Review: Nokia 3500 Classic

Nokia 3500 Classic Review

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In a nutshell: A fairly basic phone with classic good looks. The 3500 Classic has a 2 megapixel camera, a music player and a stereo FM radio. It supports Bluetooth wireless connectivity and microSD memory cards. An excellent phone if you're on a budget.
Best buy: £49.95 on Pay as you Go from the Carphone Warehouse.

The Nokia 3500 Classic is a lovely-looking phone. Classically styled, it looks great thanks to coloured highlights (available in a choice of pink, blue, red and black) and a glossy black smoked screen. A solid metal rim around the edge adds a touch of class and is designed to protect the screen from scratches. The screen itself is a reasonable size at 1.8 inches, but lacks the resolution of other phones in this price bracket. The keypad is a good size, and works well enough.

Multimedia features are included: a 2 megapixel camera, a music player and an FM radio. These are all quite basic: there's no camera flash for instance. The memory available for storing images and music is very limited at 8.5 Mbytes. To store more than a couple of songs you'll need to buy a microSD memory card, and the 3500 Classic can take cards up to 2 Gbytes - that's sufficient to hold around 500 songs.

The phone is well connected, with both USB and Bluetooth connectivity. It isn't 3G, but triband. For data transfer it offers EDGE. Battery life is better than average.

On the face of it the Nokia 3500 Classic is very similar to the 3110 Classic. The 3500 looks a bit snazzier and has a 2 megapixel camera instead of 1.3 megapixels. Both are excellent value for money phones, and now that the price of the 3500 Classic has dropped significantly, we'd probably choose the 3500.

Features of the Nokia 3500 Classic include:

• 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom
• Video recorder
• Display: TFT, 262,000 colours, 128 x 160 pixels (1.8 inches)
• Stereo MP3 player (MP3, MP4, AAC, AAC+, enhanced AAC+ formats, DRM 2.0)
• FM stereo radio
• MP3 ringtones / 64-voice polyphonic ringtones
• Integrated handsfree speaker
• Voice features: Voice recording, voice commands, speaker independent name dialing
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, and email with attachments, Instant Messaging, Audio messaging
• Java games
• Wallpaper, animated screensavers, themes
• Organizer with calendar, to-do list, and notes
• Internet: XHTML browser, HSCSD, GPRS Class 10, EDGE
• Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB, 2.5mm Nokia AV connector
• Memory: 8.5 Mbytes plus microSD memory card slot (up to 2 GB)
• Tri-band
• Size: 107 x 45 x 13 mm
• Weight: 81g
• Talktime: 4 hours
• Battery standby: 300 hours

Nokia 3500 Classic Consumer Reviews

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Average rating from 33 reviews:

