Style Sells. And it sells hot. And that is what I was looking for when I walked into the Nokia care center.
Nokia tells us to walk on the blue side of life, and true enough, when it was launched, it was one of the very
few phones, barring the Samsung’s, that had a blue display. What you cant deny is that blue is much more pleasing to the eye. What you are left wondering about though, is why do you still pay that much to just make a fashion statement ??
Anyway, the 8250 is a scaled down version of the 8310. The layout of the keys is neat, with a butterfly shaped
nav key at the top. Of course, one thing you can be sure with a Nokia is its ease of use. Its not flashy, its not jazzy, its plain easy. Menu items are intuitive and it will take the wayside layman only about 30 minutes to figure out the whole phone. The keys are relatively small, and gradually decrease in size as they keep going down. But the keys have a great feel, and SMSing is a pleasure, unlike the Sony’s, where the rubber keys make it all that more difficult. The keypad itself is well lit and one can see all the keys clearly even in the dark. The blue light makes sure of that.
The 8250 supports four standard profiles like most other Nokia phones. Nothing too great. Battery life is good, and
will last you about three days with a standard talk time of about 40 minutes a day. Reception is something that isnt
too good. Weak signals are not picked up easily, and reception is erratic. But you will rarely find yourself in a place that does not offer strong signal quality. Voice clarity, as is common to Nokia, is absolutely great. That is something I hated in my last Sony J5, but no room for complain here. Charging the battery takes about two hours.
The phone uses the BLB-2 battery, which is something of a standard in the latest phones.
The exterior of the phone looks classy, but could do with a little bit of strengthening. Its, after all, only a
shiny piece of plastic, which makes the phone susceptible to damage if it were to fall. The phone lacks WAP and GPRS
capabilities, but then it is a scaled down 8310 after all, so dont expect a lot on features.
All in all, the 8250 is a neat piece of work, and makes a hell of a style statement. So, if you are into flashy
phones, but cant afford the outrageously expensive colour phones, then the 8250 is the one for you, although you would probably do better to invest 3-4 thousand more and go for the 8310. After all, if it is style you are after, an integrated FM radio would make it all the more stylish, would’nt it? But apart from that, I would recommend it to anyone who needs a neat little phone, that looks sexy, and does not cost the world, but still enough to burn a your pocket.