Nokia's slogan for the 6300 is "Simply beautiful - beautifully simple." The beauty comes from the sleek, classic design with stainless-steel surfaces, and the simplicity reflects the fact that this is an all-round kind of phone: not a smartphone, not 3G, but including all of the functionality that most people want. Sounds like a winner! Could Nokia finally be getting back to what it used to do best - a phone that does just what you want and does it well?

6300 is a good-looking phone with a minimalist design. Measuring 106.4mm x 43.6mm x 13.1mm (4.19" x 1.72" x 0.51") and weighing only 91g (3.2oz), the Nokia 6300 has attracted the attention of many buyers. Nokia has done a very good job with the 6300.

At the top of the front panel a two-inch display is located, featuring the eye-gratifying resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and reproducing up to 16 million colors. The display is bright enough to be distinctly readable at even strong sunshine; pictures are also easily viewed in detail due to the high resolution, not typical for its size.

The built in 2 megapixel camera feature provides the user with the ideal imaging device on their mobile phone. The user can take photos, store photos, send & share photos from the mobile handset. The camera comes with a digital zoom which allows the user to get up close to their desired shot. The .built in camera can be easily used for recording video

Battery life is below average, which is often the case with superslim phones.
Standard battery, Li-Ion 860 mAh (BL-4C)
Stand-by Up to 348 h
Talk time Up to 3 h 30 min

The music player that comes with the 6300 allows you to create track lists and use an equalizer to tweak your music. Listening with the supplied headset, music sounded crisp and clear. Using your own headphones is recommended if you are a bass fan, though. You can also use the loudspeaker to play your music if you want to, though the loudspeaker is one of the 6300's weaknesses; setting the volume to maximum will produce cracking sounds and music sounded weak and muffled.

The 6300 has support for Nokia's Visual FM radio, which works by using a GPRS/EDGE data connection to retrieve textual and visual information about the artist and song currently being played.

Built-in memory is a bit limited at just 7.8MB but the Nokia 6300 supports microSD cards, with the slot under the battery cover on the left edge of the casing. A 128MB card is supplied with the phone. This isn’t going to be enough for oodles of music, so you will need to invest in a higher capacity card if you are a mobile music fan. Given my earlier comments on the headset this isn’t the best phone for music fans, anyway.

Network HSDPA / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900.

The specifications aren't awe-inspiring. This is a Tri-band GSM phone with GPRS. It runs Symbian Series 40. As a consequence it lacks some of the more sophisticated applications we are used to seeing in Nokia handsets.

On the other hand, the less bloated software suite means that non-techy types should find it easier to get to grips with, and it can synchronise with a PC. You will need to use the phone's Bluetooth or buy a cable, though, as Nokia fails to provide one. But at least the Pop-Port connector has been dispensed with in favour of mini USB, so that you may be able to use a cable you have lying around.