Nokia 6300 Candy Bar mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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Score: 8.2/10

2078 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This mobile phone scores high on ease of use. - It has no outstanding negative points. “Fantastic design. simple to use and navigate. this helps to make quick texts and…” Gregg, Southampton View all 2078 real customer reviews

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2078 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
86% of people recommend it.

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Battery life6.9
Design8.5
Ease of use8.6
Features8.0
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.6
Overall rating8.2
Basic text and chat user (137)
Style and looks come first (12)
Business or web user (7)
Music and entertainment lover (3)
technophobe (1)
Retired (1)
Business user (1)
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Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ excellent looks and exactly what i require

- battery doesn't last long

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purchased 02 Aug 2007

Sheraz, London

Score 10.0/10

+ everything is good about this mobile

- to be honest i could not find any thing bad in it

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purchased 08 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- having trouble pxting

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purchased 14 Oct 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Small, easy to use, good looking

- Battery always needs recharging

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purchased 28 Jan 2008

bill, lowton/warrington , “40 something hetro male”

Score 10.0/10

+ looks good, easy to use, compact

- battery does'nt seem to last40

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purchased 24 Jan 2008

Mike , Welwyn , “Power user”

Score 9.0/10

+ Slim, reasonable battery life.

- Keys are too close together. Too easy to hit adjacent buttons when texting.

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purchased 08 Feb 2008

Fraser, St Davids

Score 9.0/10

+ Slim and stylish. good for a man to carry in trouser pocket. easy to use.

- The screen is quite easily scratched if kept in pocket with other things, keys, coins etc. ( i know we shouldn't but most men do)

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purchased 14 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ This phone is very easy to use and the keypad makes texting very quick and easy. The phone looks very good and holds lots of music, texts and photos.

- The battery can run out quite quickly if you keep it on all day or use it lots to send texts or call people, but it doesn't take long to charge up.

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purchased 20 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Really easy to setup and navigate. Stylish blue lights and flashing blue lights on side. Really comfortable keypad for texting. It has all the most important features i.e. speed dial, speakerphone, radio, micro sd card slot and camera. Looks stylish and is a good size and large clear screen.

- Its realy easy to hit the send button when writing a text message so you accidently send before you have finished. The security features are very dificult to understand and setup with no defult codes in the instruction manual.

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purchased 30 Sep 2008

roland, wimborne

Score 7.0/10

+ good sized screen

- very fiddly to text with.Keys very small and difficult to get at

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purchased 14 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ looks good/plenty of useful features

- navigation rocker key(difficult to use)
no usb cable supplied so how do you load music/only (1) tune preloaded-pathetic!!
radio function requires external antenna

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purchased 16 Aug 2008

Ferozali, Rickmansworth Herts , “retired 71 year old ”

Score 10.0/10

+ it is easy to use as this ismy second mobile phone and compared to the last one this iseasy to use.

- none encountered so far.

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purchased 01 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ Nice and easy to use

- In noisy environments the sound quality seems poor - often hard to hear people when I'm at a train station, for example.

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purchased 15 Oct 2008

Ferhana Begum, London , “nomophobic”

Score 8.0/10

+ very user friendly

- the camera doesnt contain flash

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purchased 17 Oct 2008

Stephen, Bournemouth , “An experienced Nokia fan”

Score 10.0/10

+ I have always liked Nokia products - they are simple and yet very efective devices. The build quality is great and the software is always the same - very good and a standard interface.
I bought this phone cos it's just so good to hold - small and fits in a pocket easily, and yet is robust and despite being dropped still continues to work really well, every time. We now have 3 of them in the family and have no isses at all - and can share the same charger too.

- I do find the rocker navigation button a bit of a pain sometimes... it needs a careful press to select the option correctly - I have on several occasions sent a text by pressing it when I meant to hit a right arrow instead... and I have small fingers and some fingernails... not sure how someone with large digits would get on with this.

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purchased 14 Oct 2008

Babs, Peterborough

Score 10.0/10

+ Compact & durable, very clear pictures, easy to navigate - have already recommended to my other half, and my father in law and they are both pleased with it.

- So many features, battery life shorter than previously experienced, and takes longer to re-charge

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purchased 09 Jul 2007

francisco, london

Score 7.0/10

+ Seems to be strong and reliable

- It is not as good as an Iphone.

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purchased 21 Aug 2007

malcolm, maidenhead

Score 8.0/10

+ navigation is easy

- definatly the short time between charging the battery

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purchased 25 Feb 2008

Mick, berkshire

Score 2.0/10

+ Nice heavy good looking phone,

- sorry but 3 of them and all of them had a problem, disconecting bluetooth, and keep going blank when people talking to me on phone so I could not hear what they were saying

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purchased 22 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Completely technology illiterate!!”

