Nokia C1-02 Sim Free Mobile Phone - Black

The Nokia C1-02 is a great little phone with an excellent battery life and a better than usual keypad. If you are looking for a phone that does phone calls and text messages and not much else, then it is just the job.While handsets like the Nokia 1616 are cheaper, the user interface is much, much better on the C1-02. Particularly useful is the conversation view for text messages, which lets you see all the messages sent or received from someone, threaded together in a chat style. For some strange reason, the conversation view isn't enabled by default, but that is easily fixed.The keypad is another advantage over the 1616. The C1-02 has nice raised keys and a clickable navigation key, unlike the 1616's clumsy one-piece rubber keypad and stiff, non-clickable navigation key.The microSD slot works well, and the MP3 player is surprisingly usable. It doesn't do gapless playback, but I can live that for the price. And thank you Nokia for finally putting standard 3.5mm headphone jacks on your phones. No headphones are included, but that is no loss given that the standard Nokia set isn't great.The C1-02 doesn't have a camera, but again that is no bad thing at this price. The C1-01 has one, but it is only a low quality 640 by 480 thing, so what is the point? I'd rather my money was spent on a decent keypad - which the C1-01 lacks - than a poor camera.

I read all the reviews available on this phone before deciding to purchase. It is a great inbetween step from the very basic, (which I have had for the past 5 years because for an old codger like me it was simple to use)and the new do everything models, which for me, I would never use 90% of the applications available.I wanted a phone which was easy to use and small enough to tuck in a small pocket.This phone is great and fits the bill. The keys are seperate and large enough to type easily and have a well defined click so you know the letter has been entered. Sound is ok and the loudspeaker option is very good, especially for those a bit on the deaf side like me! Can be used hands free by just laying on the seat beside you, speech is picked up fine by the microphone even in the car.Menu is easily negotiated after a bit of playing about and finding your way through the different options. No camera on this model but it is so easy to download pictures and music files once you have bought the interconnecting lead and inserted a Micro SD card, both available from Amazon. I bought a 4Gb one for about a fiver and that is more than enough for simple usage.Only drawback for me was the very bright screen which doesn't seem to be adjustable and can be a bit dazzling at night. Instruction booklet is again very basic, but for those who have had Nokia's before pretty straightforward.Would recommend as a nice simple easy to use phone.If the display brightness was adjustable it would have had a 5 star rating instead of the 4.

i got this as i found the cheaper samsung e1080 display poor.the screen display on this one is excellent - clear and good size.it is possible to adjust the font size and colour.the keypad is very good.the software is s40 compared to s30 on the cheaper nokia's - i dont know the difference.i dont need a camera built in as i always carry a compact camera which is much better than any phone camera.bought another for wife.very pleased.===NB.this is a dual band phone - works on the 900 and 1800 bands.these cover nearly all the world except most of the americas.dont let the phone shops con you into buying a fancy triband or quadband phone that you dont need.this phone will do most of the world.

I found this phone quite complex to use and it broke within 6 months . Another thing is that The clock is squashed into the top write hand corner of the screen and it is so small that you need a magnifier glass to see it. What a stupid idea by Nokia ,why did they change it when the Nokia C0-C1 was so user Fridley, all in all quite disappointing.I have now bourt a Doro mobile and it is really easy to use and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a cheep and simple phone to use .

I wanted a 'phone to make calls, send txts and also to have Bluetooth functionality that worked when I am in the car.I am so pleased with this 'phone. Worked well straight out of the box: Standard Nokia menus, very intuitive, and a doddle if you've ever had a Nokia in the past. It's light, not too showy, fits easily into jeans pocket.It charges very quickly (couple of hours max and reminds you to unplug to save power!)and battery life seems good.No problem fitting micro SD card or SIM (maybe its a girl thing, but I did not have the problems another reviewer did with removing the back of the 'phone - finger nails help perhaps?)Have not tried radio or MP3 player, but these would just be gimmicks for me.Bonus for me was that it works with Bluetooth on both household cars - Ford (which WAS shown as compatible on Ford site) AND a Fiat (where it was NOT shown as compatible, and reputedly, only Sony-Ericsson 'phones are worth trying - I'm flagging this in case anyone else is thinking of taking a punt on the Blue and Me in Fiats with this 'phone).Can't recommend this little 'phone highly enough based on month or so experience so far.

Phone works as expected. Mp3 Player doesn't. Have only managed to get 4 songs transferred. Spent ages trying to resolve. Instruction manual doesn't mention software (Nokia Ovi) you have to download and still haven't resolved problem. A few more tries and if no success it's back to Amazon.

Arrived quickly and as described, good service.This phone works fine but compared to my older Nokia that cost me £10 (a third of what I paid for this), this phone is slow and often frustrating to use, thus 3 stars.