The Sharp GX30 is Europe's first 1 Mega-pixel digital camera phone. You can now take pictures and save them to the memory card. Transfer the card to your computer for fast printing and e-mailing.

Features of the Sharp GX30 include:

1 Mega-pixel CCD digital camera with 7 stage digital zoom and 5 picture sizes ranging from 858 x 1144 to 120 x 160 pixels
SD Memory Card (Supplied)
Ultra-high resolution QVGA 240x320 dot, 262K-colour LCD display
MP3 player
40 chord polyphonic ring tones
Bluetooth™ V1.1
Up to 400KB Video capture/playback
6MB Internal Memory
USB/IrDA Compatible
WAP, MMS & GPRS
Built-in Flash/Mobile Light
Quad Band (GSM 850, 900, 1800, DCS 1900)
Java™
Weight 110g
Size: 26 x 95 x 49mm

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Sharp GX30 Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 July 2004)

Sharp GX30 Consumer Reviews (29 reviews)

Write a review of the Sharp GX30! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by lewis on 11/01/2010
Simple Flick Up Action Gives Easiness And Stabibility to this classic phone 4/10
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Reviewed by GR on 01/08/2008
I've seen better - don't buy it right now. Blutooth, unless you get the GX30i version, is pretty much only usable for a headset - no sending ringtones, etc. You can only connect through data cable/infrared/bluetooth to a computer as long as it has sharp's software installed, and, still, only certain files types can be transferred - so games/apps/etc can't be transferred. Not-so-good multimedia support for nowadays.
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Reviewed by saleh on 04/06/2008
alot of problems are found in this phone coz u cant access to any feature concerning browsing.then the manufacturer should do something about it.
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Reviewed by matty on 20/02/2008
not to good phone verry little memory and is very big there is a arel sticking out and digs into u when walking with it in ur poket DONT BUY IT
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Reviewed by panky on 19/02/2008
i wud swop my soney ericson k750i for a sharp gx 30 anyday best fone ever
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Reviewed by kieran on 21/01/2008
the gx30 is a great phone has a great light on it witch can be set to disco great mp3 player and camera easy to use phone
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Reviewed by jack on 27/09/2007
i like my phone but i don't know how to work my mp3 player
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Reviewed by chris on 14/07/2007
this phone is usless apart from camera other than that its completely rubbish ull be wasting ur money buying it
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Reviewed by Mariam on 11/04/2007
GX30 is a wicked phone. It's got excellent picture and video quality and also has good speaker on it. It has alot of memory. But the bluetooth messses up easily otherwise its fine x
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Reviewed by chelsea rock on 23/03/2007
gx30 quality get it!!!! loads a memory and cool
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Reviewed by me on 22/03/2007
i have this phone and i have found mp3 hard to use .. thats all really the camera is awesome
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Reviewed by ervin on 22/03/2007
it's wonderful
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Reviewed by Jester on 17/03/2007
This phone is average. Ive seen better in my sister-in-laws undies draw. But hey, its quite technologically advanced. 4 out of 5
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Reviewed by steph parker on 06/03/2007
i really like this phone it has a great camera and plays mp3s although it is so old. it is a brilliant first phone.
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Reviewed by ??? on 05/03/2007
I think that is a fairly good fone, but it should have a much larger internal memory or a larger memory card with it. The bluetooth is an honest piece of junk, it doesn't work for me atall. the camera is averagely good, but ive had better cameras.
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Reviewed by jiten on 17/02/2007
It is a mobile with a very good quality picture. But the problem is that the video files larger than the size 400kb doesnt run.
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Reviewed by Mac/UK on 25/01/2007
Just found this site.... Superb info source... I have been reading reviews of new Sony-Ericsons and may buy or upgrade to one depending on its reviews? I've had [only] 4 phones since 1994; 3 Nokias [simple but without any problems - my tiny gold 6510 still works as new and is my 'world travel emergency one' that works off a wind up charger in the middle of no-where regularly!!!] and this Gx30 since autumn 2003? It has been superb, faultless, never let me down, smashing camera [at its hey day the best!!], has taken super shots during my regular far flung travels. The MP3 player is still untried, the rest of the info is intuitive and sensible; easy to text with too. Wish list? An FM radio [Nokia 6510 still retained due to its radio]... Oh and an alarm clock function that will work when the phone is off at night to conserve juice when away from power...[hmmm the 6510 did that too...] Sounds like I'm reviewing that one too eh ;-). I'm still not 100% on getting any Sony Ericson upgrade unless it has all of the above and does not crash as half the reviews seem to mention???? PS my other 'arf has killed at least a dozen phones during the last 5 years so perhaps I'm just lucky or careful with 'em.
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Reviewed by Jin on 15/01/2007
Great phone with lots of good functions etc, but the design is not that great. I would of given this phone a 5 star if the phone had a better design. I think it is a little bit big. That is all.
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Reviewed by stephen hardy on 23-04-2006
I own the GX-30 and I am very happy with it but the only let down with this phone is the bluetooth connection. It will only allow connection to headsets and not to other phones where as the GX-30i will let you connect to other handsets. Apart from that it's a great phone with a good quality camera to take photos plus with the SD card in the handset it will allow to to transfer or print out photos stored on the card. The screen is crystal clear and the camera is good even though it's only 1 mega pixel. Good phone I am happy with but will be upgrading soon and will miss using this phone when I do.
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Reviewed by Paul on 22-04-2006
