Nokia Mobile 3310 3G - Red - RETIRED

I have been using this phone as my main cell phone for 9 months. I was formerly an Android user, and wanted to get away from smartphones. Overall, I've been very happy with this phone. The ringer is loud, speakerphone is loud, and call quality is solid. Besides phone calls, I do some texting. I find the T9 texting with predictive text to be fairly quick, once you get the hang of it (sometimes VERY quick!). Sure, it's not as fast overall as a smartphone keyboard, but I like that, because it makes me not want to text all the time! In my life, I want texting to be limited to short messages conveying important information, such as "traffic - running 15 minutes late." I don't want to carry on long, involved conversations via texting. I prefer to talk on the phone for that. I like some of the other features of the phone, and find them quite usable. The mp3 player is fine, and even supports a playlist. I've used it on many morning hikes (I put a 2GB card in the phone and carry plenty of songs), and have often used bluetooth to connect the phone to bluetooth speakers and car stereos. The sound quality is great. My only complaint would be that the interface is slow inside the mp3 player. That might be because I am using an external card with many songs - I'm not sure. I sometimes use the stopwatch, countdown timer, basic calculator, and flashlight. They are all solid. I didn't expect the camera to be great, and it's not. But it has come in handy a number of times when I was in a store and wanted to take a picture of a product or product label for later research. If the lighting is bad, however, it's hard to get a shot that isn't blurry. Even good shots don't look great on the little phone screen, but when I upload them to a computer using a usb cable (very simple to do) they look much better. Here's what I wish was better about the phone: (1) When texting, I wish there was a way to save words in a custom dictionary. For example, if I want to spell an ethnic name, I can't use predictive text - I have to choose one letter at a time. And then the next time I want to use that name, I have to do the same thing again. I wish I could save the name in a custom dictionary that the phone would later use as part of predictive text. (2) There is no notepad type app. Yes, the keypad would make typing long notes impractical, but it would be handy to be able to save some simple notes on the phone. I end up texting myself, which isn't ideal. (3) The phone "times out" very quickly, turning the screen off while I am pausing to think. For me that means when I press a button to turn it back on, I am at the lock screen. I like a lock screen to prevent" butt dialing," but I wish I could increase the time before the screen turns off. (4) There is no way to remove the bloatware games, which I have no use for. Despite those limitations, I'm very glad I bought the phone. It does what I need it to do, is well constructed, and doesn't use much battery. I didn't mention the 3G data support, because I can't get it to work on my cell company's network in my city. This is the network's fault, though, not the phone's. But I don't need the data features, anyway. Consider your needs and expectations carefully! As for me, I would buy this phone again.

Are you tired of smartphones? Well, this one is a fantastic compromise. Mind you, it's a pricey thing, as it's a novelty product after all, but all the things it does, it does great: by being just a phone and nothing more. --System UI--- If you're like me, and are only familiar with Windows Phone, Android and Nokia's old Symbian OS, the new user interface would take a bit of time getting used to. It's not because it's difficult to use, it's a really simple interface designed to be user friendly. Rather, it's because I had to adjust to the interface because of how relatively simple it is. Anything that's important to the practicality of a phone is provided to you in as few clicks as possible, and that's pretty awesome. WARNING, there's no Wifi. --Battery Life---- It's great. It's really great. You wouldn't have to charge this phone for upwards of a week. I really missed that. With heavy usage, it obviously goes down, but being such a simple phone, heavy usage is likely not going to be a thing. ---For those of you buying this for Nostalgia feelings--- This phone isn't going to cut it for you. The changes to the software and features, as well as the size and make of the phone (it's so thin and light) is not going to activate any kind of nostalgia you had for the original save for wondering why phones can't go back to buttons anymore. To sum up, the phone is strong, the screen vibrant and decently lit, the battery life is fantastic and you don't have to worry about bugs, being constantly connected to online noise (social networks and otherwise) or malware. The phone is very much of the Nokia quality, and for anyone who just wants a phone, or want to give someone the gift of just a phone, it's worth every penny.

