Nokia 6233

The Nokia 6233 (and its twin, the 6234, exclusive to Vodafone) is a 3G phone with looks very similar design with a good keypad. It's a nice size, and not too heavy for a 3G phone, albeit heavier than most 2G phones. The phone is user-friendly with a new Series 40 interface with an animated 3D menu and graphics.

Some things have been updated, but the 6233 still encapsulates the user-friendliness for which Nokia is famous.
with no outstanding features, but ticking enough boxes to make it appealing to a broad market, much like the old 6230i. It has a decent can handle a range of formats and a stereo FM radio.

A nice feature is the use of twin speakers to give a 3D surround effect. The sound quality is good, but not as good as when using stereo headphones. started, and this can be upgraded to 2 Gbytes if you're serious about storing music on your phone.

Bluetooth connectivity is supported, as well as USB and infrared. There's also a good choice of 3D games, including a multiplayer option. Web browsing is fast, thanks to EDGE, and battery life is very good.

is a strange and surprising ommission in a 3G phone. Reception is not always that great - a common problem with 3G phones, but the 6233 seems particularly prone to this, which makes us suspect a hardware/firmware issue, and it's a phone that displays an annoying tendency to freeze, reset or randomly shut down. For these reasons, we cannot really recommend it.

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with this phone. The camera is good, the screen is a nice size too, and the speakers are the best I have had so far. The internal phone memory is very small at 6MB, but the 64MB additional memory card is more than enough for my use.

I've had none of the problems others have mentioned, touch wood! I've transferred pictures and music really easily. I think Nokia could have done better with the ringtones and text alert tones the phone came with, and its a pity you cannot of the phone more than makes up for this.

Another total plus i found was Soduku in the games bit (I'm with O2), wehey! I'd recommend this phone as its easy to use and looks great! (orange network) several times a day, and won't charge on a correctly fitted car charger.

Neither Nokia or Orange much interested in sorting out the problem. Back it goes under complaint Reviewed by Alex N from London, United Great looker, and I love the blue backlighting for the keys. Big clear screen, though the backlight doesn't stay on long enough.

- it needs it too, so far mine will last a couple of days on a full charge. Maybe this will improve as the battery gets conditioned..

. out delivery notices and message date / time, so you have to exit sent or delivered. A backwards step!

The phone has reset three times in the week I've had it, though it only takes 2 seconds and hasn't (so far) lost any data. The screen simply goes white, then a couple of seconds later returns you to the home screen. A friend has returned incoming calls.

And we both chose this phone partly because it's through trying to be too clever! Camera is good, though not up to the standard of the current range toppers like the K800i. I didn't buy it for that so it's not an issue for me.

The keypad buttons are domed, and although they are big (I chose it partly because I have big thumbs!) I find it easy to catch two keys due to their shape. Annoying.

Radio and MP3 player are great, and the sound is amazing considering the size of it. It truly can replace an Ipod. Good signal reception, certainly better than the 6610i it replaces.

Excellent sound quality from the phone speaker too. Overall, a good phone let down by software glitches, domed keys and bizarre changes to some of the familiar Nokia menu's. Almost.

.. Got this phone few days ago-nothing but trouble!

It loses reception make or receive a phonecall?!Big let down for NOKIA as faulty 6234s are being sold.

.. so you cannot find the phone at night even to answer a call.

The phone switches off without warning. Nokia can only suggest that I take it to a service center, who has time to waste doing that after you have just bought a new phone. Nokai wake up it is now 2006 not 1956 give us the service that other companies do, make I bought this phone because I wanted a \Nokia and it looked good.

Previously I had the 7610 - which is excellent. In the two weeks that I have had it I have been 'restricted' several times. I have been unable to use the phone for many hours at a time.

I was told switched it off, separated the battery and sim and put it back together. This is rubbish. It now turns out that it is a known fault and is happening to many people.

Nokia are bringing out software to supposedly deal with this, but why put them on the market if the problem is so widespread? I cannot rely on this phone and am having to use my old one until I can access the software. I may return the phone and get a different one.

A pity as it looks great!! what an outstanding phone, i can ring all mymates now, tec it motorola!

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! OK, I think a few people on here should actually get to know a phone..

.or maybe read the manual..

