I always wanted a nokia phone, I have been using other brands till now and my latest is the SE W700i. A week back , I bought the Nokia 3110 classic. When you see the phone in pictures and advertisements its not good to look at, but when you actually see the phone in your hands and when the key pad and display lights up, its actually very pleasant .
For people who are used to the clarity in SE screens, dont expect the same in nokia. There is lot difference in the screen quality of Nokia and Sony Ericsson, SE always wins hands down. When SE says 256000/ 262000 colors, you can bet the display is crisp and clear, when nokia says 262000 colors it leaves a lot to be desired. Well back to the Classic, the classic is very nice to hold in the hands, its got a decent length to hold and use, the phone is slim, not the slim you see in samsung, but very convenient, thats what I liked with it, the classic is very comfortable to hold, the keys are big and well light up.
The display is visible in direct sunlight too, thats a very big plus point in this phone. Not many good ring tones though, its ok to hear them in a room, but when you are in the road you will miss them. The menus can be changed and arranged the way you want it, very user friendly that way. Its got another feature, when there is a missed call, or sms, the phone blinks to inform you about the missed call. I found it nice, its when you leave the phone and go out, and there has been a call, you are immediately notified by the blinking of the light every 5 seconds. The fonts are convenient to read. Call register gives even the duration of each call that has been made in the past. The speaker phone is loud to hear in a room, but not as good as in a motorola phone, in my opinion , Motorola phones offer office quality speaker phones with excellent sound quality.
The voice memo in nokia classic is pathetic, you can record your memo or a conversation, but when you play it back its barely audible in the speaker phone, I think this is a flaw in the phone, for heavy voice users, you have to take motorola phones/ samsung phones, they give better speaker phones. The nokia classic, has an FM Radio, as well as a media player, both are loud enough to hear but the music is not crisp an clear. I used a samsung x620 before and the fm radio is just amazingly clear in that phone, the sound is sheer joy to listen to it shows very high quality of the speakers used. I always had problems with headsets as none fit me, thats one of the reasons I prefer Sony Ericsson phones because the inear plugs fit all ear sizes.
So I dont know much of the ear phones supplied with the Nokia classic, another thing, for guys who prefer boom headset, there is no boom headset for this Nokia classic as of now, I dont think Nokia will supply the same. I need a boom headset as it suits me best, but no such luck with this handset, you better go for blue tooth, in blue tooth, it even supports blue tooth stereo headsets, so the motorola headset that Abishek Bachan wears in the Advt will definitely work with this Nokia 3110 classic. Memory is very limited, so you have to buy additional memory and its not hot swap, you have to remove the battery and then fit the card.
The camera is 1.3mega pixel, but its not a camera in the sense of the word, Sony Ericsson cameras are far far better in every way, even the displays are better too. In nokia its only the 16million display resolution phones that are very very impressive, but they consume lot of battery power I am told. So if you like a basic phone with good phone book capabilities with a low quality camera, fm radio and media player, then this is the phone to go for, If you are an imaging freak dont look at this model, you will cry.
Another important thing, in the airplane mode you can access messages, menu, phonebook, media player , camera and games. In phones of other manufacturers, you will be able to access only music or camera. The voice clarity functions is useless in the phone.The keypad is very well lit and is clearly visible in pitch darkness. Its good for messaging and the keys have good feedback, the battery cover is made of rubber and it feels good to use. And last but not least the batter life is very good.