Score 9.0/10

+ This phone is incrediably easy to set up and begin using. Its also very esay to personalise.

- Its battery life isn't great but that no biggy.

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purchased 27 Sep 2008

john, whitchurch

Score 7.0/10

+ looks good

- battery life

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purchased 11 Jul 2007

Laura, Cippenham , “female accountant young impressed”

Score 9.0/10

+ it's small and compact and looks good. It is very easy to use like all Nokia phones. I love how sleek it is.

- Not really any, only thing is obviously the screen gets grubby as does the brushed silver back.

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purchased 14 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Robust design”

Score 8.0/10

+ It's a phone first!
Very robust, bounces without falling apart!

- Not water tight!

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purchased 09 May 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Very easy to use and reliable!

- There are none as far as it is concerned - I can text and answer calls - that is all I need it to do!

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purchased 30 Sep 2008

Tracey, Rochdale , “Likes things easy!”

Score 8.0/10

+ Easy to use, easy to see messages, slim and compact.

- Just the battery life, needs charging every day. Oh and there are not enough ring tones to choose from.

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purchased 22 Oct 2008

william, aberfeldy , “not relevant”

Score 8.0/10

+ compactness and smart appearance.
loudpeaker phone

- none really

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purchased 16 Oct 2008

alex, manchester , “technologically minded”

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent phone, very useable.

- No bad points.

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purchased 05 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “funny”

Score 10.0/10

+ its really good phone i recommed it to all my mates

- none

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purchased 11 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Small, slim and compact with easy to access features and great sound and picture quality.

- The battery life is pretty short meaning it needs very frequent charging.

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purchased 23 Jul 2007

sarah, castleford

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use

- i cant set up photo messaging

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purchased 23 Jul 2007

Annjella, ga

Score 8.0/10

+ Camera is ok, radio is good, music player is good, it makes and receives calls and sends texts which is basically all I wanted from my new phone!!

- Battery life is poor compared with my previous Nokias, don't find the Music Manager very easy to use but that may be my fault rather than the phone!

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purchased 24 Nov 2007

Francis, Wantage

Score 9.0/10

+ Screen size and clarity

- Keypad is hard to use with large fingers and doesnt appear to have a continuous up or down hence it sometimes needs lots of presses

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purchased 03 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use key pad - letters are large enough for middle-aged eyesight! Virtually indestructible.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 12 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “young, professional, mum”

Score 9.0/10

+ overall its a nice compac, easy to use nokia

- battery life is terrible!

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purchased 27 Dec 2007

Peter , Romford

Score 8.0/10

+ Looks good, easy to use most of the time.

- Battery life does not look good or is it i am using it to much :)

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purchased 13 Aug 2008

Ron, Watford , “active male office job”

Score 6.0/10

+ It is a phone. Joking aside, it does what it says on the tin. A good, reliable phone, with good battery life.

- Synchronisation is good, but why doesn't the phone come with a cable?

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purchased 07 Apr 2008

Didz, Cheltenham

Score 9.0/10

+ Features and ease of use although yet to suss the music playing.

- Battery life pretty rubbish but so like the light weightness!!

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purchased 17 Jul 2007

Tim, Leyland

Score 10.0/10

+ Small but feature rich. Easy interface in line with other Nokia devices.

- None

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purchased 08 Nov 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ I like the phone because it is small and compact, asy to use, I mainly use it for text messages and the camera

- The only bead point I find is the battery. I have to charge it nearly every other day

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purchased 11 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Does the job it's designed for, also slim and robust. Battery life so far has been good.

- Navigation could be better but acceptable, otherwise it does what it says.

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purchased 25 Oct 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Reliable. Easy to use as phone.
Light weight

- I find the web piece difficult to use.
Email is also difficult to set up.

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purchased 17 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Compact and reliable

- sound could be better

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purchased 09 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ It is a telephone and it works. I do not need or want any other features

- The Battery has an pathetic short life

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purchased 31 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Easy to use - good navigation and not difficult to find functions
Small and compact

- Battery doesn't seem to last very long even though phone is not used very much.

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purchased 19 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 3.0/10

+ Once learnt it is very easy to get around the menu.

- BATTERY! I don't use this phone much and have to charge it every 3/4 days. I have a much much older phone which needs charging less!

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purchased 11 Apr 2008

Krzysztof, Bournemouth

Score 10.0/10

+ very good phone, small with lovele display and sound.

