Constantly there are new, more powerful and high-tech mobile phones. Over time, they acquire more and more functions, become elegant, attractive in appearance, provide us with new opportunities for communication and using the Internet. Each of these smartphones, despite its compact size, perfectly copes with a huge number of tasks and at the same time becomes a real multimedia center. Of course, devices of this kind are in great demand, and users automatically switch to them, encouraging developers to release new ones of the same kind.
At the same time, many are in no hurry to chase the next smartphone. And the reason for this is not always the cost of powerful functional devices. Often people consciously choose to work with older, but time-tested devices that do not fail at the right time (as new models do). Often such devices are equipped with buttons, which also influences the user's choice to a certain extent. After all, not everyone is used to the touchpad as the main control (especially for older people).
In this article we will just discuss such a device. This is the legendary model 6300 Nokia. Many of us remember using this phone for severalyears ago and, by the way, were satisfied with its capabilities. Therefore, let's take a little nostalgia for those times and review this model.
Release and positioning
To begin with, we note that the debut of the device took place back in 2007 - that's when it saw the light. Undoubtedly, at the time of its release, it was a high-tech solution on the market - such devices simply were not produced. And, undoubtedly, the Finnish manufacturer did not fail with its Nokia 6300 - the phone was sold out in huge quantities; and the fame of it as a reliable and easy-to-use device has been preserved in the memory of users to this day.
The phone was originally presented as a stable business-class device: everything from the appearance to the hardware component indicated this. The model was really conceived as a solution for successful, young and innovative buyers; but it came out as a replacement for another version - 6030. The line on the described device did not stop - the Finns continued to release other modifications. However, Nokia managed to make 6300 the most successful and attractive from the buyer's point of view. This is proven by a lot of facts: the phone is not just talked about a lot, private companies have even launched various additions to the model, such as a gold-plated case, for example.
You can also mention the numerous copies of the phone, which are popular on Chinese electronics sites even today. They are also in demand in domestic online stores among people who need an inexpensive but reliablea tube. Attractive styling comes as a nice bonus.
Design
By the way, speaking of appearance: this is one of the strengths of the device. You can understand this by looking at least at the photos containing Nokia 6300. On them we see a stylish device, assembled from metal and plastic, which lies comfortably in the hand, is pleasant to the touch, looks wonderful and is combined with both the style of a fragile girl and the officialdom of a mature man. Due to this, the device can be considered a universal product for those who are looking for a dialer.
Visually, the device consists of two parts - the top (where the screen is located) and the bottom (with the keys). Each of these zones is surrounded by borders with rounded edges; due to this, a favorable appearance of the phone, its attractive design is created. Supplement are the glass buttons for navigation and call control, located near the joystick. This is the most prominent part that the Nokia 6300 has.
The back panel is designed in a single concept with the rest of the device. It's also a metal cover, interspersed with a dark plastic edge that houses the camera and the developer's logo. On the sides you can also see the navigation buttons (rocker to increase and decrease the sound). Also visible here is the line between the two plates that make up the body of the model. It makes the Nokia 6300 look even more interesting, even from the side.
Screen
Of course, at the time of the release of the device, there were no mass touch displays based on IPS technology in the world,capable of rendering high-quality images. Then Nokia installed a TFT screen on the 6300 model. Of course, it is suitable for a keyboard device, since without a sensor there is no need to make a large screen. However, in practice, of course, it will not be difficult to see the grainy effect when viewed up close.
As noted by the specifications describing the Nokia 6300, the model has a display with a resolution of 240 by 320 pixels (which looks like a joke compared to modern models. However, the gadget can transmit up to 16 million different colors. This is more than enough for those tasks, which the user puts in front of such devices.
Battery
According to the descriptions of the Nokia 6300 phone, the device has a battery capacity of 860 mAh. Of course, today this is a very small volume for an average smartphone; however, do not forget about the level of charge consumption by our review object. Indeed, on a TFT display, in the absence of various additional modules in the form of a powerful processor or support for an LTE connection, the phone consumes many times less energy.
And this means that with the modest capabilities of its battery, Nokia 6300 (reviews can confirm this information) is able to work more than 340 hours in standby mode. This means that you will charge the device no more than once every 4-6 days (depending on the intensity of use). It is worth comparing this parameter with Android gadgets that need daily charging.
Here is one of the mainfactors indicating that we are dealing with a classic dialer that will last for a long time.
Processor
You should also not expect that the device is based on some kind of processor that meets modern requirements, capable of high performance and a wide range of functions. No, as of 2007, the capabilities of the device were truly amazing. But, alas, it does not have an operating system (in our modern sense). All the tasks that can be performed by a phone come down to a simple set of rules and functions like calling and texting. For this reason, we called the gadget a dialer.
