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Reviewer: Jo Williams - Milton Keynes, UK
Date: 7th Jul 2010

What a great phone. I recently dropped mine down the toilet in a service station! If you can get your head around the fact I put my hand down the toilet to retreive it then you understand how much I didn't want to loose this phone.

I took the battery & sim out, dried it with kitchen roll & placed in the airing cupboard to dry & its as good as new. This happened 4 weeks ago & its still going strong!

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Reviewer: Cool - UK
Date: 23rd Mar 2010

I have been using a 6233 for what must be 3 years now. It's rock solid. I recently tried the iPhone, BlackBerry Curve, & Nokia N900. In each case I have returned to the 6233. Call recording is essential to me, it's fast, reliable, excellent call quality. IPhone, what do you mean I can't send a file via Bluetooth? Nokia N900, not allowed to record calls? the 6233 just gets on with it. People keep showing me Music phones. The speakers on the 6233 are superb, I have not heard anything better yet. I have upgraded firmware as they have come & have not had any issues. I have never had any of the freezing or switching off mentioned here. SUPERB.

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Reviewer: Janarthanan - Chennai, India
Date: 9th Feb 2010

Superb! Thanks to Nokia.

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Reviewer: M Amin - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 3rd Feb 2010

Nokia 6233 is good enough to use but it has limitations. It has 3G features but its processing speed is not as good as I have observed. Its camera is not excellent enough to provide a high quality picture & video. In addition it lacks a flash light for use at night time. Its internal memory is surprisingly very low i.e. 6MB. It has no feature to record FM radio sound in it.

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Reviewer: Sodhish Abraham - Cochin, India
Date: 16th Dec 2009

I have used this phone for the past two years & now I changed to 5800 xpressmusc. This is one of the best phones I have ever seen. If anyone is planning to buy this one do not hesitate. Its Sound clarity is amazing.

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Reviewer: Jordan - US
Date: 12th May 2009

Brill Phone! Shame it has no flash!

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Reviewer: Jason - UK
Date: 25th Feb 2009

IT IS the BEST MOBILE.

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Reviewer: Ankit Vora - Mumbai, India
Date: 20th Feb 2009

Great phone!

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Reviewer: Shiva - Zaheerabad, India
Date: 2nd Feb 2009

This is nice phone.

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Reviewer: Raj - India
Date: 31st Jan 2009

I am looking to buy this mobile. Can someone tell me whether we get the data cable in the box along with the phone. Also I believe that Nokia has released a new 6233 model which looks more stylish. Is it available in India or only the older model is available?

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Reviewer: Amit - Bilaspur, India
Date: 26th Jan 2009

Very nice & clear sound quality, solid outlook, key pad comfortable, battery life is good. Those who have this phone ask them, really perfect phone.

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Reviewer: D K Pathan - Sukkur , Pakistan
Date: 20th Jan 2009

I HAVE ALREADY HAD 6 OF THE 6233, THIS PHONE IS TOO GOOD & LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

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Reviewer: Shahzad Ahmed - Sanghar, Pakistan
Date: 14th Jan 2009

This is a great phone.I love it.

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Reviewer: Edgars - Ventspils, Latvia
Date: 15th Oct 2008

Super phone phone.

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Reviewer: Toini - Windhoek, Namibia
Date: 30th Sep 2008

I think this phone is the best of its kind among other brands. Good sound quality & the sound of the camera can be turned off, people just know how to do it. With this phone by my side every second can't ask for any entertainer!

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Reviewer: Danish Tahir - Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 21st Sep 2008

I have it for almost a year now. I would mention only the bad things.

- the memory shrinks.
- No organizing for music.
- No forward or reverse for videos.
- Camera shutter sound can't be turned off & it sounds really bad.
- Large Quality pictures take 8 to 10 seconds to be saved.
- Large Quality videos are played slowly ( a 20MB MP4 video would be running slower to its sound).

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Reviewer: Kathir - Chennai, India
Date: 10th Sep 2008

Excellent & great phone but battery backup is poor. This is the only thing we can expect from Nokia but it's not satisfied me in battery backup & all other things rocking in it. Can anyone help me what to do with battery backup. Because I experienced with it on the first day of use itself.

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Reviewer: Devi - Pondicherry, India
Date: 9th Aug 2008

Hi, everyone, this is a really superb phone, great music player, great video recording, very good battery life. I will recomended to anyone. Thanks.

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Reviewer: Siva - Singapore
Date: 10th Jul 2008

Worth for value.

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Reviewer: Ludwik - Leeds, UK
Date: 21st Jun 2008

I have had the Vodafone version of this one, the 6234, for over a year.

The good news, the ringing tone & vibration are excellent. I can hear it when I am in the street. The video is the best I have used on any phone, 640 by 480 at 30 frames per second. 2MP camera is average, but has a very pleasing oil painting effect. By this I mean the lens does not resolve the 2MP of detail.

Now the bad news, there is fault in the memory use software. The built in memory keeps shrinking & is not being returned as it should be. When I play MP3 files, use the mobile TV from Vodafone or use Vodafone live. I have less memory than I started with. I started with 5.5 MB internal memory. After 3 months it shrank to Zero. I deleted photos, videos & text messages, got some memory back & that shrunk after a couple of weeks to zero. In the end I had Zero internal memory & nothing stored in memory. I could not send or receive even a single text message!

Nokia repaired it by flushing the memory & I had 6MB of free memory, unfortunately. But I cannot run Google maps or the mobile Internet.

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Reviewer: Michelle - Ireland, Ireland
Date: 12th Jun 2008

I have this phone over 2 years ago, I got off to bad start with the phone switching itself off. My service provider O2 changed it no bother. A year later I had the same problem, the phone would just switch off, freeze, reject the SIM. Again O2 changed the phone under warranty. It is a reliable phone, the volume is good, camera is good, all features good.

At the end of the day, a phone is a phone, once I can receive & make calls & send & receive texts, I am happy :-).

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Reviewer: Zion Dsouza - Mumbai, India
Date: 8th Jun 2008

It's a very good phone. It has a good loudspeaker & a good handset but the only thing is that they don't give a USB cord with it.

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Reviewer: Asif - Bradford, UK
Date: 4th Jun 2008

Good phone in black.

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Reviewer: Subramanian - Chennai, India
Date: 30th May 2008

This is a good phone & speaker sound is very good.

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Reviewer: Waqas - Islamabad, Pakistan
Date: 28th May 2008

Best phone to use because of battery timings & sound quality. I am using this phone more then 1 year & found no problems yet.

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Reviewer: Anupam - India
Date: 1st May 2008

I want to purchase this phone with quite lucrative features. Can anyone tell me whether this mobile can operate as CDMA & GSM at the same time?

Does it require change of options at the start menu for change over to CDMA & GSM. Can I get & receive a call at GSM while operating at CDMA. Please send me complete details regarding dual mode GSM & CDMA.

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Reviewer: Juzz - Tagbilaran, Philippines
Date: 2nd Apr 2008

Before I owned this phone I was searching to the Internet to find out the features of this phone. After I read these features I am amazed because it has a lot of features especially stereo music player because I really love music. Thanks Nokia for having this phone! I really enjoy this phone. A great music, great camera, easy to use keypads, super fast in downloading but lacking of flash. It has no flash, it can still take on night time shot but not totally as clear as with flash & a little bit blurred. Don't hesitate to buy this phone because you really enjoy it. Go!

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Reviewer: Wally - Vienna, Austria
Date: 1st Apr 2008

My best Nokia ever. Perfect reception, perfect handling. A REAL Every Day Mobile Phone, Recommendation!

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Reviewer: Wotamess - Geelong, Bahrain
Date: 1st Apr 2008

Junk, it keeps getting a SIM card registration failed error randomly which renders the phone useless until the code is entered again. Sometimes it requires the battery & SIM to be removed as no number of code re entries will fire the thing up. Mine is a work mobile but I feel sorry for anyone who has paid $$'s for one. Steer clear of this one.

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Reviewer: Thivanka Perera - Kandy, Sri Lanka
Date: 17th Mar 2008

I LOVE THIS PHONE! The sound is AMAZING! Much better than the Nokia 6300, Nokia 5310 & the Sony Ericsson W810i! If you love music like me, then go for it. Regrets are, it doesn't have flash & a 3.5 have port.

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Reviewer: Rifad - Bangalore, India
Date: 11th Mar 2008

Great mobile phone!

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Reviewer: Rod - UK
Date: 1st Mar 2008

I am a Nokia business customer & have always used Nokia phones but the 6233 is useless if like me you use hands-free. It sets automatic voice tags to each entry & if you have lots of contacts in your phone but only use a few hands-free it dials the wrong number. I used to be able to assign voice tags such as phone office, phone home etc. Now this is not possible. I don't recommend this phone to anyone using hands-free.

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Reviewer: Priyanshu Sharma - Noida, India
Date: 25th Feb 2008

NEED HELP, I loaded the CD rom provided, & bought a Nokia USB cable, but I couldn't backup contacts (phone numbers) from the 6233 to my PC. Can someone help?

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Reviewer: Yogesh - Mumbai, India
Date: 22nd Feb 2008

Guys, This is very good phone, having everything, Clear Display, Loud & clear Speaker, Theme Support, Camera, 3G, EDGE & Price is also cheap, Fantastic phone. Only thing I hate is No Auto focus & Flash for Camera & should be little slimmer, But it's OK, go buy it

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Reviewer: Bapun - Hyderabad, India
Date: 18th Feb 2008

Excellent phone. You will never regret. Good look. Great battery. Excellent sound. Very good video recording. Only thing it lacks is not having flash.

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Reviewer: George - Brussels, Belgium
Date: 16th Feb 2008

This phone is a piece of rubbish! Always got connectivity problems!

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Reviewer: Nirav - Rajkot, India
Date: 7th Feb 2008

Phone is VERY good. Just buy it & enjoy all the features in one phone Nokia 6233.

Guys this is MASTER PHONE, Nokia 6233.

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Reviewer: Abraham - Cochin, India
Date: 5th Feb 2008

Can anyone suggest me which I should purchase the Nokia 6233 or Nokia 3110. I find out that the features are almost same for both. But there is a big difference in the price around 2k rupees. I am now a little confused.

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Reviewer: Madasheck - UK
Date: 5th Feb 2008

All was well until one year of use then the phone memory shuts right down. No I did not fill it with games, or themes, or new ringtones. I use it for text, email, Internet & that's it.

I removed almost all I could from phone memory & use a 2GB SD memory card. Yet despite backup & restore of all phone memory, checks with MobiMB to find what is taking up the 3 MB phone memory, removing all themes, I still have 200 KB free memory. Cannot find where the memory is gone to. Cannot use 6233 for email & text is limited with frequent memory full messages.

I have checked all Nokia support discussion boards to find an answer. Found that this is a common 6233 problem, the user cannot clean the phone memory. Some report only 80 KB memory remaining, no email, no text messages, no themes, no ringtones just not enough memory to use the 6233 at all.

Some report success with backup followed by restore with Nokia PC Suite. Some went to a complete software upgrade. Some bought MobiMB to clean invisible files out. Nokia has no answer to this, except buy a new phone.

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Reviewer: Ben Are Are - UK
Date: 3rd Feb 2008

I really like this phone I have had it about 8 months now. I found it really easy to use because of its simple layout of the menu. The screen is really bright & clear. I use it most weekends for making videos at the skate park & has never let me down on quality. It is a really tough phone as I have had many accidents with it & it has never broken. The only thing I found wrong with it is that it scratches very easily, has no camera flash & it is a bit chucky but overall I found it was a really good looking & useful phone. I would recommend it.

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Reviewer: Mr H. - London, UK
Date: 2nd Feb 2008

Got black last yr.

- Great amazing perfect loudspeaker, never find in any other mobile (better than N73, N95, Samsung & Sony Erricson)
- Nice feature
- Quick & easy access to all menus
- Good call quality + cool camera
- Perfect secret button (as voice recorder)

BUT:
- Short battery
- Bad reception & no signal if being covered
- A small bug turns it off suddenly (1 in 1000 call)
- Can't get rid of camera click (or I couldn't find it!)
_ The backlight goes on & off (due to search & change signal), (don't put it in your bedroom!)

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Reviewer: Dave - Australia
Date: 29th Jan 2008

Great phone.
Goods.
- Look.
- Daytime camera.
- Speakers!
- 2GB memory is good.
- Quality of led.

Bads.
- Power button has broken 3 times on me.
- Camera has no flash.


LOL, Only a few things I don't like are that this phone is really big & the phone doesn't break very easy to me. I have dropped it 2 million times I have never had anything but a little scratch on the case.

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Reviewer: Nabhashekhar - Bangalore, India
Date: 26th Jan 2008

Great phone, havng great features. Nice look.

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Reviewer: Bksahoo - Rourkela, India
Date: 15th Jan 2008

It is not a slim design & not showing call duration during call to use 100% of your time to talk. Also not supporting other application except java applications. Memory chip should be designed inside avoiding miss use by friends.

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Reviewer: Sefton - UK
Date: 11th Jan 2008

I've had my phone for a year now & loved it when I first got it. I am not a heavy user of it, but now the battery does not even last 12 hours. It doesn't always ring when people phone me, despite there being no problem with my network (O2).

The email facility is a pain, as someone below has already mentioned, it will not download emails if you've got more than a few text messages stored in your phone.

The phone also has a habit of turning itself off for no reason. The battery life is also affected by the phone constantly switching itself from blank screen saver to normal screen display, which cuts down the battery life a lot.

