Nokia 3600 Slide Phone mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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Score: 8.3/10

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+ This mobile phone scores high on ease of use. - It has no outstanding negative points. “Great build quality,simple to use. the camera is good if you make sure you take…” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 126 real customer reviews

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126 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
88% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (125)
Battery life7.0
Design8.4
Ease of use8.4
Features8.3
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.3
Overall rating8.3
Basic text and chat user (34)
Style and looks come first (5)
Music and entertainment lover (2)
Other (84)
 

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Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great build quality,simple to use. The camera is good if you make sure you take the plastic protect off the lens and set the resolution to medium.This phone is great for those who want a phone that makes calls sends texts,take reasonable photos without all the fancy pointless features on more expensive phones

- None

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286 of 296 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Dec 2008

Score 9.0/10

Maureen, Stoke-on-Trent , “Retired, single, Grandma”

+ I love this little phone....I tried a different brand and didnt like it as much as this one. the email is really easy to use, and phoning is much easier than my previous phone.

- I just don't like the volumn control on the side as I press it every time I get my phone out of it's clip on holder. There are some features with the camera that I'm not keen on as well....and the battery doesn't last as long as my previous phone.....but otherwise it's a GREAT little phone.

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112 of 118 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Dec 2008

Score 10.0/10

chris, harlow

+ Like all Nokia phones, its easy to use, and easy to work through the menus. It hasnt got lots of functions, but thats not what the phone was bought for, but it is good value for money and does everything expected of it well.

- none to note. a good phone.

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93 of 96 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Nov 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Compact, light, easy to navigate. Good sound quality. Looks stylish. Keypad flashes when you receive a text, and keeps flashing intermittently until you open the text, which is quite cool! Maps software is easy to use.

- Not really got any. A good all round phone.

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83 of 83 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks good, camera is brilliant, messaging is easy

- dosnt always keylock without sliding it open

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72 of 78 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Dec 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “non-techno wizzrad,25, aberdeen,”

+ nice big screen, good looking, seems to have lots of features but i just use it for calls and texts. You have the option of changing font size.

- because of all the features and applications it seems to need charging a lot more than a simpler phone.

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62 of 63 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Nov 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “noyhing”

+ stylish,easy to use,good screensavers etc

- sometimes when im talking to peple the sound cuts off and they cant hear me.

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60 of 63 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Dec 2008

Score 10.0/10

Pat, Lincoln

+ This phone has every thing I need on a mobile phone, its very stylish, a lovely big screen, clear and easy navigation, its got lots of features, and it sounds great as well. Its better than my samsung which I loved.
Great all round phone, I would certainly recommend. Brilliant

- The only small bad point I've come across is that the battery life isn't that great but it does last 3 or 4 days if you only use it for text and calls, and the choice of ring tones and message tones aren't that good,

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58 of 59 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jan 2009

Score 6.0/10

julie, Frome

+ Stylish and easy to use.

- I realise everything loses value in time due to new updated phones, but this phone was well over priced, against what it is worth in this short space of time.
The battery life is very short, i have to charge daily.

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53 of 54 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ slide screen prevents you calling people when in your pocket

- battery doesn't last that long when using extra features

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50 of 51 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Dec 2008

Score 8.0/10

Chukra, Woolwich

+ Music player.
A lot more functions can be assigned to the soft keys.

- A zenon camera flash would improve the quality of photograghs in dark/night conditions.
The operating system (OS) needs to speed up, as it takes a while for applications to start.
Will have to buy / use a GPS receiver to use the Nokia Maps loaded on the phone.

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41 of 42 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Nov 2008

Score 9.0/10

John, Plymouth , “silver surfer keeping up”

+ Neat compact and easy to use

- Updating make sure all items on the phone and memory card are backed up to the computer first, other wise all will be lost.

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25 of 25 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jan 2009

Score 2.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “My views are fair”

+ I liked the look and feel of the phone.

- The battery fell out and hid under my sofa.
The keypad was weird; some of the keys needed a very hard press, others were easy to use.
I eventually got fed up with the battery misbehaving and the keypad not being concise so I changed the phone for another Nokia.

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30 of 35 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Dec 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Small and compact. Key pad protected by slide, stop's unwanted call's in your handbag.

- Key pad very clickie. Number 1 doesn't always respond.

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24 of 25 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Dec 2008

Score 9.0/10

Claire, Carlton Scroop, Grantham

+ Lovely and tactile - feels like a robust quality product. Very clear screen. Easy to navigate around - good quality camera and mp3 player. Other plus points are having an easily accessible calender and notes pages. I've not used the web browsing so unable to comment on that.