.before complaining about it. So many things on here that people are moaning about can actually be changed!

For those who don't think the backlight stays on long enough...

go into the power-saving settings and change it! There are quite a few options and will change the way the phone performs. There is also an option to change the length of time the backlight stays on, but obviously the longer it stays on, the shorter the battery life.

Anyway...

I have to say I'm quite impressed with this phone. I did have the Nokia N73, but I found it too bulky and also felt guilty for having it, as it was wasted on me! I have two contracts, therefore I always have two phones, and as I have a SE K800i (which is fantastic!

), I was only using the N73 as a secondary phone. I'm not that into Smartphones..

.too complex for what I need, and far too slow! So I decided to flog my N73 and get a 6233.

The most noticeable quality about this phone is the build quality. It really does feel very well-made, sturdy, and classy. The screen is also very good.

..though it's not the standard of my K800i.

Still, unless you have a superior phone to compare it to, you wouldn't notice it. It's very fast - a dramatic improvement on my N73! There are several menu views as well, which impressed me.

The speakers are a feature which is actually better than my K800i - dual stereo speakers, and it sounds incredible playing MP3's through them. The keypad is exceptionally easy to use, even the navigation key, which I thought looked fiddly on the photos before I bought the phone. Again, another thing I prefer to my N73 - it has a joystick, which takes some getting used to.

being able to change the stand-by font c olour, and being able to change the type of clock, or hiding the clock and/or date. Not very important, but these little things can be quite handy, depending on which wallpaper you're using! Unfortunately, I can't comment my laptop, but I have already used Bluetooth and had no problems.

To be honest, connecting to my laptop is not so important to me I have an iPod, so I don't intend to use it for music. I've had no problems with the phone crashing or freezing yet, and I've already sent an MMS, as one reviewer found their phone to crash each time they tried to send one. However, I did buy my phone completely SIM-free, and I think this does make a difference, as the phone is not full of network software, which often causes problems.

But OK, the phone isn't perfect...

and it's a shame, coz it so easily could have been. Firstly, where's the flash?!

I could have forgiven Nokia for using have now moved onto 3mp)if only they had given it a flash as well! That was one thing that really shocked me! Luckily, my K800i takes fantastic photos, so the camera on my 6233 doesn't bother me at all.

..but for all those normal people who have one phone, it could be a problem!

Secondly, it would be really useful to have a 'C' key. Both my K800i and my N73 have one, and it's very useful for correcting while texting, and quickly deleting items in the Gallery..

.but it's no big deal. Another thing that's no big deal.

..but would have been very useful.

..is remembering symbol selections when writing texts.

For example, I always use the ' ' symbol when texting to save space, and on the K800i and N73...

and numerous other recent phones...

it remembers the most recently-used symbol to save all that searching through the symbols. These are the only things that have really bugged me so far..

.and they're nothing major, except maybe the lack of camera flash! Phone memory does leave a lot to be desired.

..yes, it's expandable, but 6mb is rather stingy!

But again, it can be expanded...

so it's nothing that would affect the performance of the phone, we'll just have to fork out for memory cards! As for the network, I've had no problems with signal strength so far (I'm on o2), but I don't use 3G. My K800i is 3G, the N73 was.

..but I've never used it.

The charges are shocking, signal is never very good anyway...

if I want to see someone that much, I'll screen! So in conclusion, this phone is a pretty impressive piece of kit. I think I'll be keeping it for quite a while.

..but sorry Nokia, SE can easily give you a run for your money!

And my K800i remains my primary baby! i have just purchased this phone and its rocking!!

in this). Losk phone to GSM only and switch off, leave 2 mins and when turned on again. Phone will start up OK and card will be recognised.

Not had any problems since this change. Opinion of the phone is very favourable - good screen, important for and old git with failaing eyesight. Good keyboard - I've big fingers and these keys are a good size.

Basically everything is good apart formt he voice dial I just got my 6233 on Orange, and it has a big problem! When you the middle button, which results in a prompt to enter the code. If you switch the phone off on a few times, then eventually it will probably start properly, though it has also failed to register the SIM a couple of times.

Orange say that this was first reported in June and they are awaiting a software update from Nokia, but don't have a date for it yet. I'm going to see how it goes for the next few days, but send it back if I can't live with it. Really Very good phone with an excellent value for money.

