Nokia 8290 Review

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Nokia 8290
3.3 stars
Average rating for this product is: 3.3 out of 5

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yelreda.'s Review of Nokia 8290

18th Jan 2003

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
Good Points

This phone is a very small phone, which is great. That's the first thing I look for when buying a cellphone. It's really easy to use, great menu, like all other Nokias, easy-access volume control, Voice-Tag Dialing, It's an SIM Card Phone.


Bad Points

The screen scrambles or goes off.


General Comments

This phone is very handy, because of it's small size and light weight. It's just a great phone, like all Nokias are. But the screen problem seems to be a common issue on this phone. I bought this phone used from e-bay, and I did not experience the phone when the screen was working. I don't know how long it took the phone to start having problems with the screen, but it looked like an 8 - 12 months old phone. The screen scrambles or goes off. The cause of that problem is the screen itself. The screen seems delicate, and It sounds pretty right that when you put it in a tight pocket very often, the screen will scramble. The temperature does not seem to have anything to do with it. The screen scrambles when you put some pressure on the faceplate, the reason for that is that there isn't much space between the sides of the screen cover on the inside and the faceplate. When you put a little bit of pressure on the faceplate, it will touch with the sides of the screen and cause it to scramble. When the screen is doing alright, and I treat the phone good, nothing happens, the screen will work perfectly well; once I stop treating the phone with delicacy it will happen again. When I say delicacy, I don't mean that you can't hold it in your hand or put it in your pocket. Just don't throw it on your desk when you get home, or toss it around, or just do something that ain't normal. Use the phone normally, treating it good. If you buy this phone New, and you treat it good, I'm very possitive that it will work perfectly well. Nothing will happen to the screen. I've analized that screen problem so much that I'm very sure of what I'm saying. The phone is great, it is just delicate, so if you don't wanna be aware of that, you will have a really bad experience with the scrambling, flaky screen. I really recommend this phone. If you can't take care of it then DO NOT BUY IT!

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