Nokia 2310

Advantages: Cheap and easy
Disadvantages: basic phone

...It is a basic Nokia that is slightly newer and better than the Nokia 1600. WHAT THE PHONE CAN'T DO It does not have a camera. You cannot take photos, or videos. It does not have the capacity to play all of your favourite music. You cant do video calling or watch TV. WHAT THE PHONE CAN DO It can make calls. It has the easy to use green dial button and red cancel call button. It has good sound quality through the earpeice and can be used on ...
...It follows the usual Nokia basics with the '0' button as space, and the top right button as clear. The buttons are fairly large so fat fingers are fine. The lettering on the buttons are also slightly larger and clearer than many other phones perhaps making it a better choice to people who struggle to see small writing. It has RDS Radio - meaning you can plug in the headphones that come with the phone and listen to the any FM radio station. The headphones ... Read review

Advantages: easy to use Nokia with cool radio player and loads of useful features
Disadvantages: no camera

I got my Nokia 2310 on upgrade for free and I'm really pleased with it. The call quality, Nokia interface and battery life underpin a rock steady phone that is packed with lots of useful features that make it the best phone I have had my paws on for years. The colour screen is bright and easy to read. It might not be the biggest around but the reduction in screen size means that the size of the entire phone is only 11 by 4 by 2 cm and weighs 85g. ...
...have to lump a huge brick phone around with me on a night out which also draws less attention to me from any potential muggers. The easy to navigate menus that run as standard meant I could pull the phone from the box, charge it and just go for it. Everything is easy to access from the menu and the phone book, calendar and games are all nice touches. The radio player is the coolest feature and the tuner autmatically tunes into favourite stations ... Read review

I asked for a cheap phone for a Birthday present and this is what I got. I'm thrilled to bits with it. It came from Argos with a T-Mobile package and does everything I wanted. Excellent phone reception, quick easy appointment tracking with alarm set up, and it also plays radio. The buttons are well spaced for my clumsy fingers, and I particularly like the programmable shortcut button for features I use regularly. It is small and feather-light, so if you want a good basic pocket phone - look no further.

Advantages: Won't affect your purse
Disadvantages: Doesn't seem like it will last too long

Well, I was surprised when I got to the Virgin Meastore in Camden High Street in North London. I have quite a few Vigin chips and I had saved up quite a few red rewards and needed a new phone so I had a look on the web site and found that I did not have enough credits to get it delivered so I went to the store. It was selling at £19.99 on line but at the store it was only £14.99; for which I was grateful. I bought two one for me and one for my x ...
...each phone and a set of headphones to use with the radio. It has the usual games: Snake, Bounce and Nature Park. The following options are available on the menu: Messages Contacts Call REgister Settings Alarm Clock Radio Reminders Games Extras Interactive It has the usual options on the above It has the following options on the Extra's menu: Calculator Convertor Countdown Timer Calender Stopwatch Composer I was quite surprised ... Read review

Advantages: None.
Disadvantages: Horrible exterior, tiny screen, nasty menu system.

...a lots of good cheap Nokia phones out there. The Nokia 2310 doesn't fall in to either of these categories. To start, the look of the phone, it's predominantly white and therefore very easy to get dirty. Secondly, the horrible, HORRIBLE silver directional pad in the middle. It looks like it's going to fall off, like the blu-tac will give way any second!! It really does look like it's made of tin foil, in all fairness the slightly more rigid version ...
...hours standby time. Maybe Nokia tried too hard??!?!? Was I expecting a lot more from this handset?? No. I was expecting the same amount, but just in a lot more accessible package and a friendlier shell. There are cheaper Nokia phones out there to be had that will do exactly the same job for you and be ten times easier to use. I would recommend any of those instead. Alternatively, read my review of the Sony Ericsson K310i, same price, same functions, ... Read review