Manufacturer Nokia Successor Nokia 3220 Form factor Candybar | Predecessor Nokia 3100 Related | |
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Compatible networks 3200: GSM 850/1800/1900 or
GSM 900/1800/1900
3205: CDMA 800/1900, AMPS 800 | ||
The Nokia 3200 is a mobile phone, part of the Nokia Expression (youth) series. It is based on the Nokia Series 40 platform. Its main feature set is a mix between the Nokia 3100 and Nokia 7250i. Like the Nokia 7250i, the phone has an integrated CIF camera. Other features include an XHTML browser, alarm clock, flashlight, and FM stereo radio with a 128x128 12-bit (4096) color screen. The phone has multimedia features such as picture and text messaging. Features carried over from the Nokia 3100 include ringer profiles and voice memo capability. It also has Java games (max downloadable size of game or application cannot exceed 64 kB). The phone has an extensive calendar with a lunar calendar (for the Chinese/Asian variants). The flashlight is located under the phone and can be activated by holding the "star" (asterisk) key. The camera is on the back of the phone. The 3200 can also play both polyphonic and monophonic ringtones. An interesting feature present in this phone is that the face plate system allows users to print out their own face plate designs and use it in the phone. The phone's visual interface in its menu system is similar to that of the Nokia 3100, using large, static icons rather than animated ones.
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While the phone's feature set was an improvement over the Nokia 3100, the 3200 did not quite enjoy the popularity that the 3100 did. Some known complaints with the phone included its low CIF resolution camera, quirky keypad design, and its small 12-bit color display.
The Nokia 3220 addresses some of the 3200's flaws, including a better VGA resolution camera, more standard keypad layout, and 16-bit color display.
Versions
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Reception
Kent German of CNET gave the phone 3.5 out of 5 stars, lauding its extensive personalization options, its ability to send and receive instant messages, built-in speakerphone FM radio, decent battery life, infra-red port, and compatibility with the EDGE network while panning its "somewhat flimsy" plastic casing, "confusing" keypad layout, "unintuitive" multimedia messaging, "basic" CIF camera and its 1 MB of shared memory.
The PhoneArena team was more positive, giving the phone a 7 out of 10. Unlike CNET they said camera was of "satisfactory" quality and its battery life was "good", they further praised its flashlight, FM radio and speakerphone however they panned its lack of appeal for the youth market with its "same old form factor" with the "same old series 40 graphic platform".