Review: NEC e313 3G Phone

NEC e313 Review

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The NEC e313 is available on the 3 network very cheaply and has become one of 3's most popular phones. It's a good value 3G phone that supports video calling, video messaging and all the other features available on the 3 network.

Other good features of the phone are the exceptionally large colour screen, polyphonic ringtones, voice recorder and MP3 player.

Although marketed as a budget phone, it has a lot of features that you might not expect, such as an expansion slot for additional memory, and even the internal memory is generous at 19 Mbytes. The finish of the phone is nice (better than in our photo here!), and as 3G phones go, this one is slim and relatively lightweight, although at 126g it's heavier than nearly all 2G phones. Overall it's good phone for those wanting to try out what 3G has to offer.

Users in the UK may not be very familiar with NEC as a mobile phone manufacturer, but overseas NEC has years of experience in this arena, especially as a manufacturer of the hi-tech i-mode phones in Japan.

The main issue with this phone, as with all 3G phones is the battery life - expect to charge the phone every couple of days, or daily if you make much use of the video calling feature.

Features of the NEC e313 include:

• Supports all 3's video mobile services: video calling, video messaging & download video clips
• Rotating video camera for video calling, recording short videos and taking photos (VGA resolution - 640 x 480 pixels, digital zoom)
• Display: 65,536 colours, 220 x 176 pixels
• MP3 player
• Voice recorder / Call memo to record conversations
• Multimedia messaging (send photos, videos and text)
• Predictive (T9) text input
• e-mail
• 40-voice polyphonic ringtones
• Java games
• Synchronisation of data with a PC
• Phonebook (500 entries)
• Organiser features: Calculator, Currency Converter, Scheduler, Notepad, To Do List, Clock, Alarm
• WAP, GPRS class 8
• Connectivity: USB
• Fast 3G data transmission: 384 kbps download / 64 kbps upload
• Internal memory: 19 Mbytes
• Optional memory card up to 128 Mbytes (Sony MemoryStick Duo™)
• Size: 147 x 64 x 21 mm
• Weight: 126g
• Talktime: 2 hours
• Battery standby: 3.5 days

NEC e313 Consumer Reviews

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Average rating from 100 reviews:

Reviewed by Ryan from UK on 9th Sep 2004
I dont know what you people are whining about, for £45 you gettin credit, an mp3 player, video phone etc. i mean what more do you want? the one thing this phone doesnt have is a radio and thats it. And whats all this about it buringing up and short battery life and switching itself off? mine dont do that. Yeah it warms up when im on a long call but all fones do that. my fones only ever switched itswelf off once when i was messing with it and my battery lasts ages. The more I charge it the longer it lasts. Also i have downloaded full length music videos on it for just £1.50 each. i only know one other person whose fone can do that and its like a £500 phone. i dont think you can set you own voice recordings as your ringtunes but you can download mp3 from wap and if u have the data cable from ur pc and these can be used as ringtunes,this fone is excellent and im well surprised three are letting them go for £45 each. And as for you people who whine about the three ne twork dont forget they have only been around like a year and a half and their pay as u go service just a few months. All networks at one time had validatity times for credit. They've just changed their £15 voucher too so thats awesome. I put on £25 a month and choose the 500 mins and then if i need credit i just buy £5 add everything vouchers so basically you can top up £5 at a time. What more could you ask for?
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Reviewed by Ben Newnham from United Kingdom on 7th Sep 2004
you remember i said this phone was great? well my views have changed. the damned thing has restarted on me twice within 10 minutes. so now i'm gonna take it back and get a refund, use my 3410 for a while and then get another new phone. BUT NOT A THREE ONE!!!
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Reviewed by Ben Newnham from United Kingdom on 6th Sep 2004
yet another review.... i think this fone really is great, and that the review below about face burning is a load of poo. and also, anyone who says the phone's battery doesn't last long or says the fone is rubbish, are the people who keep playing with it and dont know how to work it. Also, the people who say it's rubbish for under £50, are the people who need to shut up and face facts, yes there are better phones but if you dont like the price, DONT BUY THE THING!! If you want to go and spend £150+ on a nokia with much less features and an expensive name, fine... :) Rant over... :)
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Reviewed by chris from England on 4th Sep 2004
The only reason i aint givin this five stares is because of the size but thats doesnt really bother me . I think the phone itself is a brilliant phone . I have been after a phone with all the features like camra ,video,colour e.t.c and i couldnt afford it because i dont get a lot of money and i have go a kid on the way , so when this phone came out for 45 bob i snatched the chance and got one. And now all my mates av them its great!. the video camera everything on the phone is fantastic . a real bargain for its price.dont listen to any of the other reviews.
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Reviewed by Ben Newnham from United Kingdom on 4th Sep 2004
i got this phone nearly a month ago and am really pleased with it. It does everything i'd want. I've had many phones in the past and this tops them all. I cant see me changing again for a long while :)
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Reviewed by devils tumor from england on 4th Sep 2004
Well, I'm not sure what most of you are moaning about but feel free to go out and spend the best part of £200 on a Nokia with virtually no features if that makes you feel better but personally I think this is the best £40 (inc £15 credit) I've ever spent. I initially wasn't too fussed about the features as I have an iPod for my music and a PDA for video, contacts etc but after this past week I have found myself using only the e313. Far more features that I ever expected. I myself had a bit of a moan about the whole 30 day validity scheme 3 have put in place but when you think about it, its about the same as a contract phone but without the 12-18 months of having your balls trapped in a vice by any one of the other service providers! Generally, I agree with the whole "you get what you pay for..." sketch but this time I'm inclined to disagree. The e313 is a brilliant little phone with all the same features as the £450 Nokia Communicator (minus the widescreen and qwerty keypad). For the money I can't see how it could be improved at all. Thank you for reading this mini tome, I'm now off to post my cv to 3's advertising department!!
