Overview:
Nokia’s X3 is the baby brother of the X6, but that doesn’t necessarily it has to live in the X6’s shadow. If you’re on the hunt for an affordable music handset that still packs the wow-factor, the X3 is a phone that might be right up your alley. Let’s take a closer look at it.
Review:
Nokia’s new X Series handsets forges a new development path for the old XpressMusic range of phones. The X3 and X6 are the first handsets out under the rebranding, and while we loved the X6 in our last review, I feel we’ve unfairly looked over its kid sibling.
The X3 is a music handset, with controls on the front making playback a breeze to navigate in your pocket, which is something most touchscreen music phones lack.
Nokia has also included a built-in FM tuner, so you can listen to the radio without your headphones in. Most other handsets use the headphones as the radio aerial, making the X3 rather unique in the market.
There is also a standard 3.5mm headphone jack so you plug in your very own set of earbuds and not have to mess around with proprietary connections.
To ensure you have enough room for all of your Take That CDs, the phone comes with a 2GD MicroSD card in the box.
The X3 has a 2.2 inch display at 240×320 pixels, which is enough to watch music videos with, but isn’t exactly top of the range.
Bear in mind that the X3 is the starter version of the X Series, so you will have to do away with things like HSDPA, Wi-Fi or GPS connectivity. It does support quad-band GSM and Bluetooth though, so you won’t be disconnected from the rest of the world.
Going online the Opera Mini browser compensates for this, downloading web pages in a compressed format so you won’t have to wait for hours for your Google results via a GPRS connection.
Camera-wise, you get a 3.2 megapixel snapper, which is perfectly fine for constant Facebook uploads, but probably won’t win you any professional competitions.
On the surface, the X3 is a good-looking slider phone, with the brushed metal keypad particularly stylish and easy to navigate thanks to illuminated ridges between the buttons.
The front buttons surround a navigation D-pad, which is responsive and accurate despite sitting flush on the phone’s surface.
The basic buttons control a basic interface, which is actually refreshing for working your way quickly through menus.
The X3 uses the Nokia Series 40 UI, which is perfect for anyone wanting to access their music / contacts/ text messages quickly and easily.
Nokia’s X3 is a solid entry-level music phone, and on plans starting from £15.00 per month over at MobileShop.com, you get a stylish MP3 player that makes calls as well.
The Gaj-It Verdict:
Design: 8/10
Usability: 7/10
Features: 7/10
Value: 8/10
We Say:
The Nokia X3 is a sleek looking phone, and if you’re on the market for a music player that won’t break the budget, we think the X3 should definitely be on your shortlist. Nokia has done away with a number of features that- let’s face it- people don’t always use anyway, so if you’ve already got a top spec digital camera, and a laptop for web browsing, it makes sense to save your pennies, and the X3 lets you do that in style.
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