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Nokia 6303 classic is a fine cell phone with plenty of decent quality multimedia features for all those of you who do not require their phones to have 8 megapixel camera and other gadgets.

Overview:

Nokia 6303 classic features 2.2-inch screen, stereo radio with RDS and standard 3.5mm audio jack. Nokia 6303 classic is a genuine classic with plenty upgrades to make it more modern, yet it lacks a dedicated shutter release button, 3G, multi tasking and an office document viewer. Still, depending on your priorities the Nokia 6303 classic might be just the right phone for you.

Nokia 6303 classic pros:
+ Good battery life
+ 2.2″ 16M-color QVGA display with excellent sunlight legibility
+ S40 user interface, 6th edition
+ microSD card slot (4 GB supported, 1GB included)
+ 3 megapixel camera, autofocus and LED flash
+ VGA video recording at 15fps
+ Stereo FM radio with RDS
+ Bluetooth (with A2DP) and microUSB port
+ Standard 3.5mm audio jack
+ Plenty of preinstalled applications

Nokia 6303 classic cons:
- No 3G
- No smart dialing
- No office document viewer
- Memory card slot under the back cover
- No dedicated shutter key
- Poor image quality
- No multi-tasking

The design:

Nokia 6303 classic measures 108.8 x 46.2 x 11.7 mm and weighs 96 grams. On the front of the Nokia phone you can see the 2.2-inch screen and above it the ambient light sensor together with the earpiece. Below the display you will see the D-pad, and some knobs on its both sides. The top of the Nokia 6303 classic houses only the power button, whereas the slightly curved bottom is home to the standard 3.5 mm audio jack, microUSB port, the charger plug and the lanyard eyelet. The left side of the Nokia 6303 classic has no interesting features, whereas the right side houses the volume rocker. The back do the Nokia cell phone features the loudspeaker grill, 3-megapixel camera lens and the LED flash.

Performance:

Nokia 6303 classic has pretty and responsive menus. Moreover, the phone can store up to 2000 contacts with multiple fields not only for the phone number, but for additional information such as birth date, email, image, custom ringtone and so on. The signal reception and in-call voice clarity are excellent as always in Nokia cell phones. The call log stores up to 20 last dialed, received and missed calls. The messaging is comfy and trouble-free.
Nokia 6303 classic has no office document viewer which is a pity as I think most of its potential buyers would welcome that feature. The cell phone also does not have any multi tasking support which might make using some of its applications quite time consuming and not so user friendly.

Multimedia:

Nokia 6303 classic comes with a traditional music player supporting all the most common music files. There is only one there of the music player, but the more important thing is the equalizer and the Nokia 6303 classic has 5 equalizer presents which is just fine. The general audio quality is commendable, with good frequency response and outstanding intermodulation distortion test results.
The 3.2 megapixel camera in the Nokia 6303 classic can take photos in up to 2048 x 1536 pixels. Although there are plenty of manual settings and scene modes the general image quality disappoints. Additionally, the flash is quite poor and as the lens has no cover it might get scratched easily. The Nokia phone can also record movies in VGA resolution at 15 fps so the movies are hardly useable.
The Internet browsers, on the other hand, is a very good application in the Nokia 6303 classic. The web pages are rendered just like on your computer, however flash is not supported.

Menus/Ease of use:

The menu structure in the Nokia 6303 classic is quite usual so you should not expect any novelties. The menu is well designed and very responsive which makes it fun to work with. There are six ringing profiles and the flight mode which does not requite SIM card to be in the phone. The menus are customizable and as the phone comes with five different themes everyone will something suitable.

Selected Nokia 6303 classic features and specifications:

• Screen

2.2 Inch 16.7 Million Colour TFT QVGA Screen (320 x 240 Pixels)

• Imaging

3.2 Megapixel Camera
8 x Digital Zoom
Dual LED Flash
Flash (On, Off & Automatic)
Auto Focus
Full Screen Viewfinder
Capture (Still, Sequence, Self Timer & Video)
Colour Tone Mode (Normal, Sepia, Greyscale & Negative)
Video Recording (15 FPS)
4 x Digital Zoom
Video Player
Video Colour Tone (Normal, Sepia, Greyscale & Negative)
Wallpapers
Animated Screensaver

• Messaging

SMS (Text Messaging)
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
Email (IMAP, POP & SMTP)
Email with Attachments
Predictive Text

• Sound

Music Player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, H263 & H264)
FM Radio RDS
MP3, AAC & Polyphonic Ringtones
Video Ringtones
3.5mm Stereo Headphone
Audio Recording

• Entertainment

Java™ Games
Downloadable Games
Organiser
Phonebook
Contacts with Images
Calendar
Alarm Clock
Call Waiting, Call Hold & Call Divert
Missed, Received & Dialled Call Log
Handsfree Speaker
Conference Calling (6 Contacts)
Vibrating Alert
GPS Receiver
Nokia Maps Application

• Connectivity

Bluetooth®
Micro USB
EDGE
GPRS

Network
Tri Band (GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)

• Internet

Opera Mini Browser
Nokia Mobile Search
HTML, XHTML & WML Browsing

• Memory & Talk Time

64 Mbytes Memory with 1 Gbyte MicroSD™ Memory Card supports 4 Gbytes
7 Hours Talk Time
450 Hours Standby

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