Nokia 3300

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Nokia 3300
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Manufacturer Nokia
Compatible networks 2G GSM 900/1800
GSM 850/1900 (3300b)
Predecessor Nokia 5510
Related Nokia N-Gage
Form factor Monoblock
Dimensions114 x 63 x 20 mm
Mass125 g
Storage64MB
Removable storage MMC
Battery Li-Ion 780 mAh
Display128 x 128 pixels

The Nokia 3300 is a mobile phone announced on March 11, 2003 [1] as the successor of Nokia 5510. It was marketed primarily as a music playing phone. [2]

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They are relatively rare and today go for high prices in the second hand market.[ citation needed ]

Design

Unlike most traditional designs, the 3300 has a display roughly in the center of the front panel with a numeric keypad to the right, a controller pad to the left and the call/end and selection keys to the bottom. The covers are interchangeable, allowing the handset to be personalised to some extent. The 3300 bears strong design similarities to the Nokia N-Gage which was introduced before it, but released long after the 3300.

Nokia also made a variant of the phone for the North American market. [3] Compared to the Eurasian version, the 3300b utilizes a QWERTY keyboard and runs on GSM 850/1900 networks.

Features

The Nokia 3300 supports MP3 and AAC audio and comes with an FM radio, and it can also be used as a digital voice recorder. Included in the standard package is a 64MB MMC memory card for storing data. GPRS data is supported, the display is a 128 x 128 pixel CSTN panel. [4]

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