Nokia C3-00

I am really not that interested in owning the latest fancy mobile phone. For me a phone just needs to be functional and work well when I need it! However I had owned my Motorola flip phone for several years and it was beginning to really show its age! I have a contract with Vodafone (not something I would recommend!) and was due for an update. I phoned and renegotiated my contract and was offered a choice of several phones one of which was the Nokia C3. I knew I wanted a QWERTY keyboard as I had found using a friends Blackberry keyboard much easier for texting than my phone. A bit of quick ... more

I’m no phone expert – I’m somewhere comfortably in the middle in the scale between phone novice and phone pro. Therefore, my needs from a mobile phone are not as basic as some nor as advanced as others. When I purchased my most recent phone a couple of years ago I had fairly simple requirements – ease of use, fairly slimline looking, some internet capability and good for text messaging (this being the feature that I use most often). I purchased the Nokia C3-00 in navy blue – it is also available in slate grey and hot pink – and it currently prices at around £70. THE LOOK The phone is slimline ... more

The Nokia C3 is your basic issue smartphone. For those of you that like your phone to be compatible with all of today’s technology without mortgaging your kids to buy an iphone then this might be an option worth looking at. I spent years with a brick in my pocket since all a phone is really meant to do is make calls and send text messages. I did not feel that splashing out was worth the money for what a smartphone offers. As such, I am aiming this review to all readers, including those not confident in choosing a new phone, rather than just the tech-savvy ones amongst you. Especially since ... more

= First Impressions = First impressions of this phone when I first took it out of the box and placed it into my hand; it felt very nice in the hand albeit being quite a wide device and it had a lot of weight to it, and not much give around the device. = The Phone Itself = The back of the phone is a very nice aluminium which feels solid, however the phone uses a lot of plastic and the screen area scratches very easily. Speaking of the screen, the 2.8" LCD is quite colourful, however the resolution clocks in at a meagre 320x240 so images do not look as sharp as they could be compared to the ... more

The shape of this phone is nice and from a distance it looks like the blackberry mobiles that are on the market, it fits into your hand nicely but as the back is very smooth it very easily drops out of your hand from time to time. the size of it is manageable but sometimes a bit top heavy, its not too heavy in general though. Calling with this phone is very clear, with the ability to make the volume go up or down as required, however the speaker where the voice comes from has become loose and rattles within the phone sometimes. the loud speaker on the phone is very good as well. Texting on the ... more