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Nokia 6230i
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USB port, 1.3 megapixel camera, email, music player, Bluetooth technology, GPRS and EDGE in small and stylish handset.
Features of the Nokia 6230i include:
- Display: TFT, 65,536 colours, 208 x 208 pixels
- 1.3 megapixel camera (image size 1280 x 1024 pixels)
- Record up to 1 hour of video in the 3GPP QCIF video file format (H.263 video and AMR for improved sound)
- Integrated video player for download and playback or for streaming: 3GPP, H.263 video, MPEG-4, and AMR
- Music player supports AAC, MP3, and M4A formats
- Use AAC/MP3 tracks for ringing/game/alert tones, as well as MIDI/polyphonic tones
- FM stereo radio
- Voice recorder (up to 1 hour)
- Speed dialing: up to 9 names
- Voice dialing, 25 preset
- 16 voice commands
- Integrated handsfree speaker
- Caller identification with image
- New animated 3D menu graphics
- 5-way navigation key with select key
- Configurable right and left soft keys
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging, email (SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4)
- Push to Talk
- Games: 3D Golf, Street Racer, Backgammon plus downloadable Java games
- Web browser
- Mobile Wallet 2.0
- Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB, infrared
- WAP, GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE (high speed data - up to 236.8 Kbit/s)
- Memory: 32 MB internal memory plus MMC memory card (up to 512 MB)
- Vibrating alert
- Triband
- Size: 103 x 44 x 20mm
- Weight: 99g
- Talktime: 3 - 5 hours
- Battery standby: up to 300 hours
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Displaying reviews 301 - 390 of 390 (displayed in order of date):
Reviewed by zobo on 23/01/2007
evry G shud hav this phone....its sweet...round my ways itsa bit of a fashion accesory..uve gottda av oner these theyre hot! x
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Reviewed by Blacksteel on 23/01/2007
In my opinion, this is simply the best phone available in the world. I bought this phone first month it was out, as an upgrade from my 6230. Was a little wary at first that it wouldn't present much of a difference, but hell am I happy I got it. I recently upgraded to a Nokia N73, wanting more. Instantly regretted it. The Symbian was dodgy at best, like a cheap version of windows in its performance and speed (don't think Nokia have quite got the hang of Smartphone OS and Third-party applications). It also shut down and crashed in exactly the same way it's reported to do in it's reviews. So I went back lovingly to this one. It's still as good as new, but I may even buy another one now to take over when it passes away! Breakdown: Camera: Perfect for a phone (Want more pixel? Get a Digital Camera). Music: Capable if I wanted music on it- with a memory card slot to easily expand (Want more music? Get an iPod!!). Keypad: Best. Look: Stylish, good weight for flipping around like a cocktail waiter. Sturdy?: Exceptionally. Mine's really quite old and I could sell it as new. Very tough little phone. 6 stars out of 5.
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Reviewed by dan on 20/01/2007
This phone is brilliant! I got this phone for christmas and it is brilliant , iv dropped and loads of time lol and i hasnt broke yer lol. But the only problem i had with the phone when i got it was the memory card was too small but i bought a new one so.....
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Reviewed by Khalid on 19/01/2007
smart, handy, easy to use, excellent music output, good camera result, soft keypad, extendable memory and storage, bluetooth ,,,, what else do you want.... Great Nokia6230i
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Reviewed by Lewis on 18/01/2007
This phone is a gd alround solid fone, the only problem is that the screen gets very dusty underneath.
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Reviewed by Roy Taylor on 13/01/2007
At first this was the BEST PHONE EVER but over the last few months so much has gone wrong 1)the volume bars appear every time I touch the phone and subsequently during scrolling and dialling 2)the loudspeaker is broken (no noise of any description but vibrate still works)
3) battery charge is getting shorter between re-charging The phone was originally a contract phone with Orange but I changed to pay-as-you-talk
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Reviewed by steve on 12/01/2007
no promblem with phone easy to use great space with extra memory card and very cheap for extra spares etc better than sum of these new ones coming out.
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Reviewed by josh on 11/01/2007
amazing
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Reviewed by Xell on 09/01/2007
This phone is a joke. The 6230 was brilliant for what I needed at the time, I kept it for ages and the logical step was to get the 6230i. Well, it's slow, and when I say slow, I mean pressing the menu and having to wait seconds for it to appear. This really doesn't seem a big deal, but when you want to crack out a quick text or perhaps do something simple like take a photo, you have to press.....wait..... wait.... then maybe you'll be lucky on the next screen. Nope, texting is slow too. Save yourself the pain and don't get this phone. If it weren't for the clear screen I'd go back to the 6230. :(
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Reviewed by Bob on 08/01/2007
this phone is great!