A screen first, a phone 2nd! The screen is the best I have EVER seen on a phone, and the camera's also good at 1MP but sadly as a phone its less good. Mp3 works well enough, but bulky, slow interface, and downright terrible battery life (lucky to get 2 days out of it!) As a phone its not bad, texting OK, audio quality good, but reception is not that hot. If they do a GX50 and sort out the flaws it could be even better than my w800 which loses out in terms of screen!
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Reviewed by Superduperade on 12-01-2006
This phone is awful, I have just switched to a Nokia 6230i after being plagued by the GX30. The good points are: 1. Screen is large and clear 2. Camera takes a nice picture. 3. The 'disco' light is cool. 4. mp3 player is ok but battery will run out within no time! The BAD!: 1. Bulky 2. Battery lasts a ridiculously short time (however you can spend more cash and get a long life one that protrudes from the back and still lasts next to no time) 3. The 'Nice' Camera will only take a recognisable picture in perfect daylight. Slightly dark or artificially lit scenes will come out an unviewable mess! 4. You have to live in an area with good signal because this has an awful aerial. 5. Limited bluetooth (headsets only) so no picture sharing or anything fun. 6. Menues are really dull, plain white backgrounds and very boring icons. 7. No mp3 ringtones 8. Did I mention the battery life... Oh yes. If you want to spend a lot of money on a phone which all you can really do is Text, Call and take the odd nice pic on a good day and for only around 3 hours a day cos your battery will run out, then this is the fone 4 U!
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Reviewed by I have no name� on 16-11-2005
This phone is excellent for what I use it for but it has no bluetooth:-( or infra red :-( :-( so i cant send anything to my friends. Also if I buy any ring tones off the internet I cant send them. It only has 40-60secs of video recording and the video camera and sound isnt good. For still pictures though the camera is excellent if you remember to change the macro switch. On the whole this is a very good phone.
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Reviewed by nathan on 07-08-2005
hi boght this phonw last week i think it isthe best thing i have ever bought will defantly buy a nouther sharp mobile i think that everone should have one it was the first thing i boght out of my work money and probaly the best thing i will ever buy
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Reviewed by jimmy-joe on 13-12-2004
this phone is the best phone i ever had. the camera is amazeing and the video playback is alright to. the ringtones sound class and the disco light is to die for!!
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Reviewed by JK on 27-11-2004
First impression excellent but after a few weeks i realised that it is a very basic and boring phone. the video lenght is limited to 400kb which is frustrating when the memory is a million times that. the camera takes a while to focus. the bluetooth doesnt have data transfer. theres very basic features. you cant send mp3's that are transfered to the phone. you cant have an mp3 as a ringtone or msg alert unless it was downloaded through vodafonelive.!
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Reviewed by Peter Boyd on 22-08-2004
First impression of this phone is excellent, and on paper it sounds like the perfect phone, but in practice Sharp have not paid enough attention to the details. OK, I have to admit that the camera is amazing. It truly lives up to the hype. It's the rest of the phone that has problems. 1) The extrnal display is very hard to read when outdoors. What's the point of 65,000 colours when you can't see them? My ancient Nokia had a black and white screen, but you could always see it clearly. 2) The internal display is also hard to read in bright sunlight, although indoors it is simply stunning. 3) Battery life is poor. 4) Ringtones are too quite. 5) Bluetooth will not connect to a computer, only a Bluetooth headset, so you have to use IR instead. This is a really frustrating phone, because there is so much in here that is good, but the phone is let down by simple oversights that should have been fixed during pre-release testing.
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Reviewed by Matt Hampson on 05-06-2004
I have just purchased the GX30 on an upgrade from Vodafone. Overall it is a nice phone with some useful features, but it does have its reservations. On the plus side,it has the excellent 1.0 megapixel camera with 5 stage zoom facility and it can also record video at varying lengths depending on the size of memory card you have installed. It has a large 2inch by 1.5 inch VGA screen on the inside and a smaller one on the outside,the clarity is A+. You can insert any manufacturers SD card (it doesn\'t need to be purchased from Vodafone!) Battery life is reasonably good considering it is a camera phone,however you can purchase an extended life battery (sharp XN-1BT31) which significantly improves the stanby talk times by approx 40%. On the down side: I personally find the audio quality a bit poor when listening to callers,if you compare to similar phones like the SE P900,it loses out here. Similarly,the ring tones aren't loud enough, even when you use the 'Activity' profile, which is the equivalent to 'Outdoor' on Nokia handsets. My only other gripe is more of a personal thing really,most of you will simply not be bothered by this,but i find the handset a bit light and flimsy,considering this is a top of the range phone you would expect it to be of a much higher quality,but again,i am comparing to the P900 which I had recently until it was stolen. I have tried many different handsets over the past few weeks on the '14 day' upgrade return policy,including Motorola V500,V600(poor audio quality again!) Nokia 7250i and of course the P900. I liked the P900 a lot but the battery life sucked(1 day if your using bluetooth) even though everything else about it was perfect. My conclusion is the Sharp GX30 is the best phone out there(that i've tried) with the only issue being the audio and speech quality,nonetheless i can still recommend this excellent bit of kit.
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Reviewed by frenzie on 24-05-2004
i recently got this fone and it is the most amazing fone that i hav ever seen in my entir life. Fantastic. top notch
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Reviewed by zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz this phone on 06-05-2004
bad bluetooth can't send pictures or texts or tones coz they r 2 big same with infared good images but u can\'t even sent them via MMS ok games not great not advised get the siemens sx1 or nokia 6230 instead MUCH BETTER
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