Nokia 6350 (red, AT&T)
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"Good phone, better with some small improvements." on by lordkoos
Pros: Sleek design, excellent sound quality, hefty, solidly built, plenty of features and lots of memory available. Comfortable in your pocket, the case is not slippery like so many phones that are easy to drop.
Cons: Software menus, too much button-pushing to edit contacts. The ringtones seem a little quiet, I have the volume maxed out. Too easy to accidentally push buttons that lead to more expensive services... a conscious AT&T strategy I'm sure.
Summary: I wanted a good basic flip phone and this one is almost perfect. I like the finish on the outside of the phone, it's got a tactile feel, not slippery. It's hefty and feels very well made, not toy-like. The battery life just seems average. The display is bright and very clear. I can't find any way to adjust the screen brightness, it might help the battery life if you could turn it down. However, this phone charges very quickly, much faster than my Sony did. The phone has plenty of memory for my purposes, but I'm just using it as a basic phone and occasional mp3 player.
The built-in camera seems to be very good.
My biggest gripe: to edit or delete contacts you have to go through too many steps compared to my old phone, (Sony Ericsson) which had superior contact management IMO. Too much button-pushing -- maybe this could be improved with later software revisions. I've just got the phone, so I can't speak to durability but it seems extremely well made and Nokia has a good reputation.
Updated on Oct 9, 2009 -
"So Far So Good" on by Furscout
Pros: Nice filp phone with lots of features. Bright display inside and out. Pretty cool ringtones, but there are only 14 of them; so it's good that downloaded songs can be used also. Heaviest ph I've had, feels very solid in your hand. Nice big buttons
Cons: Some people I have called say I sound like I'm at the airport, but call is clear on my end. Dont know if it's a network issue or some interference. Lots of convoluted menus to change settings, but there is a lot of stuff in the phone.
Summary: Overall I like the phone, but I guess there are always things that we would like better no matter what phone we get. I really liked voice-dialing I had on previous LG and Kyocera phones where I could just say the name and the phone would call. However, this Nokia "enhanced" voice-dialing is a joke. It doesnt always understand your voice even though you "train" the phone and even if it does understand you it will only dial the top number listed for that contact which is the mobile number. You can scroll to the desired number after they appear on the screen, but that sort of defeats the purpose of voice-dialing is you have to start pushing a lot of buttons...especially while driving. Battery life is so-so...will last a couple of days with a few hours of talk every day.
I dont understand why other reviewers say they cannot hear the phone ring unless they dont realize the volume can also be adjusted with the phone settings instead of just with the outside rocker switches. It is good and loud when I turn up the volume.
Updated on Feb 27, 2010 -
"Poor battery life" on by jaykay33442
Pros: good camera. phone easy to use
Cons: battery last 2 days on standby tops 3 days. Specs say 14 days. Bull
Summary: This is the 2nd Nokia 6350 that I got. The 1st one would shut off while on a call. I use this phone just for calls and photos. Nothing else and the battery does not last. I can return it for the last time in my 30 day trial period. The ATT rep suggested the Pantech Breeze, but that rating is NG.I Want a basic phone that will take good photos, so I won't have to drag my camera around. It has a 2MP and 4x zoom camera
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"Good Phone" on by rob1261
Pros: Good Small Flip Phone
Cons: After one week, none.
Summary: Got this phone for my mom and she loves it. Small, easy to use and good sound quality. FREE from Best Buy.
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"Looks great but does not even meet expectations" on by nokia6350
Pros: Sleek, fits perfectly into pocket, red color looks great
Cons: Battery life (need to be charged every alternate day even when it was hardly used), gets heated up when a call lasts for more than 15 minutes, low voice quality.
It would have been good if it had a switch to open the flip (just like the Nokia 6126).Summary: I owned a Nokia 1600 and also a Nokia 6126 before. Though these phones had minimal features they served their purpose perfectly. Nokia 6126 was just AWESOME. I used it for 2 and half years with no issues at all. This does not even stay anywhere near to 6126's performance.
Has been a very sad experience using Nokia 6350 and I lost the wonderful impression that I had on Nokia phones.
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