Firmware (4.54) still dodgy and needs to be fixed, but otherwise good choice. Excellent quality, good sound, options.

Real successor of 6230i. However, Had this phone a couple of week, and is an excellent phone. Good quality screen, great pictures, reliable, quick.

Only gripe is if only. (Anyone know how to solve this!?

) Apart from this, much improvement over V635 I replaced it with. Would recommend. Dude, this is the most amazing phone ever **Good looks** **Amazing in this world.

**NO BAD POINTS FOUND** A Thumbs UP To NOKIA alert tone is a little bit quite. On the positive side the 6233 has a great screen resolution,nice looks. I was very happy with it but after a few days, everytime I tried to send a picture message the phone crashed,white screen and then back to the main screen.

They gave me a new one and it worked fine...

for just one week again and then the SAME problem. Very annoying. Would like to keep it, but wher's the point?

Can't send any pictures. Would like to know if anybody has had the same problem.?

very nice phone it took me round 2 weeks comparing the phone. the and the Text Messeges, ONLY 500 contact then its full. if this is not the issue for you, so go and buy it, its wonderfol Menu features are a bit non standard, which was why I always bought Nokia before, and I am a bit disapointed that they have decided to change these.

Connectivity is a bit of a problem between competing between this and anyother non-Nokia phone. Cable connection is a standards nightmare, why can't this phone guys do like the PC guys and come up with an accepted standard that they all implement? Com ports and serial cables come to mind.

Apart from those irritating things, it's pretty little thing with an above average camera, sound quality and look, but if your a mobile work (freak) like me you'll A good allrounder. i absolutely love this phone, it's a well built, atractive, powerfull handset that's so simple to navigate and extreemly satisfying to use. The display is simply beautiful, the battery life is impressive, the keypad is a joy to use and the voice quality and stereo speakers are outstanding.

with all of the above and the the nokia 6230i. the only shortcommings are the 6mb of internal memory and a twitchy camera. An Almost perfect phone for business Nice phone, bad points ringtones, it has got two speakers but when phone rings its so quite.

I keep missings calls. But when you play music its really loud. Another bad point phone memory 6mb, its joke.

up. Most important this phone keep you entertain four ever. Really good video quality, can view in full screen.

Supports up to 2gb microSD. I run my on 1gb,no problems at all. No hadeaches with this phone.

Had N80 kept crushing alltime. Any way better than symbian s60 operating All features was good, 2MP CAM, visual radio, upgradble mem, memdia player etc. Except for the two things, Bat life will only last for 2 or 2 1/2 day.

Other thing is the default message center that was already setup, sometimes it gone, then all you have to do is to select it again from the setting, then again it missing. Nice Clear display, text is sharp. Reasonable sound quality.

Good feel. Doesn't automatically connect to my Bluetooth II. Can't work have a landline, mobile and home phone for a contact you can choose Brilliant phone, was at first a bit scepitcal, choice was either the Sony Erricson K800i or the Nokia 6233, i went for the nokia.

sexy, pleased with this buy. Go On Get It.you'll love it.

not going to go into any of the specifications of this mobile phone, I will just tell you my opinion, i used to rave on about how good has my opinion changed, a little matter of auto focus and camera specs turned my head around, sony are going to be the new market leader in mobile phones in the future years to come, everything about a sony phones will have everything you need, camera, ease of use, style,innovation an most of all value for money. Nokia phones This is a great phone, fast menu system, really fast start up. The black and silver chrome look is very unique.

Its got tons of great features from radio, mp3 player to video recording and some 3G services and you can expand the memory with large capacity microSD cards. Overall very nice and feature packed. This phone has alot of depth and quality to it.

I've had this phone for almost a week now. Good features - solid with zoom. Clear sound and excellent battery life.

3G features. Super sound via stereo surround sound speakers. Bad features - some music playback), a little heavy, camera is situated where your fingers usually go to hold it, finger marks show on the shiny surfaces.

No camera on the front for video calling. Software CD-ROM in the box but no USB cable to hook it up to your PC. Overall a solid phone with the ease of use that you've come to expect from Nokia.

