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I was on the look out for an entry/mid range phone with SPEAKER PHONE, 65K COLOR & POLY TONES. After going through the reviews on the Web, including those on GSMARENA, I shortlisted Nokia 6030/1600, SE K300/J300/J230 & LG G1800. At the end of the day, it was either N 6030 or SE J230, both of which are at the same price level & also boasted of FM Radio, in addition to my requirements.
Finally I purchased SE J230 today. My overall impression is that it is a big disappointment.
PROs:
Aesthetic looking compared to N6030.
FM Radio is Stereo, where as it is Mono in N6030.
CONs:
PHONE BOOK is said to have a max capacity of 500nos. However, the fine print is that each entry can have only TWO FIELDS, the Name & the Phone No.
DISPLAY is a big letdown. There are no animated Icons. Though the display boasts to be 128x128 & 65K color, it fares very poor when compared to instruments and is not at all satisfactory. I have noticed that Display in the Instruments from LG & SAMSUNG are very much more attractive.
SMS Editor. The choice of font type & size is confounding. You need to take great pains to read the messages. I have noticed this problem in an earlier model too, T190, if I remember correctly.
RING TONES are next. It is said to have 32 tone Ring Tones. However, there are only about 10 builtin ones and the quality is no great shakes either.
No COMPOSER.
No CALENDER display.
And finally the SPEAKER PHONE feature. There seems to be no convenient way to activate the feature, in the middle of a conversation.
Overall, I was left wondering, what on earth made me buy this instrument. In hindsight,
I feel, I should have gone for Nokia 6030, or alternatively shelled out a little more ie, about 5-5.5k and got a N6020 or Motorola L6 or L2.
Alas. Better Luck next time.
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- 2006-05-17 23:06
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Is someone compare SE J 230 with Nokia 6030? I want to know which one better for the radio quality, battery life en overall. Thanks
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- 2006-05-14 20:13
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- Ammar
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WOW. What s beauty.
1- 65k STN Colors, Good Display just like TFT.
2- FM is Steareo.
3- Sound Quailty of FM is Superb.
4- Wallpaper Animation.
5- Possibly to Download Themes.
6- Memory is very Low.just 650kb. but its enough for pics, midi tones and themes.
7- Battery timing is good.
8- keypad is very comfortable.
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- 2006-05-13 14:19
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- Mini
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can someone tell me is the FM mono or stereo? is this set better then N6030?
thanks.
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- 2006-05-13 10:24
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- cezar
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another is that dont bash other SE's phones aside that k700 and k750 are only good phones... please i have a k300 and it is far better than 7260,6020,6820 and other s40 phones.
sound/camera quality?i have tested those phone and 7260 is blurred and sound is poor i can prove it.
7260,6020 are expensive too much compare to my k300 which is feature-packed with mp3 and 12 mb memory! i just add $28 and i have radio headset to beat 7260 radio.
k300 video is the best in it's class unlimited to memory compare to nokia 15-50 seconds...
joystick? you think SE's joystick is worst? then try 6600 and 3230 then find it yourself...
p-series cannot be overcome by n-series you stop insisting that nokia are the best smartphone makers here. full of buggs and errors and half a year before correcting it.. how rude... compare to p-series well developed even late very stable...
and other k/w-series are far more better than nokia's high end. in sound quality and camera and other stuffs. remember java is the supeior feature in SE (3D engine) compare to nokia's series 40 (sluglish)
i can post 100 reasons to make people stay away with nokia's phones and symbians those are just some...
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- 2006-05-03 03:47
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- cezar
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asim i totally disagree to your opinion and please be not so rude in making opinions did you read the rules before posting?
this phone is the best low-end. do you think 1600 and other low-end phones of nokia are better? look closely if you think 500kb is too short then what can you do with the 4mb memory of the 1600,2310,2610 without GPRS,IRDA,USB,HSCSD,MMS or anything that the memory are worth to use for stuffs for that phone. you cannot even use the 4mb memory of it because basically it's nothing but a 1100,2100,2300 with a colored screen and radio only nothing more.
j230 has FM radio and GPRS so the 500kb is worthy that you can put stuffs on that phone you are bashing unlike nokia's expensive low-end phone still inferior to SE's low end
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- 2006-05-03 03:34
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please dont buy this phone waste of money i waste my 4500 pk Rs on this phone design look like toy plastic. and many people hate orange keypade light. menu and joystick is not user friendly when u make shortcut of "phone book numbers list" and accedently press center joypad it directly start calling nummber. if u want to buy non camera phone buy NOKIA 1600 no FM or buy new NOKIA 2310 with FM both phones r good look and Plz dont buy sony ericcson non camera phones Nokia and siemens rocks only 2 sony ericcson r good k700i and k750i dont buy P110i and other sony ericcson PDA BRAND other wise u lose ur money on product
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- 2006-04-30 20:47
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- joja
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another phone under 100$ i think its FM is very good and sound quality is excellent,features are very simple but big ? on its connectivity with pc still i have not found its cable and the biggest problem i am facing right now is its reception i dont know weather it is in my phone or a manufacturing fault so be careful b4 purchasing
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- 2006-04-29 20:20
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- Mubeen
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This is an excellent mobile when it comes to the radio. the features for the radio and the sound quality is excellent. the price is really cheap and all the other features are just good when it comes to this category.
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- 2006-04-22 16:16
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- ali salman
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who would want this mobile phone with 500 kb ........... ON ONE!
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- 2006-04-12 19:18
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- Abish
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quite good design n features, small memory,such a big question mark to connect it with other phones even PC !!!
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- 2006-04-11 05:43
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- usman ur rehman
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salam aisha u're thinking about the s e j230i is incorrect because i hacve used nokia 6030 and now i have a s e phone k700i with fm it's f m quality is very bad u compare a se phone with worlds best mobile phone brand nokia thats noot fear the quality of f m radio in nokia 6030 is very good i have use it>
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- 2006-04-05 09:48
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hey what abt its fm quality?
iz that like n6030 or better or bad?
n do tell abt its batery timings?
thanx in advance :)
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- 2006-03-15 17:09
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better than nokia 6030? in what???? it doesnt even have a camera. AND ONLY 500kb.... thats lame
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- 2006-02-18 05:29
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- Phone King
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this phone is nice fone 2 look at but i say this phone is recommended for the average skool child. even though it aint even got a camera and 500kb memory it still is good for normal use.
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- 2006-02-12 12:13
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