Nokia 3120

I have had this phone for a few months now and I'm very happy with it. It looks nice and is pretty stylish. It's small and fits into your pocket easily (4"long, 0.76"thick, 1.68"wide). It's more rugged than i expected, I treat my phones pretty harshly and it barely has any scratches to show for it. I like that the antenna is internal and therefore can't break off and doesn't take up extra space. As I've come to expect from Nokia it gets great reception! Some say that this has more to do with the service than the phone but I had a Motorola V180 before this and I could barely get reception anywhere and I had the same service as I do now. The battery lasts long enough, I would say it's kind of mid-range for cell phones, some phones' batteries last longer some shorter, but it definetly hasn't been a problem. I charge mine about once every 3 days. It's tri-band so I can use it in Europe. The speakerphone on it works well, the sound is pretty clear and it gets loud enough for most situations.

It has quite a few features for a farely basic phone, alarm clock, calendar, MMS, IM, stopwatch, countdown timer (which is suprisingly usefull!), voice recorder (which you can use to record songs to use as your ringtone), some decent games, and some internet features which i dont understand and never use.

There are a few cons:
1.It doesn't have external volume buttons, so if it's too quite or too loud while you're in a conversation you have to press the left arrow on the keypad and then right arrow to turn it up or keep pressing left arrow to turn it down. It's difficult to do without interrupting the conversation.

2. The background (wallpaper) images it comes with are really terrible, i don't know what they were thinking, there is only one I can even bear to use. But I'm pretty sure you can upload you're own images or use a picture someone may have sent you per MMS.

3. WHen writing a text message you can't press up arrow to capitalize a small letter or vice verca which you can do on other phones, you have to press the # key then type the letter and then press # again to change it back to small letters. It's just quicker the other way.

4. You can't designate which key does what (ex. have up arrow go directly to calculator), which was a feature i liked on the V180, but their set up is pretty logical.

All in all, it's a great reliable phone, and very reasonably priced.

I bought the NewPhone 3120 three weeks ago and was
immediately impressed with the number of features available on this
inexpensive phone. It has a 1M-pixel camera, video camera, and speakerphone. The NewPhone's size is perfect for carrying in a pocket and the battery has a pretty good lifespan of roughly 4 hours. My only complaint is that the menu system on the phone makes you click four times before you can find someone in the address book, set an alarm, or perform a additional functions. Other phones I've owned have simpler menus and get you to important features easily. Overall, I'd recommend the phone if you're on a budget.

I like the Nokia 3120 because of it's compact size, durability and ease of use. I find the phone very one handed text friendly, and like the contact book ease of use as compared to Motorola phones. I've owned Blackberry phones as well as 2 Motorola SLVRs and find the 3120 more to my liking.