Overall, good features, but be prepared to buy a new battery after a year.

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Reviewer: Adnan - Islamabad, Pakistan
Date: 7th Jan 2008

WELL the 6233 IS A NICE & GOOD LOOKING PHONE & I am USING IT For the LAST 13 MONTHS BUT SOMETIMES ITS RINGTONE CHANGES ITS SELF.

SO Please don't BUY Nokia 6233. WASTE OF MONEY.

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Reviewer: Rajesh - Seeruttun, UK
Date: 6th Jan 2008

This is a pretty good phone, a good balance between work & play. It has everything you might need in a phone but it does have some drawbacks that if improved in my opinion I would probably never look at another phone again.

- It's heavy, not as heavy as other nokias but it's bulky & weighty.

- It can freeze & reset the wallpaper, screensaver & ringtones (although I finally found out why, too many texts in your inbox, it may be expandable to 2GB but the inbox is in the phone memory & has its limits, clean out the box & the phone works fine).

- There is no playlist feature, the best you get is 'random'.

- There is no flash for the camera.

- Pictures at night are terrible, even with the night mode.

- Pictures & videos saved can go AWOL within the phone, difficult to find them after they are taken.

- Slow 3G access but that could be the network not Nokia.

However.

- the sound quality from the speakers are excellent, best I've heard so far.

- the music controls via the headset are basic but good.

- the 2MB camera is great by day, as is the video.

That's it. I actually nearly bought the Nokia 5310 but the only benefits it has over the 6233 is the slimness & the playlist, the camera is terrible (almost half the resolution of the 6233) & it's not 3G. Think I'll get a pay as you go sim & stick with the 6233.

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Reviewer: Rashid - UK
Date: 6th Jan 2008

The phones great but why are the buttons so hard? They are like little bricks. Err mm I was wondering could you get like soft key pad button thingy's for the phone?

But hey! Overall it's wicked! Keep up the good job Nokia!

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Reviewer: Joj - London, UK
Date: 6th Jan 2008

This is a truly superb phone. I've had this for nearly 18 months & it's proved to be robust, reliable & very user friendly. Would highly recommend.

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Reviewer: Sachin Badge - Mumbai, India
Date: 2nd Jan 2008

It's good phone, good design & good features & usability.

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Reviewer: Mark - Ireland
Date: 31st Dec 2007

Just wondering I can't get Internet on my phone its says subscribe to packet data first anybody got same problem just wondering what to do?

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Reviewer: Frank Luyinda - Kampala, Uganda
Date: 24th Dec 2007

Leave alone the shape & weight. This phone is real good with the upgraded Nokia screen display, the clarity of camera & video. The soft keypad, & most of all I wanted a phone with big card memory (2GB not bad) since I am a graphic artist. This is a REAL PHONE.

Two disadvantages so far, very small internal memory & its brick size.

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Reviewer: Zubair - Southall, UK
Date: 23rd Dec 2007

What I think about this phone is that this is my second Nokia 6233 I love this phone so much because of the high quality speakers & lovely sound & camera 2 MP not bad. Only a few things I don't like are that this phone is its quite fat, really big & it can be broken very easily that's the only thing I don't like otherwise it's a fabulous phone I lOvE It. WOW.

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Reviewer: Boyd - Stratford, UK
Date: 22nd Dec 2007

This phone is very solid & will never break. You can buy it for 60-80 pounds very cheap yet very intelligent phone

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Reviewer: Sandip - Bardoli, India
Date: 21st Dec 2007

Good, but you know so.

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Reviewer: Dharmesh Patel - Manchester, UK
Date: 15th Dec 2007

Great phone to use, but needs to be slimmer.

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Reviewer: Julia - London, Germany
Date: 9th Dec 2007

Hey, so many people share the same experience. A waste of money. I don't mind any features, design or whatever. But reliability & this is not given with this phone. It started that I could not charge the phone properly anymore. Now, many times the reception disappears or I got good reception but always error in connection if I want to make a call. That means I can't call & nobody can call me. That makes the phone completely useless.

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Reviewer: Budin - Alor Setar, Malaysia
Date: 6th Dec 2007

Smart phone & cute usability design.

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Reviewer: Jordan - UK
Date: 2nd Dec 2007

Good phone amazing 3D stereo speakers but after 13 months have gone distorted & have broken. I have never had to go to a shop to fix it. It is a slow phone & will freeze sometimes.

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Reviewer: Harry - Punjab, India
Date: 26th Nov 2007

Too good phone. I have this phone for about 4 months & I haven't experienced any problems with it. Good Nokia, keep it up.

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Reviewer: Honey - New Delhi, India
Date: 26th Nov 2007

Great phone.

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Reviewer: Neil - Bangko, Thailand
Date: 26th Nov 2007

A great phone I had to buy this 1 week after I purchased a Nokia 6300 which are completely useless & thanks Nokia for not giving me a replacement or credit to us when I bought this phone nice business for you but the last business you will ever get off me.

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Reviewer: Rob - UK
Date: 24th Nov 2007

Loved this phone but, my first had to be replaced after only 4 months. Due to it constantly loosing message centre numbers, settings when travelling, then it locked itself up completely so that even Orange couldn't rectify it. Received replacement phone only 2 months ago & now that one is doing the same, but worse still it refuses to take any charge. Even when registering charging. I agree, it's a lovely phone & very tactile, however its reliability now means it'll be in the bin long before its due date. From my experience id steer clear. All service providers are aware that this model has numerous faults. Be warned!

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Reviewer: Jack - Melbourne, Australia
Date: 23rd Nov 2007

Great phone one of the best phones had not one thing go wrong with it. Perfect size perfect everything just love it.

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Reviewer: Paul - Leeds, UK
Date: 12th Nov 2007

The phone has been great, it is to my mind still the most stylish phone out there even though it is over a year old. The downside is its reliability. It has regularly crashed if I try to send a reply to a text message when another message arrives.

In addition to this, my previous phone, a 6230i, still works brilliantly, but the 6233 has just gone kaput for the 2nd time & wiped out a lot of info I need, annoying.

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Reviewer: Anand - Chennai, India
Date: 8th Nov 2007

Hi, the phone is awesome with all features like good music, fast processing, easy to use interface.

Con, It is java enabled or Symbian 40 series & so putting 3rd party software was a problem. I wanted to put dictionary but couldn't.

If anyone knows from where I can do this, please let me know, thanks.

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Reviewer: Mark - UK
Date: 4th Nov 2007

Great phone & a good step up from 6230 & 6230i but after 10 months the signal suddenly disappeared. After repair, put it by bedside one night & when I woke up it had gone again. This phone has been looked after & just isn't reliable enough. All my settings also wiped themselves off which was very inconvenient. It all works apart from the phone bit & camera is good but I can't call or receive calls. Just great!

If it worked & had a wallet feature as per 6230i it would be fantastic. Also the memory card fits in upside down so you can't grip the little lip on the card. Great phone but I gave it 5% as it has no signal. Now O2 gave me an E65 & that's worse than this.

NOTE: my 6230 is still going after 4 years & comes mountain biking with me every week. This & the 6230i must be the best Nokia's ever. Different brand after the E65 for sure.

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Reviewer: Sorin - Romania
Date: 4th Nov 2007

OK in the 1st place ill say that in fact I use 6234, very good phone. It has poor rewind & fast forward facility but lacks fast forward in video. I have broken this phone twice because java is bad & antivirus in java is useless. Bluetooth cause problems, flash in camera is not present, pdf is only in java so in fact is bad, music players crash the system, so this mobile phone will last only with default stuff. Bye.

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Reviewer: Dj - UK
Date: 3rd Nov 2007

Solid phone, had for 1 & a half years, superb.

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Reviewer: Paul - Walsall, UK
Date: 2nd Nov 2007

Good sound, good pictures & videos, Battery doesn't last long enough, but overall a decent phone.

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Reviewer: Ben - London, UK
Date: 1st Nov 2007

Too Bad. The phone just keeps restarting! I've regretted getting it. Waste of money!

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Reviewer: Adnan Khalil - Peshawar, Pakistan
Date: 26th Oct 2007

Yeah truly it's the best mobile. Its camera is very good & video is awesome in VGA size. It's my second 6233. With the first one I was happy & it was awesome but changed to the n73, I change it but after some time I felt the 6233 had better features. I just missed two things, flash & auto focus.

That's all other wise I recommend 6233 to everyone, it's the best & the quality is awesome best mobile ever. The keypad is very soft & very easy to type messages very quickly. 100 out of 100.

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Reviewer: J.wilson - UK
Date: 23rd Oct 2007

My friend bought this phone just for playing mp3s on it. He has had it for several years now & it still works in 100% condition. The battery life is brilliant & it has a very good quality camera!

OVERALL RATING: 87.6% out of 100.00%.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 20th Oct 2007

This phone is INDESTRUCTIBLE & so easy to text with. BETTER than the classic 6230!

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Reviewer: Andrew Walker - Sheffield, UK
Date: 11th Oct 2007

Great phone, I've had it for 1 year & 1 day when I write this review. It's crashed once (when someone cancelled a Bluetooth sending) but other then that it's great. I've got one scratch on the back above the camera (about 3 cm long), but it was left in the same pocket as my phone so I can't really complain.

The features are standard to any other 3G phone. & great battery, I can honestly say I've had it on the radio for 5/6 hours & still been on 3/4 or 2/4 battery. The audio quality & sound out of the speakers is great due to the double speakers on either side.

The phone is the same as any other Nokia on usability with the side bar & roughly the same menus.

Overall I would recommend this to anyone looking for a £100-£150 good quality 3G phone that will last for a long time.

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Reviewer: Jonesy - Tunbridge Wells, UK
Date: 10th Oct 2007

Fantastic phone, hope they will make a 6233i with a front camera & also with a flash.

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Reviewer: Matt - UK
Date: 6th Oct 2007

Why are most of the reviews on here so negative? I've had mine for quite a while & it's not even scratched & has never broken down. You all need to learn how to handle a phone.

I recommend this phone to anyone, only two bad points, it's a brick & it hangs about once every 3 months.

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Reviewer: Hexpda - Ireland
Date: 6th Oct 2007

When someone is calling you, does the volume of the ringtone increase if it is in ringing alert (not ascending)? Please help?

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Reviewer: Matthew - London, UK
Date: 29th Sep 2007

This phone is a great, easy to use, quality phone. I have had mine for three years & it has never let me down. Buy one!

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Reviewer: Pete - UK
Date: 25th Sep 2007

Nice phone, good design & not too heavy in weight, only problem had mine six months charge pin in phone starting to not always let phone charge properly, & now battery on full charge last about a day. Made four 5 minute calls & 8 texts & now flat.

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Reviewer: Nilesh Desai - London, UK
Date: 17th Sep 2007

I've had this phone for about a year & bought as a serious step-up from my previous Nokia. The usability is exactly the same as other Nokia phones so menus etc. They are all familiar.

Set-up & options were more varied so having a play with it is the best way to make sure you have optimum set-up. Camera worked well & shutter lag not too bad.

Battery life better than I expected for a 3G phone, but perhaps I haven't used the functions that chew battery life as much as others might.

Radio & music player quality very good & supplied headphones were reasonable as well.

Only disappointment was no plug for normal headphones.

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Reviewer: Bambang - Bekasi, Indonesia
Date: 17th Sep 2007

Bad breed of phone. I got a system error but the service center can not fix it either. Poor.

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Reviewer: Anon - UK
Date: 16th Sep 2007

Well, sleek phone, really easy to use & for its time, very good camera. The games were a bit boring but for a first phone it was really good because it was so cool. Mine broke about 6 months ago because I dropped it for the hundredth time so it was bound to break. It did well for three years but now I am planning on buying the Sony Ericsson T250i.

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Reviewer: Dave - UK
Date: 14th Sep 2007

Nice phone easy to use, main problem software issues & reboots when you try to send MMS there is a temp fix restore factory settings but it goes again after a few weeks.

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Reviewer: Steve-o - UK
Date: 7th Sep 2007

This is a truly great phone, one of Nokia's finest. It's well built, reliable & has a quality feel to it. I've just replaced mine with a 7500. I will be sorry to see it go!

Note to yourmobilephonereviews editor: Will you be adding a section for the 7500 prism & 7900 prism reviews? They are not on the UK Nokia site yet (they are on Nokia Europe) but the 7500 is on sale in the UK, & it's great!

Editors Comments: Thank you for your comments Steve-O & in answer to your question we are currently reviewing the Nokia 7500 Prism & the Nokia 7900 Prism, so please watch this space.

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Reviewer: Extrem Cheese - Hong Kong
Date: 3rd Sep 2007

This phone should be impressive, however its reliability is what makes this handset truly awful. I've had the complete main board replaced 3 times in the last month, plus the screen easily cracks & costs to replace as much as a cheap phone & to think it is only 7 months old! Never mind all the bells & whistles, it's just not worth it.

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Reviewer: Darshana - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date: 3rd Sep 2007

Nice phone with easy handling.

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Reviewer: Varun Yaul - Pune, India
Date: 31st Aug 2007

6233 rocks.

Pros:
- Great stereo speaker sound.
- 2MP camera. Great to capture photos.
- 8 x zoom. Too good.
- Screen resolution in the range of higher price best phones.
- Java edition sometimes bad initially. But can get many s/w on getjar.com & other sites. But this doesn't have any virus like problems.
- I didn't found any n/w problem & freezing problem in it.