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Reviewed by chloe carter from england uk on 2nd Sep 2004
DONT BUY THIS PHONE IT HAS BURNT MY FACE TWICE.FIRST TIME WAS ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO AND TODAY 2ND SEPTEMBER. THE GLASS ON THE PHONE HEATS UP SO BAD IF U R ON THE PHONE FOR A WHILE? IT HAS LEFT ME WITH BLISTERS ON MY FACE? I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOS OF MY FACE BECAUSE IM IN THE PROCESS OF TAKIN THIS FURTHER
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Reviewed by Alex (again!!!) from UK on 1st Sep 2004
aA few weeks ago i said that the phone woz brill i 100% take that back all my m8s say that my fone is a remote control!!! the 3 network has serious problems and when i went to turkey i cudnt get eny signal 3 has some serious staff problems in fact most of them can't even speek english. the 3 network is useless and in my area i have no coverage 4 video calls. if eny1 knows how to unlock the building block please email me on alsxXx@aol.com another problem i have is that my phone turns itself off, it says PLEASE WAIT INITIATING etc what a load of s#@t !!!!!!!!! does anybody know how 2 set ur recorded tunes as your ringer tune if so plz email me at alsxXx@aol.com i have rea all the manuals but it does not say anything about setting your recorded sounds as your ring tone many thnks al x
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Reviewed by Will from United Kingdom on 1st Sep 2004
This phone is the biggest pile of cock I have ever seen. Bought it for 50 nicker from Argos and the thing keeps going asleep, locking itself when I haven't even typed in a PIN number and generally being an all-round **** of a phone. Don't buy it.
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Reviewed by Aza richards from - on 1st Sep 2004
I got this phone for my birthday. nd i haven,t had more fun with a phone since i could use one, it is very simple to use and has quite a few functions. the sound recorder isn,t that good though. you record a sound and cant even set it as a tone. e-mail is good though, i can get all my tones off the web then e-mail them to my phone. i now have about 50 tones and wallpapers for free. the camera quality is good and it has a good memory capacity at 20mb. network isn't that good though, can't even access wap.
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Reviewed by Wudenberg from Indonesia on 1st Sep 2004
I still do not know how to unlock it and use it in my countri's network. This is with the latest version, and it doesnt work with 4960 format. Does anyone do the unlock? I will pay you how many you want. This is my email : wudenberg@inorbit.com
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Reviewed by gary mooney from ireland on 31st Aug 2004
looking for information on can this phone de unlocked for other networks so far pretty good phone bar size and network send me an email on mooney31@msn.com if you hear if it can be unlocked
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Reviewed by Rosie Olly from England on 31st Aug 2004
i was gonna buy this phone 2moz 4 £35 from carphonewarehouse but now i think i will change my mind after reading all those revwies! could sum1 plz write a revwiew saying bout credit! thanx xxx
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Reviewed by mlb04uk from United Kingdom on 30th Aug 2004
WOOHOOO!!!!!! I BOUGHT THIS PHONE AND I WAS LIKE.......YES. BUT THEN A HOUR LATER AND IT WAS SO BAD!, U WUD HAVE MORE FUN WITH SOME COW PAT. I BOUGHT THE PHONE FOR £50, I HAD TO USE UP MY £15 CREDIT IN 30 DAYS!! I HAVE LOADS OF FRIENDS, BUT FOR ME TO USE ALL THAT UP, I WOULD BE HAVING TO CONTACT THEM IN MY SLEEP!!! AVOID AT ALL COSTS, THIS PHONE IS SO RUBBISH!!! 3 ARE SO PATHETIC!!!INDIAN ON THE PHONE, CANT UNDERTAND THEM-HE HE BUD BUDDA<--ALL U GET!! MP3 IS TOTALLY BOGUS, U GET 1 SONG!!!! WOOOO THIS PHONE IS RUBBISH!! THIS PHONE IS BIGGER THAN MY REMOTE CONTROL!!! DONT BUY THIS PHONE, UNLESS U WANNA HAVE A DODGY PHONE THAT U THOUGHT CAME OFF THE BACK OF A VAN..!! 3 ARE SO RUBBISH!!! DONT BUY THIS PHONE, STICK TO NOKIA 3200!! :D
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Reviewed by fjd from England on 29th Aug 2004
The only reason the phone doesn't get 5 stars is down to the battery life. It lasts me about a day, although it does come with an extra battery. A lot of people are saying its a terrible phone but for £45 its a real bargin. The network 3, is probably one of the biggest cons I've seen. They give NEC a bad name. They say that there calls are 5p per minute but when you top up your automatically given a number of call minutes anyway, which goes to show that the 5p per minute thing is a load of bull s**t. If you want this phone (which is very good) you have to be prepared to spend a lot of money using the network. Great phone, s**tty network.
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Reviewed by Roopz from UK on 24th Aug 2004
After 3 handsets which all went wrong on three with in 8 months, I thought I might finally have a phone that I could trust.... oh how I was wrong. Within 6 DAYS!!!! it refused to recognise that there was a SIM card in, and when it did turn on it refused to make ANY CALLS. Being my third NEC I think its quite obvious that they just cant build phones at all. Every NEC model feels flimsy, battery life is very poor. I have used the e606, e808 before this and couldnt believe that 3 said it would be 15 working days to get a replacement phone to me. I am quitting my contract and have a proper phone on orange. AVOID AT ALL COSTS
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Reviewed by davidparkinson from england on 24th Aug 2004
well were do i start, battery life NO WAY, 30 day ermmm, paying 4 games every time u play Y COME ON 3. TOP UPS???? a brick, some services well pants & to dear, no local store, rude staff no manners to 3 customers. LOOK HAD E"NUFF PLEASE THINK TWICE ABOUT BUYING THIS FONE B4 U DO. PAY DA XTRA 4 A GOOD FONE. THEN U WILL B MORE HAPPY. DONT TRUST THREE FONES. AV FUN WITH OTHER FONES INSTEAD.
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Reviewed by Stephie from England on 22nd Aug 2004
I have had this phone for just over a week and I think it is a pretty good phone. I dont really understand why people are moaning about the 30 day credit validity period. I actually asked in the shop I bought the phone from before I bought it, if people dont do this that is their problem. Its not like 3 dont advertise the fact is it??!! Anyway, I get a couple of days life from the battery, and I use the phone a lot, so thats not too bad. I mostly bought the phone for the camera function and its much better graphics than the old sony ericsson phone I had. I live in a notoriously bad signal area and have full coverage with 3, so no problems there either. Its got pretty loud ringtones, and that little dancing man is worth the money on its own!! I think the phone is cheap and worth the money you pay for it. I wouldnt pay a fortune for the phone but I didnt, I paid £30 and that to me is value for money. Yoiu get what you pay for in this world!! Overall a good phone, nice functions and cheap to call other networks. 5p a minute, cheaper than all the other networks, but I wouldnt waste the money on texts. If you use your phone a lot to call people on other networks quite a lot, like I do, then the phone is worth the money.
