Nokia 3510i

I bought this Nokia 3510i phone when it 1st came, many moons ago! What a cracker! There was't many cameras phones back then, polyphonic & internet was the latest. Dropped many times, Excellent battery life, needs charged once a week & superb at getting a signal!! Does what it said on the box then & still does now! Change? It does what I need it to do, while other people can't a signal, run out of battery or just won't work, the 3510i just does it's job!

The Nokia 3510i is a good phone to have i had mine for 5 years i still like it. A really good phone to have

My friend had a Nokia 3510i on O2, and I was really impressed, so I bought one. The casing scratches easily. The games that come with it are not very good. The screen isn't the best quality, but the poor quality pictures from orange world didn't help. The battery life is excellent, and it once bleeped low battery for nearly 4 days. It never broke. If you want a cheap, good looking phone I would recommend it straight away.

It doesn't have any of the new features i.e. Bluetooth, however I have had this phone for over 2 years and both the battery and the phone are still in good working order. I have never had problems with this phone! An excellent choice for someone looking for the basics.

Although the Nokia 3510i lacks many of the more sophisticated features of later phones, in terms of its ergonomics, this is the best I have ever used (and I have used many). The keys are nicely spaced and also extremely well illuminated when pressed without any noticeable compromise to battery life. In fact the keys are clearly visible in any light from bright sunlight to pitch dark which makes for very fast texting, a process which many newer phones manage to make extremely difficult, particularly in semi-light conditions.

The screen font size is also nice and big which makes it very legible.

One seemingly little-known feature of this phone is its huge text capacity for SMS messages - I have started many a letter on this phone where even handheld computers would be a burden.

If Nokia were to combine the same ergonomics into a more modern design (and perhaps smooth the keys off a little), they would have a winner.

The Nokia 3510i is a great little phone and has most of the basic features you would want. I like the colour screen and polyphonic ringtones, the battery life is great and it's very sturdy. The WAP facility is very useful for stuff like finding out sports results, news and train times.

However, it's quite bulky and thus doesn't score highly from an aesthetics point of view, text messaging capability is inferior to earlier models (on the 3310 one message could contain 450 characters, this one can only take 160)and the menus are a bit confusing (I'd had the phone for five months before finding the reminders feature!)Before this phone I had a Nokia 3310 which, although monophonic and monochromic, I found more user friendly.

The Nokia 3510i was the first MMS phone to be released by Nokia and hopes were high as I shelled out 120 quid for it. I wasn't dissapointed as the colour screen was excellent and the features even better than ever. The introduction of full scale wap and multi media messaging meant you could store almost anything on your phone. There wasn't anything special about the accessories you receive with the phone, as Nokia seem to want to screw you out of as much money as possible but you do get a choice of colour. The reliability came about 1 month before I was due to change my phone when it wouldn't ring properly and kept switching off, carphone warehouse diagnosed it as a chipset problem and it would cost more than a new phone to repair. It's a shame really because it was a great phone.

The Nokia 3510i is not a good phone if your parents are tight because this phone will never break so they will never buy you a new one!

I've had my 3510i since august 2003 and at first I was pretty impressed (well wouldn't you be going to this from a crummy 3330 with constant software crashes) it was brand new & unlocked to any network on a dual band frequency, £70+3330 job done (I had a few goodies with it as well like hands free kits, signal boosters etc which pushed the price up)

But now I'm getting sick of the stupid thing, the '7' button becomes iffy, so when you're texting someone you get typo errors 'cos you don't have any P's Q'S R'S & S's. any wall papers you download have to be at the resolution of the screen allready otherwise they just look horrible, some of the ringtones sound tangy, crackle, hiss, click and sometimes cut notes out all together, then plays them next time! I know it's only 4 chord BUT COME ON! A new problem that has recently developed is that I cant save operator logos of any sort on the phone, it now hates my data cable, and when I plug it in the phone refuses to switch on.

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To cut a long story short the phone works great for about 6 months then goes down hill over time, I would recommend buying one of these if your desperate for a phone, want some sort of tuneful ringtone (not beep beep SHREEK) want a colour screen so you can play some half decent games, and need to text and call people, otherwise go for something more up market if your budget allows it.

Well I got my Nokia 3510i around October last year and at the time it was a great phone. However, it is now obvious how bad this phone actually is even if it still retains its good features.

The price is definitely good at about £50 which is a 50% decrease from last year when it was anything up to £125. If you do not have a high budget or do not want a top-of-the-line phone then buy this!

As far as features go, this phone does give value for money. It sports polyphonic ringtones, java games, a colour screen and an easily accessible menu.

However this phone is not without its faults. This is the upgraded version of the 3510 with a black and white display but in reality, this should be the 3510 and a camera should've been implemented for the 3510i. Having just said that, I doubt that photos would be legible as the phone's resolution is POOR!

To sum up, this is a great phone if you are new to mobile phones or you just don't use it that much. When christmas comes I will definitely be disposing of this phone in favour for something much better!