It improves upon the excellent Nokia 6230i. This phone sucks, the backlight goes off after a few seconds and cannot be adjusted, the phone resets itself for no reason. The car with the so-called advanced kit from nokia, this leaves you fumbling even light up when you receive a call.

Nokia's answer to all this is that they do not have a solution but have a nice day. Take my I don't know much about phones. In general the phone looks pretty slick and the speakers are great.

Like the screen savers blabla...

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the rings and even as it gets louder it's barely audible! I keep missing calls. It keeps crashing - goes back to a white screen with the green battery thingy sign above left.

Then I need to set it back to the main menu.The screen goes dark after a couple of seconds. code(!

) to allow access. So I've been hanging on the phone to Orange to sort that how(am on phone right now..

.holding for 32min right now!!

!). I've worked out myself how to bypass the restriction code issue: Dismantle your phone,take out battery and sim then put it back again.

Abracadabra - phone works again. All I wanted was a functional phone that is reliable. All this fancy stuff interferes or hides all the mistakes.

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? Just got this ohone this morning. Having a few issues so thought I'd look up some reviews.

My issues first. Attempting to activate a theme gives message insufficient memory. There are only three themes on the pnone and all are already loaded into memory.

All memory at all. Bluetooth flaky. In trying to access PC Suite on my lattop it couldn't find the computer.

The computer found the 6233 though. I connected eventually but it keeps disconnecting and connecting by itself which is not good halfway through a transfer. Screen dims way too quickly and does not seem adjustable.

In response the same. You have to enable this feature in the handsfree/car phone profile. This profile traditionally only appears in the list after the first time.

Don't know if this is still the case as I don't After reading the excellent review on this site, i went out to buy a 6233. Overall it is a very good phone, but for serveral hundreds, there are stil some critical "usability" issues that nokia has missed. 1) the battery last only 2.

5 days even without any 3G usage. 2) the camera capture button is rather useless. The quick access button is designed at the right edge of the phone.

Each time you press it, the phone will run the camera application on the viewing status. The next press of the button will capture a picture. Then the button is of no use, it does not response to further press.

Nokia should try a few times to get the best shot. As such, the button should allow user to go back to the viewing status after capture a button. button to the small back button.

They should learn this part from Samsung phone 3) The sms reply step also an extra s tep. When I read a new sms message on 6233, and if I press the reply button, the sms application stops at the send to: line. As such, it forces in the textbox.

Nokia should have observed that when a user reply to a sms message, 99% of the time, he is reply to only the sender. the message. Stupid software.

4) Nokia still do not see the importance of wifi being incoporated into its newest series 40 phone. It does wifi network easily available free in Mac Donald n Singapore. It has turn a blind eye to free VoIP or Skype application.

Otherwise it is a perfect phone, hope Nokia does pay attention to usability and important communication trend, instead of rushing out new model A very good and functional mobile. Radio and mp3 for the commuter and all the usual connectivity. Downside - appears to be attracting under the pretence of reviewing the phone - in a questionable language.

the informal non serious photographer. Well worth considering. AND AWAY the best phone i have ever had !

!! I currently own the the 6233, the BAD POINTS: are it crashes under stress from using it too much ie.

fuzzy sound then screen goes white and reloads back again, the only other bad point is the memory toooooo small. GOOD POINTS: Its so fast to navigate through menu's, dual speakers mega loud,wallpapers cover FULL screen and are pixel perfect, the look and feel of the phone is great, text messaging is rapid plus 6233 aint buying it for the camera, ive had a lot of phones trust me and this at present tops them all, eliminate the bugs and its the This is di best phone i have ever owned, some reviews ere aint givin it no justice man. the phone is hot.

My mrs said buy a nokia dey is well better and i was like no samsung are init, and she said happy and get one. The phone looks and sounds good, di phone gets street looks, the phone is how can i put it, sound, wicked, respectable and most of all, di battery lasts. You see my Britney dunt know this, but i is half seeing someone else.

And when she is at work i have my other girl round upstairs. This phone tells me through bluetooth when my britney is in range, that way i can hide shakira so she dunt find out, you get me..