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Reviewed by dave from uk on 21st Aug 2004
I purchased this phone from the link after reading the reviews here, yes its a bit big but its lightweight a nice phone to me at a nice price. I brought this phone mainly for mp3 and movie playback. If u buy a 256mb memory stick duo you can download all your music or compress your movie files into the gp format, plus you will also need a data cable and flash reader as well as the software. The video camera again excellent, the photos excellent, but it does seem to chew up a lot of battery power. It does let off a high pitched tone now and again and im told it is switching between gsm and 3 networks i really need to read the manual to get a grip on this phone. Otherwise for 30 quid im more than happy. thanx Dan
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Reviewed by Phil from ENGLAND on 21st Aug 2004
1stly, this fone has some of the best features available and all the other fones ive seen that can do the same as this cost like £200 so ITS NO RIP OFF! Havin said that i am dissapionted with a few things, u cant get cheap games 4 it an the video quality is a bit naff (Though u can get more than 10 secons by pressin the options button an selectin-size-large.)But the screen is amazin, the cameras great an i love the media player on it, an ive already downloaded 2 footy matches off 3 sevices (that i think is much bette than wap + its free 2 browse). Also, u cant get the accessories nwheres really 'part frm online. I bought the usb cable 4 £10 off the 3 website an the drivers 4 £1.50 off ebay!Im now gonna buy a memory stick 4 it an use it as an mp3 player! Finally, 4 those complainin about its size, ook at the size of alot of mp3 players, then addf that to a comera/video fone + a game boy an u get somethin much bigger (& about £400 dearer) than this rweasonably priced and eccce lent fone from nec.
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Reviewed by David Ramsay from Newport on 20th Aug 2004
This network, 3pay, is really starting to p me off!! dont get me wrong, the fone is fab, but 3pay is a load of bull. I 100% agree with the rest of the reviews on this site about the A. rubbish battery life B. cant get a signal anywhere C. if u dial 333 for customer services, the advisors are about as much help as a constapated dog! text messages arrive about 3 hours late. There is a fone shop near me that, in 2 weeks, will have the software 2 unlock my fone to Vodafone. If any1 lives in the newport area, get in touch with me and ill give u the shop name- david_robert_ramsay16@hotmail.com ;-)
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Reviewed by Bob Bovex from England on 19th Aug 2004
Got mine for £40 (inc £15 Credit), so far pretty impressed. Pros: Exceptional features (video phone, Video Capture, Good Quality Camera, Good Mp3 player, Slim slick design, lightweight Cons: Expensive content (although the unlimited £10 vouchers gives full access to everything including Downloading games which pretty is good), Oversized length, Poor battery after high usage (such as video), Having to buy extra software driver at £20 even after splashing out £15 on the Cable, Overall Feature Packed Bargin phone, very much like a contract style deal eg for £25 per month you 100mins talk, unlimited content with £1.50s worth Txt or essentially others options. So if want video calling without the credit check and hassle of being tied down for 12mths with a good phone phone get this !
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Reviewed by guy from england ! on 19th Aug 2004
i got this phone for my birthday. its a good phone for the money but it dont come wif allot of memory and it has crap ringtones. the battery life is ok but at the same time u get 2 batterys so u can have 1 spare !. ive just ordered my data cable kit. so hopefully ill b able 2 download pictures 2 my pc. this is a good phone for any1 whos on a tight budget. but 3 is a bit of a rip off as you dont get "credit" just a set amound of call time and texts. ive tried 2 order java games but when i get them i cant acces the wap seeing as it dosent have it ! any websites where i can get games and stuff for my phone ? thanx
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Reviewed by Jas from South East- London on 18th Aug 2004
Hiya! I JUS BOUGHT DA FNE YDAY! N SO FAR ITS GOIN KOOL! DA FONE A BRICK THO! MAN EVEN BIGGA DAN MA REMOTE CONTROL (WOZ DAT ALL BOUT?)ITS GOT SUM KOOL GRAPHICS (E.G. COLOUR, CAMARA, PHOTO, RINGTONS, SCREEN SAVERS) N Y DO WE HVE 2 PAY 4 A GAME! LYKE ANY OTHA FONES EXCEPT 3 LET U PLAY SUM GAMES. ITS WOZ NUFF CHEAP, N I FINK IT IS WORTH YA MONEY BUT DER A FEW ALILO FINS DAT CAN OUT U OFF. N Y DO WE HVE 2 PAY LIKE £2 4 A RINGTON WEN WE CAN GET IT 4 BOUT £1.50. AL2GEHA I FINK DA FONES KOOL. BUT DEM ALILO PROBS JUS MAKES IT ALILO PUT OF.. MAYB 3 SHUD TRY MAKIN A FONE LIKE DIS BUT AILO SMALLA! THANX.........
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Reviewed by Roxanne Sutton from United Kingdom on 18th Aug 2004
PLEASE HELP ME! I brought this phone because i thought it was a good deal. I am a little bit unhappy with the phone as many people have the same opininons as me which are the topup etc. My main question is: i brought a USB data lead for this phone and i got a cd to load the software too but i have tried to get it to download my pictures and videos onto my PC but it wont recognise the drivers. I have tried to load it on 3 different PC's with different windows: windows 98 SE/windows 95 and windows ME. I was more successful on windows 98 SE but still had problems. I tried ringing up 3 and all they said was how to put the USB lead into my phone and said they couldnt help me because i purchased it from someone else so therefore they couldnt help me. Does anyone else have this problem? If you know how to solve my problem please email me on: roxysutton@hotmail.com Thankyou xxxxxxxxx
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Reviewed by NormanS from UK on 16th Aug 2004
Phone looks good with lots of features. However 3Pay exagerated the quality an extent of coverage. I really need to change to another service. Is it possible to unlock this phone or not. It seems to be a problem but surely the states that I can use ant provider.
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Reviewed by daniel.g from uk on 16th Aug 2004
i think this phone is awsome there is one question does it suprt other sim cards of is it locked
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Reviewed by Emelda Marcos from Northern Ireland on 16th Aug 2004
Phone - absolute BRICK, LARGER than my remote control. Network (Three) - Absolutely RUBBISH!!! They drain minimum £15 off you EVERY MONTH! You don't use all your £15 in a month? - It goes down the drain? 30 day validity period, omg. What's the deal with that?
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Reviewed by Tony from England on 15th Aug 2004
Not a bad phone if you just want something cheap and cheerful. Battery life is absolutley pants. No WAP only 3's crappy network. Only £1.50 credit as well which ain't a lot of good as all ringtunes and wallpapers are £2 unless you buy add ons not really much good. Topping up is a bit of a problem as well if you live in a small village or town as half of the shops that 3 say you can top up with haven't even heard of the phone. 3's customer services is also a load of crap as the staff can hardly speak English, I lost count of the ammount of times I had to get them to repeat what they said. So unless you speak Indian I wouldn't bother phoning them. Overall not really very good, only use mine for work as the coverage where I live ain't that good unless I hang out of the bathroom window. Don't bother trying to use outside on a sunny day as you can't see the display. but will be fine if you work down a mine or something lol. Conclussion: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS, BUY A NOKIA AND STAY AWAY FROM 3PAY....