Cons:
- Flash & auto focus is not available in this. So night photos are not too good. Still Best for day light.
- Body attached & can't be changed. So beware of it.
- Music player doesn't have FF & BW facility.

Still this one is the best ever phone I found in its range. Thanks to Nokia. Still should have Flash light in it. You must buy this rocking model from Nokia.

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Reviewer: Rundoo - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Date: 21st Aug 2007

It's great! This is my 3rd Nokia phone.

I liked it so much! & it allows many features. & has a great sound in music =)

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Reviewer: Iny - Cov, UK
Date: 20th Aug 2007

Good phone but it needs more internal memory about 32MB would be about right. Sound is excellent for people who are interested in music & multimedia.

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Reviewer: Tibi - Oradea, Romania
Date: 17th Aug 2007

Advantages:

- Good display
- Very comfortable keypad
- Amazing 3d stereo speakers
- User friendly interface
- VGA video recording
- High speed data transfer.

Disadvantages:

- Low sound quality in sound recorder & in the recorded videos
- MP3 player is bad
- Mediocre camera quality
- no flash
- No front video call camera
- FM radio reception is weak
- Battery life is not impressive.

I've used this phone for 1 year, & I don't think it's worth that money. I had too many problems with it. I don't recommend this phone!

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Reviewer: Zulquarnain - Patna, Zimbabwe
Date: 17th Aug 2007

A super phone. I think that this is the Nokia's best phone.

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Reviewer: Francesca - South Africa
Date: 10th Aug 2007

I think this is such an ugly phone! The buttons are really hard to press & my dad suggests I should buy one, so I would never ever buy this phone.

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Reviewer: Jeff - Essex, UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

Fantastic phone had mine a year with no problems, light & easy to use, don't know what to replace with as Nokia don't seem to have a direct replacement.

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Reviewer: Dave - UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

I bought this phone for the main purpose of making & receiving calls, I need a phone that has voice dial, Bluetooth, speakerphone & good battery life above all other things. Hence when it came out I bought one. Have tried to setup the email option but after managing to send one mail have been constantly shown the message of memory full, despite having no emails in the outbox, inbox or any other box, Battery life is disappointing, my other half has a 6121 from work & her phone lasts twice as long as mine. Would I buy another, no is the only answer, I am now getting error messages when trying to charge the phone & the charger itself is very temperamental, like a loose wire.

I think it is time for a Samsung as my other half has had several for her own phone & swears by them.

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Reviewer: Umar - Bradford, UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

Beauty phone.

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Reviewer: Mike Smith - Sussex, UK
Date: 3rd Aug 2007

I am a Nokia man & have been for over 10 years. The EASIEST & BEST phones but tend to lack on the extra features you get with Sony and all. However, they are catching up.

The music player on the 6234 is very easy to use, & with an increased MicroSD card (I am using a 1 GB), it stores well enough to keep you amused. The camera is amazing, but like most phones, could do with a flash.

Oh, & it's a great, easy mobile 'phone! How many other devices can still say that! Nokia forever!

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Reviewer: Rhh - India
Date: 29th Jul 2007

This is a great phone. But the only problem I have is it plays only 3GP videos. IS there any solution to this?

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Reviewer: Jason - UK
Date: 27th Jul 2007

Great phone!

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Reviewer: Richard - UK
Date: 27th Jul 2007

THIS IS A PROPER SICK PHONE!

Anyone that gets it will be very happy!

I have had mine now for nearly a year & the only thing that has broke it my volume down button, but that is because I am always messing with it.

If anyone gets it I recommend it in BLACK, it looks way better than the silver one & the limited edition white one on Orange networks.

I am now getting a N95 next month, I will be sad to see this phone go though, far one of the best phones Nokia has made so far.

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Reviewer: Malcolm - Basel, Switzerland
Date: 25th Jul 2007

I've had the phone for a few months.

Pros:

- Generally, it works well for my needs (making & receiving calls, sending & receiving the occasional SMS).

- I can browse the BBC & Reuters websites easily enough.

Cons:

- Major: Phone gets uncomfortably hot during a 10 minute call. This is why I would not buy this phone, as otherwise it works well for my needs.

- Minor: Known bug is MMS does not work when delivery reports is enabled.

- Minor: Battery cover sometimes slides off when in my pocket.

- Minor: Speaker phone crackles when on full volume (10) but this is addressed by dropping the volume by one notch (9)

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Reviewer: Khan - Islamabad, Pakistan
Date: 19th Jul 2007

Very good & useful at such a moderate price.

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Reviewer: Supriya Padmawar - Nagpur, India
Date: 16th Jul 2007

It's a Nice Model. I like it. Anyone can buy it freely. Not any problem till now. From last 2 months. Nice features.

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Reviewer: David - UK
Date: 15th Jul 2007

The phone was a waste of money had it for 1 month & then went dead don't BUY!

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Reviewer: Maxwell - UK
Date: 14th Jul 2007

Hey, I am just a teenager, could someone plz tell me if this phone would be good 4 me? Because my phone broke & I am looking for a new one to buy with my birthday money. Please reply!

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Reviewer: Don - UK
Date: 12th Jul 2007

Only used as a phone & text's. Have to agree with some, battery life not good on my second one now just have to charge it more often.

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Reviewer: John - UK
Date: 11th Jul 2007

Reading through these reviews a lot of the problems that people have with their phones seem to occur when they are on the Orange network. I have had this phone for about 9 months now on O2 & I have not had any of the problems of the phone hanging or SIM card not recognised or registered. My battery life lasts about 5-7 days with each charge - but I do let the battery run down completely & then charge it completely. I have the power saving switched on & the sleep mode switched off. I love the radio & the MP3/Music player - the sound quality is excellent. There are a few minor drawbacks - the lettering on the keys on the silver phones is not very clear & the back light does switch off after a few seconds - but these are minor problems. I have found the camera to be quite adequate & I don't make video calls so don't need a camera on the front of the phone. Overall I am very pleased with this phone.

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Reviewer: Robert Watson - Cambridge, UK
Date: 10th Jul 2007

6233 is a great improvement over my previous 6310i. Good to use & rewarding.

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Reviewer: Manus - Ireland
Date: 9th Jul 2007

DID I MENTION IT IS the BEST PHONE EVER!

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Reviewer: Oliver Michael - Yei South Sudan, Sudan
Date: 8th Jul 2007

I just bought this phone 1st of July 2007. When we tested with the seller, it was working well but when I came with it home, it started disturbing me by switching off when communicating & as well as when playing. This normally happens in 2-3 minutes time. Up too now, I have not confirmed what would have happened to the phone yet it did not fall down.

I am therefore, asking the makers to help rescue my situation otherwise I may loose the amount I used for buying the phone .I.e. 250$. This is my second Nokia I have bought but the 1st one was not behaving like this one.

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Reviewer: Icecream Bandit - Azerbaijan
Date: 7th Jul 2007

The worst phone that you could ever buy, anyone who does is wasting their cash.

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Reviewer: Neha - India
Date: 2nd Jul 2007

I was quite happy with the phone as now have used it for 5 months but now my phone has switched off & its just not turning on & from what I read this problem is being faced by many.

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Reviewer: Manus - Ireland
Date: 28th Jun 2007

The BEST phone EVER!

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Reviewer: Sanjay - Mumbai, India
Date: 27th Jun 2007

Good all round PHONE.

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Reviewer: Teresa Hall - Chesterfield, UK
Date: 27th Jun 2007

I loved all the features of this phone & the looks & feel of it, but totally unreliable if you actually used it as a phone. Incoming calls sent to voicemail, me getting a text 5 minutes later saying I missed a call. Tried phoning out, no network available. Took it back to the Orange shop where I bought it from, who didn't want to know. Phoned Nokia, who assured me the phone was fine, the sim card was corrupted. Bought a new card, still had same problems. Took it to a Nokia repair centre, who downloaded new software on to it & assured me it was now cured, it wasn't. They now say its an Orange network problem, Orange says it isn't. I am stuck with a phone that is great at everything, except phoning!

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Reviewer: Aditya Goel - Bhiwani, India
Date: 23rd Jun 2007

This is the best phone in the world for its music. I m very satisfy with this phone.

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Reviewer: Davey - UK
Date: 21st Jun 2007

Don't buy THIS, not a good buy.

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Reviewer: Ray - Coventry, UK
Date: 18th Jun 2007

I had this phone as an upgrade by t.mobile. At first it was a good phone until I took some photos from it. When I tried to send them to a friend the screen went blank & then came back onto the main menu. I have taken it back to the t.mobile shop, it's been back twice & they have even replaced it with a new phone.

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Reviewer: Amanda - Indonesia
Date: 17th Jun 2007

I love this phone! This might look like just a basic phone but don't judge a book by its cover! It's gorgeous! Love it so much! Nokia has done a great thing with this! Except for the front camera! The lacks of it, but other things are working good! GOOD JOB Nokia!

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Reviewer: Derick - UK
Date: 15th Jun 2007

Hi this was a great phone until it failed after the first week of having it! The phone had been safely stored in the side pocket of my car & when I went to use it, I noticed that a burn mark was visible on the screen & the phone was dead. On returning the phone to the supplier they have stated that the phone must have been dropped because the inside screen is cracked! The supplier will not budge, some non technical office person has decided that's what it is!

Amazing how I can break the inside screen without any damage to the outer case! Anyone else have the same fault with theirs?

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Reviewer: As - Albania
Date: 13th Jun 2007

Love this phone. Excellent

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Reviewer: Ankur Goel - India
Date: 11th Jun 2007

Awesome is the word for this cell! A masterpiece by Nokia. A perfect example of beauty lies in simplicity. Superb design, very simple. The black colour looks awesome & voice in headphones beats those of Walkman series by Sony Ericsson. The 2MP camera is a decent one too. A worth buy. Simply stunning for the price!

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Reviewer: Kevin - Chennai, India
Date: 8th Jun 2007

It is really a nice phone but it is not model in correct way it has lot of use able things but it look simple like a basic phone.

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Reviewer: Tommy - Malaysia
Date: 6th Jun 2007

Superb sound but the headset's design is a bit 'big'. If it had a camera light it would be better. Can anyone tell me whether it can download Microsoft office program?

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Reviewer: Anjibabu - Bangalore, India
Date: 4th Jun 2007

Main draw backs I found in this model is it is not supporting Real player (by default) & only limited file formats its supporting.

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Reviewer: Burak Sarrafi - Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 3rd Jun 2007

Great Phone! Thanks to Nokia!

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Reviewer: Dusan - US
Date: 29th May 2007

I bought this phone 5 months ago & it's great. Good videos & great pics. It is one of the best phones for $300.00. All my friends are jealous.

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Reviewer: Zahid - Birmingahm, UK
Date: 20th May 2007

The phone has great speakers which are loud especially with the equalizer full but they tend to pop which is a bad aspect to a great phone.

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Reviewer: Lozzy - London, UK
Date: 17th May 2007

Well all I can really say is that this phone is excellent! It has the best features ever & I have had no trouble at all with O2. Very easy to use but the only thing I say is that the design can be improved a tiny bit.

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Reviewer: Saurabh Desai - Mumbai, India
Date: 17th May 2007

Hi all, I own a 6233 & believe me its the one of the best phone I ever came across. The screen quality is the best, bright from others (compared), camera is good 2 megapixel, good navigation control, good quality dual stereo speakers, big screen, 3D games can also be played on this phone.

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Reviewer: Aaron - Australia
Date: 16th May 2007

Perfect not a problem the best phone I have ever had, love it!

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Reviewer: C Williams - Shrewsbury, UK
Date: 14th May 2007

Great phone, but what problems with the battery! It runs down really fast, I have tried replacing the battery for new & purchased a new charger just in case but the problem is the same. Think carefully before you buy it.

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Reviewer: TV - Kolkata, India
Date: 11th May 2007

Got this phone for the last 4 month. I bought it only for its music capability. Sound is awesome. But it being java based, it is unfortunately less in the web or elsewhere. Had it been symbian it would be a smashing phone.

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Reviewer: Amy - UK
Date: 9th May 2007

AWFUL!

I got this phone in Jan & had to get the sim card, battery & handset replaced because I kept getting 'sim rejected' sim registration failed' phone restricted' 'enter restriction' code, phone turning itself off, losing all the settings every time I turned it off etc, but the replacements did exactly the same things, & in fact, the problems have been getting worse!

I have been on the phone to Orange for months about this & they have now finally offered me a different model handset. It is the worst phone I have ever had, & has caused me so much misery & stress. DO NOT BUY ONE!

Those of you that have a had no problems must have a different batch, because there are certainly a lot of us who have had issues with it. Interestingly, Orange have discontinued it now & are using Nokia's new 6300 as a replacement. But they tell me that this has nothing to do with the phone being a pile of do do.

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Reviewer: Arshad Mahmood - Giza, Egypt
Date: 7th May 2007

A great mobile for its cost!

I have been using this for last five months & have been quite satisfied with its working. Besides the fact that it made me visit its service centre as its power button stopped functioning, which the service centre got repaired the same day.

Since then it's been great in terms of its font style, colors, speed, hard casing, good battery life/talk time & all that!

It might not attract teen-agers because of its simple design but a good tool for business & regular 'high-end' use.

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Reviewer: Pramod Nair - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Date: 5th May 2007

I used to have a Sony Erission p800 which unfortunately.

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Reviewer: 6233 User - Malaysia
Date: 1st May 2007

A Nice phone with lots of features. Was in excellent working condition till 2 months after I bought it when it started giving problems. I could not make outgoing & receive incoming calls. Message 'Sim card not registered'. Had to turn off & on the phone again before I could make any calls.

