Nokia X3

NOKIA X3 REVIEW

The X3 is Nokia’s latest music phone, but while the name will give many the impression that this is a cut down version of Nokia’s capacitance screen touting X6, in reality the two phones are completely different beasts. Nokia may be pitching the X3 as a budget version of the X6, but the two phones couldn't be further apart in terms of both design and functionality. Whereas the X6 is an all-singing, all-dancing touchscreen device with the bare minimum of physical controls, the X3 is a pretty traditional slider phone with a small screen and no 3G or Wi-Fi support. In fact, even by slider-phone standards, the X3's 56mm (2.2-inch) screen is pretty tiny. Its low resolution of just 240x320 pixels isn't great either, but it's the viewing angle that is its most annoying limitation. Turn it slightly to the left or right, and colours look either very dark or completely washed-out. With its slightly boxy design we wouldn’t exactly describe the X3 as a looker, but when you slide the keypad open you’ll find that at least the extra girth means Nokia has been able to equip it with a relatively spacious keypad. And although the keypad is a flat one piece design, there is a bit of travel in each key which helps make it a fairly easy phone for quickly tapping out text messages. Nokia has also added three music keys on the left-hand edge of the display to let you skip forwards and backwards through tracks as well as starting and pausing playback. Another welcome feature for music fans is the standard 3.5mm headphone jack at the top of the phone which makes it easy to swap the supplied earphones for your own cans. The top edge is also home to the standard Nokia mini charging port, but you can also charge the handset via its microUSB port, which may come in handy if you need an emergency battery top up when you’re around a mate’s place.

SPECIFICATION & FEATURES

NOKIA X3 PRICE

Price in USA $120

Price in UK £75

Price in EURO €90

Price in PAK Rs.13,500

Price in INDIA Rs.8,899