Nokia 3390 Review

Overall Rating

Trust me, I'm NOT exaggerating when I give this phone 0 stars! When I went to change my service, I was talked into trading my Nokia 6190 for a new Nokia 3390. What a mistake. The phone looked promising at the store. It worked very much the same as my 6190, but with some added features. I got home, charged it, then began to try it out. Within a few minutes, the menu beep died. I continued, figuring it was nothing...then the phone cut off. I tried again, and got the same results. Checked the battery and SIM card, but both where secure and clean. I tried to make some calls with it, but it died halfway though...again.

So, I brought it back and got my old Nokia 6190 back. It's been working for almost 3 years now, even using the original battery!
Oh, I should mantion...while I was waiting, about 5 other people came into the store ALSO returning their Nokia 3390's...

Members' Comments onDarren.'s Review

• MOTORHEAD03. on 28th Jan 2003

  I disagree the 3390 is a great phone i have had one for a year now and nothing has mest up.

• Nate. on 27th Feb 2003

  I also disagree. The Nokia 3390 is a great phone, I've had mine for about 2 months. Nothing has went wrong with it. I think you should use what you've had if it worked for you before. My Nokia was bought new. I don't know if you bought it used, it could have been miskept. I would also like to note that the Nokia 3390 has great reception, and no dropped calls whatsoever when equipped with the internal antenna, that is very more than they charge for it at http://4cellphones.zoovy.com/ I have bought from them and they are great. - Thank you

• Dudest. on 23rd Mar 2003

  I also disagree
  I used to have a Nokia 3390 and it was great!!! I had no problems with it aside from dropping it. I prefer my Motorola C332 over it but I miss the simplicity of my Nokia the 3 button design is excelent and the numbers are sooooooo easy to push(i've had many problems calling people on my moto). I would recomend this phone to anyone. And best of all you can get faceplates for like 3 bucks(my moto is like 25 bucks each faceplate!!) I miss it but I still like my C332 more.

• cant know bees. on 6th Apr 2003

  i agree ... some problems i've had with my phone was that it's caller id never worked. So i spent a whole year and a half not knowing who was calling when it rang. Another problem i've encountered was the ringtones. It has about 5 empty slots for downloading ringtones. I don't download, cause i fear i will have to pay for it, so i compoase my own. i send it to myself but it can only recieve 1 at a time, when there are 4 other slots open! The last problem was sending and receiving text/picture messages, I couldn't do either!!! this phone sux!!!

• Justwippet. on 12th Apr 2003

  This is a great simple phone. It does exactly what it's supposed to do. The construction feels VERY solid and I like the battery compartment because the battery is physically locked into place. Like someone else said, faceplates and other accessories are dirt cheap and very widely available. As to the reviewer that awarded "0 stars," I have to wonder why he didn't just exchange the phone for a new one. Every company puts out a bad run of products...that's why retailers created exchanges!

• sistagurl88 on 3rd Jan 2004

  I have this phone and it works great. I have never had any problems with it.

• nokfido on 6th Sep 2004

  You probably got a faulty model, I've had mine since june 2001 and it is a BETA model so its suppost to have MORE problems but a new battery and great ruby red faceplates seem to do the job of keeping my phone current!!!!