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One of my hobbies is to 'play' with mobile phones. It's been a long time since I have been doing this and I feel that its time to publish some of the information. I mostly work with Nokia and Siemens phones. One can say that there are many advantages that Nokia phones have over other phones... Here are some of them :-

• Good Menu :: Isn't it. That's something all of we feel. Almost all the Nokia phones  have a simliar menu with some features added or missing. This makes you a Nokia expert by using only one of their phones.

• Long Standby Time :: Thats what makes most of us go for Nokia phones. Long lasting batteries are an added advantage.

• Friendly User Interface :: It's really easy to work with Nokia phones, because of their cool interface. Its so easy to move around.

• Big Screens :: As compared to other phones.. Seen the small panasonic ones ;)

• In built Antennas :: Gives them a better look.. !

• Easy Repairing :: Repairing, flashing or updating the software of Nokia phones is far more easier as compared to other phones ..

• Compatible antennas and chargers :: Didn't you use your friend's Nokia charger to charge your phone even if you had a different Nokia model.

• Robust body ::  Well my nokia phone falls off quite often, but no damages...

But there are many disadvantages of buying Nokia phones

• Price Tag :: Nokia phones come for a price that is quite higher as comapared to other phones like ericsson and motorola.

• Very very weak support :: Not much information is available about the Nokia firmware. Nokia doesn't even let its protocol out.

• Weak AT command set :: Nokia phones only support basic AT commands. There are no commands available to do many things, like extracting the netmonitor parameters and other stuff. If you like to work with AT commands, I'd better suggest you to go for a Siemens phone.

• Firmware Errors :: That's something that happened with the new Nokia 2100. The original firmware version had to be replaced with a new one due to some errors in it.

• Can't update the firmware :: Siemens and Ericsson allow updating the firmware officially. Like ericsson  made an update from T68 to T68i and now T68j. Nokia doesn't allow this.

Out of the Nokia DTC-3 series, I find that Nokia 331X series is the best. Although there is almost no hardware difference between Nokia 3310 and 3315, but only the software change makes 3315 much more expensive than 3310. So, its better to buy a Nokia 3310 and flash its software to 3315.

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