and the graphics seemed poor. The Nokia operating system, and menus does not appear to have improved much since I was a 12 year old boy playing snake on my 3310!

The Nokia app market (Ovi Store) is pathetic, and any apps downloaded didnt work without the phone struggling to run them anyway.

On a slightly positive note the battery life seemed good, however this was likely due to the phone been so useless I never used it for anything other than texting.