- none

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purchased 16 Oct 2007

Chopper, Bedfordshire

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use. Nothing fancy but perfect for texting and calling - what a phone is meant to do!

- None

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purchased 27 Jun 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Small, light, easily readable.

- Haven't found any yet.

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purchased 21 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Practical phone

- Keypad too small

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purchased 24 Oct 2008

Jean, London

Score 10.0/10

+ This phone is compact & has everything a senior citizen wants and i'm very pleased with it.I'm sure it would suit any age.

- Have'nt been able to find any yet!

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purchased 08 Dec 2008

Colin, exmouth

Score 9.0/10

+ the phone has slim good looks and is easy to hold .The phone in general feels solid in build and so does the keypad .The camera is as I would expect ideal for everyday use.The MP3 player sounds excellent through the headphones.The screen is crystal clear and navigation using the centre piece is simple .It comes with a memory card which I find has more than enough capacity for me

- most people find the battery life to be one let down .I haven't yet found any audible alarm to let me know that I have missed a call or text there are lights at the side of the phone but that's not a lot of use if the phone is in ones pocket.One last small point although the phone comes with headphones supplied they do not have a universal
plug on them meaning If I wanted to replace them I have to buy those with a Nokia style plug on them

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purchased 24 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “i love great gargets”

Score 9.0/10

+ the phone is flat. the features are easy to use. the voice command is great.

- the camera is no the best i've seen. the ringtone selections are few and not so fantastic.

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purchased 13 Oct 2008

cd, mold

Score 10.0/10

+ easy to use small can fit in a pocket or small going out bag

- when in a large bag cant find it

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purchased 14 Oct 2008

Debra, Sunderland

Score 8.0/10

+ slimline, good size screen, plenty of features, easy to use

- sensitive keypad

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purchased 14 Aug 2007

Paul, mayfield

Score 3.0/10

+ Looks good

- Poor keypad, battery life & reception in low signl strength areas

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purchased 04 Jul 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 6.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Navigation key

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purchased 11 Aug 2007

graham , prtsmouth , “great phone”

Score 10.0/10

+ great price nice looking phone small compact, hard waring with metal case, also my mum can use it which is great.

- i couldnt fault this phone

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purchased 18 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ It is a really good phone, my battery life is great and i do use it alot! Good for music aswell i have uploaded alot of songs!

- U need good light for a good quality picture!!!

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purchased 01 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Very easy to use, large screen of excellent quality, good camera, keypad very good for texting.

- Battery life could be a little better

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purchased 13 Feb 2008

Niceteeth, Potteries , “old gadget freak”

Score 8.0/10

+ Light, small and good looking.

- Sound not so good, especially when using speaker phone.

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purchased 16 Apr 2008

Pete, Bridgend

Score 9.0/10

+ Looks good, easy to use, good screen, seems to be well made.

- None really, although if you use lots of the features you will have a problem with the battery. For me mainly texting and occasional phone calls its been fine.

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purchased 02 Aug 2008

margaret, london , “full time working mum”

Score 8.0/10

+ a simple phone to use, idiot proof - so suits me down to the ground.
Great camera, easy to download music and a battery that does not suddenly die on you.

- cd have a better audio output as some calls are hard to hear with general background noise, but truthfully that cd be down to my age!

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purchased 29 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 3.0/10

+ good modern design

- sound quality when volume is on high very tinny and poor quality,
ringtones could be louder,can't hear it very well when in the cab of my lorry.

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purchased 23 Sep 2008

dave, wolverhampton , “average joe”

Score 8.0/10

+ looks good

- no memory

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purchased 21 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ The phone is really sleek and shiny - I expect it will get damaged in time.

- Sound seems very muffly with Bluetooth, earpiece and normal use

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purchased 25 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ It is a Nokia phone so very easy to use . menu easy to use a good phone

- The only down side is the short battery life

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purchased 21 Mar 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “unemployed and hate gadgets”

Score 10.0/10

+ Its simple to use and is not gadgety. Its the sort of phone that everyone should have because its easy to use and is good for people who are quite economic with what they need out of a phone

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 04 Jun 2008

Ellie, Norwich

Score 9.0/10

+ It's a great little compact phone plus its pretty stylish too!

- I can't really fault it, apart from that the materials it is made from are quite susceptible to scratches and scuffs if you aren't careful!

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purchased 10 Jul 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ good music player and very trendy phone

- poor camera

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purchased 12 Jun 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ good looking slim design phone

- not enough ring tones put on

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purchased 22 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ camera style weight

- screen could be bigger and phone could be a bit thinner

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purchased 06 Dec 2007

David, London , “Occasional user”

Score 8.0/10

+ Battery life is excellent. Display is very clear. Starts up and finds a signal very quickly

- Camera images are poor

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purchased 31 Mar 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ The product looks good and is easy to use. Especially the text messaging.

