Volume: 96.2 cc
Weight: 115 g
Length: 103.8 mm
Width: 50 mm
Thickness: 19.8 mm
Display: 262K color Active TFT 176 x 208 pixels display
Size: 34.8 mm x 41.1 mm
Price range: $313.00 to $449.00
Firstly, the model has to be associated with an expensive phone in terms of form-factor, rotating block’s presence. Nokia N90 was taken as an expensive prototype, at the moment it is the only phone with rotating block with camera. Another phone closely related to Nokia 3250 is Nokia N91, a music phone with hard drive. Nokia tries to focus attention of the press and consumers on the fact that 3250 is N91’s junior version, music capabilities are similar, although models are placed into two separate classes because of materials used and storage type. Nokia 3250 looks like an inexpensive, cheap analogue of the above mentioned products. But some of the advantages of elder handsets are projected on the junior model. This example of PR program deserves intent attention, this is a highly successful project.
Model’s design is unusual, for the first time one of the manufacturer was brave enough to place keypad on the rotating block. The difference between Nokia N90 is huge, since on that model rotating part was used only for camera, and it was not affecting the rest of the phone, it only mattered during photo sessions. The creation of such solution is only a devote to marketing, an attempt to associate Nokia 3250 with an elder model, it was technically possible to place camera module anywhere (in case with N90). On the other side rotating block in some Nokia 3350 will become essential in order to place three megapixel module and prevent phone’s size increase. In this model Nokia was testing out the design, what feedback it would receive. It was an attempt to find out weak spots during exploitation by users. Laboratories are of course usable, but collision with reality always results in pleasant and unpleasant surprises.
The covers of the phone are irremovable, which promises that its construction should be of the pretty solid ones. And it really is. All parts of the phone stick together very well, giving a strong impression of firmness. In other words, Nokia 3250’s body is one of the best on the entire mobile phones market. The lateral sides of the device, including those constituting part of the bottom rotary segment, are all made of metal. They close all parts of the body so firmly that it does not give a single creak or crunch. Both top and bottom areas of the metal lateral sides are decorated with plastic capsule.
Key features:
Twist-on design to access phone, camera or music functions
Play your tracks randomly and build playlists effortlessly with a built-in music player, and dedicated music keys
Memory expandable up to 1 GB of storage space for 750 songs of great quality stereo audio with the new, advanced eAAC+ digital audio codec*
Share playlists with your friends over Bluetooth, MMS, or email
Plug your own headphones into the connector jack in the headset cable
Integrated 2 megapixel digital camera with 4x zoom
Turn and capture still photos or video in a single twist
Share and publish your mobile memories via blogging
High-resolution, 262K color display
Personal information management (PIM):
Calendar
Notepad
World Clock
Converter
Calculator
File Manager
Remote synchronization
Active idle
Messaging
Browsing
Platform security:
Device integrity (no tampering of binaries and device settings)
End-user privacy (protected access to contacts, calendar, messages)
Controlling the access to sensitive operations (such as protecting network connections)
Messaging:
MMS OMA 1.2: Combine image, video, text, and voice clips and send as an MMS to a compatible phone or PC; use MMS to tell your story with a multi-slide presentation. The MMS OMA 1.2 specification allows you to send/receive messages up to 300 KB in size
Text messaging: Supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
Predictive text input: Support for all major languages in Asia Pacific and Europe
Email: Supports SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4 protocols