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Reviewed by sadie of the U.K on 08/01/2007
this phone is not the best phone i have ever had but it can do most of the things that i want it to do the phone has quite a good camera and music system, so far i have not had any trouble with this phone but only time will tell weather i too will have any problems with the phone
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Reviewed by kash on 07/01/2007
The 6230i is a good all-round performer; it does what mobile should do, call and text. If you want something more then your reading the wrong review and should go out and purchase a digital camera or an MP3 player. People forget especially with mobile phones that a camera is more of gimmick not a serious tool for taking pictures you take one or two or stupid fuzzy ones when your on a night out and then delete the pictures latter on. The screen is good; no problems at reading or making txt messages and you can see whose calling etc etc. Please don’t listen to people who write reviews with abbreviated words if they cant be bothered to write words in full then they probably haven’t had the time go through the phone properly and just complain because they have nothing better to do. And remember a mobile is for calling and testing, also you should ask yourself how many times do you use any of the other features through out your day, it’s also under £100, cushti
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Reviewed by Avishay on 06/01/2007
Everything i ever wanted on a phone i can find in this one.
Awesome camera, mp3 (awesome quality!), video, expandable memory, and a lot more! Too bad that when you transfer pics 2 da comp the quality aint as good as it seems in da phone... And battery life sux... But dont let those things make u not wanna buy it coz u will miss a whole lot.
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Reviewed by jag on 29/12/2006
Gd phone got most things. reasonable camera allright battery life. Its got a nice shape nice weight looks great.
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Reviewed by larry on 29/12/2006
It is a good phone, but I do not like Nokia phones.
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Reviewed by phil on 28/12/2006
i upgraded from my much loved and very abused 6230. this phone is everything you could want from a basic phone. the camera isnt the best, but if you want picture quality get a digi camera or a k800i...the music player is ok, but if you want music get an ipod or a dedicated music phone...a no nonsense simple to use reliable piece of kit nuff sed...
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Reviewed by andrej on 28/12/2006
best buy phone, only camera it is not so good, but other things are excellent
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Reviewed by Mohammed on 22/12/2006
Terrible phone, i bought it last week and so far the charger has stoped working, the screen has freezed up and dust has somehow got in behind the screen, the camera is grainy and looks more like a vga than a 1.3 megapixel, it's like nokia has just thrown together 2 bits of plastic with the cheapest megapixel camera they could find and sold it for an exagerrated price, well done nokia i will never buy from you again, i'm switching to a sony ericsson w810i.
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Reviewed by Keiron on 21/12/2006
Well my dads got this phone and I had a go of it, Im loving it, Quick, Responcive and just loud! Im defenetly having one for Christmas! Quick uploading... And downloading. Its brilliant! Ownes all oher fones! I had a old nokia (the one with no colour and a fm radio.) Well this phones awsome!
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Reviewed by stacey from england on 10/12/2006
This phone is wicked it's great camera and also a great video it has bluetooth and infared on it and it finds the people really fast on bluetooth. I have had my phone since last christmas and iv never had any problems with it. I advise u to buy this phone!!!! Im after the samsung e370 in pink at the mo but ill never get rid of my nokia 6230i ever. great texting and also i have a 512mg card in the back of my phone so i have 300 songs on my phone but can go up to 400 maybe 500 songs. But if you have a silver phone the middle button peels of so you end up with a blue button right in the centre. but apart from that it's absolutly great!!!! The voice recorder is clear and sounds great when playback. And the phone is just great i love it!!!! BUY IT! YOU WON'T REGRET IT TRUST ME!!!!
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Reviewed by Richard Fell on 04/12/2006
Here's my ownership experience: 1) Better than the E70 (but then, just about anything is) and more dependable than the N73: it didn't freeze or crash during my time with it. 2) Calls were not cut off or disrupted. But that was largely because they were missed: Nokia thinks it's a great idea to provide a mobile that's totally inaudible when you're outdoors in Sainsburys or wherever so that you only (just) hear it ringing at the precise moment the caller rings off. Well, that's pretty brilliant R&D then. 3) The screen -- well, my screen at any rate -- seemed readily affected by dust. Dust not on top of the screen but under it. So whatever definition it may have had, it very soon lost it. 4) I didn't propose to purchase it for the camera. If I want a camera, I use a Nikon or Canon which don't have phones attached (hey, that's radical, man!) So as a camera, it's exactly what its spec says it to be: the equivalent of an unbranded £10 thing from China that gets flogged off on eBay to people who wouldn't know a pixel from a pixie. 5) It went back to the supplier. The third Nokia to be returned. 6) The supplier said it could be upgraded with a firmware fix to solve the problem of ascending tones. I declined on the basis that if a mobile phone manufacturer actually thinks it was a good idea in the first place to produce an inaudible mobile phone, then that's a manufacturer I'm really not interested in bothering with, thanks. So that's three Nokias gone. All I have left in my possession are two of my original Nokias. They are green with black tops and I wear them in the garden. They are called Nokia boots and I bought 'em in 1986. They were produced by Nokia before cell phones were ever heard of and they share with the 6230i the same abiding characteristic: if anyone rings my garden boots, the left one or the right, I can't hear them calling.