It is not possible to believe that the Nokia TA-1036-C 3310 3G Factory Unlocked Phone is as bad as it is by mistake. The only possible reason for this phone is to wipe out any hope for a decent simple cell phone and thereby promote the sales of more expensive models. It may be that this is an ok emergency phone, but I am not that impressed with battery life. If this is your reason to own, make sure it is off and not just screen display off. The original Nokia 933 was one of the best cell phones ever made. Good battery life, even if you had occasional cell phone calls. The keyboard was the old 12 button type but the keys were reasonably large. Bottom line, it was a good phone. It did everything I wanted a cell to do and very little that I did not want a phone to do – and had good battery life. When I first read Nokia was reintroducing a 933 variant my thirst for this old beauty overcame my read of the cautionary reviews. My mistake. The screen: is slightly larger and has more pixels per inch. So what? It is still too small for any purpose. You get to see a tiny picture that may be what you thought you were aiming at, but until you move it to a larger screen it could be your shoe with a blob of paint next to it. Because the screen is slightly larger, the keys are proportionally smaller. The lettering on the keys are nearly invisible, esp in medium lighting. This is critical because the screen is unreadable in good lighting. Again because the keys are small it is very easy to hit things like the delete button unintentionally. OTOH it is very hard to delete, for example a message while you are reading it. In fact the overall organization of functions makes no obvious sense. Even the organization of the ‘aps” on the Ap view is counterproductive. The screen clicks off, locking the key pad fairly quickly even if you are a tad slow between keystroke. This can make it hard to copy or read information from the screen to another person or to a note pad. Butt Dialing OTOH the locked key pad automatically allows certain keys to be pressed. For example 911. Even if it takes you 10 hours to key in all three numbers the key pad will not go blank. It will also accept 191 and other like variations, but the idea is when you use the Nokia you have limited time before lock out, but your ‘191’ emergency can take 10 hours to unfold. You are always good to butt dial. Since the screen is too small for pictures: Why so much bloatware? Bloat ware that cannot be removed. Around the net there is some indication about ways to remove this bloat ware, but I think these are for earlier versions. Pretending you do want to fiddle with this … Stuff, not only is the screen small the internet connection is slow. 3 G . Tiny, slow loading pictures, what a fun way to shop/play/burn up battery life! Perhaps peculiar to my provider, the default settings for text messages do not allow the loading of any attachments. My provider was very patient with me first on line and then via phone, but I still cannot see attachments, .mms or anything of the like. I was very happy with my old flip phone and would be just as happy going back to one like it. As I see credit card companies, insurance companies and even state licenses going to phone displays over hard copy, I know I will eventually have to go the way of the oversized, over complicated only coincidentally a cell phone. Until then I will make sure everyone knows that the Nokia TA-1036-C 3310 3G Factory Unlocked Phone is terrible.

I bought this phone to do a partial digital detox, wanting to reduce my reliance on my iPhone. Pros: lack of constant notifications, long battery life, fits well in the hand, it works well enough as a phone, and snake is surprisingly decent Notable limitations: * No physical volume buttons - It takes holding the # key, unlocking the phone, and them using the d-pad to change the volume. I miss being able to just quickly switch to vibrate or turn the volume up. * Took a while to get used to the buttons - the upper left and upper right are actually two buttons (the top and bottom halves have different functions), and the d-pad in the middle is awkward to use. I've got pretty small hands, and I still find myself having to use my nails to avoid accidentally navigating/clicking. Makes me wish the trackball from the Blackberry Curve. * No emoji support - while I knew typing on the thing would be worse than on a smartphone, getting text messages where I'd just see boxes made trying to guess what the other person was saying a bit interesting. Not an issue if the people you text with don't send you messages that are just emoji :P * Low res screen - I didn't think about how often people send me various pictures and what not, but there's no way to zoom in on images or anything, so you can only see it in 240 x 320 glory * Import issues - looks like the only way to import contacts is from an Android device. I happened to have one around, but when I did the import, I only got some of my contacts. Not sure what the limit was or what didn't import, but even at almost 3 weeks, I'm still getting messages from stragglers that I haven't saved the contact info * Long text messages don't display properly - These often only show one line, and I have to go back to the main menu and back in or some other voodoo to try and see the whole message. I've even got some messages that only show on the preview screen and not the conversation view. * There's only ~32 MB or so of internal storage available. Not a huge deal, and it's got a microSD slot, but surprised me as I thought I'd copy some of the podcasts I listed to it then realized I couldn't do so. It's amazing the little things you miss - the lack of automatic brightness adjustment has become pretty noticeable when I groggily reach to the phone to check what time it is, and then am blinded by the display that's way too bright in the dark. As for the digital detox, I ended up still carrying my iPhone and using wifi for various functionality. Using the 3310 definitely curtailed my reliance on it, and I've gone through and disabled most of the notifications. Also helped me build a better mental map for walking/driving instead of an over-reliance on GPS based navigation. On the other hand, I'm looking forward to again having a keyboard and autocorrect, calendar, email, ability to use ride-share and car-share, two-factor authenticator, etc.

I received the phone quickly and in good condition. The phone is okay for someone with reasonable expectations from a feature phone, but the model name was just marketing playing on people's nostalgia. The original 3310 was pretty much indestructible, yet this one feels like it will break if you drop it... and you can easily drop it because its material is very slippery! The UX is okay for what it is. While it is a bit of a throwback to older Nokia Series-40 UI, it's not a throwback to the 3310 but to later phones like the 3100. I was kind of disappointed that, other than the Nokia Tune, there were no remakes of classic Nokia ringtones from the original 3310 days. The feature to import contacts from an Android phone makes a huge mess, running first and last names together, and creating multiple contact entries for single contacts with multiple numbers. Depending on how many contacts you need to import to the phone, it may be best for you to enter them manually provided you can still type on a T9 phone keypad. Speaking of keypads, this 3310 has a decent 12-key phone keypad, but the buttons that hold the Call/End keys together with UI softkeys are a bit on the mushy side, and the directional pad will irritate everybody except little kids; it isn't good for big and/or long fingers. Picture quality of the camera is mediocre, but I wasn't expecting much from a 2-megapixel camera. One thing it does well is taking selfies. I didn't have to pose in front of a mirror and got a few selfies, all framed properly on the first try. Shutter speed is extremely slow! When you press the button to take the photo and hear the shutter sound, you still need to hold the phone steady for over one extra second, if you expect to get a usable photo. People are knocking down the Snake game because it isn't true to the original, but as someone who had a phone from the original 3310 series, it didn't have the original Snake game either, it had Snake 2 which is what the modern 3310's Snake game reminds me of. I would rather take off review points for all the other bloatware and game demos you cannot uninstall. As a feature phone with (InsertRandomNameHere), I would've given it four stars but as a phone that dares to carry the legacy of the Nokia 3310 brand, this one falls short.

