Nokia 1100
Filed Under (Cellphones, Nokia) by admin on 16-12-2008 >> 126 views
Tagged Under : Cellphones, Nokia, Nokia 1100
Advantages: Lowest price phone available, Long battery, Torch?!?!
Disadvantages: Low on features, Expensive for what it is, This type of phone is dated
Yes probably the most popular phone of all time, long befoe the advent of WAP, Camera Phones, Bluetooth, Color Screens, poly tones etc.
Well in 2004, Nokia brought us the 1100. All it is a slimmed down Nokia 3210, that phone is over 5 years old. Why on earth would we want to part with £40 for a phone we all had years ago?
Monotone screen, beepy ringtones, Snake game you know the drill, pretty much nothing to endear the phone to you.
Now there are simple phones and then there is 1100. Its so basic its unbelievable. You would expect at the least a colour screen but not with this phone. A simple to use phone does not have to be based on software that is 5 years old.
Even the price is high coming at around £40 and offering very little indeed in the way of features.
The one change it does offer an its a slightly odd one is that it doubles up as a torch. While it a really bright light too i just find the combination of phone and torch as weird. Although i can see the convenience of it.
The battery last for ever however which is a plus point for people who spend time on the move or perhaps camping where charging is not really an option.
SUMMARY
All in all i think the phone is just too basic, Nokia should be aiming slightly higher with their base model I bel;ieve. Colour screen has to be a minimum and i cant help to be dissapointed by the absence of WAP capability. A poor phone and i think youd be more sensible spend a little more to buy a Nokia 3100.
Avoid like the plague unless you really do want a basic phone
Here is the full specification of the phone:
Phone Features
- Phonebook with up to 250 names on SIM card and up to 50 in internal memory
- Distribution lists and concatenated text (SMS) messaging
- Date and time screensavers
- Built-in alarm and reminders
- Stopwatch and countdown timer
- Full-size animated screensavers
- Two built-in games
- Conference call *
- Internal antenna
- Automatic keyguard lock
- Keyguard lock with security code
- * This feature is network and subscription-dependent. Please check availability with your network operator.
Full Specifications
Size
- Weight: 86 g (with Nokia Battery BL-5C)
- Dimensions: 106 mm x 46 mm x 20 mm
Dual-Band Operation
EGSM 900/GSM 1800
Display and User Interface
- Large black-and-white display (96 x 65 pixels)
- Selectable font size
- Up to 4 lines of Latin text
- Navigation: 2-way scroll key
- Easy-to-use interface
- Silicon keymat with large keys
- Menu in most European languages, Afrikaans, Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, Sesotho (Sotho), Swahili, Urdu, Xhosa, and Zulu
Messaging
- Picture Messaging
- Send a picture greeting to other compatible phones
Text Messaging (SMS)
- Easy SMS with local input method
- SMS distribution list
- Save up to 250 names on SIM card and up to 50 in internal memory
- Concatenated SMS for long text messages
- Speed dialing for SMS sending
- SMS chat
- Predictive text input for most European languages, Arabic, and Hebrew
Templates
- Quick and easy sending of predefined messages
- Insert smileys in editor
Games
Snake II and Space Impact+
Phone Features
- Flashlight
- Reminders
- Vibration alert
- Full-screen animated screensavers
- Date and time screensaver
- Internal Antenna
- Automatic key guard
- Alarm clock
- Stopwatch
- Countdown timer
Ringing Tones
- Fixed ringing tones (1 Nokia tone and 34 monophonic buzzer tones)
- Ringing tone composer
Call Management
- Speed dialing for up to 9 names
- Last number redial from dialed calls list (scroll up brings out the dialed calls list)
- Automatic redial (max 10 attempts)
- Call waiting, call hold, call divert, call timer
- Automatic and manual network selection
Power Management
Battery:
Standby- 100 – 400 Hours
Talk-time – 2 – 4.5 hours
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