Has the Nokia 6310i been bettered yet?

[JonRB]

Along with a number of people, I'm still running a Nokia 6310i as my main phone, mainly due to its solid reliability, outstanding battery life, good connectivity, and intuitive user interface.
I am finding its lack of proper internet connectivity (text-only WAP doesn't really count) and email to be an increasing pain though these days.

If I wanted to (finally) upgrade to a newer phone but wanted to keep all of the advantages and features of my 6310i whilst adding a graphical internet browser, email, and perhaps a camera, then what are my options?

My son has just got a Sony Ericsson W850i and I've got to say it looks pretty impressive - it even has a claimed battery life in excess of my 6310i. Although I'm not sure I want to have the same phone as him, particularly since he currently somewhat sneeringly looks down on me for having such an "old, crap, uncool phone" (his words). Not sure I could cope with the shame of buying the same one as him.

Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 11th April 13:40

[leeme3]

I too have 6310i - the difference is I've had a whole series of more upmarket phones (Sony Ericsson, Motorola, newer Nokias) and they all annoyed me in the end. I used to like the idea of a phone that took pics, acted as a PDA and did all the phone stuff too. In the end though I worked out that they generally end up being jacks of all trades and masters of none - and when it comes to using it as a phone it still has better clarity than any other phone I've used!

...and it's cool - in a sort of retro way... I think .... maybe

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Call me an old fart: but I stockpiled a whole bunch of 6310i, still my favourite!

[arfur]

HTC TyTN .... Does it all ( just assume you'll be charging it regularly )

[Neil_Bolton]

I think the Nokia 6300 is the replacement - I've recently recommended this to a director at work here - its the closest thing I've seen yet.

TBH, if it had been around at the same time as when I got my K800i, I'd be very interested myself...

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Ooooh! Unlikely to happen now, but the illustrated installation instructions of the car kit for it into a Chimaera was my car!


(not very often you use three letters beginning with i consecutively )

[dazren]

Watches thread with interest as I've also tried new phones and kept reverting back to the 6310i.

[JonRB]

Ok, forget the business angle - it's my only mobile phone. It's just I use it mainly for business and it's the only number I give out to clients, agents, etc.

[TonyHetherington]

I went 6210...6310...6310i and have ended up with the 6233. A very very good phone - battery life is nowhere near as good, but as soon as you put a big colour screen on your phone you'll not be getting 6310i battery life (I used to take mine away for a week on business, use it solidly, and still not even bother taking a charger with me!).

Take a look at a 6233, I really do recommend them.

[Plotloss]

If you can live without bluetooth

Moto FONE F3

Its a phone which does calls and SMS and nothing else.

[JonRB]

arfur said:

HTC TyTN .... Does it all ( just assume you'll be charging it regularly )

Is that a.k.a. the Orange SPV M3100? If so, the claimed 6 days standby / 8.75 hr talk doesn't sound too terrible - certainly better than the Nokia N95's risable 1 day / 2 hrs.

Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 11th April 13:56

[Parrot of Doom]

Colour screens and backlighting are battery killers. Thats why you won't find a phone with similar battery capacity any time soon.

[d1bble]

dazren said:

Watches thread with interest as I've also tried new phones and kept reverting back to the 6310i.

Me too

Although i ventured back further and bought (another) back-up phone, an Ericsson T28 world.

Battery died on both my V3688 and V3i on a night out so had to take the Ericsson (that i had been raving about since id bought it) only to find that to make a call involved a shed load of fiddling and phaffing and i didn’t even attempt to send a bloody txt.

[bad_roo]

Has the Vauxhall Victor been bettered yet?

[hugh_]

I will be getting one of these shortly www.samsung.com/uk/products/mobilephones/mobilephones/sgh_x820tsaxeu.asp

Part of the reason I like the 6310i (I've still got it as a backup) is that its thin, but that just takes thin to silly levels (6.9mm ), it's got everything else you could want, and I personally find it much easier to use than any of the existing Nokias/SEs.

[d1bble]

hugh_ said:

I will be getting one of these shortly www.samsung.com/uk/products/mobilephones/mobilephones/sgh_x820tsaxeu.asp

Part of the reason I like the 6310i (I've still got it as a backup) is that its thin, but that just takes thin to silly levels (6.9mm ), it's got everything else you could want, and I personally find it much easier to use than any of the existing Nokias/SEs.

Hugh,

A friend of mine has one and i had a play with it the other day (the phone)

I must say..exceptionally thin and stylish. Wouldn’t mind one also.

[308mate]

Ive got an N73 but we've stuck with 4 6310s for work and when I lose it with my new one, I get my old 6310 out again and try to calm down.

Bloody good phones. Does a few features very well, instead of loads clever stuff very poorly, like my new one does.

[Philbes]

bad_roo said:

Has the Vauxhall Victor been bettered yet?

By just about everything produced since!

[JonRB]

Hmmm, okay.

Each to their own, of course, but a phone whose key feature / USP is its thickness (or lack of) doesn't strike me as an automatic contender to take the 6310i's crown.

Edit: Having said that, the feature list is pretty impressive.

Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 11th April 14:32

[paddy27]

JonRB said:

Hmmm, okay.

Each to their own, of course, but a phone whose key feature / USP is its thickness (or lack of) doesn't strike me as an automatic contender to take the 6310i's crown.

Edit: Having said that, the feature list is pretty impressive.

Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 11th April 14:32

I still have my 6310 from over 2 years ago, i run it along side a K800i.

Battery life seems about the same, but then again the battery in the Nokia has neveer been changed. Its better in some ways than my K800i.

Paddy