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Reviewed by TaStYtOmMydAaGaNsTaAa on 02/12/2006
this fone iz okay i sposse but da bluetooth on this fone iz rubbish it wnt search fo nne devices nd tht really annoys meh. If yew nne suggestions add meh on msn .. tommydkiller92@hotmail.co.uk .. thanxs :D
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Reviewed by ???? on 02/12/2006
this iz da most rubbish fone eva, da battery life is terrible, it getz boring afta a while, bt evryfin abt itz rubbish. i've ad it 4 jus unda hlf a yr n tha battery jus goez up n dwn weneva it feelz like it. da d900 iz simply so much betta.
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Reviewed by ash1 on 02/12/2006
amazing phone never brakes (unless u r careless) just amazing
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Reviewed by Peter B on 30/11/2006
Firstly, I wish Nokia still made the 6310i - I really miss its size and superb battery life! The 6230i, is probably the natural successor to the 6310i and it's a really good phone that, after 6 months, has grown on me! The only shortcomings are that the battery life could be a bit better and I wish there was a sleep/timer function on the radio - which is excellent. Overall a solid, good looking, easy to use and durable phone.
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Reviewed by Hannah on 21/11/2006
I only bought the fone yesterday and is brill i cannot put it down, the sound and pic is excellent i would recommend it to any1 buy it now xx
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Reviewed by oll from london on 23/10/2006
have this phone for 1 year now and i dont think it is keeping up. the screen is poor quality and it says it has a 1.3 mp camara but quite frankly it looks like it is a 0.0000001 mp camara. in order to shoot a picture u have to keep it dead still. the slightest of movement means its a blurry pic. apart from that i havnt really had any probs with the phone but its not really a phone that u can have alot of fun with. it just feels boring. the conectivity is good bit i couldn't view a video sent be a friend with a better phone cos the quality was too high. If it wants to put it name out there as a great phone then it needs to sort out the screen quality and camara and get some fun features.
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Reviewed by pete on 05/10/2006
this phone was great in its time and was very strong, as i dropped it many times and still kept going, though the most impress thing was when i got pushed into a pool at a party where i was drunk, this being the perfect opportunity to need a new phone i thought it would be wrecked but woke up next morning and it was working, i then insisted on drowning it and took over ten goes to do successfully
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Reviewed by John on 02/09/2006
This phone has very good features and is easy to use. The camera and memory is good and the phone is easy to get used to. The only really bad thing is tryimg to get the back cover off.
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Reviewed by Stephen on 15/08/2006
The phone itself overall isnt half bad really. It's easy to use, its fairly reliable (mine resets 1 in 15 times you go onto video, but thats it - v3.62)and the stills are very good quality. Also, the speakerphone is louder than most phones and you can expand the memory upto 512mb (which Ihave done). Now the bad bits: the video quality is terrible - all distorted and not that good really. The screen is waay too small for a phone of this spec, the battery life isnt anything to shout about, the covers are extremely difficult to remove until they ahve loosened up and on myine the pop port plays up so when you connect to the computer you have to hold the plug in a certain position for it to connect properly. On the whole, the phone isnt bad really, but could be alot better.
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Reviewed by ryan bradley on 13/08/2006
i have had this phone about 1 month and it is outstanding. its bluetooth is exellent and picks up quite fast. average cameara but size of phone makes up for it. overall great phone
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Reviewed by Tom on 08/08/2006
This phone's ace but ARGH the back covers a nightmare.
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Reviewed by mobi man on 04/08/2006
well mint phone everything is good but it saves the bluetooth connection of my previous device but it can sometimes be useful i love everything about it and the phon has an mp3 player and a 1.3 megapixel camera which is good for days out. the memory is good it has 32 megabytes internal and i bought a memorycard because it has a built in memory card slot. in the media it has a camera, media player,a musicplayer, a radio, a recorder and a equaliser the dynamics are great and the phone fits directly into your hand if you are getting a phone i highly recomend this phone.
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Reviewed by mobileman on 03/08/2006
this phone is one of the greatest phones i have ever owned at the moment i own this and a D600E this is a great phone fast and stylish it fits directly in your hand and has a lot of extremely great features here are some of them, 1.3 Megapixel camera,mp3 compatible,memorycard slot,themes and much more the list is endless if you are going for a phone choose this or a D600E.
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Reviewed by Dec on 22/07/2006
dis fone iz gud bt da blutooth doesnt alwayz connect 2 uva peoplez fonez, bt apart frm dat itz great; da cameraz gud, da music playerz fantastic(the sound iz great 4 a fone) iv had dis fone 4 about 6 months now, no complaintz apart frm blutooth only connectin on various occasionz.
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Reviewed by kieran clarke on 21/07/2006
brill luv it best phone on market EXCEPT buttons could be bigger Amazing xxx
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Reviewed by Alan Burgess on 18/07/2006
This phone has been without a doubt the best mobile Ive ever owned. Its easy to use, you dont get bored quickly, has fabulous MP3 capabilities, takes great photos, is really compact without being too small. Too many good points to list to be honest. You wont be disapointed, buy it!