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buy dis phone, buy dis phone, the streets are calling for you, the phone is ringing but it aint a nokia, do you feel poor, buy one and get respect of your couins, your uncles, you brothers and their real mothers. give it beef no more, lets all come together and get one in it , get one in it. I as to b honest i aint dat clever, but i know what i like and i know quality gear, so forget the west end fighting, forget for quality and stop the fighting Nkia 6233, quality speaks for itself Nokia 6230, quality talking Respect to Britney Respect for Shakira,(not as much she as her brother erics old battered samsung) Very nice progression from a 6230i.

I am trialling one of these before ordering about 15 for our company. However there are several work very well, I ve not yet managed to get it dial the correct record your own. The phone has crashed several times in the 5 days I have had it, albeit when jumping around menus and playing media files, unfortunately you almost have to expect this on new phone models these days.

Hopefully all the above issues can be resolved centre. If you can put up with the above issues for a while I would Just got my phone (free) from O2 last week. Excellent phone with what it says on the tin'!

Only frustrations are a) O2 ship the phone with the software CD but no USB cable, b) the camera lens has no of the tones on the micro SD card which is only 64mb. If you then buy a bigger card (1gb) you have to transfer all the data. This phone is great, but how do you change the text settings so in my text, I want to make it say 160, anyone have any ideas?

Cheap phone, display lighting duration not adjustable, so using the light every few seconds. Phone is made of plastic, feels and looks plastic, also the keyboard. Photo and video quality is terrible, when making a video and you go from dark to light place, the video is overlighted for 4 seconds, if you go from light to dark the video will be completely dark for 4 seconds.

Phone crashed regulary, nasty beep sound, white screen and back in main menu. Keys don't make a sound every time you press them, so while writing sms you think all the time didn't I press the button? I hear no sound, but when looking to the screen you see it is writen.

Phoon is very heavy, old looking design even with the stylish looking chrome touch. Receiving calls is good, but you can't put the sound very lood. Having read the good reviews I went ahead and bought the nokia 6233.

It is a good handset and the stero speakers are great, however, I noticed a fault with the message/ringing tone alert volume. When volume. Having reported this to my operator I was sent a replacement.

This has the same fault and I also asked a friend,who has the same handset - the same fault was noticed. The ringing tone also starts of quieter and gets louder, without being set on ascending mode. Good handset otherwise, although the fault has meant it is of no and opting for the new Sony Erikson Cybershot.

I'll miss the stereospeakers This phone is awesome. It does everything that I want a phone to do and have. Battery life is AWESOME.

I used to have the nokia 3200 (horrible phone) and this phone is 10000 times better. so worth the money! so I m not best pleased at the moment.

However, for the short time that the telephone was working it seemed very good! An excellent phone, with an array of above average features that are all of good quality. Menu structure is simple, quick and easy to use and reflects Nokia's industry experience.

I purchased Vodaphone's silky silvery sheek!! I strongly recommend this phone for first capabilities (e.

g. 3G, photography etc) as it provides an intuitive learning curve with great sophistication and ergonomics!!

tkcr :~}! This is one of the best Mobile Handset ever made by Nokia. Great Excellent phone, voice dialing feature is great; automatically asigns contacts a voice card, no need to programme them in like before on old nokias.

Sound quality is very good, as is the overall finish. A very well made phone and compact size. Had a 6280 but fell apart and rubbish in comparison.

The texting features are also a lot better Phone won't stay permanently lit in car kit! Test messages won't wrong key and exit the message. Inability to set time-out of power saver functions.

Inability to send pictures by email (old 6230 could Had this phone now for 3 days, WOW what a phone!!!

Does everything I need it to for work, then straight after does everything I need it to for fun! Some people argue Nokia phone are 'simple' - surely this is a good thing! The 6233 has lots of cool features such as the games, and the ability to control PowerPoint presentation remotely through Bluetooth!

Well done Nokia, a very future packed, sexy and fun phone! the red (hang-up) button. My old 6230 always saved the text which was sitting there when you went back into the text message menu.

6233 sometimes saves messages to drafts but NOT always! Hate the a hard-wired car kit. Ringtones are too quiet and for the first ring start even quieter!

Why have Nokia changed the charger socket Really like the 6233. I suppose it's not cool enough or cutting edge enough for the 'dis fone' people, but it does everything it was designed to do brilliantly. Two things which are very important in mobile phone design, keypad and speed of software, these are both spot on.