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Reviewed by David Ramsay from South Wales on 15th Aug 2004
i bought this phone yesterday and i am very impressed so far. 1 Major glitch is that people have sent me text messages and i have recieved them about 2 hours after they have sent it. Does this only occur on my fone??? and if any1 knows how 2 unlock it 2 different networks, please get in touch david_robert_ramsay16@hotmail.com Many thanks!!
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Reviewed by NATALIE ROWLES from WALES on 13th Aug 2004
I HAVE THE NEC E313 N BOUGHT THE USB & CHARGING CABLE... ONLY THING IS HOW DO U TRANSFER...
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Reviewed by Vinoth from UK on 13th Aug 2004
excellent phone
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Reviewed by Shady from UK on 13th Aug 2004
THIS PHONES A BRICK!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by diane from scotland on 12th Aug 2004
i find it a great phone, love it,but i would like to know where in scotland i could get the accessories for it, as i would love to put my videos on my pc..... apart from that i love the phone :)
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Reviewed by Jay Watcham from United Kingdom on 11th Aug 2004
The NEC e313 is an OUSTANDING fone. I am suprised at all the cool features it has ! The Ringtones are PHENOMANAL !! No - one in their right minds would moan ! I saw it in woolworths for 45 quid wiv 15 quid credit ! I bort it the same Day (im only 12 too) BRILLIANT FONE !! If any 1 could tell me how to get free Video Clips/Ringtones etc. PLEASE LET ME KNOW on jaywatcham123@hotmail.com Cheers
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Reviewed by Malcolm from United Kingdom on 11th Aug 2004
This is probably the worst purchase I have ever made!!!!!! The aftercare service is horrendous, you cannot connect to your PC (the reason I bought the phone in the first place!!!) without buying a disc (for £14.99) that NO-ONE at NEC can tell you the retailer of!!!! NEC repeatedly tell you what you need but DO NOT (and I went through 4 separate people to find this out) know who stocks it, how much it costs, how to get it or where to get it. When I expressed my distaste, I was told that the Software disc I needed to operate my 313 phone had nothing to do with NEC!!!!!! But (read this paragraph again in a continuous loop and you'll get some idea of what I went through on the phone with them.) The retail outlet have no discs and weren't willing to try and locate one until I threatened to return the phone (citing Consensus ad Idem or failure to disclose all material facts pertaining to a contract) at which point they gave me a NEC 616 cd - which didn't work!!!! I got the ever welcome customer service call a month after buying it and with the option of having my comments passed on - still haven't had a word back, despite being told I would be contacted........ I gave up at that point. They are horrendous and you would be very foolish to purchase this phone unless you wanted an additional remote control for your telly.
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Reviewed by RichardBevis from United Kingdom on 10th Aug 2004
I was very disappointed to see that the video clips only last for a mere 10 seconds, and then '3' steal your credit but I am quite pleased with the phone, especially as it was only £45.00. I suppose you couldn't expect a great amount out of it. I am also very angry about the 'WAP enabled' part, when clearly, all you can do is visit the '3' places which are quite frankly terrible. I am also a bit miffed about the USB cable, which I'm told, you can purchase from Superdrug for £10.00. Apart from that, the quality is great, the sound is superb and the look is stunning. **Do you know where I can get cheap ringtones for this phone?** Thanks (bevvi1@hotmail.com)
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Reviewed by finch from UK on 10th Aug 2004
people what do you want for under £50 quid you can barely go to a payphone anymore for that!!!! Just accept that technology moves on slowly....
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Reviewed by adam from uk on 10th Aug 2004
the network is a con, firstly u think great yes, yes only 5p but u have to use that credit within 30 days, no come on u most likely wont use the 500 text or whatever so u will just waste them. the staff are rude the phone is ok but is very dodge, if u like dodge phones and dodge networks this is the phone for u
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Reviewed by marlene from UK on 10th Aug 2004
3 NETWORK IS A LOAD OF CROP, I HAVE NEC E313 FOR THREE WEEKS NOW, AND IT AS GIVEN ME SO MUCH HEADACHE.THE MEMORY IS TOO LOW,BECAUSE THIS PHONE AS NO WAP,THEN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE MEMORY,ALL OTHER NETWORKS AS MADE IT SO EASY FOR US. OH NO NOT 3. 3 CHARGES OVER 100 POUNDS TO UNLOCK THE PHONE WHAT A BIG CON. 3 CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE TRANFER OVER TO ANOTHER NETWORK AND 3 NETWORK SHUT THE COMPANY THE HELL DOWN I CANNOT GET NO VIDEO,ALSO POOR SIGNAL, LOSSES ALL MY MISS CALLS, AND MY CONTACTS ONE DAY I SWITCH MY PHONE ON, AND I GET JAPANESE WORDS OF WHICH I DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND THIS PHONE IS ONLY LOCK TO ONE NETWORK, YES YOU GUESS IT 3 WHAT A RIP OFF I LIVE IN 3 AREA BECAUSE UP UNTILL A WEEK AGO I WAS GETTING VIDEO, THREE TOOK MY PHONE IN FOR REPAIR, AND YES YOU GUESS IT, THEY HAVE RETURNED MY PHONE TO ME UNFIXED AS FAR AS THEY WERE CONCERNED THEY HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEMS, SURE, LIKE HELL THEY HAVE NOT. WHAT A WASTE OF MY MONEY.3 IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY ME
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Reviewed by Jack Ricks from England on 10th Aug 2004
I have just got thsi phone and i find it dredfull, i would like to know where i should go if iwant 2 get the hole phone unlocked not just part, if anyone knows please can they email me any info needed at yourmom414@hotmail.com p.s is it even possible?
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Reviewed by kafrin from pembrokeshire,wales on 9th Aug 2004
LOOK READ THIS REVIEW!! I NEED SOME HELLP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!well i was a little confused at the start b coz it IS MUCH DIFFERENT 2 nokia fones witch arethe best around but reasonably expensive.the downfall is where i live u cant get any coverage, so the internet is a no no 4 me.i read sum where that sum1 got theirs unlocked, how do they do that????? if any1 has any answers please tell me, coz when you surf the net u cannot find any compatible games or tones, etc. on the websites except for the 3 one which i cant access on my mobile. nice quality camera and the video aint bad except u cant film for more than 10 seconds?