I sent the phone to Nokia service center. After that it worked great for around 3 months. Now having problems again. This time I cannot make outcalls but can receive calls! It works fine after I turn it off & on again. The problem is it happens daily!

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Reviewer: Dev Goraya - Punjab India, India
Date: 23rd Apr 2007

I am using this phone from last 8 months surfing net on it connecting to my computer, every thing is good.

But the big problem with this phone according to me is battery back up & second one is that it does not show call duration during call. I can't believe that phone of such level does not have this feature. before this I was using Nokia 6600 which has this feature. One more thing you can not play song or recording or movie while calling (But in 6600 u you can).

If there is any solution to these problems please let me know, thank you.

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Reviewer: Darav - Qamishlo, Venezuela
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

I purchased Nokia 6233 two days ago, I still need a time to say whether it's good or not, but regarding design, it's really very wonderful phone.

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Reviewer: Kami - Pakistan
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

Everything is great in this phone. Just one prob that it's taking time to recharge. Almost 3 hours both by switching the phone on & off. Can anyone have solution for this? Nd also charging expires quickly. At the most after 2 days & that also if v don't use it much otherwise just one day.

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Reviewer: K - UK
Date: 22nd Apr 2007

The phone is great when it works. It looks good & is easy to use with enough features that are easy to access.

But. Mine has been temperamental after about 3 months of owning it, randomly going back to factory settings, which ultimately leads to it resetting itself & shutting down for good. The phone has been 'fixed' by O2, only to develop exactly the same fault 3 weeks later.

If I was able to change to a different handset I would because I don't like paying for something that isn't fit for purpose.

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Reviewer: Jan - UK
Date: 18th Apr 2007

Is there anyway to change how texts appear in your inbox? I hate how it shows the first line of a text before you've even opened it. Apart from that I like the phone.

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Reviewer: Jon Body - Coventry, UK
Date: 18th Apr 2007

Well I just got this phone on an impulse buy at Phones 4 you on Three.

Coming from both a Sony Ericsson W810i on Orange I am strangely impressed how easy this phone is to use. A lovely feature about this phone is that you don't have to press the buttons hard. The sound from the speakers is amazing.

I notice people saying the charger socket seems loose, you have to push it in quite hard.

Thanks.

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Reviewer: Hen - Wales, UK
Date: 18th Apr 2007

High-resolution as I don't need to but I have tried them & it's just cool. The radio is not bad at all.

I personally have been waiting for such phone for quite a while-simple, easy to use & with just enough features to do you good, would recommend the phone 100% to anyone.

Hope that was helpful, cheers guys.

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Reviewer: Slicer - Afghanistan
Date: 16th Apr 2007

Very excellent. Top class no problems. I take it to India & it is very perfect, very excellent. Thank you.

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Reviewer: Iori - Philippines
Date: 16th Apr 2007

It doesn't have a real one media player I can't use it on live channel video streaming here in Philippines the networks here supports real one media player what a poor network we got here.

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Reviewer: Laurence - Philippines
Date: 13th Apr 2007

I had this phone for 6 months now & haven't experienced yet nor single complaint that I've read. One of the best phones I've owned. Only One thing that I don't like about 6233, when you change theme, the profiles reset.

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Reviewer: Khalid Saif Ullah - Multan, Pakistan
Date: 13th Apr 2007

I purchased a Nokia 6233 mobile from UK to use in Pakistan. But it is not working here. A massage ' Enter Restriction Code' is appearing & this mobile is useless for me. Please advice me what should I do remove this problem.

Thanks & Regards, Khalid Saif Ullah

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Reviewer: Notanokiafan - UK
Date: 12th Apr 2007

OK, so I never wanted this phone, I am a Sony Ericsson fan. But I was pleasantly surprised, I am on 3 with their £15 a month thing. I've had this phone about 26 hours.

On the 1st look, I was simply horrified, the design is about 10 years out of date. When I started to use it, I realised how much of a dream it was. Once I gotten over the new texting system (coming from a Sony Ericsson), I fell in love. You barely have to touch the keypad, swapping from this phone to my old one made me so grateful for the amazing keypad. It's not amazing looking but it's an amazing phone. The sound quality is incredible, I Bluetoothed ringtones from my old phone to this one, & ringtones designed for the old one sounded simply amazing coming from this one. The screen is bright & I like the text small, it means less scrolling! About the scrolling, the thing that did annoy me slightly was that you cannot easily tell when you've scrolled from the top to the bottom (scrolling up) there is no bottom to the lists. That confused me slightly. Also when you type a message if you press the Red Phone button, it immediately saves the message & returns you to the wallpaper. ARGH. I've done that a few times. In general the usability is quite good, for what I do, which is mainly text & take a few photos. The zoom is really good but the camera would definitely a lens cover!

It's also kind of heavy! Anyone else notice that?

Suggestions:

1. A LENS COVER!
2. A better designed (visually) keypad

Overall 7/10, it's a good phone, I'd definitely recommend it!

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Reviewer: Judith - Nigeria
Date: 12th Apr 2007

I started noticing some minor faults after about three days. I took it back to the dealer but he refused taking it back. Now just two months after, I can't it use anymore cos it switched off & has refused to come on again. I regret buying it, I was deceived by it beautiful & classy design. I don't recommend the phone to anybody!

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Reviewer: Sumans - Nepal
Date: 7th Apr 2007

I've recently bought this phone. The handset didn't look very attractive on image, but once I had my hands on the real one, it was so attractive & feel good stylish. Especially the keypad is very smooth & very great for typing. The screen is crystal clear & very much fascinating. The only let down I'd say is that it comes with only 6MB internal memory & the camera has no cover. But overall, it is a fantastic handset from Nokia indeed!

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Reviewer: Michelle Turner - Dundee, UK
Date: 7th Apr 2007

I think the Nokia 6233 is magic & every day I find something new on it for example I have just sussed out how to take a photo & I never new the phone had Bluetooth until my girlfriend told me. It is just full of surprises.

The only complaint I have to make is that I would have liked to see the phone in a better colour such as pink.

The screen is massive & the zoom on the camera is ace.

Two things I would have liked to see changed are

1. The colour.
2. More memory on the phone to start with.

Nokia has made some great phones but this would have to be one of the best.

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Reviewer: JJ - Burundi
Date: 4th Apr 2007

This is a very sleek & stylish phone with a nice solid feel to it.

Best points first, 10/10 for all of the below:
1. Good design & keypad. The joystick is great
2. Fast access to all menus & applications
3. Able to access without sim inserted
4. Keypad code lock to keep out nosy people
5. Superb stereo surround sound. Very loud!
6. Great games & ringtones included
7. Crystal clear screen
8. Stylish design & solid feel
9. Features

Now the bad points
1. 4/10 for phone memory of 6MB is a joke for a business phone
2. 6/10 for memory card of 64MB should be bigger
3. 4/10 for calling it a business phone but not supplying a USB cable
4. 5/10 for not including a flash for the camera
5. 6/10 for not including a cover for camera lens
6. 5/10 for not having USB2 on a business phone

Impossible to copy from memory card to phone & back again to another card. Overall a very good phone let down by silly cutbacks from Nokia.

Hope the replacement model will address all these issues. IF you WANT A PHONE THAT ROCKS GET the 6233!

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Reviewer: Ussy - Manchester, UK
Date: 4th Apr 2007

Its a really nice phone.

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Reviewer: Chris Thompson - Blackpool, UK
Date: 1st Apr 2007

Great looking phone but had problems from day 1 with it. Had the phone for about 6 months. First of all I couldn't send picture messages on it, I had to send it back to T-mobile, they took bout 3 weeks to fix it, now I am having trouble making & receiving calls & sending texts! The phone is very temperamental, it either works or it doesn't, it is getting very annoying. Time to look for another phone I think.

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Reviewer: Gwawr - Carmarthen - Wales, UK
Date: 29th Mar 2007

I do like this phone a lot, for its many reasons. I would recommend buying it. There are a few issues with it such as the camera/video point being at the back so that video calling can be awkward. But other than that there are no problems with it. I have never had mine cut off in any way at all, I keep it charged & can charge it in the car too as it is compatible with an in-car charger.

As for the backlight that lights up every few seconds that can be turned off. This is done by:

>>Menu > Settings > Display, & by turning the 'power saver' & the 'sleep mode' which allegedly saves battery, off.

The phone has quite a lot of memory. I have over 250 messages about 20 photos & 4 lengthy videos on my phone & I haven't used half the memory.

Its navigation panel at the side of the screen, similar to many other phones, is easy to use & a lot faster for the person in a hurry! I haven't had a single problem with the Bluetooth function & have found other devices easily, & transferred/received files easily.

The phone does take some getting used to but it's the best phone I have had. & I have had quite a few of them. Compared to my last phone (the Motorola PEBL) its amazing & I definitely recommend it.

9/10

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Reviewer: Peanut Man - Rotherham, UK
Date: 27th Mar 2007

Not impressed will go back to my Nokia 3310.

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Reviewer: Andy - Feltham, UK
Date: 26th Mar 2007

I buy a phone to use it as a phone, not a camera or an MP3 player!

Battery life is very poor, I've even had to buy another battery & keep it charged up. The message alert tone volume is pathetic, you can hardly hear it even on the top setting.

I think when my recent contract expires I will not get another Nokia!

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Reviewer: Danielle Dinnes - UK
Date: 26th Mar 2007

I love this phone & it is very easy to understand. It has everything you need & comes with the bonus of a memory card.

My friends are very jealous of me having this phone & I don't have a bad thing to say about it. It also has a good Bluetooth link.

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Reviewer: Spence - Stanwell, UK
Date: 22nd Mar 2007

I am on a T-mobile tariff & during the day all I keep getting is error in connection. I am now on my second hand set in two weeks with the same results. Basically I have a glorified camera as I can't make any calls during the day or send text or receive text during this time. What I will say is T-mobile have tried to rectify this problem & I am still waiting for a mobile I can use. Bearing in mind I need this phone because of my voluntary work. The %5 I have awarded this phone is due to the camera & the applications on it.

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Reviewer: Gemma - Stafford, UK
Date: 22nd Mar 2007

I got this phone originally on the 14th of December. It's with Orange & unfortunately is.

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Reviewer: Mike Lewis - UK
Date: 20th Mar 2007

Is it just me? Or are there some silly contributors on this site? As another reviewer asked: How can you give this phone scores, especially for 'Usability', when you don't even own the damn thing? Hellooo?

For the record: I've had this phone now for around 2 months. Yes, it is a stylish & beautiful piece of kit. I am not concerned about the positioning of the camera as I don't do the video-call stuff. BUT, the ability to see the characters on the keypad in normal light would have been a bonus. The annoying backlight / battery issue has been well documented above. Most importantly for a forty-something like myself is the fact that the font size - even set a LARGE - is way too small. Actually, when you dial a number, the font is HUGE! So what's with the miniscule font for texting & phone book guys?

Another issue I have is with the Bluetooth connection in the car. This phone regularly disconnects & reconnects. It isn't just me because my colleague has the same problem.

This isn't a BAD phone, & I repeat that it is a pretty nice looking phone. It's just that it loses out on the little issue of 'practicability' & for many of us that is a tad important!

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Reviewer: Elly - UK
Date: 19th Mar 2007

Good & bad.

Phone is gorgeous, love the design & I love the navigation, it's easy to use & is a direct upgrade from my previous phone (I.e. Same basics, but better).

Anyone with problems sending picture messages: take off delivery reports on your picture messages, I only found out from a similar website to this after going through several replacements.

Battery life is terrible & I face a worse problem now: it won't charge. Every now & again the phone simply will not charge. The plug feels loose in the phone socket.

When it works, it's great, but when it doesn't its unbearable! All style & no substance.

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Reviewer: Mike - London, UK
Date: 19th Mar 2007

I have this phone with Orange & have suffered from problems since the very first day. I am now onto my 5th version of the phone & would not recommend it to anyone. Avoid this phone at all costs to avoid the frustration of dealing with Orange on a regular basis & being fobbed off with pathetic excuses.

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Reviewer: Nina - Peterborough, UK
Date: 19th Mar 2007

I've had this phone for a year now & I have noticed that when reading text messages the backlight goes out.

Plus has anyone had any problems with connecting to Motorola Bluetooth hs 801 as I have managed to pair it up but when trying to make/receive a call from tins headset it doesn't work. Is it the phone at fault or the headset? !

Please help.

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Reviewer: Sam - UK
Date: 18th Mar 2007

Great phone everything works really well except 1 thing, when I am listening to music sometimes the phone just beeps & goes back to the menu screen & cuts the music off but I believe that its just down to 1 faulty function otherwise this is a great phone the loudness & sound quality of the MP3 player is amazing & yes the memory was a little disappointing but I got a 1.0gig memory card so its the best phone I have'e ever had id definitely recommend it.

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Reviewer: Paul Harrison - UK
Date: 18th Mar 2007

Simple phone to use as with all nokias, previous was V3 total rubbish got changed 4 times Bluetooth problems. This is fully compatible to my cars Bluetooth system. Don't bother with music I have an ipod, don't bother with video or camera, cos I've got a camera, I go out for a drink, to drink not to take stupid photos, so this phone is ideal. OK so the battery is not long life, so do you know what I do, charge it up more often, easy init! Ideal for no nonsense men.

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Reviewer: Mohideen - Singapore
Date: 16th Mar 2007

Which is better, the Nokia 6233 or Nokia 5300?