Just try Nokias own N70 against this, and see/feel the difference. Good points:- Superb keypad, nice high res screen the stereo speakers than alot I've heard, very customisable shortcuts. Not so good points:- Is it just me, or are Micro SD cards pointlessly small?

change of charger design from older Nokias, why? just ok batt life, some won't like the shiny silver look, a bit 'Dad phone!' I was eagerly waiting for a candy bar phone with 3G, 2Mp camera, BT etc etc.

I am Nokia user. I finally bought 6233.Features excellent,typical Nokia.

But the back cover flimsy. makes squeaky noise when pressed. The chrome coating near camera lens also very poor, be careful if you are using a pouch.

Crystal clear screen, good camera and a good I bought this mobile just 2 weeks back and found it superb. Its a high tech mobile and perfect for my use. Its look are also dashing.

the 6233 and you will love it. what a phone, nokia has brought out a stunner with great features to match. i have not a single regret about buying it.

Excellent phone. What the heck is all this dis, dat, fone, dan, MP3 player and radio. The nokia 6233 is a big leap on from the previous phones I have owned.

The new mini-SD memory cards are affordable (if you shop around) and I now have a 1 GIG card in the phone. The interface is highly customisable and the sound quality is superior. 6230 (allegedly) but I have you to find battery life a problem.

efforts. Downsides - with a 1 gig card it seems there is no way the phone off and on. Plus it takes a few seconds to read the card - not long enough to be painful but a bit of time.

The nokia smartsuite is, as ever, largely useless. I ended up downloading an MP3 ripper a USB key to transfer the files to the memory card. If you want a new flashy phone, with a camera(why?

Well I guess it's nice), choice. If you want some sparkly wi-fi thing that is laden with 3 Joystick works well 4 You can now see signal strength, battery apparently (but it goes dark too fast when you are thinking!!

!) have an Outbox. So you can type messages underground to send later does not start the recording.

You have to press the central button. 10 Switching CAPS on for one word keeps it on by default. It does not revert back to lower case after the word is done like on 6230.

You have to remember to switch it off. 11 PC Suite deleted ALL my they were sent/received. So useless to help you find an old message without having to click on every message individually.

13 Earphone foam things hard to fit - I tore both! (have never done that to any other Nokia or iPOd earphones!) All in all the best Nokia I have ever had.

Highly recommended. memory compared to the 6230. so if you have many contacts, this new phone cant store them.

Nokia better correct this fault if not aspect. h'ever its a improvement on all other fronts. It's a very good telephone.

Signal, battery, everything. I may say Great phone. Never had a camera phone, or an FM Radio in a phone before, but have to say the radio reception is excellent, and the 2MP camera is very good quality also.

Only criticisms are that o2 multi-media messaging (unless I'm missing something, which is likely as I'm not very technically minded!). Would definitely recommend to anyone who, like me, enjoy the simplicity of a Nokia phone, but now want enhanced functions.

And it looks great in black with the chrome surround. Can anyone tell me how to download my football team's badge as the wallpaper? Had a 6230 and just changed to the 6233.

Didn't change earlier because I couldn't find one that was worth the change.I have now. It is a class phone.

Well built. Great screen, very clear sound and lots of features.Easy to get to the battery, memory and sim card too!

on this phone which I found usefull. Possibly a security problem if the phone got into the wrong hands. I have no hesitation in recommending Outstanding phone from the kings of the mobile phone world.

After far the best phone. got mine in black and it looks very sexy. after best phone on the market!

This phone is fantastic! I have had the nokia 6230i for the past year and I like nokia phones very much. This is a really beautiful phone.

It is a little heavier then the 6230i but everything about it supercedes its predecessor. I cannot recommend this phone highly enough..

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I love it!! Right, I got this phone 2 weeks ago.

I used to have the 6230 and 6230i. Loved them both very much, but the 6233 is far better in every way. If you have/d 6230/i, you'll absolutely love the new 6233.

It does everything nicely, menus are super fast, pic is great, so is the radio mp3. This is an absolutely beautiful phone, and feels very well built too. I know these are going for about 200quid, but it is well worth it.

The black and silver colours are just great, but I much prefer it in black. Great little gadget. Excellent phone, I love it!