I purchased the Nokia 3310 3G about half a year ago because I wanted to see if I could survive without taking my smartphone everywhere. And I have grown to love it since then. This phone is very boring, and that is probably the best complement I could give it. I have found no temptation whatsoever to pull it out and scroll through social media or read the news as I was waiting in line or having a conversation, which forces me to live in the real world. It's great for phone calls and texting, and not much else. The battery life lasts many times longer than my smartphone did, as well. Obviously, the camera on this device is capable of taking a photo for reference or remembering something, but it would not be a good idea to use it for any artistic purposes as it is of rather low quality. I have found that this has helped me to enjoy beautiful sunsets and scenery without worrying about trying to get a good picture to share. The signal reception on this phone seems to be about as good as any other phone I have used, and it has not really been a problem. The physical design is relatively sturdy, and I have not had any major problems with it (although the plastic back has gotten scratched up from daily use). It is much smaller than a smartphone, and it fits in my hand or pocket easily. The user interface doesn't seem to just be a copy of cheap phones from the past decade; I believe it is actually much better designed for ease of use and quickly accessing important options, and I think it looks rather nice. (It also doesn't split long text messages like old dumbphones used to, which is great.) Altogether, I would highly recommend this phone to anyone who is looking for an alternative to a smartphone.

I’m someone who wanted this to replace my smart phone and live less digitized. I really like this thing! It’s exactly what it is.. a simple, call/text phone. Back to the basics. Don’t get this and try to compare it to or use it as a smart phone...that’s not the point. It’s a new take on an old classic and still as simple. It’s super easy to use. I had 2 decade old muscle memory come back and I immediately knew how to use this out of the box. Those saying it doesn’t work or their sim doesn’t work... I’m in the USA and YES it does work you just have to read the instructions where it says that you need a micro sim adapter. Almost all sims now are nano. So you’ll need an adaptor. It’s a problem that costs just a couple dollars to fix. Viola, working phone. You can order that here on amazon or I went to a local phone store and got one.

I've been using this phone for a month and it drove me so crazy that I'm ditching it and taking a loss on my purchase. I question anyone who gives this phone a good review. It feels like this phone was made without a user experience team. Yes, the phone can be coaxed into making calls and texts, but I can hardly use this phone for a minute without wanting to fling it off a train bridge. This list below is just a sampling of the complaints I have, which can be grouped into the following categories: 1. Infuriating user interface 2. Major limitations 3. Bad design in general 1. Infuriating user interface - It is incredibly difficult and unintuitive to do nearly anything on this phone. Even basic functions like calling and texting is difficult. It is very difficult to land on the home screen and instead I usually end up locking it accidentally. Pushing back one time too many (or pushing the upper half of the "back" button once) will instantly lock the phone, requiring you to unlock it again. Of every 5 times I lock the phone, only one is intentional. Locking the phone requires one button press - unlocking it requires 3. Most of the time spent on this phone is accidentally locking it, and then unlocking it, just to accidentally lock it again. This is one example of many, demonstrating the poor user experience. A few more: The only way to see the time is to lock the phone, let it turn black, and then turn it back on. Searching for a contact requires you to use T9, which is not very good for names, and then pulls up every contact who fits the requirement. It makes searching for irregular (Amiee), or super simple (J) names a huge burden. 2. Major limitations - This phone was created in 2017, but only has the capacity to hold 8 speed dials. Texts fill up in a week and the phone cannot receive more until old texts are manually deleted. Each text it holds progressively slows down the phone. It glitches out constantly, requiring you to exit to home screen and try again. The phone is missing basic apps, such as a notepad. The phone has laughably limited customization - all you can do is rearrange the order of your homescreen icons and change the color of your background. That's it. The phone has a small handful of annoying ringtones, only one of which is worth using. I haven't been able to get internet, facebook, or twitter to work even once. 3. Bad design in general - The "end"/"backspace" button is actually two buttons which share the same space. The phone comes preloaded with games like "disney kingdoms" "real football" and "aspahlt nitro" which take up real estate on your home screen and cannot be deleted. The icons can't even be removed. ...and I've only scratched the surface. Trust me, the only impressive part about this phone is how many unimpressive flaws it has on it. I gave it 2 stars because it at least turns on and can make calls and texts. A few good things: It looks cool, very thin, good battery life. However, these qualities can be found in another phone, and the endless list of cons does not make it even remotely worth owning.