Light up your Life !. Review on Nokia 3100 Cell Phone

After 5 months of having a Sony Ericsson T230 and getting bugged by its occassional hangs, resets, poor keypad tactility and its poor resolution I decided to sell it off and went back to THAT TRUSTED OLD COMPANY of MOBILE PHONES - ''NOKIA''. Nokia 3100 suited my budget and heard some good reviews on asia.cnet.com and howardchui.com, I got my Nokia 3100 for 8,700/- with 2 years warranty and 1 year insurance. Here I would like to list the PROS and CONS of this cute and handy mobile.

PROS

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• 4096 color STN LCD with 128 * 128 resolution ( much better than 101 * 80 of SE and Siemens)

  
  




• Sturdy build and light weight at 85 g

  
  




• Tri-Band ( 900/1800/1900 Mhz)

  
  




• Make your own folders to store pics, ringtones and sms ( Nokia Series 40 Phone)

  
  




• Comprehensive phonebook ( Picture phone book, 9 pieces of info per contact)

  
  




• Ability to sync with MS-Outlook by connecting it to a PC thru DKU-5 USB cable

  
  




• Java Games and Apps downloadable ( Heaps of them available in the net - For AirTel users download ''Live Cricket Scroller'' and ''Run with Sachin''for free from AirTel Masala Portal)

  
  




• ''Go-To'' menu to take to your favourite apps in a jiffy

  
  




• Calendar to store reminders (500 entries)

  
  




• As usual you can change your X-Press On Covers to suit your personality

  
  




• Long lasting battery with 5 days backup

  
  




• Rhythmic backlight alert

  
  




• 1 MB Storage space for downloaded Pics,Ringtones

  
  




• Very comfortable and soft keypads

  
  




• XHTML Browser makes viewing WAP pages with color pics faster and easier

  
  




• RECEPTION and CALL QUALITY Excellent

  
  

CONS

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• Looks like a toy with its ''Plastic Look'' - ( For people who can wait - Wait for Nokia 3120)

  
  




• Polyphonic ringtones are not as good as Samsung,SE ( only 16 chord polyphonic)

  
  




• Grid like Menu could have made the navigation part easier

  
  




• Menu Icons could have been made as 3D Icons found in N 6610,6100,7250

  
  




• For viewing photos 4096 colors isnt enough

  
  




• Cost just a little too high

  
  

XTRAS

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• Want a FM Radio - buy a Nokia Radio Headset

  
  




• Want a CAM - buy a Nokia Fun Cam - VGA quality with in-built flash & memory ,better than CIF cameras available in Nokia 3200, 7250, SE T610

  
  




• Want a Cable - Buy a third party USB cable like MobileAction - ( https://mobileaction.com.tw)