Nokia 6230i Review

Overall Rating

Excellent aesthetically pleasing design, ergonomically friendly, takes MMC card (mine's 1 GB and works) play/record videos, take pictures, Bluetooth, infra-red etc.

Camera is 1.3 MP better qualities available but not within same price range

The Nokia 6230i is brilliant.
It has an amazing design,
Has all the necessary features
Is not massively over priced
Remains good quality even after time
Takes memory cards
Plays videos and has Bluetooth

I have successfully downloaded and watched several films on my Nokia 6230i, the quality is not amazing but is satisfactory (3gp videos are very small in size so an entire film would easily fit a 128mb MMC memory card)
I read someone called it ugly, that comment disgusts me, I find this the most attractive phone there is yet. The buttons and ergonomics of this phone are perfect, the buttons stand out and are comfortable, easy to speed type when text messaging.
This phone has a music player, so plays MP3 tracks perfectly (with the memory card option you can have loads of tracks! (MMC only)

The gaming capabilities are fantastic, Java 3d games...
However the memory that applications can hold is limited, so you cannot download the latest big games. However they do still make good small Java games.
This phone is great when you're bored. I always play games on my Nokia 6230i when on the tube or in a boring lesson. The games I currently have and recommend are FIFA 2007, Worms Forts, Scarface, Super Mario..(and more)
The inbuilt games are golf which is excellent quality, and a car game which I have deleted almost immediately.

When talking about phones you tend to hear about ringtones, so OK ill discuss ringtones briefly.
This phone is an MP3 player, with audio recording capabilities, so you can get your favourite song/music and set it as your ringtone!
The pre-set ringtones are great, Ancient sounds a lot like the prison break theme and was present before prison break came out.
Caribbean is my favourite ringtone.

YOU CAN NEVER GET BORED OF THIS PHONE it has changeable themes so you feel like you're using a new phone!
You can have changeable covers (expensive though)

Like all Nokia its great for speed typing, has a good calender function and alarm clock, it has a countdown timer and all the other standard features.
This phone has Bluetooth, a 1.3mp camera (not amazing in darkness and quality is reduced significantly in night mode) a not so good video camera (unless you're outdoors or it's bright) the video camera can film for ages if you have a memory card and with the Bluetooth you can easily transfer data to a computer or laptop with a Bluetooth USB or equivalent.
I'm also happy with the fact that Nokia decided to keep infra-red and a radio on this phone, these are both great tools.

The main selling points about this phone is the attractive design, it's gorgeous compared to ALL OTHER PHONES.
the shape and design especially the keypad is perfect, I have previously had a 3100, and 3200 and definitely recommend Nokia. The 6230i is my best phone so far and I will be sad to part it, I don't think I will ever see a phone that is as ergonomically friendly and attractive as the Nokia 6230i.
All purpose perfection!

HOWEVER... nope just kidding, there is nothing really bad about this phone the battery life is outstanding, the voice quality over the phone is not amazing but that is to save battery life and it can be changed.
Loudspeaker, wallet, video playing, Bluetooth, infra-red, radio, video recording,
This phone has all the accessories built in and this does not slow its performance down one bit.
this phone is GLORY

One thing is when I bought mine (second hand of eBay for £40) the infra-red screen was missing, I don't know if this is easily broken or not, otherwise phone is amazing!)