Reviewed by The Boss from UK on 30th Jun 2008
The Up and down button popped of within a fortnight of me having it. and it is difficult for me to find a new face anywhere.
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Reviewed by zack from nigeria on 27th Jun 2008
so lovely a phone.
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Reviewed by jason lee from india on 26th Jun 2008
i brought this mobile about a year ago for 21000 rs.. after six months i got allegeric to the moblie, so i gave the mobile to my Cousin , however iam going get samsung u600 on my 24th birthday which is coming soon about two weeks so basically i wouldn't recommend this mobile to anyone but i recommend sony erisson w380 which is a great mobile further more it has great features,,, and more.
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Reviewed by MASUM from Bangladesh on 23rd Jun 2008
It looks to good. But its sound system is not too good. In my mobile display is not good as I expected .When I speaks with one volume level can't increase easily.
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Reviewed by Amber from KSA on 3rd Jun 2008
I just bought Nokia 3500 Classic yesterday, And I am satisfied. I love it!
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Reviewed by swaraj kohli from india on 2nd Jun 2008
this a very best phone i have just now the same phone it is the best
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Reviewed by Maze from UAE on 2nd Jun 2008
on 29 may 2008....It Good phone....really neice...2 megapixel camera!!!wow camera is really good...great phone, nice simple and easy to use. I found the battery is really good on phone we dont need to charging it for 3 or 5 day..very good.Sound quality is good...but screen is small..memory card it can take up to 2gb not bad.all over is good phone!!!
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Reviewed by hayley reid from uk on 31st May 2008
i love this phone was bought as a spare one, has everything on it that i need camera is ok and memory card sorted out the space on the phone now it holds no end of stuff from videos to music. looks smart and battery life is good. i reccommend anyone to go and buy one and it is also very good for the money £49.95...welll done nokia
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Reviewed by chetan sharma from india on 26th May 2008
NOKIA 3500 IS a good phone one of my friend is using it i m also thinking to buy one
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Reviewed by adesh from south africa (kzn) on 19th May 2008
its 100's top phone love it but poor on board memory
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Reviewed by chicken from canada on 18th May 2008
it's a great phone
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Reviewed by jerryco from india on 8th May 2008
it gives good edge connectivity..its nice for using the net..
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Reviewed by ANUJ GARG from INDIA on 6th May 2008
am really happy i bought this pkone..................
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Reviewed by Mark from UAE on 4th May 2008
An excellent value-for-money mobile. You have a wide array of connectivity (bluetooth/USB Cable). Sound quality when playing mp3 is lovely. You also have the flexibility of increasing it's memory via micro SD up to 2GB. Plus you have a 2 megapixel camera! Awesome phone.
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Reviewed by Kid from Mauritius on 3rd May 2008
Everything is gud except the screen resolution(it's only 128x160 pixel), the sound is not so gud and the camera doesn't really look like a 2.0 mp cam.
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Reviewed by Jasvinder from India on 3rd May 2008
Good Mobile & Nice Funcation. I like it.
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Reviewed by Alex from UK on 28th Apr 2008
I think its a great phone, nice simple and easy to use. I found the battery life on this phone very good. I often go at least 5 days without charging it. It is great looking and has a very classy feel although the phone does lack in some aspects such as and 8mb internal memory, i can only hold about 7 photo's and the camera isn't all that great but otherwise money well spent.
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Reviewed by Marmaduke. from United Kingdom. on 25th Apr 2008
Nice colour pink. Good quality, fits in my purse. All my girls scream. Buy it.
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Reviewed by dj from india on 13th Apr 2008
i brought tis fone... 3500 2days ago... i found da camera clarity evn worse than a vga cam.... itz has poor battry life wich jst lasts 4 a day... n da worse.. the fone gets tooo hot if v speak 4 more than 3 mins... i found all these vry annoying... plz dont buy this fone... nokia is using all substandard parts in this fone... don buy it... i av changed my fone to nokia 6233 which is even more bettr n superior. 3500 is just waste of money.. i will not even last 3 month.
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Reviewed by swathi from india on 11th Apr 2008
its realllllly handy mobile. i gifted it to my husaband last week... he was very happy !!!
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Reviewed by Bindu from India on 9th Apr 2008
This handset 3500 is an ordinary mobile. It lacks colour quality. The battery backup is also not soo good. Only looks wise its gud
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Reviewed by Ruchi from India on 9th Apr 2008
Not happy with the battery life. It gives a very limited talktime. Sound quality isn't great either.. Everything else is good.
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Reviewed by Sumiya Yaseen from England on 8th Apr 2008
I think it's a very nice phone. It has all the features that I want in a phone and more. I like the colour of the phone.
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Reviewed by husein from India on 6th Apr 2008
this phone is best at its price range..It has most of the features for normal use..can say an allrounder.
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Reviewed by yogesh kulkarni from India on 26th Mar 2008
Phone is not that awsome ...but has has awsome value for Money.... in india the phone costs around Rs.6000 ie. around 150$ .
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Reviewed by sabuj from Bangladesh on 19th Mar 2008
screen size is too small and sound quality is not so good. I think I am looser buying this set. Unfortunate for me!!
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Reviewed by Riaz from Pakistan on 2nd Mar 2008
I suggest this mobile to buy. Lets see>>>>
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Reviewed by Nagarjuna from India on 1st Mar 2008
It is very comfortable for me.
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Reviewed by nitin from india on 25th Feb 2008
I think this phone is best for me.
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Reviewed by uzair from ksa on 23rd Feb 2008
ITS A GOOD PHONE FOR A BUSINESS MAM
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Reviewed by sohail from pakistan on 22nd Feb 2008
NOKIA 3500 IS A GOOD PHONE IF U SEE THE PRICE
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Reviewed by rockstar from india on 17th Feb 2008
Its not a good phone coz its display is too low as compared to nokia 6233.. I found nokia 6233 wonderfull with its eye catching appearence and amzinngly designed 2 dual speakers that sounds wow...this phone is actually a copy of nokia 6233 but not like it rather a downgrade quality of it becuase nokia 6233 is a way ahead to this . It is not having that much sound and its screen resolution is also too small. Overall this product seems to be of no use..
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Reviewed by smax786@hotmail.com from United Kingdom on 6th Feb 2008
I bought this mobile phone when it was like 2 months old i think when i actually held the handset i thought wow!! this phone is a beast!! (good, wicked et.) the screen make not look all that because i have a nokia 6233 aswell if you compare screen quality the 6233 is way better screen but i dont really care if the 3500 has a lower resolution screen. when txting off the phone can be okay but the keypad buttons picks lots of fingerprints which can make the phone keypad looks dirty but overall excellent phone made by nokia it weighs nothing at all even with the sim card and battery inserted
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