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Reviewer: Dionne - Singapore
Date: 16th Mar 2007

Just to let everyone know, I am currently using the same handphone too but it's the Nokia 6233 music edition. I myself have not used the original Nokia 6233, so I am not really sure how different it is from the music edition.

However, I know that the inbox sales package of the music edition is better because it contains the same items of the original phone plus a compatible music stand, white pouch & data cable. Oh, & the microSD card given has a much bigger memory of 512 MB.

I do not have any problems with the phone after using it for about 3 mths already except that Nokia PC suite is not working for me. I feel it's most probably the computer's fault but if anyone has had the same problem maybe you would want to post it on your review?

The Nokia 6233 music edition is actually quite impressive:

1) The camera is quite sharp (2.0 megapixels)

2) The games are really entertaining (flying finger, sudoku, rally 3D, soccer 3D)

3) Its white in colour so it really stands out compared to other phones (only for music edition)

4) The memory expansion is quite big (512MB microSD memory card)

The only negative thing about the phone is that it does not have a front camera for video calling.

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Reviewer: Mohsin - Mumbai India, India
Date: 12th Mar 2007

Is it a good phone but not a smart phone design is very good but some thing is that when you power off your phone the setting is going down but the phone is to much I used 6220 6600 3230 3250, but I love 6230 is it a good phone.

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Reviewer: King - UK
Date: 11th Mar 2007

Great phone really loud very similar to 6230i but upgraded features make this phone a killer, also good reasonable price you gota love it baby!

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Reviewer: Mark J - Swansea, UK
Date: 10th Mar 2007

Nice design & plenty of useful features. Took a bit of setting up with Orange, once working all is well. Main drawback is the lack of internal memory, quickly fills up space when lots of SMS's are received.

Loudspeaker is great, can use it when driving.

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Reviewer: Bev - Belfast, UK
Date: 9th Mar 2007

I have always been a big Nokia fan until now!

I bought the Nokia 6233 six months ago & regret it! There has been nothing but hassle with the phone. After getting over the initial shock of someone creating a 3G phone with the camera on the back (whose bright idea was that? try having a video call & you will see what I mean) there has been an unbelievable amount of faults with the phone.

Firstly, whenever I switch the phone off I lose all my settings I.e. Ringtones, screensavers, wallpapers etc.

Secondly, my phone has now started hanging up & switching off in the middle of conversations despite having a fully charged battery.

Lastly, if you put your hand or finger anywhere near the Arial at the back you lose the call & get a dead tone.

After reading many other users reviews I can't say that I have been unfortunately if you are buying one!

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Reviewer: Oly - UK
Date: 9th Mar 2007

I paid that little bit extra money just so that I had a Nokia at the end, well worth the money. Its got everything I need in a phone, maybe a larger memory could be provided but lack of built in memory is the only problem, but obviously it is expandable.

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Reviewer: Gordon - Woodford, UK
Date: 7th Mar 2007

I think it's all been said. Great looking phone with great features apart from the fact they don't work. This phone needs a serious firmware upgrade before it becomes halfway decent.

Don't even think about it if you want to charge it in your car because the POP port (the bit at the bottom which connects to the car cradle) doesn't support in-car chargers even though Nokia say it does.

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Reviewer: Ankit - Bangalore, India
Date: 7th Mar 2007

Wonder from where these chaps purchase the cell phones. I purchased from the Nokia priority shop. Absolutely no problems. Perfect phone. A real value for money. Strong buy recommendation.

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Reviewer: Mick G - UK
Date: 4th Mar 2007

Excellent phone for what a phone was made for which is making & receiving calls plus it's the loudest ringtone on a phone I have ever used.

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Reviewer: Hugh Bermingham - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Date: 28th Feb 2007

I like this phone except for one problem. I first got this model in November 2006 & had an immediate problem with the phone switching off & being unable to start it. The local dealer replaced the phone with the same model, but unfortunately have similar problems - possible design fault?

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Reviewer: Greg - Derby, UK
Date: 28th Feb 2007

Had my 6233 for a few months now & overall it has been a good phone, looks good, easy to use & feels quality, below are just a few major points:

>> Has a nice little 3D sound & is good quality, especially for that 'motorway' ringtone, sounds class.

>> Camera is quite good quality with 2 megapixels but no flash is a little annoying & as we all know. Is there really much point of 'night mode'.

>> Easy to use menus & has good storage capacity so long as you don't take many pictures or download new games & music.

>> Battery is satisfactory, but the annoying backlighting is what drains it the most, even more annoying is the inability to adjust the backlight!

Overall a good phone, say 8/10, but the most annoying thing about it?

The back of the phone which you slide to get the battery out, sadly it slides all too easily & due to risk of me actually losing it because it's so loose I have had to tape it on, which is hardly what you expect from a 3 month old phone! Am I the only person with that niggly problem?

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Reviewer: Mo - UK
Date: 26th Feb 2007

I've had this phone for a couple of months & it's the worst Nokia phone I've had. It took 2 weeks & lots of hassle with Orange to get the Sim activated, & the battery life is useless, even just using phone & text it's 1 - 2 days max. Back light comes on all the time & runs the battery down, & after hours of calls to Orange, & backed up by lots of other reviews on this site, they have finally agreed to swap it for a different phone. Won't be a minute too soon!

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Reviewer: Tony - UK
Date: 24th Feb 2007

When I switch my phone off I lose all my settings, ringtone screensaver wallpaper can anyone help?

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Reviewer: Andrew Nicholas - London, UK
Date: 23rd Feb 2007

If you use this for Email, forget it! 4 hours talking to helpful technical staff & 1 trip to an O2 store didn't help. With no hair left & a very bad attitude I was finally rewarded with a choice of a new phone. Stayed in all day, got the phone & email still didn't work. More fault diagnostics on the phone, more help on the technical help number but still no email. Finally got them to send me a new phone of my choice. Wish me luck. I asked for the N73 for wife & I. The reviews are very mixed. What is the simplest phone from Nokia that offers phone calls, text, Internet & email? I do not want to run a TV channel or launch a spaceship. I just want a reliable, modern phone. HELP

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Reviewer: Kev - Chesterfield, UK
Date: 23rd Feb 2007

This is the worst phone I have had to date. No matter how much time out you set it at, it still goes out after 9 seconds, very annoying to say the least when trying to read text. Clock display too small, fonts too small. Rubbish p. Memory, nasty phone.

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Reviewer: Lingo - Birmingham, UK
Date: 21st Feb 2007

I THINK IT'S the BEST phone MADE BY Nokia FOR BUSINESS USE OR JUST FOR a CHILL. LOUD MUSIC & ALL the WORKS. YO PEEPS OUT THERE YOU GOTTA GET THIS DADDY phone I LOVE IT BEEN AFTER IT FOR ABT 6 MONTHS WELL JUST GOT IT ABT 2 WEEKS AGO.

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Reviewer: Aamir Khan - Stockton-on-tees, UK
Date: 20th Feb 2007

I've had this phone for a couple of weeks now, & it is a great 3G phone. I haven't had much trouble with the battery, as I think it is reasonably good, the user interface is easy to use & the music player is a great addition. The 2 mega-pixel camera is good, but more effects would have been good. The stainless steel frame is a nice finish to the design. However, a real player application would have done well, & I think the phone should support S60. But, many people, including me, are having difficulties with the email application & hopefully future firmware will fix this problem.

Overall, it is a great phone & I would recommend it.

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Reviewer: Yasar - UK
Date: 15th Feb 2007

Nice phone with a very loud speaker but does not allow you to forward or rewind videos which is a major set back. Not a symbian phone. Nice screen display LCD & is also java compatible.

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Reviewer: Peter - York, UK
Date: 14th Feb 2007

I've had this phone for months but it's caused me nothing but trouble.

Most times I power the thing up, I can't use it - either the phone is restricted or it fails to recognise my SIM. Spending minutes turning the thing on & off really should not be necessary with or without a software upgrade.

Almost as annoyingly, the whole interface is poorly designed. For example, pressing one button might scroll through a list of options, only for the function of that button to change arbitrarily on one option & take you into a new menu. Hard to explain, but the upside is if you don't buy one of these you won't have to find out what I mean.

Perhaps most irritatingly of all, since I bought the thing, my message centre number has vanished twice (save it!), answer phone number once, & contacts have disappeared from either 'recently used' lists, or more worryingly from the main list. & yes, I do lock my phone in my pocket.

On top of these problems, the phone crashes more often than it should, & the battery life is really unsatisfactory.

Screw the camera & the pretty screen, how Nokia can release a phone with so many obvious & irritating flaws is beyond me. I used to like Nokia phones, but will definitely from them again.

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Reviewer: Yao - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date: 12th Feb 2007

The battery is terrible. It only last 2 days with minimum usage. the battery been replaced once but still the same. Built in memory on 6MB which is not practical against its rival. Useless 3G connectivity without the secondary camera for video calling. All in all this phone is a great failure unfortunately.

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Reviewer: Joe - UK
Date: 11th Feb 2007

I love this mobile! It's awesome, anyone who has this can you tell me how to change how long it takes for the backlight to go out please, cos I am like playing a game then I am waiting for something & it goes off, someone tell me how to change it please! This phone is a brilliant buy, I recommend it 100% it's the best phone I've had! & believe me I've had a lot of phones!

Joe

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Reviewer: Muhammad Hamza - Pakistan
Date: 10th Feb 2007

This review is very important for anyone who is planning to buy Nokia 6233 phone because I have myself used it & analysed it thoroughly. Nokia 6233 is basically a business phone, though it is publicized as Fun Phone also but it is really not. The main feature that's tempts anyone to buy 6233 is its appearance which is truly adorable. But wait! What's you'll do with appearance if there are so many problems inside it. Yes Nokia 6233 has many draw backs that's are really astonishing but still they are there. I discuss them one by one.

1. The utmost problem is the back light which goes off every few seconds & you cannot, I repeat you CANNOT change backlight settings.

2. The ringtone is by definitely after two or three bells. This setting is also cannot be changed.

3. Another very prominent problem is the INTERNAL MEMORY which is only 6MB, though it is said to be 6MB but available is only 4MB. This means you cannot receive any file bigger than 4MB via Bluetooth or infra-red because this mobile does not support directly saving to memory card, which is still another big drawback.

4. The package is really bad, no data cable included.

5. The memory card included is very small I.e. 64MB thus you must buy a card of greater storage 'separately' if you want to store your songs & videos in it.

6. Though this mobile supports up to 2GB of memory card but even if you put a 1GB card in it, the phone becomes really slow.

7. This mobile supports very old USB standard I.e. 1.1 thus rendering it really very slow.

8. Though the camera is said to be 2Mega Pixel but still it is not up to the mark, also the camera is very sensitive to slight movement of the hands thus pictures taken are often blurry.

9. Applying themes often give low memory error.

10. Camera has neither light or flash light nor does it have any auto focus.

11. This mobile cannot install Java application bigger than 2MB thus this is another big limitation. I have a very good dictionary called 'Viren's Dictionary' whose size it about 6MB & I was not able to install in my Nokia 6233 because of this limitation.

12. The final problem is that 90% of the 6233 models bought through any package given by telecom companies, have shown hang problems. That is why this set is not recommended buy mobile review websites.

Still confused? You really don't have to be. After having used Nokia 6233 phone I have now bought Sony Ericsson w810i. Which has the same price as 6233 but has no drawbacks mentioned above. I am really satisfied by its performance & features. This set is really cool. The package is great I.e. a USB 2.0 data cable & a memory card of 512MB is included. They weight is lighter & sound quality is much much superior than Nokia 6233.

Regards Hamza

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Reviewer: Adrianr - Romania
Date: 8th Feb 2007

Pretty low rating on usability; & that is just because of the nagging issues with the backlight, contacts sorting & battery life. Excellent intuitive & speedy navigation between functions. Upgrade to the latest firmware if you can.

On the other hand:

Possibly best design for a mobile phone I have ever seen. If I were a Nokia manager & had this proposal for a design I would have not compromised it by releasing the phone with so many software faults! Big mistake! Looks count gentlemen! But so does the functionality. A Porsche is beautiful on the road & not in the garage.

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Reviewer: Dadar - UK
Date: 3rd Feb 2007

I find this phone a little hard to use, with a few odd issues here & there.

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Reviewer: Nek - UK
Date: 3rd Feb 2007

The 6233 is great, not had any problems this end. Off to buy the new Just Jack album now, life is good :)

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Reviewer: Samiran Karmakar - Mumbai, India
Date: 3rd Feb 2007

Great phone! But while applying for a theme its showing not 'enough memory'. Can anyone tell why it is showing this & what the solution is as such?

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Reviewer: Ankit - Bangalore, India
Date: 3rd Feb 2007

I have purchased the cell very recently but it has been a joy ride so far. I had read some negative reviews & so was a little nervous if it would have a similar problem. But, I am impressed. No problem of battery discharging too soon. So blinking screens after every 2-3- min. Overall - a very easy phone to use, especially if you are already using a Nokia phone (like me - I had 6020 before this).

Overall - very impressive. Display is the best part. Camera is decent. Sound is good. Features & excellent. Design could have been a little mod. But overall a strong recommendation to buy the phone.

Ankit

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Reviewer: Boo - Bucuresti, Romania
Date: 29th Jan 2007

If you think that this phone is the loudest phone you ever had I think this is your first phone. >:)

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Reviewer: Kedar - Mumbai, India
Date: 29th Jan 2007

I purchased this phone hesitantly, but I was quite impressed with the features & its usability. I had initially Sony Ericsson K750i in mind but the looks & the screen size of this phone are far better than that of the K750i. Although camera quality is not as great as that of Sony Ericsson & there is no flash for the camera, but I guess you have to sacrifice some things. The sound quality of 6233 is as good as 750i. A very good phone. Highly recommended.

