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Posted by: snowman4t1

Does anyone have a review on the 3200 on what are the good and bad things on the3200?? Thanks for any help.

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Posted by: BylLuvaul

I have the 3200 and i think its a great phone . Here is a link to a really good review for it . http://www.mobiledia.com/reviews/nokia/3200/page1.html

Posted by: Her.ph

I've been a long-time user of Nokia phones (so expect a slight bias). I've used the 2100, 6100, 6300, 3300, 9200 and now the 3200. In essence, I'm a power user who has to try every feature.

At first I didn't want the 3200, and bought it on a whim since it was same price as the 3100. I particularly was skeptical that the 'see-saw' keys would be easy to use. Now that I've had the phone I've found that the 'decorative' keys, are actually quite functional and are not hard to get used to.

Though I buy phone chiefly for function (and not looks), I've discovered that I can really impress the wife by (on her phone):
a) setting her up with a large lanyard that lets her hang the phone about her neck;
b) use the pre-cut faceplate inserts to provide a custom photo of the kids for the back-side of the phone
c) use the (separately purchased) data cable to add .gifs of the kids to the phone for use as wall paper;
d) the usual ring-tones.

OK, that's the glitzy superficial stuff.

Function:
The phone has excellent signal strength reports and sound quality even in areas wher AT&T had been known to have problems before (using old TDMA technology). Messaging and picture messages are quite easy to do, and arrive promptly. The camera aspect takes 0.1 megapixel photos -- which are mostly good for well-lit portrait style photos. If you need to, the camera can take passable photos of landmarks. Complex scenes with people set well back from the phone cause photos to lose detail. Nevertheless, a 0.1 megapixel photo transports well and costs very little to send or receive.

I particularly find the hands-free speakerphone useful. Driving a Nissan Maxima at highway speeds still lets me carry a conversation using this mode - though I often use the included headset for calls.

Surprisingly, the flashlight feature delivers a lot of light without consuming too much battery, as was discovered during a recent 4 hour blackout (ever try to take your contacts out in the dark?).

If you are a pilot, the phone has a couple handy features: 1) the flashlight, in case you should ever have an electrical failure; 2) the ability to go to WWW pages and get current weather images of rainfall patterns.

Oh shoot, the lanyard feature is more functional than decorative. Though Nokia ships a short length lanyard (good for hanging from your wrist), an 18-22" length loop is better suited to hang the phone as a necklace. The phone is just light enough to be comfortable worn this way both for men and for women. I picked up the wife's lanyard at Radio Shack. The lanyard is, so far, the best insurance against dropping the phone that I've yet seen in some 10 years of carrying phones (I heard of one guy who accidentally dropped his phone into a full cup of coffee!).

So, in short:
looks good
sounds good
wears well
lights the night
UI friendly

Downsides:
I'm still not happy with the availability of online/mobile WWW resources -- though I did successfully find an ATM with the location technology the other night.

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