Internet Experience

Internet is a requirement to the society today. But when it is in you palm when you are on the go, it means a lot more than ordinary internet you would see in a bulky computer.

The 3120 classic is a great phone for browsing the net, but it isn’t the best. It is a 3G phone and will do up to 384kbps in its connections. Its more than enough for ordinary phone use. You can use J2ME (JAVA) applications such as Nimbus, MIG33 and ebuddy for chatting and OperaMini for web browsing.

I find it more convenient to chat using Nimbus with my FaceBook friends and friends of all messenger networks. Its really convenient and easy as I don’t have to spend time in front of a computer.

Its screen is not bad for web browsing but a bigger screen would give a better thrill in mobile browsing.

But if you are looking for a phone to go online using your Laptop, this isn’t what you are looking at. In this case you can go for a phone of 3.5G.

Overall, the 3120 Classic is fine for ordinary phone use.  But the small screen and 3G internet speeds may not fulfill all your total requirements.

Battery Life

Battery life is something you should not read from me. It is because; it varies depending on usage and signal strength where the phone is kept.

In my environment, signal strength is 2 out of 4 most of the time and sometimes no 3G coverage. This is not a good environment to stay and talk about battery life because the phone is always searching for its network burning extra battery.

But under my conditions and a lot of gaming, the phone can easily last 2 days . Its not much but if you go in to intensive gaming and GPRS it may go down well before 24 hours.

It is said that the phone can easy stand about 10 days 3G standby if signal strength is high. Also should give arround 2:30 hours talktime under 3G and 3:30 hours talktime under 2G. Thats plenty.

I advise you to take your charger with you or charge an extra battery and keep it in your pocket.

3120c First Internet Experience

I am currently using a Mobitel Smart Prepaid plan on my phone, which is entitled to 3.5G HSDPA network that can do up to 7.2mbbs downlink. So the 3120c been 3G can’t handle more than about 350kbps. So it is a drastic difference.

Mobitel says, “Makes broadband feel slow”, in their Internet advertisements. I really felt what they meant by it when I used it for browsing the very first time.

So pal, if you are getting this babe for some high speed internet browsing experience… do not proceed. There are better options such as a Nokia 6120c for your need for high speed internet (the prices are alike).

It supports Opera Mini 3.1 and gives a sufficiently good internet experience on the go. I found it hard to give network access to certain applications. That isn’t a big deal relatively to what it gives out.  

Where to buy your 3120c : Sri Lanka

If you are thinking of buying a Nokia 3120c from its agent, that is Softalogic Lanka Pvt Ltd, you would be disappointed.

Softalogic has been saying people that they don’t have the phone in stock since a long time. The typical answer you might get is “we are getting a shipment in 3 weeks time; we might get some phones with it”. Don’t bother going back to them; it is because that shipment of phones never comes. At least it didn’t for a long time when I was trying to buy it.

So your options lie with the ordinary cell phone shops. I normally don’t recommend a purchase outside the dealer (For Nokia that is Softalogic). But I can’t help because they don’t seem to be interested in this interesting piece of gadget. The reasons are not known though.

I got mine out of the dealer for SL Rs. 13,800/= (Early April). The prices are dropping. There might be a lot of other options for you. But if you are looking for a good Video recording quality, this would be the best option.

Key Pad : Nokia 3120c

The shape of the key board is fantastic. The shape of the keypad enables one to message very effectively and with high speed. The buttons are great and can be pressed with slight force.

When a silicone cover was used as protection of the phone, the performance of the key pad didn’t deteriorate much. But when a plastic housing was used, some minor difficulties were experienced. Here buttons were not easy to press and at times 2 buttons were pressed at the same time. Pressing number 3 sometimes caused exit messages as the both ‘3’ and the ‘Cancel’ was pressed at the same time. But if no protective layer is used, everything should be just as fine

Besides, since when did wearing a condom guarantee 100% satisfaction.

 

Nokia 3120c : Screen : 16M colours TFT - 240-320

The screen of Nokia 3120 is of amazing quality. Having a resolution of 240*320, 16 Million TFT screen puts itself ahead the majority of its counterparts in its price category.

The screen is nice and bright under normal conditions and its quality is praiseworthy. It is doubtful if any other phone could achieve this under given conditions of price and resolution.

Yet there is a problem, when taken out in the sun, readability plumbed. But it was yet useable to some extent. This wouldn’t be a problem if you can find a way to stop the strong sunlight falling in the screen (your own shadow might be useful for this).

Nokia 3120c : A good phone for a low budget

Nokia 3120c is a good phone targeting those of low budget. It isn’t a fancy phone but is sufficient for ever day work.

The first impression I had about the phone was its shape and ease to type messages. The buttons pressed smoothly and the phone was quick in moving through menus and launching programs.

Been on a Symbian S40 platform, it suffers with some disadvantages.  Not supporting high end software and games is the biggest disadvantage I see. Well you can’t expect everything from a cheap phone, can you?

The radio, media player, video camera are some of the features I love. They could have been better, but Nokia seems not interested in giving away things for a low price.

The camera, which is a 2MP with LED flash can take 640 by 480 (640*480) videos in 3gp format (15fps) of unlimited length. This in comparison with other models is very advantageous as most phones come with 320*240 resolution video at 12fps.

In general the phone is very good for its price and I hope to write more about it soon.