- The battery life is a bit rubbish, I seem to be charging it up every other day even when I don't talk on it much.

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purchased 26 Apr 2008

tanya, nottingham , “50+ young mum”

Score 9.0/10

+ being a bit of a computer numpty i find nokia phones easy to use. it also looks good.

- none realy

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purchased 22 Jul 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ really nice phone easy to use

- alarm noise is very very very quiet

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purchased 29 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ The in car kit is very useful and the phone itself is very easy to use.

- The battery seems to need recharging quickly

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purchased 01 Jul 2007

Rob, Hants

Score 7.0/10

+ Big, clear screen. A good shape - not to small so you'd lose it either.

- Battery life is dreaful. Sound quality is poor.

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purchased 22 Jan 2008

mich, norfolk

Score 10.0/10

+ other than the ring volume this is an excellent phone and the in car kit worked really well

- the ringing volume was not very loud and as a night worker it s not enough to wake me if my family need me

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purchased 08 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ easy to navigate and use
looks good
good predictive text

- battery life is poor
need a shortcut to put the phone on silent without having to change the profiles
speaker function would also be good

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purchased 29 Sep 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ This phone looks good and is really easy to use. The camera is great and the music quality good.

- There are no bad points to this phone but I can understand that people with big fingers may find the keypad awkward.

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purchased 01 May 2008

Dave, Ripon

Score 6.0/10

+ ease of use and clarity of display

- appalling battery life

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purchased 11 Jun 2008

Neil , Bedlington

Score 10.0/10

+ I bought this phone for my daughter She is absolutely delighted with it as it is compact, easy to use and looks good The phone is very good value for money The costs for using the phone are very reasonable

- As far as I and my daughter are concerned there are no bad points

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purchased 12 Nov 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Student with an opinion”

Score 8.0/10

+ Stylish, has customisable themes (of which the iPhone one is really good, search Google for it), can download applications, is compact, battery life is reasonable.

- Camera is very bad, certainly the worst 2MP camera I have ever seen on a camera phone or otherwise. A USB wire to connect to a PC is not provided as standard.

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purchased 20 Sep 2008

eric, nottingham , “I am always critical.”

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent phone. Just the right features and user friendly. Didn't need the booklet to learn how to use the phone. Everything is easy to use with a little common sense. Highly recommended.

- Haven't found any yet.

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purchased 05 Feb 2009

patricia , middlesbrough , “im a single mum”

Score 10.0/10

+ overall very good

- camera pics not very good

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purchased 07 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Looks great, easy to use

- battery life, very poor

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purchased 22 Dec 2007

david murphy, spalding lincs , “average joe”

Score 9.0/10

+ the product is very good looking,easy to use and the battery lasts

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 10 Dec 2007

Bernie, Newbury

Score 10.0/10

+ This is a good looking, easy to use phone, its a Nokia and lives up to the reputation. The camera produces excellent quality pictures that are easily downloaded. The predictive text is excellent and the font size is easy to read.

- The phone was at first a little difficult to get used too, i found it a bit fiddly. It is so light and thin that i used to be concerned about dropping it when using it. I managed to get past that stage in a month and can honestly say that i think its the best phone that i have had to date.

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purchased 14 Feb 2008

Mark, Berkshire , “Mark from Berkshire”

Score 9.0/10

+ 1. Size - small/compact, 2. Easy to use - with the phone basics, 3. It's very robust and well engineered and 4. It looks great.

- 1.The keypad buttons are all jammed together almost like one level/flat metal block and it's all too easy to press the wrong key (letter or number) - I have to use my fingernail to use it!. The buttons need to be more distinct and separate - maybe making the top surface a bit smaller than the bottom of each key pad?. This really slows down one's texting. 2. It's a nightmare to get try send/recieve photos from this camera in a text - my wife and I are still trying since December to get help with this - it should be automaticlly set-up to send and recieved these when you buy it - we are sson to have a baby and cannot send far away relatives the first baby photos. 3. When texting it's slow to register that you want lower case or capitals and you have to go back over your words to change them to the upper or lower case - again it really slows down your texting.

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purchased 20 Dec 2007

Susan, Sheffield

Score 10.0/10

+ Really good looking phone. Nice to handle. I would recommend the plastic protective case cos it can get scratched. Easy to use and the camera function is excellent. A really stylish and reliable phone at a good price.

