Good phone for basic usage.
Written: Sep 26 '02 (Updated Sep 26 '02)
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Pros: Good quality, resonable price, very easy to use.
Cons: May sound a bit like analog - half a second delay sometimes.
The Bottom Line: This phone is worth every penny. I love the design and the fact that it isn't too complicated to use. Great little phone for the price.
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| thechuunt's Full Review: Nokia 3390 |
The Nokia 3390 is an excellent phone for all your daily uses. It's portable, convenient, and ergonomic design give it an excellent appeal. This phone also has an extremely long battery life. Let me give you the technical specs and run down the information about this phone:
Phone Features
Voice
Voice dialing for up to 8 names
Mobile Messaging
Two-way text messaging 1
E-mail over SMS 1
Predictive text input
AOL Instant Messaging (Voicestream) 1
Personalization & Fun
Ring tone composer, to create your own tone
Xpress-on Color Covers
Downloadable ring tones and profiles 1
New games including Space Impact and Snake
Organization
Phone book stores up to 250 names & numbers
Currency converter
Alarm clock
Specifications
Weight: 4.2 ounces
Up to 2 hours 40 minutes of talk time with standard battery
Up to 7.5 days of standby time
Only 4.3 inches tall and 1.9 inches wide
Internal antenna
Internal vibrating alert
Service
GSM 1900
Automatic network selection
3390 Battery Life
Standard NiMH Battery 640 mAh (BMC-2)
-- Digital Talk Time up to 2.75 hours
-- Digital Standby Time up to 5.5 days
-- Analog Talk Time N/A
-- Analog Standby Time N/A
Voice dialing
The voice dialing on this phone is pretty weak,essentially, if you want it to work you need quick sounds like "a" "b" "x", do not use "b" and "d" because the phone will confuse the names. But pretty neat feature.
Mobile Messaging
Mobile messaging is probably one of the best features on this phone. It has T9 cababilities, basically an internal dictionary that guesses what word you'll type and saves you an enormous amount of time. However mobile messaging isn't too much of an important feature for a power phone user but otherwise serves its purpose.
E-mail and AIM
You get e-mail and AIM over voicestream - both features work well but I found them useless. I actually turn off my phone because how often do you want people to contact you. Sometimes you want to be gone, unreachable! Heh, with this feature people can reach you through so many communications mediums that you might as well be open 24/7 like 7-11.
Personalize
You can personalize this phone to the extreme; dial-tones, screen-savers, and every other little gimmick can be downloaded from the web. I believe there are over 2,000 dial-tones for Nokia phones. Also, you can buy covers, psychedelic lights, and other useless features that'll make this phone the life of the party.
Conclusion
In my opinion the ease of use and the battery life are the best features. You get up to 3 hours of talk-time and over a day of standby. I have found that this phone is great on battery saving. Also, the ease of use for the address book, alarm clock, and other little features makes this little phone pack an enormous punch. The Nokia 3390 is an affordable little phone that'll take care of business. The only cons are that you may get talking delays sometimes, like a half second lag, and also some dropped phone calls. I have found that the internal antenna phones aren't as good as the ones with - but factor this in with all the other features I have mentioned. This is an otherwise affordable and well made phone.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 70
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