Nokia 3300 Review

The 3300 is a fine example of how the music-oriented cell phone segment is maturing. Its stylish attitude is reflective of its seriousness, it not just a funky music-happy mobile, it's a complete sophisticated package.

The Nokia 3300 has a solid navy frame and is used horizontally like a handheld gaming console. Its keys are conveniently positioned for ease of use and they provide a good tactile feel.

The 64MB memory card allows you to store 11 songs and it's very easy to set up the phone ready for playing. The Audio manager allows you to manipulate play lists and it has a customisable equalizer setting and sound balance included.

Like many Nokia phones the 3300 has a FM tuner. The 3300 offers separate volume control for radio and MP3, which is nice little extra as radio stations tend to be louder than onboard music files.

MP3s can be set as ringtones if you get bored of the complementary polyphonic ringing tones. Musically themed wallpapers can be selected to decorate the 4096-color display. There are four games on the 3300, including two musically themed.

The 3300 comes with MMS, GPRS, wireless Java and dual band.

Battery life, reception and voice quality are good.

Audio quality on the 3300 is excellent if you are using the earpiece. However on the downside the headset plug is a little loose fitting which can be a bit problematic. It is possible the play music through the loudspeaker but the sound is really too soft for outdoor use.

The Nokia 3300 isn't not cheapest phone on the market but Nokia have managed to blend a phone and a music player perfectly creating a stylish looking device with credible build quality.