Nokia 3390
Written: Mar 27 '02
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Pros: Good cheap phone
Cons: None that I have seen so far
The Bottom Line: This a great phone for anyone who wants a cheap good quality phone.
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| kiko_cat's Full Review: Nokia 3390 |
This is a great little phone that is both cheap to own and offers some great features. The sound has always been great with this phone for me and I recommend this as a first phone or a phone for someone who wants something a little easier than a lot of the newer phones that are being sold.
Sound Quality
This phone offers great sound quality. I have never had any huge problems with anyone hearing me on this phone or people understanding what I am saying. The great thing is you can adjust the sound by pressing the up and down button until you get it right while you are on the phone and this for me makes a great feature for those times when you are calling someone who has a loud phone or a very quiet phone.
Range
I have never really had a problem with the range that this phone can get. I thought at first with an internal antenna that it might not get very good reception but found out that it is very good and at most times is completely in range. I have only found two places where my range is limited - in my house (for some reason but I am thinking it's all the metal siding on the house because once I step out the door it's fine again and on the toll road leading to Irvine from the 91 freeway. But again that is brief and doesn't cause me any inconvenience.
Battery
You can actually talk about 2-3 hours without recharging your phone and I have gone about 7 days without charging if I am not talking a lot (or playing the games I describe below) on it. So that is a very good life in my opinion. When I charge it the most it will take from empty is about half an hour so if I need to I can charge it in the morning when I am getting ready to leave for school.
Features and Navigation
As you will see here not only is this phone good for sound quality but also in it's features that you are offered.
Navigation
Now I know that some people who have used my phone think that this is strange on this phone compared to other phones that they have used but I think it's very simple.
First, you have a middle key that accesses the main menu and can be used to dial calls and to end calls. This makes it so simple to start - although I know some people prefer the send and end buttons some phones have this takes up less space and is very simple to use.
Next you have a "C" button or clear which will back you out of menus and clear your screen for you. Also very convenient and I find myself using this all the time.
Now you also have a button that has arrows pointing up and down. At first I only used these to navigate within the menus but found that they are much more useful than that. From your main screen if you press down you get access to your phone book. If you press up you will get a list of your last dialed phone numbers. Very simple to use and a great feature.
Calling Features
You are also given many good features with this phone that will aid you in making and receiving calls:
Call Waiting - you don't have to worry about your friends or family getting a busy signal.
Caller ID - so you know who is calling before you answer the phone.
Voice Mail - always a good feature to have in case you just can't answer the phone when it rings or you miss the call.
Text Messages - you can send and receive text messages and what makes this better is that you can view up to 5 lines of text on your screen at the same time. You do have to sign up for this service separately (at least with my plan you do but it's built into the phone).
Speed Calling - you can have up to 9 preset numbers in to dial with the two buttons - the number you programed it in and the enter key.
Weight
This phone is extremely light weight weighing just over 4 ounces. So you can carry this everywhere and most of the time forget that you have it on your until it rings or until you need to make a call.
Dimensions
The phone is extremely small which makes it handy to carry. It is about half an inch deep, 3.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. It is very streamlined and I liked that when I saw it because I knew it was big enough where I wouldn't lose it but small enough that I could carry it anywhere without it taking a lot of room.
Phone Book
You can store up to 250 phone numbers in this phone - I haven't even stored close to that so for me this has a lot of storage space available.
Messages
If you do have your phone set to receive text messages (or to send them) there is a menu set up for you to access your old messages or new messages and for you to compose a new message.
Call Log
Here you can check how many minutes you have used. I reset this at the first day of my billing period so I know exactly how many I have used in that billing cycle. This makes it easy for me to know how close I am to the limit. This also breaks down the call logs into calls received and dialed and also will tell you how long your last call was. I find this menu to be very handy for me.
Profiles
This is another great feature. Here you get 5 profiles to chose between and you can also create your own from here, including different ring tones, screensavers and vibration. You can also download more screensavers and ring tones from Nokia for your phone - I have not done this but I have heard that this is a great way to get more into your phone.
Settings
This is very handy and I have used this many times also. Here you have an Alarm Clock which I have used many times to get up for school in the mornings. Since the phone is very small I can place it by my head to make sure I hear it. You can also set your date and time here, as well as your security settings.
Forwarding
I have never used this also but you can set this to forward your calls. I guess this would be a good feature if you didn't want to take your phone everywhere or you were going to be someplace where you couldn't answer it.
Games
There are also 4 games included with this phone:
Snake II
Space Impact
Bantumi
Pairs II
When I get really bored I will play these games but they waste a lot of my battery power so I try not to play them that often.
Calculator
I don't use this because it is hard to use. You have to press several different buttons for multiplying and dividing, although addition and subtraction are very simple. So this might be usful at a grocery store.
Calendar
I have used this feature a few times because you can set reminders for yourself for different days and also find out what day of the week a day is on.
Composer
Another feature that I have not used but you can also enter your own ringtones here if you know how to do that. I have not figured this out yet but I really haven't put much effort into figuring this out.
Keyguard
This is another important feature for me. This will lock your keyboard so that it can't dial someone by itself - sometimes in my purse it has done this to me before so I keep it locked.
Cases
For me this is a negative about this phone. I have not been able to find that many new cases for it. I find ones for different models almost everywhere I got but I very limited supply of cases for this model. I did finally find a light blue one that I liked at Best Buy but even there they only had 3 different colors for me to chose from.
Price
I got mine from Cingular Wireless with a contract and a special they were having at the time for a buy one get one free offer so my mother and I both got one at that time. Our initial payment for everything was $54.00 - which included the $20.00 for our chips to be activated at the office and $19.99 for one phone and the other was free.
Conclusion
This is a great simple phone that has some great features, is very simple to use and usually has a great range. They do include a huge manual with the phone that helps answers any questions that you might have about the product when you get it home with you.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): free
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