Mobile Review reviews the Nokia 6300

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The volume of 64-tone polyphony is enough for almost any conditions.
The receiving part also does fine, as it equals all other phones of the
current generation. The silent alarm is average strength-wise, but can
be still felt while the handset is in pocket.            

This
model by Nokia has turned out to be extremely fetching, and the most
pleasing thing is to find it running on 3d Edition Feature Pack 2,
which grants the 6300 acceptable music capabilities, radio, and
well-implemented phonebook and organizer. A2DP did better than before
as well – though it’s only my own opinion, don’t know whether it will
be proven by facts or not. Refined materials used, marginal flaws in
ergonomics – all this makes the handset looks like a kind of
masterpiece. When it comes to the class it originates from, the 6300
comes out on top with its superb display, which is one of the market’s
best screens as well. Like all other S40 cameras, the one found on the
6300 is beneath criticism and is seemingly embedded in the device just
for sake of it. On-screen quality of snaps, owing the brilliant
display, is pretty much fine, but viewing them on PC won’t make you
happy. Video recording capabilities have been gotten down to the bottom
level under the pressure of marketing strategy.            

In
the middle of February the 6300 will be retailed for 350-370 USD and
will go down to 350 USD in no time. And there is a good probability
that this model will be a long-liver among handsets – it might even
exceed the lifecycle of 1,5-2 years and still look fetching, and there
are many facts confirming this point of view, including the example of
Nokia 6100. In fact the 6300 is not rivaled directly by any other
model, however form-factor wise Samsung F300 could pose a threat to
Nokia’s latest offspring, however its price tag is a bit hefty and
specifications are quite different as well. But the Walkman-branded
phone, scheduled for release pretty much on the same date and boasting
smaller size and a whole lot of music features under its belt for a
slightly higher price, is a totally different story. Music and fashion
lovers will definitely go for Sony Ericsson’s offering in this case,
but this target audience won’t be overlapping that of Nokia 6300 too
much.            

If a handset boasting golden price/quality
ratio and equipped with a brilliant display, good specs, which is
reliable wherever you go and is what you seek – Nokia 6300 should
definitely be on your short-list. Nokia’s range delivers even more
models of this kind – Nokia 6233 and Nokia 6131. But the toughest
competition, as it seems, will take place between the 6233 and the
6300, since it’s quite easy to run around like a madman looking at
their specs – Nokia 6233 gets ahead by offering stereo-speakers and
better keyboard, but the screen is its drawback, as well as
non-minimizable player and on top of that software has less to bring to
the table. Quite challenging choice, isn’t it? So, everything I have
left to do now is repeat my own words again – Nokia 6300 is undoubtedly
one of Nokia’s best offerings to date.

Source: Mobile Review

Another Mobile Review review worth its weight in gold. This is definitely gold right here people, no doubt about that. I am in love with this phone after reading this review. I really do miss S40 a lot, it felt … it felt right as far as a phone OS was concerned. S60 still feels alien to me at certain times. Surprised he didn’t talk about Opera Mini, it is supposed to be on the phone.