- None really. I had heard that battery life was quite limited but I haven'y really found this a problem. I suppose when you first get the phone you like to play around a bit and that uses the battery quicker but for everyday use I find it fine. I did put a bigger memory card in though as I like to be able to store plently of photos etc

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purchased 02 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Sad businessman”

Score 9.0/10

+ Great business phone - easy to use + a load of options for when there's spare time

- Battery life is a little too short but its still agreat phone

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purchased 06 Dec 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser , “mostly for business use”

Score 9.0/10

+ intuative, easy to use and compact.

- Battey life could be better especially with Blue Tooth, and key pad a little small for texting.

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purchased 11 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Lightweight, slim, easy to navigate. Keypad clear, backlight good.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 13 Mar 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ i like the look of the phone, nice heavy feel, for the cheap monthly tarrif that i got it on im happy, has a radio which may come in handy one day, but i havent had the need for it yet, its a very good basic phone, probably not for someone who uses their phone alot but works for me.

- terrible battery life i only use it for making and receiving calls which is not very often, and the battery lasts about 3 days not impressed at first but getting used to it, the one big thing that bugs me and would have put me off buying it had i known is that if you miss a message tone when its received it does not repeat the tone to remind you it just has a flashing light on the side so if like me you keep you phone in your bag you will probably not notice it until next time you use your phone.

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purchased 28 Apr 2008

Maurice, Llandrindod Wells , “Casual user”

Score 7.0/10

+ Slim so fits well in my pocket.

- Even though the phone is on but without making or receiving call or sending or receiving texts the battery seems to run out quickly (2/3 days). My last Nokia phone battery lasted @ a week. The screen can be dificult to read in strong shunshine.

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purchased 16 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “good phone, definatley consider ”

Score 10.0/10

+ well easy to use yeah

- battery dont dont last long if ya listen to ya music a bit

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purchased 03 Apr 2008

Trevor, Camborne

Score 9.0/10

+ The style, easy to use, easy to carry. I LIKE IT :-)

- Battery could last a little longer :-(

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purchased 19 Jul 2007

Ian, Kettering

Score 6.0/10

+ Phone looks great and fairly easy to use

- Hate teh handsfree kit - the system consistently lost teh link to teh handset, which then onvolved pulling the plug on the hands free kit and starting all over again - really poor experience. Key pad pon teh phone is also fiddly and easy to press more than one key.

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purchased 03 Jul 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ nokia.....need i say anymore

- battery life doe's not seem good enough

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purchased 10 Nov 2007

Rob, Lightwater

Score 8.0/10

+ Fab phone, tough, easy to use and every feature a reasonable person could want.

- Battery adequate but not great.

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purchased 14 Aug 2007

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Summary of Nokia 6300 Reviews from Across the Web

If you're after a basic, easy to use mobile, the Nokia 6300 fits the bill perfectly.

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TechRadar expert review

It seems increasing numbers of mobile users want to get keep it simple. They want a smart looking phone that does the business, but doesn't necessarily have to do absolutely everything. We don't mean basic or old-fashioned - we mean a phone that has the right features to match its user. The Nokia 6300 aims to be just such phone. The Nokia 6300 is a phone that aims to have enduring appeal with plenty of features but a design and function set to attract serious mobile users. The Nokia 6300 is essentially a classic candybar GSM/GPRS-only handset with no 3G functionality. It has clean…

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reviewed 23 May 2007

Product Features

3G No
Touchscreen No
Type Candy Bar
Band Tri
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 2
Screen Resolution (pixels) 240x320
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
Email Functionality Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 91
Talk Time (hours) 3.5
Standby Time (hours) 336
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging Yes
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 106.4x43.6x11.7
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) 2.0
Games Yes
HTML Browser Yes
Phone book capacity (names) 1000
Colour Multi
Networks Vodafone
Networks T-Mobile
Networks Orange
Networks O2

Also known as: VIRGIN, T-MOBILE 6300, O2 Nokia 6300, Orange Nokia 6300, Tesco, Vodafone

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Manufacturer's Description

Clean, modern design with stainless steel covers, 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, music player and FM radio, multimedia messaging, and a video player and recorder.

  • Compact modern design featuring sophisticated stainless-steel covers, glossy black finish, and rounded edges
  • Catch and keep those treasured moments with the 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom
  • Get entertainment when you want it with the music player, FM stereo radio, and video player
  • See more at a glance with the 240 × 320 resolution screen with up to 16 million true colours
  • Access your email on the go and send messages with attachments
  • Store music, videos, and photos with up to 2GB expandable memory

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