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Reviewed by Glenn in Zurich on 16-06-2006
I had the privelege of owning Nokia's (justly) legendary 6310i business phone for years, but like all of these dang things it's ridiculously sensitive to water, or in this case, a cc or two of beer splashed on the keyboard killed it. I was crushed, and went out looking for a new phone (btw I'm an engineer for a telecom provider). I chose the 6230i, thinking from the pics that it was more or less the same size as the 6310i. What a surprise I was in for. This IS NOT a substitute for the venerable 6310!! It is a miniature video-game toy with telephone functionality whose battery barely wheezes through 2 days (I don't call much and move in areas with very high signal level...but in the French countryside, it barely makes it through a day without recharging)(no, GPRS was not running, I keep it turned off). The keyboard is microscopically useless (the 6310i had *great* tactile, positive keys). At once I set about replacing it...I got a 6103 which is very similar in terms of fea tures (REAL PHONE features, like Nokia's still unbeatable, logically intuitive user interface), but a much nicer phone to USE. If you want basic phone features (voice & SMS) and don't care about megapixels and surfing (on a PHONE, fer cryin' out loud....), the 6230i is probably not what you're looking for (and battery life is _terrrible_)
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Reviewed by Rob on 05-06-2006
After trying lots of different types of phone I eventually decided on the 6230i and am really pleased with my choice. I'm one of those old fashioned typed who just wants a phone to 'do what it says on the tin' (i.e. make and receive calls easily and have an easy to use text messaging system). I wasn't that pushed about camera or MP3 player quality coz I have a good digital camera and an iPod. I knew I needed a Nokia because of poor signal quality in my house and I have found Nokia aerials to be much stronger in the past (e.g. the same sim card in my old sony ericsson has much poorer coverage than a nokia). I also wanted Bluetooth but didn't really care about the other 'fun' stuff. I find the signal strength on the 6230i even better than previous nokias and the whole thing has an intuitive ease of use and bright screen displays that make it a doddle to use as a business phone (which was the basic reason to buy it). Having said that the extra features are proving quite fun. I l ove the MP3 ringtone facility. I can take an MP3 from my iTunes library (on an Apple Mac) and edit out a particular phrase (I use Quicktime for this editing) and Bluetooth it across as a ring tone. This way I can get my favourite air guitar solo as a ringtone - cool! I can edit photos using photoshop and transfer them across to use as screensavers, wallpaper etc. I like using the radio on the phone but found that the headphones that came with it hurt my ears. I found a converter on eBay for a couple of quid that allows me to connect my earbud headphones so that problem was easily solved. Some minor gripes. Yes the camera is a bit grainy (but what do you expect from 1.3 megapixels? if I want better quality I'll use my 'proper' camera) and the video won't win any awards but so what? it's a phone for God's sake! Battery life gets a lot of stick on reviews but its okay for me (I put it on charge every second night. So far anyway, I really rate this phone and would recommend anyone to buy it.
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Reviewed by Uppy on 04-06-2006
A generally great phone.
Camera is great, UI is great, connectivity is great, everything is great... EXCEPT... one thing...
The battery life is, to put it bluntly, rubbish. 3 days is the best I've ever had. And that's turning it off overnight and everything.
You'll be fine with it, as long as you don't stray too far from a socket. They'll become your best friends!
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Reviewed by ry on 31-05-2006
This fone is a good overall fone with an easy access menu and easy to work, the mp3 player on it is very good and has got good quality sound. the let down of this fone is that it has got a 1.3mp camera but it has only got a 65k screen which is not very good with the 1.3mp camera as the quality does not show.
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Reviewed by bill on 28-05-2006
people say dis fone has bad battery life, go to settings and display select power saver and turn it on, it now runs for about a week for me. fantastic!!!
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Reviewed by Jay Wakefield on 27-05-2006
My sister bought one of these phones and it is brilliant, so I bought one today to replace my Orange SPV C550 (HTC Hurricane), and although I'm disappointed I had to outlay for another phone I'm glad I did. I like the sleek silver design and the Xpress-On covers make it easy to replace the case should you crack the screen or any other part of the case.
The screen is a lot clearer than that of the 6230 and the camera seems great. It is really easy to use, and the ringtones, of which you can have MP3 or AAC are very loud which is useful for me as I spend quite a bit of my time on the east coast of England and the wind can pick up there quite a bit. A headset is supplied with this phone which is great because you can use it to listen to the radio and your MP3 tracks discreetly and you can talk to people hands free. Unfortunately a cable is not supplied with this phone which means that to transfer things to and from a PC you have to buy one. Alternatively you can buy a bluetooth dongle to transfer data between your PC and any bluetooth compatible phone but it is a lot slower than cable. I bought a cable for the phone and with Nokia PC Suite it was easy to set up, and I was able to transfer all the contacts and appointments from Microsoft Outlook to my phone.
There is one gripe I do have about this phone however and this is that the speaker can vibrate against the case and distort the sound which can make it hard to hear who you are speaking to. This fault was sorted initially by the people at the O2 shop this morning but it recurred this evening, and I fount that blowing into the speaker seems to prevent it. This is a good phone however, and I would recommend anyone who is looking for a good, reliable yet stylish phone to buy it, and if you are an O2 customer in England, buy this phone from the O2 shop as you may be eligable for a discount. Even if you aren't, £129.99 is a good price for this handset
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Reviewed by David on 25-05-2006
I have tried the Samsung D500 and more recently the D520. On the face of it, both these devices are great. They look good and feel good in the hand but once switched on and in use, their short comings become very apparent.