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Reviewer: Crak - UK
Date: 27th Jan 2007

Its d loudest phone I have ever had.

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Reviewer: Chris H - Ireland
Date: 26th Jan 2007

At first glance this phone seems pretty robust. Then you take off the back cover for battery / SIM access & realise that it's so flimsy it's certainly not built to last as long as some of the previous Nokia 'business phones'. Now going to return it to O2 & see if Sony Ericsson is doing a better job.

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Reviewer: Hammurapi - Baku, Azerbaijan
Date: 24th Jan 2007

Wonderful mobi. Its very nice to see the 6233.

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Reviewer: David Jones - Sheffiled, UK
Date: 23rd Jan 2007

I am amazed at all the faults people are having! I must have just been very very lucky, as I've experienced no real faults at all in the three weeks I've had the phone, apart from it crashing on me just once when I was copying lots & lots of files form the phone to the memory card, which seems understandable. Since then, nothing. I've got this phone after having a Nokia 6230i, which crashed almost every time I ended a text message with '. ' Which was very annoying.

The features on the phone are fantastic. I couldn't think of any additional software this needs at all. It's all there for me.

The only 2 'big' negative things I have to say about this phone are firstly, & mainly, why is there no flash on the camera? It could easily have been installed in place of the little portrait mirror, which I have never used. The lack of a flash means that indoor shots often turn out to be grainy & blurred, whereas outdoor shots are quite reasonable, considering this is only a mobile phone. (If you want really decent shots, buy a digital camera, not a phone! :-P )

Secondly, this is a 3G phone but has no front camera. Why? It seems to be a strange omission to me. If you where to make a video call, you'd have to do it in a mirror to see each other at the same time.

Some very minor niggles I have about the phone are firstly with the profiles. Even if you set the profile to 'outdoor', while the ringing tone is nice & loud, the text message alert tone can barley be heard, no matter what tone you set it to & what volume you have it on. Also, when writing an MMS, it tells you how many characters you have remaining for the entire page, as apposed to per section, meaning you can't work out exactly how much you have left before spilling into a new section & paying more to send the text. Though as I say, this are minor things.

All in all though, I think this is a fantastic phone, & am very pleased with my purchase!

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Reviewer: N6233 - Slovakia
Date: 22nd Jan 2007

This is simply the best phone, I've ever seen. Its design, features & usability is really good. The display belongs to the elite of the phones.

Really, I recommend you this. The BEST BUY!

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Reviewer: Emma - London, UK
Date: 21st Jan 2007

The phone looks great & has a really nice 'soft touch' keypad but I have had similar problems to others that have reviewed the phone.

I am on my second phone & second sim card because the first of each (which were replaced separately) kept on causing the phone to say 'sim registration failed' or 'phone not registered' with a request for a code (Orange do not know the code).

With the first sim & two phones this problem was persistent, since new sim (in second phone) they have been intermittent & I can't face the hell of organising a replacement to see if it can ever go away completely (although the phone does seem to do a good job at screwing up at a critical time, for example when I am about to go abroad & need it to arrange to meet people in a far flung city that I am not familiar with).

I am not sure whether Orange software is making the problem worse, however when I had my sim in the second phone but hadn't received the sim updates to load Orange's software it worked fine, once the sim updates had arrived it became intermittent & I now avoid turning the phone off as this inevitably kicks the problem back in resulting in endless rebooting & taking out & putting back in of battery & sim card until it works again.

The backlight draining the battery by endlessly coming on - the phone is generally in my handbag & as things knock about in there pressing the keypad (which I always have locked) it makes the backlight come, once the keys have been pressed the backlight comes on 2-3 times even when screensaver is off. This is a real pain & means that sometimes the battery life on standby might make three days but other times one day & it is almost empty.

Other than this the phone is really easy to use but I have scored it low on usability because I have had so many problems getting it to stay in working order.

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Reviewer: Tony - Hong Kong
Date: 21st Jan 2007

I upgraded from a Nokia 6230, so the 6233 is a natural choice, as it's pretty much an upgrade version of 6230.

Good points:
- Good MP3 player sound quality.
- Buttons easy to press (but the 6230 Menu btn is better).

Bad points:
- A bit heavy & long.
- Only 5 or 6 MB internal memory, way too small!
- Camera not as good as I thought it would be (2MPixels), but not bad either.
- Sound not loud enough (both talking & MP3 loudspeaker).
- Voice recorder quality not as good/sensitive as 6230's.

Still a good phone to own & use.

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Reviewer: David - Sydney, Australia
Date: 20th Jan 2007

I work for a marketing company in Sydney. Recently my boss got 35 Nokia 6233s. Everyone loves them we have been using them for just a bit over a month. We upgraded from Motorola v3. This Nokia is a real perfectionist's phone. Everything is great about it. & most importantly the boss is happy.

Highly recommend for business or personal use. It is really so versatile, Dave.

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Reviewer: Tc - Hong Kong
Date: 20th Jan 2007

I just got the 6233, & basically am happy with it. However, the numbers/letters on the keypad are quite difficult to read on the silver phone.

NEED HELP - I loaded the CD-rom provided, & bought a Nokia USB cable, but I couldn't backup contacts (phone no.) from the 6233 to my PC. Can someone help? Thanks very much. TC

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Reviewer: Mike Curran - Swansea, UK
Date: 17th Jan 2007

It's quite a nice-looking phone, & quite robust, except that the battery retaining cover comes off sometime, the fonts when on 'Large' are still too small when reading incoming calls, & the volume for a 'business phone' is too low! But the really bad thing about it is the compatibility with your PC! I've got Windows xp, a 'genuine Nokia CA-53 connection cable, & a 6233 phone. It's an absolute nightmare! Why can't a multi million pound company like Nokia get it right? the mind boggles. Give it a miss if you're a businessman!

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Reviewer: Alex - Coventry, UK
Date: 16th Jan 2007

What a Phone! Very handy & easy to use. I recommend it to all Nokia fans. It has the best features ever!

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Reviewer: Zak - Preston, UK
Date: 15th Jan 2007

Just had upgrade for 1 week now & already the speaker sound is muffled & also it froze couple of times. Luckily I am still in my 7 days return policy with T-Mobile. There isn't any decent Nokia phones on T-Mobile range so I guess ill have to go to Sony Ericsson or Samsung.

Sad though that's Nokia hasn't fixed it software problem.

AVOID 6233 AT ALL COSTS

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Reviewer: Chris - Manchester, UK
Date: 15th Jan 2007

I am just considering this phone to replace my Nokia 6600 which is a bit big & has been through the wars a bit. Reading the other reviews, it sounds like some users are not taking the time to work out how to change the different setting on their phones before complaining. Learn how sit down & play around with your phones &, if necessary, read the manual.

I have put 50% in the Usability because I haven't tried it yet so let's see if my rant is on the money.

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Reviewer: Anom - Windsor, UK
Date: 8th Jan 2007

Great mobile.

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Reviewer: Asri Malik - Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date: 8th Jan 2007

N6233 was an excellent smart phone, better than the Hp6365.

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Reviewer: John B - Wokingham, UK
Date: 5th Jan 2007

I use it for work, it sync's well with my Outlook Diary & Contacts, however limited to 500 contacts only, Big Mistake! Not overjoyed with the camera feature either but the wretched thing has the worst battery life of all the many Nokia phones I have had in the past. My wife won't be shifted away from her old 6310i, & why should she?

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Reviewer: Maya - UK
Date: 5th Jan 2007

Bad phone

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Reviewer: Monkey - Donaldston, Australia
Date: 4th Jan 2007

Not sure what to make of all these reviews, some users seem to be on here saying it's the best phone ever. Is it really? Most people are saying it's a pile of rubbish, so I'll go with the genuine ones & cancel my order from O2 ASAP!

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Reviewer: Lisa Smith - Nottingham, UK
Date: 30th Dec 2006

OK where shall I start? Good points I think! Design is very good, sound is great, very easy to use with so many good features!

Bad things are as follows: Pictures taken always seem to have blue lines through them no matter what settings I have camera on, wouldn't say the memory size is brilliant, freezes quite a lot.

And now for the best bit - NOT!
After buying this phone on the 5th Dec I found myself ringing Orange to find out why my phone kept saying ' Phone Restricted, enter restriction code' Orange informed me there was a fault on my phone & to take it back for a replacement, so on the 27th of Dec I did just this, was given a new phone & all seemed well until today 30th Dec when my new phone did the same, & guess what? It to has a fault. So another journey to get a replacement!

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Reviewer: Bilbo - Anguilla
Date: 28th Dec 2006

Rubbish phone, don't buy it.

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Reviewer: Jacquline - Kent, UK
Date: 25th Dec 2006

My mobile arrived today as a Christmas present & so far I am quite pleased with it. There is plenty of what I need on it & I have turned it off of sleep mode which has been advised overall I feel the mobile is very good & I am satisfied.

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Reviewer: Jocool - Notts, UK
Date: 22nd Dec 2006

This phone seems OK to me so far. Just alter the settings to change the display light. Also a number of you have moaned about video calling not working, maybe you should buy a handset with video calling as a feature! This phone is 3G but not video calling. Anyway great value for money.

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Reviewer: Branden - Durban, South Africa
Date: 22nd Dec 2006

Nice phone but major problem with the limits of the number of contacts!

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Reviewer: Luke - Wolverhampton, UK
Date: 20th Dec 2006

The best mobile I have had.

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Reviewer: Rick Allan - Macclesfield, UK
Date: 19th Dec 2006

Generally a good business phone, but with one horrendous problem. The backlight turns off too quickly, often in the middle of whatever you are doing & worst of all, there is no backlight when in the car cradle which is quite frankly dangerous. The light only remains on for a few seconds & will go out even during dialing, also, for no good reason, the phone lights up to tell me it is 'charging', 'fully charged' etc.

This is a major distraction when driving & could well be contributory to an accident. I will have no hesitation in throwing it away & getting a Sony Ericsson K800i.

I have been loyal to Nokia for over 8 years but this has been a bad experience & put me off for the foreseeable future. Rant Over!

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Reviewer: Euan Wilkie - Selkirk, Scotland, UK
Date: 16th Dec 2006

Good phone. To stop the backlight coming on every three minutes go to settings, display then turn sleep mode off. Worked for me.

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Reviewer: Nick Smith - Buxton, UK
Date: 15th Dec 2006

I have had the same prob as many others. Backlight keeps coming back on every two minutes. On 2nd handset now! Switched sleep mode to off & that seemed to cure it. Have to say Orange are rubbish & Nokia aren't much better. They just fob you off!

Let's go back to carrier pigeons!

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Reviewer: Rahul - Chandigarh, India
Date: 15th Dec 2006

Just going to buy it tomorrow hope it doesn't gets hanged as some of the users complain.

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Reviewer: Robroy - UK
Date: 13th Dec 2006

Nice little phone with all the features one needs, good clear screen, good sound clarity. Like others my phone crashed when sending a picture message, after one replacement & numerous calls to t-mobile it was diagnosed as a software fault, & was resolved by restoring the factory settings which is in the main settings & then having the MMS settings resent to the phone since no probs, if having similar probs try this should work.

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Reviewer: Chance - Australia
Date: 13th Dec 2006

I like this phone, but the keypad backlight isn't that bright, plus, the screen seems a little small for the handset size.

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Reviewer: Diane Turner - Co.antrim, Ireland
Date: 11th Dec 2006

Excellent phone & simple to use apart from 1 fault. The backlight continually comes on then goes off. This is really annoying & runs the battery down. Orange changed the phone 4 times but they were all the same.

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Reviewer: Anom - UK
Date: 9th Dec 2006

The 6233 is one of the best buys around for a phone.

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Reviewer: Debra Millar - UK
Date: 8th Dec 2006

I like the look of the phone but when I send a message & try to save it I goes to draughts, when I go to read the sent message in draughts I can only get the name & number can't read the message. When I try to move a message to tones or anything else in my gallery it is saying memory full.

Not as easy to use as the 6230 any help?

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Reviewer: Muhammad Nauman Khalil - Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Date: 8th Dec 2006

Good Phone

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Reviewer: Diokan - Romania
Date: 7th Dec 2006

Good phone

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Reviewer: Immy - Blackburn, UK
Date: 7th Dec 2006

A really simple to use phone, however I am on my third one, & it's only been 1 week! 1st crashing when sending MMS, & second couldn't save pictures. It's a really simple to use phone, & the speakers are good, however I am still on my 14 day cooling down period so I am gonna send it back. Shame really, it's got all the features but can't handle them!

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Reviewer: Ivan Dorling - Bury St Edmunds, UK
Date: 7th Dec 2006

In answer to David (review dated 21/11) the phone automatically adds a voice tag to every contact that you put in. If you select 'details' on any contact, it will display the number & the name of the contact with a 'talking smiley face'. If you highlight the name & select 'options' then 'Play voice tag' you will hear it.

Hope this helps.

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Reviewer: L + L - UK
Date: 5th Dec 2006

One wicked phone!

