Nokia 5300 Review

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Nokia 5300
4 stars
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Zagha's Review of Nokia 5300

15th Jan 2007

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Time Phone Owned
    Between 1 - 4 Weeks
  • Battery Life
    2.5 stars
  • Reception
    3.5 stars
  • Reviewers Network
    Airtel
  • Screen Quality
    5 stars
  • Features
    3 stars
  • Style
    4 stars
Bad Points

Battery Life. For heavy users, this can be limiting.
From heavy user perspective: The inability to multitask with multiple java apps.


General Comments

I wanted to gift my wife a new phone, and the requirements from the phone were basic. Symbian for the UI, USB Connectivity, expandable memory, a decent camera (1.3 MP+) and a decent looking phone considering women are far more conscious of form factor. So I went in a bought a Nokia 5300 which has comes in a red and grey. Surprisingly it is packed with all the features a basic phone should have. Edge, Bluetooth, IR beam, 320x240 display. And being a series 40 3rd edition its much faster then the other phones.

What's the verdict: Brilliant (except for average battery life)
Pros:
Symbian 40 phones, being simpler, are much faster than their Symbian 60 cousins.
Basic features like number duplication warnings make your life much easier.
This is something that neither the NSeries nor the ESeries offer.
A BRILLIANT PC Suite and USB Connectivity.
Backing up the entire phone has never been easier.
I've been known to curse Nokia for the poorer versions of their PC Suite and compliance / connectivity issues with their phones over Bluetooth/ IR but from all the handling of this phone & the new suite , this version ROCKS.
The ability to backup every bit of information on your phone including messages, contacts, images etc by simple drag-drop mouse commands.
A crisp camera and 256 Memory Card.
Dedicated easy access buttons for music and deep base earphones. You can use your external speakers also and they sound much better. It also has an additional pin to add after-market headphones.
Its works as a USB flash disk, and its so easy to use with Windows XP.
So sharing your pictures and saving them is a piece of cake.
My wife surprised me with her ability to use the phone.
She clicked our snap with the timer during Christmas and took the phone with the USB to the Kodak Photoshop and took a print of it and framed it for our dining room.
I think it's a great buy at 11k.

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