Nokia 2100

Nokia 2100

General

2G Network GSM 900 / 1800

Size

Dimensions 105 x 44 x 20 mm, 77 cc

Weight 85 g

Display Type Monochrome graphic

Size 96 x 65 pixels

- White backlight

- Rhythmic backlight alert

- Full display screensaver

- Dynamic font size

- Softkeys

Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable monophonic ringtones, composer

Speakerphone No

Memory

Phonebook 100

Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls

Card slot No

- Dynamic phonebook memory

- Editable message templates

Data

GPRS No

HSCSD No

EDGE No

3G No

WLAN No

Bluetooth No

Infrared port No

USB

Camera No

Features

Messaging SMS

Browser

Radio No

Clock Yes

Alarm Yes

Games 3 - Link5, Space Impact, Snake II

Colors 3 (Yellow, Green, and Grey) + Xpress-on covers

Languages Major European languages

GPS No

Java No

- T9 for 10 languages

- SMS to many

- Calculator

- Currency converter

- Stopwatch

- Picture messaging

- Xpress-on front and back covers

Battery

Standard, Li-Ion 720 mAh (BLD-3)

Stand-by Up to 50 - 150 h

Talk time Up to 2 h - 3 h 20 m

Pros & Cons:
small and simple, text_overall 0, count_unhelpful score, good predicted text, changeable skins
polyphonic ringtones, old fashioned shape, capricious battery, only basic functions, no colour display.

REVIEWS:-

Nokia makes its long awaited re-entry into the budget phone market with the new Nokia 2100. Is it good enough to dethrone the renowned Nokia 3315 as the budget phone of choice? Let's take a look and find out. Design and Performance Measuring 105.5 x 44.2 x 20.7 mm, the phone is small in size, lightweight and easily fits in your pocket. It's got a cute and curvaceous design with no sharp edges. It has a changeable outer shell with a small section where you can insert a mid-sized photo of your loved one or yourself if you're egocentric enough. The keypad is comfortably placed in the front and the buttons are easy to reach, they feel soft and comfortable to press, and they are responsive enough for those high-speed SMS junkies. With its looks alone, the Nokia 2100 will appeal to college kids and girls who are on a lookout for a cute phone in a small budget. The LCD display is clear and crisp. It has a coolly illuminated cobalt-blue backlight, which is gentle on your eyes even in the dark. The screen size may look quite small, but the high-resolution dot matrix display makes everything easy to read without straining your eyes. Even the picture messages look much better, and not as clunky as in the 3315.

Performance wise I found nothing worth complaining about, since the overall sound quality was pretty good and I got good reception everywhere with no (or in some cases minimal) voice cracking. The battery lasted me for three days at a stretch even with my extensive use. As a phone, it performs quite well. The Goodies Feature-wise it's comparable to the Nokia 3315, with a few hits and misses in a few places. To begin with the Messaging options are standard as in it supports text messages and picture messages. Instead of using groups for the phonebook, it uses a distribution list. This enables you to send a single message to a group of people and is perfect for people who like to send forwarded SMS' to all their friends. It also has a smiley section where it contains a few pre-defined smileys for you to use in your messages. You can create your own smileys and store them here for future use. The phone comes with 35 fixed ringtones and with a few blank spaces for your downloaded/composed ringtones. Sadly the ringer is similar to the one present in the 3310; it's loud, it's sharp and it's very annoying. Not that I'm asking for a polyphonic ringer for a budget phone but I really wish Nokia had put something a little more melodious, like the one in 6510 or 8310. If you're planning on buying this, for the love of God, keep the ringer low or use the vibration function!


Among other features are an alarm cock, reminder, stopwatch, a countdown timer and a picture editor to create your own picture messages. The phone also contains three games namely, Snake II, Space Impact and Links. Missing in action is the voice dialing function, which was present in the 3310 and the 3315. Not that it matters too much since the voice dialing functions didn't work too well in those phones, in fact you'd be either lucky or highly talented to dial anything through your voice on those phones. Still a little better implementation of voice dialing would have been a great feature. The Final Ring As I said before, this phone is most likely going to attract college kids and girls with its cute looks and support for additional ringtones, picture messages and operator logos.