Nokia 3200 Review

By Mobile-Phones-Uk.org.uk | Tue 23rd, December 2008

The "cool feature" of the Nokia 3200 is that you can create your own custom covers, using photos or your own design or artwork.

Nokia 3200 is a very small step forward for the #1 phone manufacturer. But I guess Nokia still does not get it, they have lost considerable percentage of their market share, down to 28.9 percent from 36 percent a year ago and still continue to introduce phones with the same interface, series 40 and same grandpa (bar) design. Nokia, it's about time to move forward. It is true that the company was the first to start the whole customization trend with the introduction of exchangeable faceplates and ability to put your own graphics on phone screens, but I think they have lost the ball. Samsung has gained momentum and have increased their market share from 10.5 percent market to 14.5. Their primary weapon, clamshell designs with very interactive user interface.

Going back to Nokia 3200, the phone has a gazillion features (Loudspeaker, flashlight, EDGE high speed data, WAP, JAVA, voice recording) but still features the bar style with Series 40 user interface. It time for Nokia to introduce something like Series 20 (I just made this up, but it would be nice to have Series 20 aimed at the youth market) and break away from the conservative feel their phones have. If you have used of the latest Samsungs you will know what I am taking about, they are all animated, with 65k colors and outer-space sounds on every click. And the new generation digs this.

The Nokia 3200 has an integrated digital camera, which you can use to take snaps, send to friends, download to your computer, or print and use to make your own cover design. The 3200 also has a built-in FM radio, as well as support for wallpaper, polyphonic ringtones and Java games, making it a good all-round fun phone.

Overall the phone offers a surprisingly large range of features. Apart from the quality of the camera itself, which is really very poor, the only things that Nokia could have improved are the ease-of-use of the keypad, and in common with most other Nokia phones, the poor colour resolution. 4096 colours is not really adequate for a camera phone. This is really a toy camera phone, and the new 3220 is a much better choice provided that you don't need the built-in radio.

Features of the Nokia 3200 include:

• High resolution display (128 x 128 pixels)
• 4096 colours
• Integrated digital camera (352 x 288 resolution)
• Custom "design your own" covers
• Built-in stereo FM radio
• Polyphonic ringtones
• Picture editor
• Predictive text input
• MMS (max 100kb per message)
• Java games 2 built-in games
• Wallpaper
• Flashlight
• Speed dialling
• Handsfree speaker
• Voice recorder (1 minute capacity)
• Alarm, calendar, notes, calculator
• WAP/GPRS/HSCSD with XHTML browser
• Pop-port™ interface
• Size: 108 x 45 x 21 mm
• Weight: 90g
• Battery standby: 150 - 300 hours
• Battery talktime: 2 - 4 hours
• Tri band
• Vibration alert

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