Firstly the 'start up' screen on power up. Any machine or device that starts up with the word 'fun' immediately tell me that its not a serious device at all, it is but a mere toy. Then there is the matter of tapping
out a text. What should be a one handed job becomes a two handed task as both of these phones are top heavy when open and the second hand needs to be employed to stop it from being dropped. I have no doubt that they are great devices in their way and will appeal to the teen market but if us adults want a good, solid reliable phone with reasonable battery life and a host of practical functions then the Nokia 6230i has to be the one to
choose. Texting is a doddle and the screen, while not the best around is plenty good enough. It does enough, in my opinion to appeal to the gadget heads among us but is easy and fun (there's that word again) to use. In a nut shell, if you want a toy, go for the Samsung but if you want a piece of quality equipment then the NOKIA is for you.
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Reviewed by Ryan Williams on 18-05-2006
There is no way this is worse then the V3 and if you think that you need to learn more about phones cos the V3 is nothing at all and yeah the screen isn't the best but this has a lot more then the V3.
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Reviewed by claire on 09-05-2006
this fone is a bag of junk. the camera sux , and the video is even worse, when you play realtones/MP3's it sounds rubbish as though they are polyphonic but with lyrics. screen could be a lot better i mean for the price i payed for the fone (£250) you should atleast get a 262k colour screen instead of 65k. HELO its supposed to be a high tech fone but trust me it aint nowt like one. went back to my samsung d500 way better !!!!!!
NEVA BUYING FROM NOKIA AGAIN!!!!!!
oh and the games suck aswell coz of da rubbish resolution screen! trust me i have had plenty of fones in the past but this one i honestly have to say
is the worst even the motorola v3 is better and thats not so good.
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Reviewed by www.lammazing.com on 08-05-2006
Nokia 6230i is probably the best cell phone I ever had. Out of all phones,
it captures the best features: camera, bluetooth, video, MP3. Not only that, I got mine unlocked which means that I can use it with Cingular, AT&T, T-Mobile, Fido, Rogers AT&T, Voicestream, etc... I also got the best price. Usually prices on these Nokia phones are WAY high!!! Now compare this phone with a V3 RAZR, EVEN A PINK ONE :) The only potential downside is battery life. It is somewhat shorter than the 6230, but then look at all the features. It's worth it!
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Reviewed by Guess on 03-05-2006
hey, this phone is great in every aspect. but the problem with these new models of Nokias is the dust collection on the screen. can't imagine a brand with such a great name and fame haven't been able to rectify such a simple problem till date. they all need is to increase the hight of the rubber gasket around the screen only by 0.5 mm and this problem will be greatly reduced. (it'll avoid to remove the express cover every alternate day to clean the screen) they don't really need an advise from me with those high tech engineers working for Nokia round the clock. Nokia.......wake up....it's a real shame. Look at all those cheaper models by other manufacturers, they have taken well care of this problem. Even cosmetically Nokias are far behind other brands. but the saying goes...NOKIA MEANS MOBILE...MOBILE MEANS NOKIA no matter what they produce. Hail NOKIA.
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Reviewed by Koelan on 24-04-2006
This phone has performed wonderfully. It is only one small oversight on a security 'feature' that Nokia comes up lacking. The Java Application
Security won't allow unsigned (read: free) applications to access the data on the phone/mem card without numerous (annoying) security prompts. The
'Always Allow' access option is greyed out, and Nokia have informed me
that: "This is desired behavior. It is to prevent unsigned (read: untrusted by nokia) applications from having unconditional access to user data"
I feel that this feature is a decision best left to the customer. If you want to use an application like that, you should have the option to disable that security, and not have Nokia decide for you which software is 'safe'.
This would also effect people who develop software themselves.
In conclusion, this caused the 6230i to lose two stars. It would have
scored a 5 if this 'feature' had been properly thought out.
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Reviewed by mark - oman on 24-04-2006
6230i is awesome. it has all the features needed for both personal and business used. maybe for those people who cannot appreciate this phone
please try to read the manual first before using it as stated in the package. and if you know how to use all of its features perhaps you can
tell that this phone is really great. try to maximize your phone
especially this 6230i and you will never regret buying it.
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Reviewed by tommy on 16-04-2006
dis fone is awsome and if you love new features get this fone and if you need it to call and txt and you are willing to spend a little money for that go and buy it
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Reviewed by matty on 13-04-2006
this phone is the coolest phone its way more reliable than the samsung d 500 and the sound and bluetooth are fab. i recomend you get this phone as soon as you can, so kids beg your parents for one now !!!!!!!
