Nokia Asha 300 Sim Free Mobile Phone - Graphite

Had this phone about three weeks now. Wanted a relatively inexpensive phone with a keypad since I like to text the "old fashioned way" with one hand. For less than £50 this phone provided that but also (a) enabled me to use my old "Orange" SIM with its "Dolphin" rewards (b) is therefore a genuine pay-as-you-go rather than a monthly bundle (which suits me better) (c) has a screen of sufficient size for occasional internet use (d) is very intuitive to use and enabled me to get on with things as soon as I inserted the SIM from my old near death phone (e) has a first rate 5Mp camera that takes very good shots / video ... better I think than the camera (14Mp ?) on my more costly smartphone. I have attached a shot taken last week - compressed for quick upload - as a sample. All in all I am very satisfied with this little gem.

Product arrived on time early on the 3rd of February. I purchased the phone as Sim FREE. When I put my SIM card in the phone was restricted so I have returned the product because I couldn't use it. Really disappointed as it was a nice phone.

Have already got one of these phones and love it so much I bought another as a spare when mine eventually breaks (as phones eventually do). Good size to hold. So easy to use; camera is good and takes lovely photos (used it for my daughter's wedding), sends and receives picture messages (on EE network), stores music to the MP3 player and can be played back without the need for headphone if required. Touch screen works really well and the face can be changed to show favourite icons and a photo. Keys easy to use - about the right size. I did purchase a gel cover for the phone and a screen protector just to try and make it last longer! Original Asha has been in constant use for over 4 years (and dropped a few times!) with no sign of failure in any area, so hopefully this won't be used yet-a-while. Brilliant little phone; can't fault it.

Have had one of these phones for many years, so bought this as my other was developing senior moments. Fortunately I still have my old charger as the new one came with a European two-pin plug. The touch screen seems a little less reliable than the old one, despite having reset it. But on the whole a great little phone, connects to my car when I need SatNav back-up, and is still easier to one-handed text than smarter phones.

Oh dear. Nokia are not what they used to be. Felt that I had to review this one, given that I asked to return mine. I bought it originally as a backup handset to have for emergencies or for when I'm abroad to use with my foreign country SIM.The touch screen on the Nokia is appalling and often meant I pressed the wrong button, sometimes too hard, but the most disappointing aspect was the SIM card holder and the battery compartment. Very flimsy plastic, with the SIM card falling out of the socket which meant my phone kept losing the network or gave the error message "SIM card registration failed".Giving this a 2* rating, only because the accessories for it are widely available (at least in my house). I mean, who doesn't have a Nokia charger in the house?Kudos to Amazon though for accepting it to be returned without any questions asked. Sorry Nokia, but you are simply not No.1 any more...

Whilst now rather long in the tooth (and I suspect harder to buy) this little Nokia is doing an excellent job. The speaker is nice and loud, you really won't sleep through an alarm and having used smartphones and their onscreen keyboards for so long the little physical dial pad is a breath of fresh air.Two things. Firstly the Asha range is NOT a full "Series 40" phone, so don't expect this to do much more than what it comes with as there a few if any apps written for the little beast. So no Google+ or indeed Skype here.Secondly there appears to be two versions of the Asha 300, one that does have WiFi and one that doesn't. The version shipped to me doesn't have WiFi, it's not a big deal as I've an iPad for smartphone duties and just wanted something to make phone calls on but if you're getting this for a child you might want to track down the WiFi version or they'll burn through their credit far more quickly then you'd imagine (facebooking and such).

I ordered this phone in grey from Amazon, after trying several different phones to replace my Sony k800i. I even tried the i phone 4s. I want a phone that has long battery life, is very quick for texting and does not hurt my fingers. If I do not play "Angry birds" and just stick to calls and texts I can get four days usage. That is up to 30 minutes of calls a day and several hundred texts. So a lower usage person may get a week or more standby. I would advise engaging the vocal enhancement, since without it I thought the phone was faulty in a low signal area. With it I am told the call quality is superb on reception. Also bear in mind you need to touch the screen in the middle when scrolling up and down. Again I thought it was faulty after using more expensive touch screens. It is a less expensive screen, I am fine with that, as long as I know how it works. The blue tooth is exceptionally quick to hand shake to my Sony hands free visor speaker and the phone has the same processor as high end Nokia units, just it seems one feature has been disengaged. For me there is also the welcome return of timed profiles. I use this just as a phone and for texts, I use my blackberry bold for email. I am perfectly happy to carry two phones and get long standby from each. I hope this helps you choose a phone that suits your needs.