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Reviewed by Beenie from UK on 9th Aug 2004
This PHONE is outstanding but its hard to get hold of wall papers and ring tones unless you go on JAVA. Otherwise you surf the net and there is nothing avalible!
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Reviewed by Barney from UK on 8th Aug 2004
This phone has many software problems, plus the 3 Mobile network is terrible. Customer service is appaliing, i believe their agents spend their time writing reviews for 3 phones thats how they get 5 star reviews. It you are considering buying one Don't. Throw your money in the Bin. you will get more satisfaction that way. I honestly believe that three should lose their license.
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Reviewed by Fionnuala from UK on 8th Aug 2004
Do not buy one of these phone. Poor software, poor network, poor service. 3 are the worst mobile network in the UK customer service is appaling. Dont waste your money, as it loses texts, looses calls restarts,it is un-usable.
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Reviewed by Oonagh Maria from UK on 8th Aug 2004
Dont buy this phone. Battery life is poor, it keeps restarting, it loses text messages. My sister has this phone, she may as well use a brick as the phone has many problems. Cant understand people writing 5 star reviews when they don't have a phone yet. Is this wahat the callcentre in India is for. The customer support centre in INDIA IS USELESS. I have heard rumours that any agent who transfers a call to a manager gets the sack. Ofcom needs to do something here.
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Reviewed by Sonia from UK on 8th Aug 2004
Poor quality phone, many problems. This phone has software problems on three's network. It restarts loses text messages, switches it self off. Save yourself grief don't buy one. Three's customers service is bad so bad you can't imagine. The phone is the king of all Lemons.
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Reviewed by Robert from UK on 8th Aug 2004
Yuk what a useless phone. Do not buy one. How bad can a phone get. The service is bad the network is bad, it eats battries, it keeps restarting, I can't recieve text messages. 3 customer service is appalling, they don't want to know about you problems. I reckon any 5 star reviews come from 3's callcentre staff. Everybody i know who has this phone has problems. What a Turkey
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Reviewed by TOTERS from ENGLAND on 8th Aug 2004
the phone is 1 of the best iv had the game,camera mp3player,video recorder.......its all good apart from the network 3 is complete pants taking credit off u after 30 days thats the only let down i carnt get it unblocked to any other network any where some 1 please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by amanda barbour from scotland on 7th Aug 2004
i bought a phone sendo which i had to take back as it was faulty and for an extra £5 i got this amazing phone i've always wanted a camera phone but they were never in my budget at this amazing price i rushed straight out to buy it very good features good picture quality and what i like is when u take a picture of someone u can add it on to their contact details so when they fone there pic comes up!! free emails!! just brill but the downfalls are credit only lasts 30 days and you can only browse 3's sites it's also large in size but for all the different feature on it it's great i'm a happy customer!!
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Reviewed by CRAWFORD from SCOTLAND on 6th Aug 2004
I recently bought an NEC e313 for £15 plus p+p including a simcard, what a bargain!!!!!!!! I also own a Motorola V525 on Vodafone and can honestly say the e313 is much more fun and is always the first phone I reach for,there is so much you can do with it, fantastic camera function, fun video for messing about with and MP3 player with not bad sound to mention but a few. The Threepay network doesn't deserve the rotten comments I have heard okay there are problems connecting to the topup line and the three services but all in all I don't get much better service with the Vodafone Live service. It is quite a big mobile in length but it weighs next to nothing and for the fun it gives is definately worth buying especially with the fantastic offers that are available just now. So I would say BUY BUY BUY !!!!!
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Reviewed by tori from england on 6th Aug 2004
i think the nec e313 is good, but one thing tht gets on my nerves is tht u can't go on the full world wide web on it
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Reviewed by alan from UK on 6th Aug 2004
If you want to send 1 text a month this phone will cost you a minimum of £180 per year to run!!! Why? Lets do the math: First of all lets get one thing perfectly clear, no matter what any of the spoof posts placed here by 3UK employees say. YOU CAN NOT GET THIS PHONE UNLOCKED!!! Simple as! Therefore it is tied in to the rip off 3 Tarrifs. The minimum of which is £15. Of this £15 voucher, whatever is not used within 30 days you loose! 12 months times £15 equals £180. Fcuk you Three and Phones 4 U. your both going down for stitching me up the way that you did
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Reviewed by Leonard from India on 4th Aug 2004
The e313 phone is good except for some features locked. I am not able to use Airtel Network India. How to unlock. Works fine on Hutch but again no SMS MMS :-( Any help will be great
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Reviewed by ken from england on 3rd Aug 2004
Doesnt really deserve 1 star, but no 0 star option. Where do i start? Its totally locked to the Three network, which is unreliable, low coverage, poor quality etc. This WAP/GPRS phone does NOT let you surf the internet, you can ONLY visit three's own sites, nowhere else (so google is out of the question) This JAVA phone does not let you download your own java applets or non 3 applets, you can only install what you purchase from 3....... This phone has a low battery life, used both supplied batteries on the first day! Nice display indoors, TOTALLY unusable outdoors, cant see a thing on it when outside. 19mb of memory, BUT limited to 100 pictures? weird... Cant play sound files over 20k in size - mad..... Keeps crashing / resetting / dying for no reason at random times. Any credit not used in 30 days goes straight into the Three Networks greedy money grabbing thieving hands. A total con, and I am disgusted a company can rip people of like this, its completely misleading / false advertising.
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Reviewed by Gobinath from INDIA on 3rd Aug 2004
Hi, I am Gobinath from INDIA.I got NEC e313 from UK.Here the phone is working with HUTCH SIM(GSM)(Mostly all GSM).But call logedis not WORKING(INCOMING,OUTGOING,MISSED CALLS)and MSG too. I tried all network.but not working call log and sms.but we can make or recevice calls. my phone LOCKED with some network. MY IME number:352798000253008 Phone model :NEC e313 I temp. unlocked with the following code .i want full unlock. Instructions Power up phone #4960*12345678# *4960*12345678*12345678# Says Insert USIM, press emergency button Enter 12345678 Says USIM Lock Off Enter 112 on handset and press dial Say yes to swap network Within about 15secs you should get your sim provider logo .You can now dial out/recieve calls - but cant do text, wap or access your contacts list. ANY ONE HELP ME TO UNLOCK FULLY? Regards, Gobinath.V.M.
