The Nokia 1600 deserve a serious look if you are looking for a simple, no frills phone that keeps you in touch. It may be look like a mild-mannered candy bar phone to everyone, but look can be deceiving. This phone features a 96 x 96 pixel color screen, which is supported by 65k colors with crystal-clear screens. This will make the typing or reading message, making a phone call and checking your phone status easy.
If you are living in US, there is a Net10 service available for you when you are using this Nokia 1600. It offers you all local, long distance and roaming calls at very low price, which are 10 cents per minute for your call and 5 cents per message for text messaging. For your convenient, the Net10 also provide an instant refill feature, which allow you, the user to add the airtime directly from the headset on a real-time basis. You can check your actual airtime balance on the Nokia 1600 phone display for an easy tracking usage.
As for the phone feature, it offers a very easy-to-use keypad and simplified menu for everyone. This will help the non-savvy users, especially those who are from 80’s, to have an easy time to make a phone call and text messaging. In this phone, you can store up to 200 contact entries and another 250 in your SIM card. As for the text messaging, you can store up to 60 messages in your inbox. This phone also has a T9 text entry function as default software, which is extremely convenient for people who love text messaging. It makes typing extremely easy as it will suggesting the possible closest/similar word suggestion when you are texting.
There is also a built-in speakerphone in Nokia 1600. Thanks to this feature, you are able to talk with your friends or associates without having the phone to your ear, especially when your hands are busy doing something. Also, if you want to be discreet in a certain situation, you can turn off your polyphonic ring tones and switch the vibrating alert feature.
Overall, Nokia 1600 is a very good basic phone to have, especially for kids. It offers what everyone wants. It is sturdy and robust. It is very friendly-user to use. It is also a plus for someone who loves texting message, or keep in touch with his associates. It also has a good long lasting battery life.