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Reviewer: Ivan Dorling - Bury St Edmunds, UK
Date: 7th Dec 2006

Recently upgraded my 6230 to 6233. Nice phone, pity there are faults. Waiting for my third phone in three weeks. Display switches on every few minutes for about 15 seconds causing battery life to be rubbish, charging every 1-2 days. If you set contacts to display surname first, then switch the phone off, when you switch on again it displays 'first name' first, messing up the order of your contacts. My replacement phone now displays the contact with the 'first name' first but alphabetically listed by surname I.e. Name appears as John Smith but it is listed in the S's. However, if you search contact using J, it does not appear in the list of contacts under J & if you search this contact using S, it does not appear in the list of contacts under S. The only way to find it is to scroll through your full list! Phoned Orange again, who insist they send me another replacement (you have to have 3 faulty phones before you can change to a different model?) I expect the third phone will have the same problems. Anyone suggest a reliable phone that is similar to the Nokia 6233?

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Reviewer: Craig - UK
Date: 3rd Dec 2006

I find the 6233 a pleasure to use & looks sleek, two thumbs up Nokia yet again another well designed phone.

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Reviewer: Justin - Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
Date: 1st Dec 2006

Got one of these free from Sure Mobile in Jersey last week, & so far I can say that I have not encountered any of the problems described above with it. I think that it is the best phone I have ever had & I think it's great!

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Reviewer: Freddy - Antarctica
Date: 29th Nov 2006

This is the best phone ever made

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Reviewer: Anom - UK
Date: 29th Nov 2006

Brilliant mobile

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Reviewer: Stevie - UK
Date: 28th Nov 2006

Rubbish! 3 months old & nothing but trouble, covers look like they are 30 years old instead of 3 months, crashes all the time, says sim not registered, O2 were no help at all. Rubbish!

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Reviewer: Nitin Pal - Delhi, India
Date: 28th Nov 2006

Hi, Nokia 6233 Phone Is the Best Model of Nokia you can compare with, any Nokia & other phone models. The Video Quality is VGA which is best one even better then and-Series, & Small in Size, pure Value of Money. This is the Best Phone in Market with Cheep Price.

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Reviewer: Ben Rolph - Hereford, Kyrgyzstan
Date: 27th Nov 2006

Well gooddddddddddddd phone

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Reviewer: Sir Sedricko The 3rd - Northampton, UK
Date: 26th Nov 2006

The PHONE IS GANGSTER I LOVE IT. BEST PHONE Nokia have ever done.

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Reviewer: Howard - UK
Date: 26th Nov 2006

I am now on my 2nd replacement (third 6233) the battery life (standby) is nothing like 340 hours. It is more like 34. Even if the phone is not used & kept at home it keeps switching itself on every 2 minutes for 10 seconds & so needs daily charging.

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Reviewer: Phil - UK
Date: 23rd Nov 2006

What's the point in video calling if it has no camera on the front of it? !? !? . Turns off sometimes when playing music etc. Other than that it makes calls & it receives them & text messages. Its OK, shame about the video calling.

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Reviewer: David - UK
Date: 21st Nov 2006

Please can anyone tell me if you are able to add voice tags to phone numbers in the contacts list to use in the car with Bluetooth? I can't imagine why you would want Bluetooth in the car if voice recognition isn't possible - how on earth can you dial otherwise whilst driving?

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Reviewer: Spadetownboy - UK
Date: 20th Nov 2006

What can I say this phone looks the part & does the biz without too many probs. Easy menus to navigate through with impressive list of features. Set up straight from the box & with a bit of tinkering here & there it was set up to my specs with no major probs. Nice large clear screen. Supurb stereo sound from speakers. Unfortunately an impressive degree.

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Reviewer: Usi - Manchester, UK
Date: 19th Nov 2006

I like this phone, but what I really don't understand about this phone, is that every time I play music on loudspeaker the phone restarts by itself while the music is playing!

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Reviewer: K. Ravikumar - Madurai, India
Date: 15th Nov 2006

It's a very good phone & I really appreciate myself for selecting 6233. But I am facing a problem with it. After logging into GPRS my phone memory vanished & it's showing only 1.5 mb free even after deleting all the data from phone memory. If the problem is solved definitely I'll be keeping this hot music player till its natural death.

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Reviewer: Sudhir - UK
Date: 14th Nov 2006

This phone has many good features & many inconveniences. In the organiser there is facility for notes but you can't save them with a pin for privacy. I had 6230 prior to this & I had kept all valuable information securely with pin code to open it. If you need to store lot of confidential information, don't buy this phone. Secondly display keeps turning off & you have to struggle in the dark. I experienced third inconvenience but can't remember now.

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Reviewer: Joe - UK
Date: 13th Nov 2006

Had this phone for two weeks & the liquid started leaking at the back of the screen (spontaneously, it had not been dropped or roughly handled). I sent it back to 3, only to be told that they want £130 to fix it as the fault is not covered by the warranty. I rue the day I purchased this phone, it is clearly not fit for purpose, I am not paying £130 to fix a manufacturer's fault & I am tied into an 18-month contract. Avoid this handset (& 3 network) like the plague.

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Reviewer: Rashmi - London, UK
Date: 13th Nov 2006

Battery life is very poor. I am on Orange network & realised that whenever there is a network search the display turns on & it is quite frequent (once in 2-3 minutes). It could be the reason for the battery getting discharged so quickly. I have to charge the battery daily even if I am not making or receiving calls. There is some major design fault as it should not turn the display ON, every 2-3 minutes.

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Reviewer: L Swift - Macclesfield, UK
Date: 11th Nov 2006

VERY GOOD PHONE, BIT SAD VIDEO CALL NOT WORKING. BATTERY LIFE RUBBISH AFTER 1 DAY NEEDS CHARGING

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Reviewer: Aravind - Noida, US
Date: 11th Nov 2006

This is the first phone I had even had. It is really impressive & looking smart & decent. I really like this phone because it is very simple & having more features & also having good sound & color resolutions. It' Camera quality is also the greatest quality of this phone. I got fully satisfied with this phone features. I wish to give advice to my colleagues to buy this piece as best as they need.

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Reviewer: Lee Fury - Liverpool, UK
Date: 10th Nov 2006

What does hanging problems mean?

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Reviewer: Bhavin - India
Date: 10th Nov 2006

I am planning to buy this phone tomorrow! Yo! Saturday 11th of Nov. I just read its reviews on this site. I hope it turns out to be the phone of my type & gives me 100% satisfaction. Will definitely review later.

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Reviewer: Carl - Macclesfield, UK
Date: 7th Nov 2006

This phone is a nice weight & in the black silver option looks very slick. It feels sturdy & is a decent size. If everything worked as expected I would give it a great score, however.

The battery life is poor even when not in calls & when only using GSM not dual. It is better than my previous 6280 though! There seems to be something wrong with my MMS & it will not send pictures (few others have had this fault). I will get a replacement & this apparently is a fault with my handset (don't think so, search's on forums indicate a dodgy batch as there are others with same issue). The MOST annoying & bit that I will get rid of the phone because of is the fact that it always rings very quietly for a few seconds for both calls & texts. I keep missing calls & texts & that is just ridiculous. I don't buy Nokia's excuse that it is a safety feature - there is a fault & they can't be bothered fixing it.

Also, where's the golf game! I am addicted to it & it's gone. Why?

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Reviewer: Emma - Nottingham, UK
Date: 6th Nov 2006

Absolutely rubbish. I am trapped into a contract with Orange with a phone that does not work! I am exasperated as to what to do about it. I am currently on phone number 2 & both phones have the same problem which is the inability to receive text messages. This is affecting my personal & working life. Any advice on how I can take this matter forward would be gratefully received.

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Reviewer: Mohammed Khalid Khan - City, India
Date: 6th Nov 2006

Best phone with excellent surround dual speakers at an average cost. Just want to know the output of the N73, is it the same as the 6233 or better?

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Reviewer: Manish Sharma - Jajpur, India
Date: 1st Nov 2006

I just bought this phone. I can say, it is worth to purchase. But I also face some problems of hanging & non-responsive sometimes. It is better to use 512MB memory card in order to use it without hanging prob.

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Reviewer: Craig - Southampton, UK
Date: 29th Oct 2006

The Nokia 6233 is a simple, elegant phone, witch has superb features including stereo speakers & 2 megapixel camera for superb shots & video's. With an expandable memory of up to 2GB you can easily fit 500 songs into the beautifully crafted media player. I still think its rubbish though.

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Reviewer: Vaibhav - Mumbai, India
Date: 27th Oct 2006

Great phone, sleek design, excellent camera & mind blowing sound (best in mobile phone category) what else you will look for in a mobile phone. Excellent battery life too, does hang sometime would have been on my 100% scale if hanging problems & camera with flash would have been included... Nokia keep it up

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Reviewer: Horror - Iasi, Romania
Date: 22nd Oct 2006

This phone is the best...

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Reviewer: BARNIE - PONTYPRIDD, UK
Date: 18th Oct 2006

GREAT PHONE, EASY TO USE. ONLY IF THE DAM THING WORKED. I AM ON MY 3rd ONE SINCE MY UPGRADE 2WEEKS AGO. VIDEO, BATTERY, SIM CARD, FAULTS. NOW SENDING THE 3rd ONE BACK. HAVE BEEN TOLD LESS PROBS WITH THE BLACK PHONE. DONT BOTHER WITH THE WHITE PHONE.

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Reviewer: Trevor - London, UK
Date: 18th Oct 2006

Great phone.

BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crashes when sending picture messages. Screen goes white then comes back on (reboots). On my forth from T Mobile. The sound is second to none. Screen is mega. Nav key is so good, even better than my old Ericsson D750i. Should have had a flip cover for the camera lens. Needs wiping for most pictures but takes good photos even in the dark. Flash would have been nice too. Or even an LED. And if needed, you can make phone calls with it too.

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Reviewer: Pete - Worcester, UK
Date: 16th Oct 2006

Had this phone 2 weeks packed up very annoying since. my old Samsung never let me down apart from received call sound quality will give it the benefit of the doubt & try another set if this fails again will return to Samsung.

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Reviewer: Abhijeet - Pune, India
Date: 11th Oct 2006

Today i brought this phone, it's the best phone I have ever used, completely satisfied.

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Reviewer: ABC - India
Date: 11th Oct 2006

The features of Nokia 6233 are nice but my PHONE DOES NOT SUPPORT ANY MOTOROLA FOR BLUETOOTH DATA TRANSFER... Plz look to it... And if anybody has the solution to fix this problem then let me know...

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Reviewer: Wayne Marsden - Lancashire, UK
Date: 9th Oct 2006

Very good phone & features if I can get the damn thing to work properly. I'm on my second phone in three weeks & my third one is going to be on its way!!!! Every time I turn the phone off, I lose all my settings from the wallpaper, ringtone & message tone. As you can imagine this is infuriating to say the least when every time I return it on I have to re-input all my favourite settings & attempt to save them again, but god only knows why I do this because it never saves them!. O2 have informed me its a software prob, but if the third one does not work then I'm afraid they are going to have to do something better.

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Reviewer: G - Scotland, UK
Date: 8th Oct 2006

...fitted 2G microSD card filled with MP3's. When selecting songs titles from track list, I can only get direct access to the first 256 titles; selecting track 260 gives me track 4!

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Reviewer: Alistair J Forsyth - EARLSTON, UK
Date: 7th Oct 2006

I have problems with sending picture messaging, the screen goes white when trying to send, I am advised by one person at T-Mobile it is a Nokia fault, but someone else says its my handset????

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Reviewer: Debbie - UK
Date: 5th Oct 2006

Being a Nokia novice & having tried it over the last 3 weeks as an upgrade, I do not intend in keeping it, I will be swapping it for my Samsung faithful, after having my e-mail settings put in the Nokia, I cant send any cos the phone says NOT ENOUGH STORAGE SPACE, don't see the point in that, another problem I have is that when reading sms messages the backlight goes off after a few seconds & your left in darkness trying to decipher what the sent message says, after receiving a screensaver via Bluetooth, the phone then told me to delete some messages (I only had 2) to gain back some memory. Not suitable for my needs at all.

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Reviewer: Prateek - Simferopool, Ukraine
Date: 5th Oct 2006

It's ok. Not as good as I thought. I'm now waiting for something new & better than the Nokia 6233

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Reviewer: Andy Sharpe - UK
Date: 5th Oct 2006

Who cares about all the gadgets?

It's a phone for goodness sake. I can make & receive calls, & for that it gets 100% all round. What more do you need from a telephone?

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Reviewer: Saravanan - Pondicherry, India
Date: 4th Oct 2006

Its really amazing phone.

1. Very good music player
2. Picture & video quality superb.
3. Ringing loud while call coming.

Thanks to NOKIA.

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Reviewer: Jenny - UK
Date: 2nd Oct 2006

This is a brilliant phone, which has everything that you need & everything you don't need but comes in handy! Only problem I've found is that there seems to be no way of turning the caller ID on, so when somebody calls me I have no idea who it is! The manuals all mention that it comes with caller ID, so how does it work?! Apart from that, it's ideal.

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Reviewer: Satish - Mumbai, India
Date: 2nd Oct 2006

Within 3 to 4 hours after I have taken 6233, it got hanged & after that it is not starting only. After that I gave it to Nokia care & they are telling me it will take 15 working days to solve the problem. And till now I haven't got any status of my mobile from them. This is very poor response from Nokia. New handset stopped working after 3 to 4 hours problem.

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Reviewer: Ivan Koh Yifan - Singapore
Date: 30th Sep 2006

This is the best Nokia phone which I ever had. I have been a Nokia fan for years. Starting with Nokia 8210, 8250, 3210, 7210, 6610, 7250, 6230, 6230i, 3320, 6670, 6030, 6280 & finally 6233.