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Reviewed by Matt Pike from United Kingdom on 3rd Aug 2004
NEC e313 3G Video Phone. First impressions, this phone is light ! and compared to my old Nokia 6110e, its only one centimeter longer,that is due to the camera part. The display is fantastic, very bright with vibrant colours :) The cameras photo quality is best I have ever seen, better than the Trio 600! As is the video quality, truly outstanding! Ringtunes are loud enough and the vibrate is certainly strong enough to get your attention. To navigate around the handset took me a full day to get uses to it properley, it can be quite difficult to begin with, but you soon pick it up :) Battery life if GOOD ! And people who say it isnt are people who are playing with the phone too much ;) At the moment I am sending and receiving free emails (weird) My ex bought a Samsung black slam shell camera phone for £250, this is ten times better ! Oh and you must try the video calling, its very cool feature :) I bought my phone from Argos for £45 and it came with £15 of free talktime (100 mins). All in all, a awesome phone, and I cant stop laughin at how cheap it is, I would have paid over £200 for this easy,.. NEC, your mad for lettin this gem go for so little cash, 10/10 BUY ONE ! :)
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Reviewed by callum from scotland on 1st Aug 2004
Ive ordered a phone of of ebay and From what Ive heard it sounds brilliant.Could someone e-mail me if you can record ringtones from the radio?and can i use an o2 card instead of 3 talk?thanks again callum3@hotmail.com
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Reviewed by Alex from Uk on 31st Jul 2004
Before i brought my nec e313 i had a sagem myc2 which was pants although the phone is quiete chunky that didn't put me off threepay is ok and seeing as i am only 13 the phone seemed to be in reasonable budget i brought my nec e313 from woolworths and i don't regret the purchase. I just have a small question, whenever you record a sound and save it, then after you go onto FILE MANAGER select your file then choose a song then play it then press the button above the master key it has an option saying ringtune, but it won't let me select it as my ringtune how do iselect one of my chosen sounds to be my ringtune? if you know please email alsxXx@aol.com thanx xxx.
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Reviewed by michael from london england on 31st Jul 2004
THE WORST NETWORK EVER i hate 3g i hope they go bankrupt the phone is terrible 2 no radio its not even wap enabled you can only go on TODAY ON 3 which is RUBBISH the network ... oh dont get me started... the credit only lasts 30 days tou only have 2 options on how to use it 25 mins and 100 texts or 200 mins and no texts and with both of them you only get 150 to do what u like E.G video call download vid clips which cost like 50p a min i better go im gonna cry soon
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Reviewed by beulah from England ( London ) on 30th Jul 2004
I have finished school about 1 week ago now and on my last day most of the boys had a NEC e313 and i new it had a camra, and a lot of other really good features! I wanted top find out more baout this brilliant phone and i headed down to my nearest orange store ( as iam with orange at the moment ) but they did not have any in! I then started to look around other mobile phone shops and i finally found the phone i was looking for! I was absolutly gob smacked when i saw the price ( £ 29.95 ) for a phone with all those good qualities! it is my 12th birthday soon and as i got a sagem my-x2 for christmas i have absolutly no chance on getting this phone for my birthday but any birthday money that i get will be saved up and i will explain to my mum and dad what the money ( if they agree ) will go to! I would love to get this phone but at the moment i am happy with my other phone! the size of this phone does not bother me but as long as the qualaties are good that is all that matters! hopefully i will still have my other phone but put some money towards this phone!
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Reviewed by david thomson from scotland on 30th Jul 2004
nice phone shame about the size and barrery life i bought my usb cable off the 3 website for £10 ....but there r plenty of features for the phone video calling is great good pictures shame about the 3 service i got my phone unlocked to 02 and vodaphone and its much better as u can download free games rate this phone 1 of the best cmaera phones ive evr had and ive had about 4
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Reviewed by Axle from N.Ireland on 30th Jul 2004
Dose this phone support the WAP? if any1 knows if it does and how to use it please email me on still_like_water@hotmail.com
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Reviewed by Yan Breton from UK on 30th Jul 2004
Poor company, very expansive Pay As You Go, (no tranfert from one month to the next), cheap staff @ 3G shops, they are not able to tell me where to find a USB cable,Finally this phone is locked 100%, I cant use my O2 SIM card. I lost a bit of money but will buy a more expansive phone from SOny or Nokia...
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Reviewed by Charlotte from england on 29th Jul 2004
WELL I BOUGHT IT 2DAY, AND IT DUSNT EVEN SEEM 2 B CHARGING UP CORRECTLY!
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Reviewed by Suzy from UK on 29th Jul 2004
This phone is good, I like the camera & video features, easy to use, the memory leaves a lot to be desired, only lasting around 8 hours max. I am not familiar with how to connect it to my pc and the instruction book gives no information whatsoever on how to connect and what you need, I found a USB cable on the net and its useless to me as I have no idea how to use it. there is no information on three's website on this either. for the layperson like myself its ok as a phone if you live in the city where coverage is good. I dont recommend it for general uk coverage tho. my Nokia won hands down on that. But overall its a neat little 'toy' If anyone can give me info on the usb cable pls e-mail me susiegriffiths87@hotmail.com. ta
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Reviewed by jack thirlby from UK on 29th Jul 2004
Brilliant phone i bought it for £30 about 2 weeks ago. The Mp3 player is brilliant and the picture quality of the camera is also very good. I would reccomend this phone to anyone, the size dosnt bother me and I also think it is really easy to use. BUT Dot buy it from Big W or Woolworths because if anything goes wrong they give you no help at all. Find a Superdrug shop with a three Cantre they will give you all the hep you like and they sell all the accesories.
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Reviewed by Paul Holroyd from UK on 28th Jul 2004
Battery life total rubbish, no wonder you get 2 in the box. Lucky if you get 8 hours on standby and that's with everything like backlights etc, turned off. 3g say not to compare it to 2.5g technology, i say cobblers, what are we to compare it by. Don,t buy this phone, it's power hungry, buy the best 2.5g phone you can afford and leave 3g alone till they get it right.
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Reviewed by Circa from UK on 28th Jul 2004
I bought the NEC e313 few days ago for £29.99. At first I was doubting whether to bu it because of its size. I am very happy with all of its functions and video/camera quality is excellent. The phone is light and it is a very good phone to own. I cannot understand why it is going so cheap asa everything about the phone is good. The only downside to this phone is it's size, and the poor quality of the 3 Network. If one can succeed in getting the phone unlock to other networks then more people will go for it.
