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Review

The Nokia 1208 is just a basic phone. It doesn't have any frills like MP3 music player or a camera, but then it only costs US $30.

The 1208's call quality is generally very good: I could hear everyone clearly and they heard me clearly. Even the speakerphone feature is really quite decent. The screen is easy to read, numbers are not hard to enter into the keypad, and the software is reliable. The menus are well organized and easy to navigate.

One tiny frill that the 1208 phone has is an LED flashlight, useful in a pinch. Another benefit rarely mentioned in reviews is that the Nokia 1208 is quite small and will even fit in your jeans pocket above your wallet.

It is also quite durable, and the battery seems to last forever.

Composing SMS messages is quiet easy due to word completion and the fact that the keypad is just the right size.

The 1208 appears to no longer be sold at T-Mobile stores in the USA but it was still sold by Newegg when last I checked.

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Features

Category Feature Details
Telephone
Generation 2G
Technology GSM
Frequencies Dual-band: 850 & 1900 MHz (in USA)
Display 96 x 68 CSTN color display; 1.5 inches
Speakerphone Yes.
Vibration Yes.
Ringtones Preinstalled MP3 ringtones. 32 preset polyphonic. SMS installation of ringtones.
Entertainment
Games Three included but fairly useless.
MP3 player No.
Video player No.
Camera No.
Video recorder No.
Tools
SMS Yes.
Calculator Yes but fairly useless
Built-in LED flashlight Yes.
Currency converter Yes.
Alarm clock Yes -- useful
Data Transfer
USB port No.
GPRS No.
EDGE No.
Bluetooth No.
Wifi No.
Memory
Phonebook 200 entries
Built-in memory N/A
MicroSD slot No.

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