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Reviewed by liam on 13-04-2006
this phone is da best get it as soon as possible cause its fab. people dp not listen to the people who say its rubbish cause its not!!!! get it as soon as possible its COOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Jimmy on 10-04-2006
What a phone u can not get a better 1.in your whole life time u may not c a better phone it is just absoulty 1st class so get this phone now before they r all gone.Ask your parents 4 1 now. Hurry!!!!
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Reviewed by hayley on 28-03-2006
i love this phone it has everything you need on it , i would recommend
anyone to go out and buy one well done nokia!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Chris on 28-03-2006
Battery life is appalling - lucky if I get 24 hours out o it and it has been like that since new.
Also, when I use bluetooth headpiece and then discoonect it the ring
volume is practically inaudible even though volume is set to max.
very disappointing.
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Reviewed by Malath M. on 26-03-2006
this phone is great ,i got it recently , it is smart,it has an increadible features specialy it's sound.i reecommend you to buy it now.
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Reviewed by Trevor on 21-03-2006
I had the Nokia 6230 before this one-I like Nokia phones and this is good but it's so slow-I'm sure the 6230 was a better phone and 'NO' mine is not full up with 'Stuff'-far from it.My upgrade is due early Summer and I will definitely be looking at other phones.
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Reviewed by John on 16-03-2006
The features are great but ruined by the battery. I have never experienced a mobile phone with such a poor battery. The charge is gone in a day, sure it charges quickly but in 2006 we expect better from NOKIA.
This phone sucks - let the buyer beware - DON'T BUY THIS PHONE.
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Reviewed by carrieann on 05-03-2006
this an exellent phone good value
1 problem where can i get phone downloads for it??
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Reviewed by Chaz on 22-02-2006
I got this as an upgrade, carphonewarehouse recommendation.I have and
intend to kept my Sony T630. After trying the Nokia out I found the body very flimsy and the buttons a bit soft.The whole thing feels cheap and squeaky.
On the plus side it has brilliant sound,good camera res,and easy to download from my PC via a blue tooth dongle. The upgradeable mem card is handy but not convenient to change because the battery has to be removed thus having to taking off the rear cover.
Good spec, shame about the rest,Its OK but nothing special so sold it.
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Reviewed by Sagam on 15-02-2006
I had used 2 sets so far. I am not sure if the problem is widespread with the 6230i. Each time I access the service providers website (in this case Maxis), the phone goes dead. I try to restart but it does not work anymore. But however it worked OK with DIGI. Went to Maxis and was told that it was a a software problem. Had the software upgraded but the problem could not be fixed. As for the features, I guess it was good
enough for me as I was not a very heavy user. After the 2nd set developed the same problem, I decided to make do with the Nokia 6270 instead.
Regards
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Reviewed by Dhin on 20-01-2006
This phone is great, I don't have one, but my best friend does, I have the Nokia 7600. Anyway, we went to a night club, and he put his blue tooth on, and lots of hot women also had thier blue tooth on too, and he managed to pick up lots of contacts. So I used his phone to send a message by blue tooth, and I hoped that a hot chick woould pick it up. A few moment later I got a reply, and I told her to meet me by the bar, and she came and she was a hot chick, and she also had a Nokia 6230i. My friend tried it too, and he also pulled a hot chick, by using his Nokia 6230i, even though he has a hot chick waiting for him at his home, she also has a Nokia 6230i.
So I have to buy a Nokia 6230i, and go to Blackpool to see what I can pull, lots of hot chicks with a Nokia 6230i. C'mon lads, get pulling with
your Nokia 6230i, the chicks are hot, waiting and ready to action with their Nokia 6230i.
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Reviewed by lena on 15-12-2005
well my mum has this fone and i fink it is wicked it has mp3 player, camera, video recorder, sound recorder, 3D games, bluetooth, changable covers the lot. it has quite a bit of memory too that you can increase with a memory card. the only 2 downsides to this fone is that the look is a bit dated now compared to the RAZR V3 and that the picture quality is pants it has a 1.3 megapixel but only a TFT of 65k so the screen resolution is rubbish but still a minted fone !!!! nice one nokia keep up the good work.
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Reviewed by mo on 10-12-2005
this phone is the best ever. i had a sony ericsson t630 and then i got this and it was well cool. it may not be as small as the other phones but it has a lot more and is very handy. they have cool changeale covers so they never look old. this phone is amazing.
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Reviewed by Sagar on 30-10-2005
Top quality phone. Best phone ever. I got it recently. It's got a grea video player and 1.3 mp camera. Its got quality ringtones. Great nokia. I think you should get this phone.
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Reviewed by frenzie on 25-09-2005
this fone is very good with very good functions but the only downfall is that it camnnot send mms msgs. has any1 else got this problem email me @ frenzie_25@hotmail.com and tel me how to do it. otherwise the fone is alrite. p.s. the camera and mp3 quality is flawless
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Reviewed by Roy Davies on 21-09-2005
When my Sony Ericsson 700i developed a software problem, I was offered a Nokia 6230i in exchange. The fourth replacement is now being returned to Vodafone, and I am choosing a diferent manufacturer. The first one had a faulty screen. The second, third and fourth all used to default to almost silent - ascending ring tone. I was informed that I was the only one who had reported a fault like this - but check out the other reviews on this, and other websites! The fault could only be reset by removing the battery while the phone was switched on. This would give a temporary cure - until the next time!. Also, the second replacement had an unacceptable echo on the handset - I could hear my own voice through the speaker, as well as the other person's voice. It was like speaking in a tin can. Not a good experience with Nokia. I'll let you know how I get on with the Motorola V3.