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Reviewed by Gillian from Scotland on 26th Jul 2004
Bought 4 of these for all the family - originally saw it on ebay and was amazed to find it cheaper at the retailers. All of us are extremely happy - for the price you get an amazing amount of features - I gave up my sharp gx10i for this phone and don't regret it- the camera quality is far superior - I cannot fault this handset and even bought another as a spare battery charger - the cost was £34.99 and £15 of that was credit = fab value. At that price we got 4 handsets which even totalling them up you'd struggle to get something of equal specifications - 5 star from us
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Reviewed by Matt from Engaln on 25th Jul 2004
THSI IS AN AMAZING PHONE ANYONE LOOKING TO USE THE MP3 PLAYER WILL NEED TO GO TO UR LOCAL CAMREA SHOP AND BY A MEMEORY CARD DUO NOTHINK OVER 128 MB ELSE IT WONT WORK BUT THAT WILL SET U BC ABOUT £30 WHICH IS MORRE THAN THE PHONE! BUT TAHT WILL GIVE U THE AVAILIBILTY TO TRANFER MUSIC TO UR PHONE AND PICTURES AND VIDEOS TO UR COMPUTER
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Reviewed by johnny boy from england on 25th Jul 2004
My son purchased this two weeks ago but passed it on to me at cost because he couldn't afford the running costs,3 network.Fantastic piece of kit its light even though its slightly bulky but i find that an advantage with my huge hands!.Very user friendly and lots of facilities .Picture quality is quite acceptable and the setting up of the e-mail account was easy.Ordered a usb lead from ebay £5.99 plus post comes with software ,just punch in nec usb on ebay and take your choice .Great phone poor network.
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Reviewed by bones from UK on 25th Jul 2004
The phone itself is pretty damn good. Quite easy to use and if you can't pick it up in less than an hour there is something wong with you. Memory stick for mp3 player no hardship, my old mp3 player was about this size so it saves me carrying two bulky objects round (phone and mp3 player). However if you like to play games it is a bit of a farce as it comes with no game and 3 seems to use an intranet instead of a proper wap or gprs.So when you want to play a game it costs every time. If you do want to play games for free then you are in for a hard long haul of setting up web sapce and putting your games on it then using your phone and trying hopefully to navigate your way to that page without any errors. The phone itself is very good it's large size is outweighted by it's functionality. 3 as a network though are poop they are rude don't listen to what the customer has to say and are genrally vey unhelpful. The 3 website is worse nothing of use or value the shop is a joke. Howe ver should you want a data cable and the driver disc then i can fully recommend Kondor they are very helpful and offer good advice. 3 seems to be a company in its infancy and unless like the phones evlove into the next generation they well fold quickly. To sumarise the phone great 3 poop.
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Reviewed by Carol from UK on 25th Jul 2004
Since buying the phone I have had nothing but problems, not with the phone itself, but with the network. More often than not when I try to use my phone there is no signal available, I am unable to use picture/video messaging AT ANY TIME!!! from where I live. I bought the phone on special offer from Argos, but had I known that the service to the area where I live was so poor, I wouldnt have bothered. It has turned out to be a total waste of money and I certainly would not recommend 3pay to anyone else as their UK coverage is pathetic,
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Reviewed by Anthony Roberts from United Kingdom on 23rd Jul 2004
I saw this phone advertised in every available shop and I had to get one. I now have this quite excellent phone, as I spend hours playing with the camera taking pictures of my girlfriend and using them as wallpaper (not those kind of pictures) I have to say that its the first Videophone that I have ever purchased and it functionality is user friendly-from the ease of menu access to downloading new ringtones from reputable companies. The first minute I had it I was exploring and pushing the phone's camera to the limit. Go out and buy one its a steal at the current price.
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Reviewed by Barry from UK on 23rd Jul 2004
this fone is great £29 from Woolworths mp3`s sound great the gps and video features are great
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Reviewed by aj from uk on 23rd Jul 2004
you cant use outside waps which is shame, there are loads of free games to be had not forgetting the wallpapers and the ringtones. SO i rate it 000.001 or nothing three sucks and most phones are made for 3 which means you cant do jack sh*t on anyother network. there was a small hack type thing but that doesnt work now as 3 has done something to the software. get something else or wait untl there is a hack out which i doubt very much. plus what happens when you dont top up? aj
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Reviewed by stuart from uk on 23rd Jul 2004
Anyone who knocks this phone is iether mentally ill or just mean. The price is fantastic, the video quality and length of recording time increases with card expansion, and the photo quality is brilliant. I have a sharp gx10 , this phone kicks its ass for photo size ad quality . The 3 network isnt great, and is why i have had a little monkey down the market unlock it for me. Take the 3 network out of the formula, and you get one hell of a phone.
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Reviewed by Abz from United Kingdom on 20th Jul 2004
Well, i have not actually bought the phone yet, But after being allowed to try it out in the shop, i thought it looked fantastic! The Camera was great quality, and i am really suprised that it is so cheap considering it has an MP3 player, video e.t.c. Apparently there are a few catches with 3, but i think it should be fine seeing as i spend so much money on my phone each month! Well, i thought it was so good that i went and ordered one for my friend too! i should be picking it up next month! It is totally worth it, and i can't wait to start using it properly!
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Reviewed by scouseman from liverpool on 20th Jul 2004
ok first of all shame about the top ups £15 ...otherwise you lose the calls ....what a rip off its a nice phone i bought one and i like it ..my self ...i just wish they can do a swipe card like -voda-orange-etc ...be alot easy for us all ...how do u all download java games ....for free let me know via email neil_thoms@hotmail.com it will be nice to know any tips thanks again
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Reviewed by Alex from ENGLAND on 18th Jul 2004
Brought this phone a few weeks ago, great has got lots of funtions, mp3/4 playback, internet, great screen, camera also comes with 2 battries, mono headset with microphone, voice recorder and other good fuctions. Can take 128MB memory card (sony memory stick duo) quite big though, overall, great phone.
