Nokia 3230 Smartphone- £69.99 refurbished on O2

ronnybriggs

Good price for a smartphone on the student section of the O2 website;

http://shop.o2.co.uk/student/o2uk/jsp/handsets/viewHandsetDetails.jsp?prodID=consumer:NOK:3230REF:GROUP

Refurbished, but they are usually like new.

random456

hi, this has already been posted a few times- after a bit of trouble i got mine today, havent got round to opening it yet but chuffed at the price, just hope it has the updated firmware as there were quite a few problems with the old one.

reen_3

pumpa wrote:

hi, this has already been posted a few times- after a bit of trouble i got mine today, havent got round to opening it yet but chuffed at the price, just hope it has the updated firmware as there were quite a few problems with the old one.

when you do open it, could you please post on here whether it's in mint condition and if it's locked? thanks very much.

random456

will do reen, its at my house at the min ill be getting it by evening. ill let you know which firmware it comes with (v. important) and whether its locked or not. nokias are a doddle to unlock though so i dont mind if it isnt.

mike_wall15

As far as I know, this has only been available on contract before, so that'll mean it's unlocked.
Mine still had the front protective film on, and it was indeed unlocked!
Lovely phone!

:beer:

jaffa30

Hi

its gone what a shame but a nice find.

Jaffa

random456

i just opened it. everything seems fine, phone is as new (film on, no scratches etc.) no memory card though, and i seem to have a problem. o2 sent me a sim with £10 credit on but when i tried to make a call it wouldnt let me. i tried again and now it is letting me make calls but saying my balance is zero? any ideas? oh and yes its unlocked, i will test the firmware now.

random456

3.0505, the old firmware. guess ill have to try it out over a long period of time to see if it has the usual bugs (shutting off, hanging, camera going dodgy after a while have been reported with this firmware.)

mike did you get the memory card with yours, or did anyone else?

mike_wall15

pumpa wrote:

3.0505, the old firmware. guess ill have to try it out over a long period of time to see if it has the usual bugs (shutting off, hanging, camera going dodgy after a while have been reported with this firmware.)

mike did you get the memory card with yours, or did anyone else?

No, unfortunately I didn't, I think it's a bit of a shame, it has happened to me before. I guess it would also be missing the data cd, headset, and usb cable.

I bought a headset for £4.50 delivered on ebay, and I'm not worried about the others.

As for the memory, the 32Mb card would never have been enough anyway, it accepts MMC I believe, so they should be quite cheap. I'd expect to pay £10-£20 for anything between 128Mb and 512Mb.

Another option is to go for the RS-MMC which should also work, and be more useful in future phones. I think a place called "picstop" is quite good for memory on the net.

Mike :j

blueghost

mike_wall15 wrote:

As for the memory, the 32Mb card would never have been enough anyway, it accepts MMC I believe, so they should be quite cheap. I'd expect to pay £10-£20 for anything between 128Mb and 512Mb.

Another option is to go for the RS-MMC which should also work, and be more useful in future phones. I think a place called "picstop" is quite good for memory on the net.

Mike :j

i believe the 3230 can hold rs-dv mmc cards and normal rs mmc cards but not the large mmc cards