I am a college student who was in desperate need of a new cell phone after my old one stopped working. Because of that I wanted to buy a phone truly worth the money, and one that would last.
For someone who isn't willing to pay for 3G service, but still wants internet, and a modern looking phone, THIS is the perfect cell phone. Phones like this are very hard to come by because most do require data packages (the ones considered smartphones anyway). I can't say how it compares to a smartphone having never owned one, but for someone like me it's perfect.
- QWERTY keyboard is well spaced, text messaging capabilities are wonderful
- WIFI! Can I stress how important this is? It's probably the best feature of the phone. Wi-Fi is pretty much everywhere nowadays, so why buy a smartphone when you can get a phone with Wi-Fi capabilities for a much lower price, and without having to buy a data plan?
I've had it for about 3 weeks now and I have absolutely no complaints. The battery lasts about 3-4 days and that's with a good number of hours using it (mostly texting or listening to music).
So if you want to buy something definitely worth the money that not only functions great but LOOKS great, this is the phone for you. Best $120 I ever spent! Nokia C3-00 Unlocked Cell Phone with QWERTY, Dedicated E-mail Key, 2 MP Camera, Media Player, WLAN, and MicroSD Slot--U.S. Version with Warranty (Slate)
Firstly, it's a great price for an unlocked phone that can be used with AT&T, TMobile, prepaid, and any other GSM (SIM card) service providers worldwide. I'm not going to repeat the technical specifications. It is very light, portable and has excellent battery life. You can talk for a really long time. Make sure to turn off WIFI when it's not being used. This phone is perfect for everyday use, or as a backup or a second phone. I love the FM radio.
It also makes a decent gift.
I would recommend it over any carrier branded phone. It is always cheaper in the long run to get an unsubsidized phone.
First off I love the phone after I got everything figured out. Basically all I had to do was pop my sim card out of my existing (AT&T Customer) phone and I was good to go, sort of! lol From that point I could call my contacts, send text messages, and even connect to the internet via wifi. Now the problems I discovered shortly there after was it connected to the wifi but could not go to any webpages because it would time out. It would not even go to the nokia pre-loaded store icon on the phone. Well, I could tell that there was settings not configured somewhere because it is unlocked for different carriers and needed at&t settings entered. Another problem I encountered was I could send text and recieve them just fine but could not recieve or send pictures with text messages succesfully. That was aggrevating because I could do that with my old phone just fine, but not this one. I found the solutions to fix these problems on-line after searching for awhile. So if you want these problems fixed here they are:
MMS
Menu > Settings > Configuration > Personal Settings > Options > Add New > Multimedia Msg
Account Name: AT&T MMS
Server address: [...]
Use pref. Access pt: No
Access point settings
- Proxy: enabled
- Proxy address: [...]
- Proxy port: 80
Bearer settings
- Packet data acc. pt: wap.cingular
- Network type: IPv4
- Authentication type: Normal
- User name: [...] (all capital letters)
- Password: CINGULAR1 (all capital letters)
Now go back to the Personal Settings (Personal accounts) > Options > Activate
Internet
Menu > Settings > Configuration > Personal Settings > Options > Add New > Web
Account Name: Media Net
Homepage: [...]
User name: leave blank
Password: leave blank
Use pref. Access pt: No
Access point settings
- Proxy: enabled
- Proxy address: [...]
- Proxy port: 80
Bearer settings
- Packet data acc. pt: wap.cingular
- Network type: IPv4
- Authentication type: Normal
- User name: [...] (all capital letters)
- Password: CINGULAR1 (all capital letters)
Now go back to the Personal Settings (Personal accounts) > Options > Activate
After I did these changes the phone worked like my old one. Just thought I would pass this info along because you will encounter these problems with at&t as your carrier. Overall I would definitely buy the phone again because it is Nokia quality and thats hard to beat in my opinion!! - Qwerty - Qwerty Keyboard - Nokia - Nokia Cell Phone'
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