It has great battery life for once, unlike my older 6230i. It has all the great features that you will need like the 2 meg camera, Bluetooth, etc..

Recommend it! This phone is excellent and is just an improvement over the 6230i. The only PROBLEM is.

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the fonts are too small. Even though you adjust the fonts to the largest size, they are actually the same size but in bold font. Not good enough.

I feel the usability of but for ease and convieniece of use, I still choose the 6230i. What an excellent piece of kit..

. Slim, light and rammed full of features. I could not be happier with my phone to be honest.

Very hard to think of any cons really. Battery life is spot on as is the camera, the screen and the sounds. No excuse for anymore 3G bricks on the market really.

A definite return to form for Nokia. Long overdue at that ! I've upgraded from a Nokia 6230i on Orange, only available in the Orange shop in Telford, even Orange had ran out of stock.

This 6233 is a superb phone, lines 1 2 works fine, 3G works well in major towns. Only faults so far are it looses the profile settings sometimes and doesn't light up in a Nokia Car Kit. The screen is stunning and the sound just like the older 6310i.

Battery life is far superior to the previous 6230i. Over all I would recommend the phone, there are less faults than on my previous 6230i. Very well built and feels Upgraded on orange a few days ago from a nokia 6680, have to say i'm very impressed with it so far!

Design looks very slick in black. The 2 MP camera is awesome, you can use the whole viewfinder in landscape mode which is a nice feature. Menus are quick and responsive which is great cos i found the menu on my 6680 quite slow!

The micro sd card is tiny, the one supplied was a 64mb card but you can get upto 2Gb. Stereo speakers are really good quality too. The only even though the software cd was included!

This phone can do everything my 6680 could do but a lot better, nokia have done well to sort out the problems of the 6680 and the n70 series. I would def recommend this phone, go out and get one!!

! 6230i and it was worth the wait. more a less the same phone as the side of the phone.

ive tried the sony eriksson W108i and i must say the nokia 6233 is much better. any nokia fan buy it you wont be dissapointed. your time so get the new Nokia 6233!

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! after seeing this fone in the shop i decided to upgrade to it. i more.

looking for a sturdy fone with amazing features and for everyday use, then get this fone now I have been waiting for this phone for ages. I require a phone that has 3G for my work, but do not need or want Symbian 60 smart phones as I have always had problems with them crashing. I have had the phone for 2 days and can safely say that it is just what I need.

It is light, easy to use (just like the 6230) The menus are simple and best of all the software runs really quickly. One of the worst things about smart phones is the way they take so long to start-up. The 6233 is ready to use within seconds of powering up.

It comes with a basic kit, charger, headphones. It is really solid in build and looks like it will take everyday life in it's stride. Unfortunately chargers.

The ring is nice and loud. The 3G works well and holds on to a decent signal. The battery has a decent run time, still not as good as the old 6230 but better than most other 3G phones.

be. If you are looking for a decent phone which is just that, a decent phone, this will not disappoint. Bigmac Having spotted this phone on the Nokia website in February 2006, to it.

My time finally came (June 30th 2006) I m very happy customer! The phone is all I expected and much more..

.well done Nokia. The only thing I'm upset about is that the phone arrived penalties again!

Bring on Euro 2008! - (England Till I Die!) Love this phone, and yes it was worth the wait.

I only have one been taught how to speak! what is "dis and dat" all about?!

! Sleek yet simple, as with almost every Nokia the phone is easy to understand. Have to admit I was expecting a little bit more for very happy, this is a must and the mobile tv is cool 10 /10 Well thanks Spud for that insightful review.

.. Not quite sure where bad.

I have just picked up the 6234 which is basically the 6233 in a Vodafone casing and am very impressed. How Nokia have managed to cram so much into such a small and light phone. Excellent camera, sound quality and expandable memory.

Coupled to that full 3G functionality. Hard to know what more you can want ? An excellent phone, and thankfully one that appears to have been worth the wait.

omg dis fone is SO rubbish! i cant beleive dat i paid good money wat a phone !!

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! its so good , idon't believe nokia cud make sutch a good phone lol!!

nothin like as bad as my old nokia 6101 (by the way 6101's r rubbish!) get this phone its proper good lol!!

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