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Reviewed by Kieran on 19-09-2005
Smart phone, but mine (version 3.30 - enter *#0000# to find out yours) crashes practically everyday. The screen just goes blank and the phone just freezes. To rectfy this, you have to turn it off and back on. My collegues phone (v.3.40) doesn\'t suffer so check before you commit. Orange apparently say it isn\'t a fault. A bit of a rubbish feature if you ask me tho............
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Reviewed by David D on 17-09-2005
Great phone accept is crashes all the time while right text messages and it always seems to happen just as you are about to send it... I'd look elsewhere for a more stable phone..
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Reviewed by In Da House on 09-09-2005
This fone is outstanding shame on you all who think this fone sux.
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Reviewed by David on 07-09-2005
I got this phone about a week ago, replacing a Samsung E720. This phone is really good. I especially like the camera. Sound quality on calls is very good too. For people who want to get away from the clam shell phones this is the one to choose. My only gripe is that they don't supply a usb cable to download music etc, and they cost nearly #30 to buy. I thought that was a bit naughty on Nokia's part.
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Reviewed by Andy on 06-09-2005
I've had 2 handsets and both have the same fault. They are picking up background noise + my voice and amplifying it in the earpiece. It is anoying in a quiet environment as it is an echo of your voice, but in a noisy environment, the person at the other end of the line is drowned out with the background noise being amplified. Both handsets I have had have the same problem. I've now rejected the phone and I'm looking at a different phone for my upgrade.
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Reviewed by Simon Gamble on 01-09-2005
I upgraded from the Nokia 6100 and this 6230i is a million times better. The screen is brighter and clearer, the software is faster, its overall a great phone and real move forward for Nokia. I chose the 6230i as many phones on the market today are getting bigger again and my 6100 was perfect pocket size. The 6230i is slightly thicker, and you can feel it more in your pocket but its features make up for that and its still one of the smallest phones packed with many more features and better software than the Motorola V3. The Motorola V3 has an mp3 player too, but only has about enough memory for 1 song!!! The 6230i can be upgraded to 512k and plays mp3's excellently. There is even a stereo headset included in the box, AND if you buy a bluetooth headset you can play your music wireless! Excellent. HOWEVER... one BIG problem is these features SUCK battery life. My old 6100 would last days and days. If I use the mp3 player, and send texts (which means the bright screen is lit up) and talk on the 6230i, the battery disappears on you!!! If you are just talking on it for a few minutes each day it will stay charged for a few days, but if you use all the features, you'll have to charge it reguskarly. I don't mind charging as its worth it for a great phone, and charging takes no time. I definately recommend this phone to anyone looking for a loud, clear, easy to use phone with mp3 player.
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Reviewed by swampzies on 31-08-2005
Hi...this is in response to suzib, I am on my third 6230i handset now...and I've still got faults!!! The most annoying one being, the phone re-boots itself to a default ringtone, and back to ascending, not ringing. THIS IS A FAULT, NOT A FEATURE, so I think whoever you spoke to was telling you porkies!! As soon as I can, I'm getting rid of it, and getting a SE 750i...that's if Vodaphone customer services ever get back to me....AAARRGH!!!
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Reviewed by suzib on 25-08-2005
Have just upgraded to 6230i from the 6230 and am very pleased with it except for one problem - the ringing tone can only be ascending. Have tried setting it to ringing but it stays on ascending. Thought I had a faulty phone and rang Nokia who informed me that this is their only phone with this feature. It would have been good to put this information on their website. Needless to say I keep missing calls. Has anyone else had this problem?
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Reviewed by alex on 21-08-2005
This phone is great. I had lots of Nokia models in the past, and even some models from Motorola. I bought Nokia 6230i a month ago, but I had some problems with it. When I receive calls I hear strange sounds in the speaker, like you listen to very loud music and your speakers start to make strange sounds. And I have a dead pixel on my Nokia 6230i screen. It is a great phone with its 1.3 MegaPixel camera, MMC suport and multimedia features. Very good phone but with serios problems....
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Reviewed by Raamee on 13-08-2005
Just bought it a 2 weeks ago. UNHAPPY. The dictaphone, voice recorder, records voice but the sound is SOOOO SILENT. Good that it had one hour but NO SATISFATION when you CANNOT hear it LOUDLY. The video also records voice but it is so SILENT. The photographs I take cannot be viewed one by one. I have to go to menu and select again and again. iT SHOULD also come on its own. Should correct the dictaphone thing and the the other problem, then it is perfect. I love the design, anyway!