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Reviewed by sam from england on 18th Jul 2004
i like horses, good fone
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Reviewed by Roberta from UK on 18th Jul 2004
I have watched the price of this phone tumble from £95 at xmas to £15 today. It is a b*tch of a phone; it cannot accept "cards" (ie someone sends their contact details stright from thier phone), you cannot save your outgoi9ng sms's to a file (they stay in your outbox, and you can't move them to a subject file) and so many other clumsy things... I have failed to find a data cable in 2 months. The call center staff are rude and stupid, and indeed they are ignorant of cirumstances/life in the uk. I tried to call to get another sim for my phone, and/or to transfer my old number across... what a wast of time! You can't get another number for your handset, you have to buy a WHOLE NEW phone... If you were thinkng of buying this phone I have some advice for you - just don't. Stick to nokia and a reliable service provider
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Reviewed by ROB from England on 17th Jul 2004
hello i have had many phones in the oast but never one that gives so much for so littel money it has to be one of the best quality phones out there but the only floor is that i cant find the cpu cabel anywewre if so one could shear some light on the matter i would most apreshate it
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Reviewed by Johno191 from Scotland on 17th Jul 2004
Well I dont know what all theses previous people are gabbling on about giving this phone 1 star is disgraceful. This has got to be the most easy to use and most enjoyable camera phones i have had, my eleventh to be exact now i can finally stop buying phones and being dissapointed this is the best, You guys need to try out the video calling function only then will you be able to comprehend this phones true capabillities. For only £30 you cant go wrong. my last comment is all future phones should be based on the NEC 313
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Reviewed by Monty from england on 16th Jul 2004
Nothing but problems since buying it a week ago !!! the keypad lock has played up saying it wont accpet code , regularly when trying to make a call it switches off and then restarts saying it is initialising " what a piece of rubbish "
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Reviewed by Jamie Adcock from England on 16th Jul 2004
Instead of using the USB cable get a card reader from www.ebuyer.com which you can put the memory stick in.
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Reviewed by craig from UK on 15th Jul 2004
THREE STOLE JUST LESS THAN £15 FROM MY PHONE AS THEY WOULDN'T TRNSFER MY CREDIT FROM MY FAULTY SIM CARD. I HAVE BEEN MADE OUT TO BE A LIAR BY THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICES AND DIRECTED TO STAFF THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH. WHEN THE RETAIL STAFF PHONED THE SERVICES ABOUT HOW TO GET MY PHONE UP AND RUNNING, ALL THAT WAS SAID WAS THAT THERE WAS A NETWORK PROBLEM WITH 3 AND THEY WOULD PHONE ME WHEN IT CAME UP AGAIN. MY SISTER IN LAWS PHONE (WHICH IS THE SAME, AND IN THE SAME AREA WAS WORKING THOUGH)
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Reviewed by christina holt from uk on 15th Jul 2004
I advicing you not to buy this phone. My phone went dodgy not long after purchasing it, they key pad lock code wasn't been accepted even though it was correct and worked moments before.It then started to display "please wait, initialising" constantly turning it self on and off. When i went to the retail store to exchange it, the member of staff helped me to try and get my money back from the old sim that was faulty. After phoning several times i found the staff on the phone extremely rude. When i downloaded a game of the 3 services i found i had to pay after 2 days of playing it.
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Reviewed by Adam from England on 13th Jul 2004
I have recently purchased an NEC e313 on the network "Three". When I started trying to use the phone it asked me to input a USIM pin code. I have contacted three and dispite numerous phone calls, emails and faxs have recieved nothing. I cannot use my phone without this code. I have tried looking online for this code but no companies unlock three mobile phones so I therfore rate the NEC e313 as 1 star. I do not belive it even deserves 1 star.
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Reviewed by Kingsly King from England on 12th Jul 2004
Delightfull little number.The thin and sleek design makes it a must for anybody. Top notch camera quality and tremendous videp features.
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Reviewed by Mike from Uk on 10th Jul 2004
HIm buying this phone tomorrow and i think it is totally awsome! My friend has one and ive been soo looking faward to getting one :-D I cant wait for tomorrow to come!
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Reviewed by Ajhen from UK on 9th Jul 2004
Hello NEC E313~DATA CABLES FOR THIS MOBILE??? Hello Every One I'm Ajhen Staying In Manchester I have watched the Nec E313 CellFone go down in price these past few weeks from around $95's to now $43's And Available From Most CellFone Dealers... However I Wish To Know How Many Of You! Out There Have Managed To Purchase The Data Cables...???To Plug Into The P.C....??? I Have Enquired In A Few Of The Shops Where Available To Purchase From Only To Be Told I'll Be Able To Buy From Nec WebSite This Is Not True.... If Anyone Can Help Mee I Will Be Appreciable I Go Back Home To New Jersey On The 18th July And Need These Cables B4 I Leave! Otherwise This Fone Is 100% Useless To Mee.. Thanking You&Hopefully Help From Sum1 ajhen34@yahoo.co.uk
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Reviewed by Richard from Manchester, England. on 9th Jul 2004
I bought this phone just to try three network as was only £30 from the local three store. I am amaed by the fuctions it can offer. OK I admit sie is big but for what it offers then it's not a big concern. I have never experienced video on a mobile and on this model it is amazing. Great sound great features and an all round great performer allthough battery life runs short very quickly when using video camera (so thats why it comes with 2 batterys). I cant fault this phone it does everything that is available at the moment. Try it your sure to like it. One very happy person.
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Reviewed by andrew from scotland on 9th Jul 2004
i got this phone yester day and i already know how to do everything on it ad i down loaded videos and there gggrrreeaaatttt
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Reviewed by Chloe from Devon on 8th Jul 2004
pretty good phone, excellent camera, videos can get a little blurry but still good. i thought the size would be a flaw at first but it is actually useful as i always lost my old phone because it was so small! easy to use and excellent value, i bought it for around £30. the smooth feel of it is good too! recommended!
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Reviewed by pete regan from england on 7th Jul 2004
this phone is excellent for the price! i bought one for my daughter, and while it's not the smallest in the world, it's packed with quality features. she is over the moon with it...and kids are hard to please nowdays!! the camera is good, it's an mp3/4 player, video player,video phone,internet functions are good, and it's pretty easy to use. and all for £30ish......great value.
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Reviewed by the Cameraphonewarehouse from uk on 6th Jul 2004
This nec e313 phone has a integrated 180 degree roation video camera with digital zoom lens and also downloadable outstanding 40bit polyphonic ringtones with an excellent 65,536 colour screen and amazing 220*176 pixels LCD screen with a built-in MP3-player expandable memory and downloadable java games not forgetting the GPS location system,GPRS and many more mind boggaling fearures.
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Reviewed by Muhammad from australia on 6th Jul 2004
a total waste of time and money!!! phone has hardly any features and the buttons are to confusing. it is the hardest phone to use and the phone book is annoying
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Reviewed by david from uk on 4th Jul 2004
This phone is wonderful it has changed my life! It took me a few hour to totally comprehend all the functions. I can say I have fallen in love with my phone, I have had smaller phones in the past but the one thing i thought would be a flaw isn't at all if anything its easier to keep track off. I got this phone cheaply through woolworths so wasn't expecting much but was pleasantly surpriSed. THIS PHONE IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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