Nokia 3300 Review

Overall Rating

Full keyboard comes in very handy in the American version of the Nokia 3300
Upgradable memory is not limited (I added 1Gb, and I have seen up to 4Gb)
FM radio comes in very handy on long trips
Works with any Nokia charger

It's confusing at first to know which side to talk into on the American version of the Nokia 3300
The button to end the call is unfortunately located on the side where the ear is bound to go (lost a few calls this way)
The volume is very low (got a few complaints when I let someone borrow the phone that they could not listen, and it makes you push the phone to your face affecting the previous point)
MP3 is very tricky, and unfortunately if you add the extra memory you will have an awful time if you add too many songs trying to sort through them.
Battery life is very short (I solved this by getting a second battery and charger)
The features on the screen look like an older phone, and the sound it makes would make you doubt that it's poly
It has bad reception compared to many phones I have tried
It does not have bluetooth (sadly this phone needs it - incredibly bad)

This Review is based on the American version of the Nokia 3300 with a full key board.

The Nokia 3300 mobile phone is a good show off at first, and it's fun to have for the first few weeks, but it does have a tendency of getting dull incredibly fast. Its greatest flaw is the sound. It could definitely have a lot more, and the way the headphones are connected to the cell phone makes it very possible, in fact, most likely that you will accidentally move your hand one inch on the phone and unplug the cable, which means it's not a very good phone to use headphones with either. It would be if it had bluetooth, but it does not.

However, a very handy feature, and probably one hidden from anyone, is the fact that you could connect the cellphone to the computer through a USB, and with the ability that you can add more memory, you can use the cell phone as a flash drive (like I have done. I am a high school student, and I take everything school related, on the cell phone everywhere with me), though the cable is a bit of a problem to carry around, and it's tricky to plug into the computer, as you are left turning from one side to the other trying it to make it go in. It sometimes takes a little while to figure out you were doing it correctly in the first place.

Overall, the phone is very poor, though may I add in the plus side? It has incredible resistance to impact. It has fallen countless times on the pavement, and one time from pretty high, as I tried to grab it but ended up launching it up, making it fall about 6 feet, and the phone still worked perfectly fine, and it has fallen many times, which is something that the new phones may not do. In a way, it's like a classic car; you can let it overheat and still drive it several miles until a rest stop; unlike a modern car that overheats and stops immediately, the phone looks like a classic phone after a while, and it becomes a classic in your eyes. It is so reliable that you cannot seem to get rid of it. I have a Sony Ericsson s710a, which is unable to contain the memory the Nokia holds (only 128Mb max), but I still have the Nokia when I have to take my work with me. Unfortunately, this actually annoys me because the phone never breaks, but at the same time it annoys me because it is so reliable.

I would still not recommend anyone to buy the phone though, as you cannot use headphones with the phone, and I have already broken 6 handsfree kit's, because where you think you could plug a normal set of headphones for the music, it will not fit.