Its peculiarity can only be called camera control and the ability to take pictures; the presence of a player, as well as support for memory cards. However, more on that later.
Interface
You ask, what is the control of the phone, which functions without an operating system? What makes up the same graphics core of the device? We answer - this is the third generation Series 40 platform, which was widely used on similar versions of devices.
On the screen, the user saw a tiled menu consisting of icons of different applications. Navigation between them is carried out using a horizontal joystick (button type). Therefore, the device worked on the same principle as we see today in sensory models. Probably, it was borrowed by the developers of modern smartphones as the mostoptimal and comfortable.
Sound
Who caught the time when the Nokia 6300 mobile phone we are describing was at the peak of popularity knows that the playback of audio files was fraught with some problems. In particular, many devices could not play the mp3 format, forcing users to settle for wave files. The sound quality, of course, was lower, but such tracks also took up an order of magnitude less space on the phone.
Our 6300 was able to work even with pure mp3 audio. Moreover, the phone provided the ability to set such a track as a ringtone, which was also considered something unique in its kind. Due to this, Nokia gained more and more fans who refused to work with similar Samsung, Siemens and Sony Erricson.
Memory
The amount of space available for downloading data on the described device may also surprise those who did not see the world before the advent of modern smartphones. As the instructions supplied with the Nokia 6300 indicate, only 9 megabytes of internal memory is available here. Of course, this volume cannot be compared with modern gadgets with 2, 4, 8, 16 GB and so on.
But even then the developers provided for the possibility of using memory cards. As today, they were inserted into a separate slot and, after a little manipulation in the settings, they could become an alternative source for reading data (or, on the contrary, downloading it). The connected memory card solved the problem of lack of space for the same musicfiles.
Internet
Modern smartphone user will ask: what about the Internet? What connection format did the gadget described in the article use? And what were the features of using such a connection?
It should be clarified that as of 2007 there was no 3G or LTE connection in Russia. Therefore, there was simply no need for such devices, people did not know that technology could go that far in the near future.
Therefore, a slower WAP Internet could be considered as a replacement. With it, you could go to various mobile directories and download, for example, a picture for your desktop, set a ringtone, or even download a small game. WAP traffic was quite expensive for many mobile communication providers, so no one could download a lot using the device. So, if you had a desire, you could go in and upload a couple of images in order to tune your device later.
Camera
Nokia 6300 differs from simple “dialers” at least in the presence of a tool for creating photos and videos. The matrix resolution is 2 megapixels. Of course, it is not worth comparing, again, with the images of modern gadgets, what was obtained on the 6300 model - then the mobile device did not have so many new functions and various filters, image stabilization systems, autofocus and other things. Then the photos from the phone came out really terrible, and it was far from always possible to make out what was shown on them. However, back then people had not yet come up withselfies, so the camera wasn't that important.
Reviews
Recommendations on how this phone behaves, there is a sea on the Internet. Thousands of people share with others their impressions of working with him, noting the positive and negative aspects of it. We also studied these reviews to understand who liked what or not. We publish some of them here.
Flaws
Let's start with the bad, then end the review on a positive note. So, let's start with the functional limitations of the device. Now we subconsciously compare it to other smartphones that have (relatively) simply fantastic characteristics. Therefore, people write that the phone has few features, a weak screen, a bad camera, and so on. Yes, this is all true, but at the time of the release of the device, all these elements were the best available on the market.
Some complain about the instability of Nokia 6300. The screen of the phone does not turn on, or the whole device does not respond to user commands. The problem is expressed in different ways, but the result is the same - the user simply cannot do anything with his device. We also have one tip for those who are looking for why the Nokia 6300 won't turn on. What should I do if there is some error in the operation of the device? That's right, contact a specialist and solve it. You can do this at any service center, where they will tell you exactly why your phone stopped working. We do not recommend doing amateur activities in the form of disassembling the case and replacing parts on our own.
Benefits
Against the background of the mentioned negative aspects (the possibility of failure, weak parameters), there are a lot of “pluses” of this model. This, for example, is a stylish design (judging by the reviews, many people really like it); simplicity (many get lost in the huge menus of Android devices; in the case of the 6300 model, everything is extremely simple); reliability (statistics on the use of keyboard phones like Nokia, which break less often than touchscreen smartphones).
Conclusions
Therefore, what can I say, Nokia 6300 is a world-famous, very popular mobile phone, which continues to be in demand today. What else is needed to prove that it is worth attention and justifies all the funds for its purchase? This is a really cool machine that is (in a sense) timeless.