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Reviewed by david smith on 10-08-2005
dis phone is da worst phone ive had yet and trust me ive had a lot of phones from samsung d500 to nokia 3310. i would not buy dis phone. if uve already got it use the 14 day guarentee! i sold it 2 some person at skool for 30 quid and i still think i got the wrong end of the deal!! worst phone ever!!!
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Reviewed by christine misiak on 05-08-2005
had this phone afew weeks, used to have a 6230 and this one is deffo better than its previous. menu is nicer looking, bigger screen, better camera, mp3 tones,themes, overall a smart phone. the bad side to this phone is that battery life is short, and the overall phone is quite slow ( accessing the menu etc). but after you use it for a while u get used to it! deffo worth buying, esp if you are a nokia fan!!!!
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Reviewed by Jane C on 03-08-2005
I was very dissapointed with this handset. I had to return the phone 3 times and finally cancelled my upgrade. The first handset repeatedly turned itself off without warning, the second t had a faulty screen. To top it all off, the third did the same - turning itself off AND a faulty screen!!! What happens if you miss a call because your handset turns itself off?? - worth the risk??? I also noticed dust collecting on the inside of the screen - v annoying. I was very dissapointed by nokia this time.
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Reviewed by Robert A on 25-07-2005
I used to own a 6230, and I think that other people who follow this upgrade path will also find the 6230i a bit of a disappointment. Ok, so the screen and camera are better and they've improved the games, ringtones and graphics. It's a small, neat package, and is as attractive as most Nokia phones. In short, it does everything I want from a phone - makes and receives calls, text and picture messages, in a small, light package. On the downside, however, it's significantly slower than its predecessor, something that you'll especially notice if you use the key combinations to navigate the menus - it can't keep up with your key presses and drops them, taking you to places you didn't want to be. I think the problem is that they've tried to fill it with "upgrades", but have ended up adding functions that most people will never use or wouldn't miss if they were removed at the cost of overloading the memory. Take, for example, email synchronisation via WAP, "themes", a "sound equaliser", a translator (!), a "walkie talkie" - none features the average person is ever going to want. At the same time, they've removed some of the most useful features, such as the ability to automatically delete/overwrite text messages to stop your inbox overflowing, and you now have to delete message reports one by one. The camera is now slower too, making it hard to capture the moment, and battery life is even worse than the 6230! I wish I'd stayed with that and waited for the next small Nokia.
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Reviewed by BtrFly on 21-07-2005
Overall I think I shouldnt have wasted my money, upgrading from the Nokia 3200. The battery life is abysmal (max 2 days, if you do ANYTHING), the camera is only marginally better, and the typing in sms form is SLOW. That's not the worst of it either. I have already returned the phone once with software problems, and now this second handset is doing the same problem as the first one. The phone has a bug, the keypad locks occasionally when you try and type any sort of sms. It locks up, and nothing can bring it back, and then closes down the phone. Then when you turn the phone back on, it opens at the main screen instead of going through boot up phase. I have had this model phone for exactly 7 days, and it has happened 6 times. If anyone else has heard of this problem please post.
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Reviewed by Viktor Aragon on 05-06-2005
the HYPERSUPERPHONE - had a 6230 before. I thought having a similar looking 6230i wouldn't make so much of an impact. but i spent 8 hours drooling over the new features. was supposed to buy a samsung d500.....6230i is way ahead!
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Reviewed by sandeep (India) on 02-06-2005
I have recently purchase the mobile & love it with its mp3 capacity and digital sound - woh!!!!!!!!. About the camera it also good especially in a day & look is so simple nobody can say this is a expensive mobile because of screen size but the all function all very nice. The last thing is radio/visual radio which was excellent & mind blowing. You can also load any document for your official purpose also.
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Reviewed by dave on 26-05-2005
Great phone better and easier than the 6230 (but how do you get to see the track names on the mp3 !!!)
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Reviewed by JoJo mAn on 24-05-2005
THIS IS THE WORST PHONE EVER! Bought this two weeks ago. It has all the features on paper but in real life they don't work well. The camera shoots pictures that are grainy. The video is the worst I have seen in a phone. The design is very old. As opposed to the D500. I'm going back to the shop to return this piece of junk. I'm getting the D500. PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS PHONE. I BEG YOU!!!
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Reviewed by Sean on 11-05-2005
I previously had a 6230, I thought getting a 6230i would be a waste of an upgrade, and I had my eyes on the D500, or the 6630 or 6680. Well, 6630 & 6680 are just plain ugly, and too heavy and bulky to be comfortable, and the D500, being a good phone, is simply not as good as the 6230i all round. You cannot beat Nokia for easy UI, fast texting and just general ease of use. Other phones may have better single things, like Samsung having a better colour screen (debatable to the 6230i's brilliant new resolution) or Sony Ericsson having a better camera, so what? If you want the ALL ROUND package, go Nokia, go 6230i, you wont regret it!
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Reviewed by Freddy on 27-04-2005
Wow what a phone. Beats Sony Ericsson into the dust. Even better than the 6230 that I had before, and that was a great phjone too.
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Reviewed by umair on 21-04-2005
this phone has everything you need. i just bought a samsung d500 but i am now getting this in return amazing phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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