- Battery doesn't seem to last long - but a small minus compared to the plus points.

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18 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It's a Nokia and does what it says on the tin

- Had to download software for it and doesn't take standard earplug jack

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18 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Niki , Kidderminster, Worcs

+ Great phone. Looks good, easy to use. even has a few good ring tones already on phone. Bluetooth works faster than other phones ive had. Micro memory card included is great for transfering all my stuff from old phone, very easily.

- Battery life ok but not as good as last phone.

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15 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Karen, Wigan , “trendy light phone user”

+ Compact and light

- Auto key lock not automatic , and build quality the headphone broken after a month.

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15 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Dec 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Other”

+ slide action is very smooth, quite intuitive to learn how to use the various features. Range of features was one of the key selling points. Really like the phone.

- battery life not as good as my previous nokia phone. The font used in the calendar in the organiser does not provide enough distiction to show which dates have entries and which do not.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

KEITH, SCUNTHORPE , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ NICE LOOKING PHONE EASY TO USE

- NONE REALLY JUST THE BATTERY LIFE

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Feb 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ The phone does everything that I want it to do but is limited due to the poor battery life.
User friendliness I don't think can be beaten.
Very easy to use.

- The battery life on this is very poor. My previous Motorola phone knocks this out of the water where battery life is concerned. I'm not a heavy user. I found that after the first call I took on it, the battery life level dropped by 50%. On that basis alone, I would not recommend this product. I'll admit, I was sucked in reading the reviews of it here and elsewhere. I'm not at all convinced that this phone is any good for anything other than calls and text. Anything else and you're really restricted by battery life. Fine if you're on the road or can readily charge it, but if you're outdoors with no power points ... make sure it's charged up full before you go.

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15 of 21 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Ease of use,camera picture quality.Decent battery life. Not yet used browser.

- Problem syncronising with PC for camera download.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Dec 2008

Score 8.0/10

Gill , MK , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Looks good and being a Nokia very user friendly

- battery life is very short, far shorter than other Nokia phone I have had.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Lucy, Lincoln

+ Excellent phone with good camera.

- Battery seems to run out quite quickly.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Feb 2009

Score 7.0/10

James, Motherwell , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ Small, compact, good display, buttons works ok

- Camera quality, use of camera and controls fiddly. Feels very plasticy and flexes easily.

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7 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Very neat, stylish and easy to use, battery charges quickly

- Battery life is not so good

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Apr 2009

Score 7.0/10

Chris, Royston

+ Small, compact, easy to use.

- None

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8 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Slim,compact,up to 4gb memory.

- could do with better earphones

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Feb 2009

Score 6.0/10

Patrick, Inverness

+ Didn't get the phone for Maps feature and didn't realise it had it, but come in useful a few times since. Swityched from a SONY and findf texting marginally easier with Nokia - smoother keys or something!

- Battery runs out within the day if use any features, more like 3 or 4 days for just calls and texts.

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music and entertainment lover”

+ Very easy to use

- Back cover difficult to get back on, battery goes very quickly if playing games or music

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

louise , merthyr tydfil , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ the phone is very compact and very easy to use.i love the look of the phone also its quick and simple to transfere music to the device.overall a very good phone.

- i have heard that the plums battery life is low but personally i have not experienced that,but i do charge my phone every night whether low or not because its used a lot.

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6 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

jean, wraysbury middx , “70,with it,”

+ Reviewer left no comment

- so easy to go into drafts when you go to send a message

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6 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Dec 2008

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ nice looking

- bad camera, poor battery, slow menu/software

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6 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ easy to use once yoy know where everything is

- find it hard to turn it on and off

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Stylish, phone with good features. Handy size.

- Slide sometimes is hard to push up. Battery life not great.

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ it is very easy to use

- can't find a fast key to address book, but that might just be me

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Joe, Rochester

+ very good looking and fairly easy to use

- mot a lot really

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The volume is not particularly loud.

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

John, hove , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Easy to use, nice camera

- Can't personalise the Goto menu. Radio plays via speaker (but sound quality poor), but Music player doesn't

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Very good value for money.

- Some of the menus could be more logically organised.

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Feb 2009

Score 7.0/10

AK, Redbridge , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ design
features
operability
extra memory

- battery life

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ I find it very easy to use a vast improvement on my previous phone .

- The short battery life would be annoying for frequent users

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Rob, Bournemouth , “Rob the builder”

+ good value easy to use great camara,battery life so so,

- nowt for the money

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5 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Susan, Brighton

+ It is a good quality phone and is easy to use. The key pad is great too and I think it looks good.