I have just bought two 6233 phones (black & silver) for myself & 6280 for my office headphone.

In 2000, I started using Nokia 8210 & 8250. That was the best phone at that time. Was extremely happy over my 8250. 7210 is a crap & 6610 was excellent until my dream phone 6230 arrived. It was the phone that I was most satisfied with at that time. However, the small screen, lousy camera & lousy Loud speakerphone (the other party can't hear me clearly, always intermittent voice call problems using speaker, ended up hanging up before can finish the conversation) of 6230 disappointed me.

I was thinking of switching to the smart phone of 6670 & 3320, & bought both phones together. These two phones were total disasters. It keeps hanging & always prompt" low memory, close application" With 1.3M camera, I am not able to take any picture at all, especially when it always prompt you to close application & the scene I wanted to take "disappear" by the time all the application were closed. The worst thing is if I were to increase the camera resolution. After taking picture, I have to hold the camera in position for 4 seconds, before I can move my camera, otherwise the whole picture will be very blurred.

I can't wait to get rid of both the 3230 & 6670. Moreover, the operating system of 6670 & 3320 using the Symbian software is damn slow. Making a call & switching on the phone is a nightmare, especially after pressing to switch on the phone, I don't even know whether the phone has been switched on, & pressing again when it was switched on will switch off the phone, without this intent. I got rid of 6670 & 3230 after 2 months of usage & purchase 6230i. Again, 6230i is better than 6670 & 3230 but 6230i is damn slow & not as fast as 6230. It was not my ideal phone. I was thinking of giving up on Nokia phone at that time, extremely disappointed with Nokia 6230i & 3320 & 6670, & thinking of switching to Motorola & Sony Ericsson.

So finally, 6280 & 6233 arrived, after testing it, it was a perfect phone, except that 6280 is a slider phone which does not fancy me.

The 6233 & 6280 software is very fast & switching between applications is fast too. The loudspeaker is excellent. Even when I put it in my trouser pocket, it can be heard clearly by the other party. This is the phone that I have been waiting for years. The other features like MP3 micro-SD card are great. Recently I just purchased a 2G micro SD card for US$55. The screen is big enough for viewing picture & excellent. This solves all the problems of 6230 on speaker, better camera, & larger screen size. Scrolling all the megapixel picture is a breeze & fast compared to 3230 & 6230i. However, the only problem is that 6233 does not have a video call capability on the front of the camera. And the 2M camera has no flash & auto-focus. Finally, Nokia should make it easier for user to switch to loudspeaker while making phone call. At the moment, I can only switch to loudspeaker on the right button when the call has gone through. It takes 3 seconds, unlike the Motorola, Panasonic, HP IPAQ phone which when calling, just hold on to the call button during calling out, will switch to loudspeaker mode. Similarly, there is no direct button to press loudspeaker for incoming call. You have to press option on the left button during incoming call & press loudspeaker. It will be a nightmare if you are in a middle of messaging or other application because you have to exit all the application before you can press the right button to activate loudspeaker. This can be a tedious process & you have to be very patient otherwise you will just hang up the phone. The 6230 has this direct loudspeaker button for incoming call at its menu centre button. I was disappointed when this was removed for Nokia 6230i, 6233 & 6280. If this phone has word, excel viewer, it will be excellent.

So far, I rate this 8.5/10 for overall performance. The best phone that Nokia ever had. But this can be improved with the few input which I had.

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Reviewer: Eric - Manchester, UK
Date: 29th Sep 2006

Excellent gadget for the big boys. Completely bowled over!

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Reviewer: Michael - Rugby, UK
Date: 28th Sep 2006

Great phone. Miles better than N series phones. The only problem I have is that it won't let me send video clips converted using Nokia PC Suite Software. Each file is 96kB (below the 100kB limit) but it says they are 1 or 2kB too big to send. I wondered if it was something I could change in the settings but O2 told me there is nothing I can do. I reported the issue to Nokia who did some testing & said that they thought the phone must be faulty as they hadn't had any problems sending files with an O2 sim card fitted to the phone. I wonder if anyone else has had this problem or knows how to fix it? Other than that, it's a great phone. I'm waiting for my replacement...

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Reviewer: Zack - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date: 24th Sep 2006

Using it for 1 month, but then got a problem with music player (always restarts, with no reception). I got used to it. Very nice phone & good sound. Worth upgrading to 1GB memory :)

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Reviewer: HEMDEEP SINGH - MUMBAI, India
Date: 24th Sep 2006

Very good mobile phone. I bought this today for Rs 11,500 (without bill), bought a USB data cable for Rs 250. The price for phone with bill was Rs 12,850. As on 24th September 2006 @ Mumbai, INDIA

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Reviewer: Shiva - Bangalore, India
Date: 23rd Sep 2006

The 6233 is ok, I am looking forward to seeing some new mobile phones from Nokia.

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Reviewer: Turgut Agirnasligil - Ankara, Turkey
Date: 11th Sep 2006

The 6233 is a very good & appealing phone

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Reviewer: Tank - Bomere Heath, UK
Date: 9th Sep 2006

Very good phone with excellent music player!

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Reviewer: Pete - UK
Date: 8th Sep 2006

2 laughably stupid problems: You can't point the camera at yourself & view the screen at the same time - so it's no use for video calls.

The biggest problem however is with the grey/silver case. Unless you are in a well-lit room & hold the phone at just the right angle to illuminate it, but without getting glare, you simply can't read the legends on the buttons. It's not that they're too small or in a bad font. You just don't get sufficient contrast between the white lettering & the light grey background. This is a basic design flaw that you'd expect any first year student to pick up on.

Other than these two faults the phone's OK. Battery life is about 2 days (despite what reviews say, this is in real life)

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Reviewer: Veer - India
Date: 8th Sep 2006

Excellent phone. It is really better than the N series

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Reviewer: Senthil James - Bangalore, India
Date: 4th Sep 2006

Good mobile phone

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Reviewer: Darren W - Wigan, UK
Date: 1st Sep 2006

Great phone, major problems with battery life, states 14 hours standby time in reality you have to charge the phone every 2 days, even after minimal usage, any one else encountered this?

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Reviewer: Po Lam - North West, UK
Date: 29th Aug 2006

Overall it's a great phone. Its big boast is stereo speakers. HOWEVER! When you do use the music player, it SHUTS DOWN the phone reception! This means, without knowing, nobody can get hold of you! That's mad!

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Reviewer: Carol - UK
Date: 28th Aug 2006

A very good phone, well done Nokia

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Reviewer: Yemi - Lagos, Nigeria
Date: 25th Aug 2006

This is one of the best cell phones I've used. Very smooth & highly usable. Before now I have used other Nokia handsets - 6680, 9300, etc. But I find this one really cool & full of life. I think I will stick with this. But I might need to upgrade the memory to 256mb or 512mb as the need arises.

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Reviewer: Rohan Joshi - Mumbai, India
Date: 25th Aug 2006

Can somebody please tell me if it available in India & at what price?

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Reviewer: Khalid - London, UK
Date: 23rd Aug 2006

The phone has hanging problems

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Reviewer: Ken Yulian - Surabaya, Indonesia
Date: 23rd Aug 2006

Excellent phone!!! My first nokia. It's very difficult to find a phone that will mix business features & entertainment at the same time. And Nokia 6233 can prove it by presenting the phone for me.

Unfortunately, the micro SD (64MB) is damaged from the fabrication process. Nokia Care has promised to replace it but up to now, I still do not receive it. Then I have to buy Kingstone of 256 MB, & then it works now.

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Reviewer: Ajit - Bangalore, India
Date: 23rd Aug 2006

It's amazing, I like it. Very useful for young generation. Good features & the color is extremely good. The quality of the pictures is so nice. Any way I had it for a long wait from NOKIA. Thanks to Nokia. Reasonable price.

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Reviewer: Jatz - Belfast, UK
Date: 23rd Aug 2006

Got this phone & thought it was great until I realised... THIS PHONE ONLY HAS 6MB OF INTERNAL MEMORY (JUST OVER 3MB IN REALITY!)

...& there is no way of bluetoothing straight to the memory card. So if you want to receive any files bigger than 3MB... GOOD LUCK! It is ridiculous considering the 6230i had 32MB. How they can make a phone in this day & age with 6MB of memory is beyond me. If you use ANY multimedia at all do NOT get this phone... Look towards N73, K800i or something like that.

I am taking it back tomorrow to get something with more memory that can handle files bigger than 3MB.

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Reviewer: KINGadam - Sydney, Australia
Date: 21st Aug 2006

Can someone tell me how much this phone will be in Australia?

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Reviewer: Kevin - Shrewsbury, UK
Date: 20th Aug 2006

The perfect Nokia! I've had Nokia's for years now & this one is the top of the list. All the easy to use features of the 6310i, which at the time was the best phone by far. Now this new model includes all the latest features.

Well done Nokia!

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Reviewer: Billy - Wolverhampton, UK
Date: 20th Aug 2006

Had this phone for 2 weeks as an upgrade on my loyal & faithful 6230i. It has got to be the worst choice I could have made. When making calls the phone would give me an on screen message saying connection error. When anyone tried to call me a voice message would tell them, the phone was switched off. To make a call I would have to switch phone off then back on again to reboot. I called Orange to report the faults they told me to turn of 3g & run on gsm, which didn't make a lot of difference, also the phone has virtually no shared memory. The camera was good & the sound was great from its twin speakers, but that's no use if you can't make calls all in all very poor. sent phone back. Sony ericsson w810i on its way. if all the latest Nokia phones are as bad as this, they will have a long fall from there high perch. PS how can some of the reviews on here be taken seriously, when the people who wrote them do not even have the phone yet?

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Reviewer: Vanyashiz - Kiev, Ukraine
Date: 18th Aug 2006

I bought this mobile 5 days ago (price 330$ in Kiev) & for my mind it's the best that I have used. For example the se w810i is a good devise, but real people like Nokia!

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Reviewer: Martin - Kampala, Uganda
Date: 18th Aug 2006

This phone is excellent so far, the quality of handsfree sound is great, & music quality is excellent. Problem is that the memory card takes too few tracks - I have only 20!!! Somebody out there rush memory cards of 512MB or 1GB to Uganda. This phone & others need memory!!!

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Reviewer: Khalid - Cal, India
Date: 16th Aug 2006

This is the phone that belongs to pure Nokia brand. It has all features as all now high end mobile phone have. It is very rare to have nice camera zoom but this phone have very nice zoom (8x zoom) photo quality is also nice & good video recording. This phone package is not good at all it doesn't have USB cable & only 64mb micro sd card as we all know that micro sd is very expensive. sound quality is good, battery is also good it does not have os. On whole this phone is good

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Reviewer: H Master - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: 13th Aug 2006

Just swapped the problematic non stylistic N80 for this phone & just feels like & uses like a solid phone well made & top functionality get one of these.

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Reviewer: Krishnendu - New Delhi, India
Date: 5th Aug 2006

I just bought this phone with 3-4 days of it getting launched in India. I am extremely happy with it. It's a very smart looking phone. It's simple & easy to use & at the same time has got all the features that you can think of in a phone of this category. Considering the features it offers I think it is very reasonably priced. The sound quality is excellent & so is the camera.

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Reviewer: Smartlad - Bristol , UK
Date: 29th Jul 2006

Oh my god! What a phone! I have waited & waited for this to arrive. Eventually got my paws on it 36 Hours ago & I'm speechless. It's the best phone I've ever had. Always been a Nokia fan, & this little baby really lets you know why Nokia rule! The sound quality is better than listening to my MP3 player! The photos are better than my Sony cybershot! The whole unit is the best. I had a 6230i before & was totally bowled over by that one, but now with my 6233.............. Lost for words! Magic!

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Reviewer: John - Llanelli, UK
Date: 15th Jul 2006

When Nokia Brought Out The 6230 It Was The Best Phone That They Ever Produced & Still Is A Good Phone. It Was The Forerunner To The 6233 Which Features Are Far More Modified. Only Nokia Could Produce Such A High Quality Phone.

Keep Up The Good Work.

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Reviewer: Surferguy - Sydney, Australia
Date: 26th Jun 2006

Been hanging out for the lil bad boy for months.. Can't wait to get my hands on it.. Has everything I need.. Big ups to the 6233!!!!

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Reviewer: Captain Stabbin - Dartford, UK
Date: 31st May 2006

Fresh fone

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Reviewer: khurram - lalamusa, Pakistan
Date: 30th Mar 2006

excellent cell

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Reviewer: Ali - Canada
Date: 17th Mar 2006

best phone

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Reviewer: CJ - Bath, UK
Date: 11th Feb 2006

Cant wait to have a play with this phone when it is available, love the look of the keypad layout it looks so touchy feely & so simple & smooth. Hurry up Nokia we are waiting with baited breath here...

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Reviewer: Jarvis - UK
Date: 8th Feb 2006

I was going to buy a new phone next week but on reviewing this phone I think I will hold on, until this one is available.

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Reviewer: Brenda Mann - Heston, UK
Date: 1st Feb 2006

I think people are going to find this model very high tech it looks very stylish. The new Nokia 6233 phone will provide the perfect balance of business & pleasure. Bring it on please.

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Reviewer: Brian Cooper - Chester, UK
Date: 27th Jan 2006

When this phone arrives it is going to make my life a lot easier as it will bring the easy connection ability to my office or home PC with the capacity to share or move information to & from my phone. I will report back, once I have it.



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