The Nokia 300, which went on sale in late 2011, was a pretty anticipated model. From previous it is distinguished by more advanced features and new features. Read more about the advantages and disadvantages of the device below.
Design
The Nokia 300 is available in two colors: black and red. It is compact and lightweight - 11.3x5x1.3 cm, weight 85 grams. At first glance, it is easy to notice the differences from the earlier 200th model: there is no QWERTY keyboard and navigation buttons. The latter has become superfluous, since the Nokia 300 TFT screen is a resistive touch screen, that is, you can work with it using any stylus, with or without gloves. Its resolution is 240 by 320 pixels, the diagonal is 2.4 inches, respectively, the pixel density per inch is low - 167, which affects the way small elements look. The screen supports 262 thousand colors. The brightness of the display can not be changed, it greatly glare in the sun, and the viewing angles are not the best.
Between the screen and the keyboard there is a panel with buttons for calls and a message center. It is glossy and the fingerprints on it are quite noticeable. The number keys are divided into 4 rows, they are quite embossed and well highlighted, so typing text and numbers on the Nokia 300 is a pleasure. But the volume and unlock buttons located on the left side are tight and do not respond so quickly to pressing. All connectors of the model are located on the upper end - mini USB, charging and headphone jack.
Features Nokia 300
This model already boasts the presence of a processor with a clock frequency of 1 GHz, 128 MB of RAM and support for memory cards up to 32 GB. In most cases, the system works pretty fast, but it is still not capable of multitasking.
The Nokia 300 has a 5 megapixel camera that works with a resolution of 2592 by 1944 pixels and can shoot video as VGA (640 by 480 pixels). No flash or autofocus. The device supports 3G, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, but it does not have a front-facing camera for video calls. Bluetooth version 2.1 is present, but Wi-Fi, unfortunately, is not provided.
What is the cost of Nokia 300? The price at the start of sales (December 2011) was about 5,000 rubles, then it dropped to 4 thousand. But today the phone is rarely found in stores, but in the secondary market it is more common.
Interface
Nokia 300 uses Series 40 OS (6th edition). It has a simple familiar interface that allows you to change themes, add icons of your favorite applications to your home screen, and change the appearance of the main menu.
One of the interesting features - the model comes with a pre-installed Java version of the game Angry Birds. In addition to it, you will find the Nokia browser, an application for Facebook and Twitter, as well as an email client.
The phone has a fairly convenient media player that gives good sound quality and works with the most popular audio and video file formats. There is a graphic equalizer, radio, and since a standard headset jack is used, you can use headphones of any manufacturer, and not just expensive branded ones.
The camera application has a photo editor for basic retouching. Of course, there are a calendar, alarm clock, voice recorder, stopwatch, timer, converter.
Battery
The Nokia 300 has a 1100 mAh battery, which, according to the manufacturer's promises, should work for:
- 24 days standby time;
- 6.9 hours of conversation on a 2G network;
- 28 hours of playing music;
- 6 hours of video.
A standard charger is supplied, and charging is also done when connected via USB (not included).
Customer reviews
The opinions of real consumers are rather controversial. Most often satisfied with the purchase are those who needed a beautiful-looking basic phone, mainly for calls and SMS. It catches the signal well and gives a clear loud sound when talking. But those who were going to make full use of all its capabilities were disappointed.
So, after use, such disadvantages were found:
- The touch screen does not respond well to touch and performs the wrong actions. For example, instead of scrolling through a list, it opens applications. Moreover, many buyers are faced with the need to repair it, and more than once.
- The plastic is slippery, and the phone often slips out of my hands because of this. It survives falls well, but the latches on the back cover break off.
- The body creaks.
- The phone freezes up.
- The camera is in fact weak, the quality of the pictures is poor.
To summarize
The Nokia 300 had all the prerequisites in order to become a popular model. Waiting for customers, a promising combination of a physical keyboard and a touchscreen, a good processor, a 5 megapixel camera - it looked interesting on paper. But in life it turned out that the build quality, the operation of the operating system and physical components do not correspond to the declared characteristics and price of the device and cause a lot of inconvenience to users.