- None

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3 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Wendy , Maidstone

+ Easy to use, without having to refer to the handbook

- Navigation pad sometimes des not do what you expect! Goes into a different menu!

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 May 2009

Score 5.0/10

Alan, Crawley , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Small, makes phone calls and hopefully Nokia reliability.

- When the lock is on the phone the lock can be opened when in your pocket without touching the phone also quality of phone calls is no different from any other mobile I have used before the only other bad point is the writing of messages.

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purchased 17 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

elaine, leeds

+ great design and colour easy to use

- battery life but still pretty good

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It's a fabulous colour, small and compact and very easy to use. I haven't had a Nokia for a long time and was surprised to find it had every feature I have looked for in previous phones but didn't always find.

- None really - the navigation and soft keys feel a bit wobbly, but the main keypad is firm and positive. Battery life not too bad - I am quite a light user.

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

Claire, Cupar Fife

+ this is easy to use, perfect size, smart colour, love it

- not as loud a ring tone message alert tone cant hear it in my pocket

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Barbara, Braintree , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Lovely pictures on the camera

- Keypad buttons too small

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ compact ,easy to use

- No bad points so far

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jul 2009

Score 7.0/10

PAT, WOLVERHAMPTON

+ ITS NEAT,CAMERA QUICK TO USE

- HATE THE MESSAGE EVERY TIME I TEXT,TELLING ME BALANCE..I EXPECTED NOKIA TO HAVE FUNKY TUNES TO USE AS RINGTONE ETC. NOT THOSE STUPID NOISES ...AND MOST IMPORTANT YOU CHARGE FOR VOICEMAIL!!!!

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purchased 22 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

Lynne, Stroud, Glos , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Small, easy to use, stylish and functional

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 11 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Mark, Newcastle Upon Tyne , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ Easy to use, looks goods, all the features you need.

- Having trouble connecting to certain cars

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purchased 18 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ all good easy to use and get going

- none

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1 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Helen, Manchester

+ Very nice little phone, stylish and great value for money. As with all Nokias simplicity is one of the best features.

- On loudspeaker in the car I find it far too quiet. I had a Nokia 6300 and it was much louder.

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

William, Peterborough

+ Easy to use
Excellent camera
Great design
A great phone

- Not come across any yet

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Sid, Doncaster

+ Small, neat, easy to use.

- Battery life could be a little better, but depends mainly on how the phone is used.

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

suzanne, dundee

+ lovely little girly phone small, light weight and easy to use. my daughter love's it

- not found any

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2 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jul 2009

Score 6.0/10

Eileen, Staffs , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ Works like any other nokia phone.
it can be locked when closed.

- key pad when typing especially the top keys which get caught on the slide out

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

Andrew, Ilfracombe , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ very eary to usa

- battery life to short

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ It has an excellent camera & it looks great. I love slide phones.

- It freezes sometimes and takes a while to load features up.

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

wendy, solihull w midlands , “Basic text and chat user” More like this »

+ easy to use does what it says on the tin

- Reviewer left no comment

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Louise, Rimley

+ Great camera

- Navigation- seem to be unnecessary key strokes, especially for messaging

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Pauline, Rochdale , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ Compact & Easy to use with good range of features

- Photos & video quality not brilliant

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0 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jul 2009

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Style and looks come first” More like this »

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Scratches easily

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0 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Jul 2009

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Product Features

3G No
Touchscreen No
Type Slide Phone
Band Quad
EDGE Yes
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 3.2
Screen Resolution (pixels) 240x320
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
Memory Card Slot Yes
Weight (g) 97.3
Talk Time (hours) 5.5
Standby Time (hours) 280
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging Yes
Dimensions (mm) 97.8x47.2x14.5
Java Yes
Games Yes
HTML Browser Yes
Phone book capacity (names) 2000
Colour Red

Also known as: Tesco, Mobile/Nokia3600, Orange Nokia 3600, Nokia

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Manufacturer's Description

  • Compact contoured design with a smooth and satisfying slide action.
  • Optimised digital image capture and sharing with a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera
  • VGA quality video recording and sharing
  • Background Noise Cancellation for outstanding audio performance and uninterrupted calls
  • See the world in a new way with Nokia Maps, with maps for your region preinstalled
  • Nokia Search for easy access to what you need online or on your phone
  • PC synchronisation with Nokia PC Suite and compatible PC for close control of calendar, contacts, and tasks
  • Multiple format digital music and video players
  • A stereo headset to plug in and play your music
  • Tune in to your frequency on stereo FM radio
  • MicroSD card slot that supports cards up to 4GB and 512MB card included

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